The logic is there, take "Fable: The Lost Chapters" where killing NPCs actually affected the town size permanently (you could literally kill an entire town, and it would be empty the entire game unless you lure people back to it).
If you're into quests and storyline, play that until an actual MMORPG steps in:P I too have thought about this (and a random quest generator) the thing is though, each "state" that can be changed has to be saved to a profile (think how much storage would be needed for each person x 1 mil players). Unless you mean a permanent state change to the entire world (affecting everyone else) which would be interesting, but the average A-hole would find that 1 little glitch which would ruin it for everyone, like ie: destroying every NPC in every town.
Havok wasn't obligated to do this. It is a kind (and perhaps savvy) gesture. I can't wait to see all the open-source Linux shooters integrate Havok. It wasn't a kind gesture... They just realized they are getting shut out of the market place after the NVIDIA/Physx merge. The Physx engine was always free (binary) and only required a registration before downloading their SDK - prior to the merge, now you can get it free HERE no registration.
They even provide samples and documentation. If you want a more corporate-like support from them, then you pay, for the service. Havok was about paying for their engine prior to learning the engine. How can you learn it without some basics? Yes, they allowed you to view some of it (their sales pitch), but nothing for the independent people who have an interest without a company backing them up.
In my opinion, this is only following because they would go out of business otherwise. Regardless, I am still going to be using the Physx engine unless I hear there's multiple advantages using Havok.
Anyone else thinks that sounds very kinky... until...
Police found 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa living in a small storage space in the house Better part? the man was 57 years old...?
"I'm not sick and I don't want to hurt anyone, cars are just my preference."
But he confesses that many of the cars he has had sex with have belonged to strangers or car showrooms. Assuming all 1,000 cars were consenting, I think he was definitely hurting someone's feelings. Nothing but a player...cars have feelings too!
"The jumpers were leaping over five or six infants at a time" Too bad they were in 2x3 rows... I was hoping it was more like an evil knievel stunt where people lept 10x1 babies. 6 feet (2 meters) leaps barely seems exciting.
I think if the babies were also on fire, now that would be a daring stunt worthy of evil knievel himself.
Same, but only when I called them I got good service, otherwise their online chat seemed to consist of an Indian who told me to reboot the computer I was on. Then asked if I had done so, but afterwards asked if I was chatting on the computer with the fault (which I wasn't). It ended up being a cd drive broken, which they sent a guy and replaced within the week, this was the first week I got the computer.
As far as the friendliness goes though, they sent me a new keyboard, a new mouse, no questions asked, no return required for the peripherals. Amazing... it was a free keyboard and mouse (the mouse had left click barely working, and the keyboards space bar was broken).
Reliable? Agreed, besides the CD drive issue, I've had a total of 4 computers with no problems (my brother got a laptop that had a DVD-RW that wasn't working, he reinstalled the OS from a ghost partition, and it was all fine, he says hes having problems with the laptop again though- 2 years-ish later?). No other desktop hardware faults for the past 10+ years
This just in, they removed the full versions (for free), now it just plays the 30 second sample and requests you to add it for 10 cents (or your first 50 free songs)
I'm confused... we give them a computer and assume they shouldn't be able to do everything that a computer should, including hacking. Do people seriously see this as a bad thing? If anything, this is good, we gave them a computer that acts like a normal computer, so what about the hacking...
33%.. was the link someone gave about a week ago on this same topic. It's funny though how it says "sexual predators" and everyone jumped to pedo... have we been brainwashed by media this bad already?
I haven't met any fuming angry people who I saw at their height of creativity. Of course, because RTFS
, happy or sad people are most creative, while angry or relaxed people are not You will find that most depressed people (try myspace or something) can be overly creative and will often paint (it may not be a picture you prefer to look at, but its original/creative), as well as happy people (which is why most children like to draw).
