Not really, but The Real Hustle has done something very much like this.. Except that instead of a violin, they used a dog.:-) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wy1P-XN328
Currently you have to wade through thousands of A+++++++++++++++++++++ useless feedback to see how a seller handles an auction where both parties weren't happy.
You don't, go to someones feedback profile and under "Recent Feedback ratings" click the number of negatives (or neutral). That way you only see the negative feedback. I use this quite often because reading all the positive A++++ comments is indeed pointless.
ZTE. They now sell cellphones here in the US. They also sell other telecom equipment in China such as IPTV routers for home entertainment as well.
Also Huntkey (power supplies and computer cases) and TP-Link (networking products). And let's not forget Romisen (flashlights). Zotac (cases, barebones, graphics cards) is Chinese too. Those may be some smaller companies (although TP-link can easily be found in local stores, at least in The Netherlands), but I do see a trend of products from Chinese manufacturers popping up in the west.
I'd pay a year's salary to have this memory treatment.
Maybe you should watch "How does your memory work?": http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/memory/ and especially this part: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/memory/wiped/. Note that the video on the BBC website only shows a very small part of the actual documentary. In the full version, it explains an experimental way to make memories "softer". A memory would be saved in two parts: what actually happened and what you felt. It explains that when you recall a memory, the emotional memory becomes "fluid" and is re-stored, just like, in geek terms, your RAM needs to refresh to keep it's contents.
Now the trick is they use a drug, ironicly I don't remember which one, that prevents the memory from storing properly again after it became "fluid". It's a regular drug that was made for another purpose but this is a side effect. So you take the drug, think of your bad memory, and the emotion connected to it fades a bit. But you need to go through that procedure several times, and it gets weaker every time.
If I understood it correctly, the memory of what actually happened does not fade. It's only experimental, but it might be interesting for you to see if you can become a test subject if you feel it's worth a shot.
I wonder how many crusaders, people spending their lives to right the injustices of the world, there would be if they could just remove those troublesome memories and go on with their lives. Would there be anything left to motivate us to make the world a better place?
We can't fix this world anyway. I would love these pills, and also want some that make me accept all injustice and make me feel good about everything just the way it is. It would be a huge improvement for me.
I think there is only one way to do it properly: take control of the evolution out of the player's hands entirely.
I'm thinking of running the evolution part on the server, and make it an MMO/FPS-sortof. The server would have a 3D-world, an environment that changes constantly and some creatures to start with. Players can log in, and are given a random creature. They can run/walk/sneak around, eat, mate, sleep and kill. Many creatures won't be able to mate right away, and if you die before you were able to mate.. Well, that's evolution.;)
After you die, you can directly continue playing with another randomly assigned creature with different properties.
I'm not sure how long a "round" would have to take, but I already know how to decide who wins: the player that mates the most will win. I think it would be pretty exciting.
As for not being able to run fast enough to use a runway: he could use a shopping cart (maybe something slighty more aerodynamic) and his jet to get up to speed. Quite dangerous indeed, but probably not impossible.
Heck if you let me start high enough i could fly my car across. Ok i might need oxygen and better shocks but still....
Given enough height even a jet-powered brick would make it. I'm starting to think that maybe that's just what he is.
Although I'm not like you, your title catched me.
SD always annoyed me in a way. But back in 2003 I found HD-content on the internet and watched quite a bit. That might sound normal to the Americans here, but here in Europe, nobody (and I mean nobody!) even knew what HD was.
Back then I was completely amazed, and was waiting for something in HD I could buy or an HD-channel with good content. Back in 2003, there was exactly 1 HD channel. Euro1080. But it was only on satellite and I didn't have a satellite dish back then. And their content is/was not that
interesting anyway (no movies or series, mostly concerts and cultural stuff).
So I was waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Eventually HD-DVD and Blu-ray came along, but I didn't feel like dealing with keys and the DRM to watch stuff I bought (on Linux, and my Windows-time is near zero nowadays). I was waiting for HD TV-channels, but here in the Netherlands, believe it or not: I'm still waiting.
In the USA you have approx. 100 HD-channels. We have, if you get the maximum subscription, 7. Yes, seven. That is on cable, on satellite we only have 5. And the only channel that shows any movies in HD (cable-only) is in the most expensive package. And series, like Heroes or Two and a Half Men.. Well.. They are not available in HD at all!
After a couple of years of drooling at downloaded HD-content, all there is is DRM-infected discs and hardly any interesting HD-channels. The industry succeeded in NOT bringing HD to my home.
And you know what? Now comes the special part. I can't be bothered anymore. 5 years ago HD was great. Now I went back to SD. It's not that bad. HD looks better, but I learned to live with SD.
Now, I won't be paying for HD before it gets mainstream. Whenever that is.
