> The real question is: when will professional gaming take off?
It's professional when you can make big money doing it. It has taken off, and in a big way. It's called Online Gambling. Thousands (millions?) of people log on to the internet, play against each other or against a computer, for real money.
Granted, not much gaming online creates big celebreties.
Light only has differing focal lengths when passing through a refractor (eg. a lens). Reflection (eg. mirrors) (which was mentioned in the article as the method of collection) has no different focal lengths for various wavelengths. I hope this clears things up.
"Be careful what you wish. Believe me, you don't want that kind of political party in your country."
Uhh, I want ALL kinds of parties. Any kind under the sun should be allowed. Then, the voters should vote the best one in.
In the USA, that just can't happen. No wonder they're getting closer to a facist/totalitarian/ warlike state every day. Most voices in the USA just can't be heard because the parties to aggregate and articulate those opinions are prevented from existing. The bar is raised too high for in the USA for any kind of new party to ever get decent exposure.
Because of this, the USA is basically screwed, and will eventually end up being ruled by the corporate elite, and enter into wars that the people don't approve of.
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You 2 arguing about who invented/made the internet, both with valid points, proves beyond a doubt the inernational nature of computing research and development.
I don't need to be in a car accident to tell you it would suck. I've never been in jail, but I'm sure that sucks. Being a drug addict sucks, but so many addicts recommend it.
This poster obviously learned all he wanted to know about reality TV, the entire idea of it turned him off, so for him, it all sucks. The idea of forcing people into a situation where they either backstab their peers or lose big money reminds me way too much of my work. I have yet to watch a single episode of survivor, but I can say it sucks.
As for judging people before you see them, that's easy. Just use stereotypes, because they're a good rule of thumb. Just be prepared to revise your opinions if the person shows any surprises.
Let me guess... With that type of emotional reaction, either you got kicked out of university for low marks, or you were never accepted in the first place.
Any how, you make it seem like the only respectable job is being self-employed... Doctors don't have patients, they work for the health authority. Architects don't have clients, they answer to the regulatory board. Lawyers don't have clients, they have the bar assotiation to work for. I could go on.
You make it sound like the only thing worthwhile in life is homesteading and making everything for yourself, while coding open source software.
Everyone works for an employer, whether it be one, or a crowd of clients/customers. Degrees help you get established. What do YOU do?
Actually I think it's because they're clustered around some of Earth's Lagrange points. Just look at the ones around Jupiter to see how significant this is.
Heck no. Have you noticed that Jupiter's lagrange points are fairly populated. I never knew that before, and I took 3 years of astrophysics at the university level. Just goes to show, you learn something new every day.
"Degrees are handy if you want to work for others, as it makes it easier for them to believe you when you say "Im worth hiring". But makes not one ounce of difference when you want to do things for yourself."
That's funny, because as a draftsman, I am stuck working for architects. I am going for my architecture degree because I want to DO THINGS FOR MYSELF. I think there are so many exceptions to what you just said, as to invalidate it. Degrees empower people to do things for themselves, though not everyone uses a degree for that purpose. In a broad amount of fields, it's not important if you can do something, but rather, that you can show credentials to prove it to some regulatory board.
"Just get out there and do what you want, measure your own success by your own values - not by the size of your car - and you'll be happy."
I wanna be a doctor. I want to help people by prescribing medicine. It doesn't matter how much I learn or know, if I follow your suggestion, I'll be happy for the short while before I'm dragged off to jail, even if I'm more competent than your average doctor. For a huge amount of the professional world, this is the same.
Sorry bud, degrees are handy when you want to do big, meaningful things, for others or for yourself.
I give energy to my car's heating system when I flip the switch to the "off" position. (The act of flipping the switch requres energy). By your reasoning, this should also violate thermodynamics.
