For those who think Java today is only suited for slow buisness apss I'd encoruasge you to sdo soem of the following:
(1) Talk to a bunch of folks who went to Quakecon and plyed the JAMID demo. (You need mroe thena samplr of one obviously as everyone's opinions will vary to some degree.)
(2) Got to Siggraph in LA NOW and see the Pure Java F1 racer simualtro that is the talk of the show.
(3) Got to javagaming.org's "Big list o links" and check out some of the stuff there. Of particular interest are "Blastian", "Arkanae" and Cosm.
Those who want to keep their illusions, just skip all of this:)
Catseye
"Ignorance is bliss and boy do we have one happy government!"
It's called JAMID and was shown, to a much impressed crowd, at Quakecon last week.
(Quakecon is the ID sponsired yearly gathering and tournament of 1300 of the msot rabid Quake fans in the world.)
Obviously you missed it.
There's ben some recent discussion abotu it, with quotes from attendees to Quakecon and some ncie comments from Quakecon's organizer-- Evil John, over at Javagaming.org.
Its nice to know that we're a 'real language' now:)
Prisioner walks the edge of sci fi. Some episdoes are (The General, and a number of other ones regarding futuristic brainashing techniques) but many aren't.
Wild Wild West is the original example of what is now being called "Setam Punk" and IS considered a form of science fiction.
Given Pournelle's success as a computer technology pundit this may be the last nail in their coffin.
(Everyone remember Jerry's Amiga bashing? He tried to defend his dislike of the Amiga for a year with arguments that were technically incorrect and, after having been suitably embaressed for that year by his readers, ended up throwing in the towel in a back handed way by giving the Amiga a "most imrpoved computer" award.)
Does anyone else think this is the most transparent attempt to save a dying show by injecting both low-end star appeal and cheesecake since Sci Fi added the ex teenage-pornstar (can't remember her name) to First Wave?
If you add things totally outside the plot and toally unjustified by anything we've seen, like his chronomteter lying, you can make anything work.
Its clear from the movie that (1) he does go back in time and (2) he does return to earth at a tiem close enough to ours that Washington loosk identical.
ERGO, our own approximate rpesent has been changed, and the only way that can be explained is with yet another time-traveler....
But considering how badly this actually open company crashed and burned, I give this 2 months for Noika to play out the publicity potential and drop it.
Many man yyears ago MIt created a "learning artist". it had no esthetic sense of its own but woudl show you sets of images and say "Which do you like better." Given enough time it could learn to produce things that at least one eprson (the trainer) liked.
I wish you'ld shwo me to me. I havent seen anything without a MS spin to it.
My favorite was their headline when they lost the anti-trust suit...
MICROSOFT DECLARED "MONOPOLY" (the quotees were theirs). The article spent most of its time talking about how MS wasn't going to be effected and was going to apeal.
I am really amazed you haven't ntoiced their slant.
Hrm what network are YOU on?
Sun's fierwall blocks just about everything I've ever tried to do from inside to outside Sun, let alone vice versa.
Now if people are installing rogue wireless bridges that would compromise securty--- and they should get severely reprimanded if not outright fired.
"The lesson that "No, you don't have to give up all your rights to your work in exchange for publication anymore" is one that musicians could stand to learn as well"
The direct parallel ofcourse being individual "file sharers" ripping off musicians' music as those are the only times the musician actually loses his/her rights.
(Legitimate publishers buy negotiated rights, the musuician retains all rights they don't agree to sell.)
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For those who think Java today is only suited for slow buisness apss I'd encoruasge you to sdo soem of the following:
:)
(1) Talk to a bunch of folks who went to Quakecon and plyed the JAMID demo. (You need mroe thena samplr of one obviously as everyone's opinions will vary to some degree.)
(2) Got to Siggraph in LA NOW and see the Pure Java F1 racer simualtro that is the talk of the show.
(3) Got to javagaming.org's "Big list o links" and check out some of the stuff there. Of particular interest are "Blastian", "Arkanae" and Cosm.
Those who want to keep their illusions, just skip all of this
Catseye
"Ignorance is bliss and boy do we have one happy government!"
Write one yourself with JCC. You could probably do it in a weekend.
BTW your standard Java compiler, javac, is written in Java.
Keep in mind that Slashdot is bastion of C/C++ hackers who really don't want their skills obsoleted.
:)
It is easier to light one candle then curse the darkness, but its human nature to stand in the dark and curse.
I found the "Java Quake" comment particualrly amusing siocenw e just SHOWED exactly that at Quakecon last week
Thanks for the vote of java Support.
:)
It's called JAMID and was shown, to a much impressed crowd, at Quakecon last week.
(Quakecon is the ID sponsired yearly gathering and tournament of 1300 of the msot rabid Quake fans in the world.)
Obviously you missed it.
