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Quote from: Jackstar on April 13, 2017, 07:26:59 PM

The BBC are a credible and sexy institution, esp the news dpt.

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on March 11, 2017, 03:02:15 PM
Maybe this guy's not such a tool after all. This looks cool and I might consider getting one if the price isn't too outrageous. I have a feeling it will be though. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L781LIhJzjQ

and with all the features and software running inside it probably laggy too.

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on November 28, 2016, 02:55:20 PM
If you knew who Savile was in the scheme of things, you'd understand more how he got away with it.

Its very obvious how he got away with things, I don't need you to explain it me, thanks anyway.

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on November 28, 2016, 12:36:36 PM
Because the police and the CPS require evidence that will stand a reasonable to good chance of securing a conviction in court. Good defence lawyers get paid a lot of money by high profile, wealthy people to ensure that if the police are sniffing around for even so much as a speeding ticket, they'll get it watered down. Our police forces have been underfunded and had to cut back on staff; caused by our government. With limited resources (and now held to account for conviction numbers rather than actual severity), the police can do so much. And as has been shown here; two particularly high profile men have had lengthy investigations (though never charged with any offence), culminating in the police not finding any evidence to charge. One, Paul Gambaccini (radio DJ), was suspended from his job, arrested and bailed. He was unable to comment, and a year later the police dropped all investigation when the 'victim' had been shown to have made it all up. Several like it.

I understand things aren't always straightforward, but really reads like excuses, the evidence is there if you look for it, sometimes its all over the BBC every Saturday afternoon.



Did the massive weight of testimony and evidence which came out later just not exist before his death? Or were Police investigators simply prevented from following anything up, covering up each instance of allegation until he died - presumably so he couldn't talk about any of the people and things he was involved with, I mean, he had all sorts of connections, who knows who he may have incriminated....


However you look at it, its been shown time and time again that the authorities will sometimes turn a blind eye to very serious things they clearly know are happening, depending on who's doing it.

Quote from: area51drone on November 28, 2016, 08:02:35 AM
  There are so many coincidences with the whole pizzagate thing that it just can't be ignored.

Its all just a coincidence, don't even consider discussing such things in public, we humbly suggest you go away and watch 'reality tv' until you feel better.

Lets hope that all this sick stuff will take out some bigger players before they die. Or else as with the investigations in the UK after Savile thankfully ceased living, just 'sacrifice' a few unimportant old celebrities to satisfy the public and fill front pages, leave the worst of the worst alone, and (in the case of the UK media) pretend it all stopped happening decades ago.

Quote from: Jackstar on November 24, 2016, 01:39:28 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTJ7Csi86s

The interview is edited slightly and oddly lit by the low sun angle but I don't see any evidence of a composite/greenscreen/chromakey, it looks more like everything is shot legitimately in camera, a few seconds are cut (for whatever reason...) and to make it less jarring to the audience the edit is blended together with a fade - notice that if you look carefully, everything moving blurs out at the same time, its just that the people changed position within the second or two which was cut.

Quote from: Macavay on September 21, 2016, 05:47:13 PM
https://youtu.be/XVa8ACRYYSg

Have you posted these before on here? I was watching some of these on youtube maybe a month or so ago:)

I'm personally waiting for a relatively affordable machine which will provide a mass production quality item (adequate size, detail, finish & durability), thats the tipping point where they will become relatively ubiquitous. If it doesn't print in multiple materials at the same time it will be able to form clean, precise shapes from many materials - or at least provide different finishes.

It's a machine that could print you a dinner service, a new phone case, a replica Matt Tracker MASK figure complete with factory authentic paint job... Maybe even new designer eyeglasses complete with prescription lenses so avoiding the embarrassing situation of taping your old broken pair to your face for the month... It will also form shapes relatively quickly, on the order of minutes and not hours.

You can imagine how such a machine will make many services obsolete overnight & take a significant chunk of conventional manufacturing away from industry.

Turning 3D objects on a computer into real world forms is not a new concept, not in industry and manufacturing for both subtractive (milling) and additive processes (rapid prototyping).

Only the consumer aspect of it is new, and I mean 'new' as in its been around for almost a decade, this really began with Shapeways and the first generation of home printing machines like Makerbot, Rep-Rap.

