Indeed technology is reaching the point that amateurs have access to many of the same tools and software (or derivatives of). Not only can this be evidenced by the production technique stated in the article, but also in many Youtube videos. Even though many of the videos were recorded and edited by amateurs, they are beginning to rival what's shown on TV. (with the writer's strike I'd even say that Youtube in some instances is better than what's on TV.)
What percentage of voters are affected by Social Networking sites? What percentage of the MySpace, Facebook and YouTube audience are old enough to actually vote? In terms of percentage, you're probably correct that it isn't huge, but I would guess it's at least in the 30-50% range (probably higher as facebook at least started with a college-only crowd and has attracted insane amounts of users of ages 20-30). Regardless, some of the hot videos on youtube or hot topics on facebook can attract millions of viewers in a matter of months. The effect may be bigger than you predict.
I'm thinking is that this is a one-time phenomenon. By the time of the next election MySpace and Facebook will probably be oh-so-yesterday. Though I understand the candidates need to appear new-fangled and not miss out on new channels -- especially free ones. That may be the case, but I'm sure something similar will take its place by then.
I'm also thinking that the Paultards rabid activities are actually counteractive. They are much worse than spammers. There's even on average five or so Paultard spamvert articles in the/. firehose on any given day. Mercifully, they don't usually make the front page. This is actually a good example of the effect internet mediums can have. Ron Paul gained approximately 6% of the Iowa primary vote even though his primary source of advertisement was online, this is after starting at %0-%1 in polls. We can't really fairly assume the internet pull of other candidates because of the amount of other mediums for campaigning used, but keep in mind that Obama got a huge push in IA due to a never-before-seen turnout of younger voters which probably, in part, has to do with the internet as a campaigning medium.
Yes, Clinton and Romney did not fare well and the fact they are (or were) somewhat against violent video games may have robbed them of a couple of votes. In contrast though I think not only I, but many Slashdotters know that the main issues at hand have nothing to do with video games. In fact, most of the republican vote came from an older-than-expected crowd (much of the younger crowd expected didn't show to the republican caucuses) which would in all likelihood be more pro-anti-gaming legislation.
The fact is, this vote can be spun in every which way possible, but Iowans voted for change and they underlined that statement with almost double of previous record turnout.
Not quite. That might be what they're claiming but the truth is more amazing.
I have a spy in Sega, and they are planning to release the all new "Dreamcast 360x3". It features:
1. "EHDVD+", Sega's new high definition DVD format. Not compatible with Blu-ray or HD-DVD because it's better.
2. A 64 bit PowerPC that's multicore. IBM is specially designing this for Sega.
3. Some kind of ATI graphics, including a 1080i mode.
4. The ability to connect to the Internet. A new service, "Dreamcast Connected", will allow you to subscribe to multiplayer games and stuff.
5. Wireless controllers, with tilt detection for that "Not quite a Wii-mote" functionality
6. Large size and with big glowing lights on the front ensuring you'll never miss it when it's sitting in front of your TV
Sega hasn't come up with a final price yet, but they're expected to release different models of it for somewhere between $400 and $900. The $400 version will have the smaller hard drive and only an S-Video hookup, whereas the $900 will include a bundled copy of "Sonic XII: The SecondLife edition" plus an exclusive Hi-def copy of Employee of the Month on EHDVD+.
This is amazing stuff, a truly innovative console that will turn the market on its head. To add to that Sega teamed up with Infinium Labs!
Peter Jackson did a great job in visualizing and bringing to life a story in which the plot was already fully written. I love the fact he's producing a version of "the hobbit" to go along with the LOTR Trilogy, but I'm not so sure about the sequel to it. I realize there is a gap between the two stories (around a 70 year gap actually) but what will the plot consist of?
I suppose it could go both ways, the first way with Peter Jackson doing a great job of tying the two books together and leading straight into the LOTR trilogy, the other with Peter Jackson unzipping and urinating on JRR Tolkien's masterpieces.
Substituting step 2 into the equation at step 7 gives us 2*(0) = 1*(0)... which is true, but then step 8 which reads "canceling the (a^2 - ab) from both sides" is actually a divide-by-zero error on both sides which is where it all goes awry. Shhhhhhh!