There's ben some recent discussion abotu it, with quotes from attendees to Quakecon and some ncie comments from Quakecon's organizer-- Evil John, over at Javagaming.org.
Its nice to know that we're a 'real language' now
Haven't you heard?
All the world loves a clone!
(You may now throw things in my genreal direction.)
Prisioner walks the edge of sci fi. Some episdoes are (The General, and a number of other ones regarding futuristic brainashing techniques) but many aren't.
Wild Wild West is the original example of what is now being called "Setam Punk" and IS considered a form of science fiction.
Ut toh....
Given Pournelle's success as a computer technology pundit this may be the last nail in their coffin.
(Everyone remember Jerry's Amiga bashing? He tried to defend his dislike of the Amiga for a year with arguments that were technically incorrect and, after having been suitably embaressed for that year by his readers, ended up throwing in the towel in a back handed way by giving the Amiga a "most imrpoved computer" award.)
New (relatively) References:
The Java Prgramming Language, 2nd ED.
Effective Java
Java Platform Prformance: Strategies and Tactics
New Tutorial:
The Java Tutorial.
Older reference:
Effective C++.
Does anyone else think this is the most transparent attempt to save a dying show by injecting both low-end star appeal and cheesecake since Sci Fi added the ex teenage-pornstar (can't remember her name) to First Wave?
Its a ncie diea... unfortunately the back-spinning chronometer doesn't fit.
You have to keep in midn the time travel invovled here, he's on earth WELL before any of the POTA stuff took place...
If you add things totally outside the plot and toally unjustified by anything we've seen, like his chronomteter lying, you can make anything work.
Its clear from the movie that (1) he does go back in time and (2) he does return to earth at a tiem close enough to ours that Washington loosk identical.
ERGO, our own approximate rpesent has been changed, and the only way that can be explained is with yet another time-traveler....
Basic logic.
The Apes DIDN'T evolve. Its wasonly a few thousand years sicen the crash which is no time at all i nan evolutionary scale.
Rather, theyw ere gene splcied with hunmans for increased intelligence. In teh succeeding generatiosn more huamnt raist emerged.
it works, more or less.
Doesnt help save the film though.
The chronometer rolls forward when he goes through the warp the first tiem and abckwards when he goes through again.
The ending is EARLIER in time then the rest of the movie.
GHiven that the only way it works is if, ina sequel, some gene-engineered ape or its descendent goes back through time.
(And yes this did happen in the original series... see "Escape from the planet of the apes".)
The market chose cheap "free" multi-player game servers over highly reliable but expensive-to-run for-pay services.
The market gets what they paid for, and no sympathy from me.
No, its a rather dumb question.
The answer is its no different then when publishers pulp their dead invantory.
It not "book burniong" unelss you start making OTHERS legitimate copies of the books illegal or put other rpessure on thsoe owners to destroy them.
Gotta love them slash-colored glasses.
The poster wrote:
"Personally I think this is lame. If you want to see through walls, fine: It makes playing games lame, but thats your choice"
Three little words:
online multiplayer games
Amazing "facts" I heard on Slashdot for 100, Bob...
We really need a "psuedo-science hogwash" category.
I thought the days of insane dot-com concepts were over.
Silly me.
But considering how badly this actually open company crashed and burned, I give this 2 months for Noika to play out the publicity potential and drop it.
Many man yyears ago MIt created a "learning artist". it had no esthetic sense of its own but woudl show you sets of images and say "Which do you like better." Given enough time it could learn to produce things that at least one eprson (the trainer) liked.
I wish you'ld shwo me to me. I havent seen anything without a MS spin to it.
My favorite was their headline when they lost the anti-trust suit...
MICROSOFT DECLARED "MONOPOLY" (the quotees were theirs). The article spent most of its time talking about how MS wasn't going to be effected and was going to apeal.
I am really amazed you haven't ntoiced their slant.
Hrm what network are YOU on? Sun's fierwall blocks just about everything I've ever tried to do from inside to outside Sun, let alone vice versa. Now if people are installing rogue wireless bridges that would compromise securty--- and they should get severely reprimanded if not outright fired.
Have you ever noticed what stories they "indepndantly" choose to run?
Hackers hacking Sun (can you say MS-massive-security-breah-damage-control?)
Any whiff of PS2 trouble.
Pro MS anti=truat case articles.
And so on and so forth.
NBC should be ashamed they have their name associated with what is clearly just another MS publicity arm.
.. ad it does to me.
"The lesson that "No, you don't have to give up all your rights to your work in exchange for publication anymore" is one that musicians could stand to learn as well"
The direct parallel ofcourse being individual "file sharers" ripping off musicians' music as those are the only times the musician actually loses his/her rights.
(Legitimate publishers buy negotiated rights, the musuician retains all rights they don't agree to sell.)
roflol