Wednesday, November 22, 2006

ö Neo-Eleusinian Mysteries: The History & Future of LSD  Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing: Eleusinian & Neo-Eleusinian Mysteries: The History & Future of LSD - Bruce Eisner Video I've been working with my video library recently and uploaded almost 2 hours of a talk I gave at the 2001 International Conference on Altered States in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the talk, I develop for the first time the idea for the potential use of LSD in which its use is combined with a variety of other psychological techniques and technologies which I call the Neo-Eleusinian Mysteries.  HAPPY THANKSGIVING! permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

ö screwed by Bush: "how 'bout you be Bush and I'll be the country" [YouTube NSFW] This would be funny if it weren't true... permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

ö megapixel myth tested on public - save your money  Pogue's Posts - Technology - New York Times Blog ... On the show, we did a test. We blew up a photograph to 16 x 24 inches at a professional photo lab. One print had 13-megapixel resolution; one had 8; the third had 5. Same exact photo, down-rezzed twice, all three printed at the same poster size. I wanted to hang them all on a wall in Times Square and challenge passersby to see if they could tell the difference. [...] Anyway, we ran the test for about 45 minutes. Dozens of people stopped to take the test; a little crowd gathered. About 95 percent of the volunteers gave up, announcing that there was no possible way to tell the difference, even when mashing their faces right up against the prints. A handful of them attempted guesses - but were wrong. Only one person correctly ranked the prints in megapixel order, although (a) she was a photography professor, and (b) I believe she just got lucky. I'm telling you, there was NO DIFFERENCE. more, lots of comments  I still use and love my old 2003 2 megapixel Canon Powershot A60. If you don't pre-AF by pressing the shot button halfway, slowish shutter lag is its only problem, shared with many cameras. But, I bet at 16 x 24 anyone could tell it's not 5 or more... permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?