This reminds me of the possibly hypocriphal story about a chip maker that noticed the contamination rate on their chips seemed to spike once a week, usually on monday. It wasn't until an engineer stopped in on a weekend and discovered that the cleaning crew was using the oven they baked the silicon wafers in to cook pizza. The fact that they didn't discover this cause there were no engineers in on the weekend makes me think it might be made up, but repeat anything enough and it becomes true!
Why do people even give ink to "Will Moores Law Hold Up?" debates? I always thought of it as a neat novelty to open powerpoint presentations with. I somehow doubt that Intel has as a mandate to "keep up with Moores Law" or anything. It's really only a "Law" when applied in retrospect anyway.
Hey there Tru Believers! Just got this missive from Underground_Troool about the latest going ons at EA. Seems they can't keep their grubby little hands off the sports games. Personally, I think it will suck, but read for yourself!
- Harry
Hey there Harry-poo! I just got back from my latest underground venture into the Mordor that is EA Games. Cleverly dressing as a pizza delivery guy, I made my way into the bowels of their Manhattan offices. Man, you should SEE the computers they got in this place! I was only able to get a glimps, but some of the code on this one guys screen made it look like Madden 2004 will be AWSOME! And lots of the programmers were wearing red shirts - real fans of EA will know what THAT means! Well, off to dress up as a phone repair man for next week. Over and out!
I wonder how this compares to other industrial products? For example, I know the vacuum sealed sandwich I got at the 7-11 uses at LEAST that many chemicals and is having a HUGE impact on the environment, specificly the environment of my stomach...
Dang! One look at that thing and I'd be headed for the bummper cars. It's more like a Demon Drop that just gets you to the top REALLY FAST than a roller coaster. Guess it's got all the parts to be a roller coaster, but still...
You just pointed out the flaw with your own, and most of the people posting here, argument. The Everquest protest was done IN GAME. SO isn't even available to the general public yet, so there is little chance of a mass exodus at this point. But if you don't buy the game when it comes out, esentually you are saying "I don't wanna play your game". If you buy the game and protest the addition of McDonalds, then you are saying "I am a paying customer and I don't like what you've done with my game or this trend of product "placement" in games". Much more effective IMO.
Reminds me of a game from Cheapass games called, I believe, "Patent Number 1". You have invented time travel, so what are you gonna do first? Head for day one, hour one of the opening of the US patent office! Problem is, all the other players have also invented time travel in their various eras, and are trying the same thing. Never played, but the concept is cool.
Has anyone else seen a device, while not similar to this proposal, that claims to trace back the call and "zap" your information from the telemarketers computer? As advertised, I can't think of anyway this would work, unless it logs a request to remove you from thier call list or something. Any idea how this works?
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I would have to agree that freeISPs are about to die. I signed up with Juno (without reading the agreement - d'oh!) cause Netzero limited me to 40 hours and I had used them all up. I figured I'd just use every free service I could find to get enough hours to stay on-line. Though I do have to admit, I was considering getting Juno's for-pay service to avoid the hassles free services are introducing, but now they can forget it. Who knows when they might apply this to all their customers, and not just the free ones.
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From the original article, they are also after students at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute and Princeton University. Not bad company for MTU.
Skippy
MTU Classes of 98 and 00
This reminds me of the possibly hypocriphal story about a chip maker that noticed the contamination rate on their chips seemed to spike once a week, usually on monday. It wasn't until an engineer stopped in on a weekend and discovered that the cleaning crew was using the oven they baked the silicon wafers in to cook pizza. The fact that they didn't discover this cause there were no engineers in on the weekend makes me think it might be made up, but repeat anything enough and it becomes true!
Why do people even give ink to "Will Moores Law Hold Up?" debates? I always thought of it as a neat novelty to open powerpoint presentations with. I somehow doubt that Intel has as a mandate to "keep up with Moores Law" or anything. It's really only a "Law" when applied in retrospect anyway.
Hey there Tru Believers! Just got this missive from Underground_Troool about the latest going ons at EA. Seems they can't keep their grubby little hands off the sports games. Personally, I think it will suck, but read for yourself!
- Harry
Hey there Harry-poo! I just got back from my latest underground venture into the Mordor that is EA Games. Cleverly dressing as a pizza delivery guy, I made my way into the bowels of their Manhattan offices. Man, you should SEE the computers they got in this place! I was only able to get a glimps, but some of the code on this one guys screen made it look like Madden 2004 will be AWSOME! And lots of the programmers were wearing red shirts - real fans of EA will know what THAT means! Well, off to dress up as a phone repair man for next week. Over and out!
I wonder how this compares to other industrial products? For example, I know the vacuum sealed sandwich I got at the 7-11 uses at LEAST that many chemicals and is having a HUGE impact on the environment, specificly the environment of my stomach...
Dang! One look at that thing and I'd be headed for the bummper cars. It's more like a Demon Drop that just gets you to the top REALLY FAST than a roller coaster. Guess it's got all the parts to be a roller coaster, but still...
You just pointed out the flaw with your own, and most of the people posting here, argument. The Everquest protest was done IN GAME. SO isn't even available to the general public yet, so there is little chance of a mass exodus at this point. But if you don't buy the game when it comes out, esentually you are saying "I don't wanna play your game". If you buy the game and protest the addition of McDonalds, then you are saying "I am a paying customer and I don't like what you've done with my game or this trend of product "placement" in games". Much more effective IMO.
B.O.B
Even the most sweaty-toothed otaku can't watch anime all day every day
Oh, but we can TRY! This may single handedly revive the TiVo, since I'm gonna need a PVR on this channel 24/7.
Skippy
Reminds me of a game from Cheapass games called, I believe, "Patent Number 1". You have invented time travel, so what are you gonna do first? Head for day one, hour one of the opening of the US patent office! Problem is, all the other players have also invented time travel in their various eras, and are trying the same thing. Never played, but the concept is cool.
Has anyone else seen a device, while not similar to this proposal, that claims to trace back the call and "zap" your information from the telemarketers computer? As advertised, I can't think of anyway this would work, unless it logs a request to remove you from thier call list or something. Any idea how this works?
I would have to agree that freeISPs are about to die. I signed up with Juno (without reading the agreement - d'oh!) cause Netzero limited me to 40 hours and I had used them all up. I figured I'd just use every free service I could find to get enough hours to stay on-line. Though I do have to admit, I was considering getting Juno's for-pay service to avoid the hassles free services are introducing, but now they can forget it. Who knows when they might apply this to all their customers, and not just the free ones.