How about a "N" key switch to have fish names floating next to fish?

SouthPaw42 · 04-15-2003, 11:20 PM

Just thought it would be cool. Sick of people asking me the names of the fish when they stop by. I could just hit the "N" key.

Maybe the "N" key could cycle through different options.

"Name, Latin, Location, Diet, Artist"

Panthera · 04-15-2003, 11:30 PM

So... the N key would display it momentarily? I just wouldn't want the names floating next to the fish ALL the time. If thats the case.. then yea, that'd be cool.

/Panthera

SouthPaw42 · 04-15-2003, 11:39 PM

No the same way the wire frame works. Hit "N" it shows "names", hit "N" again it shows "Common names", hit "N" again it shows "Latin names", hit "N" again it shows "Locations",
hit "N" again it shows "Diet", hit "N" again it shows "Artist" and then hit "N" again it returns to normal.

James · 04-15-2003, 11:56 PM

but the N key already occupied for CalNormal...ask Cliff

why not just press the space bar to pup up the fish setting with complete fish info?

Jim Sachs · 04-16-2003, 12:07 AM

Names floating next to the fish is something rarely seen in a real aquarium.

SouthPaw42 · 04-16-2003, 12:10 AM

Jim neither are wireframe fish. He He.

Tiny Turtle · 04-16-2003, 02:02 AM

I think the idea has some merit – Just pick a key not currently occupied by a different function.

Jim Sachs · 04-16-2003, 03:00 AM

In wireframe mode, everything is wireframe so it doesn't screw with the reality of the normal aquarium. If this naming feature were to implemented, the only way I would approve it is if it just happened in wireframe mode.

Tiny Turtle · 04-16-2003, 03:42 AM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs
In wireframe mode, everything is wireframe so it doesn't screw with the reality of the normal aquarium. If this naming feature were to implemented, the only way I would approve it is if it just happened in wireframe mode.

Then the whole idea should be scrapped as that would defeat the purpose as the fish are considerably harder to identify when stripped of their skin.

Perhaps a "official" downloadable wallpaper with all the fish named? (I know, I'm reaching...)

/Tiny No-go

Jav400 · 04-16-2003, 05:10 AM

Thats what the fish guide is for.

Tiny Turtle · 04-16-2003, 05:36 AM

Yeah, I figured I'd get that reply...

cjmaddy · 04-16-2003, 06:54 AM

So that's another that can't see the CalcNormals difference

( ... and doesn't check the forum threads!)

RTBM

feldon34 · 04-16-2003, 07:13 AM

You don't have 20 copies of the Fish Guide on-hand at the office for when people ask?

*Tsk tsk*

You're off to Aquarium Evangelism workshops next week!

SouthPaw42 · 04-16-2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs
In wireframe mode, everything is wireframe so it doesn't screw with the reality of the normal aquarium. If this naming feature were to implemented, the only way I would approve it is if it just happened in wireframe mode.

Jim -- FYI!! the wireframe mode now cycles through 3 modes

Normal
Fish wireframe
All wireframe

You might need to talk to prolific.

Jim Sachs · 04-16-2003, 01:23 PM

Apparently I do.

camorgan · 04-21-2003, 09:23 AM

I simply use post it notes and move them around the screen...

Tiny Turtle · 04-21-2003, 11:26 AM

Gee, wish I had tought of that, camorgan. I was alternating between marker pen and white-out...

/Tiny Monitor Visibility

James · 04-21-2003, 05:07 PM

LOL, I just use my memory, as I'm sure the RAM of human brain is not only constrained in MB~GB rang and I beleive my CPU is faster, as I know Neural Network of human brain switching time can be faster than computer in some cases, especially on name

eg, if I ask u what's my mother's name, u can reply me without a thinking that u dunno, but for computer it has to search over its database and then found nothing so report it dunno.

Human brain's still the best computer, so USE YOUR brain.

camorgan · 04-21-2003, 06:36 PM

My brain is much too busy remembering stuff like... like...

I have no idea what your mother's name is, by the way.

Tiny Turtle · 04-22-2003, 01:00 AM

James' mom – Now there's a "Tiny Detective Challenge" if there ever was one! Could prove quite difficult... Hmm, Any clues, James?

