Just passing the levels is easy, mostly. But getting three stars on a level usually requires strategic thinking. That, combined with the fact that you don't have to commit to play for more than about 30 seconds at a time seem make Angry Birds a winner with lasting entertainment potential.
I'm writing this because I was actually quite surprised at how well the game works. I dismissed it as a fad for quite some time. But ultimately it was much more fun than I thought it would be.
I don't want to be rude, but big and small natural disasters happen all the time.
In this case the effect on the IT industry is profound, because of the large amount of affected factories. "News for nerds, stuff that matters"
My point is that I personally come here mostly for the tech and science stuff. I get a regular dead tree paper delivered every morning to serve my local and "average joe" news needs.
I understand the point of the article perfectly. But I think the author is also missing a generational issue. A lot of people of younger generations simply don't really care. Personally I don't care that much. Sure, information about me can be used against me, but I have better things to do than being paranoid.
I'm not trying to say what's wrong or right. But my guess is that all this tracking is not just an issue of ignorance. It's also that there are a lot of people out there who simply don't have a problem with it.
I actually kindof like Unity, but had to turn it off at work because it somehow causes Eclipse (Zend Studio) to become slow as molasses when editing files. (I... e n t e r... c h a r a c t e r s.... a n d... t h e y... t a k e... s e c o n d s... t o... a p p e a r.) Don't know if the nvidia proprietary driver has something to do with it.
So, prey tell, if you've ran into the same problem, is it fixed?
This will make things LOOK pretty. It won't make missing data suddenly appear. At best it will make something ugly LOOK a little better. But that's just a computer-generated illusion, not a reflection of reality.
It's not that simple. What's likely happening here is two things: First, the image is analysed and the probable motion trajectory of the camera while the shutter was open is calculated. Then a convolutive algorithm is used to reverse the motion. This is entirely doable. The information is there in the image, the trick is just how to extract it.
A gaussian blur, for example, can be applied "backwards" and the sharp original recovered, if you know the parameters used. So if Adobe's motion trajectory analysis is good enough the results could be quite close to the truth.
I don't know the math well enough myself to prove that I'm correct, but I'm sure someone better educated in the area could confirm or deny my claims?
I have to agree. I use the social features of FB only sporadically, but I go out dancing regularly. On FB all I have to do is like event organizers or join their groups, and whenever I feel like going out my FB calendar already lists what I'm interested in.
The features for organising events work really well too, and my frends and I use them regularly to coordinate get togethers.
I think the rule of thumb that monopolies are bad and competition is good applies here. Barnes & Noble's decision shows integrity from my point of view. I think this sends a good message to publishers; in order to be successful in the digital world they should provide customers with more option, not less.
Born in 79, I grew up with The Next Generation as "the" Star Trek. You, on the other hand, I came to recognise as the host of Rescue 911, which I remember watching a whole lot. Would you consider this a shame, and should I immediately set out to get a set of the original series DVDs? Or do you feel it is refreshing that not all people automatically think Kirk at the mention of your name?
I simply got a set of torx drivers, and take my drives apart. Then I bend/scratch the disks and the control board; running the reader arm magnets over the disks is if I feel extra paranoid.
I'm a premium subscriber and still like it, but this trend is depressing... I noticed a few days ago that I can't play Spotify links off Facebook. "Your platform is not supported." even though I run the native Linux client, and now this?
Gotta hate it when mainstream corporate pressure slowly eats away what once was a Good Thing.:/
I've seen quite a few projects where people have stacked motherboards with spacers, using booting over Ethernet and a single power supply for multiple MBs. Google should be of use here, I'm trying to get my offspring to school so I'm cheating and not providing any links...
But the idea is that skipping the case and other components makes things cheaper. Leaving the rig exposed without a case also eliminates the need for most cooling.
