By that, do you mean, "with graphics that don't look like they're from the late '90s"
To quote Stormy from Sealab, "Well, then you fix it, dumbass!" It's an open platform that you can build on, if something is fugly, it's because whoever created it, created it fug: Sturgeon's Law applies. There's plenty of really high-quality and photo-realistic builds out there, though. They tend to be more difficult to find since the 3D pros don't want to come home and do the same thing they did at work all day...
I wouldn't recommend Emerald, their very home page contradicts itself. "We're GPL! Don't trust anybody else, though! We're open source, but we'll launch FUD at anyone who forks!"
How can you play a virtual reality? You have set goals and the ability to win or lose a game, you don't necessarily have to have either in a virtual reality.
Just for clarification, OpenSimulator doesn't have anything to do with Second Life other than it uses the same protocol. The official SL servers are just as proprietary as ever.
You've never been to Portland, or you'd know you're wrong: Portland has five freeways, none go crosstown, and none are more than three lanes a side for any significant distance. You've never been to Vancouver, Canada, or you'd know you're wrong: They built a transit system out and you can get anywhere in town faster and cheaper on transit over a surprisingly large geographic area than you could dream to by car (especially along the skytrain lines). You've never been to Los Angeles, or you'd know you're wrong: They built out more lanes ad nauseum, even ripping out a world-class transit system at great expense, to do what you're suggesting in, quite literally, every place they could; they're now trying to reverse the mistake at great expense.
I'm not sure I'd consider future-proofing something by building additional real capacity into the design rather than just slapping some extra lanes on it and hoping for the best is such a good idea. No matter what form of transportation you build, if you build it, they will come. Want to increase the number of cars on a road? Build more lanes, and they will come. Want to increase the number of people moved in the same space? Build more quality transit, and they will come. Want to promote individual mobility without wasting a ton of space on parking and extra lanes? Build safe, effective bicycle facilities, and they will come.
The sad thing is that environmentalists have a sort of knee jerk reaction every time they hear the word nuclear
On what planet? I'm an environmentalist and I'm all in favor of nuclear power. When located appropriately (ie, a not-seismically active region) and designed and maintained properly (ie, not Soviet) they're quite safe and reliable.
Though, nuclear isn't a great option in the Pacific Northwest thanks to being covered in fault lines. What happens when you build a nuclear plant on a faultline? Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, the inspiration for Groening's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Despite what his publicist said, Groening drew a map of Portland with landmarks from The Simpsons... guess what represented Trojan...
In which case, delaying the bridge to come up with a design that gives high-capacity transit a higher priority is a good idea. How do you think your neighbors to the south in Portland get by with no cross-town freeways, and only five (with two of them being quite short) in the entire metro area? They don't do it by flushing away shitloads of real-estate on expanding parking lots and freeways!
Shame on the moderators for modding the parent up... clearly someone didn't RTFA.
Microsoft wants them to start work on the bridge sooner, with a half-assed design, rather than ensuring it gets built right with the future in mind the first time.
If these folks wouldn't get thrown by a Mac look and feel, Ubuntu should get 'er done nicely. If they will get thrown off by a different GUI, I seriously question whether these folks are smart enough to drive a car in another state than the one they learned to drive in, or when renting a different vehicle than the one they own...
You say "Kenny", but I say "tomato". If they're in a vegetative state, they're not answering questions, they're just responding to surrounding stimuli, like plants bending towards a sunny window.
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By that, do you mean, "with graphics that don't look like they're from the late '90s"
To quote Stormy from Sealab, "Well, then you fix it, dumbass!" It's an open platform that you can build on, if something is fugly, it's because whoever created it, created it fug: Sturgeon's Law applies. There's plenty of really high-quality and photo-realistic builds out there, though. They tend to be more difficult to find since the 3D pros don't want to come home and do the same thing they did at work all day...
I wouldn't recommend Emerald, their very home page contradicts itself. "We're GPL! Don't trust anybody else, though! We're open source, but we'll launch FUD at anyone who forks!"
OpenSim won't accept patches from people that hack on the SL client, for fear of 'contamination' by the GPL.
