Many people have talked about this Gmail thing. I’m curious. If anyone has information or can provide the mythical invitation… please email me.
Thanks.
Archive for June 10th, 2004
Well, the initial posting has pretty much gotten to 130 comments. (Wow)
I am at 16/24; but I think I have guesses on about 6 of the 8. If I don’t that means I really need more clues.
As always, the status page let’s you link to the threads and see how I’m doing.
If you want to add a new one on… go to the original posting and comment there. It’s easier for me to track overall. If you’ve been solved once. Feel free to try again if you think you can get a new set of clues.
Oh, if you’re not on my friends list, please tell me (separately from the clues) or I will never guess you because I’m making the assumption you are on my friends list.
A couple of coworkers hazarded with films like Shrek and Final Fantasy(trailer), that soon there would be no need for screen based actors.
Ironically the reverse of how it started. Originally they were faces without voices, now they’d be voices without faces. Personally, I think the time is decades off. Yes, we’re talking 20-50 years.
I’ve explained to people that when they try to computer generate a living creature, (For example: The L.A. Times had a trailer in local cinemas showing a computer generated Basset Hound), that something in my brain just won’t buy it. I have yet to be fooled.
Happily, an article has come out supporting my reasons. Quite simply, when animated figures don’t look entirely human. Take Shrek for example, the characters are likable. Even the evil ones. But if you pass too close to human, (such as many of the newest video games), the figures become disquieting and a bit spooky. See examples by Brian Carpenter here and here.
There is some mystery of ‘life’ or that spark that animators just can’t reproduce. The mind is programmed to detect those little inconsistencies that make something look ‘not quite right’
I will admit, the person that figures out this miraculous, “Xeno’s last step” is gonna be rich. On the downside, I take solace for now that they can’t fool me into believing someone fake is someone real.