I actually agree, it was solely meant as a mockery, an extreme exaggeration.
While it indeed is a private entity offering this service, this doesn't mean one can't discuss how this private entity treats its customers. Secondly, the security is put in place by the airport, usually ruled by the countrys laws. The airlines themselves can't make too many demands.
And instead of the navigational equipment being built to tolerate wifi interference, we can soon look forward to turning in our terrorist cell phones at the security check, right before "the anonymous machine" checks your prostate. Because we live in a free country!
Wish I had mod points for this. Sharks are in river, river overflows into town, sharks are now in town. Surprised? No.
I was a bit surprised at there being sharks in the river in the first place, so I did a search on freshwater sharks. Thus, I learned something today, from Idle no less..
Aha! I was wondering why I hadn't heard about him..
As far as I remember - the movie touched this subject - there's no theoretical limit to the achievable score, but the kill screen usually thwarts each attempt when reaching those heights, doesn't it?
I actually feel a bit bad for Steve "The King of Kong" Wiebe. Such a lovely film/documentary. I reckon he'll flex those Kong muscles once again and beat that score before summer.
The first digit is the generation, higher is newer is better. The second digit is the series: 8 and 9 are for the enthusiasts, 5-7 are mainstream while 1-4 are budget cards. The last two digits is the relative quality within the same range of cards, i.e. 5970 (series 5 high-end card) is a tad stronger than 5950.
I've actually become quite proficient at writing quite fast while having my (left) pinky holding the shift-key down. I do a slight bit of SQL myself once in a while, and I'm more comfortable holding the shift-key down for the keywords instead of turning caps on and off.
Arguably though, I might've had more of an issue with it had SQL been my primary area of expertise. Our main database developer doesn't even use the shift-key. Ever.
Apologies for the pathetically late response, but that's actually a good question. I once saw a video interview/demonstration and I can't recall the exact reasoning for the guitar being late, but they said something along the lines of there being two ways to create a peripheral: fast or thorough. They've done it fast before and don't want to do that mistake again, so they'll rather spend some extra time making sure the guitar meets whatever quiality standards they're aiming for.
What they need another half-year for when they had a working prototype on E3 in may this year, I don't know.
I forgot to mention one more thing; all the controllers (keyboard, drums, button guitars) are made by MadCatz except the Squier, which is made by Fender. It is a guitar with midi-support and some extra electronics so the game can determine where the player is holding his fingers.
The Fender Squier is a real guitar. On a promotional event a guy had it hooked up to an amplifier while also being connected to the game, so you could actually hear his playing while the tune also rolled in Rock Band 3. Check the (rather cool) demonstration/teaser video on Fenders website.
In other words, if you go for the Fender Squier, Rock Band 3 will function as a learning tool. That games career mode is more about challenges rather than just plauying at venues. Different difficulty levels (where the hardest setting equals the way the guitarist is actually playing the current song), tutorials and the ability to slow down sections at will makes it possible to get down to business learning how a guitar produces sound. If you take the time, you will be able to learn to play. The only thing the game doesn't teach specifically is technique, but with the songs including (and the game supporting) hammerons/pulloffs, left hand muting, open chords, arpeggios, sustained notes and slides, the techniques will come eventually as long as one is eager and willing to learn.
Hehehehe, farming.. That far up north the ground is solely permafrost soil, as in totally useless for anything but perhaps storing food.
On a serious note, the main industries in Svalbard is mining (coal), tourism and research, and a long time ago (couple hundred years) whaling. The other thing is that the norwegian government made a point out of encouraging spreading out and keeping most of Norway populated, as opposed to having everyone migrating to the "larger" cities over time. Sweden didn't have the same policy and there you'll see wast stretches of uninhabited or deserted land (mainly in the north though).
There's an obvious reason why there are only 2000 inhabitants there, which is why you get some advantages for living there like an incredibly low income tax, annual reduction of your student loans (financed by the state "loans bank" in the first place) and probably some more I don't know of (I live south of Oslo, sun's shining outside now and I'm happy for it).
Also, don't forget that while the winter is dark for four months, the summer has no nights. And THAT my friend puts everyone in a good mood as long as you've got good shades to cover your bedroom windows.
Which happens to be my all time favourite game! No game has stolen more of my time than TTD. It's too bad Locomotion, even though it's a good game, failed to capture me in the same way.
Another game that utterly destroyed my spare time was Master of Magic, and I just got hooked on a Stardock developed MoM and Civ inspired game, Elemental - War of Magic. Anyone who loves turnbased strategy, the fantasy setting and/or the MoM or Civ gameplay should check it out. It had a horrible launch but the latest patch to 1.06 fixed most of its troubles.
