This looks really cool, however I forsee a lot of problems with users that don't have a direct internet connection. Namely, you cannot transmit a UDP packet to someone behind a proxy/firewall/NAT unless they have sent a packet out to you first. Still, they do mention NAT in the overview, so at least they are thinking of this.
They've been TALKING about a huge blank CDR tax for quite some time now, (it was supposed to go into effect Jan 1, 2000, if I recall) but it has never happened. I just bought 100 x 700MB/80Min CDs for $50 CDN... so that's like $0.50 per 80 minute CD.
Which I believe works out to roughly an American penny LOL.. but that's for another thread...:)
While we're on the offtopic of Canadian currency, did anyone see the new horrific blue Canadian $10 bill? Looks like toilet paper you'd see in a really bad Vegas hotel. The first run had a typo: "In Flander's Fields the poppies blow." Looks like spell-checker-dependanitis is everywhere. Nobody nose how two proofread anymore.
My God... you mean Majorca is a real place? The astronaut guys in Giants: Citizan Kabuto keep talking about going to planet Majorca, but I assumed it was a made up name. Truth is stranger than fiction!
What's with the bluish mono hued picture at cowboyneal.org? Were the red and green pins bent on your digital camera, or is this just a pithy attempt at surrealistic artsy-ness, or perhaps a contemptuous jab at the colour-blind, or merely a convoluted subliminal cry for help? (Behold, I am thoughful and blue, vote for me on the next Slashdot poll)
What's the story on this? Inquiring optics want to know.
It's true that far more accidents per year are caused by male drivers, and this is what the insurance rates are based on. -HOWEVER- This is because men, on average, spend far more time driving. When you actually do the math, you find out that women, on a per kilometer basis, have MORE accidents than men. There was a study done several years ago about this, I wish I had a link.
Hear hear! JonKatz, how can you, in the same sentance, admit that WWF physical stunts are dangerous, but do not require skill!?
Of course they require skill, BECAUSE they are dangerous! Ever seen the Hardy Boys jump off the top rope, do a vertical 270 midair, and smack the guy on the mat with their head as they land (lightly, of course) That's precision jumping, man. Do that one wrong, and *crack* there goes your neck.
The secret of Vince McMahon's success is simply this: He gives the audience what they want. For the XFL, he's started with the premise that people want a reduction in player commercialism and a higher focus on enjoyment, scantily clad cheerleaders, and a more "in-your-face" style of game reporting. Anything that isn't received well by the audience will vanish, or change, and XFL will evolve into a crowd pleaser variant of football. I just hope that they keep it fair and unfixed, which it looks like they will.
As for the quality of football played, I thought it was decent enough to be entertaining, and it will surely improve with time as the franchise expands and attracts more talent.
P.S. there's a lot of people saying this piece isn't "News for Nerds" and doesn't belong here... if that's the case, why does this story have 250+ comments within an hour? As far as I am concerned, anything that generates this much heated discussion among nerds most certainly belongs on a News For Nerds discussion group.
I am familiar with crystal radios... what I meant was, what keeps this technique from being extended to other minute electronic applications, for example, a digital wristwatch? Or, why not run a whole bunch of these devices in series to pump up the juice? It just seems to me there must be some catch to pulling free energy out of the air, or everyone would be doing it.
This thing could be deadly... it could be an assassin with a poison needle, or deliver a payload of a sugar cube size piece of high grade plastic explosive.
'Course, you'd have to surprise your target, this thing ain't exactly a pursuit model; it only moves at 20 inches per minute, or a little under 8 1/2 millimetres per second... reminiscent of the steamroller guy in Austin Powers:)
Would this really work? If this is true, why can't electronic devices run themselves on ambient radio signals present everywhere? I guess it is a question of signal strength?
You don't see what the big deal is, I don't see what the big deal is, but I bet there's about 5 billion people who DO think it's a huge deal... I am sure they are trying to be as ethically cautious as possible initially, if only to get the world used to the idea. Once it is a proven technology, I am sure its applications will gradually become less restrictive.
Finally we will have a real way of testing the whole "nature vs. nurture" debate.. make two clones (will Kodak cloning offer free duplicates?) and then measure how each is affected by their environment as they grow up.
For example.. growing up in a caring, stimulating environment will likely form a strong, creative, and well rounded person.
Conversely, growing up in a dark, sewage laden pit where passing primates hurl feces at you will produce a Slashdot troll, $cr|p+ k|dd|3, or possibly even a Republican.
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Nice and spartan! They should make that blue login column on the left a fixed size, not a percentage though... it's already creating a lot of vertical white (blue?) space without being too wide also.
Broke Bootleggers Belittle Benefits
A newly completed study by the Association of Redundant Statistics shows that people who used Napster because they didn't have the money to buy CDs, apparently also don't have money for a monthly music subscription. When approached for comment, Napster creator Shawn Fenning replied: "Well, DUH!"
...is a promising one-click web based multi platform installation solution that has just recently been released. Of course it installs Java applications, but Java's multiplatform already so it's perfect. It still has its limitations compared to native code but that gap is narrowing with every release. (I am not affiliated with Sun but I am a Java coder:)
I think ISPs define a Server as any application with an open listening port. (ie a Server Socket) In the broadest sense, this is what a server IS after all... an application providing a network service. Whether banning all services is too strict is another kettle of fish altogether.
