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General => Lounge => Topic started by: EricCoolCats on March 12, 2008, 11:09:33 AM

Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: EricCoolCats on March 12, 2008, 11:09:33 AM
Skywalker Last Supper Painting Made With 69,550 Star Wars Frames (http://gizmodo.com/366573/skywalker-last-supper-painting-made-with-69550-star-wars-frames)

(http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/03/starwars-last-supper2.jpg)

"This is what you get when you capture 69,550 full resolution frames from the six Star Wars movies and combine them with a version of DaVinci's Last Supper on a PC with mosaic-making software and a custom matlab-based algorithm. The 262-megapixel mosaic (24,168 x 10,864 pixels) took two weeks to complete, including 30 hours of computing power and manual retouching for the final version."

And he skipped college classes for two weeks to finish this.

Geek of the Year™? Me thinks so... ;)
**scrambles to find a copy online**
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: LittleAngel1198 on March 12, 2008, 11:30:37 AM
I would have asked if YOU did it, but then I saw you said he skipped college for it. LOL
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: Chuck W on March 12, 2008, 12:21:32 PM
Ouch!
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: LittleAngel1198 on March 12, 2008, 12:40:16 PM
Oh come on Chuck, you know he's a true trekky at heart!
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: ZondaC12 on March 12, 2008, 01:04:49 PM
Holy shyytt. Mentions Matlab at one point in that description. I had to use that for one of my classes last year. Helluva time just figuring the thing out to do some basic matrix operations :hick:  Cant even imagine what the dude did with it for THAT.
 
Gotta compliment him it looks great! Oughta get some kind of paymnet for that from...someone I dunno who but he oughta get paid for that lol.
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Post by: bhazard on March 12, 2008, 01:31:15 PM
Quote from: LittleAngel1198;208786
Oh come on Chuck, you know he's a true trekky at heart!

Trekky? How ya figure?
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: bhazard on March 12, 2008, 01:40:12 PM
Quote from: LittleAngel1198;208786
Oh come on Chuck, you know he's a true trekky at heart!

Trekky? How ya figure?
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: 5.0willgo on March 12, 2008, 01:42:06 PM
How did he get away with skipping classes for two weeks?
If I miss any one class more than twice I fail the course and 2 weeks would be 4 classes. They even have me on the classes I have once a week. I can only miss one of those.
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Post by: V8Demon on March 12, 2008, 02:21:22 PM
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How did he get away with skipping classes for two weeks?


Good grades and parental political muscle can go a LONG way....

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you know he's a true trekky at heart


Insert Eric's voice when reading the picture caption:
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: CougarSE on March 12, 2008, 02:24:19 PM
Knowing what Eric sounds like,, Thats really funny!!!!  Hahaha
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Post by: Johnny Cougar on March 12, 2008, 07:26:41 PM
Leave it to Eric to find true signs of geekdom.
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: EricCoolCats on March 12, 2008, 08:40:32 PM
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Leave it to Eric to find true signs of geekdom.

Ahem...the pot calls the kettle black, huh? (http://"http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=21330226")
I rest my case. :flip:
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: daminc on March 12, 2008, 08:45:39 PM
The Cure?
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Post by: ZondaC12 on March 12, 2008, 09:35:04 PM
Quote from: EricCoolCats;208861
Ahem...the pot calls the kettle black, huh? (http://"http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=21330226")
I rest my case. :flip:

BILL-BILL-BILL-BILL-BILL
 
ROFL :giggle: owned
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: Chuck W on March 13, 2008, 09:06:26 AM
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The Cure?


and what is wrong with that?
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: daminc on March 13, 2008, 05:53:26 PM
The only time I heard anyone mention the cure was back in the 80's.
And the wedding singer.

Its more like a blast from the past. Didn't know anyone even remembered.
Kinda like whipping out a name like Lisa Lisa or Venom. I guess I wasn't ready for it.
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: Johnny Cougar on March 13, 2008, 11:01:08 PM
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The only time I heard anyone mention the cure was back in the 80's.
And the wedding singer.

Its more like a blast from the past. Didn't know anyone even remembered.
Kinda like whipping out a name like Lisa Lisa or Venom. I guess I wasn't ready for it.


The Cure rocks.

And the 80's comment is kind of ironic on a Fox board...
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: daminc on March 13, 2008, 11:08:33 PM
I was more of an R.E.M./Teenage Head follower myself.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate The Cure
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Post by: t3skidoo on March 13, 2008, 11:14:16 PM
Quote from: Johnny Cougar;209046

And the 80's comment is kind of ironic on a Fox board...


ding ding we have a winnah!
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: Quietleaf on March 13, 2008, 11:21:49 PM
I am so going to get it for posting this...:beatyoass:

T-Bird CD changer, Disc 1:

1. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
2. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
3. Van Halen - Right Now
4. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
5. Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child of Mine (original, full version)
6. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
7. Genesis - Land of Confusion
8. Madness - Our House
9. David Bowie - Modern Love
10. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
11. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
12. Bananarama - Venus
13. The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
14. Duran Duran - Come Undone
15. Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
16. The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian

I might put something else in place of #14 but otherwise this is by far the best mix CD I've ever burned. It's meant to be listened to straight through, without skipping around. I spent hours thinking the pacing through from one song to the next. The guy at the autosound shop made me stand there while he copied down the exact list and resolved to make one for himself :D
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: Chuck W on March 13, 2008, 11:38:12 PM
Wow...late '80's flashback!
Title: The Biggest Geek In The World
Post by: Quietleaf on March 13, 2008, 11:44:52 PM
Good substitutes for #14 would be either:

R.E.M. - Orange Crush
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World (As We Know It)

Probably Orange Crush more. ITEOTW would be better finishing out a CD (which is where I put it on another disc), but in this case I'm using Bangles for that.

I have both on other discs which is why they aren't on #1. When I made mix CD's one rule I used was never to put the same group on a CD twice, and to look *very* closely at how they pace from one song to the next (so for instance, the Duran Duran song is more subdued and sets up Eurythmics perfectly).
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Post by: daminc on March 13, 2008, 11:51:36 PM
I'm glad "hungry like the wolf" wasn't in the line up. LOL
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Post by: kingcars on March 14, 2008, 12:28:16 AM
When I did my classic rock mix, I found Hells Bells by ACDC to be THE PERFECT opening song.  Starts off with slow guitar, then slowly picks up into a good, exciting beat.
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Post by: LittleAngel1198 on March 14, 2008, 07:45:06 AM
I was thinking about Eric's comment to John... I could only come up with this.....

Pot... let me introduce you to Kettle. :rollin: