Some software, namely DirectPlay-powered games, semi-implement IPv6; enough to detect the IP and know it exists, but not enough to actually use it properly. More often than not, that means you'll have the game trying to connect through the IPv6 stack despite being unable to do so instead of just sticking to IPv4 where available and not doing anything where not.
I'm sure this isn't an isolated case. Chances are IPv6 is sufficiently similar to IPv4 for some sloppier implementations to understand half of it, enough to screw up instead of ignoring.
That's supposed to be good? I, for one, would rather we hit oil peak as fast as we possibly can so that the petroleum shills get a brutal wake up call. Then, and only then, might we actually make progress.
I don't know for Germany, but Canada's situation is simple: you have the West, which is almost entirely powered by the petroleum industry, and the East, which runs on hydro dams. Hydroelectricity is very well-regarded (minus the complaints about the construction of the dams) and so there's not much incentive to build nuclear reactors in the East. If we needed more energy, we'd just make new dams, it's not like we're lacking spots to build them. As for the West, well the current prime minister is sold to the petroleum companies and it's making big bucks for a few individuals there, so they're obviously lobbying to keep their little industry in place. Nuclear reactors would be a threat for them, so no go.
A widespread ad-hoc usage could cover entire cities, hopping between all nodes to communicate across kilometers. They can be a valuable tool.
Yes, I know the latency would probably be horrible and security would be almost nil. But in these situations, you don't care if you have 1500ms ping and 0.1mbit/s speed, so long as you can actually communicate.
Doing this will break so many things... On top of making people unable to be hosts (FTP, SSH, etc.) or to participate in certain P2P activities, it would also make it just about impossible to block offending users from websites. What exactly can you do about an idiot DoS'ing your site when his IP is shared by thousands?
It's probably one of the best-looking mobile games ever seen, right up there with Epic's Infinity Blade (some say even better).
You may not like Carmack saying that Sony's NGP is doing something better than Android/iOS, but he's still extremely relevant to the game development world. id tech 5 is currently looking like it'll surpass Unreal Engine 3 easily and even CryEngine 3, making it the most powerful multiplatform graphics/game engine on the market. Similarly, id's mobile engine is setting up to be a serious contender.
I'm sorry to say but there's a good chance what you're saying won't be heard around here. The ribbon might be just too different for it to catch on people who have already been used to menu bars and toolbars. Humans are averse to change.
I for one find it one of the most interesting and nice UIs currently available.
Because Alt is the universal shortcut display button? Pressing Alt in any program will highlight the menu bar and underline the letter to use to access each menu.
The ribbon's mechanism blends in very well with the expected behavior of the rest of the OS.
That's what you're supposed to behave like, yes. However, I can't shake the feeling that when you're so closely involved with a certain viewpoint for an important period of time, your own perspective is bound to be influenced.
Doesn't a perfectly reversible adiabatic process also need to be quasi-static? I don't know the details of this specific case, but I don't expect the piston would always be moving very slowly.
It's ironic, though. It's indeed almost certain that header will never catch on, yet by doing so advertisers are just shooting themselves in the foot. They're giving AdBlock and NoScript traction. They're pissing off the geeks, who often have a sizable influence in the realm of technology within their circle of friends. Instead of having a header that would be normally disabled and would get turned on in specific cases (say, through private browsing options), they're getting people to use tools that are turned on by default and never get turned off.
I've really noticed the dumbing down in TV shows. Maybe I'm just seeing everything through rose-tinted glasses (though I don't think I am), but I can definitely recall channels being better some years ago.
Anecdotal evidence: there are three "specialized" channels that I listened and still (kinda) listen to. One is a discovery channel-alike. Before, you had lots of documentaries, science stuff. Not necessarily advanced and hard to comprehend, but still worthwhile. Now, the channel is 80% crime investigator shows, 15% "danger" shows (plane crash shows, anything with big explosions, some paranormal on the side) and 5% actual science, usually reserved for the 1AM slot. The history channel went from lots of in-depth history shows on all kinds of stuff to history-themed TV series and movies, usually corny and boring. The tech channel went from a lot of coverage on science and technology to horror shows, Ghost Whisperer, pseudo sci-fi shows and the occasional movie.
Heck, you just need to look at G4"not so Tech"TV in Canada... The only thing I seem to catch is a bunch of supposedly mature cartoons.
The tax system might be broken, but an engineer can still make a very comfortable living and not fear of being unable to pay the bills. You're just exaggerating a weee bit.
First, they say they'll speed up service for X and Y.
Slowly, your Internet service degrades for other sites. Wondering what's going on, you contact your ISP. They say X and Y's customers are using a lot of bandwidth and thus the infrastructure's getting throttled a bit for others. Nothing they can do about it.
After a while, they announce a grand overhaul of their services so that they can better provide access to sites... but they only speak of X and Y. Turns out the upgrade was done for those and the rest is still on mostly the same thing bar negligible upgrades.
Fast forward a little bit and you'll end up with sluggish access to all the sites that didn't pay. No, they never actually cut off a site or slowed it down on purpose - they just dedicated all their resources to them and let the rest fall to pieces. They have the incentive, they'll do it if they can.
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Some software, namely DirectPlay-powered games, semi-implement IPv6; enough to detect the IP and know it exists, but not enough to actually use it properly. More often than not, that means you'll have the game trying to connect through the IPv6 stack despite being unable to do so instead of just sticking to IPv4 where available and not doing anything where not.
I'm sure this isn't an isolated case. Chances are IPv6 is sufficiently similar to IPv4 for some sloppier implementations to understand half of it, enough to screw up instead of ignoring.
That's supposed to be good? I, for one, would rather we hit oil peak as fast as we possibly can so that the petroleum shills get a brutal wake up call. Then, and only then, might we actually make progress.
