He's just a senior exec doing his job well. Most of us aren't. Instead, we suck up to him. Geesh!
John Carmack would have accomplished more technically along with his team by releasing Doom 3 (Its graphic engine specifically! An artpiece!) and fostering Armadillo Aerospace, than Mr. Jobs spreading the tentacles of profiteering to brainwashed numbnuts who'll buy anything christened by him (apparently).
30 years from now, he would just be a footnote or special feature in the chronicles of our time. Than a "person of the decade". Hilarious, indeed!
Thus far they haven't done anything nefarious with the info they collect. They even refused to turn tons of it over to the government.
Can you prove what you say? As authoritatively as you say it?
Google has brainwashed many people with its strangely inscrutable "Don't be evil" campaign. So much so that those folks start dreaming divine fantasies about Google's impeccable loyalty to its dear beta customers' rights online. And start making statements that make remote business sense but none too practical. Keep an open eye on both sides of Google. Its not a saintly or charitable venture. Its just lesser of the evils.
1. Fresh coffee 2. Clean & airy environment 3. Judas Priest playing in my earphones
Of course, no humans around for few hundred yards.
I use to think that coding while one's on substances enhances productivity. It does not. Its only a delusion like many others that fill your head once you're intoxicated (or high or whatever).
As a designer, engineer, programmer its best to keep a clear head and steady hands. You can create your code according to your insights & logic perfectly then. For long durations. Thats decent human productivity.
Once the code is tested, bugs are fixed, deliverables delivered and UAT finished - I'll pack off with Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll to my own destination. But only after everything is in order.
Programming is serious business and fun too. Let's not confuse it with some macho endeavour trying to bring the gates of hell down.
Yes. 10-15y old kids. Thats what those ribbons are for. Infact the whole MS Office is for 10-15y old kids. Yes. They are 'the' target audience. Yes, indeed.
Oh wait... did someone say - 'Business Users'?
Aa. Must be Ballmer's gas.
But I can't help thinking - No wonder the economy is in drains if MS Office powered 10-15y olds are doing business.
I've had Voice Mail activated for my mobile number from Airtel since 2000 in Delhi as well as Bangalore. Dunno about Vodafone, but I'm pretty sure Hutch (pre-Vodafone) had VM in their VAS offerings atleast since 2004. I've had many friends who had enabled it on their Hutch no:s.
Atleast 'try to' verify what you write.
Now, less than 0.1 percent of the huge Indian cellular subscriber base uses VM. Thats another point all together. But why bother to spend Rs. 3 per minute for an abstruse service when you can send an SMS for free (with most plans) or just leave a miss call (culturally de-facto method to ping the other cellular party in India). Business environment has different requirements. But in India so far I've very very rarely seen VM being used prominently. Email leads the way along with normal voice calls.
Please officially (re?)release hordes of Q3A CDs all across the globe. Its a fine game! Kids and grown ups alike all across the world would enjoy it. It can easily be the de-facto standard in entry level serious gaming.
You can cut down on support explicitly. Its OK. Quake community is very smart and big. It can easily support newcomers. But the legit media is something always desirable - it is convenient and trustworthy. But please sell it cheap. Around 4-5$. You will easily find lots of CD pressers and distributors to take away all the logistic pains from you.
And there would be assured buys of millions of legit cheap Q3A CDs by enthusiastic gamers worldwide. Its already a must-have game in your game collection anyways. Every body will be happy.
Maybe, its a business decision to stop issuing more Q3A CDs. So please make another one to start issuing it again. It won't make you losses. No way. And gamers would be happy.
The core game is awesome & kick-ass. 3rd party mods, addons, maps, etc make it ever so expandable. The community will always have some innovative way to modify it. Look at 'WoP'! Amazing!
In the end, I can only make a request. Please start selling Q3A: Gold Edition CDs again.