This is Microsoft, there's no error!
Since when is free equal to $130 or whatever MS Office is at now? Since Microsoft released their mathematical proof showing that all Microsoft products are free:
* Step 1: Let a = b.
* Step 2: Then a^2 = ab ,
* Step 3: a^2 + a^2 = a^2 + ab ,
* Step 4: 2a^2 = a^2 + ab ,
* Step 5: 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 + ab - 2ab ,
* Step 6: and 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab .
* Step 7: This can be written as 2(a^2 - ab) = 1(a^2 - ab) ,
* Step 8: and canceling the (a^2 - ab) from both sides gives 1=2.
* Step 9: We then subtract 1 from each side which gives us 0=1
* Step 8: then multiplying by x where x is the price of the Microsoft suite you are investing in... you will note that x=0 and thus Microsoft is completely free!
... does it run Linux Interestingly enough in this instance that's a good question.
My initial response to this was "of course it does, stop being a troll" like many others commenting with this over-played cliche.
I then thought about it harder and realized there aren't many distros that run in less than 5MB. There are distros that do it, but not many unless they're hardware router disks. This gave me the gut feeling that the answer may be yes, but then I remembered... this is well before x86 architecture became mainstream.
I then looked into the architecture of the 305 RAMAC and found a decent wikipedia article on the subject. Among the interesting things about the architecture is that characters were only 7 bits!
FTLA:
Each character was 7 bits, composed of two zone bits ("X" and "O"), four BCD bits for the value of the digit, and an odd parity bit ("R") in the following format:
X O 1 2 4 8 R With that being said I HIGHLY doubt any form of BSD or Unix was developed for this machine and thus the ability to run Linux is also highly unlikely.
No hard feelings. Apparently the Slashdot Moderation Game didn't fare well either. Not quite sure why, but I do agree that Ron Paul is one of the better republican candidates.
With your official host: CaptainPatent!
Hello folks and welcome to today's second round of The Slashdot Moderation game where we take the long way of saying Mod Parent Down.
We've seen a lot of trolls, flamebaiters and thread hijackers today, but we work hard to only bring you the top-tier.
Tonight's guest is explosivejared,
Explosive Jared writes:
I told you all Ron Paul was a saint. Ron Paul would never stoop to spamming. A great start, will this turn into an Ironic statement, a joke, an insightful look into Ron Paul... mystery is afoot and my attention is gathered!
He is right on par with a god, in fact he may be a god (the tests are still being run). oh, we may have a problem. Bringing religion into a Slashdot debate is a hot topic. Maybe if you give us a link to these "god tests" you won't scare your audience away!
Any of you jerks who thought that this stuff was official hate the constitution and what to see the the declaration of independence used as toilet paper. Well, I don't quite understand you but it sounds like you just brought politics and religion together. Warning sir, you are headed for a mega-disaster. You may not be able to bail out of this one. For karma's sake say something witty, something intelligent, SOMETHING!
I hate anyone who thinks any ill of Ron "OUR MESSIAH" PAUL!! GET IT! Wow... I was panicked too, but man, I think you cracked wide open on that one. I tried to help, but unfortunately your Karma was just swallowed by a nuclear reaction between religion and politics. While Slashdot is currently banning your fuzzy-ass to the underside of a bridge, I will invite you and everyone else to join us for another installment of... The Slashdot Moderation Game!
The Slashdot Moderation Game!
Tonight's contestant is another "Secret Contestant"
Anonymous Writes:
SLASHDOT SUX0RZ Ooooh! Horrible start! Well, this post is about music in games and soundtracks worth keeping. Perhaps if you talk about the preferences of a nerdier crowd shying away from a game and justify this statement, you'll still be able to recover. Just don't do something like post ASCII porn or goatse...
_0_
\''\
'=o=' .|!| .| | Oh no, ASCII porn... while I do think the tiny exclamation point penis is a nice touch, Slashdot tends to be of the crowd that likes to have justification for statements. Maybe a link to an article that backs up your initial statement now.
