Old games rock. Besides my Xmame addiction I own an original 1983 Star Trek:Stratigic Operations Simulator sit down arcade game in very good condition.
Even though I have the ROMs in MAME (which I can say I legally own without a wink wink nudge nudge) there is nothing that compares to sitting in the game with it's large color vector display, kick ass sound, and hearing Mr. Spock say "Welcome aboard, Captain". Best eighty bucks I ever spent.
1)I don't know what worries me more - participating means The Man can keep a DB of everyone I come into contact with.... but if I don't participate that means someone may figure out a way to spoof my identity.
2)On the plus side, if I do take a free email account, any unsolicited spam-scams can be reported to the Postmaster General and would be a felony.
First off, for those who have a dual boot set up to play Windoze games, this is a great chance to purge MS from our systems. A Windows compatable operating system is not completely without merit... here's a chance to write an OS that doesn't crash 2 or 3 times a day, and have REAL protected memory so crashes only happen at the application level. Giving control of more processes to the user would be nice. The fact that it's free will piss off M$ - how can you not smile thinking about that? Wine benifits from the technology, so another plus there.
Can they build this thing and have it done before Windows Millenium is an antique?
My one real reservation is the legal hammer of M$ coming down on this project and crushing Wine is the process.
I'm sorry you heart is so full of hate. God bless you anyway!:-)
OK, maybe I'm tweaking your nose a bit, flame on - before you call me a pinko and try to out-conservitive me, consider that if 70 million people do something that is at odds with the government, under OUR form of government (the United States since you're from Rio Linden), it means the current law is wrong. That's democracy.
Ask the Napster users of this site, and they will tell you they are using the music they download in accordance with "Fair Use", a clause in the copyright code which gives them a legal claim that will soon get it's day in court. That's different from being a thief. It's having a view of copyright that is at odds with the RIAA's narrow interpretation. So don't call me a thief or a communist. I am niether.
I don't think God has ever expressed a viewpoint on copyright, so don't go there. This is about law, not theology.
The 2d animation was decent, although I suspect rotoscoped, but the 3d was uneven in quality. Some of the 3d looked good (the 3d spacesuits with 2d characters, the opening of the film...) and then there were shots that wouldn't even make it in low budget TV. In terms of story, Titan A.E. was middle of the road. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable either. Sad, because the opening minutes of the film were really good. The beginning set a nice tension and had some nice emotional resonance without being over the top. Then it would seem everybody quit their jobs and another group made the rest of the movie. This movie is structured like and looks like Dragon's Lair or Space Ace. I kept hearing little "beep" sounds in my head where I could imagine the player making joystick moves. The scene with the hydrogen air bags, the joyride where Matt Damon's character flies the spaceship, and many other scenes have the "camera" fly around just like Bluth's videogames. I think one of the reasons I find this movie so disapointing is because there was so much potential. An American animated movie done ala Anime. If only Don Bluth had the courage to follow through. Go watch Iron Giant, Don. Story counts.
Because the blue has a lifespan of 1000 hours. The article mentions the first place you'll see this marketed is cell phones, which get about 200 hours use per year on the average, so you'd get five years before the display begins to foul. 1000 hours isn't much time for a TV. So the technology needs time to mature before you see it used in permanent displays.
I would have gone to this if I had known about it in advance. Unfortunately, I find most of my timely Linux news come from only one Website - this one right here.
How about having a Slashdot area for announcing such community events?
We're worried about frequency because our computers are going to have wireless connections to the internet instead of using the telephone. My Phone isn't going to use phone lines, it's going to be on the internet. My TV isn't going to be on cable anymore, it's going to be on phone lines. The appliances in my kitchen are all going to be part of a smart house and talk to my computer and it's hooked up to my cell phone (?) and where the hell am I now? Oh, talking to the internet. So now all the crap in my house can get random e-mails with.VBS script attachments.
Working in a Micro$oft-only shop I have found the reason MS dominates boils down to this: the people at the top who write the big checks have heard of Micro$oft. They go with what they know. Most people can name a better web development tool than Frontpage, but it's the standard because it's a MS product. Everyone know what a liabilty Outlook has become, but it's MS so CEOs know it. Ditto for Office, IIS, IE, Access, and so on.
But...
CEOs of organizations often times are not hands-on with computers. A switchover to another OS is relatively painless for them on a personal level and has more to do with cost. How many hours will it take to switch processes to a different platform? It's a matter of raising the awareness CEOs have of Linux that will get more enterprises to adopt it over MS. MS has made some very negative headlines in the past year and that doesn't hurt our cause either.
...bear in mind that Indians rarely seeing things through the same eyes as Westerners. No one can guess what's going through an Indian mind but an Indian (or a Pakistani, since whatever you put between them - religion, politics - they are and always will be the same people).