Now Oracle looks more future proof and well-placed than IBM, et al, in offering enterprise and end-to-end solutions to new markets for new apps. IBM will sooner or later realize that its legacy business won't hold too much value in the future and in the emerging markets.
I just hope that they let the R&D at Sun continue as it is and not bog it down by mundane bureaucracy or senseless big corporate culture.
Are you referring to the CPU heatsink fan thats attached to the LED array in the article or to an actual installation of an LED array with fan?
In real world deployments, AFAIK, the LED array is actually fitted with a big heatsink and not a fan. That is sufficient to keep it within the limits of operating temperature. In places with low temperatures, even thats not required and installation is fairly trivial. Moreover, because of the relatively low power consumption, it won't dissipate so much heat as to blow itself up.
I guess one of the reasons Portland, Oregon went after it in such a big way is because the climate there suited the operation of LED lamps without raising too much temperature of the unit itself. Look at the operational savings they made!
Also, I think that the lamp shown in the article is not the exact one used at traffic signals atleast. They are different and use bigger LEDs, which are spaced on a larger array and have different energy ratings.
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And I always wanted the Quake gauntlet!
He's just a senior exec doing his job well. Most of us aren't. Instead, we suck up to him. Geesh!
John Carmack would have accomplished more technically along with his team by releasing Doom 3 (Its graphic engine specifically! An artpiece!) and fostering Armadillo Aerospace, than Mr. Jobs spreading the tentacles of profiteering to brainwashed numbnuts who'll buy anything christened by him (apparently).
30 years from now, he would just be a footnote or special feature in the chronicles of our time. Than a "person of the decade". Hilarious, indeed!
But where are my mod points man? :(
I was kind of expecting Natalie ... not Erik.
... cheers Slashdot! Lets keep it going further!
Anyways
You missed 'Skeletal Mesh Pipeline' videos.
Here they are -
Skeletal Meshes: Intro
Skeletal Meshes: Skeletal Meshes Import/Export
Skeletal Meshes: Mirror Tables
Skeletal Meshes: Sockets
Skeletal Meshes: Physics Assets
kthxbye
Shouldn't it be "250-Feet" ?!
that I'm a happy Opera user!?
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Oh bollocks!
Did anyone notice ... HNN's website has nicely formatted Google ads?!
Google doesn't sell that info.
Thus far they haven't done anything nefarious with the info they collect. They even refused to turn tons of it over to the government.
Can you prove what you say? As authoritatively as you say it?
Google has brainwashed many people with its strangely inscrutable "Don't be evil" campaign. So much so that those folks start dreaming divine fantasies about Google's impeccable loyalty to its dear beta customers' rights online. And start making statements that make remote business sense but none too practical. Keep an open eye on both sides of Google. Its not a saintly or charitable venture. Its just lesser of the evils.
I understand monetary benefits. What are those other things?
Hopefully, pandering to the bureaucracy of USPTO isn't one of them for the passionate inventor.
All of a sudden patents are all cool and nice and nicer!
Just because Steve has few!?
Every oldest blogger/microblogger/whatever will eventually die one day. Or is it happening for the first time?
Never saw a news item stating the world's oldest coder/programmer died ... and his lifelong battle against frustrating bugs and crashes. :(
What if they serve Red Bull instead of Nitrous Oxide out of it to the kid?
It'll be interesting to see how this wud dramatically improve the hospital/dental experience for the child, parents and healthcare providers.
1. Fresh coffee
2. Clean & airy environment
3. Judas Priest playing in my earphones
Of course, no humans around for few hundred yards.
I use to think that coding while one's on substances enhances productivity. It does not. Its only a delusion like many others that fill your head once you're intoxicated (or high or whatever).
As a designer, engineer, programmer its best to keep a clear head and steady hands. You can create your code according to your insights & logic perfectly then. For long durations. Thats decent human productivity.
Once the code is tested, bugs are fixed, deliverables delivered and UAT finished - I'll pack off with Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll to my own destination. But only after everything is in order.
