together we will karmakaze the galaxy as father and son!
Okay, but the important question is... do I get to be the father?
I actually can't take credit for my sig, it was inspired by another Slashdotter's -- I thought the "karma suicide" was definitely worth promoting. I mean, really, what else good is a capped 50 karma?
I thought the fundamental rule of game design is to balance Realism with Fun.
Yes, if you have to sell a game in a competitive market. Usually, in these cases, you'll cut out a bit of fun since that can't be easily conveyed on the box or in reviews; this will be offset by an attempt at increasing realism (which when it wears off you start missing the "fun" part).
CounterStrike: Most people would say this is as "real" as it gets, when you die, your gone. But you can get hit in the leg, stamper for a second, then are back running full speed again. You can get shot in the arm, but still fire back. This game has a lot of realism, but it still balances it out with a 'fun factor.'
CounterStrike is incredibly unrealistic. You have a crosshairs in the middle of your screen. Don't bother to aim, just use the little crosshairs! Of course you're right about getting hit and then running around at full speed. This game may have a "fun factor" (arguable) but it is hardly realistic.
If you want realism, you want Infiltration for Unreal Tournament. The Inf team has done an amazing job on a free mod; it will be similar to the game from the US Army but it's available now. If you want the nitty gritty realism you want Infiltration; it takes practice to learn the game, but when you've spent the time, the rewards are huge.
I can't wait to see what the Infiltration team will be able to do with the upcoming UII/UT2003 engine.
Not too long ago, slashdot posted this [slashdot.org] article concerning the campaign in Peru to switch the government to free software. It had a point by point by point analysis of Microsofts FUD. I hope that somebody in the US government takes the time to think through the issue, rather then just giving in to corporate pressure. What would be even better would be to see one of our own senators or high appointed officials show that they understand the issue as well as Peruvian Congressman David Villanueva Nuñez. One can hope.
Wow, I think I just got trolled. Good thing I've decided to "opt out" of moderating (shouldn't that really be opt in?).
Anyways, thanks for the repost of an old story, which was of course, a repost of a slightly older story. I would have hoped, though, that you could have at least added one of your own ideas into the post. Then it wouldn't feel so much like trolling for karma.
On a slightly different note, is there a place that has (perhaps weekly) status updates on the Sparc64 kernel and related goodies?
The UltraLinux site hasn't been updated for a while. I'm thinking of putting Linux on my Ultra 30 for testing, and I'd like to run one of the newer kernels (2.5.x).
I'm looking at Gentoo as well, and I'm hoping that their Sparc64 ISO will be released soon.
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Review: U-571
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· Score: 3, Insightful
U-571 was released in 2000 (and late 2000 if I recall). So that gives our valiant reviewer an entire year and a half to write that review. I was actually entertained by U-571 (imagine that, an entertaining movie), so I fail to see why someone would have such a personal vendetta against it. Was the author a disgruntled extra perhaps? Or just someone who thought, "Hey, I'm going to write like I've never written before -- a scathing review of a historically inaccurate movie! I'll make it my life's work. And when I'm done, I'll post it to Slashdot! I'll be rich and famous -- geeks will bow down to my awesome intellect and shower me with small denomination bills!"
Frankly, I stopped reading the article after the first paragraph. It seemed childish. I'm not going to bash the Slashdot crew for posting it, though, because some of the comments are hilarious.
For all the bad mouthing he Salon article provides, the author says at the end that that he'll be in front of the TV watching the final show.
That's all Chris Carter really wants. What are you going to do if it sucks, or Chris Carter just stands there for 2 hours and says, "Gotcha!" and then they proceed to have a "best of" episode? Are you going to ask your TV for your money back? Perhaps bang your head against the wall and then write a half-way sane letter to the FBI about how you're "onto" them?
Yeah, go for it.
Maybe it's just me, but when I said I'd stop watching, I actually stopped... I'd say after the movie that was the end of it -- when the first new TV episode after the movie didn't even recognize what happened in the movie... well it was over for me.
You know, there's a happy medium somewhere. Just because some people are Star Wars nuts (and I mean that in the crazed maniac sense), doesn't mean that the complete opposite is good. Sure, you may not like fantasy, but fantasy movies can be a good thing. [i]Lord Of The Rings[/i] comes to mind, specifically because you can read the books, and then go "experience" the books via the movies.
