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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    the UHD tv are saying 2160p, that's not really a big diff from 1920

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,079
    edited August 2016
    MistyMist said:

    the UHD tv are saying 2160p, that's not really a big diff from 1920

    But it's a big difference from "1080p" (double in fact).   Standard HD resolution is 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high (ratio of 16/9).  The "p" indicates "progressive" (each line in order) scan instead of "interlaced" (all odd lines then all even lines or vice-versa) scan.    So a "2160p" video resolution at a 16/9 display ratio implies that the vertical height is 2160 pixels and the horizontal width is 3840 pixels.  Double the resolution of "1080p" both vertically and horizontially but 4 times the total number of pixels. smiley

    There is also a 720p size which is of course less resolution than 1080p but it's probably more information than we want to get into now.angel

    Unless, in my ignorance I've missed a technology that had 1920 pixel high images.  It's not impossible.  I'm an old bear and I hibernate for months or years and sometimes miss some intermediate technologies. sad

     

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    halfway through the 'S's in the SDS quest/project

    OH Em Jee  we live in a chem hazardous world.  rethinking ignorance is bliss. 

    for me troubles, i should treat myself to some fresh isbn numbers smiley

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847

    ...Students for a Democratic Society?  Yeah they were a bit radical at times, but never really though they were hazardous.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    all i have left in my freezer is half tub of ice cream and 2 ice trays

    26 mars bars in fridge

    will hafta live on ice cream and mars bars til food delivery tween 11 and 13:00 tomorrow.

    no beer, unopened tequila. mebbe time to open it 

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Morning. Bitter cold winds like marauding space pirates blowing an endless storm here the past 24 hours or so & putting a chill on Spring the past couple of days :)

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847

    ...hmmm.

    ...tequila floats?

    ...tequila smoothies?

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    kyoto kid said:
    ...100s bginning tomorrow through Caturday. Have a rally to attend that evening. Forecast calls for a high of 102° that day (without "real feel").

    Has been all night exteriors this week so haven't been warm at all for days, even sitting under a couple of 2K spots at the back of a generator truck hasn't made much difference :)

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Kulay Wolf said:
    Chohole said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:

    Good morning, everybody. :-)

     

    Afternoon. Just had lunch, which was "healthy" for a change (well, no chips anyway!)

    Good decision.  Chips are grease and...something.  French fries are much better. :-)

     

    Evening. Just back from seeing 'Suicide Squad'. :)

    French fries are just American for chips surely? Never been seen in France, that's for sure!

    It always seems to me that French fries are the ones they cut all skinny and chips (proper British chips) are the chunkier ones.    Which would mean that chips are healthier, as they wouldn't absorb so much of the cooking fat or oil.    For some reason I like my chips crinkle cut, they seem to taste better.

     

    I do not like the skiny fries either.  The ones at work are a bit thicker than most.

     

    Always get the skinny ones when I can, sooo crunchy :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    LeatherGryphon said:
    MistyMist said:

    the UHD tv are saying 2160p, that's not really a big diff from 1920

    But it's a big difference from "1080p" (double in fact).   Standard HD resolution is 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high (ratio of 16/9).  The "p" indicates "progressive" (each line in order) scan instead of "interlaced" (all odd lines then all even lines or vice-versa) scan.    So a "2160p" video resolution at a 16/9 display ratio implies that the vertical height is 2160 pixels and the horizontal width is 3840 pixels.  Double the resolution of "1080p" both vertically and horizontially but 4 times the total number of pixels. smiley

    There is also a 720p size which is of course less resolution than 1080p but it's probably more information than we want to get into now.angel

    Unless, in my ignorance I've missed a technology that had 1920 pixel high images.  It's not impossible.  I'm an old bear and I hibernate for months or years and sometimes miss some intermediate technologies. sad

     

     

    nah that's the new HD, altho I can't get past the 3840 not quite getting to 4K there :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    DanaTA said:
    Jan19 said:
    MistyMist said:

    marshmallow fluff 

    oh that stuff is where dreams come from

    Ok.  If you say so. laugh

    You got 'shrooms in the pasta sauce again?

    Marshmallow Fluff is one of the great inventions! 