On the face of it, you're right. But then again, it's not diffucult to understand the fear that fuels an arms race because the USA has been there. It's not difficult to understand the fear of disappearing in a flash of light because lived with it. And given the fact that India and Pakistan are next to each other, the situation stands to be a great deal more of a flashpoint scenario. If there is a nuclear confrontation, it will be more like the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was the idea of having Soviet weapons 90 miles off of our shores that pushed us to the edge. Now, here are these countries sharing borders. They are and always will be the same people is a nice thought, but the truth is for whatever reason they don't trust each other.
No, I respectfully disagree. I think on this one I can put myself in their shoes.
I would not be at all surprised to see Pakistan make a similar statement within the next year (Although I doubt their economy is in good enough shape to handle the strain of a serious space program)
Well, a nuclear arms race is a funny thing. There are no points for second place. India and Pakistan will both be driven to have the larger stockpile. National security will be the first concern. If some people don't eat, well, that's nothing new (sarcasm). But both countries want to know they will never have to fear the other again. And both countries look north - oh look! China is rattling it's sabers! After China invades Taiwan they may have an appetite for another neighbor or two.
Sending a successful lunar mission is, in comparison, much more affordable and less provocative. It sends all of the right messages to their perceived enemies.
It's history repeating itself. If you consider the political climate in India and the cold war they are caught in with Pakistan, the situation closely mirrors the one between the US and USSR in the late 60's. India has detonated it's first H-bomb in the past two years, and Pakistan still reserves the right to do the same. Both countries are scared of China, which is also engaged in an effort to build a nuclear arsenal. That region of the world is de-stabilizing. India needs to show they are technologically superior. Given the right incentive, you may see the Indian government get on board with this moon mission.
Matt Drudge would not fit JonKatx definition of "open sou.. opps.. open media". Matt Drudge decides what will be on his web page, and does not actively seak the contributions of his readers. He is the writer and editor. Slashdot works using a system of open contribution, editors, moderators, and trolls.
With the number of parody sites PETA runs I can't see how they have any room to complain about the tables being turned. Especially when they operate a site like Voguesucks.com
Fight it Peta.org! Appeal. Most important, try to get Etoy.com to help you out!
Sorry, that would have to go to anything by Ralph Bakshi, preferably Lord of the Rings. Actually, Bakshi would also take the stilted dialogue and poor voice direction as well. But he wouldn't use CGI. He has standards.:)
How will the academy split hairs when digital distribution of films is the norm? We've already seen numerous digital releases in some theaters (Phantom Menace, Titan A.E.)George Lucas's goal is to do away with film prints (they self-destruct, break in the projector, yada yada) while a film on a hard drive is pristine after the 1000th play.
So when the day comes when films aren't films, what will the academy do?
I have NO love for Micro$oft. Linux is my OS of choice. I lurk on Slashdot enough each day my employer would get pissed if they caught on.
"SO?" I hear you say.
Even though I believe in Linux I think Micro$oft is entitled to due process. The DOJ is ram-roding this thing to the Supreame Court to resolve this during the current administration. Reno knows if the Republicans win in November Bush stands to appoint three Supreame Court Justices. Reno will also be out on her butt. Microsoft 's best chance is to try and run the clock on the Clinton.
You are thinking "Just another reason to move this along as fast as possible!"
If you want to endorse banana republic justice, then you're right. But the DOJ did not make a good case. That's the real reason they want to avoid the appeals process. As a Slashdot reader, you know how Linux, Unix, and Mac OS get jerked around by MS. How about OEMs? Kerberos. Samba. Come on, sing along. Caldera. Java. Instant Messaging. FUD. Fixed Mindcraft Benchmarking tests.
We know there are real charges to be leveled at Microsoft, and DOJ made a case out of a free web browser. Microsoft deserves to be bitchslapped. But it should be for something real, not something Reno pulled out of her ass.
I also hold the opinion that if there is anybody I trust less inside my CPU than Microsoft it's Uncle Sam. I see the door being opened up, no, make that being thrown wide open to regulation. As open source developers how do you feel about the concept of US government controls on Linux code? How do you feel about it over there in Finland?
Maybe it would be fun to see Microsoft get carved into little pieces, but we need to be careful what we wish for.
Slashdot Mirror
I give the New York Times Article the JonKatz award for achievements in verbose writing.
According to this Yahoo story both Reform Party conventions rejected the national mail-in and Internet vote, claiming election fraud.
Old games rock. Besides my Xmame addiction I own an original 1983 Star Trek:Stratigic Operations Simulator sit down arcade game in very good condition.
Even though I have the ROMs in MAME (which I can say I legally own without a wink wink nudge nudge) there is nothing that compares to sitting in the game with it's large color vector display, kick ass sound, and hearing Mr. Spock say "Welcome aboard, Captain". Best eighty bucks I ever spent.