--
I actually haven't seen Star Wars yet (I was busy getting a sun burn at the Giants game -- my boss told me to go). I'll probably see it eventually, but I think I'm going to wait until after the first two weeks...
Actually, the zombies were in the UK version (who do have this violence problem too). In the German version, you had to run over traffic cones. Yes. Traffic cones. No joke.
Did the cones run away screaming when your car got close? Sure, it's not realistic, but at least that would be interesting!
You're forgetting fires, mudslides, power outages...
I'm not so worried about fires. The fog will put em out.;)
As for mudslides, there isn't any mud for blocks... I actually live in the city, and while I am lucky enough to have a real lawn and front yard, there's hardly any mud that will go sliding away.
I'm in San Francisco and it seemed to me that there was two separate quakes, separated by about 10 seconds.
The first wasn't that bad, a "trembler" (for a native San Franciscan like me I guess this is up to 5 or so:)). Then another one a bit longer but about the same magnitude.
Having experienced the 1989 quake, I was expecting a huge (main) shock after the second one (two in a row isn't good...). Nothing yet, but perhaps later tonight or even tomorrow we might get something more.
The worst part is after a large quake and you're trying to fall sleep, but now you're senses are heightened, and you can feel every little aftershock. And while you're laying in your bed, you're looking up at the ceiling afraid it's going to fall on you the next minute (you've already calculated how much time you'll have to toss back the sheets and dive to safety). All the while, each movement you make makes you tense; you think it's another aftershock.
I'd rather have earthquakes, though, than tornados, blizzards, or hurricanes.
By the way, if you live in Oakland, Berkeley or Alameda, and you're paranoid... the San Andreas fault isn't predicted to let loose for quite a while. But you're sitting right on the Hayward fault and it's expected to slip "soon" meaning the next 10 - 30 years.
That was quite a few keywords there. Definitely a varied combination. If they'd been assembled a bit better, your post might have made sense! Next time, link each word to E2 for added mod points.
I've had DSL from Pacific Bell for over three years, in fact since it was first offered here in San Francisco. At the time I was looking for a more pleasant browsing experience, and perhaps, a bit of nostalgia with regards to my days in the UCSD (Warren) dorms.
But now, the glamour of the internet has faded, and I'm just happy to surf without needing to worry about someone trying to call me on the phone. Going back to a modem wouldn't be the end of the world, but being able to surf while I'm on the phone is a huge advantage.
Of course, having that grandfathered-in static IP is nice too, especially because PacBell doesn't seem to care if I run a server over my DSL line.
For some reason, I read this story's title as "Bionic Retinas Give Patents Sight" which I thought was a reference to issuing/implanting bionic retinas in USPTO employees so that they would be better able to read the rediculous patents which cross their desks.
Yeah, crazy people having sex is probably a bad thing. I mean, do we need a whole population of soon-to-be screwballs being raised by funny-house grads?
This influence of marketing is in large measure reduced by the bill that we are backing, since the choice within the framework proposed is based on the *technical merits* of the product and not on the effort put into commercialization by the producer; in this sense, competitvity is increased, since the smallest software producer can compete on equal terms with the most powerful corporations.
Microsoft: Why you little...! We have $40 billion dollars cash! That's a third of your GDP for one year! We will crush you!
RedHat, et al: Wait a minute, you mean we can actually compete fairly with Microsoft?
Apple: OS X has UNIX underpinnings, and is lickable!
RedHat, et al: This'll be like shooting fish in a barrel...
FreeBSD: What about me? I'm always left behind to do the real work. Why can't I be hip and flashy too?
In addition to the numerous advantages listed by previous posters, SCSI also includes the ability to "disconnect" a drive from the bus, through the software. In theory (or at least in my understanding), then the drive is effectively idle and you can unplug the device from the bus without damaging data on the drive, or corrupting data being sent to other drives.
Of course, those who would try this should be using another great feature of SCSI: the single connector attachment (SCA) plug, which allows SCSI drives to be hotswapped, and often assigned a SCSI ID on the fly.
While many have spoken about the ability for SCSI drives to be used in RAID configurations, a huge benefit is the fact that the drives can be swapped off of the bus/host without turning the host off. This is a huge boon for server environments, where uptime is king. IDE does not have any features like this.
SCSI also has the ability to be used in a "simple" cluster of two machines. Sorry, but I'm hardly an expert on this, so I can't fill in the specifics. But you basically have two identical machines each with a RAID controller, and then these are both hooked up to the same disk array. That way, if one machine goes down, the other still has the current file data.