    Dana

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmarshmall0wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    Looked at those 3D mice last night - Yoiks! I don't think I've ever paid moe than £10 for a mouse, those started at just under a ton and went up to £298! 300 quid for a mouse!!! I'd have to take out another mortgage!

    We must be checking different places.  Those things have gone down in price. 

    And now they have wireless ones.  surprise​ 

     

    Bear in mind the pound has plummeted against pretty much everything, so imports are getting really expensive here. But looking around, the prices do seem to be much of a muchness. (store catalogue shot attached in case we're talking about something totally different)

    The pound is worth what in American dollars?  I don't know the conversion rate.  But even if it's 2 dollars...wow, yes, those are expensive.

     

     

    The pound hasn't been worth $2 since before the recession ($2.01 in 2007). It's currently worth $1.31 (which is up from its post-BREXIT low of $1.25 - a 2-week high apparently). Lowest value ever was $1.05 in 1985, & highest in "recent" years was $2.86 in 1957.

    Also in the US -- I think -- prices are quoted before tax, whereas here tax (20%) is included in the price (ie what we see is what we pay).

    Goodness.  I must've been using much earlier figures when I converted the pound to dollars.  That was years ago though, when I first started trying to teach adolescents to like history. 

    I thought...5 dollars = 1 pound.  How silly of me. :-)

    Can we tell yo' mama jokes in this here thread?  I seriously need to get happy.

    Me too.  When I went traveled that direction I found the Pound to be about 5 Dollars and the Guilders in Amsterdam to be about $0.5 dollars.  It made head calculations easy.  Don't mind me, I'm just another old fogey with tales of the olden days. 

    PS: I don't remember what the German Marks were worth at the time but the reason why is in itself another story best told after a couple of drinks or tokes.

    Does it have anything to do with the initial year -1950?  Maybe that's the year I used when I made the wrong calculations. surprise

    Math has never made any sense at all to me.  Geometry, yes.  But straight up math, forget it.  Too many rules.

    As for the German mark...just two?  I mean, seriously.  Two? :-)  I'm joking. 

     

    Geometry isn't math? Oh noes, looks like I got aone of those junk degrees somehow :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Rezca said:
    MistyMist said:

    we up to page 59/

    thread needs more dragon boxes  !

     

     

    world needz many more dragons :)

     

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Rezca said:

    Ah the photohop being  subcription based softwree now, I never moved on up from CS5 ince I didn't want to add another monthly payment thing to the list of stuff I needed to keep track of xD

    None of the new stuff in future versions screamed "I need that" to me so I never cared.  All of the custom brushes I have work with my version, so I'm happy enough with the one I have.

     

    I really like using the Oil brushes for shading,  after I've put down the flat colors I'll stick the usual Multiply/Overlay/etc layers over it for shading and then pick away at the masks with them.  Makes some nice results :>

     

    Just love the colours you use :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    MistyMist said:

    all i have left in my freezer is half tub of ice cream and 2 ice trays

    26 mars bars in fridge

    will hafta live on ice cream and mars bars til food delivery tween 11 and 13:00 tomorrow.

    no beer, unopened tequila. mebbe time to open it 

    Ooooh a balanced diet like those five food groups, lesseee, pizza, chips, coca-cola, burgers and hotdogs ?

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339

    Baloney and cheese sandwich is hard to beat. heart

     

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Tjohn said:

    Baloney and cheese sandwich is hard to beat. heart

     

     

    Think we call that mortadella sausage here :)

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    edited August 2016
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    Looked at those 3D mice last night - Yoiks! I don't think I've ever paid moe than £10 for a mouse, those started at just under a ton and went up to £298! 300 quid for a mouse!!! I'd have to take out another mortgage!

    We must be checking different places.  Those things have gone down in price. 

    And now they have wireless ones.  surprise​ 

     

    Bear in mind the pound has plummeted against pretty much everything, so imports are getting really expensive here. But looking around, the prices do seem to be much of a muchness. (store catalogue shot attached in case we're talking about something totally different)

    The pound is worth what in American dollars?  I don't know the conversion rate.  But even if it's 2 dollars...wow, yes, those are expensive.