Such a shame there is no CDROM for my^H^Htheir Amiga. But I'll still buy it, because it has firewire, and I happen to have an external IDE firewire box, so I can run a CDRW externally. Amiga did almost all expansion externally anyways, so this is great!
I really recommend these external firewire IDE drive bays by ADSTech, they're so useful when I go out on a service call with my laptop and this portable drive bay, I can do things like drive imaging and software backup at lightning speeds for my clients. They're a geek's best friend.
Now I can use it to emulate my old A2000 that was surrounded by bizarre periphirals back in the day!
"YOu are a girl or a gay, ain't you? 80GB is hardly enough for any kind of pr0n collection."
So you're saying gay porn on the internet takes up less space? By that comment, I must assume you're still a young newbie that has yet to be surprised/shocked/horrified by the true multitude and diversity of things you can discover online.
And Bill Gates knows it! He probably just had a business meeting with his emplo^H^H^H^H^Hcongressmen, and gave them a big fat bonus and new marching orders. When people this important make statements like this, either they're completely deluded about what's really going on in the world, or they're the ones who are trying very hard to bring such predictions about.
With the slingshoting spacecraft around planets, the goal and effect is to increase the speed of a spacecraft by passing it by a planet in a special trajectory so that the spacecraft takes some of the planet's momentum. There is an upper limit to how fast a craft can get, because the higher the difference in velocity between the planet and the craft, the closer the craft must come to the planet's centre of gravity. If you're too fast, a collision would occur.
This method of space travel is quite different, much lower speeds are involved, and the trade off is that one can travel the 'space lanes' indefinately, and the craft is essentially coasting anywhere it wants to go. The only fuel needed would be for minor corrections, and to actually get on/off the lane at the beginning and end of the trip.
Put in short, the slingshot effect is at much higher speeds, and is limeted in use, while this method using lagrange points is slower, more reliable, and can be used indefinately.
I pay taxes on every CDR and CDRW, and soon every other kind of digital media, because here in Canada I'm allowed to make copies. I think there's an equivalent thing going on in the US and Europe. I'm not sure about the rest of the world.
So how is it fair, when people have already paid their dues, and are only doing the digital equivalent of trading with each other the tapes they've bought? It's a big swap meet.
So, does the DMCA apply to me in Canada? Could my ISP get sued by an American judge if they don't comply?
For me, it would be perfect. I'm an AutoCAD designer, and I have to take my laptop with me to many clients, and use it as a presentation device. In the design field, any upgrade in size and resolution, that will still fit in a briefcase or laptop sack and not break my shoulder when I carry it is good enough for me. I generally take my laptop with me to wherever I'm working, set it up for the day, work, then take it home with me. This laptop is perfection!
After reading enough of your books, which at the beginning I loved immensely, I became bored by the repetitiveness, and similar themes throughout. (This in no way takes away from the books I have enjoyed, such as "On A Pale Horse", etc.) One theme which started to bug me was how in almost every story, one or more characters would have to run around in public while nude for no apparent reason.
Could you please explain your rationale for this? What are your other favourite plot devices?
"Btw, I agree on the part that this isn't orwellian, but only because there was nothing about the government in the article. The previous poster blamed the government for some weird reason."
How much of your life must corporations own before they become your government? In the USA, corporations have so much raw power of the government, that corporate boardrooms are as much a part of American government as the seante and the judiciary. If Disney, the RIAA, the MPAA, M$, etc are the ones who influence what laws are passed, then your pledge of allegiance goes to them too.
Face it, in the USA, democracy died a long time ago.
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> The real question is: when will professional gaming take off?
It's professional when you can make big money doing it. It has taken off, and in a big way. It's called Online Gambling. Thousands (millions?) of people log on to the internet, play against each other or against a computer, for real money.
Granted, not much gaming online creates big celebreties.
Light only has differing focal lengths when passing through a refractor (eg. a lens). Reflection (eg. mirrors) (which was mentioned in the article as the method of collection) has no different focal lengths for various wavelengths. I hope this clears things up.
