Mood log

• Things people made that didn't turn out to be quite as good as intended

• Animated leaves
• "(something)" followed by "super (something)"

From a review of a bad game:

...there's no competition and no time limit. You win every single time. So unless you especially like seeing a winning-screen over and over again that reads "You're Winner!", there is absolutely no point in playing Big Rigs.

For some weird reason, I think there's still point in having a game (not necessarily many ones) where you win every time...

A slashdot article here is about a DVD player that does 2D movies in 3D.

"A company called Dynamic Digital Depth that wants to bring 3D television and movies to the mainstream claims to have developed a system that allows you to watch current 2D DVDs in 3D. They claim the TriDef DVD Player uses image analysis methods, developed by the company for their 3D content conversion service, to convert 2D video to 3D in real-time based on 3D depth cues in the original movie. It is the same company that produced the TriDef Movie Player software for the Sharp Actius R3D3 autostereo display notebook. "

There was something in this article that made me... intrigued. I don't know why. Something about an accusation about it being just a gimmick didn't feel right.

Hard to explain, hard to remember exactly how I felt. This is odd.

But right now, I think it's kind of sad that there's no 3D everywhere. I think I always secretly hoped for 3D stuff to be everywhere. Most of what we have now are... just projections.

"Electronic nose may replicate dog's sniffing skill
A new device called a "dog on a chip" may combine the benefits of technology and nature by not only detecting dangerous or illicit substances but by providing the electronic equivalent of a dog barking..." blah, blah, says Reuters.

"Electronic nose". I've never thought how cute that sounds. =)

Coffeed. tired. need a break.

The problem is, I'm... bored. Bored with same websites and stuff. Same things as before.

Hopefully better things will come. I'm always hopeful.

Hmm, someone mentioned Lindows in Slashdot, said its "menus were cluttered with software you didn't have but you could pay for".

This is very interesting.

I remember the time I was still a full-time Windows user... the operating system came with programs that sucked (wordpad, paint), but you could buy programs that didn't (word, whatevergraphicsapp). As a stupid user - and a penniless user too, I kept using this stuff, and since the programs had got significantly better when moving from Win3.11 to 95, I knew they would get much better in future, too.

You know, this is why Linux was such a shock, too: tons and tons and tons of software that actually worked. Right here and now. I could use the computer to do stuff I wanted to do without paying extra.

I thought for a moment...
...and realized I really don't believe in sense people say.
But then, simultaneously, I realized,
I believe.

The fishes have no concept of water.

From CPS-2 FAQ:

I hope the graphics codes will never get cracked, but by the time they do, we'll be playing Street Fighter 5...:)

MAME 0.59 runs CPS-2 games just fine, thanks for asking. What, they really expected a company that took several years to count to three to be able to make an uncrackable encryption scheme? Unbelieveable!

DVD: "Susien klaani"...
(ketun äänellä) "Ja kettujen Nethack-serveri!"

Dingon kappaleesta: "Tiikeri silmissäni..."
"...ja kettu hännässäni!"

Villin lännen leffa, kettuhahmo sanoo: "Nyt nähdään, kuka todella on Lännen Tuuhein!"