17 Jul
2003
17 Jul
'03
4:07 p.m.
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Tyler Durden wrote:
The conspiracy theorist is telling me there's some reason they floated the optical tempest story, though I can't quite figure out what that reason is...
The main purpose is for academic gain. If you'd looked at the paper a bit, you'd have read it took about 1/2 an hour to reconstruct the image from one screen. It is a proof of principle concept, enough so that multi-billion dollar espionage agencies can think about it. At 30 fps for a game, forget it. But for a slow typist who has to go get a cup of coffee because the phone rang.... It does make the game more interesting, but it's mighty easy to defeat. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike