Yes, but if the filter was designed to alter the fingerprint (which imo is hard to impossible to do), the result will be the same in the courtroom as in the cops lab. They couldn't use funky Photoshop tools at it though.
But the question remains. If the cops wanted to frame the suspect by altering the evidence, why not plant an object with the suspects fingerprint at the scene to begin with. Or replace one piece of evidence later. Much easier than manipulating existing fingerprints in graphics software.
My on-the-fly calculation gives that Johnny would be running around with about 500 TB of data in his crammed head, if he would have been created today. Counting an 80 GB drive standard in computers for sale today. Given the 100MB/16k ratio was correct?
Hehe, agreed, but Goodkind doesn't even play in the same league as Robert Jordan.
Wonder how many books (á ~1000 p. each) ago it was something significant happened? Three?
I'm still trying to decide if I will read the next book. Is it worth trying to remember some hundred Aes sedai names for the sake of reading another ~1000 p. where nothing (probably) that affects the story actually happens?:)
What I am trying to say is that you never know what cool gizmos they will invent in the future. And we are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our li...
Yeah, I can't see anything particular 'bent' in the humour of RD? Ordinary british comedy. Along the same line as much of the other fun stuff produced on that island for the last 30 years, just the settings changed.
I was about to say "me too", but came to my senses in the very last second. I read both Greg Egan and Peter F Hamilton, I liked both. I must admit that the scales tip in Hamilton's favour, since I also agree that much of the hard SF is very little story. I would take good fiction with acceptable science over a bad story with good science, any day (Not that Egan's fiction is that bad tho...).
Yeah, SD's Gap series, closely followed by Peter F Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy.
Not counting Asimov, Clarke and other "icons". Saying they are the best SF is like saying Tolkien is the best fantasy. (I am not argueing they are not, but they are too much of classics to count.
HHGTTG not counted either, that one is more humour than SF in my book (among the better ones nevertheless).
Saying that Gnome uses SVG extensively is an exaggeration at this point. The only use of SVG in Gnome so far, is for rendering icons on the desktop and in Nautilus. There are plans for letting other UI elements be SVG based to, but they are just plans. If you plan using SVG icons as desktop icons you also better make some PNG renderings of them too, if you want the same theme in the panel and menus, since you can't use SVG there yet.
Also, Nautilus SVG renderer seems kind of incomplete in one way or another. SVG images that works in Sodipodi, Adobe viewer, Illustrator and Mozilla SVG, renders incorrectly in Nautilus. Wrong colours, missing gradients.
And, Scalable Gorilla isn't an example, it is the only SVG theme available. A very nice looking theme though.:)
I've heard that popup blockers and tabbed browsing are making their way into IE (and MS employees can already use these features), but we'll see if they're actually integrated.
Not to troll, but did anyone except me notice how the development of IE seemed to kind of, stop... when there no longer was any competition (since after NS4.xx, and yes, Opera and Konq and some other were worthy, but not much of a threat to MS dominance). Now it seems to be speeding up again, when they have got a worthy opponent.
Microsoft should really thank the OS movement for keeping them on the edge, without competition it seems they will pretty soon stagnate.
It sounds as if it is still using the old "push-the-right-button-at-the-right-moment" controls? The thing that made these games succsessful back in the days were the jaw-dropping graphics and sounds (at the time). The gameplay was too simple imho. I can't really see the point of a remake of these games, when most games that are released today has as good, or better graphics and sound.
I's much rather have a modern remake of, for example, Ron Gilberts old adventures (Maniac mansion, Indy, Monkey Island I & II, etc.), where storytelling, humour and thinking were the main gaming elements.
I'm personally hoping that a more expensive drive is released that is more reliable. I'm willing to pay extra for a critical component in my computer needs.
Yes, me too.
Anyone know which is considered the most reliable drive manufacturer out there? Is there any brand that is famous for not crashing?
I was just about to mention Realsoft too. Evolved from the good old Real3D for the Amiga computers. it was the first rendering package I used that could do real refraction in transparent objects (glass). As far as I can rememer it was also fairly easy to use, and the latest versions seems to include radiosity, casutics, nurbs and other cool stuff.
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Yes, but if the filter was designed to alter the fingerprint (which imo is hard to impossible to do), the result will be the same in the courtroom as in the cops lab. They couldn't use funky Photoshop tools at it though.
But the question remains. If the cops wanted to frame the suspect by altering the evidence, why not plant an object with the suspects fingerprint at the scene to begin with. Or replace one piece of evidence later. Much easier than manipulating existing fingerprints in graphics software.
...where they were manufactured: in Russia...
They buy their AA-weaponry from the guys they are most likely to use them at? Weird.
Well, no. His real name actually is Hans Lundgren. Dolph is his Hollywood nickname.
Or how bout Ivan Drago from Rocky.
:)
Yeah! Hans Lundgren would rule as a robot. He already plays the part in most of his movies, without even being required to do so.
Jeeves and Wooster ruled! At least the first two seasons. :)
I guess british humour and Swedish is pretty much the same, most popular british comedy is big here too.
