Session 22 February 2010

[vinny]

rolyateel -- they look really cool.

as they'd say in Firefly: "shiny!" :)

 

[Laura]

Brain zaps are also described as being symptoms of SSRI withdrawal. Check it out on wikipedia.

 

[Windmill knight]

rolyateel -- they look really cool.

as they'd say in Firefly: "shiny!" :)

Yes! They are totally awesome!! And they look so much like the real facilities for sott editors!

 

[Vulcan59]

Here are the mock ups of a virtual Sott news room, they are early test , the sets could be design and rendered in any style
Green View of room and some test renders attached below

Really cool rolyateel. Great idea. FWIW and I don't know what others might say, perhaps it should be toned down a bit as it gives the impression that we are a very sleek, well funded set up, so to speak. Might scare some people away, I don't know.

 

[mcb]

Brain zaps are also described as being symptoms of SSRI withdrawal. Check it out on wikipedia.

I experienced a huge "zap" in my head just once, when I was 7 years old (spring, 1958). I was on the playground at school. I looked up at a nearby power pole and wondered if it had something to do with it, but even at that age that didn't seem like a reasonable explanation to me. I wondered if someone had thrown a rock at me (which had happened once before), but there was no bump or soreness then or later on, and no sound of a rock hitting the ground (which was gravel, not grass) afterward. Nothing but this "zap" in my head.

I was baffled by it and I still am. I have never taken SSRIs, although I was pretty sick the previous winter with an ear infection and I had been given antibiotics and such. This was in Alaska and I had ear infections both winters we were there. Perhaps that had something to do with it?

This is bringing up other memories now (changing subjects). I may or may not have told my parents about this incident. They responded to such things by saying I was making it up. I mentioned earlier that I am on the autistic spectrum, and elsewhere that I have congenital adrenal problems (not CAH). Because my parents were so much in denial, though, they always said I was imagining it or making it up when I told them about the symptoms I was having. I can even vaguely remember my mother telling me when I was 4 going on 5 how much "trouble" I had been earlier, crying and such.

I wish there were some way to get through to "Bob and Sue," though I know it is up to them. My parents finally came part way out of their denial (my father especially) when I was in my 20's, although they didn't live much longer after that and it took me decades longer to find out what was actually wrong. I will put this out here, though, on the off chance that these people or others like them will see it.

 

[knowledge_of_self]

This entire situation has had me thinking very deeply about a few things.

One- was my own “leave of absence” in regards to receiving mirror from the forum and no accepting the truth as it was. I acted like Bob, but deep down I left the possibility that what everyone was saying maybe right and that I was wrong. And because of that, I didn’t unsub or ask to be unsubed because I knew deep down that I cannot deny the work being put here is different than ANY other place I have ever seen. I realize how much I took away from my own self and self-growth by taking a leave and this is exactly what Bob is doing and most likely will go through once he realizes that his child IS autistic in a few years, and that the information that was given was for his best interest. And most likely he will regret leaving, but sadly by then it may be too late...

Hi Deedlet,

Do you think you might be projecting your own experience onto Bob here? We really do not know what he will do, and to surmise that at some point he will likely react as you did, could be just wishful thinking, IMO.

Hey Mrs. Peel

I see what you're saying here and it's interesting because after reading my post- neema (my bf) said the same thing to me. When he said it though.. I had quite a strong emotional reaction and I think you are both right. I guess one of the reasons I said that is because I just could not see how anyone could deny the truth once it stares them right in the face as this autistic child's condition will for Bob & sue in a year or so.

It will be so clear that- if they deny what they were told about the exact subject through this venue they will be literally delusional. Of course, one could argue that they already are delusional and it is true- but at this point I can understand why they would be so hesitant to except it, because it's not fully showing yet. But once it does fully show... there really is no denying it.

But I see what you're saying and I agree that I am projecting my own situation on to Bob because of the similarities, so thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Nienna]

Rolyateel, amazing job! Holy moley! Those look real Or maybe, this is what all of the MSM studios are doing.

Here are the mock ups of a virtual Sott news room, they are early test , the sets could be design and rendered in any style
Green View of room and some test renders attached below

Really cool rolyateel. Great idea. FWIW and I don't know what others might say, perhaps it should be toned down a bit as it gives the impression that we are a very sleek, well funded set up, so to speak. Might scare some people away, I don't know.

Hmmm, yeah, maybe tone it down to brick red cement block walls with the paint flaking off, a couple stools, water leaking through the roof.....

 

[Lee.T]

Rolyateel, that looks terrific!

The production company I work for uses green screen for our video shoots, then places virtual sets behind the talent/hosts during the keying/compositing process. We use an easy-to-learn nodal-based program called Conduit (dvMatte Pro) and it works well once you have figured out your green screen area lighting requirements.

Thanks Normaregula i did some green screen work 10 years ago and havn't done any since, it was a real struggle back then.
I don't know the software you mentioned but will look it up. The current range of renders are idea for green screen compositing with multiple alpha mask outputs, plus the z depth allowing layering a rendering around real footage.

Here are the mock ups of a virtual Sott news room, they are early test , the sets could be design and rendered in any style
Green View of room and some test renders attached below

That's sweet! How did you know we were setting up a green screen in the podcast room? Good timing. ;o)

Could you send me copies of the original models?

I can, they are in Max2010, bit rough as the renders where for concept, i would like to spend more time on the design, material and lighting, along the way i had many different idea while doing these, one was a stone henge type of scene with stone slab table and signage/logos hanging between the standing stones. Plasma screen would be placed on the stones, with a dusk sky with stairs as a backdrop. Let me know what you need and i will send them over. I have thousands of materials if you need any.

