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Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:47 am
by troffmo5
@Nogard This is an interesting question! 8-)
Let assume that you use rabbits and they need one month to reach maturity. Mature pairs produce 1 pair of offspring each month.
A young pair produces as many rabbits as the Fibonacci sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...).
How many pairs do you need at the beginning of January in order to have enough to slit one every day :?:

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:59 am
by Nogard
troffmo5 wrote:@Nogard This is an interesting question! 8-)
Let assume that you use rabbits and they need one month to reach maturity. Mature pairs produce 1 pair of offspring each month.
A young pair produces as many rabbits as the Fibonacci sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...).
How many pairs do you need at the beginning of January in order to have enough to slit one every day :?:
Three, one female, one male and one of ether sex, slit the ether sex one and then i can just keep breeding them after slit the babies, i could do four with two females that can stagger the births to give the other a break.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:24 am
by 2EyeGuy
Dycus wrote:I like this new guy!
Who said you could take a break to surf the internet when you should be working on getting the Rift ready, Dycus? Get back to work right now! I expect everything to be ready when I get home after I finish taking 3 weeks off to tour Europe and having a wonderful vacation from developing. ;) Just kidding.

But if we could get our Rifts by Christmas, or before New Year, we would all be extremely happy with you. Don't forget that making the hardware is only the first step, there are thousands of software developers wanting to start work on the software side but needing a Rift or SDK to do so. But as long as we get our Rifts before Valentines Day, we'll still love you.

But please don't let Nogard do this:
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Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:29 am
by mahler
The atmosphere in this topic suddenly turned a bit dark :shock:
Then again, as Doom was used to promote the kickstarter, people are probably not shocked that easily.

Edit: 2EyeGuy you beat me to it!

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:58 am
by Balor
Well, it is usually said that to get realistic time frames for developing stuff, you take what engineers tell you and multiply it by two.
And besides, if delay means some extra stuff for developers to work with - like better tracker, possible Leap integration, etc - by all means take your time, once units ship extra features would me much harder to add or enhance.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:24 am
by madascanbe
Well it's the last Monday in November, Anyone else feel today might be the day we get some news on the first batch of rifts been sent out.

Looking forward to hearing plenty of news and reviews, i know people shouldn't but they will.

The future of the next level in video gaming is almost upon us. Bring it on :D .

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:29 am
by SiggiG
Things are way too quiet, this worries me.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:13 am
by baggyg
I would think there has to be an update this week one way or another. I'm not going to read into their silence too much although their last update paved the way for a delay announcement.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:56 am
by LordJuanlo
I think the November units will be delayed, and it will probably affect the assembled units that were supposed to ship in December. So I'm afraid my assembled Rift unit won't arrive this year :cry:

I hope to be completely wrong, but I think they would have said something by now if everything was on track. I guess there will be some kind of announcement this week.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:30 am
by sambeckett
I agree, we need a major UPDATE in the next four days!

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:38 am
by jaybug
PalmerTech wrote:We are working on November shipments as fast as we can. The situation is a bit different than when I started the Kickstarter, though; The parts are not all entirely off the shelf, getting units before the main run is tough.

I will update when I know, don't worry. :)
PalmerTech wrote:We are still on track to ship [assembled kits] this year.
Doesn't seem like there's an overall delay, just that it's not as easy getting all the parts to ship out early.
In other words, not a delay of the whole schedule, just a decrease in the time between November kits and December kits (mostly by "delay" of November kits)

I do hope they give some kind of update this week, this "once a month" update schedule is not fun.. Talk to us. Tell us how you can't tell us anything yet. Anything but this silence! :P

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:29 pm
by PalmerTech
sambeckett wrote:I agree, we need a major UPDATE in the next four days!
You will get it. :) We just got back from China, had jetlagged Thanksgiving, and now have a big update in the works! Communication is going to be easier going forward.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:37 pm
by jayoh
o yea!

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:38 pm
by Additives
jayoh wrote:o yea!
*crashes through wall*


Happy to hear there will be some news soon :D

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:12 am
by oculi
PalmerTech wrote:
sambeckett wrote:I agree, we need a major UPDATE in the next four days!
You will get it. :) We just got back from China, had jetlagged Thanksgiving, and now have a big update in the works! Communication is going to be easier going forward.