I disagree with your other point, games do help provide creativity and boost intelligence. But this assumes you are playing more than 1 game. A video game can be like a painting, staring at the same 1 isn't going to make you more creative, you need to view different paintings to see other views.
Also, it helps intelligence because once you've nearly mastered something, you should move onto another game (once you know multiplication, you don't keep doing it: you learn division or algebraic equations). You may not notice the intelligence gain from gaming, but there is one. Look at how easy some NES games are when there's only a directional pad and 2 whole button options to choose from. Now look at how complex most modern games are, with the 3d physics puzzle solving requirements (ie: Halflife 2/zelda etc.)... you still learn.
Technically, they have a point, its no different than peeing in the river or ocean.
In fact its common (here in US at least) that our sewage goes into a river. Then further away we pump the water back into our system and clean it, ready for drinking/bathing in.
As long as you aren't shooting AT the fish directly and the urine:water ratio isn't too bad, this sounds like a good idea anyways. There's no difference between swimming in the river with sewage and excrement in some areas.
parts of the machine exploding.
But the first ground-based tests haven't gone entirely to plan." Good thing they told us that... I was beginning to lose faith in their work.
Or better yet, instead of going out of your way to screw with other people, just act like you're going crazy from the boredom:
Every time you get an e-mail, announce you got a new one within a 20 foot radius.
Bring rubberbands, and line up a wastebasket as far you can within seeing eye and see if you can make it in. Bonus points for shots you can't see over cubicles.
Call other people, but quickly hang up after they answer, make sure to do it in a pattern, like down a line of cubicles as if you're checking to make sure everyone is at their desk. Bonus points if you can get multiple phones (bring in a cell phone) and have them all ring at the same time.
In the middle of a conversation just get up and leave, it's over when you say its over.
and by far my most favorite, standing in a rest/bath/wash-room and wait for someone to come in. As soon as they come in, say in a very harsh tone. "I'm not going to have an argument with an appliance! End of discussion!" Then leave.
I don't think this article is even fact:
9. Ponderosa - When you're not picky about taste. 7. Visa Platinum - No interest for the first 8 minutes! 5. Wal-Mart - Prices so low that even stupid people can figure out it's a good deal. 3. AOL - Can 30 million people ALL be idiots? #5 is a maybe, but 9, 7. and 3 sounds like someone just made it up to be funny. If they provided some sort of links to the valid campaign, then it would be worth believing.
CIO Magazine speaks with JPL's chief knowledge architect and others about how they'll provide massive amounts of data from the lander to suit the needs of an audience ranging from professors to 8-year-old So... torrents? I never understood why scientific corporations where they want to give out the data (and everyone eagerly wants it) but "don't have the bandwidth" never use torrents. You set the upload rate and make it up to the people who claim to eagerly want it to patiently wait for each other to distribute it for you. Plus this will help lessen the claims on torrents being illegal...
This is by far my most favorite real life quote:
. 'I used to show up in court,' he says. 'Then one day I overslept, and nothing happened. So I stopped going.' Nishimura has lost about 50 lawsuits and owes millions of dollars in penalties, which he has no intention of paying. Pretty much along the lines of... yea... I'm just not gonna show up to work anymore, I don't feel like it. No I didn't quit, I'm just not gonna show up anymore. Bills? Yea I really don't feel like paying those anymore either, so I'm just not gonna do that anymore...
Money is simply productivity in paper form. I work and get pieces of paper that say I have been productive, and exchange those pieces of paper for others' productivity. So when people get welfare and unemployment checks... they have been productive too?
Money is just a medium to replace bartered goods (as opposed to having to trade a chicken for a shovel, you trade the chicken for money, then trade the money for a shovel). It has no other meaning except to make life easier for trade, and setting standards on prices so everyone gets equal trade values.
Yep, pretty normal, but instead of supervisor it was more of a case of senior programmers getting the credit. The best part was: after I left, an ex-co-worker(?) heard the manager thanking me (and the usual senior programmers who never touched the big implementation). They got a paid for breakfast, I got a free laugh (since I voluntarily wasn't in the company anymore).