I've called IBM tech support several times with questions about my ThinkPad, and they've always been helpful and curteous on the phone. It's also nice when they know the difference between a hardware problem and a software problem...
One time I called Dell about my sister's new laptop and they refused to help me because I had installed Windows 2000 (I removed the existing WinME), but I didn't buy the copy of 2000 from Dell. Thanks Dell, and I thought you won awards for support. (BTW, it was a problem with the CD writer).
When I've spoken with IBM they've never asked me what OS I was running unless that info was actually relevant to the troubleshooting.
In addition, IBM support (for me) has had very fast response times...
Now, I'm sure some of you will have complaints about the infamous Deskstar family, but my comments only apply to the ThinkPad support group.
Anyone with the creativity and skill to get Linux running on unusual hardware (and in this case modify the hardware itself) can definetly come up with a good use for it.
How true. The thing is, though, that those trolling slashdot saying "what's the point" don't have the imagination in the first place (and thus the trolling).
Anyways, you definitely make an interesting point... I wonder how hard it would be to hack a remote control with, say, 4 buttons for controlling MP3 playback. If it worked via radio signals you could plug an adapter into one of the DC controller ports and perhaps velcro your remote to the steering wheel.
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together we will karmakaze the galaxy as father and son!
Okay, but the important question is... do I get to be the father?
I actually can't take credit for my sig, it was inspired by another Slashdotter's -- I thought the "karma suicide" was definitely worth promoting. I mean, really, what else good is a capped 50 karma?
Wake up, Neo.
The media has you...
I thought the fundamental rule of game design is to balance Realism with Fun.
Yes, if you have to sell a game in a competitive market. Usually, in these cases, you'll cut out a bit of fun since that can't be easily conveyed on the box or in reviews; this will be offset by an attempt at increasing realism (which when it wears off you start missing the "fun" part).
CounterStrike: Most people would say this is as "real" as it gets, when you die, your gone. But you can get hit in the leg, stamper for a second, then are back running full speed again. You can get shot in the arm, but still fire back. This game has a lot of realism, but it still balances it out with a 'fun factor.'
CounterStrike is incredibly unrealistic. You have a crosshairs in the middle of your screen. Don't bother to aim, just use the little crosshairs! Of course you're right about getting hit and then running around at full speed. This game may have a "fun factor" (arguable) but it is hardly realistic.
If you want realism, you want Infiltration for Unreal Tournament. The Inf team has done an amazing job on a free mod; it will be similar to the game from the US Army but it's available now. If you want the nitty gritty realism you want Infiltration; it takes practice to learn the game, but when you've spent the time, the rewards are huge.
I can't wait to see what the Infiltration team will be able to do with the upcoming UII/UT2003 engine.
You're not for communism are you?
McCarthy says: "She's a witch, burn her!"
Not too long ago, slashdot posted this [slashdot.org] article concerning the campaign in Peru to switch the government to free software. It had a point by point by point analysis of Microsofts FUD. I hope that somebody in the US government takes the time to think through the issue, rather then just giving in to corporate pressure. What would be even better would be to see one of our own senators or high appointed officials show that they understand the issue as well as Peruvian Congressman David Villanueva Nuñez. One can hope.
Wow, I think I just got trolled. Good thing I've decided to "opt out" of moderating (shouldn't that really be opt in?).
Anyways, thanks for the repost of an old story, which was of course, a repost of a slightly older story. I would have hoped, though, that you could have at least added one of your own ideas into the post. Then it wouldn't feel so much like trolling for karma.
I'm going to go load up quake 3 on it now and play with 100fps full screen antialiased.
Are you playing via the serial port like I am? I had to switch to a Wyse terminal because my monitor couldn't handle the refresh rate.
The Lone Gunmen LIVE!
...from New York it's Saturday Night!
Oh wait, I read that wrong. Damn those homonyms.
Now I'm getting the vision of a Lone Gunmen show on Broadway with line dancing.
After reading some of the other posts in this article, I noticed someone mentioned Kernel Traffic. A quick Google search turned up:
kt.zork.net
And following some links from there got me to:
marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ultrasparc&r=1&w=2
This should keep my occupied for a while, but are there any other sites that anyone can recommend?
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
o Hotplug CPU prep
Sweet.
