Jul. 31st, 2006

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My brother-in-law, [livejournal.com profile] jeff_duntemann wrote about problems with animating humans and the uncanny valley, where things that look almost human look creepy. This Wall Street Journal article explores a new technology that may -- or may not -- get animation of human beings to the non-creepy side of the valley.

Of course, you end up with creepy, green-glowing images during the process, but they go away before you're done.
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My brother-in-law, [livejournal.com profile] jeff_duntemann wrote about problems with animating humans and the uncanny valley, where things that look almost human look creepy. This Wall Street Journal article explores a new technology that may -- or may not -- get animation of human beings to the non-creepy side of the valley.

Of course, you end up with creepy, green-glowing images during the process, but they go away before you're done.
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According to the Air Canada website, [livejournal.com profile] decadent_dave's plane is in the air and scheduled to arrive half an hour early. While there is some chance that O'Hare traffic control will take this as a wonderful opportunity to let them circle the field and burn more jet fuel, we're going to take them at their word and head for the airport.
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According to the Air Canada website, [livejournal.com profile] decadent_dave's plane is in the air and scheduled to arrive half an hour early. While there is some chance that O'Hare traffic control will take this as a wonderful opportunity to let them circle the field and burn more jet fuel, we're going to take them at their word and head for the airport.
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Instead of being half an hour earlier, [livejournal.com profile] decadent_dave's plane was fifteen minutes late. While the plane arrived in Terminal 2, the baggage is sent -- by design -- to Terminal 1. Eventually, so was Dave, about forty five minutes after the plane landed.

We have now fed everyone and are sitting here peacefully digesting while [livejournal.com profile] catalana goes over Pegasus nominating stuff with [livejournal.com profile] tarkrai.
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Instead of being half an hour earlier, [livejournal.com profile] decadent_dave's plane was fifteen minutes late. While the plane arrived in Terminal 2, the baggage is sent -- by design -- to Terminal 1. Eventually, so was Dave, about forty five minutes after the plane landed.

We have now fed everyone and are sitting here peacefully digesting while [livejournal.com profile] catalana goes over Pegasus nominating stuff with [livejournal.com profile] tarkrai.

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