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Enduring Learning

Enduring Learning

Mars, Moon, and Heaven aside… we need a frame-of-reference in order to comprehend where we’re trying to go while still on Earth; in an ethical sense: Which way is ‘up’?  The two-page document that follows includes my opening suggestions for a reference frame. Wars demonstrate that many adults can be persuaded to ‘fight, rather than switch”. The American Civil War is a tragic example. Often the winners force, or attempt to force, unlearning on the losers; compelled unlearning is sometimes harsh. (At the personal level – being in prison includes a…

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Trapping & Mass Producing Knowledge (1990)

Trapping & Mass Producing Knowledge (1990)

In January 2017 I retyped a paper which I had written in 1990 on a Commodore 64, into an MS Word .doc & hence to the following .pdf. (The 7th page is a 1991 letter from my freshman year Physics Professor. 26 years had passed between last attending his lectures and his reply to me… & that was about half way to ‘now’.) http://ftp.setterholm.com/1990+/Trapping&MPK.pdf My inspiration to ~republish came from an extraordinary observation: The (Jan-Feb 2017) Yale Alumni Magazine’s cover article is/was “The Next Four Years – 11…

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3DEnv.exe + the ‘C’ source code, screen selfies, & homogeneous transforms

3DEnv.exe + the ‘C’ source code, screen selfies, & homogeneous transforms

In 2014 and 2015, every stereo-pair 3D image that I saw on public TV was no-better-than-poorly drawn. In response, in 2016, I posted robust mathematical transforms  for drawing such images and made them freely available in the public domain:  http://ftp.setterholm.com/3DEnvC/3DEnv-VisualizationTransforms.pdf        By 2017 the quality of stereo-pair 3D image renderings shown on public TV was excellent! The introduction & directions of/for the content are in “3DEnv.pdf”: http://ftp.setterholm.com/3DEnvC/3DEnv.pdf I posted a complete, freely adaptable, interactive 3D simulation environment, programmed…

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RedGB3D ~ All-color-anaglyphs using Red/Cyan glasses

RedGB3D ~ All-color-anaglyphs using Red/Cyan glasses

The direct link is: http://ftp.setterholm.com/Images/Red-GreenBlue3D.pdf These aren’t your Grandmother’s anaglyphs! They’re full color at the depth of convergence of the stereo pair! Images herein named   “___-RedGB3D.jpg” are in this format; to see a high-resolution, geodetic example: Click here. Improved conversion software is found at link:            http://ftp.setterholm.com/RedGB3D/20210827-better The corresponding subdirectory .zip file image is:   http://ftp.setterholm.com/RedGB3D/20210827-better.zip   …after downloading change the ‘.exf’ extension to ‘.exe’ For 3D imager information: Click here. 20.12.07:  http://ftp.setterholm.com/RedGB3D/TechSketch3D-RedGB3D.jpg The red|cyan 3D sketch image above is…

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