So far I've been happy with SpiderOak, but my setup is pretty simple. If I start to experience similar problems I'll definitely have to look into CrashPlan. When I reviewed my options SpiderOak was the only one I found that supported 100+ GB, and worked on Linux. Either I missed CrashPlan back then or one of my requirements wasn't met, maybe?
I tried to roll my own for like forever, and eventually just gave up and went for SpiderOak: https://spideroak.com/
It can be configured to do sync, backup, or something in between. Probably not exactly what you are looking for but perhaps worth a look none the less.
Mostly, it means that we are ever the more closer to facing the facts that we can't all live consuming as much resources as the "developed" parts of the world are. Sooner or later the shit will hit the fan, one way or the other.
(Not that I claim to have a solution, or be any better myself...)
To explain a programming I would demostrate how changes to a simple piece of code changes something that you can see, like an animation (scratch) or a robot's behavior (mindstorms).
A company (A) had removed the name of their competitor (B) form the (French) Wikipedia article on Micropayments. Thanks to Wikipedia's logs the company who had their name removed (B) was able to identify the culprit as their competitor (A) and sued, successfully claiming 25,000 € in damages.
French natives, please correct me if I'm misreading here.:)
With Vsys, administrators can create scripts, called extensions, that can carefully detail which user actions are permissible. Extensions can be written in any programming language. The extensions are executable files.
I'm sure it's flexible, but wouldn't executable configuration be a potential source of programming errors, and thus an additional attack vector? If the extension is done correctly I assume all is well, but how do you make sure it is? Or are you better off using SELinux? (Which isn't user friendly either, but at least paranoid...)
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Just passing the levels is easy, mostly. But getting three stars on a level usually requires strategic thinking. That, combined with the fact that you don't have to commit to play for more than about 30 seconds at a time seem make Angry Birds a winner with lasting entertainment potential.
I'm writing this because I was actually quite surprised at how well the game works. I dismissed it as a fad for quite some time. But ultimately it was much more fun than I thought it would be.
...I could totally see this failing due to privacy legislature relating to patient records.
I guess hospitals should start buying 3D-printers then?
The Wii controller is a very nice set of sensors in a cheap package. Researchers have already done cool stuff with it.
I'd say it's anything but unnecessary, even if most people likely won't use it.
I don't want to be rude, but big and small natural disasters happen all the time.
In this case the effect on the IT industry is profound, because of the large amount of affected factories. "News for nerds, stuff that matters"
My point is that I personally come here mostly for the tech and science stuff. I get a regular dead tree paper delivered every morning to serve my local and "average joe" news needs.
I'd love an implant which would passively monitor my vitals, blood fat etc. levels and allow uploading through some kind of NFC solution. 10-20 years?
I understand the point of the article perfectly. But I think the author is also missing a generational issue. A lot of people of younger generations simply don't really care. Personally I don't care that much. Sure, information about me can be used against me, but I have better things to do than being paranoid.
I'm not trying to say what's wrong or right. But my guess is that all this tracking is not just an issue of ignorance. It's also that there are a lot of people out there who simply don't have a problem with it.
I actually kindof like Unity, but had to turn it off at work because it somehow causes Eclipse (Zend Studio) to become slow as molasses when editing files. (I ... e n t e r ... c h a r a c t e r s .... a n d ... t h e y ... t a k e ... s e c o n d s ... t o ... a p p e a r.) Don't know if the nvidia proprietary driver has something to do with it.
So, prey tell, if you've ran into the same problem, is it fixed?
This will make things LOOK pretty. It won't make missing data suddenly appear. At best it will make something ugly LOOK a little better. But that's just a computer-generated illusion, not a reflection of reality.
It's not that simple. What's likely happening here is two things: First, the image is analysed and the probable motion trajectory of the camera while the shutter was open is calculated. Then a convolutive algorithm is used to reverse the motion. This is entirely doable. The information is there in the image, the trick is just how to extract it.
A gaussian blur, for example, can be applied "backwards" and the sharp original recovered, if you know the parameters used. So if Adobe's motion trajectory analysis is good enough the results could be quite close to the truth.
