Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Look at this object. This is wall size.
Evaluation criteria
Choose one of the following points and write a 3-5 page essay or short story.
Standard font, font size and spacing.
Keep in mind what the object is and write about the object.
Points
1) Explain how feel when you realize you will never be able to afford something like this.
2) How will a/an (insert enjoyable event here) look on this object? Justify your answers.
3) Evaluate the effects on sleep habits this object might have. Also discuss how this will effect eyes and the head, neck and shoulders.
4) Explain the technology behind making this.
5) Write a short story.
6) What's the point?
I really don't expect you to write anything. I just thought it would be clever because the semester is ending. Go school.
Evaluation criteria
Choose one of the following points and write a 3-5 page essay or short story.
Standard font, font size and spacing.
Keep in mind what the object is and write about the object.
Points
1) Explain how feel when you realize you will never be able to afford something like this.
2) How will a/an (insert enjoyable event here) look on this object? Justify your answers.
3) Evaluate the effects on sleep habits this object might have. Also discuss how this will effect eyes and the head, neck and shoulders.
4) Explain the technology behind making this.
5) Write a short story.
6) What's the point?
I really don't expect you to write anything. I just thought it would be clever because the semester is ending. Go school.
6 Comments:
Frat boys. A chill. Fo rizzle.
Ashley Wright
Per. 2
Miss Sabo
Depravity and Me
It has recently come to my attention that it will be very unlikely that I will ever afford "this object". This evaluation took less time for me to decipher than it would take Spencer to poke at a ketchup packet. Having said this, I would assume that in a few years it might be something we all can afford, being that technology changes and that it will be obsolete in the next five years (and yes, I'm probably being generous with that time estimate)
Because I know it will be very unlikely that I will ever own "this object" I would have to say my fantasies about what could possibly be shown on such a screen run away with me. I imagine the Super Bowl, House, Scrubs, Gray's Anatomy, and the travel chanel all bursting forth all in their almost life-sized beauty, beckoning me to join them frolicking (sp?) in t.v. goodness and I, not wanting to offend them, would join, and we would laugh, cry, and make enjoyable side comments much like I do now with other ppl I enjoy frolicking with.
However, a wonderfully, almost life-sized Hugh Laurie may have some negative effects not only on my sleeping habits but on my concept of reality. Because I do not have "the object" I am unable at this time to give specifics on my sleeping habits but just like all things I would assume the novelty would eventually wear off and life would return to normal...but not until we watched all of the Lord of the Rings on my freakin' sweet screen.
My concept of how this machinery works is limited and I would like to defer this part of the essay to Jeremy because I am thoroughly convinced that he knows almost everything and could give you an answer that you may not understand but has enough scientific jargon that you're pretty sure he's right.
I haven't the time for the short story but I will tell you this: when I write my award winning screen play, it will be on that amazing screen and the credits will be hilarious.
The point of this entire essay is that I am putting off a project I should be doing in favor of applying more pressure on myself because I work better under pressure. Procrastination is not wasted on me.
Hugh Laurie. A chill. Fo rizzle.
I also am procrastination a post. Which is why I'm blogging. I anticipate hearing later that TR is also doing this. Right now.
As per my deferral, I wish to shed some light on plasma screens. First, it may interest you to know that plasma screens do NOT get a higher resolution than it's equivalent CRT (cathode-ray tube), the bulky TV's. In fact, in most instances, the CRT has the capability of outdoing the plasma screen in both performance and longevity. Why are plasma screens so popular? Because you can make a friggin' 103-inch screen without a huge cathode tube behind it.
So, technology. First, everybody knows that they get the plasma for plasma screens from plasma donors, so keep donating, you great people. Actually, the plasma refers to the electrolized gas that the display uses within its florescent lights. A plasma screen is different from a CRT in that instead of electrons being shot out across a screen to produce color, hundreds of tiny florescent lights are placed in rows behind the screen. Each light represents one pixel, and is divided itself into three sub-pixels, a red, blue and green one, the fluctuating combination of which produces colors all across the spectrum. Plasma screens can't achieve as high of a resolution, therefore, because each pixel is constrained by how small they can make the florescent light behind it, rather than the size of the tube that you shoot an electron out of. And since we're more capable of making small tubes instead of small lights, you get better resolution. You get wider screens by simply adding more lights, so it's easier to make really wide plasma displays. And plasma display screens are brighter, as well, making for a cleaner image (intensified contrast).
Interesting side note: most plasma TVs are not technically TVs, but rather displays, as they have no tuner built in, so you have to have another control device (most often a VCR) to hook the display up to. Oh, and when you do get your plasma screens, remember that the red-green-blue composite cables do NOT carry sound like the red-yellow-white compsite cables that we all know and love. But as long as you're putting down for a plasma screen, look into investing in Dolby Digital 5.1 optical cable sound. Speaking of Dolby, did you know that most theater sound is optically encoded into the filmstrip itself?
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