POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Awesome Machine : Re: Awesome Machine Server Time
29 Jul 2024 12:30:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Awesome Machine  
From: nemesis
Date: 10 Apr 2012 14:24:16
Message: <4f847ad0$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid Win7 v1 escreveu:
>>> I found this significantly less impressive than expected.
>>
>> you're a weird geek.
> 
> Well, since geeks are by definition weird... :-P
> 
> I think it's the fact that the balls don't actually make any sound, they 
> just trigger an electronic sensor which then plays the sound. I mean, 
> the computer could trigger the sound even if the ball doesn't hit, and 
> fake the whole thing.
> 
> It would be /far/ more impressive if the physical impact of the balls 
> actually make a real sound, with no electronic trickery. (On the other 
> hand, I suspect it would be difficult to put the necessary kinetic 
> energy into the ball without firing it half way across the building 
> first...)

plastic pads are much easier for a ball to hit than a metallic string. 
Give the guys enough error margin...

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