Programming is serious business and fun too. Let's not confuse it with some macho endeavour trying to bring the gates of hell down.
Yes. 10-15y old kids. Thats what those ribbons are for. Infact the whole MS Office is for 10-15y old kids. Yes. They are 'the' target audience. Yes, indeed.
Oh wait ... did someone say - 'Business Users'?
Aa. Must be Ballmer's gas.
But I can't help thinking - No wonder the economy is in drains if MS Office powered 10-15y olds are doing business.
Danger Mouse battling EMI on Lost Highway!
This looks like a moderately expensive PR campaign by Gates Foundation!
Nothing much here.
I've had Voice Mail activated for my mobile number from Airtel since 2000 in Delhi as well as Bangalore. Dunno about Vodafone, but I'm pretty sure Hutch (pre-Vodafone) had VM in their VAS offerings atleast since 2004. I've had many friends who had enabled it on their Hutch no:s.
Atleast 'try to' verify what you write.
Now, less than 0.1 percent of the huge Indian cellular subscriber base uses VM. Thats another point all together. But why bother to spend Rs. 3 per minute for an abstruse service when you can send an SMS for free (with most plans) or just leave a miss call (culturally de-facto method to ping the other cellular party in India). Business environment has different requirements. But in India so far I've very very rarely seen VM being used prominently. Email leads the way along with normal voice calls.
I recently traveled via an unnamed airline, and stupidly checked my laptop.
Thats news man! An unnamed airline! Never seen or heard about one!
Please officially (re?)release hordes of Q3A CDs all across the globe. Its a fine game! Kids and grown ups alike all across the world would enjoy it. It can easily be the de-facto standard in entry level serious gaming.
You can cut down on support explicitly. Its OK. Quake community is very smart and big. It can easily support newcomers. But the legit media is something always desirable - it is convenient and trustworthy. But please sell it cheap. Around 4-5$. You will easily find lots of CD pressers and distributors to take away all the logistic pains from you.
And there would be assured buys of millions of legit cheap Q3A CDs by enthusiastic gamers worldwide. Its already a must-have game in your game collection anyways. Every body will be happy.
Maybe, its a business decision to stop issuing more Q3A CDs. So please make another one to start issuing it again. It won't make you losses. No way. And gamers would be happy.
The core game is awesome & kick-ass. 3rd party mods, addons, maps, etc make it ever so expandable. The community will always have some innovative way to modify it. Look at 'WoP'! Amazing!
In the end, I can only make a request. Please start selling Q3A: Gold Edition CDs again.
Over & out!
Would someone really so smart please take proper control of Windows 7's development?
That would be of greatest help!
Its 'Gandhi' ... not 'Ghandi'!
Now Oracle looks more future proof and well-placed than IBM, et al, in offering enterprise and end-to-end solutions to new markets for new apps. IBM will sooner or later realize that its legacy business won't hold too much value in the future and in the emerging markets.
I just hope that they let the R&D at Sun continue as it is and not bog it down by mundane bureaucracy or senseless big corporate culture.
So does that mean future AI research journals would be interpersed with 'Penis Enlargement' and 'Cialis' ads?
Hmm ... I see where this is heading.
Are you referring to the CPU heatsink fan thats attached to the LED array in the article or to an actual installation of an LED array with fan?
In real world deployments, AFAIK, the LED array is actually fitted with a big heatsink and not a fan. That is sufficient to keep it within the limits of operating temperature. In places with low temperatures, even thats not required and installation is fairly trivial. Moreover, because of the relatively low power consumption, it won't dissipate so much heat as to blow itself up.
I guess one of the reasons Portland, Oregon went after it in such a big way is because the climate there suited the operation of LED lamps without raising too much temperature of the unit itself. Look at the operational savings they made!
Also, I think that the lamp shown in the article is not the exact one used at traffic signals atleast. They are different and use bigger LEDs, which are spaced on a larger array and have different energy ratings.