I don't know for Germany, but Canada's situation is simple: you have the West, which is almost entirely powered by the petroleum industry, and the East, which runs on hydro dams. Hydroelectricity is very well-regarded (minus the complaints about the construction of the dams) and so there's not much incentive to build nuclear reactors in the East. If we needed more energy, we'd just make new dams, it's not like we're lacking spots to build them. As for the West, well the current prime minister is sold to the petroleum companies and it's making big bucks for a few individuals there, so they're obviously lobbying to keep their little industry in place. Nuclear reactors would be a threat for them, so no go.
Tom's Hardware recently made an article saying similar notebook performance can be had at half the power consumption in typical use situations.
I'd say that's a big appeal.
That or maybe, just maybe, they've been inspired by Steam's similar Cloud service?
A widespread ad-hoc usage could cover entire cities, hopping between all nodes to communicate across kilometers. They can be a valuable tool.
Yes, I know the latency would probably be horrible and security would be almost nil. But in these situations, you don't care if you have 1500ms ping and 0.1mbit/s speed, so long as you can actually communicate.
Doing this will break so many things... On top of making people unable to be hosts (FTP, SSH, etc.) or to participate in certain P2P activities, it would also make it just about impossible to block offending users from websites. What exactly can you do about an idiot DoS'ing your site when his IP is shared by thousands?
Rage HD?
It's probably one of the best-looking mobile games ever seen, right up there with Epic's Infinity Blade (some say even better).
You may not like Carmack saying that Sony's NGP is doing something better than Android/iOS, but he's still extremely relevant to the game development world. id tech 5 is currently looking like it'll surpass Unreal Engine 3 easily and even CryEngine 3, making it the most powerful multiplatform graphics/game engine on the market. Similarly, id's mobile engine is setting up to be a serious contender.
And John Carmack's behind a lot of this.
It does also help that the NGP comes with a quad-core Cortex A-9 CPU. Dual-core cellphones are barely out yet.
Yes, it'll eventually get outmatched in terms of raw power, but it'll have a double lead for a while.
Like that factors in the buying decision of your typical American...
They're also incredibly obvious, in most instances.
I'm sorry to say but there's a good chance what you're saying won't be heard around here. The ribbon might be just too different for it to catch on people who have already been used to menu bars and toolbars. Humans are averse to change.
I for one find it one of the most interesting and nice UIs currently available.
Because Alt is the universal shortcut display button? Pressing Alt in any program will highlight the menu bar and underline the letter to use to access each menu.
The ribbon's mechanism blends in very well with the expected behavior of the rest of the OS.
That's what you're supposed to behave like, yes. However, I can't shake the feeling that when you're so closely involved with a certain viewpoint for an important period of time, your own perspective is bound to be influenced.
Doesn't a perfectly reversible adiabatic process also need to be quasi-static? I don't know the details of this specific case, but I don't expect the piston would always be moving very slowly.
It's ironic, though. It's indeed almost certain that header will never catch on, yet by doing so advertisers are just shooting themselves in the foot. They're giving AdBlock and NoScript traction. They're pissing off the geeks, who often have a sizable influence in the realm of technology within their circle of friends. Instead of having a header that would be normally disabled and would get turned on in specific cases (say, through private browsing options), they're getting people to use tools that are turned on by default and never get turned off.
It's their loss in the end.
They've made a newer and arguably even nicer short with Sintel not long ago. Well worth a watch.
Did Wikileaks leak that?
I've really noticed the dumbing down in TV shows. Maybe I'm just seeing everything through rose-tinted glasses (though I don't think I am), but I can definitely recall channels being better some years ago.
Anecdotal evidence: there are three "specialized" channels that I listened and still (kinda) listen to. One is a discovery channel-alike. Before, you had lots of documentaries, science stuff. Not necessarily advanced and hard to comprehend, but still worthwhile. Now, the channel is 80% crime investigator shows, 15% "danger" shows (plane crash shows, anything with big explosions, some paranormal on the side) and 5% actual science, usually reserved for the 1AM slot. The history channel went from lots of in-depth history shows on all kinds of stuff to history-themed TV series and movies, usually corny and boring. The tech channel went from a lot of coverage on science and technology to horror shows, Ghost Whisperer, pseudo sci-fi shows and the occasional movie.
Heck, you just need to look at G4"not so Tech"TV in Canada... The only thing I seem to catch is a bunch of supposedly mature cartoons.
The tax system might be broken, but an engineer can still make a very comfortable living and not fear of being unable to pay the bills. You're just exaggerating a weee bit.
I'd take engineer because I'd rather be building bridges than financial crises.
First, they say they'll speed up service for X and Y.
Slowly, your Internet service degrades for other sites. Wondering what's going on, you contact your ISP. They say X and Y's customers are using a lot of bandwidth and thus the infrastructure's getting throttled a bit for others. Nothing they can do about it.
After a while, they announce a grand overhaul of their services so that they can better provide access to sites... but they only speak of X and Y. Turns out the upgrade was done for those and the rest is still on mostly the same thing bar negligible upgrades.
Fast forward a little bit and you'll end up with sluggish access to all the sites that didn't pay. No, they never actually cut off a site or slowed it down on purpose - they just dedicated all their resources to them and let the rest fall to pieces. They have the incentive, they'll do it if they can.
Everybody knows any P2P protocol is strictly used for pirating, so then it's alright!
Those small companies and users are probably infringing something somewhere too, so they're all criminals anyways.
You don't go near airports to watch the stars.
Even though I abhor Microsoft for many reasons, I like Microsoft Research.
It's too bad, though, that a lot of the spirit of MSR never leaves the division.