1)I don't know what worries me more - participating means The Man can keep a DB of everyone I come into contact with.... but if I don't participate that means someone may figure out a way to spoof my identity.
2)On the plus side, if I do take a free email account, any unsolicited spam-scams can be reported to the Postmaster General and would be a felony.
First off, for those who have a dual boot set up to play Windoze games, this is a great chance to purge MS from our systems. A Windows compatable operating system is not completely without merit... here's a chance to write an OS that doesn't crash 2 or 3 times a day, and have REAL protected memory so crashes only happen at the application level. Giving control of more processes to the user would be nice. The fact that it's free will piss off M$ - how can you not smile thinking about that? Wine benifits from the technology, so another plus there.
Can they build this thing and have it done before Windows Millenium is an antique?
My one real reservation is the legal hammer of M$ coming down on this project and crushing Wine is the process.
...the first program somebody is going to write for it will be an on-screen keyboard.
I'm sorry you heart is so full of hate. God bless you anyway! :-)
OK, maybe I'm tweaking your nose a bit, flame on - before you call me a pinko and try to out-conservitive me, consider that if 70 million people do something that is at odds with the government, under OUR form of government (the United States since you're from Rio Linden), it means the current law is wrong. That's democracy.
Ask the Napster users of this site, and they will tell you they are using the music they download in accordance with "Fair Use", a clause in the copyright code which gives them a legal claim that will soon get it's day in court. That's different from being a thief. It's having a view of copyright that is at odds with the RIAA's narrow interpretation. So don't call me a thief or a communist. I am niether.
I don't think God has ever expressed a viewpoint on copyright, so don't go there. This is about law, not theology.
The 2d animation was decent, although I suspect rotoscoped, but the 3d was uneven in quality. Some of the 3d looked good (the 3d spacesuits with 2d characters, the opening of the film...) and then there were shots that wouldn't even make it in low budget TV. In terms of story, Titan A.E. was middle of the road. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable either. Sad, because the opening minutes of the film were really good. The beginning set a nice tension and had some nice emotional resonance without being over the top. Then it would seem everybody quit their jobs and another group made the rest of the movie. This movie is structured like and looks like Dragon's Lair or Space Ace. I kept hearing little "beep" sounds in my head where I could imagine the player making joystick moves. The scene with the hydrogen air bags, the joyride where Matt Damon's character flies the spaceship, and many other scenes have the "camera" fly around just like Bluth's videogames. I think one of the reasons I find this movie so disapointing is because there was so much potential. An American animated movie done ala Anime. If only Don Bluth had the courage to follow through. Go watch Iron Giant, Don. Story counts.
Because the blue has a lifespan of 1000 hours. The article mentions the first place you'll see this marketed is cell phones, which get about 200 hours use per year on the average, so you'd get five years before the display begins to foul. 1000 hours isn't much time for a TV. So the technology needs time to mature before you see it used in permanent displays.
I would have gone to this if I had known about it in advance. Unfortunately, I find most of my timely Linux news come from only one Website - this one right here.
How about having a Slashdot area for announcing such community events?
... 'cause those chat programs are the tool of the devil. >:)
We're worried about frequency because our computers are going to have wireless connections to the internet instead of using the telephone. My Phone isn't going to use phone lines, it's going to be on the internet. My TV isn't going to be on cable anymore, it's going to be on phone lines. The appliances in my kitchen are all going to be part of a smart house and talk to my computer and it's hooked up to my cell phone (?) and where the hell am I now? Oh, talking to the internet. So now all the crap in my house can get random e-mails with .VBS script attachments.
I don't think there's enough bandwidth.
Working in a Micro$oft-only shop I have found the reason MS dominates boils down to this: the people at the top who write the big checks have heard of Micro$oft. They go with what they know. Most people can name a better web development tool than Frontpage, but it's the standard because it's a MS product. Everyone know what a liabilty Outlook has become, but it's MS so CEOs know it. Ditto for Office, IIS, IE, Access, and so on.
But...
CEOs of organizations often times are not hands-on with computers. A switchover to another OS is relatively painless for them on a personal level and has more to do with cost. How many hours will it take to switch processes to a different platform?
It's a matter of raising the awareness CEOs have of Linux that will get more enterprises to adopt it over MS. MS has made some very negative headlines in the past year and that doesn't hurt our cause either.
On the face of it, you're right. But then again, it's not diffucult to understand the fear that fuels an arms race because the USA has been there. It's not difficult to understand the fear of disappearing in a flash of light because lived with it. And given the fact that India and Pakistan are next to each other, the situation stands to be a great deal more of a flashpoint scenario. If there is a nuclear confrontation, it will be more like the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was the idea of having Soviet weapons 90 miles off of our shores that pushed us to the edge. Now, here are these countries sharing borders. They are and always will be the same people is a nice thought, but the truth is for whatever reason they don't trust each other.