-Link to Goatse Removed- Oh man, strike three. I just don't see any merit in your comment at all. And the fact that you had to hide behind an Anonymous Coward username only goes to show that your penis must be smaller than your ASCII porn's exclamation point. While you haven't won or lost anything, I'm sure there are plenty of people here on Slashdot who wish you the best of times rotting in hell.
Well that's all for this installment, but stay tuned for the next installment of The Slashdot Moderation Game!!!
This has nothing to do with XP on OLPC Um... let me share the title of the article again:
"Microsoft Wants OLPC System to Run Windows XP"
What it has to do is with country after country after country choosing non-Microsoft products. When these children and their parents see how well open source software works, they will consider alternative products for their businesses and governments I don't disagree, but this is a side-note to the main reason Microsoft is arguing for the expansion slot.
This could add up to $billions of lost sales for our friends in Redmond. I think that's a bit over-stated, but I'm pretty sure Microsoft knows it's niche for XP is limited on OLPC and that the share of users they attract will be limited. I agree that the sum of half a mil isn't too terribly great, but in order to make that money (as I showed above) Microsoft has to do nothing at all besides argue. I don't necessarily think it's the correct or appropriate decision, but I guarantee if you knew you could make half a million just by convincing someone the moon is made of cheese, I guarantee you'd try it.
It would be a poor business decision on Microsoft's part to pass up (nearly) free money.
yes, they probably would give it out for free if necessary. The first hit comes for free.:) I don't even necessarily think it will be free (unless we're talking on a trial basis).
I think Microsoft is more concerned about OLPC machines being able to run Windows XP versus actually giving XP away. I don't doubt that they may give away demos of XP or something similar, but more than likely Microsoft sees a huge market sector they are guaranteed (at this point) to miss out on.
Microsoft is trying to push into a market segment I think they will continue to have little control - and that is dumbed-down ultra portable (and under-powered) machines. For years Microsoft has taken a one-size-fits-all stance to operating systems when the reality is, some people have much slower machines that can't handle their OS, or the user is a power user who needs to have much more control over the system, or the user is setting up a massively parallel server... etc. In this particular case Microsoft is trying to wedge XP into a tiny amount of processing space designed for something completely different.
Now it is true that Microsoft probably will not gain a ton of ground on OLPC, but let's postulate Microsoft does get OLPC to place an expansion slot in their machines and run the numbers:
Microsoft XP can now run (not well, but it can) on the OLPC, so Microsoft hands out demo copies.
XP on OLPC runs very slow by our standards, but some will decide it has an easier to use interface, so when the demo expires, let's say a mere 1% of people using OLPC invest in a copy of Windows.
Because the price of windows varies by country (and it is generally much less in developing countries), let's say the average price paid for a copy is $30.
Let's then say OLPC meets it's goal of selling 2 million laptops: 2,000,000 *.01 * 30 = $600,000! While that's not a ton of money for Microsoft, you need to keep in mind that all they have to do is successfully argue the OLPC should have an expansion slot in order to gain that money.
I can understand exactly why Microsoft wants OLPC to change the design slightly and of course they'll bitch about it if bitching will earn them better than half a mil.
Slashdot Mirror
The supercomputers which were alloted award hours appear to be on:
Blue Gene
Cray XT4
Cray X1E
and NERSC HPC which doesn't have a convenient Wikepedia link, but comprises AMD Opteron processors.
This is according to this Newswise report.
Every now and again my apartment will emit an odor that induces absolute horror...
If they want I can search for the source and send it their way.
Additionally, the human eye was not meant to focus on something just a couple of mm in front of it.
Go ahead, try it! You simply cannot focus that close to your eye.
For those of you who haven't seen Elephants dream and don't want to tolerate the 450MB download, here's the Youtube link.
Indeed technology is reaching the point that amateurs have access to many of the same tools and software (or derivatives of). Not only can this be evidenced by the production technique stated in the article, but also in many Youtube videos. Even though many of the videos were recorded and edited by amateurs, they are beginning to rival what's shown on TV. (with the writer's strike I'd even say that Youtube in some instances is better than what's on TV.)
Yeah, Let's make a mirror...
