for that matter, what about the end of the universe? if it expands infinitely, temperature goes towards zero, we end up freezing to death in endless increasingly vaccuous space. (how can philosophy ever survive in such a vaccuum!) and the alternative is no prettier...
our survival is at stake! we have to transcend our humanity into full dietyhood! the fate of man's culture depends on it.
that being said:
we've got a couple billion years before the sun explodes incinerating this place. i think solving world hunger first might not be a bad plan.
although it is adventure we seek, it is progress we find through the space program. i was tempted at first to write about the spirit of adventure, the importance of having something to reach for, the fulfillment of an immortal dream. but perhaps, in truth, their is but one great reason for the continuation of the space program: technological progress.
were it not for nasa, the computer industry would be just now marvelling over VLSI and DRAM. we'd have to send our slashdot posts via type-writer. cell phones would be the exclusive domain of star trek. these are "what wouldnt have been" examples, but the continued advancement of composite materials, hardened electronics and orbital propulsion systems are all just a number of simple areas where the space program will no doubt continue to spin off countless technologies.
all these technologies will still grow under the weight of satellite systems alone, but the demand has already been sufficiently met. there is little calling for better orbital delivery mechanisms; we all read that wired magazine. sending humans into space is a demanding enough task that continued progress is not really optional.
its going to be a ton of fun suing sony and panasonic and everyone else under the sun for making vcr's and cd-burners which allowed my friends to copy my home videos.
with all the money i make i just might be able to afford a couple of cds.
Wait for the Xbox version to come out. An Xbox plus Doom 3 will set you back $200, plus tax. If you don't have anything against Microsoft's console, it's obviously the best choice.
sure, if you LIKE playing 320 x 240. the reason it can run so well is because TV resolution is so piss poor. At that res, your pentium 600 + geforce4 MX will run Doom 3 just fine anyways.
that system is not that far off from XBox specs really; its not like because its a console the hardware magically works better. the xbox is just a 700 mhz system & tolerable video card. said it before, say it again: the reason it can run so well is because TV resolution is so piss poor.
I've always wondered how those 640x480 webcams would work. Stick a 70w peltier on the back and its concievable you'd have decent gear. So long as your not trying to convert to 23.99 NTSC or 25 PAL fps's (iirc).
Arent non-digies only like ~480 x 360 at best, or some such? And interlaced.... eeewww.
The main flaw I'd expect from digital cameras is that they're trying to make movies for a classically analog system. Their output requirements damn them from the start.
Just another uneducated heathen. Still, I'd be interested to hear some webcam usage stories. Anyone ripped out IR lenses, slapped a peltier on the back?
i fail to imagine the advantage over colocated servers.
basically you have twice the potential failure points (and everything in between), you have to pay for twice as much bandwidth at your colocation point (since it passes all data through to you & vice-verse), and you need some beasty encryption to VPN all that high bandwidth madness.
what about having your root domain co-located, and rapidly update that to match your current dynamic? a lesser ipv6. i suppose dns caching would fux0r things up.
your ISP is playing the role of an insurance company where your price stays the same but they can (behind the scenes) control the service they give you (bandwidth monitoring).
thats the wonder of free market economics. its suicide to not cap the upper 5%; its a margin you loose on and dont have to accept.
I have a sneaking support its poor interrupt handling which makes my ALSA skip like Riverdance every time i start a file copy in mid song.
Even buffering the full song, it still skips. I've tried XMMS, moosic, mpg321. I've sought ever high priority trick i can. No matter what I try, start that file copy and WHAMO, instant pain and suffering.
they tried to make an interesting rest framework for a particulr means. this is kind of useful.
what we really need is a rest framework designed from the ground up to be a polymoprhic OO system. bring some re-conception and re-meaning to public private and protected classes.;) (rest frameworks private objects would be truly invisible to the rest of the world, but everything else could be built on).
then use an implementation of that framework to build some data store for users.
we need a REST competitor to the Common Intermediate Language.
Slashdot Mirror
i'm unaware of any other IPC systems which are inherent to the command line
for that matter, what about the end of the universe? if it expands infinitely, temperature goes towards zero, we end up freezing to death in endless increasingly vaccuous space. (how can philosophy ever survive in such a vaccuum!) and the alternative is no prettier...
our survival is at stake! we have to transcend our humanity into full dietyhood! the fate of man's culture depends on it.
that being said:
we've got a couple billion years before the sun explodes incinerating this place. i think solving world hunger first might not be a bad plan.
although it is adventure we seek, it is progress we find through the space program. i was tempted at first to write about the spirit of adventure, the importance of having something to reach for, the fulfillment of an immortal dream. but perhaps, in truth, their is but one great reason for the continuation of the space program: technological progress.
were it not for nasa, the computer industry would be just now marvelling over VLSI and DRAM. we'd have to send our slashdot posts via type-writer. cell phones would be the exclusive domain of star trek. these are "what wouldnt have been" examples, but the continued advancement of composite materials, hardened electronics and orbital propulsion systems are all just a number of simple areas where the space program will no doubt continue to spin off countless technologies.
all these technologies will still grow under the weight of satellite systems alone, but the demand has already been sufficiently met. there is little calling for better orbital delivery mechanisms; we all read that wired magazine. sending humans into space is a demanding enough task that continued progress is not really optional.
if we stop aspiring, we go no where.
