The blimps you suggest are actually a great idea. But I was really hoping that some of the advertisement money might be channeled into development of auto-flight systems. Nothing gets technology done better than profitable use. =)
Having said that, you might be interested to know the Discovery Channel featured a group who built an R/C helicopter that not only flies itself, but also lands itself onto a target through on-board optics. Granted the computer was still ground-based, but if there's a real use for ever increasing CPU speeds this might be one of them.
A bigger budgeted attempt at the same was done by Bell and the US Navy with the Eagle Eye. The demonstration craft was able to autoland successfully 10 out of 10 times, far exceeding the requirement of 10 out of 30.
Just because backyard enthusiasts haven't been able to do something doesn't mean it can't be done.
...will be the solution. The aerospace industry has so many unstable designs now that would otherwise be unable to fly without computers, I can't see why the same school of thought shouldn't be applied to helicopters. If we can have small handhelds packing 300+MHz processors, surely we can have a similarly powerful system in an R/C chopper.
MOD chips on the playstation were only good for circumvention. Sony itself released a linux pack for the PS/2, so running linux is definitely not an argument.
The PS and PS/2 modchips basically allow pirated game discs to be played, without any other real use. The XBox case might be handled differently.
Look at it this way, you've been trying to crack their password for 90 days, that means 90 days or more of attacks and "failed logon" events. If the administrator doesn't notice your malicious activity within that time period and do something about your access method, I think you deserve to get in.
Unless it's prices significantly lower than Apple's offerings, I wouldn't bet on it as a workstation. MacOSX already offers a great kernel with an even better GUI, and right now I wouldn't put money on Linux against that for a work desktop.
The server market, on the other hand will definitely get a great boost. Cheap PPC970 and 64-bit = heaven for databases, web, and app servers.
An idea might be to use micro-cell sites, similar to those they use inside buildings and basements. The airline owner then operates the micro-site and can charge customers for in-flight use accordingly.
Following your analogy, and assuming a cycle of 3DRealms - id Software - 3DRealms, the next big war will be caused by the release (not of Doom 3 but of) Duke Nukem Forever. I guess i can sit pretty for a while =)
Sure, as long as you remember that that doesn't actually mean anything. So-called "abandonware" games aren't legal to download, they're just considered unlikely to cause legal trouble in the eyes of some people running a site.
So-called abandonware isn't legal to download, because a lot of abandonware sites put on titles that are only 5-10 years old. Everyone knows copyrights are good for 75 years so they aren't really abandonware. Unfortunately 75 years is an eternity for computers and software.
The Data East products on the other hand, are now true abandonware. The entity holding the copyrights has been dissolved, and the works move on to become public domain......unless a holding company scoops them up. Better make sure that didn't happen before you start hosting bad dudes. =)
Just about every learning activity that children indulge in is a game. Shape puzzles, lego, etc. Even with animals learning has always been a game.
This makes you wonder why there is so much anti-videogame sentiment, and its sad that its only now that more people are looking seriously toward computer games for child learning.
A friend recently got married and has their first child. Both parents have firmly ingrained computing habits, and hence the child has spent a lot of time in front of a monitor. At age 3, he knew how to operate the window's quicklaunch in order to get to media player (kid loves to watch stuff from Pixar, and they use the PC as a VCD/DVD player). Near age four, he could navigate most of the start menu. And the child isn't a geek either, he runs around much like any other and is a bit of a bully in school actually.
...has been using similar technology for a few years already. The console's GB-ROM discs pack about 1GB (so hard to guess that one...) of data onto regular CD-ROM media.
The ATI Driver's Page includes an option for linux. Select "Graphics Drivers" in the first tab and "Linux" should appear in the second. Not for all products though.
ATI actively assists qualified 3rd party Linux developers writing software for the majority of ATI products by providing them with development kits and information.
I take it this means to say they'll help out if someone wants to write Linux drivers for their products, but they're not committing to writing Linux drivers themselves.
While being anonymous for anonymity's sake isn't very hard to do, it is hard for a spammer to remain anonymous and be effective at the same time. These people are selling products, at the very least they can be traced to the guy who paid them to send the spam.
Buy our new penis enlargement pills! Available at... errr... go figure
Sure it's a pain, but it takes me right back to those damn DOS days where I had to switch cards around ISA slots and move jumpers here and there just to get the IRQs friendly with each other.
The newer distributions are getting more and more friendly, and while this can only be a good thing it brings along some bad points as well -- Some users hardly know their hardware at all, and end up flooding public message boards with stupid questions that would have been easily resolved. Of course I do realize having people RTFM is pointless when the OS is so easy to get running, but this ease of use has in a way contributed to a "dumbing down" of the average end user.
Remember the gollum MTV awards discussion? The.torrent files actually made it into "too many connections" stage. Behold the power of slashdot! Not even your torrents are safe =)
BBC programme top gear showed us last season that speed cameras and the like can fail if you're travelling fast enough. Basically the first moment it detects your speed (or position), and the next moment it takes your picture... But if you're fast enough, you could be gone by the time it gets to step 2.
They ran a gatso at 171mph and the car didn't even register! Check it out!
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The blimps you suggest are actually a great idea. But I was really hoping that some of the advertisement money might be channeled into development of auto-flight systems. Nothing gets technology done better than profitable use. =)
Having said that, you might be interested to know the Discovery Channel featured a group who built an R/C helicopter that not only flies itself, but also lands itself onto a target through on-board optics. Granted the computer was still ground-based, but if there's a real use for ever increasing CPU speeds this might be one of them.
A bigger budgeted attempt at the same was done by Bell and the US Navy with the Eagle Eye. The demonstration craft was able to autoland successfully 10 out of 10 times, far exceeding the requirement of 10 out of 30.
