This would make a great movie plot, where they have this robot that is controlled by human brains, like 3 of them or so, in a jar.
But one of the brains would accidentally have been from a psychotic mass murderer instead of some great scientist as they expected. An thus the robot could wreck havoc on, like, a spaceship or space station or something.
On a touch sensitive pad you could take an object, like a Hemisphere or Starfish-shape, and the software could interpret that as "The Mouse". By using it on the touch surface, you have a cordless mouse that requires no batteries and can be taken off, or moved to a specific location when not in use.
I have in my workplace a perspex stand that sits between my keyboard and screen for resting documents. I don't see why you can't mount a touch pad on it so that you can change the angle it rests at for a more ergonomic typing position.
With these modifications, or others, you can easily replace keyboard and mouse with a large touch sensitive pad. Without making any more modifications you could use it as is to play games. But, you are not taking the idea and using it's full potential. You are still only considering the hardware. It would be easy to create a mod for , or design a game around, the use of a touch pad for interaction with abilities.
Create an area where movement is controlled by sliding finger from middle to edge to signal movement in that direction (holding it at the edge to keep moving) while having another area designed for triggering abilities, changing view, selecting chat options. ATM we use a keyboard to control characters in game because that is the input device we have to other applications in the computer. I consider it to be a woefully inadequate input device for almost all games I play, and a hand-held console controller to be much better for most. In WoW for example the keyboard acts as a control and command input device for 90+% of the time and only become a text input device when I hit the / key. There is no reason for the same to happen to a dynamic input device like a touch pad. The advantage is that when it is not being a keyboard, it can be optimized to be a far greater command input device.
If you imagine where the future (and much science fiction) is going (has gone), the idea of VR goggles + gloves is going to be a much more common reality. When this happens you can expect that game input will be in the form of a virtual device, an orb, a disc or any other shape you wish. It is very unlikely that game input in a VR setting will be a keyboard + mouse.
I've played quite a few racing games, and I believe them to teach you to rush, and not crash into corners. The problem with a lot of racing games is that if they become a simulator, then they are not a racing game. Those that succeed well at becoming very close to reality, start becoming less of a quick thrill for those not wanting to perfect the driving mechanics of the game.
Those like Wipeout and Gran Tourismo were more about getting nice graphics and a rush of excitement when you hammer through bends at impossible speeds. These games had the different difficulty levels (or progression to harder races) to allow for cutoff points in skill and enjoyment.
If a racing game would be able to design tracks based on your driving style, either to challenge you, or play to your strengths for a more enjoyable ride, I think that it would be really cool.
btw, any of you notice the expert use of the car analogy?
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Clearly because they have bigger plans for him, as is seen in EP3
There are some flaws in the Nature Online game. There are Two major ones that I have seen, the first being PvP that revolves around entering into the secret beta projects, with some players even triggering early perma-death in order to achieve a high score in PvP battles. The second is where people attempt to combine PvP with character generation (in some cases with newbies). This is something that is shunned by most of the gaming community, but certain individuals have found that they can partake in this fringe activity and then by complex game hack can change zone and no longer be affected by the game rules.
There are many bugs with NO, but overall it's scope is quite epic and I can't wait for the expansion pack NO2, I hear it's quite a laugh.
He strikes me as the kind of character who will cut the corners and dodge the red tape (like Sheppard or O'Neill) but without the "I'm a military man, I can't be bothered with the details" sort of approach. What he seems to be doing is more calculated, because he's 4-5 steps ahead of everyone else and doesn't want to have to wait for people to catch up with him before he does what he considers to be necessary.
*spoiler* Hence the scene where they think they can dial back to earth, but he, who knew this already, decided not to let anyone know or even try, because he knew there would not be enough power to do it.
His intentions seem grounded in keeping everyone alive, but he's not going to wast time explaining everything.
So, the initial technology was invented in the 50s. Some guy came up with an idea for ultra pure glass in the 60s. The first ultra pure fiber optic cable was made in 1970. Almost 40 years later I don't have a fiber optic internet into my home in Dublin (the capital city of Ireland). What gives?
