Actually, the main use is interpolation. I mean, cartoon animated games have been around for a long time, as have vector, and vector games always look more smooth. Interpolating when everything is vertices and points is easy as heck. So, unless you're working in full 3d (which assumes we're talking full boxen here, which isn't necessary - think palm, or cheapie, or disposable)... plus, as suggested in a previous post - vector based graphics could be linked to a laser projection system, which could be entertaining.
Except that Illustrator is a pretty generic term for the function of the program. I mean, if I wrote a word processor that was called "Pxtl Word Processor", then some other guy wrote "K-Word Processor" one has to wonder - well, they're just word processors aren't they? I mean, ford can't sue GM for making vehicles that they happen to call SUV's, 'cause SUV is a generic term.
So, the question is, is Illustrator a generic term for the function of the program (like word processor or SUV) or is it different enough from the generic names of the product that makes it a unique, trademarkable name?
For another example, if it weren't for the / - I figure the name OS/2 would've never stood up in court against a similar name - Operating System/2 is pretty darn generic - its not a name, its a classification and an iteration.
I know this is a troll - but A) I know some l33t h4x0r chix0r's, and while none of them are swimsuit calendar material, they aren't obese either. And if they are obese, they still deserve a promotion if their qualified for it.
Hell, there are enough movies where Americans can't even do american accents. How many movies have you seen where someone tried to pull off a southern gentleman very, very badly?
Speaking of Keanu, how about the Devil's Advocate? Or Nick Cage in Con Air?
Hurley is too tall and slender. Jolie's got less of a lankey build. Besides, they needed Jolie's lips. That's what kept it looking more like Croft.
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Um, dude, this shit is safer then a normal explosive. This stuff is well known data their working with. The only reason the sun is a self-perpetuating reactor is that its so damn big that its got enough pressure and heat. Earth doesnt. So, no sun. Jupiter isn't big enough to start fusion. Dude, have you looked at mass info? You may or may not have noticed, there aren't any stars that small. Smallest stars still have 80x Jupiter mass.
Oh, and the black hole thing? Read your physics. Black holes radiate matter and antimatter off their event horizons, losing mass. Small black holes don't survive, as they aren't physically strong enough to pull mass up to the event horizon before they burn out. Hawking figured it all out. Still, this stuff is much less for certain. Still, the fusion sht is fact.
Well, the Americans found out that the space shuttle also costs more to launch then a rocket. The difference is that NASA is too stupid to accept it, as the shuttle has become such a symbol. Disposable rockets like the Ariane are much cheaper for the simple satellite and probe deployment missions that most launches are.
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While that was also the day I realized Trek sucked, because they took a Dyson sphere and made it into a little 1-episode filler thing with a neat guest star. I hate in when writers read about some cute little concept, say oooooh, lets make an episode about that, and then not follow through with the research. The Dyson sphere would probably have enough surface area to remap every inhabited planet in the Federation and beyond onto its surface. I remember someone saying that the size of the earth to the sun is like a single pea 80 feet from a 3 foot beach ball. Imagine replacing that pea with an 160-foot sphere, and you can realize the scale of this thing.
And they made it a little side trip. Those bastards.
Dude, umm, there's more then just modern games. Most non-3d games are fixed gui size anyways (like StarCraft, Diablo) and besides, I like to keep my FPS as high as possible, and don't usually see much different between 800x600 and higher res's for 3d gameplay. For one thing, my home lan is all old boxen except for one or two l33ter machines, so older games, which don't support higher rez's, are often preferable.
Heheh, I remember stories of the OAC (grade 13) computer programming teacher at my highschool. Apparently, she was hired cause of prior work at Microsoft.... as a secretary. Or so the rumour ran.
The course was in VB. She was given an nice, easy-to-understand course outline and manuals. Still, when it came time to work, she was clueless as could be. My favourite example was when a student asked how to work with "random files" - being a file type in VB. She replied that you should think of dice, how they can be any number and you don't know what. Of course, random files referred to random access, as in non-sequential, not random behavior, in that you could access any line of the file by its line number instead of reading the whole file into memory, like a primitive database. This was an entire unit of the course, and she didn't even have the faintest inkling of what it was about. Most people just pasted a few widgets together and didn't even bother coding the back end, and she passed them 'cause it looked right.
I'm more worried about the porn distributors finding out who I am then the government and psycho organizations. I mean, do you really want that industry, who is responsible for a huge percentage of net spam, to have access to your meatspace identity? From your name could come your mailing address and your phone number.
Well, while it is not with the late Adams' approval, I believe there is a bar in Montreal called Zaphod Beeblebrox's, and of course they serve a drink they'd like to call the pan-galactic gargle-blaster. It is simply a shot from every bottle of hard liquor on the shelf poured into a very tall glass.
