The first thing that I would like to know is which games were played? I would expect there to be a large difference in brain wave patterns between Pong and an RTS or Strategy game, which would require strategic thinking, game theory, and multitasking. Also, it seems as if the researcher may have had a negative attitude towards video games prior to the study.
Haha that is hilarious. Mod the parent +1 funny, because that is one of the most naive posts I've ever seen.
In case you haven't done any webpage design, writing standards-compliate pages MEANS NOTHING. Do you have any idea how few browsers support these "standards"? W3C isn't even an official standards organization, they merely issue "recommendations" that each browser may voluntarily implement. So you think that coding to "standards" will guarantee that your site works in all browsers? That's complete bullshit.
Do you think that Lynx supports CSS 1, DOM 2, or XHTML 1? IE 5 has pretty good standards support, UNLESS it's on a Mac, which requires extensive CSS modifications. What about the.1% that still use Netscape/IE 3, which existed prior to HTML 4?
The fact of the matter is that producing high-quality, bug-free web sites is just as easy as producing high-quality, bug-free software. That is to say, you can never fix all the bugs! Coding to standards will _help_, but don't be so stupid as to believe that standards are some magical potion that ensures compatibility across ALL browsers.
It's interesting to note that Roaring Penguin's own CanIt license is considerably more restrictve than the GPL, despite the article's "Tough. Adapt or die" refrain for proprietary licensing.
That's hilarious, because you are exactly as free to not talk to a helpful aim bot! What, someone's forcing you to talk to SmarterChild? They are providing a service paid for by ad-revenue! "But they're manipulating our youth into buying products they don't need!" Wake up you naive bastards, this is what advertising has been doing ALL ALONG!
That's not a "hole" in the theory, it's the entire point of using GPS location in the key: to restrict the location that the file can be accessed to reduce chances of compromise. I'd say that convenience and security are pretty much opposing forces: you need to pick a balance between the two depending on the circumstances. And I agree with you that this would be significantly inconvenient in most situations.
> How do you store the location in the media file in such a way that it can't be changed? How do you prevent players from being manufactured that don't look at the location.
Because it's encrypted, with the GPS location being the key, or at least part of it. So it's not like you can just ignore a location header and get at the text file: you need to pass your GPS location into a decryption algorithm that will decrypt the scrambled data into a readable file.
Of course, this can be an additional layer added onto existing methods of asymmetric encryption. As GPS units become more precise, we might even begin to have a "decryption tile" or square in bedrooms so that each resident has their own decryption key accurate to that specific square foot of space.
Someone stole your laptop? They're going to have to break into your house, steal a key to your room, and stand on your decryption square just to decrypt any of your files. Sounds like an interesting acrobatic scene for Mission Impossible 3.
Another problem is storage. It weighs 80lb and is pretty big, so you can't exactly take it up to your office. The structure doesn't look like it has much of a place to put a bike-lock type of security device, plus it could be cut easily anyway. Give their high price and low weight compared to a car, theft is going to be a major problem.
The System of a Down cd ripped fine for me, although I have Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American and I can't rip it. Musicmatch Jukebox gives an error of "buffer too large, switch to analog mode" when using DAE and in analog mode it just crashes.
Yeah I think you do have some good points. I think the game will really start to shine once the modders get a hold of it. I think a Counterstrike implimentation would really go a long way on the new Myst engine.
Yeah screw the whole educational system of schools and colleges. If there's a book on the subject it shouldn't be taught. Ever. Sure you might not have any equipment, but give me a book on rocket design and I'll build a VTVL in two weeks.
No, it isn't. Look at the first post. As any fool can see:
Posted by timothy on Monday April 16, @03:43PM
from the noooooiiice dept.
jaredcat writes:
is not italicized. On the further posts, all text except the headlines are italicized. Furthermore, clicking on the "Read More" link for any of the news items will reveal that the text is not intended to be italicized.
Through basic logic one can deduce that the error lies in the "64MB Compaq IPAQ On Sale".
Exactly what I was going to say. I get an average of 20-30fps outside, with rates dropping to the teens when it's crowded. This is on an Athlon 950@1050mhz, 256mb PC 133 RAM, and a Geforce 2 32mb GTS.
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The first thing that I would like to know is which games were played? I would expect there to be a large difference in brain wave patterns between Pong and an RTS or Strategy game, which would require strategic thinking, game theory, and multitasking. Also, it seems as if the researcher may have had a negative attitude towards video games prior to the study.
Haha that is hilarious. Mod the parent +1 funny, because that is one of the most naive posts I've ever seen.
.1% that still use Netscape/IE 3, which existed prior to HTML 4?
