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Everyone knows that the interface we most desire would have BOTH visual and audio. The ability to analize an image and understand it and then describe it textually and to take a textual description and display it visually.
We want hands-free interaction in all it's forms.
I want a retinal implant or pair of glasses which can display information fed to me via a at the same time I am fed audio information through an earpiece/implant which I can sub-vocalize commands to. A compltely interactive interface which is non-obtrusive to my daily life.
Polygraph tests have become completely useless due to a whole new generation growing up with the ability to stay completely calm while raping and pillaging much less lying.
Weblogic Server and Portal - 100MB Oracle - 600MB All the latest distro ISOs - 8GB Latest patches/updates of all *nix software - ~1GB Windows Security Updates - 100MB/Month:-)
Always being at the top of the list of bandwidth hogs and proud of it - priceless.
When I start getting my butt kicked at CS I get really stressed.:-)
But really: I've been using video games to relax for a long time. I can't relax when I watch TV because I keep over-analizing everything (such as picking out all the scientific flaws in a tv program). I can relax much better when all I have to do is point and shoot.:-)
I just wish I could get the newspaper add-free for what I *PAY* for it.
You know that those $2.00 sunday papers are payed for 10x over by the companies putting ads in them and then they have the fscking nerve to turn around and charge the customer more money to deliver the extra 10lbs of ads.
Give me add-fee paper publications and I'll start reading hardcopy news again.
But this kind of stuff doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
To my left as I type is a 4xPII200Mhz AMD Goliath. I did our network admin a favor and took it out of the server room for him. I'm using it as a toy machine to run apps on. It's huge, and compared to my PIII 700Mhz w/ 500Mb of ram laptop: it's just plain slow.
My point is: I'll bet 10-1 I can write a multi-threaded app in JAVA for this beast that could spank the crap out of a distributed app written in c for that cluster. The one exeception would be ultra-low bandwidth apps like Distributed.net. Anything which required more than 1 cross-cpu transaction per second would be dreadfully slow compared to an SMP PC. But I understand the need for clustered computing and it is really cool, so I'll leave this point alone and point out the other obvious thing...
I can see the need to build a cluster if you are doing research/development into clustered computing. But for the cost of this, you could cluster two of those Wal-mart OSless PCs. They would probably be a hell of a lot faster, take up only a couple square feet more room, be much less of a headache to get running, contain a whole lot more memory and disk space, etc...
This is ultra-geekdom coolness but it just doesn't make sense, IMO.
A snapshot history of what their foundation is for, among others: "population control programs".
In nearly all their documents, the Bill and Milinda Gates foundation mentions their support for the "global community". Another writer uses those words a whole lot in his religious fiction series.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't think Bill is the antichrist. I think he's just a little imp.:-)
is in Japan. I don't know about the rest of you folks, but in the US and I assume in Europe there are few trains and they are full of people who either do not own these devices or choose not to let them be seen.
The most RF I've ever been exposed to was as the ALS in the Cobb Galleria convention center. All those geeks could fry chicken at 100 yards with their gadgets. Trains are pretty safe tho.
The whole human race is diagnosed with severe cardiovascular disease and colesteral intolerance not to mention 89% of the pulation being obese and the remaining 11% are overweight.
Why?
Seams that an overabundance of those weight-gain genes were distributed in the early 2000 years to fight cancer.
:-)
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That is very true. But in most situations your observers are going to be searching for you from a limited angle of attack.
It could be done. It would also work much better on large objects like tanks, aircraft, ships, etc...
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I would put small cameras in front and behind me which displayed their images on the opposite side of the suite.
It may not be invisibility but it's damned close.
The problem I see is: what about backlighting? LCD required backlighting to work doesn't it? If the colors (colours for you brits:-) are dense enough to reflect light realistically then perhaps that isn't a problem for some applicaitons: the invisibility application, however, presents a problem.
"Rockhound: You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?"
I'm not a gun nut, I owned several, I've shot many.
You're right, that's the reason for the right to bear arms.
But you forget that when this country was founded there was no real way to control mass opinion.
Now that there is a very limited number of mediums for controlling public opinion and those mediums are kept in check by impossibly insurmountable barriers to entry into the field of propaganda those rules have changed, and public opinion is very controlable.
Now we need a "Right to use media" clause, and a public commision to provide equal-footing voice to citizens. The right to own and bear arms was safe because the most expensive arms would always be affordable to the masses. The right to free speech and freedom of the press are attainable by the masses, but only in a very limited fassion. The pen always was mightier than the sword/gun and so the right to bear arms has simply become trite.
