Via (the always excellent) 3 Quarks, a new theory how the Great Pyramid was built. The original site that hosts a video and 3D animation (from Dassault Systems) requires an extra plugin (3D Life player), which also works on Firefox (Windows). If you’re not into plug-ins, you can also download the PDF.
2K Games announced a new Civ IV extension pack (previously on xsamplex), which includes:
New Civilizations: The expansion pack includes ten new civilizations, such as Portugal, Babylon and Netherlands and their associated unique units and buildings.
Oh dear.
Via Digg, I found this video of an interesting way of using your fingers as a mouse with the help of a camera (4:45 minutes long). The interviewer is a douche bag, yes: if you listen carefully what the programmer is trying to explain, much of it will make sense. Not revolutionary, but yes, an interesting approach to tackle this specific problem.
If you were ever into fractals (and I suppose, every programmer or nerd would have been), there’s this amazing movie of a quite deep zoom into a Mandelbrot. It keeps going and going, so to say. The first time I saw a fractal to be drawn (on an MSX-2), it took a full day to finish it. With a cluster of PS3s…
it’s unbelievable what they build in the acient days overthere…
it’s unbelievable what they build in the acient days overthere…
True: but the saddest part is that mankind actually forgot how they made those things… (or obviously somebody wasn’t making notes on his stone tablets: I look at you, King Cheops).
That said, didn’t you visit those pyramids, like in quite a while ago?