Personally, I figure a pan-galactic gargle blaster is pure ethyl alcohol with LSD and a thimbleful of pear-flavouring.
I'm more interested in how to make a martimmy anyways.
I think the real thing this shows is how much non-understanding there is of geek mentality. If this kid was a destructive little brat, then he would've been used to such threats. The fact that he committed suicide from one suspension and one threat means that this kid was really unused to that sort of punishment. To me, that means he was good enough not to get caught, never had experience with a strong disciplinary force before, or had never really done anything to hurt anyone. I think the first two aren't likely, 'cause the kid's not old enough to be that clever, but old enough to have had to deal with authority....
Young geeks are generally good kids I've seen.... they just like to tinker... and all this fud about evil little 15 year old haxxor's has got people treating them like dangerous criminals. I think that the people who adminstered the discipline thought they were dealing with a maniacal little genious, not some frightened little boy who just wanted to see how well protected the schools computers were, probably so that he could play video games or waste time on them.
I keep thinking about my school childhood at that age, 6 years ago, where getting the shit beaten out of me got the bullies' a 3 day suspension at the very most. Nice to know that the repeated mashing of my face was worth less then some software.
So many people bitch out the music... when you think about it, a full orchestra isn't realistic either. Jousting took place before symphonies, sorry. Nobody bitched about Gladiator's symphonic soundtrack, did they? Well the time-distance between gladiators and symphonies is more then it is between classic rock and jousting. It makes as much sense as anything.
I dunno, if they distance you from it and make it perverse enough, even the darkly depressing can be funny. Play Paranoia to see that. Your worst enemies are your teammates, the whole world is out to get you, and your likely to die at least 2 times over the course of the adventure. Still, its the funniest game I've ever played, its just got a very morbid sense of humor.
I think first we've got to define art before we make a bot that makes it. A urinal with the words H.R. Mutt written on it is the defining point in one era of art, but most people just call it stupid.
So? WinZip was just ripping off pkWare. I don't believe they deserve any special protection. On the other hand, there are a long list of compression and decompression programs, lets not forget the rar series, that usually can handle zips and cabs, and if windows includes built-in codecs for them too it could do some serious damage to the market.
Because some of us are not all confident that ipv6 is the savior, messiah, and kwizatz-haderach that some people seem to think it is. Tricks like this use existing protocols and improve on them. IPV6 is too new and risky, we don't know about the possible security and privacy issues very well.
Because its "EXTRREEEEEEMMMEE!!!"..... I'm sorry, I can't take anything that uses that word seriously. I keep thinking of announcers in monster truck rallies. Amazing that they can use such a term for something as mundane as programming with a partner.
Not just that, but M$ doesn't actually make money anyways. Here's an old (1999) article on that. They're one of the many companies living on their overinflated market value. Does anyone know if this "redhat's breaking even" refers to their market value, or their actual revenue and profit. And yes, I realise how closely tied those are, and how difficult to seperate. While the modern business system seems to focus on overinflating ones own stock, not on actually contributing to the economy as anything other than a horse to bet on.
Umm, remember that article with the script (perl I think) that was the shortest implementation of DeCSS possible? Could this be used to make an even shorter one? Except that I believe that the mathematical algorithm for finding primes is a bitch, so it might be a longer program just to find the prime number without writing the whole damn thing out. Idunno, just a thought. I'm not a math major.
Umm, this things good enough for first person shooters. It can handle Doom/Duke3d style hybrid 3d/2d engines for one thing. Personally, my favourite feature is the fact that you can plug 4 of them into a gamecube and use that as a server, needing only one cartridge (a feature that I've always wanted in multi-console connecting). Finally you don't need all the kids to play the same damn game to get them together.
Not just that, but it offers some new possibilities. For one thing, a lan party you can fit in a brief-case (I hope you don't need to plug the cube into the TV). Just plug the cube into a wall-socket and plug in the boys into that. It even gets away from the annoying problem of being able to see your opponents screen, which cripples a lot of gameplay. Multplayer reak-time strategy games can finally come to console-parties!
Still all that, but its only got 4 freaking buttons! And that's only if you count the select and start! I'm sorry, while the dual shock monstrosity of 4 pads and 10 buttons isn't quite needed, they need better then that. I was hoping for a configuration like the one on the SNES (ABXY, LR, sel/strt). Only 2 player used buttons seriously limits gameplay.
Well, it was released on super-mario allstars with snes-level graphics, if you remember. Very nicely done too.... Hmm, if sega's getting out of the console industry, I hope they can get some genesis titles too, like Sonic and the Megaman - Wily Wars remake (Meg 1-3 with new gfx and sound).