Those old first gen units with the die-cast metal were built to last, too. I remember a friend of mine used to have an Optimus Prime, and we used to throw it off the end of his dock at his cottage in northern Ontario, and then leave it there all through the winter, and every summer we'd go back and dive until we found it. After years of this treatment the damn thing still worked perfectly. Try that one with most of today's low grade plastic crap.
Wrong... the tape deck was Soundwave... Shockwave was another decepticon that lived on their home planet Cybertron, and transformed into a ray gun.
"And Optimus Prime's little cousin-truck-dude, you mean Rodumus Prime? I know they were related, I can't remember how."
I think he was thinking of Ultra Magnus, not Rhodomus. Rhodomus was a Hot Rod, not a truck. He became Rhodomus Prime in Transformers: The Movie upon becoming the new bearer of The Matrix, because Optimus Prime was killed fighting Megatron. Megatron was also mortally wounded from the battle, and was transformed by Unicron (huge planet sized robot) into Galvatron. Ultra Magnus also died in the movie; he was given The Matrix by Optimus but failed as the Autobot leader. Starscream died in the movie when Megatron returned as Galvatron and found Starscream assuming command of the Decepticons.
My roommate bought the DVD:) Brought back a lot of memories. *sniff*
Eventually, it is conceivable that even this paradigm could be toppled, if everything became automated, and powered by free energy, like solar. Imagine, if you will, a future where nobody needs to work for a living because every basic need, and even luxury "wants" are fulfilled by automated workers. Who grows and prepares our food? Robots. Who builds our cities? Robots. Who builds and fixes the robots? More robots. A built-to-order slave race of circuitry and motors.
Under these (admittedly far-fetched) conditions, artists wouldn't NEED to be paid, they would create out of sheer passion for their art. Nobody else would be paid either.. you wouldn't even need money. A true Utopia. Of course I doubt I will live to see anything like this, if only because basic human greed will always keep people trying to acculmulate more wealth and possessions than they need.
I think the term "AI" is misused these days... it is pretty much used simply to mean "decision making", when what it is really supposed to mean is artificial sentience.
(Yes I know you were joking.. but it got me thinking nonetheless.. I'll have to watch that.)
Fucking A! What a great article. I especially liked that part about matter duplication:
"If by 2030 we have invented a matter duplicator that's as cheap as copying a CD today, will we outlaw it and drive it underground?"
I've often thought about this and gone even further with it: What if eventually we get to the point where we can record and playback media with our minds? I'm not talking psychic powers, I'm talking about cybernetic implants and stuff.. "technological telepathy" if you will. What if we can go to a rock concert and digitally record it in some sort of cybernetic recording mechanism, audibly and visually, and then share our impressions with a friend merely by willing it?
Imagine if content protection is still dominant at this point.. will the content producers attempt to extend this into our heads to prevent unauthorized "copyrighted thinking"? How utterly monstrous.
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This looks really cool, however I forsee a lot of problems with users that don't have a direct internet connection. Namely, you cannot transmit a UDP packet to someone behind a proxy/firewall/NAT unless they have sent a packet out to you first. Still, they do mention NAT in the overview, so at least they are thinking of this.
Which I believe works out to roughly an American penny LOL.. but that's for another thread... :)
While we're on the offtopic of Canadian currency, did anyone see the new horrific blue Canadian $10 bill? Looks like toilet paper you'd see in a really bad Vegas hotel. The first run had a typo: "In Flander's Fields the poppies blow." Looks like spell-checker-dependanitis is everywhere. Nobody nose how two proofread anymore.
My God... you mean Majorca is a real place? The astronaut guys in Giants: Citizan Kabuto keep talking about going to planet Majorca, but I assumed it was a made up name. Truth is stranger than fiction!
What's the story on this? Inquiring optics want to know.
It's true that far more accidents per year are caused by male drivers, and this is what the insurance rates are based on. -HOWEVER- This is because men, on average, spend far more time driving. When you actually do the math, you find out that women, on a per kilometer basis, have MORE accidents than men. There was a study done several years ago about this, I wish I had a link.
Of course they require skill, BECAUSE they are dangerous! Ever seen the Hardy Boys jump off the top rope, do a vertical 270 midair, and smack the guy on the mat with their head as they land (lightly, of course) That's precision jumping, man. Do that one wrong, and *crack* there goes your neck.
The secret of Vince McMahon's success is simply this: He gives the audience what they want. For the XFL, he's started with the premise that people want a reduction in player commercialism and a higher focus on enjoyment, scantily clad cheerleaders, and a more "in-your-face" style of game reporting. Anything that isn't received well by the audience will vanish, or change, and XFL will evolve into a crowd pleaser variant of football. I just hope that they keep it fair and unfixed, which it looks like they will.
As for the quality of football played, I thought it was decent enough to be entertaining, and it will surely improve with time as the franchise expands and attracts more talent.
