Re: [vos-d] thought problem 1: physics

2007-02-02 Thread chris
On 2/2/07, Benjamin Mesing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: will the two images of the two experiments show box2 in the same rest position relative to box1? Why don't we consider floating point precision issues as computers equivalent to Heisenbergs uncertainty principle? :) It does

Re: [vos-d] thought problem 1: physics

2007-02-02 Thread Reed Hedges
chris wrote: Consider the case when a military simulation is used to generate images that they expect a sensor should see. These images are compared to ground truth images and the result is used to calibrate a sensor - which is then used in a craft or weapon. If there is unknown positional

Re: [vos-d] thought problem 1: physics

2007-02-02 Thread Reed Hedges
Benjamin Mesing wrote: Question: will the two images of the two experiments show box2 in the same rest position relative to box1? Why don't we consider floating point precision issues as computers equivalent to Heisenbergs uncertainty principle? Well, OK not to be pedantic or anything :)

Re: [vos-d] Thought problem 2: physics 2

2007-02-02 Thread chris
On 2/3/07, chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/3/07, Reed Hedges [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chris wrote: Of course... why not use a big integer for time? I would guess that lots of software does, especially since that's what most operating systems give you (e.g. time_t). A big