"They will sell the systems here, but only at a double price. And yet, these systems will soon be in other countries at the low prices."
It's discrimination pure and simple. At least you can still pick up some free dinner from the soup kitchen on your way home.
It seems like a large portion of science articles posted on slashdot regard studies qualifying what I thought to be common knowledge or even common sense. Isn't the defining trait of a conservative supposedly adherence to traditional practices and values? And aren't liberals neccesarily open to new ideas and the incorporation of progressive thinking?
Conservatives are more likely to be older, because as one slashdotter said - you have to have experience to know how important having experience is. Liberals should tend to undervalue traditional practices, seeing them as outdated. Conservatives should tend to overvalue traditional practices, seeing them as reliable.
>>Well better to not have it at all then it be half assed and read the endless whining that will occur on forums as a result./p/p
Well put, but I don't see why it would have to be sooo different from normal coop. I was thinking about this a couple days ago, since i've moved far away from my xbox 360 owning friends. I disagree about the negatives of adding a limit of how far the players can stray from one another (strictly for online co-op). Many single screen multiplayer (on same console) games imploy this without much intereference to gameplay (though some do make it a pain in the @$$). And as far as I can recall playing Halo 1 & 2 coop, I'd almost always remain between the same 2 checkpoints and never 1 mile away. Granted I don't know if staying between the same checkpoints would generally avoid lag on cable modems, but if it does, I can't see the harm.
If you are like me, which I suspect you are, then when E3 comes by every year, you simply visit IGN or similar, download some videos and read some editorials. I hear that for the journalists, this E3 was quite different. For me, and probably you too, it was quite the same.
"The Kwik-E-Mart was an satire on Walmarts and Co. They food is overpriced and unhealthy, sometimes it is poisonous."
What are you smoking? Kwik-E-Mart is a small convenience store, hence the name. They do not sell clothing or electronics, just items you would find in , gee, I don't know, a 7-11 ?!?! Old rotating hot dogs, junk food, cereal, magazines, condoms, slurpies, lottery tickets, stereotypical Indian family owners/employees. Have you ever been to a 7-11 or a Wal-Mart? Or ever watched the Simpsons?
"Based on personal experience raising two daughters, I'm sure that part of the reason the second child lose two points of IQ is that the parents just start getting tired.:) Your first child gets all your energy, and you try out interesting things, go to interesting places. The arrival of the second child means you now divide your time and energy and so the second child will tend to lose out."
I think this is an excellent point that the study should have focused upon. Obviously, the study lacks a specific practical application of this knowledge. I suppose we will see the results of a new study linking IQ to contructive early childhood stimuli (gee whoda thunkit?). Even more interesting would be if that link does not exist...thus relieving parents of their supposed duty of doing things other than TV and video games with their kids.
Seriously, MS has a real problem here and they believe they know the solution - Namely, get the masses to adopt Vista and support for the OS will soon become ubiquitous. To them I suppose it's a Catch 22. However, those of us not working for MS probably tend to realize the larger picture - that MS products simply don't have the proven track record of reliability and performance that Mac and Linux have obtained. For me compatability has always been my chief concern in an OS, but as many posters have commented, I'm just too #@$%#* tired to even try Vista. Drivers are one thing, unneccessarily massively power hungry OS are another.
Certainly accepting time as even one dimension does alter the exact definition of what a dimension is. Yet, the whole concept of a space-time continuum (aside from star trek) is certainly worth exploring. And in its exploration we are bound to understand each component whether there are 4 or 6 or however many dimensions (perhaps only 3, thus validating your argument). In any case, science will always explore questions that remain unproven (and often ones that have been). Surely you cannot say there is no doubt to the existence of solely 3 dimensions? For one, how would you explain the instantaneous communicative nature of spinning quantum particles? Perhaps under this 6 dimensional model, there is a logical explanation.
"Imagine some terror organization such as Al Qaeda creating a fearless, seven-foot, feel-no-pain specimen...."
Uhm, what does this have to do with the article? And how is it in any way a reasonable or likely downside to innovating such an amazing leap in technology? Alzheimer's in incurable; while a fearless, seven-foot (still confused about that part), feel-no-pain terrorist can just be tasered or shot.