You have a very good point, and if I were a judge, I would probably find in your favor. But IANAJ:-).
The case hinges on the questions of "Are those bits used to enforce copywrite?" and if so: "Is this program written to change those bits?" Once those two questions have been answered, there is a third question which is, IMO, the most interesting: "Does setting bits on a file on your computer which you rightfully own constitue a DMCA volation of the rights of the copywrite holder of the product." If you are using the program to change bits on fonts you own, then no. If the program is being used by people everywhere to embed fonts which the rightful owners have tried to prevent embeding with, then the answer is Yes.
If people can copy fonts without using your program then you're program isn't guilty of the piracy clause. If they are using your program to embed fonts which they obtained illegally, then you might be found guilty of a DMCA violation under the non-piracy clauses governing fair use. Let's say their EULA states that they can't embed fonts, and they use your program to embed them anyhow.
I know this is all speculation, but lawyers have a knack for finding corraborating evidence for this kind of stuff.
Now back to my argument: they have a case. It's not an open-and-shut case by any means, but it can be argued and it probably would go to trial if brought before a magistrate.
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Silly man...
I'm talking about computers for human interaction in everyday life. We'll still program and administer with keyboards.
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are just plain bunk.
Everyone knows that the interface we most desire would have BOTH visual and audio. The ability to analize an image and understand it and then describe it textually and to take a textual description and display it visually.
We want hands-free interaction in all it's forms.
I want a retinal implant or pair of glasses which can display information fed to me via a at the same time I am fed audio information through an earpiece/implant which I can sub-vocalize commands to. A compltely interactive interface which is non-obtrusive to my daily life.
Is that too much to ask?
So why do they charge more for the distribution of the sunday paper? Because it's heavier. Why is it heavier? All those adds.
:-)
You are paying to get it brought to you so that you can pay another company (your trash pickup) to haul it away on Monday.
"You can't get killed, and there is a sense of accomplishment when you figure out a tough puzzle."
I'm a software developer. I spend 8-12 hours per day solving very tough puzzles. I'd prefer to avoid puzzles at home.
Polygraph tests have become completely useless due to a whole new generation growing up with the ability to stay completely calm while raping and pillaging much less lying.
;0)
Weblogic Server and Portal - 100MB :-)
Oracle - 600MB
All the latest distro ISOs - 8GB
Latest patches/updates of all *nix software - ~1GB
Windows Security Updates - 100MB/Month
Always being at the top of the list of bandwidth hogs and proud of it - priceless.
You're winning.
:-)
:-)
When I start getting my butt kicked at CS I get really stressed.
But really: I've been using video games to relax for a long time. I can't relax when I watch TV because I keep over-analizing everything (such as picking out all the scientific flaws in a tv program). I can relax much better when all I have to do is point and shoot.
getting IE to play my .mp3 links in WinAmp instead of Quicktime. The garsh-darn thing just refuses to do it.
Of course, that may be a Quicktime trick but stil..
I just wish I could get the newspaper add-free for what I *PAY* for it.
You know that those $2.00 sunday papers are payed for 10x over by the companies putting ads in them and then they have the fscking nerve to turn around and charge the customer more money to deliver the extra 10lbs of ads.
Give me add-fee paper publications and I'll start reading hardcopy news again.
Because it isn't an IP network? I'm assuming that tcp/ip has WAY too much overhead for clustering.
I can't be sure, however, because I haven't read all the specs.
But this kind of stuff doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
To my left as I type is a 4xPII200Mhz AMD Goliath. I did our network admin a favor and took it out of the server room for him. I'm using it as a toy machine to run apps on. It's huge, and compared to my PIII 700Mhz w/ 500Mb of ram laptop: it's just plain slow.
My point is: I'll bet 10-1 I can write a multi-threaded app in JAVA for this beast that could spank the crap out of a distributed app written in c for that cluster. The one exeception would be ultra-low bandwidth apps like Distributed.net. Anything which required more than 1 cross-cpu transaction per second would be dreadfully slow compared to an SMP PC. But I understand the need for clustered computing and it is really cool, so I'll leave this point alone and point out the other obvious thing...
I can see the need to build a cluster if you are doing research/development into clustered computing. But for the cost of this, you could cluster two of those Wal-mart OSless PCs. They would probably be a hell of a lot faster, take up only a couple square feet more room, be much less of a headache to get running, contain a whole lot more memory and disk space, etc...
