....Doesn't every other article on/. claim MS gives the (favorite three letter agency goes here) backdoors to all of their clients machines? Why would they even need to talk to MS at all if this is true? Or has/. become the new National Enquirer?
Yes, I was disappointed when I got back and had time to read it. I was really hoping for some in-depth discussions of the technologies and reasoning behind their design choices. A quick glance at the site before I posted gave me false hopes.
"Also, I noted the rotors were vented, but not slotted or drilled. Is this because survivability is more important than effectiveness?" As a former brake mechanic...I think you hit squarely on that. The projects homepage appears to have quite a bit of information on the tech. I have not had time to read it yet. Perhaps you will find it interesting. (I think it should of been a linked page in the article personally) The linked pages were all 'gee whiz, looky here.'
Well they seem to be very open to new technologies, and are combining quite a few to achieve their goal, I wonder if they maybe did look at it and dismissed it due to complexity/failure analysis/weight constraints? Disk brakes are relatively simple, proven technology.
How much braking power do you think they could get within the same reliability and weight? Even though this is possibly (opinion, not fact checked) one of the heaviest vehicles to try with 3 types of motive force (piston/jet/rocket), weight will still have to play an important role in design. After all, they tried carbon. Of course even if heavier they may have to select something along the lines you suggested regardless of weight if it turns out the steel can't support that RPM either...or maybe bigger parachutes (unless the rules require an active wheel based braking system..don't know and didn't google)?
Hmm, maybe the troll was right, perhaps you should talk to them.
"You posted your next moves and got a computer print out of the results a few weeks later. You thought waiting for cassettes to load was slow gameplay?"
Ah, our age is showing....I once played chess with my best friend via postcard when I moved out of state years ago (towards the end of the Mesozoic era...). That game took nearly two years to complete.
I consider it a high point in gaming for me. It was the finest play either of us ever accomplished, as we had a lot of time to consider moves. It ended in a draw. I have never played a better game of chess since.
Just a postcard with a move printed on it. Nothing more. The NSA would of went apeshit today....
Hahahaha.....sorry, your post just reminded me of my mother about 47 years ago yelling that in the front yard after my dad told her "Just a sec." while he was working on the car.
" It would probably be too much hassle to tax based on how far the item was moved and its weight, although you could."
In a way, it already does. The IFTA (International Fuel Tax Agreement) taxes trucks based on mileage, and is simpler than the old 'bingo stamp' plates where road use fees were charged by state.
"Simply stated, IFTA works as a "pay now or pay later" system. As commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) buy fuel, any fuel taxes paid to the states is credited to that licensee's account. At the end of the fiscal quarter, the licensee completes their fuel tax report, listing all miles traveled in all participating jurisdictions and lists all gallons purchased in the same. Then the average fuel mileage is applied to the miles traveled to determine the tax liability to each jurisdiction. Three statesâ€"Kentucky, New Mexico, and New Yorkâ€"have "weight-mile" taxes in addition to the standard fuel tax. Oregon has just a weight-mile tax. "
So your food, TVs, bicycles, car parts, etc all pay a tax per mile traveled.
"Nationally, trucking firms contribute $12.1 billion of the total dollars going into the federal Highway Trust Fund, or about 30.6 percent of the total $39.5 billion in Trust Fund revenue"
" For a typical 80,000 pound GVW tractor-trailer combination truck the federal highway taxes average $8,959 per year"
That's quite a bit of transport tax already. I don't believe more is necessary in this area. Transportation costs directly translate into higher prices.
If you read the second link to the actual document. The very beginning is a disclaimer that basically states they used this scenario specifically to add interest to an otherwise dry subject. It doesn't change the subject, nor the training. It merely adds a little 'fun' to the course. As other posters noted. The survival techniques are still valid. The Zombie angle just to make it interesting. And most people will retain more from an interesting class than a dull one. The headline is clickbait. If they were saying "OMG there might really be a zombie apocalypse then yeah, what B.S. But that isn't the point at all.