On a slightly different note, is there a place that has (perhaps weekly) status updates on the Sparc64 kernel and related goodies?
The UltraLinux site hasn't been updated for a while. I'm thinking of putting Linux on my Ultra 30 for testing, and I'd like to run one of the newer kernels (2.5.x).
I'm looking at Gentoo as well, and I'm hoping that their Sparc64 ISO will be released soon.
U-571 was released in 2000 (and late 2000 if I recall). So that gives our valiant reviewer an entire year and a half to write that review. I was actually entertained by U-571 (imagine that, an entertaining movie), so I fail to see why someone would have such a personal vendetta against it. Was the author a disgruntled extra perhaps? Or just someone who thought, "Hey, I'm going to write like I've never written before -- a scathing review of a historically inaccurate movie! I'll make it my life's work. And when I'm done, I'll post it to Slashdot! I'll be rich and famous -- geeks will bow down to my awesome intellect and shower me with small denomination bills!"
Frankly, I stopped reading the article after the first paragraph. It seemed childish. I'm not going to bash the Slashdot crew for posting it, though, because some of the comments are hilarious.
For all the bad mouthing he Salon article provides, the author says at the end that that he'll be in front of the TV watching the final show.
That's all Chris Carter really wants. What are you going to do if it sucks, or Chris Carter just stands there for 2 hours and says, "Gotcha!" and then they proceed to have a "best of" episode? Are you going to ask your TV for your money back? Perhaps bang your head against the wall and then write a half-way sane letter to the FBI about how you're "onto" them?
Yeah, go for it.
Maybe it's just me, but when I said I'd stop watching, I actually stopped... I'd say after the movie that was the end of it -- when the first new TV episode after the movie didn't even recognize what happened in the movie... well it was over for me.
You know, there's a happy medium somewhere. Just because some people are Star Wars nuts (and I mean that in the crazed maniac sense), doesn't mean that the complete opposite is good. Sure, you may not like fantasy, but fantasy movies can be a good thing. [i]Lord Of The Rings[/i] comes to mind, specifically because you can read the books, and then go "experience" the books via the movies.
--
I actually haven't seen Star Wars yet (I was busy getting a sun burn at the Giants game -- my boss told me to go). I'll probably see it eventually, but I think I'm going to wait until after the first two weeks...
Actually, the zombies were in the UK version (who do have this violence problem too). In the German version, you had to run over traffic cones. Yes. Traffic cones. No joke.
Did the cones run away screaming when your car got close? Sure, it's not realistic, but at least that would be interesting!
You're forgetting fires, mudslides, power outages...
;)
I'm not so worried about fires. The fog will put em out.
As for mudslides, there isn't any mud for blocks... I actually live in the city, and while I am lucky enough to have a real lawn and front yard, there's hardly any mud that will go sliding away.
As for power outages, that's what a UPS is for.
I'm in San Francisco and it seemed to me that there was two separate quakes, separated by about 10 seconds.
:)). Then another one a bit longer but about the same magnitude.
The first wasn't that bad, a "trembler" (for a native San Franciscan like me I guess this is up to 5 or so
Having experienced the 1989 quake, I was expecting a huge (main) shock after the second one (two in a row isn't good...). Nothing yet, but perhaps later tonight or even tomorrow we might get something more.
The worst part is after a large quake and you're trying to fall sleep, but now you're senses are heightened, and you can feel every little aftershock. And while you're laying in your bed, you're looking up at the ceiling afraid it's going to fall on you the next minute (you've already calculated how much time you'll have to toss back the sheets and dive to safety). All the while, each movement you make makes you tense; you think it's another aftershock.
I'd rather have earthquakes, though, than tornados, blizzards, or hurricanes.
By the way, if you live in Oakland, Berkeley or Alameda, and you're paranoid... the San Andreas fault isn't predicted to let loose for quite a while. But you're sitting right on the Hayward fault and it's expected to slip "soon" meaning the next 10 - 30 years.
The beauty of RISC OS though, is its sheer productivity and intuitiveness
Neither of which can be measured reliably, and both of which are abitrary to begin with...
But it does sound good -- I'll bet the marketing chaps wrote that one.
That was quite a few keywords there. Definitely a varied combination. If they'd been assembled a bit better, your post might have made sense! Next time, link each word to E2 for added mod points.
Keywords:
Linux, GNU, mainframe, NT, OpenBSD, USB, multithreading, kernel
There were others, but you get the idea. Now, which ones don't belong?
