sorry, i got bored...so i figured id make you look
"made ya look!"
not funny. :?
in comparison with the exact number of protrusions i counted in my popcorn ceiling, it is infact extremely comical!
there are approximately 40,334,226.5 protrusions in my room alone
Well, I looked. :guns:
Remember how the boy who cried "Wolf!" only got away with it twice? :nono:
PS - How many protrusions are in the NEXT room? I ... just ... gotta ... know! ;)
and the fish takes the bait!
I'll get to work on the next room asap!
If only i had somewhere or something to spend my time on, I'm a millionare on a desert isle . . . =(
well i got to 4,656,372 before my right eye started twitching, i quickly lost count =(
perhaps next time i will mark each protrusion with a black sharpie marker as i go along ;)
Quote from: '04gs500fwell i got to 4,656,372 before my right eye started twitching, i quickly lost count =(
perhaps next time i will mark each protrusion with a black sharpie marker as i go along ;)
count the amount in a 1ftx1ft square then multipy that number x total sq feet. much quicker.
although statistically correct, the popcorn roofing is not applied evenly nor are popcorn pieces designated an exact number per square foot, im afraid i can't accomplish my task in that manner
Quote from: '04gs500fthere are approximately 40,334,226.5 protrusions in my room alone
so, what qualifies as half a protrusion?
I used to count the little round holes in the ceiling tiles in class, i used to count all the dots, roughly 345 and multiply it by all the tiles in the room, roughly 250 tiles. so 345 * 250 = roughly 86,250 little round holes in the tiles.
Quote from: indestructiblemanQuote from: '04gs500fthere are approximately 40,334,226.5 protrusions in my room alone
so, what qualifies as half a protrusion?
i think it could somewhat correlate to "hanging" or "pregnant" chads ;)
broken off protrusions or somehow damaged, even underformed protrusions
wow...lol...are you really THAT bored...hahahaha :lol: :lol:
hmmm what to do with spare time....
:dunno:
Ride maybe? :thumb:
not a bad idea, ill take pics and be back in a few hours ... its now 11pm =O
11pm...but you're in FLORIDA!!!!!!!...go to the beach or something...
i think he should be punished :(
so I thought I'd post something useful and intresting in this thread, but hey this is me we are talking about here... anyway Kerry, how is the wood project coming?
Quote from: davipuKerry, how is the wood project coming?
Well, uh ... :roll: ... about like the Valve Adjustment DVD. :oops:
My workshop is in disarray at the moment, even if I
did have time these days. One of our outdoor faucet thingies froze during the winter and when I turned it on for 20 minutes to clean out the gutters a few weeks ago, the workshop half of my basement got a good bit of water in it. I should probably fix the pipe (which I haven't even looked at yet before I put the shop back together.
If only I could get caught up on GStwin ... :)
this can't possibly be a sober thread...
- alex
well don't worry about it, pipes are more important. and now that I am a broke college student.....
But Kerry, You are supposed to be sending me one of those DVD's little brother :?
no.... it can't be.... it is! welcome to the board.
Quote from: bigburmaBut Kerry, You are supposed to be sending me one of those DVD's little brother :?
That does it. A brother in need is a brother indeed! I'll get back to work on the DVD in a couple days.
(Are you sure your PC won't handle a video on CD? Did you upgrade yet?)
kerry, if you send me the video i can pop it on a dvd and it would be ready to play on any dvd player in 5 minutes.
if you have broadband i could just download the video off you
Quotef you have broadband
that's a pretty good one
Well, the DVD version is going to have menus, occasional music, an extra section, some "fluff" cut out, a "blooper" at the end, etc etc.
The footage is all done - it's the menu and sound that are holding me up. It just takes time.... :dunno:
oh ok, i thought it was a simple hardware matter,
heh have fun with that
im tempted to ask, so might as well,
why all the "fluff"
you seem like the kind of person that would be very content if it ran efficiently, did its job and nothing more
No no - I'm cutting out some fluff! ;)
For example, the 14-minute ho-hum "watch Kerry put the bike back together" section has been sped up to 5x speed. But rather than have it be silent, I've added music. I plan to tack the original 14-minute version on as a bonus track in case someone really wants to watch it and hear my occasional "word of wisdom". :roll:
Splitting the video into sections that can be navigated via DVD menus should make it a whole lot more usable. With the current CD version you either have to scroll to something that looks interesting (when trying to find a certain section later) or you have to use the hour-minute-second index that I (ony recently) started including on the CD. Yuck!
What it boils down to is that I'm a lazy perfectionist.... :dunno: Bad combo!
your not alone!
Quotealthough statistically correct, the popcorn roofing is not applied evenly nor are popcorn pieces designated an exact number per square foot, im afraid i can't accomplish my task in that manner
Although technically you're right, in reality a statistical sample might be much more accurate. If you attempt to count the millions of protrusions in your ceiling individually, the chances of error are pretty great. If you choose a small patch to count and than use a statistical model, the end result might actually be more accurate, ironically. A 1X1 foot area should give you a large enough sample size. Even a sample size of just a couple of thousand will yield an error rate somewhere in the .000 range.
of course human error is always a factor,
we could always rent some form of lasor that could sense protrusions and do each room in a matter of minutes