No, I respectfully disagree. I think on this one I can put myself in their shoes.
Wouldn't it be great if somebody sued the American Bar Association for allowing such frivolous lawsuits to choke our legal system?
I would not be at all surprised to see Pakistan make a similar statement within the next year (Although I doubt their economy is in good enough shape to handle the strain of a serious space program)
Well, a nuclear arms race is a funny thing. There are no points for second place. India and Pakistan will both be driven to have the larger stockpile. National security will be the first concern. If some people don't eat, well, that's nothing new (sarcasm). But both countries want to know they will never have to fear the other again. And both countries look north - oh look! China is rattling it's sabers! After China invades Taiwan they may have an appetite for another neighbor or two.
Sending a successful lunar mission is, in comparison, much more affordable and less provocative. It sends all of the right messages to their perceived enemies.
It's history repeating itself. If you consider the political climate in India and the cold war they are caught in with Pakistan, the situation closely mirrors the one between the US and USSR in the late 60's. India has detonated it's first H-bomb in the past two years, and Pakistan still reserves the right to do the same. Both countries are scared of China, which is also engaged in an effort to build a nuclear arsenal. That region of the world is de-stabilizing. India needs to show they are technologically superior. Given the right incentive, you may see the Indian government get on board with this moon mission.
We went to the moon for the very same reasons.
No, It's right there.
Drudgereport.com
Sometimes it hangs when he does an update.
Matt Drudge would not fit JonKatx definition of "open sou.. opps.. open media". Matt Drudge decides what will be on his web page, and does not actively seak the contributions of his readers. He is the writer and editor. Slashdot works using a system of open contribution, editors, moderators, and trolls.
With the number of parody sites PETA runs I can't see how they have any room to complain about the tables being turned. Especially when they operate a site like Voguesucks.com
Fight it Peta.org! Appeal. Most important, try to get Etoy.com to help you out!
"most stubbornly reliant on choppy rotoscoping."
:)
Sorry, that would have to go to anything by Ralph Bakshi, preferably Lord of the Rings. Actually, Bakshi would also take the stilted dialogue and poor voice direction as well. But he wouldn't use CGI. He has standards.
So now I'm free to pursue development of an "open source" 8-Ball!
I'll promote it with the tagline GNU-Eight-Ball - the original Blue Screen of Death
I could use one of those transparent Christmas Tree ornament, some blue dish soap, a D&D die and anti-Microsoft slogans on each die surface....
How will the academy split hairs when digital distribution of films is the norm? We've already seen numerous digital releases in some theaters (Phantom Menace, Titan A.E.)George Lucas's goal is to do away with film prints (they self-destruct, break in the projector, yada yada) while a film on a hard drive is pristine after the 1000th play.
So when the day comes when films aren't films, what will the academy do?
I have NO love for Micro$oft. Linux is my OS of choice. I lurk on Slashdot enough each day my employer would get pissed if they caught on.
"SO?" I hear you say.
Even though I believe in Linux I think Micro$oft is entitled to due process. The DOJ is ram-roding this thing to the Supreame Court to resolve this during the current administration. Reno knows if the Republicans win in November Bush stands to appoint three Supreame Court Justices. Reno will also be out on her butt. Microsoft 's best chance is to try and run the clock on the Clinton.
You are thinking "Just another reason to move this along as fast as possible!"
If you want to endorse banana republic justice, then you're right. But the DOJ did not make a good case. That's the real reason they want to avoid the appeals process. As a Slashdot reader, you know how Linux, Unix, and Mac OS get jerked around by MS. How about OEMs? Kerberos. Samba. Come on, sing along. Caldera. Java. Instant Messaging. FUD. Fixed Mindcraft Benchmarking tests.
We know there are real charges to be leveled at Microsoft, and DOJ made a case out of a free web browser. Microsoft deserves to be bitchslapped. But it should be for something real, not something Reno pulled out of her ass.
I also hold the opinion that if there is anybody I trust less inside my CPU than Microsoft it's Uncle Sam. I see the door being opened up, no, make that being thrown wide open to regulation. As open source developers how do you feel about the concept of US government controls on Linux code? How do you feel about it over there in Finland?
Maybe it would be fun to see Microsoft get carved into little pieces, but we need to be careful what we wish for.
The detection methods would be so easy to fool...
1) Image-maipulation approaches - You might try "inverting" all the colors in the image. The unnatural colors would probably fool the routines.
2)Photographic-approaches - Black and White Photos. Siloettes. Backlighting. Shear clothing. Colored lighing. Odd poses. Image Cropping.
3)Web-authoring approaches - excessive image slicing so many small photos make up a larger image.