Recent content by Kirl

I haven't watched it to the end, but I remember other research that found people with these gifts are using different areas of the brain. Facial recognition is a separate brain function for example, which we do with incredible speed and precision, without making an effort. They found that these...

I think this is an aproriate forum to ask this, I'm curious to the effect a planets gravity field has on a rocket flying past. I know it would simply pull in the object harder the closer it gets to it, but does it affect the rotation of the rocket as well? If one slingshots around a planet...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field" stands for the range that is sharp on a photograph. The bigger the diafragma (camera opening) the smaller the range that will be sharp on the picture. A bigger diafragma also means a shorter shutter opening (so the picture doesn't become too...

Ah, the right search term brought up some usefull results, thanks a lot.

Hi, I am trying to code the behaviour of a 2d water ripple, like when something falls into or onto the water, it is for a game so it doesn't have to be exact but I want it to be procedural instead of a fixed wave. So I like to know several things: What determines the height of the waves...