This generation games that come out for XBox360 or PS3 and sell, will probably make it to the other system. However, wii games, even aside from 1st party nintendo ones, will be more likely exclusive to wii. We are already seeing different versions of new releases for the wii, and they are becoming more divergent from the xbox360 and ps3 versions (call of duty 3 to godfather). Assuming wii maintains it's marvelous popularity, all but the most popular wii games built from the ground up will have little reason to undergo the major graphics upgrades and control changes neccessary for porting. If you took Wii out of the equation...or guessed at the next generation of consoles, I'd agree most big games would port to every console. But combine the low cost (comparatively) of developing Wii games with it's projected console sales (huge), and there is a big reason to think this system will see many true exclusives.
Comments on/. are much less alarming than those I read on netscape's news site/forum. From there, you'd think most people believe Al Gore and some anonymous money-grubbing liberals made the whole thing up. Here's a short list of their rationale:
Top Ten Reasons Why We Should Ignore GW:
(Warning - may cause nightmares)
10. Al Gore has a private jet.
9. Fighting GW might increase taxes.
8. Some scientists proclaim it's natural.
7. The rest predicted we were headed into an Ice Age - aka flipfloppers.
6. Granpappy says hottest year in Saskatoon was in ought five.
5. It was soooo cold just the other day.
4. Liberals made it up to make money.
3. Hippies made it up because they're dirty hippies.
"I am becoming more convinced that people watch series like 24 or The Unit and are mistakenly under the impression that they are accurate representations of US capability"
I'm more concerned that people watching 24 will believe that terrorists are that capable. Seriously, I've heard people say that 24 shouldn't be aired because it will give terrorists working ideas on what to do. It's also sad that people believe there are an endless stream of highly skilled mercenaries and inside-men in the U.S. willing to murder thousands of innocent people for a million dollars.
that reminds me of the simpsons episode where bart puts a kinetically charged light on his bike since it's night time. Then they show him straining with each push of the pedals to move the bike a couple feet, which briefly lights up the headlamp incidentally.
the article is not talking about emails that require response WITHIN two minutes, but rather ones that would consume less than two minutes of your time.
My first game system was pong, and I've had a system every generation since. Right now I'm seeing the more successful innovation than anytime in the last 15 years. With the nintendo Wii and DS, I'm extremely impressed with their creativity and direction. I could list dozens of games like trauma center and brain age, but I don't have to because they ARE POPULAR. People want games that are new and inventive rather than rehashed sequels. Yes, quality franchises exist where gamers can buy sequels without worrying that FFXII is broken, rushed and glitchy. Those games have EARNED their top-selling status, and when they disappoint, like Sonic, then they lose that status. Yet, those franchises are being created all the time, and the first games in the series sell like mad. This is because people are MORE likely to try the new game that got a 9.5 review by 7 websites than in 1988, when I had to rely solely on Nintendo Power and box art.
Not having an attention span capable of handling a learning curve or even reading an instruction manual is what really defines a Softcore gamer. Reading reviews to make educated purchases and investing time where you are rewarded with deep, challenging game mechanics is a waste of time to Softcore gamers. Look at Deal or No Deal, it's the epitome of a softcore game. Any hardcore gamer would find Deal or No Deal shallow, repetitive and lacking any skill or challenge. However, that makes it so appealing to a Softcore gamer because there's no downtime getting stuck or frustrated with some sort of clever puzzling. It's 100% entertainment! Of course some good games can be enjoyed by both hardcore and softcore gamers, like Tetris, Wii Sports, and even many Mario games. Therefore you'll continue seeing more of these games - easy learning curve AND deep game mechanics. And course there will be, as always, an endless stream of licensed garbage with 3.5-6.0 scores on IGN.
You do need lots of days. Even if the groups 0%,10%,20%,30&40%,50&60%,70&80&90% and 100% had ~52 days each, you'd have a decent degree of error. However, in SF Bay, you say most days are 0% or 80-100%. Aren't these really the only days of practical interest? Does it really matter how accurate a 50% prediction is, if it is 37% or 58%? If the yes rain vs. no raingroups are so well stocked (150+ days say), then that makes things all the easier. Although one interesting and simple calculation would be overall accuracy, by multiplying the sum of percents in a year (say 32%) by 365 and subtracting the number of days it rained during the year (easy to find). And if you were really crazy you could look at how accuracy for no rain vs. rain improves (supposedly) as the predictions go from 10 days out, to 9 days, to 8 days, etc.