With blackjack, and hookers...
In fact, forget the mirror!
Yes, Clinton and Romney did not fare well and the fact they are (or were) somewhat against violent video games may have robbed them of a couple of votes. In contrast though I think not only I, but many Slashdotters know that the main issues at hand have nothing to do with video games. In fact, most of the republican vote came from an older-than-expected crowd (much of the younger crowd expected didn't show to the republican caucuses) which would in all likelihood be more pro-anti-gaming legislation.
The fact is, this vote can be spun in every which way possible, but Iowans voted for change and they underlined that statement with almost double of previous record turnout.
I just can't think of a name
I have a spy in Sega, and they are planning to release the all new "Dreamcast 360x3". It features:
1. "EHDVD+", Sega's new high definition DVD format. Not compatible with Blu-ray or HD-DVD because it's better.
2. A 64 bit PowerPC that's multicore. IBM is specially designing this for Sega.
3. Some kind of ATI graphics, including a 1080i mode.
4. The ability to connect to the Internet. A new service, "Dreamcast Connected", will allow you to subscribe to multiplayer games and stuff.
5. Wireless controllers, with tilt detection for that "Not quite a Wii-mote" functionality
6. Large size and with big glowing lights on the front ensuring you'll never miss it when it's sitting in front of your TV
Sega hasn't come up with a final price yet, but they're expected to release different models of it for somewhere between $400 and $900. The $400 version will have the smaller hard drive and only an S-Video hookup, whereas the $900 will include a bundled copy of "Sonic XII: The SecondLife edition" plus an exclusive Hi-def copy of Employee of the Month on EHDVD+.
This is amazing stuff, a truly innovative console that will turn the market on its head. To add to that Sega teamed up with Infinium Labs!
They're going to incorperate the awesome power of The Phantom Gaming Console into their new product!
In even further news, the Dreamcast 360x3 will ship with a copy of Duke Nukem Forever!!
Peter Jackson did a great job in visualizing and bringing to life a story in which the plot was already fully written. I love the fact he's producing a version of "the hobbit" to go along with the LOTR Trilogy, but I'm not so sure about the sequel to it. I realize there is a gap between the two stories (around a 70 year gap actually) but what will the plot consist of?
I suppose it could go both ways, the first way with Peter Jackson doing a great job of tying the two books together and leading straight into the LOTR trilogy, the other with Peter Jackson unzipping and urinating on JRR Tolkien's masterpieces.
TB phone home!?
So you're saying the editor is a slacker and the hacker who wrote the packer should be a cracker?
This is not a complete class... I read nothing about animating an uber-hot girlfriend!
This is Microsoft, there's no error!
* Step 1: Let a = b.
* Step 2: Then a^2 = ab ,
* Step 3: a^2 + a^2 = a^2 + ab ,
* Step 4: 2a^2 = a^2 + ab ,
* Step 5: 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 + ab - 2ab ,
* Step 6: and 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab .
* Step 7: This can be written as 2(a^2 - ab) = 1(a^2 - ab) ,
* Step 8: and canceling the (a^2 - ab) from both sides gives 1=2.
* Step 9: We then subtract 1 from each side which gives us 0=1
* Step 8: then multiplying by x where x is the price of the Microsoft suite you are investing in... you will note that x=0 and thus Microsoft is completely free!
... does it run Linux Interestingly enough in this instance that's a good question.My initial response to this was "of course it does, stop being a troll" like many others commenting with this over-played cliche.
I then thought about it harder and realized there aren't many distros that run in less than 5MB. There are distros that do it, but not many unless they're hardware router disks. This gave me the gut feeling that the answer may be yes, but then I remembered... this is well before x86 architecture became mainstream.
I then looked into the architecture of the 305 RAMAC and found a decent wikipedia article on the subject. Among the interesting things about the architecture is that characters were only 7 bits! FTLA: Each character was 7 bits, composed of two zone bits ("X" and "O"), four BCD bits for the value of the digit, and an odd parity bit ("R") in the following format: X O 1 2 4 8 R With that being said I HIGHLY doubt any form of BSD or Unix was developed for this machine and thus the ability to run Linux is also highly unlikely.
