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  Re: Math/Optics Problem
 
(...) Alrighty. Since I have been studying this stuff for the past month and am supposed to pass a test about it, let's see what I can do. (...) Depends. Does it "focus"? The "fisheye" constant you're referring to is, in technical terms, called the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: RGB color values for many brick colors
 
Hi All, I updated my element color palette. Thanks for all the fine comments. It's on our club web site www.pnltc.org under "Articles" There are some links at the bottom of the table that point to some nice reference material. SteveB PNLTC (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Math/Optics Problem
 
David: (...) <activate brain/> Hmmm... Maybe not. The focus is probably rather affecting the "small obscure" supposedly only "camera dependent" supposedly "constant". (...) I think I have to open a camera (or an optics textbook) and have a look. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Math/Optics Problem
 
(...) Hmm... So both the zoom and the focus affect the fisheye constant? How exactly does the focus change it? I guess I'm imagining the same actual image in and out of focus and not seeing actual change in the image's shapes & relative sizes... (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Math/Optics Problem
 
David: (...) No. (...) No. (...) Yes: Focus (I think). (...) dist. from camera = (fisheye const.)*(actual height)/(photo height) + (small obscure camera dependent constant) Since you only ask about the relative distance, the "small doesn't matter. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Math/Optics Problem
 
So. Let's assume I have a photograph of Bob standing in front of his house. Knowing Bob the way I do, I know that Bob is 6 feet tall. And asking him later, I know that his house is 30 feet tall. Now I want to find out how far in front of his house (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Brickshelf has moved
 
(...) Same URL (www.brickshelf.com) - new IP address (206.131.246.36) ROSCO (23 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: I thought you preferred Linux? (was: Anyone got windows?)
 
(...) Cool! I don't think I ever saw that one! But I often though it woulda been really cool to build a washing machine in one of those RK06 disk drive modules! ROSCO (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Brickshelf has moved
 
Yeah, I understand how caching works, I just didn't know that BrickShelf had another URL. ;-) ~Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Brickshelf has moved
 
(...) Yeah, kinda. What happens is pretty much this: - Every computer (essentially) has an address, called an IP address. - The nameservers for the internet associate a name with an IP. So when you type in "www.lugnet.com", the internet nameservers (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Brickshelf has moved
 
Let me get this straight, BrickShelf has two URLs. On is 206.131.246.36 and the other is BrickShelf.com, right? Sorry, if I'm not thinking straight today... ;-) ~Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Brickshelf has moved
 
What old address? If you mean 216.2.22.36, that's gone now. If you see anything at that address it is a cached page. KL (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Brickshelf has moved
 
The old addresses still work. When, if even ever, will they stop working? ~Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: When Bill Gates dies
 
(...) I think I'd vote for both. While many hate Microsoft and Gates, Gates may be the single individual with the most responsibility towards the "computer in every household (or close to it)" environment we have today. Without Microsoft, we (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: When Bill Gates dies
 
(...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: When Bill Gates dies
 
(...) LOL! The only problem with Bill dying is that then Steve Ballmer gets all his press...and you DID see him last week, right? (URL) Not for those with heart conditions, or those drinking milk while watching. Heart attacks and nose-spit-takes all (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  When Bill Gates dies
 
When Bill Gates dies will he receive any postumous plaudits or will there be dancing in the streets? I'd go for the latter. Steve Knowing our luck he'll probably be cryogenically frozen and later revived. (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: NeXT Cube
 
(...) See, now we've got to get together and do this... 8?> Now, to ask Derek Schin if Vandenberg AFB has some hazerdous materials labs we can use for free like in the story... MWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Disco style: o/` Burn, baby, burn...PowerBook (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: NeXT Cube
 
(...) I've got a second one, we can use it for kindling. (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Mozilla users, help!
 
Hi all, I've got a problem reading Lugnet with Mozilla (v. 0.9.1, 0.9.2, and now 0.9.3). Often when I click on a message title or the "All" link to see an entire thread, I get the a page with following message: An internal server error occurred: No (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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