I thought this was some kind of cool new perspective-based algorithm or something, but it turns out you have to be able to get close enough to the object to stick a label of known dimensions on it.
Well if the price of rulers ever top $150, then these will be HIGHLY competitive at $99.
Yes, this is obviously going to have uses in the future...but now? This device offers a 5" screen with no moving images, sound or color. Plus you have to buy the files from the company??? Compared to say a nintendo DS lite, this has little to offer. Marketing only in Italy is a good idea to get the product some exposure and feedback (can will people put up with all the DRM??). They're already planning to release a color & moving-image capable device asap. I imagine if they bumped the screen to 7"-9" keeping the same form factor, they'd have a winner.
It's simple - if we put all of our trust in scientist (aka atheists if you're republican), then we're basically defying G-d's will, screwing with his plans. GW was appointed by the Lord, and if we trust him that global warming is all part of a natural grand scheme, then what's to worry? Either G-d will be benevolent and cast aside any potential catastrophe, or he'll unleash the apocalypitc tides of armaggadeon - ushering in the return of Jesus. Either way it's a win/win!
I've been staying away from eBay for years now - since I noticed they allow, nay encourage, sellers to bid up their items before an auction even starts!! I think it's called a minimum bid. Now, I know you're thinking shill bidding is even worse because it can LURE you in. Well, I've seen auctions that describe items with words such as: all-purpose, hard to get, 5 star quality, etc. Talk about temptation. Now here's a big surprise - item descriptions are not always from a company fact sheet or professional review!! It's like they're trying to take your money. Until eBay forces all auctions to start at 1 penny and only permits descriptions written by objective 3rd parties, I suggest we stop supporting these insane fraud-friendly practices. At least I hear you can still get a nwt coach purse from china for $13.27 + s/h! One more thing, these practices don't just completely rip off buyers, but they protect sellers from getting ripped off by me. Afterall, if I wanted to pay a reasonable price for something, I'd go to a store. eBay suxxorz. If you're like me, you'd better stay away from it, HSN and QVC.
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"They will sell the systems here, but only at a double price. And yet, these systems will soon be in other countries at the low prices." It's discrimination pure and simple. At least you can still pick up some free dinner from the soup kitchen on your way home.
It seems like a large portion of science articles posted on slashdot regard studies qualifying what I thought to be common knowledge or even common sense. Isn't the defining trait of a conservative supposedly adherence to traditional practices and values? And aren't liberals neccesarily open to new ideas and the incorporation of progressive thinking? Conservatives are more likely to be older, because as one slashdotter said - you have to have experience to know how important having experience is. Liberals should tend to undervalue traditional practices, seeing them as outdated. Conservatives should tend to overvalue traditional practices, seeing them as reliable.
>>Well better to not have it at all then it be half assed and read the endless whining that will occur on forums as a result. /p/p
Well put, but I don't see why it would have to be sooo different from normal coop. I was thinking about this a couple days ago, since i've moved far away from my xbox 360 owning friends. I disagree about the negatives of adding a limit of how far the players can stray from one another (strictly for online co-op). Many single screen multiplayer (on same console) games imploy this without much intereference to gameplay (though some do make it a pain in the @$$). And as far as I can recall playing Halo 1 & 2 coop, I'd almost always remain between the same 2 checkpoints and never 1 mile away. Granted I don't know if staying between the same checkpoints would generally avoid lag on cable modems, but if it does, I can't see the harm.
If you are like me, which I suspect you are, then when E3 comes by every year, you simply visit IGN or similar, download some videos and read some editorials. I hear that for the journalists, this E3 was quite different. For me, and probably you too, it was quite the same.
"The Kwik-E-Mart was an satire on Walmarts and Co. They food is overpriced and unhealthy, sometimes it is poisonous." What are you smoking? Kwik-E-Mart is a small convenience store, hence the name. They do not sell clothing or electronics, just items you would find in , gee, I don't know, a 7-11 ?!?! Old rotating hot dogs, junk food, cereal, magazines, condoms, slurpies, lottery tickets, stereotypical Indian family owners/employees. Have you ever been to a 7-11 or a Wal-Mart? Or ever watched the Simpsons?
