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  1. and the issue of optimisation has meant that game AI is generally coded very close to the metal (C++, quite often).

    I'd beg to differ. Most game AI is now scripted so that the high cost engine devs can go work on the next project while the low cost monkeys program the a.i, the interaction mechanics, and integrate content.

  2. Re:It's also hard to find a good balance on Why the FCC Will Probably Ignore the Public On Network Neutrality · · Score: 1

    "You may throttle based on protocol (e.g. http, ftp, sip, bittorrent) but not by packet origin or destination."

    This is the recipe of an idiot that isnt capable of foreseeing the vast amounts of inefficiency that will happen when everyone begins to use whatever packet type has the highest priority, rather than what is the most efficient. Disguising packets as HTTP has already been suggested as the "solution" to bittorrent throttling.

  3. Re:its their own fault on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 4, Insightful

    represents the group who's unfairly burdened by the original requirement.

    I would say that the group is fairly burdened by the requirement. Burdens arent unfair just because you dont want to be burdened.

  4. Re:Not that new on Researchers Develop Purely Optical Cloaking · · Score: 1

    Now if they would only take those four lenses, put them in a tube and 'cloak' an absorber around the focal point to remove stray light, they would have a marvelous invention. I suggest calling it a telescope.

    It really only requires 2 lenses, but in both a 4-lens (do such refractors exist? seems overly complicated) or 2 lens telescope the "cloaking" is only one direction and relies on the fact that the thing being "cloaked" is out of focus.

    Anyone with a big aperture telescope can see this effect quick clearly without any fancy staging/setup at all. Simply look through the telescope at a distant object and then put your finger in front of the objective aperture. The only thing you will see is a very slight dimming as your finger passes in front of the aperture, and this includes the finger being right in the middle.

  5. Re:Is it actually a bug at all? on Apple Yet To Push Patch For "Shellshock" Bug · · Score: 1

    So why do we have the situation now, that internet services are calling bash scripts to run as root with data input from the internet without proper validation?

    Because everyone forgot how insecure unix-likes were when windows joined the internet.

    Take a look at the old CERT advisories and you will see exploit after exploit specifically via command-line shenanigans.

  6. Re:The Banks Own the Government. on The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes · · Score: 1

    It's not lack of balls, but a combination of regulatory capture and (generally legal) bribery.

    Translation: The federal government is very corrupt.

    I have an idea.. lets give these corrupt sons of bitches more authority.

  7. Re:is anyone really surprised here on The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes · · Score: 0

    Most of slashdot thinks federalist means increasing power for the federal government, so no point mentioning it.

    The sad fact is that while they continually cry for more central regulatory authority, they then also cry about the actual realized (and quite inevitable) consequences of central regulatory authority.

    The only way to increase the influence of the average man is to decrease centralization of authority, and this also minimizes the damage potential of the corrupt. Its win-win, but the people around here argue for lose-lose.

  8. Re:Am I the only one? on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 1

    Keep going until your thumb matches the angle of that guy's thumb...see how it goes.

    The thumbs in the video? They are barely bent. My thumbs bend more without pressing on anything. Full 90 degrees.

    Now go collect that astroturfing check and buy a samsung.

  9. Re:Thus the problem with the TEA party on To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "But wait," I hear you cry, "that trillion dollars would still be spent by the people who wouldn't have been taxed!" Oh, that's partially true.

    Its completely true unless you subscribe to the under-the-mattress fallacy.

    Understand that 40% of that money would go to multi-millionaires who's purchasing habits generally are not affected by their income.

    I see. You are a subscriber. Yes, rich people when they get money stick it under mattresses in order to deny the money from the economy, and this is believable in spite of the fact that rich people are rich because they dont do stupid shit like that.

  10. Re:DAESH, not ISIL on US Strikes ISIL Targets In Syria · · Score: 1

    Regarding the "state" part, State of Palestine is also considered to be a state by many countries.

    Of course it is, because when Israel was created so was the state of Palestine. November 29, 1947. U.N. Resolution 181, aka the Partition Resolution.

    If Israel is legitimate, then so is Palestine. You can't have it both ways. The fact that the resolution caused a civil war in the region in no way obviates this fact, nor does the fact that with the help of select friends in the west Israel was armed to the level of a 1st world super-power so that it easily claimed through force all the lands of Palestine.

    This is the a catch-22 of the region.

  11. Re:His articles on PubPeer on Anonymous Peer-review Comments May Spark Legal Battle · · Score: 1

    It seems the main concern is figure reuse. Some are in different papers with the same caption: would it be that bad as long as it is clear it's old data that's being reintrepreted ?