Tiny Sherlock

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04-15-2003, 11:20 PM	#1
SouthPaw42 Registered Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pleasant Valley, NY Posts: 17	How about a "N" key switch to have fish names floating next to fish? Just thought it would be cool. Sick of people asking me the names of the fish when they stop by. I could just hit the "N" key. Maybe the "N" key could cycle through different options. "Name, Latin, Location, Diet, Artist"

04-15-2003, 11:56 PM	#4
James Principal Engineer as SDET Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 1,406	but the N key already occupied for CalNormal...ask Cliff why not just press the space bar to pup up the fish setting with complete fish info? James C Chen Principal Engineer as SDET, Connected Services HTC Corporation 88 Section 3. Zhongxing Road Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan www.htc.com

04-16-2003, 12:07 AM	#5
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Names floating next to the fish is something rarely seen in a real aquarium. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-16-2003, 02:02 AM	#7
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	I think the idea has some merit – Just pick a key not currently occupied by a different function. Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

04-15-2003, 11:39 PM	#3
SouthPaw42 Registered Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pleasant Valley, NY Posts: 17	No the same way the wire frame works. Hit "N" it shows "names", hit "N" again it shows "Common names", hit "N" again it shows "Latin names", hit "N" again it shows "Locations", hit "N" again it shows "Diet", hit "N" again it shows "Artist" and then hit "N" again it returns to normal.

04-16-2003, 12:10 AM	#6
SouthPaw42 Registered Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pleasant Valley, NY Posts: 17	Jim neither are wireframe fish. He He.

04-16-2003, 03:00 AM	#8
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	In wireframe mode, everything is wireframe so it doesn't screw with the reality of the normal aquarium. If this naming feature were to implemented, the only way I would approve it is if it just happened in wireframe mode. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-16-2003, 03:42 AM	#9
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Originally posted by Jim Sachs In wireframe mode, everything is wireframe so it doesn't screw with the reality of the normal aquarium. If this naming feature were to implemented, the only way I would approve it is if it just happened in wireframe mode. Then the whole idea should be scrapped as that would defeat the purpose as the fish are considerably harder to identify when stripped of their skin. Perhaps a "official" downloadable wallpaper with all the fish named? (I know, I'm reaching...) /Tiny No-go

04-16-2003, 05:10 AM	#10
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Thats what the fish guide is for. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

04-16-2003, 05:36 AM	#11
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Yeah, I figured I'd get that reply... Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

04-16-2003, 06:54 AM	#12
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	So that's another that can't see the CalcNormals difference ( ... and doesn't check the forum threads!) RTBM

04-16-2003, 07:13 AM	#13
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	You don't have 20 copies of the Fish Guide on-hand at the office for when people ask? Tsk tsk You're off to Aquarium Evangelism workshops next week! "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-16-2003, 11:40 AM	#14
SouthPaw42 Registered Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pleasant Valley, NY Posts: 17	Originally posted by Jim Sachs In wireframe mode, everything is wireframe so it doesn't screw with the reality of the normal aquarium. If this naming feature were to implemented, the only way I would approve it is if it just happened in wireframe mode. Jim -- FYI!! the wireframe mode now cycles through 3 modes Normal Fish wireframe All wireframe You might need to talk to prolific.

04-16-2003, 01:23 PM	#15
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Apparently I do. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-21-2003, 09:23 AM	#16
camorgan Aquaman Dance Party Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 26	I simply use post it notes and move them around the screen... c a m o r g a n www.outpost31.com

04-21-2003, 11:26 AM	#17
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Gee, wish I had tought of that, camorgan. I was alternating between marker pen and white-out... /Tiny Monitor Visibility Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

04-21-2003, 05:07 PM	#18
James Principal Engineer as SDET Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 1,406	LOL, I just use my memory, as I'm sure the RAM of human brain is not only constrained in MB~GB rang and I beleive my CPU is faster, as I know Neural Network of human brain switching time can be faster than computer in some cases, especially on name eg, if I ask u what's my mother's name, u can reply me without a thinking that u dunno, but for computer it has to search over its database and then found nothing so report it dunno. Human brain's still the best computer, so USE YOUR brain. James C Chen Principal Engineer as SDET, Connected Services HTC Corporation 88 Section 3. Zhongxing Road Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan www.htc.com

04-21-2003, 06:36 PM	#19
camorgan Aquaman Dance Party Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 26	My brain is much too busy remembering stuff like... like... I have no idea what your mother's name is, by the way. c a m o r g a n www.outpost31.com

04-22-2003, 01:00 AM	#20
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	James' mom – Now there's a "Tiny Detective Challenge" if there ever was one! Could prove quite difficult... Hmm, Any clues, James? Tiny Sherlock Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.