In case you haven't done any webpage design, writing standards-compliate pages MEANS NOTHING. Do you have any idea how few browsers support these "standards"? W3C isn't even an official standards organization, they merely issue "recommendations" that each browser may voluntarily implement. So you think that coding to "standards" will guarantee that your site works in all browsers? That's complete bullshit.
Do you think that Lynx supports CSS 1, DOM 2, or XHTML 1? IE 5 has pretty good standards support, UNLESS it's on a Mac, which requires extensive CSS modifications. What about the
The fact of the matter is that producing high-quality, bug-free web sites is just as easy as producing high-quality, bug-free software. That is to say, you can never fix all the bugs! Coding to standards will _help_, but don't be so stupid as to believe that standards are some magical potion that ensures compatibility across ALL browsers.
Well, it works fine in mozilla 1.0
It's interesting to note that Roaring Penguin's own CanIt license is considerably more restrictve than the GPL, despite the article's "Tough. Adapt or die" refrain for proprietary licensing.
And the University of Texas SIGLinux homepage is http://www.utacm.org/sig/siglinux/ for those who are interested.
That's hilarious, because you are exactly as free to not talk to a helpful aim bot! What, someone's forcing you to talk to SmarterChild? They are providing a service paid for by ad-revenue! "But they're manipulating our youth into buying products they don't need!" Wake up you naive bastards, this is what advertising has been doing ALL ALONG!
That's not a "hole" in the theory, it's the entire point of using GPS location in the key: to restrict the location that the file can be accessed to reduce chances of compromise. I'd say that convenience and security are pretty much opposing forces: you need to pick a balance between the two depending on the circumstances. And I agree with you that this would be significantly inconvenient in most situations.
> How do you store the location in the media file in such a way that it can't be changed? How do you prevent players from being manufactured that don't look at the location.
Because it's encrypted, with the GPS location being the key, or at least part of it. So it's not like you can just ignore a location header and get at the text file: you need to pass your GPS location into a decryption algorithm that will decrypt the scrambled data into a readable file.
Of course, this can be an additional layer added onto existing methods of asymmetric encryption. As GPS units become more precise, we might even begin to have a "decryption tile" or square in bedrooms so that each resident has their own decryption key accurate to that specific square foot of space.
Someone stole your laptop? They're going to have to break into your house, steal a key to your room, and stand on your decryption square just to decrypt any of your files. Sounds like an interesting acrobatic scene for Mission Impossible 3.
Another problem is storage. It weighs 80lb and is pretty big, so you can't exactly take it up to your office. The structure doesn't look like it has much of a place to put a bike-lock type of security device, plus it could be cut easily anyway. Give their high price and low weight compared to a car, theft is going to be a major problem.
The acceleration isn't what balances it, it has specific motors for rotating the chassis based on input from the gyros (hence "self-balancing").
It fades in the grave picture if you're using IE.
Ah good call, I have the red cover version too.
The System of a Down cd ripped fine for me, although I have Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American and I can't rip it. Musicmatch Jukebox gives an error of "buffer too large, switch to analog mode" when using DAE and in analog mode it just crashes.
No, it's shooting a gun at people who are firing their guns at random: it's just a matter of time until they hit someone else.
Funny that you blame microsoft and "their pos software" for crashing, but not vmware and x. Good ol' cognitive dissonance.
Well the site's slashdotted anyway.
Here's a hint: DO NOT download it if you don't have a cd key in your email inbox.
Are you going to fund it then?
Wow you're amazing. You actually figured out that he was alluding to Fight Club.
Yeah I think you do have some good points. I think the game will really start to shine once the modders get a hold of it. I think a Counterstrike implimentation would really go a long way on the new Myst engine.
I sure as hell hope you've been paying the french royalties then.
Yes, it's quite obviously what the french call "propaganda".
Yeah screw the whole educational system of schools and colleges. If there's a book on the subject it shouldn't be taught. Ever. Sure you might not have any equipment, but give me a book on rocket design and I'll build a VTVL in two weeks.
No, it isn't. Look at the first post. As any fool can see:
Posted by timothy on Monday April 16, @03:43PM
from the noooooiiice dept.
jaredcat writes:
is not italicized. On the further posts, all text except the headlines are italicized. Furthermore, clicking on the "Read More" link for any of the news items will reveal that the text is not intended to be italicized.
Through basic logic one can deduce that the error lies in the "64MB Compaq IPAQ On Sale".
Exactly what I was going to say. I get an average of 20-30fps outside, with rates dropping to the teens when it's crowded. This is on an Athlon 950@1050mhz, 256mb PC 133 RAM, and a Geforce 2 32mb GTS.