Yesss! :woot

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:26 am
by AntonieB
Thanks for the short sign of life already :) looking forward to the next update :)

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:34 am
by LordJuanlo
I love big updates, thanks Palmer! Can't wait!!!

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:00 am
by 2EyeGuy
PalmerTech wrote: We just got back from China, had jetlagged Thanksgiving, and now have a big update in the works! Communication is going to be easier going forward.
So, the big question is... how heavy were your suitcases when you got back from China? :?
Did you happen to bring 20,000 Oculus Rift's back with you, by any chance?

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:32 am
by wavefunction
Yeah, I'm hoping Oculus has contracted a Chinese factory for mass production. :lol:

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:39 am
by brantlew
wavefunction wrote:Yeah, I'm hoping Oculus has contracted a Chinese factory for mass production. :lol:
I think it's just going to be Dycus - in a locked room, with a soldering iron, 100 cases of Red Bull, and a 1/2 kilo of meth. Have a Merry Christmas Dycus! :)

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:29 am
by wavefunction
"Palmer, it's time to cook."

-Dycus

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:37 am
by crespo80
wavefunction wrote:"Palmer, it's time to cook."

-Dycus
:woot

:lol:

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:42 am
by brantlew
Somebody with some shop skills needs to put Palmer and Dycus in a Breaking Bad poster. :lol:

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:19 am
by alekki
brantlew wrote:Somebody with some shop skills needs to put Palmer and Dycus in a Breaking Bad poster. :lol:
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Sorry for terrible Photoshop skills

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:29 am
by space123321
LOL - tooooo funny!!!!

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:36 am
by jestersdream
:D

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:49 am
by Nogard
a bit rushed dycus looks abit ..skin masky
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Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:02 am
by Dycus
Are there even any photos of me out there? :P Probably nothing usable.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:09 am
by Mart
Dycus wrote:Are there even any photos of me out there? :P Probably nothing usable.
Considering you did this to our dear leader, posting photos of yourself might not be the best idea.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:22 am
by jaybug
I included you, Dycus. :P

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Btw, is this you in the back, Dycus? (it's so hard to tell, given that the only confirmed picture of you is like 3 pixels big :p)

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:26 am
by brantlew
jaybug wrote:Btw, is this you in the back, Dycus? (it's so hard to tell, given that the only confirmed picture of you is like 3 pixels big :p)
That's him alright. I met him at QuakeCon.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:09 pm
by Dycus
Mart wrote:
Dycus wrote:Are there even any photos of me out there? :P Probably nothing usable.
Considering you did this to our dear leader, posting photos of yourself might not be the best idea.
That post was glorious, and you know it!
brantlew wrote:
jaybug wrote:Btw, is this you in the back, Dycus? (it's so hard to tell, given that the only confirmed picture of you is like 3 pixels big :p)
That's him alright. I met him at QuakeCon.
Oh, yep, indeed it is! Guess that's the only one you guys are getting of me for now unless you bug Palmer. He and I used to shoop each others faces on everything. :P

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:36 pm
by Nogard
Dycus wrote:Oh, yep, indeed it is! Guess that's the only one you guys are getting of me
ehem, and these?

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Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:52 pm
by Dycus
Oh yeah, I had to pose with a head mount on. I thought it was goofy.
Can you link me the article you got those from? I wanted to read it.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:57 pm
by Nogard
They were on a website http://www.tipsimage.it/ but the actual images i think were published in the "Orange County News", dunno if they have a website.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:21 pm
by Nogard
Just saw this!

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Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:21 pm
by Metathias
The expressionlessness of Palmer in those shots in hilarious.
Also the rift looks big on Dycus, but small in Palmers hands.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:35 pm
by Valez
That is, of course, because Palmer holds the new and revolutionary "Rift mini" in his hands.

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:00 pm
by BOLL
Metathias wrote:The expressionlessness of Palmer in those shots in hilarious.
"I want to murder you..." no "I want to sleep..." or wait "I would murder for some sleep..." there!

Re: November shipments status?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:13 pm
by MSat
Nogard wrote:Just saw this!

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:lol: Dude, you're killing me... but it's ok!