" They've already shown that they care about maintaining appropriate diversity with their last few films focusing on a black princess, and a ginger princess, and a chinese princess, and a native american princess, and an arab princess... "
All of which are the whitest minorities ever. None of them, IMHO, looks ethnic beyond the slightest nod to their ethnicity. I hope this link works, a jpeg of the majority of their princesses in a single frame.
Not to mention when Disney discovers someone on that server pirated "Steamboat Willie," the government grabs all the servers. Good luck ever seeing your data again.
(AFAIK, this hasn't happened yet, but Disney loves their liars..er, sorry, lawyers.)
Modding creates the ability for every player to create the game the way they see fit. What I like may not be what you like, hey, is there a mod for that? NO? Then it had better be the most kick ass game ever written.
In addition, Quit dumbing down the games! I don't care if some of your potential audience isn't smart enough to play. 13 year old foul mouthed griefers shouldn't be your target audience. I like games that require a bit of thinking on my part, not twitching.
After I RTFA (I'm sorry!) I can find no links (even with google) to this amazing community they keep referring to. No forum on the homepage, just a steam link. I did find a Steam community forum....but, nothing like KSP, NCG, or a couple of other early access I'm involved with.
And yeah, in a way it is a scam to get free testing of your Alpha state game. But we all do it willingly. And I hope (since none of the ones I'm involved with have technically 'released' yet) that the final products will be superior, simply due to finding bugs at an earlier stage. (Players tend to do shit no developer would ever expect, or plan for) Once they leave the creative Alpha stage the Beta bug squashing stage should go more smoothly . Yes, I have heard about Minecraft abusing the beta model, but I have no opinion as I don't play Minecraft. I can only hope the ones I'm involved with don't follow that trend.
As for this game, Skyrim on steroids without swords. Of course a cinematic never gives a really good idea of actual gameplay. so, meh. Never cared for wizard characters. So, wait and see.
... keeps his back to the screen. From his window he sees the Ministry of Truth, where he works as a propaganda officer altering historical records to match the Partyâ€(TM)s official version of past events.
That the first space tourism would be an orbital hotel? The first steps were always going to be something like this.
As to not advancing anything, well, lets see. A 100% re-usable sub orbital, relatively spacious passenger craft with the ability to be refueled and re-launched (in theory, at least) in hours. A totally unique liftoff system. A totally unique re-entry (yes, I know, NOT from orbital speed but a pretty damn fine piece of tech). As I understand the rocket is the first solid fuel rocket made to be shut down and re-started.
Why are we so negative about the very first steps to the commercialization of space? Something most of us dreamed of all our lives while reading the sci-fi that was so dear to us? Is it just because it's a rich playboy showman doing it?
We didn't get flying cars, and yeah, it ain't a space hotel, but why all the hate?
Yeah, learned all about it firsthand many years later when I worked in SF.
It's actually pretty common everywhere, but I grew up 30 miles from Idaho and never heard of an 'Idaho stop.' Maybe it has something to do with potatoes......
It's as bad as all the versions of Blade Runner out there.
The San Diego Sneak Peek The Original domestic release The International cut (10th anniversary) The Broadcast version The Unauthorized 1990-91 workprint theatrical release The Directors cut The Final cut (25th anniversary)
Slashdot Mirror
"we obtained a search warrant and served it directly on the suspect."
Non-starter. No entertainment value. What do you want? News?
That could very well be.
Either that, or we have made ourselves so paranoid of spying (with good reason!) that we have made to boogeyman more powerful than he really is....
Sometimes I suspect our speculations have become fact via repetition.
I personally, am going to fire one up, sit back, and observe. The world has become a Tragic Comedy, and I feel the third act is near.
....Doesn't every other article on /. claim MS gives the (favorite three letter agency goes here) backdoors to all of their clients machines? Why would they even need to talk to MS at all if this is true? /. become the new National Enquirer?
Or has
Yes, I was disappointed when I got back and had time to read it. I was really hoping for some in-depth discussions of the technologies and reasoning behind their design choices.
A quick glance at the site before I posted gave me false hopes.