"Based on personal experience raising two daughters, I'm sure that part of the reason the second child lose two points of IQ is that the parents just start getting tired. :) Your first child gets all your energy, and you try out interesting things, go to interesting places. The arrival of the second child means you now divide your time and energy and so the second child will tend to lose out."
I think this is an excellent point that the study should have focused upon. Obviously, the study lacks a specific practical application of this knowledge. I suppose we will see the results of a new study linking IQ to contructive early childhood stimuli (gee whoda thunkit?). Even more interesting would be if that link does not exist...thus relieving parents of their supposed duty of doing things other than TV and video games with their kids.
Seriously, MS has a real problem here and they believe they know the solution - Namely, get the masses to adopt Vista and support for the OS will soon become ubiquitous. To them I suppose it's a Catch 22. However, those of us not working for MS probably tend to realize the larger picture - that MS products simply don't have the proven track record of reliability and performance that Mac and Linux have obtained. For me compatability has always been my chief concern in an OS, but as many posters have commented, I'm just too #@$%#* tired to even try Vista. Drivers are one thing, unneccessarily massively power hungry OS are another.
It is a data center; and actually, you're the one guilty of mis-use as datacenter is not, in fact, a word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center
Certainly accepting time as even one dimension does alter the exact definition of what a dimension is. Yet, the whole concept of a space-time continuum (aside from star trek) is certainly worth exploring. And in its exploration we are bound to understand each component whether there are 4 or 6 or however many dimensions (perhaps only 3, thus validating your argument). In any case, science will always explore questions that remain unproven (and often ones that have been). Surely you cannot say there is no doubt to the existence of solely 3 dimensions? For one, how would you explain the instantaneous communicative nature of spinning quantum particles? Perhaps under this 6 dimensional model, there is a logical explanation.
Uhm, what does this have to do with the article? And how is it in any way a reasonable or likely downside to innovating such an amazing leap in technology? Alzheimer's in incurable; while a fearless, seven-foot (still confused about that part), feel-no-pain terrorist can just be tasered or shot.
This generation games that come out for XBox360 or PS3 and sell, will probably make it to the other system. However, wii games, even aside from 1st party nintendo ones, will be more likely exclusive to wii. We are already seeing different versions of new releases for the wii, and they are becoming more divergent from the xbox360 and ps3 versions (call of duty 3 to godfather). Assuming wii maintains it's marvelous popularity, all but the most popular wii games built from the ground up will have little reason to undergo the major graphics upgrades and control changes neccessary for porting. If you took Wii out of the equation...or guessed at the next generation of consoles, I'd agree most big games would port to every console. But combine the low cost (comparatively) of developing Wii games with it's projected console sales (huge), and there is a big reason to think this system will see many true exclusives.
Top Ten Reasons Why We Should Ignore GW:
(Warning - may cause nightmares)
10. Al Gore has a private jet.
9. Fighting GW might increase taxes.
8. Some scientists proclaim it's natural.
7. The rest predicted we were headed into an Ice Age - aka flipfloppers.
6. Granpappy says hottest year in Saskatoon was in ought five.
5. It was soooo cold just the other day.
4. Liberals made it up to make money.
3. Hippies made it up because they're dirty hippies.
2. The barrier reef is just depressed - SAD?
1. Who are we to question G-d?
I'm more concerned that people watching 24 will believe that terrorists are that capable. Seriously, I've heard people say that 24 shouldn't be aired because it will give terrorists working ideas on what to do. It's also sad that people believe there are an endless stream of highly skilled mercenaries and inside-men in the U.S. willing to murder thousands of innocent people for a million dollars.
There's a rumor that they will release the new rumble device as Mr. Rumblor - a wiimote shaped device with no buttons, but an odd mushroom-like top.
that reminds me of the simpsons episode where bart puts a kinetically charged light on his bike since it's night time. Then they show him straining with each push of the pedals to move the bike a couple feet, which briefly lights up the headlamp incidentally.
the article is not talking about emails that require response WITHIN two minutes, but rather ones that would consume less than two minutes of your time.