From that video:
"by the time you add up all the people involved in creating an application, you'll end up with 20 or 30 people" - LOL!!
I think the best form of copyright protection would be if any time you entered blank media into a drive you had to listen to that video...
Unfortunately I think the suicide rate may increase drastically too!
Parent isn't a troll! That's actually pretty funny, and very true too!
No hard feelings. Apparently the Slashdot Moderation Game didn't fare well either. Not quite sure why, but I do agree that Ron Paul is one of the better republican candidates.
Hello folks and welcome to today's second round of The Slashdot Moderation game where we take the long way of saying Mod Parent Down.
We've seen a lot of trolls, flamebaiters and thread hijackers today, but we work hard to only bring you the top-tier. Tonight's guest is explosivejared,
Explosive Jared writes:
I told you all Ron Paul was a saint. Ron Paul would never stoop to spamming. A great start, will this turn into an Ironic statement, a joke, an insightful look into Ron Paul... mystery is afoot and my attention is gathered! He is right on par with a god, in fact he may be a god (the tests are still being run). oh, we may have a problem. Bringing religion into a Slashdot debate is a hot topic. Maybe if you give us a link to these "god tests" you won't scare your audience away! Any of you jerks who thought that this stuff was official hate the constitution and what to see the the declaration of independence used as toilet paper. Well, I don't quite understand you but it sounds like you just brought politics and religion together. Warning sir, you are headed for a mega-disaster. You may not be able to bail out of this one. For karma's sake say something witty, something intelligent, SOMETHING! I hate anyone who thinks any ill of Ron "OUR MESSIAH" PAUL!! GET IT! Wow... I was panicked too, but man, I think you cracked wide open on that one. I tried to help, but unfortunately your Karma was just swallowed by a nuclear reaction between religion and politics. While Slashdot is currently banning your fuzzy-ass to the underside of a bridge, I will invite you and everyone else to join us for another installment of...
The Slashdot Moderation Game!
Tonight's contestant is another "Secret Contestant"
Anonymous Writes:
SLASHDOT SUX0RZ Ooooh! Horrible start! Well, this post is about music in games and soundtracks worth keeping. Perhaps if you talk about the preferences of a nerdier crowd shying away from a game and justify this statement, you'll still be able to recover. Just don't do something like post ASCII porn or goatse... _0_
\''\
'=o='
Well that's all for this installment, but stay tuned for the next installment of The Slashdot Moderation Game!!!
It would be a poor business decision on Microsoft's part to pass up (nearly) free money.
I think Microsoft is more concerned about OLPC machines being able to run Windows XP versus actually giving XP away. I don't doubt that they may give away demos of XP or something similar, but more than likely Microsoft sees a huge market sector they are guaranteed (at this point) to miss out on.
Microsoft is trying to push into a market segment I think they will continue to have little control - and that is dumbed-down ultra portable (and under-powered) machines. For years Microsoft has taken a one-size-fits-all stance to operating systems when the reality is, some people have much slower machines that can't handle their OS, or the user is a power user who needs to have much more control over the system, or the user is setting up a massively parallel server... etc. In this particular case Microsoft is trying to wedge XP into a tiny amount of processing space designed for something completely different.
Now it is true that Microsoft probably will not gain a ton of ground on OLPC, but let's postulate Microsoft does get OLPC to place an expansion slot in their machines and run the numbers:
Microsoft XP can now run (not well, but it can) on the OLPC, so Microsoft hands out demo copies.
XP on OLPC runs very slow by our standards, but some will decide it has an easier to use interface, so when the demo expires, let's say a mere 1% of people using OLPC invest in a copy of Windows.
Because the price of windows varies by country (and it is generally much less in developing countries), let's say the average price paid for a copy is $30.
Let's then say OLPC meets it's goal of selling 2 million laptops:
2,000,000 *
While that's not a ton of money for Microsoft, you need to keep in mind that all they have to do is successfully argue the OLPC should have an expansion slot in order to gain that money.
I can understand exactly why Microsoft wants OLPC to change the design slightly and of course they'll bitch about it if bitching will earn them better than half a mil.