Just because backyard enthusiasts haven't been able to do something doesn't mean it can't be done.
...will be the solution. The aerospace industry has so many unstable designs now that would otherwise be unable to fly without computers, I can't see why the same school of thought shouldn't be applied to helicopters. If we can have small handhelds packing 300+MHz processors, surely we can have a similarly powerful system in an R/C chopper.
MOD chips on the playstation were only good for circumvention. Sony itself released a linux pack for the PS/2, so running linux is definitely not an argument.
The PS and PS/2 modchips basically allow pirated game discs to be played, without any other real use. The XBox case might be handled differently.
...or a poor one if you are.
Look at it this way, you've been trying to crack their password for 90 days, that means 90 days or more of attacks and "failed logon" events. If the administrator doesn't notice your malicious activity within that time period and do something about your access method, I think you deserve to get in.
Unless it's prices significantly lower than Apple's offerings, I wouldn't bet on it as a workstation. MacOSX already offers a great kernel with an even better GUI, and right now I wouldn't put money on Linux against that for a work desktop.
The server market, on the other hand will definitely get a great boost. Cheap PPC970 and 64-bit = heaven for databases, web, and app servers.
An idea might be to use micro-cell sites, similar to those they use inside buildings and basements. The airline owner then operates the micro-site and can charge customers for in-flight use accordingly.
I'd PAY to get attacked by pretty magical schoolgirls, see daily alien invasions and city-wide explosions with dueling robots....
To recycle an older post, just append &partner=anything_here to your NYTimes URL and it will display the story.
u its/10xbox.html?pagewanted=all&partner=BIG_GAY _AL
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/technology/circ
Following your analogy, and assuming a cycle of 3DRealms - id Software - 3DRealms, the next big war will be caused by the release (not of Doom 3 but of) Duke Nukem Forever. I guess i can sit pretty for a while =)
Sure, as long as you remember that that doesn't actually mean anything. So-called "abandonware" games aren't legal to download, they're just considered unlikely to cause legal trouble in the eyes of some people running a site.
...unless a holding company scoops them up. Better make sure that didn't happen before you start hosting bad dudes. =)
So-called abandonware isn't legal to download, because a lot of abandonware sites put on titles that are only 5-10 years old. Everyone knows copyrights are good for 75 years so they aren't really abandonware. Unfortunately 75 years is an eternity for computers and software.
The Data East products on the other hand, are now true abandonware. The entity holding the copyrights has been dissolved, and the works move on to become public domain...
Just about every learning activity that children indulge in is a game. Shape puzzles, lego, etc. Even with animals learning has always been a game.
This makes you wonder why there is so much anti-videogame sentiment, and its sad that its only now that more people are looking seriously toward computer games for child learning.
A friend recently got married and has their first child. Both parents have firmly ingrained computing habits, and hence the child has spent a lot of time in front of a monitor. At age 3, he knew how to operate the window's quicklaunch in order to get to media player (kid loves to watch stuff from Pixar, and they use the PC as a VCD/DVD player). Near age four, he could navigate most of the start menu. And the child isn't a geek either, he runs around much like any other and is a bit of a bully in school actually.
A rehash of the plotter, only using spray paint instead of a pen.
The artistic benefit of this new device may not be long lived if it does become commonplace, it would be like making paintings using a plotter.
...has been using similar technology for a few years already. The console's GB-ROM discs pack about 1GB (so hard to guess that one...) of data onto regular CD-ROM media.
The last time I heard, marketing was about wooing the consumer, making them like you, and your product... Now it's a "battle"? WTF!
It discriminates against the dumb!
Laws of a free market economy: some company will be there to fill the demand.
But it wont come cheap.
The Direct Rendering Project is also writing drivers for many products, ATI included. They're even mentioned and linked to on ATI's site.
The ATI Driver's Page includes an option for linux. Select "Graphics Drivers" in the first tab and "Linux" should appear in the second. Not for all products though.
Linux Drivers for ATI products
ATI actively assists qualified 3rd party Linux developers writing software for the majority of ATI products by providing them with development kits and information.
I take it this means to say they'll help out if someone wants to write Linux drivers for their products, but they're not committing to writing Linux drivers themselves.
While being anonymous for anonymity's sake isn't very hard to do, it is hard for a spammer to remain anonymous and be effective at the same time. These people are selling products, at the very least they can be traced to the guy who paid them to send the spam.
Buy our new penis enlargement pills!
Available at... errr... go figure
Sure it's a pain, but it takes me right back to those damn DOS days where I had to switch cards around ISA slots and move jumpers here and there just to get the IRQs friendly with each other.
The newer distributions are getting more and more friendly, and while this can only be a good thing it brings along some bad points as well -- Some users hardly know their hardware at all, and end up flooding public message boards with stupid questions that would have been easily resolved. Of course I do realize having people RTFM is pointless when the OS is so easy to get running, but this ease of use has in a way contributed to a "dumbing down" of the average end user.
But will it let me rocket jump?
Remember the gollum MTV awards discussion? The .torrent files actually made it into "too many connections" stage. Behold the power of slashdot! Not even your torrents are safe =)
gollum mtv awards
30869: a torrent slashdotted?
543308: too many connections...
BBC programme top gear showed us last season that speed cameras and the like can fail if you're travelling fast enough. Basically the first moment it detects your speed (or position), and the next moment it takes your picture... But if you're fast enough, you could be gone by the time it gets to step 2.
They ran a gatso at 171mph and the car didn't even register! Check it out!
The script is obviously in place, and cuts unwanted connections originating from a referer-id of slashdot.org!