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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: A Boojum Snark on December 28, 2004, 07:55:19 PM

Title: Strangest feeling in your life.
Post by: A Boojum Snark on December 28, 2004, 07:55:19 PM: As I was leaving the store today with my shiny new hard drive there was this most amazing sunset across the whole entire sky. There was none or very little wind so the clouds were not moving, and the fact that over half the sky was tinted pink (sun-side near total pink, other mainly gray, with varying amounts between) made the sky look like a painting. It did not look like a sky.

This 'flatness' of the sky made me feel exactly like I was inside a video game with a 2D skybox.
Most erie, strange, skin-tingling feeling evar. :ph34r: o_O :o

Anyone else have similar tales to tell of odd feelings?
Title: Strangest feeling in your life.
Post by: BobTheJanitor on December 28, 2004, 09:47:46 PM: I have honestly looked at sunsets before and thought 'wow, I've got to download that skybox'. Right before pummeling myself into submission with any available blunt object.

God wins at mapping. If only we could get him to work for NS.
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Post by: Dark on December 28, 2004, 09:49:48 PM: i think sunsets affect us all that way
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Post by: BlaqWolf on December 28, 2004, 10:04:25 PM: i think it's just the sky in general... it's just so big. it's kinda hard NOT to be amazed at it sometimes.
Title: Strangest feeling in your life.
Post by: A Boojum Snark on December 28, 2004, 10:07:37 PM: Well, it wasn't so much that I was amazed at it, but rather the flatness of it. Usually the sky looks 3D, it didn't at this time.
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Post by: bacon_flaps on December 28, 2004, 10:23:20 PM: Space is mother:Ding ridiculously huge. Think about it.
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Post by: Malevolent on December 28, 2004, 10:28:43 PM: Hmm, I've never had that happen to me before, but I have seen some pretty cool looking sunsets.
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Post by: duherman on December 28, 2004, 11:13:03 PM: Yeah, I aswell had that feeling the sky was blue and white big clouds all over. It looked like I was on a boardgame and ontop was the room around me.
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Post by: bacon_flaps on December 28, 2004, 11:29:10 PM: Stop talking about the sky and think about space.
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Post by: holy_devil on December 29, 2004, 08:19:11 AM: oddly i've had the same thought booj. but you didn't even describe the HDD so idk what to say :(
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Post by: LowCrawler on December 29, 2004, 10:01:52 AM: ive done it at night, with stars. Looks like standing inside a bubble.
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Post by: fatty on December 29, 2004, 01:24:45 PM: mrs. bobthejanitor and i look at the sunset every night.

:ph34r:
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Post by: Malevolent on December 29, 2004, 01:35:53 PM: Quote
mrs. bobthejanitor and i look at the sunset every night.

:ph34r:
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Wow, she does that with me too. And I thought I was the only one.
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Post by: That Annoying Kid on December 29, 2004, 01:58:35 PM: space is gigantic when you let your mind dwell on it :D

and yeah, pwnage sunsets do wonders for thinking, it's cool watching a sunset in the fog, but being above the fog so you can see this carpet covering the town and the sun slowly settling :D

oh, specs on the HDD?
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Post by: Zero7 on December 29, 2004, 02:04:41 PM: I should prolly upload my pics of the sky for ya'll to gaze in awe and wonder :D
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Post by: CorvusX on December 29, 2004, 07:41:50 PM: Yes, piktarz are t3h awesome. Entertain us, Zero7. :p
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Post by: lolfighter on December 30, 2004, 08:04:47 AM: Simple: Depth perception works through triangulation. Beyond a certain distance though, were not good enough at it to accurately perceive depth anymore, hence what we see will seem flat, and unless we know the approximate size of an object, it will not be possible to accurately gauge the distance. This is why looking down from a mountaintop is so... special.
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Post by: A Boojum Snark on December 30, 2004, 11:11:26 AM: Well yes LF, but it wasn't just that the sky seemed to have the texture of a painting too. I have never seen a sunset look so exactly like a painting before in my life.
Title: Strangest feeling in your life.
Post by: Jefe on December 30, 2004, 05:20:04 PM: The strangest feeling I've ever had is right now on the side of my neck. There's a nice lump the size of a baseball.

:help:
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Post by: [JFF]Kirby on January 03, 2005, 06:01:34 PM: yeah.. when hl2 came out and i played it for the whole day.. the next day on the way to school i kept lookin at things.. like the water.. thinkin how damn good the graphics are...
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Post by: Ulatoh on January 03, 2005, 09:12:24 PM: Quote
The strangest feeling I've ever had is right now on the side of my neck. There's a nice lump the size of a baseball.

:help:
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yay for goiter
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Post by: SwiftSpear on January 03, 2005, 10:45:52 PM: Quote
yeah.. when hl2 came out and i played it for the whole day.. the next day on the way to school i kept lookin at things.. like the water.. thinkin how damn good the graphics are...
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I had that at work (the blueberry processing plant) after watching the HL2 videos and playing some Doom3. I kept looking at the glassy wet floor and how the water refracted when I walked on it and I was like... "wow that is some good dynamic lighting"
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Post by: Nuketheplace on January 03, 2005, 10:54:00 PM: I know what your talking about. Last night I had just finished playing about 12 hours of WoW. I started talking to my dad about something and I expected the chat window to pop up. Thats when I realized that there is such a thing as to many computer games.