Znirk wrote:Wikipedia suggests they do, although they don't go as far as going silent on the <é>:/mwɑːrˈeɪ/; French: [mwaˈʁe]
The audio on the OED site sounds like she is loudly air kissing.
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Znirk wrote:Wikipedia suggests they do, although they don't go as far as going silent on the <é>:/mwɑːrˈeɪ/; French: [mwaˈʁe]
xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
Keyman wrote:capngwyn wrote:When you swim in a creek
and an eel bites your cheek
it's a moray...
Here in the upper midwest USA, that word is sometimes pronounced "crick".
Heimhenge wrote:This comic reminded me of the first time I saw a moire pattern. Didn't know what it was called back then, but we were visiting some relatives who had a double screen door on their entrance. I walked past it and saw some motion in my peripheral vision. Spent some time moving my head around and watching the effect. Curiously, my cousin swore he saw nothing but maybe I wasn't describing what I saw clearly enough. Makes me wonder if the eye-brain system on some people is "immune" to this illusion?
Heimhenge wrote:What do you mean "real"?
Sure, the intersection of grid patterns in overlaid screens is real. But the "wavy band" that seems to move across the screen when your head moves ... that's gotta be happening in the brain.
Otherwise why wouldn't my cousin see it?
Heimhenge wrote:Otherwise why wouldn't my cousin see it?
xtifr wrote:... and orthogon merely sounds undecided.
The communicators from the original Star Trek used moire patterns assembled from a specific kit.racemaniac wrote:Anybody got any more verses for the it's a moiré?
Some people are far too obsessed. I shall have to add the details of this person to my master catalogue of people who are far too obsessed over irrelevant details.Jorpho wrote:The communicators from the original Star Trek used moire patterns assembled from a specific kit.
http://www.herocomm.com/Details/MoireStory.htm
Unfortunately "communicator" is a darn difficult word to work into the verse.
PinkShinyRose wrote:Couldn't you just fix this by unevenly distributing the pixels on the chip.
peterdavidcarter wrote:PinkShinyRose wrote:Couldn't you just fix this by unevenly distributing the pixels on the chip.
Are you talking about the source code, or pure binary, or something else...
PinkShinyRose wrote:EDIT: and shouldn't you get this when you rotate a photo less than a 90° interval in paint/gimp/photoshop?
PinkShinyRose wrote:Couldn't you just fix this by unevenly distributing the pixels on the chip.
The interpolation/averaging used (e.g. Cubic) probably smears the hell out of source, most of the time.EDIT: and shouldn't you get this when you rotate a photo less than a 90° interval in paint/gimp/photoshop?
Flumble wrote:peterdavidcarter wrote:PinkShinyRose wrote:Couldn't you just fix this by unevenly distributing the pixels on the chip.Flumble wrote:Are you talking about the source code, or pure binary, or something else...
PinkyShinyRose is talking about randomly sprinkling pixels on crisps, like they do with salt and spices, instead of rasterising them.
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