I am an idiot. I stated 3 types of motive force, when there is only two...Jet/Rocket. The piston engine is for the APU.
Informative +1
Thank you.
"Also, I noted the rotors were vented, but not slotted or drilled. Is this because survivability is more important than effectiveness?"
As a former brake mechanic...I think you hit squarely on that.
The projects homepage appears to have quite a bit of information on the tech. I have not had time to read it yet. Perhaps you will find it interesting. (I think it should of been a linked page in the article personally) The linked pages were all 'gee whiz, looky here.'
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/project/facts-and-figures/vehicle-technical-specification
Well they seem to be very open to new technologies, and are combining quite a few to achieve their goal, I wonder if they maybe did look at it and dismissed it due to complexity/failure analysis/weight constraints?
Disk brakes are relatively simple, proven technology.
How much braking power do you think they could get within the same reliability and weight? Even though this is possibly (opinion, not fact checked) one of the heaviest vehicles to try with 3 types of motive force (piston/jet/rocket), weight will still have to play an important role in design. After all, they tried carbon.
Of course even if heavier they may have to select something along the lines you suggested regardless of weight if it turns out the steel can't support that RPM either...or maybe bigger parachutes (unless the rules require an active wheel based braking system..don't know and didn't google)?
Hmm, maybe the troll was right, perhaps you should talk to them.
Just interested in your opinion.
"You posted your next moves and got a computer print out of the results a few weeks later. You thought waiting for cassettes to load was slow gameplay?"
Ah, our age is showing....I once played chess with my best friend via postcard when I moved out of state years ago (towards the end of the Mesozoic era...). That game took nearly two years to complete.
I consider it a high point in gaming for me. It was the finest play either of us ever accomplished, as we had a lot of time to consider moves. It ended in a draw. I have never played a better game of chess since.
Just a postcard with a move printed on it. Nothing more. The NSA would of went apeshit today....
NO MORE SECS!! NO MORE SECS!!
Hahahaha.....sorry, your post just reminded me of my mother about 47 years ago yelling that in the front yard after my dad told her "Just a sec." while he was working on the car.
" It would probably be too much hassle to tax based on how far the item was moved and its weight, although you could."
In a way, it already does. The IFTA (International Fuel Tax Agreement) taxes trucks based on mileage, and is simpler than the old 'bingo stamp' plates where road use fees were charged by state.
"Simply stated, IFTA works as a "pay now or pay later" system. As commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) buy fuel, any fuel taxes paid to the states is credited to that licensee's account. At the end of the fiscal quarter, the licensee completes their fuel tax report, listing all miles traveled in all participating jurisdictions and lists all gallons purchased in the same. Then the average fuel mileage is applied to the miles traveled to determine the tax liability to each jurisdiction. Three statesâ€"Kentucky, New Mexico, and New Yorkâ€"have "weight-mile" taxes in addition to the standard fuel tax. Oregon has just a weight-mile tax. "
So your food, TVs, bicycles, car parts, etc all pay a tax per mile traveled.
"Nationally, trucking firms contribute $12.1 billion of the total dollars going into the federal Highway Trust Fund, or about 30.6 percent of the total $39.5 billion in Trust Fund revenue"
" For a typical 80,000 pound GVW tractor-trailer combination truck the federal highway taxes average $8,959 per year"
That's quite a bit of transport tax already. I don't believe more is necessary in this area. Transportation costs directly translate into higher prices.
sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fuel_Tax_Agreement
http://www.mackinac.org/8433
If you read the second link to the actual document. The very beginning is a disclaimer that basically states they used this scenario specifically to add interest to an otherwise dry subject.
It doesn't change the subject, nor the training. It merely adds a little 'fun' to the course.
As other posters noted. The survival techniques are still valid. The Zombie angle just to make it interesting. And most people will retain more from an interesting class than a dull one.
The headline is clickbait.
If they were saying "OMG there might really be a zombie apocalypse then yeah, what B.S.
But that isn't the point at all.
"You've probably been watching a lot of Home Alone."
