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- 11: Who Was Jesus?
- ... an amazing coincidence happened to me after I finished reading the Parable of "The Pearl of Great Price." A couple of hours later, I was watching an old episode of Star Trek on TV, and 'Scotty' had actually quoted the same, exact parable at the end of the show! Funny that the writers of Star Trek predict the future to still hold the same religion as now, and 2000 years ago. Both Matthew and Mark write about the part of Pilate in His crucifixion. ...
- 12: What is Virtual Reality
- ... early implementation was called "The Closet Cathedral" for the ability to create the impression of an immense environment. within a small physical space. The Holodeck used in the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is afar term extrapolation of this technology. I.1.4. Telepresence Telepresence is a variation on visualizing complete computer generated worlds. This a technology links remote sensors ... drawbacks of mechanical sensors are the encumbrance of the device and its restrictions on motion. Exos Systems builds one such exoskeleton for hand control. It also provides force feedback. Shooting Star system makes a low cost armature system for head tracking. Fake Space Labs and LEEP Systems make much more expensive and elaborate armature systems for use with their display ...
- 13: Prime-time Animation
- ... is a prime-time animation that derived its satirical outlook on pop culture from its spiritual grandfather, The Simpsons. "Family guy, about the middle-class Griffins, takes on everything from Star Trek to Scooby Doo, Tiananmen Square to the Third Reich (Zerbisias, F8)." These are examples of important media events that have become part of our society. Thus, these references provide the ... Chat with Matt Groening, creator of Futurama and The Simpsons." www.Fox.com. 6 April. 1999. King of the Hill. Fox. 1999. Martin, David. "Doh! Simpsons show canceled!" The Toronto Star. 18 February. 1999: C5 The Simpsons. Fox. 1999. Zerbisias, Antonia. "'Terrific' 'toon tackles everything." The Toronto Star. 6 April. 1999: F8
- 14: Computer Graphics
- ... technologies development. Industry's First Attempts As NYIT's influence started to wane, the first wave of commercial computer graphics studios began to appear. Film visionary George Lucas (creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies) hired Catmull from NYIT in 1978 to start the Lucasfilm Computer Development Division, and a group of over half-dozen computer graphics studios around the ... is perhaps about one-third as much income. The actual wake-up call to the entertainment industry was not to come until much later in 1982 with the release of Star-Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. That movie contained a monumental sixty seconds of the most exciting full-color computer graphics yet seen. Called the "Genesis Effect," the sequence starts ...
- 15: Alan Dean Foster
- ... has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well- known productions as Star Wars, the three Alien films, and Alien Nation. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, and the treatment for the first Star Trek movie. In addition to publication in English, his work has appeared throughout the world. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first ...
- 16: Computers: Nonverbal Communications
- ... based on a Tolkienesque world of hobbits and giants, swords and sorcery. Now that the MUD community has expanded, however, diverse themes can be found, such as MUDs based on Star Trek, Star Wars, and other popular fantasy genres. Some MUDs (mostly social MUDs) are simply set in American cities, such as BayMOO (San Francisco) and Club Miami (Miami, FL). Other MUDs ...
- 17: Hollywood and Computer Animation
- ... technologies development. Industry's First Attempts As NYIT's influence started to wane, the first wave of commercial computer graphics studios began to appear. Film visionary George Lucas (creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies) hired Catmull from NYIT in 1978 to start the Lucasfilm Computer Development Division, and a group of over half-dozen computer graphics studios around the ... is perhaps about one-third as much income. The actual wake-up call to the entertainment industry was not to come until much later in 1982 with the release of Star-Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. That movie contained a monumental sixty seconds of the most exciting full-color computer graphics yet seen. Called the "Genesis Effect," the sequence starts ...
- 18: What Drives A Man
- ... This flaw comes on two levels. The first of which is his fetish with war, fighting, and conquering. Okonkwo constantly must be engaged in some activity, and like a typical Star Trek "Klingon", this is physical exertion or combat. For Okonkwo, the desire to conquer and subdue is described as being, "...like the desire for woman'. (Achebe 30) He possessed a one ...
- 19: Bill Gates
- ... and studied and got A's. During one of these slack off periods, Gates and Allen found a very small computer: the Altair 8800 "('Altair' was a destination in a Star Trek episode)"(Gates 16). It had a few switches and lights on the front that you could get to blink, but that was about all. This new chip had great potential ...
- 20: Analysis -- Buffy The Vampire
- ... stops moving before disintegrating into a pillar of dust. The ˇĄdustˇ¦ effect appears to use post-production computer generation, as well as editing, similar to the transporter effects used in Star Trek. The show has a regular line of characters, which seem to appear a little stereotypical at times, yet each character has their different traits and uses. Buffy is the main ...
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