I don't know the math well enough myself to prove that I'm correct, but I'm sure someone better educated in the area could confirm or deny my claims?
I have to agree. I use the social features of FB only sporadically, but I go out dancing regularly. On FB all I have to do is like event organizers or join their groups, and whenever I feel like going out my FB calendar already lists what I'm interested in.
The features for organising events work really well too, and my frends and I use them regularly to coordinate get togethers.
OK... Who stole the s off my 'options'?
I think the rule of thumb that monopolies are bad and competition is good applies here. Barnes & Noble's decision shows integrity from my point of view. I think this sends a good message to publishers; in order to be successful in the digital world they should provide customers with more option, not less.
Dear Mr Shatner,
Born in 79, I grew up with The Next Generation as "the" Star Trek. You, on the other hand, I came to recognise as the host of Rescue 911, which I remember watching a whole lot. Would you consider this a shame, and should I immediately set out to get a set of the original series DVDs? Or do you feel it is refreshing that not all people automatically think Kirk at the mention of your name?
I simply got a set of torx drivers, and take my drives apart. Then I bend/scratch the disks and the control board; running the reader arm magnets over the disks is if I feel extra paranoid.
I really used to Love Spotify.
I'm a premium subscriber and still like it, but this trend is depressing... I noticed a few days ago that I can't play Spotify links off Facebook. "Your platform is not supported." even though I run the native Linux client, and now this?
Gotta hate it when mainstream corporate pressure slowly eats away what once was a Good Thing. :/
So if the ferrofluid is stable, this could be a closed loop, no moving parts, almost infinitely reliable cooling system?
I've seen quite a few projects where people have stacked motherboards with spacers, using booting over Ethernet and a single power supply for multiple MBs. Google should be of use here, I'm trying to get my offspring to school so I'm cheating and not providing any links...
But the idea is that skipping the case and other components makes things cheaper. Leaving the rig exposed without a case also eliminates the need for most cooling.
So far I've been happy with SpiderOak, but my setup is pretty simple. If I start to experience similar problems I'll definitely have to look into CrashPlan. When I reviewed my options SpiderOak was the only one I found that supported 100+ GB, and worked on Linux. Either I missed CrashPlan back then or one of my requirements wasn't met, maybe?
I tried to roll my own for like forever, and eventually just gave up and went for SpiderOak:
https://spideroak.com/
It can be configured to do sync, backup, or something in between. Probably not exactly what you are looking for but perhaps worth a look none the less.
Mostly, it means that we are ever the more closer to facing the facts that we can't all live consuming as much resources as the "developed" parts of the world are. Sooner or later the shit will hit the fan, one way or the other.
(Not that I claim to have a solution, or be any better myself...)
A projector, and Scratch?
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Mindstorms could also make sense?
To explain a programming I would demostrate how changes to a simple piece of code changes something that you can see, like an animation (scratch) or a robot's behavior (mindstorms).
I could go on and on, but I think the subject will suffice. :)
Reading both feeds me with enough scientific articles for my limited appetite... Ars has some surprisingly in depth stuff at times.
'nuff said. :(
My French is rather rusty... but here's a go:
A company (A) had removed the name of their competitor (B) form the (French) Wikipedia article on Micropayments. Thanks to Wikipedia's logs the company who had their name removed (B) was able to identify the culprit as their competitor (A) and sued, successfully claiming 25,000 € in damages.
French natives, please correct me if I'm misreading here. :)
With Vsys, administrators can create scripts, called extensions, that can carefully detail which user actions are permissible. Extensions can be written in any programming language. The extensions are executable files.
I'm sure it's flexible, but wouldn't executable configuration be a potential source of programming errors, and thus an additional attack vector? If the extension is done correctly I assume all is well, but how do you make sure it is? Or are you better off using SELinux? (Which isn't user friendly either, but at least paranoid...)