    Looked a bit worse than that to me. Looked like he/they took figures and then manipulated them via image editor to appear to be unique, such as re-ordering elements

    Even if there is a perfectly valid reason for doing that, its still a shady obscure as fuck reason.

  12. I got 4 of them. on Apple Sells More Than 10 Million New iPhones In First 3 Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    I purchased one, but its microwave charger was broken, so I got another but that one was broken too. Each time when the microwave charger broke, even normal charging no longer worked.

  13. Re:If you're not smart enough to realize this is B on Friendly Reminder: Do Not Place Your iPhone In a Microwave · · Score: 1

    It hit my facebook wall several days ago when some coworkers shared it.

  14. Re:Americans shoudln't subsidize internet service on FCC Chairman: Americans Shouldn't Subsidize Internet Service Under 10Mbps · · Score: 0

    Sooo .. all the people out in the countryside with the subsidized phone, water electricity service should just suck it up in this case?

    The parts of the "countryside" that do not get federal water subsidy fall into 2 categories: (a) places with water already, and (b) places that arent populated.

    Now lets not confuse cause and effect. It is only through water subsidy that the unpopulated areas, such as deserts, will ever become populated. There does not exist a need for water subsidy in places where there has never been water subsidy before. It is only in places that have previously received water subsidy that now have a need for it, such as the arid regions of the midwest that are now in perpetual water shortage mode.

    So the federal water subsidy is harmful. It alone creates the need for itself.

    Why are any other subsidies different? If you decide to build your house a hundred miles from the nearest electricity, why do you expect anyone else to foot the bill to hook your dumb ass up to electricity? If you expect that, fuck you. People that expect that are fucking assholes that dont deserve any respect at all from anyone, certainly not respect from the people that these assholes so selfishly and greedily expect should have to pay.

  15. Re:Grim on Obama Presses Leaders To Speed Ebola Response · · Score: 1

    Is that the same Furgeson that while having all that military gear still failed to stop a riot?

  16. Re: Requirements ? on Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build · · Score: 1

    You quoted the answer to your question.

    Its obvious that worshiping has gotten in the way of reading.

  17. Re:MOOC is designed like a physical classroom on The MOOC Revolution That Wasn't · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between a simplified overview and a dense fact-regurgitation. The difference is that I expect to get an understanding from a simplified overview, while I dont expect to get an understanding from a dense fact-regurgitation.

    "Simplified" does not mean "simplistic" unless you dont understand how education works.

    Richard Feynman. End of discussion.

  18. Re:Carpooling should be as free as speech on California Declares Carpooling Via Ride-Share Services Illegal · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Can we please cann these companies what they ar on California Declares Carpooling Via Ride-Share Services Illegal · · Score: 1

    Do you think fewer regulations would make them safer?

    Wont make them any more OR less safe, which means that the regulations arent about safety at all. Do you think regulations that arent about safety but are sold to you as if they were about safety is a good thing for you?

  20. Re:Can we please cann these companies what they ar on California Declares Carpooling Via Ride-Share Services Illegal · · Score: 1

    Should people be able to sell themselves into slavery ?

    We are talking about contracts, and people do "slavery" contracts all the time. For example, employment contracts.

    Contracts, unlike the "slavery" that you want to imply, can be broken. Broken contracts go to civil court, where a judge decides how the harmed person is to be made whole again (typically with a money judgment.)

    I'm sorry that you dont understand anything at all about the world of contracts but insist on acting like you do anyways.

  21. Re:Overkill much... on SanDisk Releases 512GB SD Card · · Score: 2

    Son, the pixels arent 14-bits each. They are 42 bits each, which is rounded to 48 bits each. 6 bytes per pixel.

  22. Re: I can simply ignore all health and diet advice on Link Between Salt and High Blood Pressure 'Overstated' · · Score: 1

    American Heart Association stance on trans fats:

    Is this the same American Heart Association that had a negative stance on salt?

    Why the hell do we care what they say again?

  23. Re:Every space program is for peaceful purposes on China Targets 2022 For Space Station Completion · · Score: 1

    Missile technology. Science is a distant third but has always been used as the front for PR purposes.

    Missile technology is science.

  24. Re:Wrong Title on Researcher Fired At NSF After Government Questions Her Role As 1980s Activist · · Score: 1

    Yes. I also predict that the violent overthrow of the government will happen within my lifetime.

  25. Re:Wrong fucking argument on Researcher Fired At NSF After Government Questions Her Role As 1980s Activist · · Score: 1

    Dude, she was penpals with *2* people from those violent overthrow groups that you claim she was twice-removed from affiliation-wise, while they are (still) serving time in jail. You want other people to read the fucking article? Why not inform your own dumb ignorant ass?