If the framerate is jerky then they didn't plan the game properly.
I was going to say "or test it properly", but with the number of glaring bugs I see in games these days I'm starting to think that publishers are taking the sell-it-anyway approach.
It's probably nothing to do with black holes, but one of the pioneers of solid-state lasers was on The Life Scientific this morning. If it's available in your area it's well worth a listen.
Hill starts are quite easy when you get the hang of them: keep one hand on the handbrake (parking brake), and bring the clutch up to the biting point until you feel the car struggle a little against the brake then slowly release the handbrake while you give it a little more throttle.
It's almost exactly the same as pulling away normally except you let the clutch bite a little more before you release the brake. Failing that, you find the owner of the other car and tell them what an inconsiderate tool they've been; either they move or you find yourself unconscious only to wake with the offending vehicle having mysteriously vanished.
There's ample evidence for animal worship by palaeolithic humans. I was specifically thinking of the Celts, but it doesn't seem that far of a stretch for me to assume that humans in general would try to treat their prey well. Humane slaughter formed quite a large part of abrahamic religions still practiced today, but even the oldest branches of those don't stretch back quite as far as flint as far as I know.
If that's not good enough a citation then fine, you win. Now I'm curious how you can justify the ethics of bow hunting just for mere target practice in case civilisation somehow comes to an end. You might as well argue that soldiers should have to practice with longbows in case their guns all decide to fall apart at exactly the same moment.
There's reasons why people practice this form of hunting for a hundred thousand years.
Because they hadn't invented guns yet. Give a subsistence hunter a choice between a bow and a rifle with free ammo and see what they choose. Even back when people were hunting with bits of flint on the end of sticks they cared about reducing the suffering of what they killed; that's to say nothing of wanting a more reliable means to bring down one's next meal.
You might think it's a good idea to kick everyone who comes up with a terrible idea out of society, but it really isn't.
I didn't say anything about kicking her out of society, but having someone who can seriously suggest such an idea shouldn't be in a position to give an ostensibly reasoned opinion on ethics and, due to their position, have it given weight by others.
In the UK we have "whole life sentences". These are used very sparingly and were recently the target of an EU challenge on human rights grounds; the challenge was unsuccessful, but at least they are very rare.
Cloakroom attendants are used to seeing human waste, that doesn't mean I do my business on the floor. Firefighters sometimes come across charred bodies, but that's no reason not to take basic precautions against fires.
More likely in my opinion is that "reduced" will mean "less than everyone else's when we put the prices up". Did average premiums go down when seatbelts became prevalent? What about ABS or any of the other safety features that are now so widespread?
I'm not worried about this actually happening. It'd be shot down by the ECHR and at best would just give the Telegraph another reason to complain about them.
I'm more concerned that someone who calls themself a doctor could even concieve of such a thing; I'm going to have to assume that Ms Roache isn't that kind of doctor, otherwise I'm in danger of losing any lingering faith I have in the innate goodness of Man.
Is it really necessary to scan every face? I'm no expert when it comes to Rubix cubes (I've only ever managed two sides on mine), but isn't a cube similar to a dice where you can look at one side and infer what state the opposite face is in? When the previous machine was heralded here on/. I recall that the Mindstorms robot only looked at 3(?) of the faces. That seems like a while ago so there's a good chance I'm mistaken about that.
And yet, despite having returned no MPs whatever they're treat as though they deserve equal news coverage. I can see why the tabloids like to keep them around - they're good for a laugh and that sells papers - but the BBC shouldn't even give them the time of day. Unfortunately, because they're given credence people seem to think they're credible.
I use a press but I have a big problem with it: they're all apparently made of thin glass. This means that, by the time the coffee is brewed, it's almost cold. Thankfully I had an old tea cosy around, but now I'm pestered by people asking why I have an ugly hat standing on my desk.
Talk about first world problems. What I'd really like to see is a coffee pot that's made of, well... pot.
Somewhat sadly neglected, my Risc PC now gathers dust in a damp garage, but it made me the aspiring-to-efficiency programmer I am today.
And mine turned me into the vitriolic why-the-fuck-doesn't-this-modern-crap-work-as-well-as-that-twenty-year-old-Acorn-in-the-loft?! bastard I am today.
...it became became the new Acorn Archimedes computer which was used by the British Schools to teach kids how to write computer programmes.
Speaking as someone who was brought up with BBC Micros, pointy little A3000s and a single majestic "don't you dare touch that" RiscPC, this turned out not to be the case in many schools. Certainly there were often computers aplenty, some running quite good educational programmes but most didn't have anything in the way of programming tools, especially the ones with RiscOS. The Micros were much better as anything you wanted to do on them started with a command line (only a kick in the backside away from learning BASIC) but the later models didn't include any development tools whatever unless you count the hidden command line...
...a command line that was so rarely needed they hid it. Acorn were ahead of their time in so many ways; it's a shame they didn't manage to do better outside the UK.
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If the framerate is jerky then they didn't plan the game properly.
I was going to say "or test it properly", but with the number of glaring bugs I see in games these days I'm starting to think that publishers are taking the sell-it-anyway approach.
Why would you need a teacher for the next generation when there aren't any women around to need a hairdresser?
I have actually been thinking recently about homebrew vacuum tubes.
Do triodes count?
Oops. Fat mod fingers.