Syndicate Wars is the less well received sequel, the predecessor was simply called Syndicate. Z on the other isn't a jump&run, but a strategy game where two teams of robots battle it out.
I played the hell out of Theme Hospital and tried my best at Syndicate but often failed miserably, mostly because I was both quite young and didn't understand much english (quite necessary to understand the mission objectives.. ). I remember trying the Z demo, but I recall it being incredibly difficult. I probably didn't understand half of the game concepts. Good times!
A random guess would be 50% correct because the only two options are yes or no.
Consider a sample of 100 articles, of which only 10 hit the front page. Guessing randomly I will have predicted a correct "yes" on about 5 of them, and a wrong "no" on the other 5. Of the 90 discarded articles I will have predicted a wrong "yes" on 45 items and a correct "no" on the other 45. Thus I have 45+5=50 correct predictions and 45+5=50 wrong predictions out of 100.
If there are 3 options a random guess is just over 33% correct, so an algorithm showing a 50% success rate would in that case be a significant improvement.
I see absolutely no point in this. While it looks cool, why would I want to see results for "chee", "cheese" or "cheese and b" when I'm searching for "cheese and biscuits"?
I quite often find myself trying several slightly different search terms when I'm looking for something very specific. The video in TFA is just a proof-of-concept, a more practical use would be switching out/adding/removing a search term or two to get different results. All this without hitting the enter key every time (and maybe accidentally deleting the whole query because the textbox.text gets selected). It's a convenience thing.
Could also say a 37% inaccuracy. The numbers don't differ that much. They seem closer to guessing than to certainty.
If we're talking about large amounts of data (I imagine we are) it's actually significant, law of great numbers and such. Considering a random guess leaves you at 50%, it proves his algorithm actually does something.
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I actually agree, it was solely meant as a mockery, an extreme exaggeration.
While it indeed is a private entity offering this service, this doesn't mean one can't discuss how this private entity treats its customers. Secondly, the security is put in place by the airport, usually ruled by the countrys laws. The airlines themselves can't make too many demands.
There are no English words that contain "ww".
Aww. :(
And instead of the navigational equipment being built to tolerate wifi interference, we can soon look forward to turning in our terrorist cell phones at the security check, right before "the anonymous machine" checks your prostate. Because we live in a free country!
Wish I had mod points for this. Sharks are in river, river overflows into town, sharks are now in town. Surprised? No.
I was a bit surprised at there being sharks in the river in the first place, so I did a search on freshwater sharks. Thus, I learned something today, from Idle no less..
Aha! I was wondering why I hadn't heard about him..
As far as I remember - the movie touched this subject - there's no theoretical limit to the achievable score, but the kill screen usually thwarts each attempt when reaching those heights, doesn't it?
I actually feel a bit bad for Steve "The King of Kong" Wiebe. Such a lovely film/documentary. I reckon he'll flex those Kong muscles once again and beat that score before summer.
Think what would happen if all corn suddenly froze in the US several years in a row. Or that the yield dropped on other base food with 30%.
The #1 health issue in the US would be eliminated.
I paid $20 for my Tron Legacy 3D ticket, which actually is standard price for 3D movie tickets here in Norway. A regular movie costs $15. *sigh*
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The first digit is the generation, higher is newer is better. The second digit is the series: 8 and 9 are for the enthusiasts, 5-7 are mainstream while 1-4 are budget cards. The last two digits is the relative quality within the same range of cards, i.e. 5970 (series 5 high-end card) is a tad stronger than 5950.
I've actually become quite proficient at writing quite fast while having my (left) pinky holding the shift-key down. I do a slight bit of SQL myself once in a while, and I'm more comfortable holding the shift-key down for the keywords instead of turning caps on and off.
Arguably though, I might've had more of an issue with it had SQL been my primary area of expertise. Our main database developer doesn't even use the shift-key. Ever.
That's one dead event you subscribed to. I hope you didn't create a deadlock, or even a fatal error.
Apologies for the pathetically late response, but that's actually a good question. I once saw a video interview/demonstration and I can't recall the exact reasoning for the guitar being late, but they said something along the lines of there being two ways to create a peripheral: fast or thorough. They've done it fast before and don't want to do that mistake again, so they'll rather spend some extra time making sure the guitar meets whatever quiality standards they're aiming for.
What they need another half-year for when they had a working prototype on E3 in may this year, I don't know.