What are the odds that a chip manufacturing plant this big has converted their entire warehouse building into a giant faraday cage?
Hell, I would.
Ok, if the isp is recompressing them... What is everyone getting for filesizes? Mine are 211 and 125 kb respectively...
"Be careful what you wish. Believe me, you don't want that kind of political party in your country."
Uhh, I want ALL kinds of parties. Any kind under the sun should be allowed. Then, the voters should vote the best one in.
In the USA, that just can't happen. No wonder they're getting closer to a facist/totalitarian/ warlike state every day. Most voices in the USA just can't be heard because the parties to aggregate and articulate those opinions are prevented from existing. The bar is raised too high for in the USA for any kind of new party to ever get decent exposure.
Because of this, the USA is basically screwed, and will eventually end up being ruled by the corporate elite, and enter into wars that the people don't approve of.
BORK!
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You 2 arguing about who invented/made the internet, both with valid points, proves beyond a doubt the inernational nature of computing research and development.
Wasn't the Worldwide Web invented in Switzerland? Most americans think the www IS the internet anyways... LOL
I don't need to be in a car accident to tell you it would suck. I've never been in jail, but I'm sure that sucks. Being a drug addict sucks, but so many addicts recommend it.
This poster obviously learned all he wanted to know about reality TV, the entire idea of it turned him off, so for him, it all sucks. The idea of forcing people into a situation where they either backstab their peers or lose big money reminds me way too much of my work. I have yet to watch a single episode of survivor, but I can say it sucks.
As for judging people before you see them, that's easy. Just use stereotypes, because they're a good rule of thumb. Just be prepared to revise your opinions if the person shows any surprises.
Let me guess... With that type of emotional reaction, either you got kicked out of university for low marks, or you were never accepted in the first place.
Any how, you make it seem like the only respectable job is being self-employed... Doctors don't have patients, they work for the health authority. Architects don't have clients, they answer to the regulatory board. Lawyers don't have clients, they have the bar assotiation to work for. I could go on.
You make it sound like the only thing worthwhile in life is homesteading and making everything for yourself, while coding open source software.
Everyone works for an employer, whether it be one, or a crowd of clients/customers. Degrees help you get established. What do YOU do?
Actually I think it's because they're clustered around some of Earth's Lagrange points. Just look at the ones around Jupiter to see how significant this is.
"pretty, but not very informative"
Heck no. Have you noticed that Jupiter's lagrange points are fairly populated. I never knew that before, and I took 3 years of astrophysics at the university level. Just goes to show, you learn something new every day.
Bork!
"Degrees are handy if you want to work for others, as it makes it easier for them to believe you when you say "Im worth hiring". But makes not one ounce of difference when you want to do things for yourself."
That's funny, because as a draftsman, I am stuck working for architects. I am going for my architecture degree because I want to DO THINGS FOR MYSELF. I think there are so many exceptions to what you just said, as to invalidate it. Degrees empower people to do things for themselves, though not everyone uses a degree for that purpose. In a broad amount of fields, it's not important if you can do something, but rather, that you can show credentials to prove it to some regulatory board.
"Just get out there and do what you want, measure your own success by your own values - not by the size of your car - and you'll be happy."
I wanna be a doctor. I want to help people by prescribing medicine. It doesn't matter how much I learn or know, if I follow your suggestion, I'll be happy for the short while before I'm dragged off to jail, even if I'm more competent than your average doctor. For a huge amount of the professional world, this is the same.
Sorry bud, degrees are handy when you want to do big, meaningful things, for others or for yourself.
I give energy to my car's heating system when I flip the switch to the "off" position. (The act of flipping the switch requres energy). By your reasoning, this should also violate thermodynamics.
Well whaddya know! In my excitement, I missed reading that! Thanks! This makes the Amiga even cooler.