Peter Molyneux making sweeping overstatements? Say it isn't so!
It's probably nothing to do with black holes, but one of the pioneers of solid-state lasers was on The Life Scientific this morning. If it's available in your area it's well worth a listen.
The Hobbit isn't too bad if you skip all that interminable singing.
Hill starts are quite easy when you get the hang of them: keep one hand on the handbrake (parking brake), and bring the clutch up to the biting point until you feel the car struggle a little against the brake then slowly release the handbrake while you give it a little more throttle.
It's almost exactly the same as pulling away normally except you let the clutch bite a little more before you release the brake. Failing that, you find the owner of the other car and tell them what an inconsiderate tool they've been; either they move or you find yourself unconscious only to wake with the offending vehicle having mysteriously vanished.
There's ample evidence for animal worship by palaeolithic humans. I was specifically thinking of the Celts, but it doesn't seem that far of a stretch for me to assume that humans in general would try to treat their prey well. Humane slaughter formed quite a large part of abrahamic religions still practiced today, but even the oldest branches of those don't stretch back quite as far as flint as far as I know.
If that's not good enough a citation then fine, you win. Now I'm curious how you can justify the ethics of bow hunting just for mere target practice in case civilisation somehow comes to an end. You might as well argue that soldiers should have to practice with longbows in case their guns all decide to fall apart at exactly the same moment.
There's reasons why people practice this form of hunting for a hundred thousand years.
Because they hadn't invented guns yet. Give a subsistence hunter a choice between a bow and a rifle with free ammo and see what they choose. Even back when people were hunting with bits of flint on the end of sticks they cared about reducing the suffering of what they killed; that's to say nothing of wanting a more reliable means to bring down one's next meal.
You might think it's a good idea to kick everyone who comes up with a terrible idea out of society, but it really isn't.
I didn't say anything about kicking her out of society, but having someone who can seriously suggest such an idea shouldn't be in a position to give an ostensibly reasoned opinion on ethics and, due to their position, have it given weight by others.
In the UK we have "whole life sentences". These are used very sparingly and were recently the target of an EU challenge on human rights grounds; the challenge was unsuccessful, but at least they are very rare.
Also an episode on Trek. "Hard Time" was the title I think; it was one of the many episodes where O'Brien was the whipping boy.
However, she is an associate editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics,
But hopefully not for too much longer.
Cloakroom attendants are used to seeing human waste, that doesn't mean I do my business on the floor. Firefighters sometimes come across charred bodies, but that's no reason not to take basic precautions against fires.
More likely in my opinion is that "reduced" will mean "less than everyone else's when we put the prices up". Did average premiums go down when seatbelts became prevalent? What about ABS or any of the other safety features that are now so widespread?
I'm not worried about this actually happening. It'd be shot down by the ECHR and at best would just give the Telegraph another reason to complain about them.
I'm more concerned that someone who calls themself a doctor could even concieve of such a thing; I'm going to have to assume that Ms Roache isn't that kind of doctor, otherwise I'm in danger of losing any lingering faith I have in the innate goodness of Man.
Is it really necessary to scan every face? I'm no expert when it comes to Rubix cubes (I've only ever managed two sides on mine), but isn't a cube similar to a dice where you can look at one side and infer what state the opposite face is in? When the previous machine was heralded here on /. I recall that the Mindstorms robot only looked at 3(?) of the faces. That seems like a while ago so there's a good chance I'm mistaken about that.
And yet, despite having returned no MPs whatever they're treat as though they deserve equal news coverage. I can see why the tabloids like to keep them around - they're good for a laugh and that sells papers - but the BBC shouldn't even give them the time of day. Unfortunately, because they're given credence people seem to think they're credible.
Don't go there. It's not about politics it's about money.
You say that as though there was a difference.
I use a press but I have a big problem with it: they're all apparently made of thin glass. This means that, by the time the coffee is brewed, it's almost cold. Thankfully I had an old tea cosy around, but now I'm pestered by people asking why I have an ugly hat standing on my desk.
Talk about first world problems. What I'd really like to see is a coffee pot that's made of, well... pot.
You mean 063?
Better to use it in chopsticks if you ask me.
Tea is a symbol of the imperialist British empire.
That must be why it's so popular in Ireland.
Somewhat sadly neglected, my Risc PC now gathers dust in a damp garage, but it made me the aspiring-to-efficiency programmer I am today.
And mine turned me into the vitriolic why-the-fuck-doesn't-this-modern-crap-work-as-well-as-that-twenty-year-old-Acorn-in-the-loft?! bastard I am today.
Horses for courses, eh?
...it became became the new Acorn Archimedes computer which was used by the British Schools to teach kids how to write computer programmes.
Speaking as someone who was brought up with BBC Micros, pointy little A3000s and a single majestic "don't you dare touch that" RiscPC, this turned out not to be the case in many schools. Certainly there were often computers aplenty, some running quite good educational programmes but most didn't have anything in the way of programming tools, especially the ones with RiscOS. The Micros were much better as anything you wanted to do on them started with a command line (only a kick in the backside away from learning BASIC) but the later models didn't include any development tools whatever unless you count the hidden command line...
...a command line that was so rarely needed they hid it. Acorn were ahead of their time in so many ways; it's a shame they didn't manage to do better outside the UK.