At least NT, OpenBSD, and USB. Of course, those are the majority of your argument (and the rest of your post was simply unrelated fluff).
Yours was definitely a Slashdot post for the ages.
I've had DSL from Pacific Bell for over three years, in fact since it was first offered here in San Francisco. At the time I was looking for a more pleasant browsing experience, and perhaps, a bit of nostalgia with regards to my days in the UCSD (Warren) dorms.
But now, the glamour of the internet has faded, and I'm just happy to surf without needing to worry about someone trying to call me on the phone. Going back to a modem wouldn't be the end of the world, but being able to surf while I'm on the phone is a huge advantage.
Of course, having that grandfathered-in static IP is nice too, especially because PacBell doesn't seem to care if I run a server over my DSL line.
For some reason, I read this story's title as "Bionic Retinas Give Patents Sight" which I thought was a reference to issuing/implanting bionic retinas in USPTO employees so that they would be better able to read the rediculous patents which cross their desks.
Maybe I could use a set of bionic retinas...
"This fucking insanity has to stop."
Yeah, crazy people having sex is probably a bad thing. I mean, do we need a whole population of soon-to-be screwballs being raised by funny-house grads?
Probably not.
Mr. Literal strikes again!
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.
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But this time, management isn't backing down!
(ok, that's enough for one post)
This influence of marketing is in large measure reduced by the bill that we are backing, since the choice within the framework proposed is based on the *technical merits* of the product and not on the effort put into commercialization by the producer; in this sense, competitvity is increased, since the smallest software producer can compete on equal terms with the most powerful corporations.
Microsoft: Why you little...! We have $40 billion dollars cash! That's a third of your GDP for one year! We will crush you!
RedHat, et al: Wait a minute, you mean we can actually compete fairly with Microsoft?
Apple: OS X has UNIX underpinnings, and is lickable!
RedHat, et al: This'll be like shooting fish in a barrel...
FreeBSD: What about me? I'm always left behind to do the real work. Why can't I be hip and flashy too?
In addition to the numerous advantages listed by previous posters, SCSI also includes the ability to "disconnect" a drive from the bus, through the software. In theory (or at least in my understanding), then the drive is effectively idle and you can unplug the device from the bus without damaging data on the drive, or corrupting data being sent to other drives.
Of course, those who would try this should be using another great feature of SCSI: the single connector attachment (SCA) plug, which allows SCSI drives to be hotswapped, and often assigned a SCSI ID on the fly.
While many have spoken about the ability for SCSI drives to be used in RAID configurations, a huge benefit is the fact that the drives can be swapped off of the bus/host without turning the host off. This is a huge boon for server environments, where uptime is king. IDE does not have any features like this.
SCSI also has the ability to be used in a "simple" cluster of two machines. Sorry, but I'm hardly an expert on this, so I can't fill in the specifics. But you basically have two identical machines each with a RAID controller, and then these are both hooked up to the same disk array. That way, if one machine goes down, the other still has the current file data.
I've called IBM tech support several times with questions about my ThinkPad, and they've always been helpful and curteous on the phone. It's also nice when they know the difference between a hardware problem and a software problem...
One time I called Dell about my sister's new laptop and they refused to help me because I had installed Windows 2000 (I removed the existing WinME), but I didn't buy the copy of 2000 from Dell. Thanks Dell, and I thought you won awards for support. (BTW, it was a problem with the CD writer).
When I've spoken with IBM they've never asked me what OS I was running unless that info was actually relevant to the troubleshooting.
In addition, IBM support (for me) has had very fast response times...
Now, I'm sure some of you will have complaints about the infamous Deskstar family, but my comments only apply to the ThinkPad support group.
Project Hiroshima anyone?
Are you sure that wasn't the XBOX code name?
You know, starts with a big bang, but just leads to a slow, horrible death.
Anyone with the creativity and skill to get Linux running on unusual hardware (and in this case modify the hardware itself) can definetly come up with a good use for it.
How true. The thing is, though, that those trolling slashdot saying "what's the point" don't have the imagination in the first place (and thus the trolling).
Anyways, you definitely make an interesting point... I wonder how hard it would be to hack a remote control with, say, 4 buttons for controlling MP3 playback. If it worked via radio signals you could plug an adapter into one of the DC controller ports and perhaps velcro your remote to the steering wheel.