P.S. there's a lot of people saying this piece isn't "News for Nerds" and doesn't belong here... if that's the case, why does this story have 250+ comments within an hour? As far as I am concerned, anything that generates this much heated discussion among nerds most certainly belongs on a News For Nerds discussion group.
I am familiar with crystal radios... what I meant was, what keeps this technique from being extended to other minute electronic applications, for example, a digital wristwatch? Or, why not run a whole bunch of these devices in series to pump up the juice? It just seems to me there must be some catch to pulling free energy out of the air, or everyone would be doing it.
'Course, you'd have to surprise your target, this thing ain't exactly a pursuit model; it only moves at 20 inches per minute, or a little under 8 1/2 millimetres per second... reminiscent of the steamroller guy in Austin Powers :)
Would this really work? If this is true, why can't electronic devices run themselves on ambient radio signals present everywhere? I guess it is a question of signal strength?
You don't see what the big deal is, I don't see what the big deal is, but I bet there's about 5 billion people who DO think it's a huge deal... I am sure they are trying to be as ethically cautious as possible initially, if only to get the world used to the idea. Once it is a proven technology, I am sure its applications will gradually become less restrictive.
For example.. growing up in a caring, stimulating environment will likely form a strong, creative, and well rounded person.
Conversely, growing up in a dark, sewage laden pit where passing primates hurl feces at you will produce a Slashdot troll, $cr|p+ k|dd|3, or possibly even a Republican.
Nice and spartan! They should make that blue login column on the left a fixed size, not a percentage though... it's already creating a lot of vertical white (blue?) space without being too wide also.
void digHoleToChina()
{
  locomotion.changePitch( STRAIGHT_DOWN );
  while( sensors.detectRock( IN_FRONT ) )
  {
    drill.crushRock( IN_FRONT );
    locomotion.move( FORWARD );
  }
}
Broke Bootleggers Belittle Benefits
A newly completed study by the Association of Redundant Statistics shows that people who used Napster because they didn't have the money to buy CDs, apparently also don't have money for a monthly music subscription.
When approached for comment, Napster creator Shawn Fenning replied: "Well, DUH!"
...is a promising one-click web based multi platform installation solution that has just recently been released. Of course it installs Java applications, but Java's multiplatform already so it's perfect. It still has its limitations compared to native code but that gap is narrowing with every release. (I am not affiliated with Sun but I am a Java coder :)
I think ISPs define a Server as any application with an open listening port. (ie a Server Socket) In the broadest sense, this is what a server IS after all... an application providing a network service. Whether banning all services is too strict is another kettle of fish altogether.
You mean the same way Optimus' rig just came outta nowhere? Must be a Matrix thing. :)
Those old first gen units with the die-cast metal were built to last, too. I remember a friend of mine used to have an Optimus Prime, and we used to throw it off the end of his dock at his cottage in northern Ontario, and then leave it there all through the winter, and every summer we'd go back and dive until we found it. After years of this treatment the damn thing still worked perfectly. Try that one with most of today's low grade plastic crap.
Right right.. I forgot about the junk planet.. Eric Idle and the Universal Greeting: Bah-weep granna, weep-bah ninny-bah. :)
I think he was thinking of Ultra Magnus, not Rhodomus. Rhodomus was a Hot Rod, not a truck. He became Rhodomus Prime in Transformers: The Movie upon becoming the new bearer of The Matrix, because Optimus Prime was killed fighting Megatron. Megatron was also mortally wounded from the battle, and was transformed by Unicron (huge planet sized robot) into Galvatron. Ultra Magnus also died in the movie; he was given The Matrix by Optimus but failed as the Autobot leader. Starscream died in the movie when Megatron returned as Galvatron and found Starscream assuming command of the Decepticons.
My roommate bought the DVD :) Brought back a lot of memories. *sniff*
Eventually, it is conceivable that even this paradigm could be toppled, if everything became automated, and powered by free energy, like solar. Imagine, if you will, a future where nobody needs to work for a living because every basic need, and even luxury "wants" are fulfilled by automated workers. Who grows and prepares our food? Robots. Who builds our cities? Robots. Who builds and fixes the robots? More robots. A built-to-order slave race of circuitry and motors.
Under these (admittedly far-fetched) conditions, artists wouldn't NEED to be paid, they would create out of sheer passion for their art. Nobody else would be paid either.. you wouldn't even need money. A true Utopia. Of course I doubt I will live to see anything like this, if only because basic human greed will always keep people trying to acculmulate more wealth and possessions than they need.
Yep.. definitely been reading too much Asimov :)
(Yes I know you were joking.. but it got me thinking nonetheless.. I'll have to watch that.)
Just to name a few of the dozens of movies he's directed.
I've often thought about this and gone even further with it: What if eventually we get to the point where we can record and playback media with our minds? I'm not talking psychic powers, I'm talking about cybernetic implants and stuff.. "technological telepathy" if you will. What if we can go to a rock concert and digitally record it in some sort of cybernetic recording mechanism, audibly and visually, and then share our impressions with a friend merely by willing it?
Imagine if content protection is still dominant at this point.. will the content producers attempt to extend this into our heads to prevent unauthorized "copyrighted thinking"? How utterly monstrous.