My first game system was pong, and I've had a system every generation since. Right now I'm seeing the more successful innovation than anytime in the last 15 years. With the nintendo Wii and DS, I'm extremely impressed with their creativity and direction. I could list dozens of games like trauma center and brain age, but I don't have to because they ARE POPULAR. People want games that are new and inventive rather than rehashed sequels. Yes, quality franchises exist where gamers can buy sequels without worrying that FFXII is broken, rushed and glitchy. Those games have EARNED their top-selling status, and when they disappoint, like Sonic, then they lose that status. Yet, those franchises are being created all the time, and the first games in the series sell like mad. This is because people are MORE likely to try the new game that got a 9.5 review by 7 websites than in 1988, when I had to rely solely on Nintendo Power and box art.
Not having an attention span capable of handling a learning curve or even reading an instruction manual is what really defines a Softcore gamer. Reading reviews to make educated purchases and investing time where you are rewarded with deep, challenging game mechanics is a waste of time to Softcore gamers. Look at Deal or No Deal, it's the epitome of a softcore game. Any hardcore gamer would find Deal or No Deal shallow, repetitive and lacking any skill or challenge. However, that makes it so appealing to a Softcore gamer because there's no downtime getting stuck or frustrated with some sort of clever puzzling. It's 100% entertainment! Of course some good games can be enjoyed by both hardcore and softcore gamers, like Tetris, Wii Sports, and even many Mario games. Therefore you'll continue seeing more of these games - easy learning curve AND deep game mechanics. And course there will be, as always, an endless stream of licensed garbage with 3.5-6.0 scores on IGN.
You do need lots of days. Even if the groups 0%,10%,20%,30&40%,50&60%,70&80&90% and 100% had ~52 days each, you'd have a decent degree of error. However, in SF Bay, you say most days are 0% or 80-100%. Aren't these really the only days of practical interest? Does it really matter how accurate a 50% prediction is, if it is 37% or 58%? If the yes rain vs. no raingroups are so well stocked (150+ days say), then that makes things all the easier. Although one interesting and simple calculation would be overall accuracy, by multiplying the sum of percents in a year (say 32%) by 365 and subtracting the number of days it rained during the year (easy to find). And if you were really crazy you could look at how accuracy for no rain vs. rain improves (supposedly) as the predictions go from 10 days out, to 9 days, to 8 days, etc.
Well if the price of rulers ever top $150, then these will be HIGHLY competitive at $99.
Yes, this is obviously going to have uses in the future...but now? This device offers a 5" screen with no moving images, sound or color. Plus you have to buy the files from the company??? Compared to say a nintendo DS lite, this has little to offer. Marketing only in Italy is a good idea to get the product some exposure and feedback (can will people put up with all the DRM??). They're already planning to release a color & moving-image capable device asap. I imagine if they bumped the screen to 7"-9" keeping the same form factor, they'd have a winner.
British humour != American humor
Or more specifically: The intersection of (British humour; American humor) = Monty Python
It's simple - if we put all of our trust in scientist (aka atheists if you're republican), then we're basically defying G-d's will, screwing with his plans. GW was appointed by the Lord, and if we trust him that global warming is all part of a natural grand scheme, then what's to worry? Either G-d will be benevolent and cast aside any potential catastrophe, or he'll unleash the apocalypitc tides of armaggadeon - ushering in the return of Jesus. Either way it's a win/win!
I've been staying away from eBay for years now - since I noticed they allow, nay encourage, sellers to bid up their items before an auction even starts!! I think it's called a minimum bid. Now, I know you're thinking shill bidding is even worse because it can LURE you in. Well, I've seen auctions that describe items with words such as: all-purpose, hard to get, 5 star quality, etc. Talk about temptation. Now here's a big surprise - item descriptions are not always from a company fact sheet or professional review!! It's like they're trying to take your money. Until eBay forces all auctions to start at 1 penny and only permits descriptions written by objective 3rd parties, I suggest we stop supporting these insane fraud-friendly practices. At least I hear you can still get a nwt coach purse from china for $13.27 + s/h! One more thing, these practices don't just completely rip off buyers, but they protect sellers from getting ripped off by me. Afterall, if I wanted to pay a reasonable price for something, I'd go to a store. eBay suxxorz. If you're like me, you'd better stay away from it, HSN and QVC.
>>HP Engineers Defy Moore's Law, New Nano-Chip Prototype in 2008
>> They havent even made a chip yet.
The summary is titled "Could HP Beat Moore's Law?" - highlighting the article's signifigance in answering this hyptothetical with a resounding Maybe!