Etc. So *if* what condenses is crystalline, it could literally be raining gems on that planet.
No, when water vapor cools down and condenses, it forms water droplets. Thus you will have molten drops of Ruby and Sapphire. In order for you to get crystals you will need for it to freeze as it condenses. As such, it won't rain gems, but rather Snow gems. There are, thus, some inherent problems with is. Where will one get a Carrot and lumps of Coal?
How is this outmaneuvering? It sounds to me like he is just removing the copyrighted materials from his mod and allowing the user to install it into the mod if they have the licenses to it. This is not outmaneuvering, this is simply complying with the order.
They didn't ban it, but they did restrict when it can be aired, and threatened a TV station for putting it on in the morning, as they consider it unsuitable for children.
"Last year, The Simpsons was deemed unsuitable for children after officials decided it flouted regulations prohibiting "messages that go against the whole education of boys, girls and adolescents".
One local station was threatened with financial sanctions for broadcasting the adventures of the dysfunctional family in an early morning slot. "
What would have happened if the person had accessed their email, using Outlook/Thunderbird and downloaded the offending email to their home PC (or mobile phone)? Would the court have had the power to seize the user's hardware to remove the files? What is the person (however unlikely) had a photographic memory and had read, memorized the information? I feel rather creeped out at the power that a court has to run roughshod over someone's rights when a bank makes a mistake like this.
It's also Illegal. Someone needs to report Intel to the RIAA as they are developing technology that will greatly speed up the ability to copy / distribute Blu-ray movies.
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Wouldn't that be awesome for deaf people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWfpohPmRD0
I'm not impressed by this chip size.
That's an awful mental image :(
More importantly, Does it blend?
This would make a great movie plot, where they have this robot that is controlled by human brains, like 3 of them or so, in a jar.
But one of the brains would accidentally have been from a psychotic mass murderer instead of some great scientist as they expected. An thus the robot could wreck havoc on, like, a spaceship or space station or something.
I bet I could sell this for a fortune!
It's only 4 out of 5 because the 5th astronaut had nobody to hook up with (Zero-G threesomes don't work out as the collisions are elastic)
Here a link to the Wikipedia article on the book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Particle:_If_the_Universe_Is_the_Answer,_What_Is_the_Question%3F
Peer to peer downloads of heavy metal music would push the satellite out of the Lagrange point. Another reason why its BAD to fileshare
~Your friendly RIAA rep
On the subject of slashes, and the internet, I got curious and typed /. into google search. It returned with 0 results. What's up with that?
On a touch sensitive pad you could take an object, like a Hemisphere or Starfish-shape, and the software could interpret that as "The Mouse". By using it on the touch surface, you have a cordless mouse that requires no batteries and can be taken off, or moved to a specific location when not in use.
I have in my workplace a perspex stand that sits between my keyboard and screen for resting documents. I don't see why you can't mount a touch pad on it so that you can change the angle it rests at for a more ergonomic typing position.
With these modifications, or others, you can easily replace keyboard and mouse with a large touch sensitive pad. Without making any more modifications you could use it as is to play games. But, you are not taking the idea and using it's full potential. You are still only considering the hardware. It would be easy to create a mod for , or design a game around, the use of a touch pad for interaction with abilities.
Create an area where movement is controlled by sliding finger from middle to edge to signal movement in that direction (holding it at the edge to keep moving) while having another area designed for triggering abilities, changing view, selecting chat options. ATM we use a keyboard to control characters in game because that is the input device we have to other applications in the computer. I consider it to be a woefully inadequate input device for almost all games I play, and a hand-held console controller to be much better for most. In WoW for example the keyboard acts as a control and command input device for 90+% of the time and only become a text input device when I hit the / key. There is no reason for the same to happen to a dynamic input device like a touch pad. The advantage is that when it is not being a keyboard, it can be optimized to be a far greater command input device.
If you imagine where the future (and much science fiction) is going (has gone), the idea of VR goggles + gloves is going to be a much more common reality. When this happens you can expect that game input will be in the form of a virtual device, an orb, a disc or any other shape you wish. It is very unlikely that game input in a VR setting will be a keyboard + mouse.