I don't know about you guys, but the messages attached to this story will be invaluable to me next time I can't find a good book to read.
Instant bookmark!
My on-the-fly calculation gives that Johnny would be running around with about 500 TB of data in his crammed head, if he would have been created today. Counting an 80 GB drive standard in computers for sale today. Given the 100MB/16k ratio was correct?
Hehe, agreed, but Goodkind doesn't even play in the same league as Robert Jordan.
:)
Wonder how many books (á ~1000 p. each) ago it was something significant happened? Three?
I'm still trying to decide if I will read the next book. Is it worth trying to remember some hundred Aes sedai names for the sake of reading another ~1000 p. where nothing (probably) that affects the story actually happens?
I find your lack of faith dist...
I mean, never underestimate the power of th...
What I am trying to say is that you never know what cool gizmos they will invent in the future. And we are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our li...
Nevermind.
http://www.jitterbug.com/origins/dune.html
There are some similarities, even if some on that list are kind of far fetched, imho.
Hey, and Sarlac fits the desription of a sandworm pretty well. The mouth of one, at least.
Yeah, I can't see anything particular 'bent' in the humour of RD? Ordinary british comedy. Along the same line as much of the other fun stuff produced on that island for the last 30 years, just the settings changed.
And no, Mr. Bean is not funny!
Red dwarf is tho. Funny.
Pity, it might have been a pretty lucrative patent. :)
I was about to say "me too", but came to my senses in the very last second. I read both Greg Egan and Peter F Hamilton, I liked both. I must admit that the scales tip in Hamilton's favour, since I also agree that much of the hard SF is very little story. I would take good fiction with acceptable science over a bad story with good science, any day (Not that Egan's fiction is that bad tho...).
Yeah, SD's Gap series, closely followed by Peter F Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy.
Not counting Asimov, Clarke and other "icons". Saying they are the best SF is like saying Tolkien is the best fantasy. (I am not argueing they are not, but they are too much of classics to count.
HHGTTG not counted either, that one is more humour than SF in my book (among the better ones nevertheless).
It's as if the browser was named PInternet Pexplorer. Hmmm.
:)
Damn, that is a good new name for the Phoenix project. Let's adopt it!
Wouldn't human2 agree with himself that Manchester rock?
Ok, wait, I see. You are back at the original poster's schizophrenia-theory?
Ok, I correct myself. There is more than plans, but nothing released yet, as far as I can tell. :)
Let me quote myself: "The only use of SVG in Gnome so far...".
:)
Yes, there are goodies on the way, but right now, the only things in Gnome you can replace with SVG are icons.
Now, hold your horses.
:)
Saying that Gnome uses SVG extensively is an exaggeration at this point. The only use of SVG in Gnome so far, is for rendering icons on the desktop and in Nautilus. There are plans for letting other UI elements be SVG based to, but they are just plans. If you plan using SVG icons as desktop icons you also better make some PNG renderings of them too, if you want the same theme in the panel and menus, since you can't use SVG there yet.
Also, Nautilus SVG renderer seems kind of incomplete in one way or another. SVG images that works in Sodipodi, Adobe viewer, Illustrator and Mozilla SVG, renders incorrectly in Nautilus. Wrong colours, missing gradients.
And, Scalable Gorilla isn't an example, it is the only SVG theme available. A very nice looking theme though.
I've heard that popup blockers and tabbed browsing are making their way into IE (and MS employees can already use these features), but we'll see if they're actually integrated.
Not to troll, but did anyone except me notice how the development of IE seemed to kind of, stop... when there no longer was any competition (since after NS4.xx, and yes, Opera and Konq and some other were worthy, but not much of a threat to MS dominance). Now it seems to be speeding up again, when they have got a worthy opponent.
Microsoft should really thank the OS movement for keeping them on the edge, without competition it seems they will pretty soon stagnate.
It sounds as if it is still using the old "push-the-right-button-at-the-right-moment" controls? The thing that made these games succsessful back in the days were the jaw-dropping graphics and sounds (at the time). The gameplay was too simple imho. I can't really see the point of a remake of these games, when most games that are released today has as good, or better graphics and sound.
I's much rather have a modern remake of, for example, Ron Gilberts old adventures (Maniac mansion, Indy, Monkey Island I & II, etc.), where storytelling, humour and thinking were the main gaming elements.
I'm personally hoping that a more expensive drive is released that is more reliable. I'm willing to pay extra for a critical component in my computer needs.
Yes, me too.
Anyone know which is considered the most reliable drive manufacturer out there? Is there any brand that is famous for not crashing?
Ouch! I only have 3 fans in my box (CPU, GFX & Power), but still I think the sound will drive me nuts sometimes. How do you cope? Earplugs? :)
Someone should really invent a better method of cooling computer devices and make a fortune in the process.
I was just about to mention Realsoft too. Evolved from the good old Real3D for the Amiga computers. it was the first rendering package I used that could do real refraction in transparent objects (glass). As far as I can rememer it was also fairly easy to use, and the latest versions seems to include radiosity, casutics, nurbs and other cool stuff.
Check out their galleries.
I stand corrected then. :)
Last thing I heard, it was still under development (planned).