I forgot to mention one more thing; all the controllers (keyboard, drums, button guitars) are made by MadCatz except the Squier, which is made by Fender. It is a guitar with midi-support and some extra electronics so the game can determine where the player is holding his fingers.
The Fender Squier is a real guitar. On a promotional event a guy had it hooked up to an amplifier while also being connected to the game, so you could actually hear his playing while the tune also rolled in Rock Band 3. Check the (rather cool) demonstration/teaser video on Fenders website.
In other words, if you go for the Fender Squier, Rock Band 3 will function as a learning tool. That games career mode is more about challenges rather than just plauying at venues. Different difficulty levels (where the hardest setting equals the way the guitarist is actually playing the current song), tutorials and the ability to slow down sections at will makes it possible to get down to business learning how a guitar produces sound. If you take the time, you will be able to learn to play. The only thing the game doesn't teach specifically is technique, but with the songs including (and the game supporting) hammerons/pulloffs, left hand muting, open chords, arpeggios, sustained notes and slides, the techniques will come eventually as long as one is eager and willing to learn.
Hehehehe, farming.. That far up north the ground is solely permafrost soil, as in totally useless for anything but perhaps storing food.
On a serious note, the main industries in Svalbard is mining (coal), tourism and research, and a long time ago (couple hundred years) whaling. The other thing is that the norwegian government made a point out of encouraging spreading out and keeping most of Norway populated, as opposed to having everyone migrating to the "larger" cities over time. Sweden didn't have the same policy and there you'll see wast stretches of uninhabited or deserted land (mainly in the north though).
There's an obvious reason why there are only 2000 inhabitants there, which is why you get some advantages for living there like an incredibly low income tax, annual reduction of your student loans (financed by the state "loans bank" in the first place) and probably some more I don't know of (I live south of Oslo, sun's shining outside now and I'm happy for it).
Also, don't forget that while the winter is dark for four months, the summer has no nights. And THAT my friend puts everyone in a good mood as long as you've got good shades to cover your bedroom windows.
There might still be hope for the slashdot crowd!
It looks like a lot of lawyers might get a decent payday when the first slashdot effect hits.
Actually, Ctrl-B does nothing here. I currently use 7.0 dev but as far as I remember it was the same in chrome 6.
Or just press Ctrl-Shift-B.
Which happens to be my all time favourite game! No game has stolen more of my time than TTD. It's too bad Locomotion, even though it's a good game, failed to capture me in the same way.
Another game that utterly destroyed my spare time was Master of Magic, and I just got hooked on a Stardock developed MoM and Civ inspired game, Elemental - War of Magic. Anyone who loves turnbased strategy, the fantasy setting and/or the MoM or Civ gameplay should check it out. It had a horrible launch but the latest patch to 1.06 fixed most of its troubles.
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Syndicate Wars is the less well received sequel, the predecessor was simply called Syndicate. Z on the other isn't a jump&run, but a strategy game where two teams of robots battle it out.
I played the hell out of Theme Hospital and tried my best at Syndicate but often failed miserably, mostly because I was both quite young and didn't understand much english (quite necessary to understand the mission objectives.. ). I remember trying the Z demo, but I recall it being incredibly difficult. I probably didn't understand half of the game concepts. Good times!
A random guess would be 50% correct because the only two options are yes or no.
Consider a sample of 100 articles, of which only 10 hit the front page. Guessing randomly I will have predicted a correct "yes" on about 5 of them, and a wrong "no" on the other 5. Of the 90 discarded articles I will have predicted a wrong "yes" on 45 items and a correct "no" on the other 45. Thus I have 45+5=50 correct predictions and 45+5=50 wrong predictions out of 100.
If there are 3 options a random guess is just over 33% correct, so an algorithm showing a 50% success rate would in that case be a significant improvement.
I see absolutely no point in this. While it looks cool, why would I want to see results for "chee", "cheese" or "cheese and b" when I'm searching for "cheese and biscuits"?
I quite often find myself trying several slightly different search terms when I'm looking for something very specific. The video in TFA is just a proof-of-concept, a more practical use would be switching out/adding/removing a search term or two to get different results. All this without hitting the enter key every time (and maybe accidentally deleting the whole query because the textbox.text gets selected). It's a convenience thing.
Could also say a 37% inaccuracy. The numbers don't differ that much. They seem closer to guessing than to certainty.
If we're talking about large amounts of data (I imagine we are) it's actually significant, law of great numbers and such. Considering a random guess leaves you at 50%, it proves his algorithm actually does something.