Actually, 8 heads in a duffel bag.
" They've already shown that they care about maintaining appropriate diversity with their last few films focusing on a black princess, and a ginger princess, and a chinese princess, and a native american princess, and an arab princess ... "
All of which are the whitest minorities ever.
None of them, IMHO, looks ethnic beyond the slightest nod to their ethnicity. I hope this link works, a jpeg of the majority of their princesses in a single frame.
http://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/disney-princesses.jpg
"Nice little Samsung phone you have there, kid. Shame if your messages to iPhones all get lost."
Why do I hear this in the voice of Joe Pesci?
Not to mention when Disney discovers someone on that server pirated "Steamboat Willie," the government grabs all the servers. Good luck ever seeing your data again.
(AFAIK, this hasn't happened yet, but Disney loves their liars..er, sorry, lawyers.)
Standing Ovation.
Modding creates the ability for every player to create the game the way they see fit. What I like may not be what you like, hey, is there a mod for that? NO? Then it had better be the most kick ass game ever written.
In addition, Quit dumbing down the games! I don't care if some of your potential audience isn't smart enough to play. 13 year old foul mouthed griefers shouldn't be your target audience. I like games that require a bit of thinking on my part, not twitching.
Oops, didn't mean to go on a rant.....
After I RTFA (I'm sorry!) I can find no links (even with google) to this amazing community they keep referring to. No forum on the homepage, just a steam link. I did find a Steam community forum....but, nothing like KSP, NCG, or a couple of other early access I'm involved with.
And yeah, in a way it is a scam to get free testing of your Alpha state game. But we all do it willingly. And I hope (since none of the ones I'm involved with have technically 'released' yet) that the final products will be superior, simply due to finding bugs at an earlier stage. (Players tend to do shit no developer would ever expect, or plan for) Once they leave the creative Alpha stage the Beta bug squashing stage should go more smoothly . Yes, I have heard about Minecraft abusing the beta model, but I have no opinion as I don't play Minecraft.
I can only hope the ones I'm involved with don't follow that trend.
As for this game, Skyrim on steroids without swords. Of course a cinematic never gives a really good idea of actual gameplay. so, meh.
Never cared for wizard characters. So, wait and see.
Thank you. I have asked this before to no response. Much appreciated.
â€(TM)
Why doesn't this show up in preview? (not a coder, so I genuinely don't understand.)
... keeps his back to the screen. From his window he sees the Ministry of Truth, where he works as a propaganda officer altering historical records to match the Partyâ€(TM)s official version of past events.
That the first space tourism would be an orbital hotel? The first steps were always going to be something like this.
As to not advancing anything, well, lets see. A 100% re-usable sub orbital, relatively spacious passenger craft with the ability to be refueled and re-launched (in theory, at least) in hours. A totally unique liftoff system. A totally unique re-entry (yes, I know, NOT from orbital speed but a pretty damn fine piece of tech). As I understand the rocket is the first solid fuel rocket made to be shut down and re-started.
Why are we so negative about the very first steps to the commercialization of space? Something most of us dreamed of all our lives while reading the sci-fi that was so dear to us? Is it just because it's a rich playboy showman doing it?
We didn't get flying cars, and yeah, it ain't a space hotel, but why all the hate?
Even poor people pay sales tax, gas tax, license fees, so no one gets away paying no tax at all.
Yeah, learned all about it firsthand many years later when I worked in SF.
It's actually pretty common everywhere, but I grew up 30 miles from Idaho and never heard of an 'Idaho stop.' Maybe it has something to do with potatoes......
It's as bad as all the versions of Blade Runner out there.
The San Diego Sneak Peek
The Original domestic release
The International cut (10th anniversary)
The Broadcast version
The Unauthorized 1990-91 workprint theatrical release
The Directors cut
The Final cut (25th anniversary)
"(c) being gunned down by jackbooted thugs who are barely competent enough to polish my shoes."
Wait a minute, when did any stormtrooper actually hit anything they aimed at? Even at point blank range?
This seems to be the safest option.