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Actually, the main use is interpolation. I mean, cartoon animated games have been around for a long time, as have vector, and vector games always look more smooth. Interpolating when everything is vertices and points is easy as heck. So, unless you're working in full 3d (which assumes we're talking full boxen here, which isn't necessary - think palm, or cheapie, or disposable)... plus, as suggested in a previous post - vector based graphics could be linked to a laser projection system, which could be entertaining.
Except that Illustrator is a pretty generic term for the function of the program. I mean, if I wrote a word processor that was called "Pxtl Word Processor", then some other guy wrote "K-Word Processor" one has to wonder - well, they're just word processors aren't they? I mean, ford can't sue GM for making vehicles that they happen to call SUV's, 'cause SUV is a generic term. So, the question is, is Illustrator a generic term for the function of the program (like word processor or SUV) or is it different enough from the generic names of the product that makes it a unique, trademarkable name? For another example, if it weren't for the / - I figure the name OS/2 would've never stood up in court against a similar name - Operating System /2 is pretty darn generic - its not a name, its a classification and an iteration.
So, the same exists with photography, and I know a lot of people who would kick your ass if you suggested that photography is not fine art.
I know this is a troll - but A) I know some l33t h4x0r chix0r's, and while none of them are swimsuit calendar material, they aren't obese either. And if they are obese, they still deserve a promotion if their qualified for it.
Hell, there are enough movies where Americans can't even do american accents. How many movies have you seen where someone tried to pull off a southern gentleman very, very badly?
Speaking of Keanu, how about the Devil's Advocate? Or Nick Cage in Con Air?
And Will Smith has never even seen the 'hood.
Hurley is too tall and slender. Jolie's got less of a lankey build. Besides, they needed Jolie's lips. That's what kept it looking more like Croft.
Um, dude, this shit is safer then a normal explosive. This stuff is well known data their working with. The only reason the sun is a self-perpetuating reactor is that its so damn big that its got enough pressure and heat. Earth doesnt. So, no sun. Jupiter isn't big enough to start fusion. Dude, have you looked at mass info? You may or may not have noticed, there aren't any stars that small. Smallest stars still have 80x Jupiter mass.
Oh, and the black hole thing? Read your physics. Black holes radiate matter and antimatter off their event horizons, losing mass. Small black holes don't survive, as they aren't physically strong enough to pull mass up to the event horizon before they burn out. Hawking figured it all out. Still, this stuff is much less for certain. Still, the fusion sht is fact.
Well, the Americans found out that the space shuttle also costs more to launch then a rocket. The difference is that NASA is too stupid to accept it, as the shuttle has become such a symbol. Disposable rockets like the Ariane are much cheaper for the simple satellite and probe deployment missions that most launches are.
While that was also the day I realized Trek sucked, because they took a Dyson sphere and made it into a little 1-episode filler thing with a neat guest star. I hate in when writers read about some cute little concept, say oooooh, lets make an episode about that, and then not follow through with the research. The Dyson sphere would probably have enough surface area to remap every inhabited planet in the Federation and beyond onto its surface. I remember someone saying that the size of the earth to the sun is like a single pea 80 feet from a 3 foot beach ball. Imagine replacing that pea with an 160-foot sphere, and you can realize the scale of this thing.
And they made it a little side trip. Those bastards.
Dude, umm, there's more then just modern games. Most non-3d games are fixed gui size anyways (like StarCraft, Diablo) and besides, I like to keep my FPS as high as possible, and don't usually see much different between 800x600 and higher res's for 3d gameplay. For one thing, my home lan is all old boxen except for one or two l33ter machines, so older games, which don't support higher rez's, are often preferable.
Heheh, I remember stories of the OAC (grade 13) computer programming teacher at my highschool. Apparently, she was hired cause of prior work at Microsoft.... as a secretary. Or so the rumour ran. The course was in VB. She was given an nice, easy-to-understand course outline and manuals. Still, when it came time to work, she was clueless as could be. My favourite example was when a student asked how to work with "random files" - being a file type in VB. She replied that you should think of dice, how they can be any number and you don't know what. Of course, random files referred to random access, as in non-sequential, not random behavior, in that you could access any line of the file by its line number instead of reading the whole file into memory, like a primitive database. This was an entire unit of the course, and she didn't even have the faintest inkling of what it was about. Most people just pasted a few widgets together and didn't even bother coding the back end, and she passed them 'cause it looked right.
I'm more worried about the porn distributors finding out who I am then the government and psycho organizations. I mean, do you really want that industry, who is responsible for a huge percentage of net spam, to have access to your meatspace identity? From your name could come your mailing address and your phone number.
