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Geek Culture / TV weather gets computer game makeover

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David T
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2004 18:42
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3572562.stm

Looks interesting

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Posted: 23rd Aug 2004 18:56
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Lol, look at the caption under the second picture:

Quote: "It is a far cry form the magnetic days of old"


God I'm lame lol.


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Posted: 23rd Aug 2004 19:50
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Lol

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heh cool

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Posted: 23rd Aug 2004 20:05
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GMTV already have a 3D map (not as graphically impressive as this looks though). They start with a Top down view, then the "camera" tilts and moves down under the clouds and travels across the country, through the rain.

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yeah but are they just changing how the maps are viewed to hide the fact that they still can't get it right?


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Posted: 23rd Aug 2004 20:37
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I thought channel9 had something nice, now i know what it was all that time.

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Real-time rendering's an unneccary gimmick really. Doesn't that mean real-time screw-ups too? Hmm...

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lol mouse most games are virtual reatime rendering. without it we would still be playing pre rendered scene games.

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Posted: 24th Aug 2004 00:37
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i hope they aren't spending masses of our money on this gimmick.


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Posted: 24th Aug 2004 00:58
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Quote: " lol mouse most games are virtual reatime rendering. without it we would still be playing pre rendered scene games."


Er... I'm sorry, duh? I sure as heck hope I wasn't just playing through a video of Scourge of Armagon just now, and every other game before that . The point is that the weather broadcasting thing being rendered in real-time is an unneccesary gimmick. It'd be more reliable and look fancier if they rendered it an hour or so in advance.

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Posted: 24th Aug 2004 02:23
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It's very important that when you get the forecast wrong, it looks good.

Weather forecasting must be one of the only jobs where you can screw up on a regular basis and not lose your job. What's more, it can affect other people's jobs and decisions, hence causing other people to screw up and possibly lose their jobs and livelihoods.

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Yeah ...

But my point actually was computer errors. Meteoroligists can regularly screw up and it's not a big deal, but what if you suddenly get display artifacts on the screen 'cuz the new video card wasn't so hot after all, or the CPU blows out and there's nothing at all? Seems to me it'd be far more intelligent to record the stuff in advance and drop it on the greenscreen in the classic way.

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"i hope they aren't spending masses of our money on this gimmick."

unless you pay for BBC, they get their money from the sponsors, last i looked.

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Quote: "unless you pay for BBC, they get their money from the sponsors, last I looked."


Their strapline is "Thanks to the way the BBC is funded by you"

The TV license in the UK, which goes to the BBC, is £121. If you have any receiving equipment, including a video, even if you never switch it on, you must have a TV license. You can no longer buy a TV without providing your name and address to the retailer.

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Things your TV license pays for

Fishcam, North Yorkshire:



Quote: "TELEVISION licence payers will help to pay for a massive redevelopment of the BBC's landmark building in Manchester city centre.

It will form the heart of a new entertainment district boasting bars, restaurants, homes and businesses.

A public square with a new entrance to the BBC's northern HQ is expected to be the centrepiece of the multi-million pound Oxford Road project - which is likely to see half of the famous brick building demolished.

It is planned for the cost to of the ambitious development to be met both by BBC licence payers and the private sector.
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Quote: "The BBC has tried of late to emulate the successful format of the American networks, especially with it's expensive and audience lacking 24hr news programme, (well do you know anyone who watches it). This channel was criticised recently by a house of commons committee for being lavish with the spending and short on appeal.
Anyone watching the BBC, cant fail to have been impressed with its lavish support for government initiatives and spin. Its so in hock to the Blair administration that its now been dubbed the "BLAIR BROADCASTING CORPORATION". "


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i forget you pay for liscences.
theres 6 tvs in this house, we would go broke for the liscences.
mouse i think your being a little negative lately. better have some pep me up juice.

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Quote: "theres 6 tvs in this house, we would go broke for the liscences."


One household, one license...forunately!

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