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Not really, but The Real Hustle has done something very much like this.. Except that instead of a violin, they used a dog. :-) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wy1P-XN328
Currently you have to wade through thousands of A+++++++++++++++++++++ useless feedback to see how a seller handles an auction where both parties weren't happy.
You don't, go to someones feedback profile and under "Recent Feedback ratings" click the number of negatives (or neutral). That way you only see the negative feedback. I use this quite often because reading all the positive A++++ comments is indeed pointless.
ZTE. They now sell cellphones here in the US. They also sell other telecom equipment in China such as IPTV routers for home entertainment as well.
Also Huntkey (power supplies and computer cases) and TP-Link (networking products). And let's not forget Romisen (flashlights). Zotac (cases, barebones, graphics cards) is Chinese too. Those may be some smaller companies (although TP-link can easily be found in local stores, at least in The Netherlands), but I do see a trend of products from Chinese manufacturers popping up in the west.
I'd pay a year's salary to have this memory treatment.
Maybe you should watch "How does your memory work?": http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/memory/ and especially this part: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/memory/wiped/. Note that the video on the BBC website only shows a very small part of the actual documentary. In the full version, it explains an experimental way to make memories "softer". A memory would be saved in two parts: what actually happened and what you felt. It explains that when you recall a memory, the emotional memory becomes "fluid" and is re-stored, just like, in geek terms, your RAM needs to refresh to keep it's contents. Now the trick is they use a drug, ironicly I don't remember which one, that prevents the memory from storing properly again after it became "fluid". It's a regular drug that was made for another purpose but this is a side effect. So you take the drug, think of your bad memory, and the emotion connected to it fades a bit. But you need to go through that procedure several times, and it gets weaker every time. If I understood it correctly, the memory of what actually happened does not fade. It's only experimental, but it might be interesting for you to see if you can become a test subject if you feel it's worth a shot.
I wonder how many crusaders, people spending their lives to right the injustices of the world, there would be if they could just remove those troublesome memories and go on with their lives. Would there be anything left to motivate us to make the world a better place?
We can't fix this world anyway. I would love these pills, and also want some that make me accept all injustice and make me feel good about everything just the way it is. It would be a huge improvement for me.
I think there is only one way to do it properly: take control of the evolution out of the player's hands entirely.
;)
I'm thinking of running the evolution part on the server, and make it an MMO/FPS-sortof. The server would have a 3D-world, an environment that changes constantly and some creatures to start with. Players can log in, and are given a random creature. They can run/walk/sneak around, eat, mate, sleep and kill. Many creatures won't be able to mate right away, and if you die before you were able to mate.. Well, that's evolution.
After you die, you can directly continue playing with another randomly assigned creature with different properties.
I'm not sure how long a "round" would have to take, but I already know how to decide who wins: the player that mates the most will win. I think it would be pretty exciting.
doesn't have fuel to make it across fully on it's own power i suppose.
Not enough fuel, I don't know. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_gliding#Records you can go 700 kilometers with a hang glider. And he can't do 35 without a big push by a plane?
As for not being able to run fast enough to use a runway: he could use a shopping cart (maybe something slighty more aerodynamic) and his jet to get up to speed. Quite dangerous indeed, but probably not impossible.
Heck if you let me start high enough i could fly my car across. Ok i might need oxygen and better shocks but still....
Given enough height even a jet-powered brick would make it. I'm starting to think that maybe that's just what he is.
Although I'm not like you, your title catched me. SD always annoyed me in a way. But back in 2003 I found HD-content on the internet and watched quite a bit. That might sound normal to the Americans here, but here in Europe, nobody (and I mean nobody!) even knew what HD was. Back then I was completely amazed, and was waiting for something in HD I could buy or an HD-channel with good content. Back in 2003, there was exactly 1 HD channel. Euro1080. But it was only on satellite and I didn't have a satellite dish back then. And their content is/was not that interesting anyway (no movies or series, mostly concerts and cultural stuff). So I was waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Eventually HD-DVD and Blu-ray came along, but I didn't feel like dealing with keys and the DRM to watch stuff I bought (on Linux, and my Windows-time is near zero nowadays). I was waiting for HD TV-channels, but here in the Netherlands, believe it or not: I'm still waiting. In the USA you have approx. 100 HD-channels. We have, if you get the maximum subscription, 7. Yes, seven. That is on cable, on satellite we only have 5. And the only channel that shows any movies in HD (cable-only) is in the most expensive package. And series, like Heroes or Two and a Half Men.. Well.. They are not available in HD at all! After a couple of years of drooling at downloaded HD-content, all there is is DRM-infected discs and hardly any interesting HD-channels. The industry succeeded in NOT bringing HD to my home. And you know what? Now comes the special part. I can't be bothered anymore. 5 years ago HD was great. Now I went back to SD. It's not that bad. HD looks better, but I learned to live with SD. Now, I won't be paying for HD before it gets mainstream. Whenever that is.