As for software, building 3D shapes on a computer ceased being challenging for the average joe about 15-20 years ago when reasonably powerful computers with fluid 3D graphics, lots of RAM etc, became affordable consumer items.

If you go the traditional CAD or 3D modelling route then pretty much anything will do - I can make something I can 3D print on my Amiga, so its not difficult per-se.  But if you're not a weirdo CAD guy or if fiddling around with wire-frames fills you with fear, then the de-facto standard for 3D sculpting is zbrush, which aims to emulate a more traditional way of working, at a basic level its very much like working virtual clay.

If you're really interested then get one, like an 80's computer, you can still have fun with it as a toy and it can be a useful tool, we're just nowhere near a development plateau. like today a 10 year old computer can still do most of the computer-ey things we need to do on a day to day basis...

Maybe 2d desktop printers are a better analogy, we're still at the dot matrix stage with FDM processes, but the lasers, inkjets and more professional output is on the way, a technology that today is basically static in development, its as good & cheap as its going to get i guess.

I'd look for reliability, reasonable cost (and running cost, avoid proprietary systems perhaps?) Just don't necessarily expect speed and resolution as well.

I think a lot of the 3D printers sold and built so far eventually get put away in a corner somewhere and forgotten about, esp if they're a pain to setup and un-reliable, even vibrations from passing trucks can screw up a print.

Quote from: albrecht on September 19, 2016, 05:07:45 PM
It is weird. We've all seen glitches in the streaming of stuff even on Trump speeches today a bit but that total disappearance was not that. I'm guessing, maybe, it was like news reporters and sportscasters and she was doing it from a green screen and she was not really there? The word on the street is that not many show up, even the usual paid suspects, to her rare rallies and speeches. Maybe she did it from a remote location? From the hospital or convalescent home? Or maybe she really is so kind of reptilian alien and we caught her is a shape-shift. Or maybe now she is only body-double and digital holograms?

I'm not 100% that it is fake but it certainly doesn't have much scale, even Finding Bigfoot had a bigger turnout at its town hall meetings. 

You would think reptillians would have better special FX, If you're going to fake something, why not fake something a bit more impressive?

Quote from: Jackstar on September 19, 2016, 01:26:39 PM
https://youtu.be/eXZp2LZucP0

The disappearing arm (which is moving in and out of view anyway) could be a simple digital glitch in the transmission of a legit picture... but the entire body and podium disappearing, while the flag behind is pretty much unchanged, is seriously weird and looks like the picture is a composite of Clinton and podium in front of a separate background, like they were perhaps both shot in different locations...   

NP, whatever you buy right now is going to feel obsolete pretty quickly, its like buying a home computer in the early 80's.

Without examples i can't speculate on the difference, I know that as things start to scale up the cost goes up disproportionately, a straight doubling of size of the same prototype = approx 8 times the cost, so things can quickly get expensive.

That said, its vastly cheaper than it used to be, and will be cheaper still in future. 

I think the biggest strength for the home user who wants a basic model is for practical/custom items and parts, for repairs, projects etc... If you want output that looks nice, like a mass produced item straight off the bed, the home printer is probably going to be a let down for you at this point but look at some of the bleeding edge developments in the industry at this point and you can see a lot of promise here.

Quote from: VoteQuimby on September 18, 2016, 06:53:31 PM
Can you recommend any online print services? I've been playing around on 3DHubs with different printers and it's been a very cool experience. For someone like me who likes to pretend they're artsy but has no discernable talent, this is incredible. I am so enamored with building 3D models and having them designed for me by professionals.

What can you tell me about Sandstone printing? What I'm really interested in is eventually making and selling statues for fun. I realize the printers are 20k+ but I never say never.

I'm thinking about buying myself a MakerGear M2 for Christmas.

The more I read about this stuff and watch videos on YouTube, the cooler I think it is.

I use shapeways, statues can be produced in plain or full-color sandstone there, so if you're good at 3d texture painting you can get some great results.

I don't know much about the home printers tbh, that one might be fantastic, but so far from what I've seen you might need to do a lot of finishing work on the output itself to make it into a nice display piece/something you can sell... The older makerbots were a bit difficult to setup and get good results from, sometimes printing utter messes or getting halfway through and malfunctioning with interesting results, i'm sure things have improved by now.

The problem with home printers that I've seen so far is that they tend to be FDM type, more advanced technology like SLS was protected by patents until recently, other tech is in the pipeline which should give rapid results which are as good as Injection molded plastics. 