I swear, if any decent company ever bought the OS, it could still rise up and kick M$'s ass. *sigh*
Bork!
Such a shame there is no CDROM for my^H^Htheir Amiga. But I'll still buy it, because it has firewire, and I happen to have an external IDE firewire box, so I can run a CDRW externally. Amiga did almost all expansion externally anyways, so this is great!
I really recommend these external firewire IDE drive bays by ADSTech, they're so useful when I go out on a service call with my laptop and this portable drive bay, I can do things like drive imaging and software backup at lightning speeds for my clients. They're a geek's best friend.
Now I can use it to emulate my old A2000 that was surrounded by bizarre periphirals back in the day!
Bork!
"YOu are a girl or a gay, ain't you? 80GB is hardly enough for any kind of pr0n collection."
So you're saying gay porn on the internet takes up less space? By that comment, I must assume you're still a young newbie that has yet to be surprised/shocked/horrified by the true multitude and diversity of things you can discover online.
Bork!
"Does anyone REALLy backup their games / CD's before use? Just what exactly is wrong with their PS that they get so scratched?"
You obviously don't have any younger siblings.
Bork!
And Bill Gates knows it! He probably just had a business meeting with his emplo^H^H^H^H^Hcongressmen, and gave them a big fat bonus and new marching orders. When people this important make statements like this, either they're completely deluded about what's really going on in the world, or they're the ones who are trying very hard to bring such predictions about.
How about 2 r/w heads, to increase performance?
With the slingshoting spacecraft around planets, the goal and effect is to increase the speed of a spacecraft by passing it by a planet in a special trajectory so that the spacecraft takes some of the planet's momentum. There is an upper limit to how fast a craft can get, because the higher the difference in velocity between the planet and the craft, the closer the craft must come to the planet's centre of gravity. If you're too fast, a collision would occur.
This method of space travel is quite different, much lower speeds are involved, and the trade off is that one can travel the 'space lanes' indefinately, and the craft is essentially coasting anywhere it wants to go. The only fuel needed would be for minor corrections, and to actually get on/off the lane at the beginning and end of the trip.
Put in short, the slingshot effect is at much higher speeds, and is limeted in use, while this method using lagrange points is slower, more reliable, and can be used indefinately.
Bork!
I pay taxes on every CDR and CDRW, and soon every other kind of digital media, because here in Canada I'm allowed to make copies. I think there's an equivalent thing going on in the US and Europe. I'm not sure about the rest of the world.
So how is it fair, when people have already paid their dues, and are only doing the digital equivalent of trading with each other the tapes they've bought? It's a big swap meet.
So, does the DMCA apply to me in Canada? Could my ISP get sued by an American judge if they don't comply?
For me, it would be perfect. I'm an AutoCAD designer, and I have to take my laptop with me to many clients, and use it as a presentation device. In the design field, any upgrade in size and resolution, that will still fit in a briefcase or laptop sack and not break my shoulder when I carry it is good enough for me. I generally take my laptop with me to wherever I'm working, set it up for the day, work, then take it home with me. This laptop is perfection!
After reading enough of your books, which at the beginning I loved immensely, I became bored by the repetitiveness, and similar themes throughout. (This in no way takes away from the books I have enjoyed, such as "On A Pale Horse", etc.) One theme which started to bug me was how in almost every story, one or more characters would have to run around in public while nude for no apparent reason.
Could you please explain your rationale for this? What are your other favourite plot devices?
Bork!
"Btw, I agree on the part that this isn't orwellian, but only because there was nothing about the government in the article. The previous poster blamed the government for some weird reason."
How much of your life must corporations own before they become your government? In the USA, corporations have so much raw power of the government, that corporate boardrooms are as much a part of American government as the seante and the judiciary. If Disney, the RIAA, the MPAA, M$, etc are the ones who influence what laws are passed, then your pledge of allegiance goes to them too.
Face it, in the USA, democracy died a long time ago.
Bork!