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more about #computerscience Slatz_Grobnik: Sokal'd! And The Man Himself only printed a new book on his un-hoax this year. The "we're fucked as a civilization" factor for this is high. more » Annalee Newitz: I'm just excited that nobody has complained yet about the animated gif. more » Grey_Area: The acceptance process is probably run by an automated system. Soon they won't even need people to read these. Progress! more » -
#badscience
Computer-Generated Paper Accepted for Prestigious Technical Conference
A prankster who submitted a computer-generated research paper to the International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering discovered that not only was his fake paper accepted - its "author" is to chair a panel. -
#specialeffects
Light-in-Fog Computer Simulation Is Ultra Realistic and Cheap
Now your computer can simulate the movement of light through fog in a way that will easily fool the untrained eye. Using new "photon mapping" algorithms that map how light would bounce off water particles in the air (i.e. fog), UC San Diego computer scientists can now whip up a quick, realistic fog world for a videogame or movie without a lot of expensive computer power. Compare the photon mapped image above, with what the same amount of computing power would have produced without the algorithm, below. More »