Well, while it is not with the late Adams' approval, I believe there is a bar in Montreal called Zaphod Beeblebrox's, and of course they serve a drink they'd like to call the pan-galactic gargle-blaster. It is simply a shot from every bottle of hard liquor on the shelf poured into a very tall glass. Personally, I figure a pan-galactic gargle blaster is pure ethyl alcohol with LSD and a thimbleful of pear-flavouring. I'm more interested in how to make a martimmy anyways.
I think the real thing this shows is how much non-understanding there is of geek mentality. If this kid was a destructive little brat, then he would've been used to such threats. The fact that he committed suicide from one suspension and one threat means that this kid was really unused to that sort of punishment. To me, that means he was good enough not to get caught, never had experience with a strong disciplinary force before, or had never really done anything to hurt anyone. I think the first two aren't likely, 'cause the kid's not old enough to be that clever, but old enough to have had to deal with authority....
Young geeks are generally good kids I've seen.... they just like to tinker... and all this fud about evil little 15 year old haxxor's has got people treating them like dangerous criminals. I think that the people who adminstered the discipline thought they were dealing with a maniacal little genious, not some frightened little boy who just wanted to see how well protected the schools computers were, probably so that he could play video games or waste time on them.
I keep thinking about my school childhood at that age, 6 years ago, where getting the shit beaten out of me got the bullies' a 3 day suspension at the very most. Nice to know that the repeated mashing of my face was worth less then some software.
So many people bitch out the music... when you think about it, a full orchestra isn't realistic either. Jousting took place before symphonies, sorry. Nobody bitched about Gladiator's symphonic soundtrack, did they? Well the time-distance between gladiators and symphonies is more then it is between classic rock and jousting. It makes as much sense as anything.
I dunno, if they distance you from it and make it perverse enough, even the darkly depressing can be funny. Play Paranoia to see that. Your worst enemies are your teammates, the whole world is out to get you, and your likely to die at least 2 times over the course of the adventure. Still, its the funniest game I've ever played, its just got a very morbid sense of humor.
I think first we've got to define art before we make a bot that makes it. A urinal with the words H.R. Mutt written on it is the defining point in one era of art, but most people just call it stupid.
So? WinZip was just ripping off pkWare. I don't believe they deserve any special protection. On the other hand, there are a long list of compression and decompression programs, lets not forget the rar series, that usually can handle zips and cabs, and if windows includes built-in codecs for them too it could do some serious damage to the market.
Because some of us are not all confident that ipv6 is the savior, messiah, and kwizatz-haderach that some people seem to think it is. Tricks like this use existing protocols and improve on them. IPV6 is too new and risky, we don't know about the possible security and privacy issues very well.
Because its "EXTRREEEEEEMMMEE!!!" ..... I'm sorry, I can't take anything that uses that word seriously. I keep thinking of announcers in monster truck rallies. Amazing that they can use such a term for something as mundane as programming with a partner.
Not just that, but M$ doesn't actually make money anyways. Here's an old (1999) article on that. They're one of the many companies living on their overinflated market value. Does anyone know if this "redhat's breaking even" refers to their market value, or their actual revenue and profit. And yes, I realise how closely tied those are, and how difficult to seperate. While the modern business system seems to focus on overinflating ones own stock, not on actually contributing to the economy as anything other than a horse to bet on.
Umm, remember that article with the script (perl I think) that was the shortest implementation of DeCSS possible? Could this be used to make an even shorter one? Except that I believe that the mathematical algorithm for finding primes is a bitch, so it might be a longer program just to find the prime number without writing the whole damn thing out. Idunno, just a thought. I'm not a math major.
Umm, this things good enough for first person shooters. It can handle Doom/Duke3d style hybrid 3d/2d engines for one thing. Personally, my favourite feature is the fact that you can plug 4 of them into a gamecube and use that as a server, needing only one cartridge (a feature that I've always wanted in multi-console connecting). Finally you don't need all the kids to play the same damn game to get them together.
Not just that, but it offers some new possibilities. For one thing, a lan party you can fit in a brief-case (I hope you don't need to plug the cube into the TV). Just plug the cube into a wall-socket and plug in the boys into that. It even gets away from the annoying problem of being able to see your opponents screen, which cripples a lot of gameplay. Multplayer reak-time strategy games can finally come to console-parties!
Still all that, but its only got 4 freaking buttons! And that's only if you count the select and start! I'm sorry, while the dual shock monstrosity of 4 pads and 10 buttons isn't quite needed, they need better then that. I was hoping for a configuration like the one on the SNES (ABXY, LR, sel/strt). Only 2 player used buttons seriously limits gameplay.
Well, it was released on super-mario allstars with snes-level graphics, if you remember. Very nicely done too.... Hmm, if sega's getting out of the console industry, I hope they can get some genesis titles too, like Sonic and the Megaman - Wily Wars remake (Meg 1-3 with new gfx and sound).
Lets not forget control panels that don't freaking explode.