Of course they are not hurting the fish: they're not real! Watch their movements closely, especially the heads of the "fish". There are a couple points where they look quite mechanical. Not real fish, just good facimilies.
Wow, a lot of trouble to go to, to just end up with a rather unamusing, mostly direct rip-off, play on words. They didn't even bother to re-record the Black Sabbath vocal to say "I am Ironing Man."
"I'd read that the camera was synched via a radio link so that the blades could be observed under load."
Don't know if it's true, but would explain why the effect would continue with changes in the speed of the rotors.
"That the frame rate was just right, I can only imagine to be coincidence, because it would be a huge amount of math just to compute the needed rate."
No, because pro video cameras have variable shutter speeds (not frame rates), so you can just dial it in. As you do, you would observe the rotors "slowing down" until they "stop". As you went past that point, they would seem to begin to rotate in the opposite direction. The aforementioned wagon-wheel effect. I've done the same thing myself w/ hummingbird wings. You can dial it in where it just looks like it's floating with its wings stationary.
As to the comment of it being fake because it would be dark, ....uh, this is shot in broad daylight. There's plenty of light. You can hardly get a brighter setting. And why would someone invent a function on a camera that couldn't make a useable picture? Silly.
CharlesNelsonReilly: "What other industry is put under such demands?" A: Every single service industry, at least the ones that claim to give good service.
Southwest makes the top of the list for me. As mentioned above, the way they do the seating is SO dumb. And they tout it like it's a big advantage over every other airline!
For those who don't know, SW doesn't allow you to reserve seats. You get assigned a Zone, and have to STAND IN LINE at the gate, so you can hopefully get the seat you want. But they ARE kinda sorta assigned, because there are numbered areas within the zone! So, if you're assigning zones within zones, why not just assign seats?!? Arg! And who wants to stand in line while having to travel all day? ARG! And to get a better seat, you have to stand in line longer! ARG ARG!!
The thing that is most aggravating is that I can plan everything well in advance, get my ticket 3 months ahead of time, and some random person who just bought their ticket at the counter 5 minutes before I arrive at the airport can get a better seat than me. Stupid.
The right whale is endangered now because of human hunting habits in the past. And not because of food as much as for their oil and ambergris. "Natural selection" is not a valid reason, because humans have tipped the scales by changing the circumstances. And adaptations in most animals take eons, not a couple hundred years.
I think we should save them if we can, because they are a unique and incredible animal. Isn't that enough reason?
BTW, since we've embarked upon correcting errors, there is no such word as "casted", at least as a past tense of "cast". It's just "cast".
This coming from a Firefox (which I also like) user currently typing on a Mac.
Don't know if it's true, but would explain why the effect would continue with changes in the speed of the rotors.
"That the frame rate was just right, I can only imagine to be coincidence, because it would be a huge amount of math just to compute the needed rate."
No, because pro video cameras have variable shutter speeds (not frame rates), so you can just dial it in. As you do, you would observe the rotors "slowing down" until they "stop". As you went past that point, they would seem to begin to rotate in the opposite direction. The aforementioned wagon-wheel effect. I've done the same thing myself w/ hummingbird wings. You can dial it in where it just looks like it's floating with its wings stationary.
As to the comment of it being fake because it would be dark, ....uh, this is shot in broad daylight. There's plenty of light. You can hardly get a brighter setting. And why would someone invent a function on a camera that couldn't make a useable picture? Silly.
You shouldn't gloss your own films as "Top 20" or "Top Anything" though....
This is so freaking cool. I actually work on the game "Rock Band", and (tho this is a competitor game), I'm gonna forward this to my boss.
Southwest makes the top of the list for me. As mentioned above, the way they do the seating is SO dumb. And they tout it like it's a big advantage over every other airline!
For those who don't know, SW doesn't allow you to reserve seats. You get assigned a Zone, and have to STAND IN LINE at the gate, so you can hopefully get the seat you want. But they ARE kinda sorta assigned, because there are numbered areas within the zone! So, if you're assigning zones within zones, why not just assign seats?!? Arg! And who wants to stand in line while having to travel all day? ARG! And to get a better seat, you have to stand in line longer! ARG ARG!!
The thing that is most aggravating is that I can plan everything well in advance, get my ticket 3 months ahead of time, and some random person who just bought their ticket at the counter 5 minutes before I arrive at the airport can get a better seat than me. Stupid.
I think we should save them if we can, because they are a unique and incredible animal. Isn't that enough reason?