     

     

    The pound hasn't been worth $2 since before the recession ($2.01 in 2007). It's currently worth $1.31 (which is up from its post-BREXIT low of $1.25 - a 2-week high apparently). Lowest value ever was $1.05 in 1985, & highest in "recent" years was $2.86 in 1957.

    Also in the US -- I think -- prices are quoted before tax, whereas here tax (20%) is included in the price (ie what we see is what we pay).

    Goodness.  I must've been using much earlier figures when I converted the pound to dollars.  That was years ago though, when I first started trying to teach adolescents to like history. 

    I thought...5 dollars = 1 pound.  How silly of me. :-)

    Can we tell yo' mama jokes in this here thread?  I seriously need to get happy.

    Me too.  When I went traveled that direction I found the Pound to be about 5 Dollars and the Guilders in Amsterdam to be about $0.5 dollars.  It made head calculations easy.  Don't mind me, I'm just another old fogey with tales of the olden days. 

    PS: I don't remember what the German Marks were worth at the time but the reason why is in itself another story best told after a couple of drinks or tokes.

    Does it have anything to do with the initial year -1950?  Maybe that's the year I used when I made the wrong calculations. surprise

    Math has never made any sense at all to me.  Geometry, yes.  But straight up math, forget it.  Too many rules.

    As for the German mark...just two?  I mean, seriously.  Two? :-)  I'm joking. 

     

    Geometry isn't math? Oh noes, looks like I got aone of those junk degrees somehow :)

    With all due respect because I know you probably worked for your degree, just like I did...well, no.  Geometry isn't math.  Not to me.

    See, I can do geometry.  The lines, angles, intersections...if it is geometry, I understand it.  Well, hell, I guess I do understand some math, because of the 3D modeling.

    Throw hands in the air and laugh -- ok, you win.  smiley  My argument just fell flat.  Geometry is math.

     

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited August 2016
    Jan19 said:
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    Looked at those 3D mice last night - Yoiks! I don't think I've ever paid moe than £10 for a mouse, those started at just under a ton and went up to £298! 300 quid for a mouse!!! I'd have to take out another mortgage!

    We must be checking different places.  Those things have gone down in price. 

    And now they have wireless ones.  surprise​ 

     

    Bear in mind the pound has plummeted against pretty much everything, so imports are getting really expensive here. But looking around, the prices do seem to be much of a muchness. (store catalogue shot attached in case we're talking about something totally different)

    The pound is worth what in American dollars?  I don't know the conversion rate.  But even if it's 2 dollars...wow, yes, those are expensive.

     

     

    The pound hasn't been worth $2 since before the recession ($2.01 in 2007). It's currently worth $1.31 (which is up from its post-BREXIT low of $1.25 - a 2-week high apparently). Lowest value ever was $1.05 in 1985, & highest in "recent" years was $2.86 in 1957.

    Also in the US -- I think -- prices are quoted before tax, whereas here tax (20%) is included in the price (ie what we see is what we pay).

    Goodness.  I must've been using much earlier figures when I converted the pound to dollars.  That was years ago though, when I first started trying to teach adolescents to like history. 

    I thought...5 dollars = 1 pound.  How silly of me. :-)

    Can we tell yo' mama jokes in this here thread?  I seriously need to get happy.

    Me too.  When I went traveled that direction I found the Pound to be about 5 Dollars and the Guilders in Amsterdam to be about $0.5 dollars.  It made head calculations easy.  Don't mind me, I'm just another old fogey with tales of the olden days. 

    PS: I don't remember what the German Marks were worth at the time but the reason why is in itself another story best told after a couple of drinks or tokes.

    Does it have anything to do with the initial year -1950?  Maybe that's the year I used when I made the wrong calculations. surprise

    Math has never made any sense at all to me.  Geometry, yes.  But straight up math, forget it.  Too many rules.

    As for the German mark...just two?  I mean, seriously.  Two? :-)  I'm joking. 

     

    Geometry isn't math? Oh noes, looks like I got aone of those junk degrees somehow :)

    With all due respect because I know you probably worked for your degree, just like I did...well, no.  Geometry isn't math.  Not to me.

    See, I can do geometry.  The lines, angles, intersections...if it is geometry, I understand it.  Well, hell, I guess I do understand some math, because of the 3D modeling.

