I am going to FITC. I'm pretty styked. =] Also turns out I may have something better than a brick to play pong with too.
Hope to see some of you there. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:52 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > if your brick can send dtmf, yup! > > by the way, for the record, this will *not* be the world's first ever > massively multiplayer, on-location game of pong. > > it turns out that at SIGGRAPH in 1991, loren carpenter presented > massively multiplayer pong to an audience of 5000 using an > object-recognition system called cinematrix. the audience used painted > wooden sticks as controllers. > > http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/history/timeline/cinematrix.html > http://www.cinematrix.com/whatis.html > > formal retraction here: > > http://moock.org/pipermail/moock-updates/2010-July/000063.html > > sorry for the confusion, > colin > > > Ktu wrote: > >> Can I participate in pong using a brick as my controller? >> >> Sigh... >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever >>> 600-player game of pong! >>> >>> http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html >>> >>> this might help too: >>> http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip >>> >>> : ) >>> >>> if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at >>> the >>> amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of >>> connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a >>> condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a >>> 3-day >>> bottle. >>> >>> imho, >>> colin >>> >>> >>> >>> Ktu wrote: >>> >>> Hey list, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending >>>> two >>>> of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing >>>> that >>>> this event offers more than what we can get locally. >>>> >>>> So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you >>>> looking forward to and why? >>>> >>>> I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the >>>> evolution >>>> of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the >>>> Flex >>>> intro for Flash Purists >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Ktu; The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