This is ultra-geekdom coolness but it just doesn't make sense, IMO.
No way, he just gives his layer(s) sexual favors.
He's married to a wonderful woman, who just happens to be the mother of The Beast.
Now let's look into Bill's other supported funds...
Killing baby Indians (not American). I guess he's sick of those H1B visas?
A snapshot history of what their foundation is for, among others: "population control programs".
In nearly all their documents, the Bill and Milinda Gates foundation mentions their support for the "global community". Another writer uses those words a whole lot in his religious fiction series.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't think Bill is the antichrist. I think he's just a little imp.
</IANAF>
is in Japan. I don't know about the rest of you folks, but in the US and I assume in Europe there are few trains and they are full of people who either do not own these devices or choose not to let them be seen.
The most RF I've ever been exposed to was as the ALS in the Cobb Galleria convention center. All those geeks could fry chicken at 100 yards with their gadgets. Trains are pretty safe tho.
We collectively agree: there is no collective.
I meant to add that when I played Everquest I was disgruntled because there was just too much mundane, no-fun stuff to do.
Learning to be a fletcher: no skill. Just do it over, and over, and over, and...
Learning to be a fisherman: no skill. Just do it over, and over, and over, and...
Learning to fight: no skill. Just do it over, and over, and over.
Lerning the right combination of spells: tricky, then do it over, and over, and over...
screw the mideval crap.
I want to fly around in my own ship and blast at bad guys with the latest tech.
Eve-online here I come baby.
They expect to go closed beta this month too!!
There is also an article over at Game Spy.
I think the next year is shaping up to turn out some great new MMORPG games.
The whole human race is diagnosed with severe cardiovascular disease and colesteral intolerance not to mention 89% of the pulation being obese and the remaining 11% are overweight.
Why?
Seams that an overabundance of those weight-gain genes were distributed in the early 2000 years to fight cancer.
:-)
That is very true. But in most situations your observers are going to be searching for you from a limited angle of attack.
It could be done. It would also work much better on large objects like tanks, aircraft, ships, etc...
I would put small cameras in front and behind me which displayed their images on the opposite side of the suite.
:-) are dense enough to reflect light realistically then perhaps that isn't a problem for some applicaitons: the invisibility application, however, presents a problem.
It may not be invisibility but it's damned close.
The problem I see is: what about backlighting? LCD required backlighting to work doesn't it? If the colors (colours for you brits
I had to post the moderations on this:
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Moderation Totals: Offtopic=1, Funny=3, Overrated=1, Underrated=2, Total=7.
And yet, my Karma went up... 2 points.
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"Rockhound: You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?"
hehe...
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Nobody is arguing anything criminal.
This discussion is about a civil matter.
I'm not a gun nut, I owned several, I've shot many.
You're right, that's the reason for the right to bear arms.
But you forget that when this country was founded there was no real way to control mass opinion.
Now that there is a very limited number of mediums for controlling public opinion and those mediums are kept in check by impossibly insurmountable barriers to entry into the field of propaganda those rules have changed, and public opinion is very controlable.
Now we need a "Right to use media" clause, and a public commision to provide equal-footing voice to citizens. The right to own and bear arms was safe because the most expensive arms would always be affordable to the masses. The right to free speech and freedom of the press are attainable by the masses, but only in a very limited fassion. The pen always was mightier than the sword/gun and so the right to bear arms has simply become trite.
Yes, I read your response.
:-).
You have a very good point, and if I were a judge, I would probably find in your favor. But IANAJ
The case hinges on the questions of "Are those bits used to enforce copywrite?" and if so: "Is this program written to change those bits?" Once those two questions have been answered, there is a third question which is, IMO, the most interesting: "Does setting bits on a file on your computer which you rightfully own constitue a DMCA volation of the rights of the copywrite holder of the product." If you are using the program to change bits on fonts you own, then no. If the program is being used by people everywhere to embed fonts which the rightful owners have tried to prevent embeding with, then the answer is Yes.
If people can copy fonts without using your program then you're program isn't guilty of the piracy clause. If they are using your program to embed fonts which they obtained illegally, then you might be found guilty of a DMCA violation under the non-piracy clauses governing fair use. Let's say their EULA states that they can't embed fonts, and they use your program to embed them anyhow.
I know this is all speculation, but lawyers have a knack for finding corraborating evidence for this kind of stuff.
Now back to my argument: they have a case. It's not an open-and-shut case by any means, but it can be argued and it probably would go to trial if brought before a magistrate.