    Throw hands in the air and laugh -- ok, you win.  smiley  My argument just fell flat.  Geometry is math.

     

     

    Well then:

     

    gives you

    after a while, just by taking out one "Line" in one "Direction" at a time and doing it all over again :)

    and there's more:

    see

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle

    and

    (clicky)

    thx to Mr Prof Serpinski for triangle

     

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    2 teq slams = carry over the one, subtract pie, and 00110110 

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    Looked at those 3D mice last night - Yoiks! I don't think I've ever paid moe than £10 for a mouse, those started at just under a ton and went up to £298! 300 quid for a mouse!!! I'd have to take out another mortgage!

    We must be checking different places.  Those things have gone down in price. 

    And now they have wireless ones.  surprise​ 

     

    Bear in mind the pound has plummeted against pretty much everything, so imports are getting really expensive here. But looking around, the prices do seem to be much of a muchness. (store catalogue shot attached in case we're talking about something totally different)

    The pound is worth what in American dollars?  I don't know the conversion rate.  But even if it's 2 dollars...wow, yes, those are expensive.

     

     

    The pound hasn't been worth $2 since before the recession ($2.01 in 2007). It's currently worth $1.31 (which is up from its post-BREXIT low of $1.25 - a 2-week high apparently). Lowest value ever was $1.05 in 1985, & highest in "recent" years was $2.86 in 1957.

    Also in the US -- I think -- prices are quoted before tax, whereas here tax (20%) is included in the price (ie what we see is what we pay).

    Goodness.  I must've been using much earlier figures when I converted the pound to dollars.  That was years ago though, when I first started trying to teach adolescents to like history. 

    I thought...5 dollars = 1 pound.  How silly of me. :-)

    Can we tell yo' mama jokes in this here thread?  I seriously need to get happy.

    Me too.  When I went traveled that direction I found the Pound to be about 5 Dollars and the Guilders in Amsterdam to be about $0.5 dollars.  It made head calculations easy.  Don't mind me, I'm just another old fogey with tales of the olden days. 

    PS: I don't remember what the German Marks were worth at the time but the reason why is in itself another story best told after a couple of drinks or tokes.

    Does it have anything to do with the initial year -1950?  Maybe that's the year I used when I made the wrong calculations. surprise

    Math has never made any sense at all to me.  Geometry, yes.  But straight up math, forget it.  Too many rules.

    As for the German mark...just two?  I mean, seriously.  Two? :-)  I'm joking. 

     

    Geometry isn't math? Oh noes, looks like I got aone of those junk degrees somehow :)

    With all due respect because I know you probably worked for your degree, just like I did...well, no.  Geometry isn't math.  Not to me.

    See, I can do geometry.  The lines, angles, intersections...if it is geometry, I understand it.  Well, hell, I guess I do understand some math, because of the 3D modeling.

    Throw hands in the air and laugh -- ok, you win.  smiley  My argument just fell flat.  Geometry is math.

     

     

    Well then:

     

    gives you

    after a while, just by taking out one "Line" in one "Direction" at a time and doing it all over again :)

    and there's more:

    see

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle

    and

    (clicky)

    thx to Mr Prof Serpinski for triangle

    That makes my brain hurt.  Wince.  smiley​ 

    Ok, you keep on, I'll bore you to death with the story of...what's a good long story...wow, I've forgotten which history tales are mine.

    I'll list the presidents, straight out of my head, and believe me, reading that list will bore you. wink

     

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:
    ps1borg said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:
    Jan19 said:
    TangoAlpha said:

    Looked at those 3D mice last night - Yoiks! I don't think I've ever paid moe than £10 for a mouse, those started at just under a ton and went up to £298! 300 quid for a mouse!!! I'd have to take out another mortgage!

    We must be checking different places.  Those things have gone down in price. 

    And now they have wireless ones.  surprise​ 

     

    Bear in mind the pound has plummeted against pretty much everything, so imports are getting really expensive here. But looking around, the prices do seem to be much of a muchness. (store catalogue shot attached in case we're talking about something totally different)

    The pound is worth what in American dollars?  I don't know the conversion rate.  But even if it's 2 dollars...wow, yes, those are expensive.