I've seen the industry grow from basically nothing/highly specialist to the mainstream in the last decade, I offer a service designing 3d printable digital prototypes, creating the shape files that you drive the printer with.

Those playing along at home right now are basically printing with a plastic filament, but i guess you could feed just about anthing into the right extruder... It melts a new layer of cheese plastic over another, over and over until it forms the pizza 3d shape.

With consumer gear, the printed parts don't have a great amount of detail or finish straight out of the printer with this process but better desktop tech is coming along.

You can order your prints in different materials from online print services, like gold or silver (via wax printing) or metallic plastics (a bit like sintered metal), rubbery materials and sandstone-esq materials, some places will let you print large objects, some small but with lots of detail. 

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on August 30, 2016, 12:11:10 PM
What? Iran in international waters following a US ship away from its own back yard? How very dare it!

Pud, what part of "FOX NEWS ALERT" don't you understand?

much nicer to use real hardware instead of emulators, if you just want to play games but the games are expensive to buy then an SD card adapter like the Everdrive will let you use emulator ROMs on the real thing.

Quote from: ziznak on December 03, 2015, 02:41:05 PM
Anybody remember Crypto?  He was in the game "Destroy All Human" i think for the ps2.  you got to play as the aliens.  Definitely my fav UFO featured game.

Excellent game, had it all; cattle mutilation, mind control, anal probes... The best part is unlocking the movie "Teenagers from Outer Space" by finishing the game.  Or you could just watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6BxzcuEkow Will the Gargon overcome the Earth's excessively nitrogenic atmosphere and destroy civilization, will grandpa ever make it across the road? Exciting stuff.

Steve, why don't you have a youtube channel?

I'd wholeheartedly support you being the weekend host for Art's show too btw....

Quote from: bateman on July 12, 2015, 12:34:16 PM
it's a grab bag of unverifiable factoids for the most part, and his rapid-fire delivery is designed to overwhelm.

Sounds like hoagland to me, oh, and while you're digesting that, here's another 15 'facts'....


You'd have to be a real walking encyclopedia to keep up with it all,  he won't concede a point easily either, a show could quickly become real uncomfortable to listen to.  Cool that you have such a coast regular on the show, but I thought the gossip about Jorch and the coast situation was way more interesting than Hoaglands theories.

Quote from: MrHippie on July 05, 2015, 02:39:59 PM
I just watched "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" since last viewing it many years ago and enjoyed it immensely. You can watch it by searching here  http://putlocker.is

This was a favorite episode from season 3 of the X-Files.  It is a crackling funny and entertaining show that has guest stars. Sharp, crisp writing and direction, and touches on so many topics familiar to the C2CAM audience.

I know how crazy this is gonna sound, but that's easily my favorite episode, Clyde Bruckman being a close second.


Will now have to give Millennium that second chance I had promised it 20 years ago...

The chances of me 3D modeling Whitley Strieber are slim at best.

I am OK at animation, I'd thought of making an animation of the saucer flying into frame, beaming up/dropping off the grey... But it would take a while to setup and render, all a matter of time.

Yeah, I know its a new show but the classic look seemed more appropriate somehow.

Besides, I already had them laying around.

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Well, thats the end of an era then... according to the Guardian.

Has there been any mention of criminal charges due to the alleged assault? Does anyone care?

Quote from: Mind Flayer Monk on March 24, 2015, 10:03:51 PM
http://rappers.mdaniels.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Yeah but how many use only 17th century English.

DOOM and Keith in particular are great lyricists.

As for Clarkson, no one in my house watches the TV, I still pay a TV license fee though, whats up with that?  I don't think he represents what the BBC should be about - aside from other things, he's perhaps just too big for them.

Quote from: PathoJen on March 23, 2015, 12:15:02 PM
AWESOME!! I'm so glad he's beginning to advertise the show publicly now. It looks like it's really going to happen.

It better had, after I went to all that trouble... And also at DinamoDennis, thanks!

Maybe they've been behind it all along? I mean, ya know, Ancient Egyptians...

Check them out!

https://www.facebook.com/ArtBellCom

I also sent Keith a full sized wallpaper of the image, if so inclined you can grab that from my graphics blog (remember blogs?).

http://coolhandgraphics.blogspot.com