Suppose the only advice I could give if you are big on credit, is contribute to open source, or make something big yourself and release it (and remember to give credit to EVERYONE who helps). Corporate wise, you can't change things for at least a few years.
You can listen to an MP3 of ABC Australia's Robyn Williams discussing the results with the lead scientists. So is Australia's Robyn Williams funnier than the US Robin Williams?
There's a couple I remember, the biggest one, similar to yours:
Hard drives have a "rest" mode for when shutting down (as to not cause damage when shipping/etc.) if it was not powered on or in use, which caused the read/write drive heads to be placed down on the drive platters when it stopped spinning. There was a virus that would speed up the disk, then throw it into rest mode immediately, and you guessed it, tear right into the hard disk with a loud noise and literally bricking that hard drive.
Then there was another good one that I heard that involved the monitor blowing up. Although this supposedly happened on the very old computer monitors (so it's fixed on today's monitors) and it involved changing frequencies, if I recall correctly (I believe from like 60hz to 75hz), but don't directly quote me on that.
For some reason, I feel these type of stories are the most interesting and can teach you a good deal about hardware. So as a request, anyone with these stories please post them here:)
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The logic is there, take "Fable: The Lost Chapters" where killing NPCs actually affected the town size permanently (you could literally kill an entire town, and it would be empty the entire game unless you lure people back to it).
:P I too have thought about this (and a random quest generator) the thing is though, each "state" that can be changed has to be saved to a profile (think how much storage would be needed for each person x 1 mil players). Unless you mean a permanent state change to the entire world (affecting everyone else) which would be interesting, but the average A-hole would find that 1 little glitch which would ruin it for everyone, like ie: destroying every NPC in every town.
If you're into quests and storyline, play that until an actual MMORPG steps in
They even provide samples and documentation. If you want a more corporate-like support from them, then you pay, for the service. Havok was about paying for their engine prior to learning the engine. How can you learn it without some basics? Yes, they allowed you to view some of it (their sales pitch), but nothing for the independent people who have an interest without a company backing them up.
In my opinion, this is only following because they would go out of business otherwise. Regardless, I am still going to be using the Physx engine unless I hear there's multiple advantages using Havok.
Yea, cause when modern people see UFOs, they tend to think 'people' too...
I think if the babies were also on fire, now that would be a daring stunt worthy of evil knievel himself.
You're right, the picture that the summary links to does look fake, 90x57 dimensions are high def enough for me to tell that this is all CGI.
Whiting out your face won't make a difference, I'd go with the old trusty tinfoil hat.
Same, but only when I called them I got good service, otherwise their online chat seemed to consist of an Indian who told me to reboot the computer I was on. Then asked if I had done so, but afterwards asked if I was chatting on the computer with the fault (which I wasn't). It ended up being a cd drive broken, which they sent a guy and replaced within the week, this was the first week I got the computer.
As far as the friendliness goes though, they sent me a new keyboard, a new mouse, no questions asked, no return required for the peripherals. Amazing... it was a free keyboard and mouse (the mouse had left click barely working, and the keyboards space bar was broken).
Reliable? Agreed, besides the CD drive issue, I've had a total of 4 computers with no problems (my brother got a laptop that had a DVD-RW that wasn't working, he reinstalled the OS from a ghost partition, and it was all fine, he says hes having problems with the laptop again though- 2 years-ish later?). No other desktop hardware faults for the past 10+ years
This just in, they removed the full versions (for free), now it just plays the 30 second sample and requests you to add it for 10 cents (or your first 50 free songs)
Was fun while it lasted though.
I'm confused... we give them a computer and assume they shouldn't be able to do everything that a computer should, including hacking. Do people seriously see this as a bad thing? If anything, this is good, we gave them a computer that acts like a normal computer, so what about the hacking...