     

     

    The pound hasn't been worth $2 since before the recession ($2.01 in 2007). It's currently worth $1.31 (which is up from its post-BREXIT low of $1.25 - a 2-week high apparently). Lowest value ever was $1.05 in 1985, & highest in "recent" years was $2.86 in 1957.

    Also in the US -- I think -- prices are quoted before tax, whereas here tax (20%) is included in the price (ie what we see is what we pay).

    Goodness.  I must've been using much earlier figures when I converted the pound to dollars.  That was years ago though, when I first started trying to teach adolescents to like history. 

    I thought...5 dollars = 1 pound.  How silly of me. :-)

    Can we tell yo' mama jokes in this here thread?  I seriously need to get happy.

    Me too.  When I went traveled that direction I found the Pound to be about 5 Dollars and the Guilders in Amsterdam to be about $0.5 dollars.  It made head calculations easy.  Don't mind me, I'm just another old fogey with tales of the olden days. 

    PS: I don't remember what the German Marks were worth at the time but the reason why is in itself another story best told after a couple of drinks or tokes.

    Does it have anything to do with the initial year -1950?  Maybe that's the year I used when I made the wrong calculations. surprise

    Math has never made any sense at all to me.  Geometry, yes.  But straight up math, forget it.  Too many rules.

    As for the German mark...just two?  I mean, seriously.  Two? :-)  I'm joking. 

     

    Geometry isn't math? Oh noes, looks like I got aone of those junk degrees somehow :)

    With all due respect because I know you probably worked for your degree, just like I did...well, no.  Geometry isn't math.  Not to me.

    See, I can do geometry.  The lines, angles, intersections...if it is geometry, I understand it.  Well, hell, I guess I do understand some math, because of the 3D modeling.

    Throw hands in the air and laugh -- ok, you win.  smiley  My argument just fell flat.  Geometry is math.

     

     

    Well then:

     

    gives you

    after a while, just by taking out one "Line" in one "Direction" at a time and doing it all over again :)

    and there's more:

    see

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle

    and

    (clicky)

    thx to Mr Prof Serpinski for triangle

    Tell me that's not you.  Whoever that is, is mighty young to be a professor.

     

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited August 2016
    MistyMist said:

    2 teq slams = carry over the one, subtract pie, and 00110110 

     

     

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beer Math

     

    and no, not me ;)

     

     

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    edited August 2016

    Complaint: Much too mathy in here. cool

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  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,587
    edited August 2016
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:

    2 teq slams = carry over the one, subtract pie, and 00110110 

     

     

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beer Math

     

    and no, not me ;)

     

     

    Except . . . American short measures. A proper pint is 20 floz,wink so the correct scores are 17 and 79 respectively.  (although the principle still holds)

    Morning all, getting noticeably autumnal out now, might even have to close the windows!

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,847
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:

    2 teq slams = carry over the one, subtract pie, and 00110110 

     

     

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beer Math

     

    and no, not me ;)

     

     

    ...or you can just schmoose like I do.  Got three beers bought for me tonight including a very strong Imperial IPA.

    A few weeks ago I got three "pre prohibition" whiskey sours bought for me. The pre prohibition version also uses egg whites in the mix and costs 10$.

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:

    2 teq slams = carry over the one, subtract pie, and 00110110 

     

     

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beer Math

     

    and no, not me ;)

     

     

    Wow. surprise

    I like those fractals.  Interesting as all get out. 

    Too early for beer, and I don't drink.  I hate hangovers.  So you all can have my share. :-)

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    Tjohn said:

    Complaint: Much too mathy in here. cool

    Lay some biology on us, tjohn.  smiley

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    TangoAlpha said:
    ps1borg said:
    MistyMist said:

    2 teq slams = carry over the one, subtract pie, and 00110110 

     

     

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beer Math

     

    and no, not me ;)

     

     

    Except . . . American short measures. A proper pint is 20 floz,wink so the correct scores are 17 and 79 respectively.  (although the principle still holds)

    Morning all, getting noticeably autumnal out now, might even have to close the windows!

    A proper pint is 20 oz?  Learn something new everyday. :-)

     

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