Motorola spunoff Freescale to do their processors. The new Coldfire/68k looks pretty bad-arse, and reasonably power efficient too. Now with MMU!
I just wish someone were actually doing the work to port linux onto it.
I want my outdoor worlds damn it! Give me Trinity or give me... well... something else.
its going to be a ton of fun suing sony and panasonic and everyone else under the sun for making vcr's and cd-burners which allowed my friends to copy my home videos.
with all the money i make i just might be able to afford a couple of cds.
where the hell is all that Pull technology now?
eventing/callbacks/message passing/[async technology of choice] are always the better option.
Wait for the Xbox version to come out. An Xbox plus Doom 3 will set you back $200, plus tax. If you don't have anything against Microsoft's console, it's obviously the best choice.
sure, if you LIKE playing 320 x 240. the reason it can run so well is because TV resolution is so piss poor. At that res, your pentium 600 + geforce4 MX will run Doom 3 just fine anyways.
that system is not that far off from XBox specs really; its not like because its a console the hardware magically works better. the xbox is just a 700 mhz system & tolerable video card. said it before, say it again: the reason it can run so well is because TV resolution is so piss poor.
myren
I've always wondered how those 640x480 webcams would work. Stick a 70w peltier on the back and its concievable you'd have decent gear. So long as your not trying to convert to 23.99 NTSC or 25 PAL fps's (iirc).
Arent non-digies only like ~480 x 360 at best, or some such? And interlaced.... eeewww.
The main flaw I'd expect from digital cameras is that they're trying to make movies for a classically analog system. Their output requirements damn them from the start.
Just another uneducated heathen. Still, I'd be interested to hear some webcam usage stories. Anyone ripped out IR lenses, slapped a peltier on the back?
Myren
i fail to imagine the advantage over colocated servers.
basically you have twice the potential failure points (and everything in between), you have to pay for twice as much bandwidth at your colocation point (since it passes all data through to you & vice-verse), and you need some beasty encryption to VPN all that high bandwidth madness.
what about having your root domain co-located, and rapidly update that to match your current dynamic? a lesser ipv6. i suppose dns caching would fux0r things up.
What photos are you sharing (or perhaps i should ask in what quantity) that 128Kbit up isnt fast enough?
ones bigger than a postage stamp
just a little psa:
you will NEVER get the pipe you pay for.
your ISP is playing the role of an insurance company where your price stays the same but they can (behind the scenes) control the service they give you (bandwidth monitoring).
thats the wonder of free market economics. its suicide to not cap the upper 5%; its a margin you loose on and dont have to accept.
upper 5% for life!
Myren
1 mill / 260 million americans = ~ 0.39% of the US. thats a conservative estimate for population.
of those 260 million, there are about 46 million (again, conservative) broadbanders. your odds suddenly "jump" to 2.17%.
next slashdot poll:
if 2% of current broadbanders got fibre within 12 months.....
the article talks about IT offshoring, then jumps track at the end to talk about 40% salary for programmers.
something be slightly askew
there go my plans to move to canada, eh?
friends dont let friends drive non-smp machines
I have a sneaking support its poor interrupt handling which makes my ALSA skip like Riverdance every time i start a file copy in mid song.
Even buffering the full song, it still skips. I've tried XMMS, moosic, mpg321. I've sought ever high priority trick i can. No matter what I try, start that file copy and WHAMO, instant pain and suffering.
Myren
ender's game was the greatest daoist reading i have ever experienced, purely for the concept of moving down.
the day i accept 320 x 240 as a) high resolution b) good enough - REGARDLESS of SIZE - is the day you can put a bullet in my head.
not. good. enough.
"used to model the complex aero-thermodynamics of hypersonic flight"
oh please. bullets or rails, eitherway thats about the extent of the hypersonic flight research the air force is doing.
fuckin mods.
transduction bone mic's would be sweet
i'd love to see your 5 inch deck gun vs. a figher.
singularity now!
"robots are people too."
railguns.
dont make me break out the johnny pnemonic quotes.
they tried to make an interesting rest framework for a particulr means. this is kind of useful.
;) (rest frameworks private objects would be truly invisible to the rest of the world, but everything else could be built on).
what we really need is a rest framework designed from the ground up to be a polymoprhic OO system. bring some re-conception and re-meaning to public private and protected classes.
then use an implementation of that framework to build some data store for users.
we need a REST competitor to the Common Intermediate Language.
You heard it here first.
Myren