| back to the daily rhetoric of random posts…word. first up is this weird-ass japanese commercial fonz sent me. a father and son team of tea leaf-loving worms using jedi mind-tricks on japanese tea leaf-pickers. wah desu!
STUPID PATENTS
i really do wonder about the patent office sometimes. an article came out yesterday about a lawsuit the graphic specialists tektronix is bringing on a number of major games companies. they apparently claim that they hold a patent on displaying 3d graphics on a 2d display. which is, you know, essentially every single fucking video game out there right now. i dont know how they got such a retarded patent, but apparently the defendants will be citing precedents of 3d graphics on 2d displays that predate tektronix‘s retard 1987 patent. next thing you know some stupid companys going to claim that they invented the hyperlink. no wait…
MISS DIGITAL
speaking of 3d, theres an interesting wired article about a digital beauty contest…the miss digital world beauty pageant…pageant…pageant…echo. showcasing polygonal hotness from around the world, the pageants creator franz cerami says that he intends to start a cg talent agency to promote and manage a stable of artificial hotties. its an interesting concept to say the least, one which i cant really say is too far out there in terms of weirdness. a number of companies around the world, not just video game companies, already utilize cg models as part of their promotions. not to mention the fact that some of the cg models the article highlights are downright scary in terms of their detail. digital freckles and pores…holy shit. as impressive as they are tho, im still personally down with the digital showgirls of namco. batter up.
> jedi mind-trick worms (via fonz)
> stupid patents
> miss digital world beauty pageant (via wired)
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ha, thats like saying you invented the internet…
I must say your posts are always interesting.
In the engineering world, everyone has patented everything. It’s so bad in fact that we’re told NOT to see if anything we’ve designed infringes on any patents, because it surely will.
hey aisa…are u a regular reader now? always been? just curious because ive always wanted to know who was reading, aside from the people who comment regularly. anyhoo, nice to hear from you again.
and greg, ive been sitting on patents for breathing, gravity, and the krebs cycle…so ill be sending out lawsuits next week to all the fuckers whove been infringing on my patents.
hey
I just remembered your url because i used to talk to you on AA.
I frequent your page from time to time, but everytime i visit there’s always something interesting. So i am sure i will be a devoted and avid reader from now on. 🙂
holy shit…aa? i have a dodgy recollection (at best) of who i used to message on aa. you need to jog my memory, because now im curious.
Hey the name was Puresweetness on there.
I was a wanna be web designer at that time haha.
Anyways that darth vader commercial was tooo funny! Too bad it was so short.
thats like, wow. i gotta say, this whole 21st century staying in touch thing rocks. its def good to hear from you again.
and dun worry, i was and still am a wannabe graphic designer…woot.