Here are the mock ups of a virtual Sott news room, they are early test , the sets could be design and rendered in any style
Green View of room and some test renders attached below

Really cool rolyateel. Great idea. FWIW and I don't know what others might say, perhaps it should be toned down a bit as it gives the impression that we are a very sleek, well funded set up, so to speak. Might scare some people away, I don't know.

Thanks Vulcan59, i thought also about the slickness , and started looking around at what the main stream news sites set designs are like and how they do their intros, head shots, full shots, footage, and interviews. What i went for this time thinking the more slick the sets the more newcomers to Sott News would find similar to what they where used to seeing on main stream news, although the news would be News. :D
Playing them at there own game.
Im sure that which ever way its done if that's a route Sott takes will be well worked out and agreed upon. I could see there being endless combinations of sets for the News, Interviews, Connecting the dots.

 

[Mrs. Peel]

I see what you're saying here and it's interesting because after reading my post- neema (my bf) said the same thing to me. When he said it though.. I had quite a strong emotional reaction and I think you are both right. I guess one of the reasons I said that is because I just could not see how anyone could deny the truth once it stares them right in the face as this autistic child's condition will for Bob & sue in a year or so.

It will be so clear that- if they deny what they were told about the exact subject through this venue they will be literally delusional. Of course, one could argue that they already are delusional and it is true- but at this point I can understand why they would be so hesitant to except it, because it's not fully showing yet. But once it does fully show... there really is no denying it.

But I see what you're saying and I agree that I am projecting my own situation on to Bob because of the similarities, so thanks for pointing that out.

Hi again Deedlet!

I have a nephew who has some sort of a "problem" and it's obvious to everyone. Except his parents. He also crab-walked as a child, skipped the crawling thing entirely. His emotional development was way behind that of a "normal" child of his age. But since my SIL insisted on home-schooling him, he was not in an environment where it would be more obvious (if there were other children around him).

Long story short, he's 19 now, and they finally see *something* is wrong, so they talked to a psychologist who told them something about an adult male's brain not being fully developed until he's in his 20s. So they are grasping at that straw now.

Unless the baby does something really obvious like not ever starting to talk, it really IS possible to remain in denial. :/

 

[flashgordonv]

rolyateel -- they look really cool.

as they'd say in Firefly: "shiny!" :)

Absolutely brilliant - so professional looking.

 

[Juba]

What is meant by brain zaps and "FZZT"? Is it that sound you hear in your head when it is very silent, or something totally different? Did you talk about beeping? I don't quite understand the meaning.

It is a sound I hear in my head. I only hear it when I'm waking up. It is also a kind of feeling, like fizziness. I guess it is close to a can of soda being opened in my brain.

The difficulty in describing it made it difficult to research. I'd looked for whatever I could find before asking the Cs, but was kinda stumped. As I'd mentioned, what I did find seemed to indicate that the medical community has no idea what causes it, just that it doesn't seem to lead to correlate to any brain problems that they've found.

Hi Burma Jones,

Related to your brain zaps, do you have Tinnitus as well, prior or during or after brain zaps? Cos' in my case it's all together, although tinnitus is ongoing thing and brain zaps pretty rare, if for instance I jump from the bed (during unexpected boat drills or real emergencies) and no medical reasons for such condition.

PS: Tinnitus (pronounced /tɪˈnaɪtəs/ or /ˈtɪnɪtəs/, from the Latin word tinnītus meaning "ringing") is the perception of sound within the human ear in the absence of corresponding external sound

 

[Brewer]

Wow!

Sue sounds very similar to the woman who came into my life in 1998, with whom I ended up with for 10 years and had a child with. Having a child was not my intention, I knew things where going to get very interesting in the next 20 years but it happened.

After reading most of The Wave series it's crossed my mind that the purpose of my 'Sue' was to get me over to the USA, the 'STS capitol' of the Earth. If that was the intention I don't know why they'd go to so much trouble over me, they could have found an Australian version of Sue to do the job.

Anyway, I resisted, it was extremely painful but very educational.

Very interesting session, thankyou!

 

[pete02]

Looks absolutely awesome rolyateel

Now all ya need to do is get Laura and the team in front of a blue screen and insert em! :P

 

[JonnyRadar]

After reading most of The Wave series it's crossed my mind that the purpose of my 'Sue' was to get me over to the USA, the 'STS capitol' of the Earth. If that was the intention I don't know why they'd go to so much trouble over me, they could have found an Australian version of Sue to do the job.

Brewer, remember that it is no "trouble" for STS forces to manipulate and control each and every individual on this planet. What tyou said reminded me of this session:

[quote author=Session 941119]Q: (T) But I'm just a nobody. Why would they go to all trouble to
send somebody in a Camaro to drive up on my lawn...
A: Several answers follow: Number One, Nobody is a "nobody."
Number two, it is no trouble at all for aforementioned forces to give
seemingly individualized attention to anybody. Number three, T***
has been targeted and so has J*** and others because you are on
the right track. Number four, This area is currently a "hot bed" of
activity and extremely rapidly expanding awareness.[/quote]

Fwiw...

 

[PopHistorian]

Brewer wrote:

Brewer, remember that it is no "trouble" for STS forces to manipulate and control each and every individual on this planet.

Thanks, that reminded me of another thought I had. The fact that not everyone has implants, as the C's said, may mean there is something about certain souls that disallows it. The C's are clear that there is hope. There wouldn't be cause for any if everyone could be controlled with time travel and implants and such, right?