Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #07371



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com, mtilden@lanlgov.sgi.com
From: harsh@lanl.gov
Date: 04-Nov-99,Time: 11:11:42
Subject: [alt-beam] On the Beam showing




7372 Thu, 04 Nov 1999 11:09:38 -0800 [alt-beam] Re: Tildens Window Cleaning Robots beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Bruce Robinson Jean auBois wrote:
>
> That the device is POWERED by the sun
> is quite evident; that it is trying to
> "get to the light" is hype.

Wait! You have it backwards! The device is powered by the sun, but has
to get away from the light. As it cleans the area of the window that
it's on, it receives more light, so it then must seek out less bright
areas, which are presumably dirty. That way it's always looking for
dirty spots to clean, n'est ce pas? .

Bruce



7373 Thu, 04 Nov 1999 13:01:51 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: On the Beam ?? Ian Hi

> I talked with KNME, the PBS station in Albuquerque, NM.
> and they (the programming dept.) know nothing about it.
> I exchanged e-mails
> with Mark T. and he doesn't remember who was actually filming it
> and he visited the studio only once, and didn't keep any
> notes. I sort of remember someone for the list who lives in
> Florida saying they saw it in thier PBS schedule; if so
> did it show and what station was it?

I've seen it. It wasn't done but I saw a pre release at the studio. I think
they were talking about it being played up in the 4 corners area and then
maybe nationally. It doesn't have much to do with the games and India. It's
mostly about these 4 teens that are in gangs, do drugs, been in jail......
And talk mainly about how they went to India for the BEAM games and it
changed their lives. Although when we went they shot like 600 hours of film
in India there are only a few shots in the video. I would of liked to of
seen more shots of the games and India.

Laterz

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