[citation needed]. That's the first I've ever heard of that.
There's a huge difference between what you're talking about, and getting listed in some directory.
How can you play a virtual reality? You have set goals and the ability to win or lose a game, you don't necessarily have to have either in a virtual reality.
Just for clarification, OpenSimulator doesn't have anything to do with Second Life other than it uses the same protocol. The official SL servers are just as proprietary as ever.
That is indeed the case, it only affects clients connecting to their servers. But, since there's OSgrid, this amounts to a giant BFD moment.
You've never been to Portland, or you'd know you're wrong: Portland has five freeways, none go crosstown, and none are more than three lanes a side for any significant distance. You've never been to Vancouver, Canada, or you'd know you're wrong: They built a transit system out and you can get anywhere in town faster and cheaper on transit over a surprisingly large geographic area than you could dream to by car (especially along the skytrain lines). You've never been to Los Angeles, or you'd know you're wrong: They built out more lanes ad nauseum, even ripping out a world-class transit system at great expense, to do what you're suggesting in, quite literally, every place they could; they're now trying to reverse the mistake at great expense.
I'm not sure I'd consider future-proofing something by building additional real capacity into the design rather than just slapping some extra lanes on it and hoping for the best is such a good idea. No matter what form of transportation you build, if you build it, they will come. Want to increase the number of cars on a road? Build more lanes, and they will come. Want to increase the number of people moved in the same space? Build more quality transit, and they will come. Want to promote individual mobility without wasting a ton of space on parking and extra lanes? Build safe, effective bicycle facilities, and they will come.
Apparently, the existing bridge could fall into the water at the next earthquake and it's a main route for Microsoft employees to/from the campus.
Hi, welcome to Cascadia! You must be new here. So spend all your money, and remember to go home when you're done visiting. Oh, and be sure to check out the bridge you're talking about with zero knowledge while you're at it.
The sad thing is that environmentalists have a sort of knee jerk reaction every time they hear the word nuclear
On what planet? I'm an environmentalist and I'm all in favor of nuclear power. When located appropriately (ie, a not-seismically active region) and designed and maintained properly (ie, not Soviet) they're quite safe and reliable.
Though, nuclear isn't a great option in the Pacific Northwest thanks to being covered in fault lines. What happens when you build a nuclear plant on a faultline? Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, the inspiration for Groening's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Despite what his publicist said, Groening drew a map of Portland with landmarks from The Simpsons... guess what represented Trojan...
In which case, delaying the bridge to come up with a design that gives high-capacity transit a higher priority is a good idea. How do you think your neighbors to the south in Portland get by with no cross-town freeways, and only five (with two of them being quite short) in the entire metro area? They don't do it by flushing away shitloads of real-estate on expanding parking lots and freeways!
Shame on the moderators for modding the parent up... clearly someone didn't RTFA. Microsoft wants them to start work on the bridge sooner, with a half-assed design, rather than ensuring it gets built right with the future in mind the first time.
Spoken like someone who truly didn't RTFA.
Never mind they're only doing so because they're playing catch-up to the power usage that comes more or less standard on most Linux distributions.
If these folks wouldn't get thrown by a Mac look and feel, Ubuntu should get 'er done nicely. If they will get thrown off by a different GUI, I seriously question whether these folks are smart enough to drive a car in another state than the one they learned to drive in, or when renting a different vehicle than the one they own...
10BASE2 is always a possibility if you don't mind going back to the 1990s and 1Mbps LAN speeds...
My internet connection is not for you to advertise on. If you want to advertise to me on my bandwidth, you can pay for it.
At what point do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few?
...Ouija boards really do work.
You say "Kenny", but I say "tomato". If they're in a vegetative state, they're not answering questions, they're just responding to surrounding stimuli, like plants bending towards a sunny window.
Hmm, my furry sense went off.
I can't say I'm surprised. You see this on Second Life on a daily basis. The quality of education in the US in general is pretty pathetic.
I have to wonder, for reasons completely unrelated to the abovementioned project, is there a Debian package for that?
Sounds like ideology to me!
If you think real-world testing is optional for vehicles for anything less trivial than a bicycle, you're out of your mind.