33%.. was the link someone gave about a week ago on this same topic. It's funny though how it says "sexual predators" and everyone jumped to pedo... have we been brainwashed by media this bad already?
I disagree with your other point, games do help provide creativity and boost intelligence. But this assumes you are playing more than 1 game. A video game can be like a painting, staring at the same 1 isn't going to make you more creative, you need to view different paintings to see other views.
Also, it helps intelligence because once you've nearly mastered something, you should move onto another game (once you know multiplication, you don't keep doing it: you learn division or algebraic equations). You may not notice the intelligence gain from gaming, but there is one. Look at how easy some NES games are when there's only a directional pad and 2 whole button options to choose from. Now look at how complex most modern games are, with the 3d physics puzzle solving requirements (ie: Halflife 2/zelda etc.)... you still learn.
Technically, they have a point, its no different than peeing in the river or ocean.
In fact its common (here in US at least) that our sewage goes into a river. Then further away we pump the water back into our system and clean it, ready for drinking/bathing in.
As long as you aren't shooting AT the fish directly and the urine:water ratio isn't too bad, this sounds like a good idea anyways. There's no difference between swimming in the river with sewage and excrement in some areas.
If at first you don't succeed Post again looking for kharma? -1 Redundant?
Or better yet, instead of going out of your way to screw with other people, just act like you're going crazy from the boredom:
Every time you get an e-mail, announce you got a new one within a 20 foot radius.
Bring rubberbands, and line up a wastebasket as far you can within seeing eye and see if you can make it in. Bonus points for shots you can't see over cubicles.
Call other people, but quickly hang up after they answer, make sure to do it in a pattern, like down a line of cubicles as if you're checking to make sure everyone is at their desk. Bonus points if you can get multiple phones (bring in a cell phone) and have them all ring at the same time.
In the middle of a conversation just get up and leave, it's over when you say its over.
and by far my most favorite, standing in a rest/bath/wash-room and wait for someone to come in. As soon as they come in, say in a very harsh tone. "I'm not going to have an argument with an appliance! End of discussion!" Then leave.
7. Visa Platinum - No interest for the first 8 minutes!
5. Wal-Mart - Prices so low that even stupid people can figure out it's a good deal.
3. AOL - Can 30 million people ALL be idiots? #5 is a maybe, but 9, 7. and 3 sounds like someone just made it up to be funny. If they provided some sort of links to the valid campaign, then it would be worth believing.
Money is just a medium to replace bartered goods (as opposed to having to trade a chicken for a shovel, you trade the chicken for money, then trade the money for a shovel). It has no other meaning except to make life easier for trade, and setting standards on prices so everyone gets equal trade values.
Yep, pretty normal, but instead of supervisor it was more of a case of senior programmers getting the credit. The best part was: after I left, an ex-co-worker(?) heard the manager thanking me (and the usual senior programmers who never touched the big implementation). They got a paid for breakfast, I got a free laugh (since I voluntarily wasn't in the company anymore).
Suppose the only advice I could give if you are big on credit, is contribute to open source, or make something big yourself and release it (and remember to give credit to EVERYONE who helps). Corporate wise, you can't change things for at least a few years.
There's a couple I remember, the biggest one, similar to yours:
:)
Hard drives have a "rest" mode for when shutting down (as to not cause damage when shipping/etc.) if it was not powered on or in use, which caused the read/write drive heads to be placed down on the drive platters when it stopped spinning. There was a virus that would speed up the disk, then throw it into rest mode immediately, and you guessed it, tear right into the hard disk with a loud noise and literally bricking that hard drive.
Then there was another good one that I heard that involved the monitor blowing up. Although this supposedly happened on the very old computer monitors (so it's fixed on today's monitors) and it involved changing frequencies, if I recall correctly (I believe from like 60hz to 75hz), but don't directly quote me on that.
For some reason, I feel these type of stories are the most interesting and can teach you a good deal about hardware. So as a request, anyone with these stories please post them here