Ah, so you reckon the summary wasn't talking about space as in "all that regions outside the Earth's atmosphere" but was talking about space as in "the limitless three-dimensional expanse where all matter exists" just so we didn't get confused with lasers that curve through time?:)
I think we should teach how gravity might not exist. After all, it's still just a "Theory" we havn't actually found the particles (or whatever) that cause it. I for one don't believe in graviteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... [fades out...]
I imagine that the type of stupidity you need to program varies a lot depending on the type fo game/AI you're programming.
For instance, for a chess-type program, I could imagine calculating all the possible moves, ranking them as to strength and then using a level-based algorithm to pick the final move so that for an easy level, the AI oftens pick a good move but not the best move. More like a human player.
For a shooter, the first thing is to restrict the AI to the same capabilities as the human i.e. no seeing through walls (unless the character has this ability!), no super-accurate aiming, no instantaneous reaction to events, no ability to see you at a ridiculous distance, and so on. It would also be fun to have the various AI opponents as different skill levels so if you start shooting a squad of soldiers, some react well and some react more stupidly. That way, you need to recognise the better soldiers and pick them off first. The reacting stupidly doesn't have to be unrealistic. They could panic and run away, drop their guns and fumble and so on.
What you call barbarism I call self-defense. You don't respond to a terrorist attack by filing a lawsuit -- you respond by killing and/or imprisoning those responsible.
And as many as possible of those not responsible as well, judging by American, British, Israeli, etc. tactics... after all, what's a few 1000 collateral damage as long as you get the bad guy...
of course, we're comparing a cheap family car with an upmarket one, but quite honestly, neither seems to be designed with a great deal of taste. If anything, the Honda looks a little more stylish without all the 1970s faux-walnut trim.;-)
"I'll respect your copyright rights as long as you respect mine"
So, you stop extending copyrights to ridiculous lengths and stop using DRM to restrict my fair use rights, and I won't pass copies to my friends or buy bootlegs from dodgy street vendors.
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I also typed in "here be dragons" and got back Indonesia ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon
Ah, so you reckon the summary wasn't talking about space as in "all that regions outside the Earth's atmosphere" but was talking about space as in "the limitless three-dimensional expanse where all matter exists" just so we didn't get confused with lasers that curve through time? :)
"they can curve through space"
Errr...no...
" The laser beam is so intense that it ionizes the air..."
Do I need to point out the obvious incompatibility between the two statements?
Jeez! And I thought the Wheel of Time series was taking a long time to complete!
Just shows that even crooked cops know not to piss on their own doorstep!
Should be:
I think we should teach how gravity might not exist. After all, it's still just a "Theory" we havn't actually found the particles (or whatever) that cause it. I for one don't believe in graviteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... [fades out...]
my sister said it was like watching porn
Your sister watches Smurf porn ?!?!
In the UK at least, the rule is that you should always leave enough space between you and the car in front to be able to stop without rear-ending him.
Even if the guy in front of you slammed his breaks on, you should have left enough room so that you could stop safely.
What if it wasn't a yellow light he was stopping it but a kid stepping out into the road?
provide an artist is a good producer
You'd have thought they could do this - until you listen to Metallica's latest offering...!
but you reach a limit on what you can take off.
With your average geek, that limit is reached sooner than with most people!
I imagine that the type of stupidity you need to program varies a lot depending on the type fo game/AI you're programming.
For instance, for a chess-type program, I could imagine calculating all the possible moves, ranking them as to strength and then using a level-based algorithm to pick the final move so that for an easy level, the AI oftens pick a good move but not the best move. More like a human player.
For a shooter, the first thing is to restrict the AI to the same capabilities as the human i.e. no seeing through walls (unless the character has this ability!), no super-accurate aiming, no instantaneous reaction to events, no ability to see you at a ridiculous distance, and so on. It would also be fun to have the various AI opponents as different skill levels so if you start shooting a squad of soldiers, some react well and some react more stupidly. That way, you need to recognise the better soldiers and pick them off first. The reacting stupidly doesn't have to be unrealistic. They could panic and run away, drop their guns and fumble and so on.
otherwise, I will be syfy-less and I hear that can kill ya!
If they support JSON shouldn't they release the beta tomorrow on Friday the 13th ?
and things to which I'm accustomed - like using the command line - are not at all intuitive to the Windows user.
The linux/unix command line interface isn't intuitive to anybody! It has to be learned - it can't be "intuited".
This is Linux command line we're talking here.
if you want to add a user it's more likely to be a command like
GRAWK
ZZOD
PRIGTO
ZZZZEPP
with useful options like:
grawk -tgh username -ryUI password
What you call barbarism I call self-defense. You don't respond to a terrorist attack by filing a lawsuit -- you respond by killing and/or imprisoning those responsible.
And as many as possible of those not responsible as well, judging by American, British, Israeli, etc. tactics... after all, what's a few 1000 collateral damage as long as you get the bad guy...
Not only Pluto, but also the government of Illinois it seems!
There's nothing special about the foreigners. We can make more.
Actually, you can't.
As an American all you can do is make more Americans.
And recent American policy abroad seems to be aimed more at reducing the numbers of foreigners.
Quick! Somebody copyright a single white pixel and save all the greyscale clipart at least!
Alternatively, don't use any black pixels, just really really, really, really, really dark blue ones!
Even more distressing is the number of 'live' acts where everything is prerecorded except for the vocals.
More distressing is the number of 'live' acts where everything is pre-recorded INCLUDING the vocals!
the Jenny Craig stimulus!
Well, I heard Obama was all for trimming the pork !
cut and paste error - sorry
shoulda been:
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/_/T/ag_07fitbase_dash.jpg
or even
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/9/W/hn_07accordex_int.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/W/u/ag_07e63_dash.jpg
vs
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/W/u/ag_07e63_dash.jpg
of course, we're comparing a cheap family car with an upmarket one, but quite honestly, neither seems to be designed with a great deal of taste. If anything, the Honda looks a little more stylish without all the 1970s faux-walnut trim. ;-)
Surely it would be better stated as:
"I'll respect your copyright rights as long as you respect mine"
So, you stop extending copyrights to ridiculous lengths and stop using DRM to restrict my fair use rights, and I won't pass copies to my friends or buy bootlegs from dodgy street vendors.
Conroy .. said [the list] would also block sites depicting ... "revolting and abhorrent phenomena" that "offend against the standards of morality".
Latest site added to the list:
http://australia.gov.au/