I've played quite a few racing games, and I believe them to teach you to rush, and not crash into corners. The problem with a lot of racing games is that if they become a simulator, then they are not a racing game. Those that succeed well at becoming very close to reality, start becoming less of a quick thrill for those not wanting to perfect the driving mechanics of the game.
Those like Wipeout and Gran Tourismo were more about getting nice graphics and a rush of excitement when you hammer through bends at impossible speeds. These games had the different difficulty levels (or progression to harder races) to allow for cutoff points in skill and enjoyment.
If a racing game would be able to design tracks based on your driving style, either to challenge you, or play to your strengths for a more enjoyable ride, I think that it would be really cool.
btw, any of you notice the expert use of the car analogy?
Clearly because they have bigger plans for him, as is seen in EP3
One Guy, One Jar ... of Spiders.
There are some flaws in the Nature Online game.
There are Two major ones that I have seen, the first being PvP that revolves around entering into the secret beta projects, with some players even triggering early perma-death in order to achieve a high score in PvP battles.
The second is where people attempt to combine PvP with character generation (in some cases with newbies). This is something that is shunned by most of the gaming community, but certain individuals have found that they can partake in this fringe activity and then by complex game hack can change zone and no longer be affected by the game rules.
There are many bugs with NO, but overall it's scope is quite epic and I can't wait for the expansion pack NO2, I hear it's quite a laugh.
you can take your programmer joke and fx0ff
He strikes me as the kind of character who will cut the corners and dodge the red tape (like Sheppard or O'Neill) but without the "I'm a military man, I can't be bothered with the details" sort of approach. What he seems to be doing is more calculated, because he's 4-5 steps ahead of everyone else and doesn't want to have to wait for people to catch up with him before he does what he considers to be necessary.
*spoiler*
Hence the scene where they think they can dial back to earth, but he, who knew this already, decided not to let anyone know or even try, because he knew there would not be enough power to do it.
His intentions seem grounded in keeping everyone alive, but he's not going to wast time explaining everything.
So, the initial technology was invented in the 50s. Some guy came up with an idea for ultra pure glass in the 60s. The first ultra pure fiber optic cable was made in 1970. Almost 40 years later I don't have a fiber optic internet into my home in Dublin (the capital city of Ireland). What gives?
Etc. So *if* what condenses is crystalline, it could literally be raining gems on that planet.
No, when water vapor cools down and condenses, it forms water droplets. Thus you will have molten drops of Ruby and Sapphire. In order for you to get crystals you will need for it to freeze as it condenses. As such, it won't rain gems, but rather Snow gems. There are, thus, some inherent problems with is. Where will one get a Carrot and lumps of Coal?
How is this outmaneuvering? It sounds to me like he is just removing the copyrighted materials from his mod and allowing the user to install it into the mod if they have the licenses to it. This is not outmaneuvering, this is simply complying with the order.
They didn't ban it, but they did restrict when it can be aired, and threatened a TV station for putting it on in the morning, as they consider it unsuitable for children.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8277129.stm
"Last year, The Simpsons was deemed unsuitable for children after officials decided it flouted regulations prohibiting "messages that go against the whole education of boys, girls and adolescents".
One local station was threatened with financial sanctions for broadcasting the adventures of the dysfunctional family in an early morning slot. "
Venezuela is already on the first step towards evil dictatorship which will eventually lead to nuclear armament, they banned Family Guy.
What would have happened if the person had accessed their email, using Outlook/Thunderbird and downloaded the offending email to their home PC (or mobile phone)? Would the court have had the power to seize the user's hardware to remove the files? What is the person (however unlikely) had a photographic memory and had read, memorized the information? I feel rather creeped out at the power that a court has to run roughshod over someone's rights when a bank makes a mistake like this.
It's also Illegal. Someone needs to report Intel to the RIAA as they are developing technology that will greatly speed up the ability to copy / distribute Blu-ray movies.
I totally read this as
"Congress, a.k.a. the perfect weed"
I'd certainly layer then!