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[22:51:20] <archels> j3d is really great
[22:51:38] <SeH_> why?
[22:51:48] <archels> It provides so many useful abstractions... very neat and very RAD-friendly. :)
[22:51:58] <SeH_> RAD?
[22:52:04] <archels> rapid application design
[22:52:09] <SeH_> abstractions like what?
[22:52:14] <SeH_> is there a RAD for it?
[22:52:22] <archels> http://download.java.net/media/java3d/javadoc/1.5.0/com/sun/j3d/utils/behaviors/vp/OrbitBehavior.html
[22:52:56] <archels> /a/ RAD?
[22:52:56] <SeH_> rapid app designer
[22:53:08] <archels> Like a 3D modeler? I haven't looked into what formats it can import/export.
[22:53:33] <SeH_> there are some java3d tools for designing scenes, basicaly 3d modeler
[22:59:22] <SeH_> archels: what would do you think i should do next / would you like me to focus on?
[23:02:22] <archels> Well, you gotta do what you want to do. :) But as far as "OS" goes, I think you could be breaking new terrain (at least as far as GUIs go) with things like a (database?) filesystem, working on the IRC interface, communication protocols, et cetera.
[23:05:57] <SeH_> agreed
[23:42:07] <SeH_> archels: are you familiar with any methods for generating and evolving morphological 3d meshes of neurons?
[23:43:25] <archels> Do you mean physically accurate simulation?
[23:43:59] <SeH_> physically accurate, or physically similar
[23:44:05] <SeH_> im watching this video on neuroscience
[23:44:13] <SeH_> and i just imagined a 3d window morphing into a neuron
[23:44:16] <SeH_> and back
[23:46:23] <archels> That doesn't make much sense. :)
[23:51:11] <SeH_> imagine a graph
[23:51:15] <SeH_> start with one node
[23:51:23] <SeH_> and depict it with a 3d rectangle, ie. a window
[23:51:32] <SeH_> then add edges and links to other nodes
[23:51:41] <SeH_> depict the other nodes as windows, perhaps smaller
[23:51:44] <SeH_> and the edges as tubes
[23:51:55] <SeH_> then it looks like a neuron growing outward
[23:52:05] <SeH_> now smooth the mesh so its curved like a neuron mesh
[23:52:13] <SeH_> and its not so difficult to imagine
[23:53:32] <archels> A window sounds more like a 2D rectangle.
[23:53:56] <SeH_> whatever. then imagine a 2d neuron
[23:54:22] <archels> Oh, do you mean a compartmental model, with a retangle for the soma?
[23:56:58] <archels> I gotta go to bed, I can't keep my eyes open anymore
[23:57:04] <archels> I'll be on tomorrow
[23:57:13] <archels> see ay

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