It's fundamentally different than IR; imagine, for example, if street lamps using this technology had localization data encoded into them?
Of course this would only register at night, but imagine if you your car could tell what streets you were approaching? Consideing how difficult it is to read street signs at night? Or if the lamps had more intelligence, if the lamps could relay traffic conditions to the cars below? Accidents, etc?
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It would only lose something if it weren't so routine; if nothing else, encapsulate the thing inside of a perl/Apple-script that is hackable/editable and then when a user wants a GIMP optimized for their system, they can edit it, and when the user doesn't have a clue how or what for, the system just uses defaults.
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Of course it can compete, it offers features and functionality far ahead of, say, Photoshop Elements.
But Photoshop Elements is affordable, at $100, and good enough. Of course I'm not comparing Apples to Apples, as I haven't played with the *latest* GIMP, but the ease of use of installation and maintainance is pretty big. Have those issues been dealt with, on the GIMP?
After buying a PowerBook G4, I now start to notice the *hum* of the electrical components of other laptops! It's a curse!
I can also hear my own internal modem! I have to reseat it to shut it up. I'm almost consideing disconnecting it in order to remove it, since I don't use it... but the utility of having it seems more than worth the fairly small hum it produces...
But having a quiet computer sensitizes you to noise!
No fan. Hugh heat sink on the CPU. Case is metal enshrouded in thick plastic.
It doesn't use a commodity motherboard, and you do pay a premium for it; rather than an overclocked P3 @1.2GHs you get an underclocked G4 at 450MHz, and even then at a 10 to 20 percent price delta.
Oh well, good luck finding a PC manufacturer who tries to design a silent computer. People care too much about performance (which generates heat) or price (which sacrifices quality).
Actually in terms of relative comparison, you might as well use your examples as arguments *for* his 4th power noise/efficiency claim.
What would happen if you overclocked the G4s/G3s to GHz speeds? Power consumption would go up. So would heat disappation, which would necessitate more effective and noisy cooling solutions.
Of course the reality is that you cannot effectively OC these CPUs because there are physical limitations that prevent us just doubling the voltage and clock frequency to these chips. On the other hand I'm pretty confident that even as these CPUs get clocked higher, they will still radiate less heat than an Intel CPU:)
It was for a quiet power supply! I think I've only seen one or two relevant posts so far; most of the rest are harping about computers, Macs, Suns, etc.
My friend tells me they are really quiet (I've heard them) and swears by them, despite the slightly higher cost.
In their power supply section they have an ultra quiet section, and they even 'measure' the dB of their power supplies. The ultra quiet 275 ATX is only 34dB!
Glowing plants, not jellyfish, has N possible payoffs. Are you smart enough to figure them out? No? Then why don't you let the NASA guys figure out what these N possible payoffs are.
Don't you get it? Life is a gamble with no guarantees. Risks and payoffs is the name of the game. Are you telling me that you want to risk *not* sending plants that glow in the dark to Mars as an analytic tool? This is the ultimate in self sufficient robotic analysis! You get to measure the soil, water, oxygen, and mineral conditions through a self propogating self sustaining device, a genetically engineered mustard plant!
3d is just a technology, just like music, sprites, voice, networking, etc.
Do you question the use of technology to make a better game experience? No, of course not!
The question is whether Westwood, in Dune3d happens to use 3d graphics to it's advantage.
3d has a few good points to it that cannot be addressed by 2d:
Zoom and scale, being able to see as much or as little of the map as possible.
Rotation and height, being able to navigate the map more flexible as the need allows.
Lighting and shadow. 2d cannot cast shadows except in very limited scopes.
Tactical terrain; 3d landscapes allows for more variety, rather than just a flat map, or fixed height surfaces.
Take these advantages together:
Units that can hide in shadows
Minimaps that tell you correct location and orientation no matter where you are
Units that behave differently at different heights and locations
Being able to play more flexibly; zoom in on units for small squad combat, or zoom out to half the battle field to see scope and maneuvers, such as pinchers, blitzes, ambushes, etc.
It's not the 3d that is the problem, it's the project leads for not using it correctly:)
That the biggest crowds were around Metal Gear Solid II, gawking at Warcraft 3, listening intently to the designers of Sims and other ground breaking games.
Sex causes commotion, yes, but if the game being tied to the commotion holds no appeal, the crowd walks on as soon as the performance ends.
If you say so. It didn't seem all that good or sarcastic, and I have the unfortunate luck of knowing people who act and believe very similar philosophies, and the net being as sterile as it is, could not tell it as good sarcasm vs ignorant bigotry.
A funny post about PCs being better than gadgets and half assed toys, faster and more powerful than consoles, and my feeble attempt at humor is off topic.
You can say, think, and believe all that, and not have problems living with yourself?
What, should we nuke them again, put them in their place, and indoctrinate them again?
You speak as if the US has the moral or ethical superiority in which to even judge the Japanese.
You speak as if the viewpoint of a single individual, you, can decide and analyze the culture and behavior of an entire nation, the Japanese.
Here, let me rephrase:
"Geeks, a mysterious race."
I went on holiday to Silicon Valley a couple of years ago, and stayed for 6 months or so. At first it seemed quite similar to the east, the same skyscrapers, billboards, TV, films, cars, etc. The mark of mass consumerism was all around.
But the difference with the geeks is not external, it's internal. Looking at the geeks, talking to them and trying to penetrate the alien geeky mind is very difficult indeed. What are their motivations? What do they want?
Unfortunately the geeks have not changed since the dawn of time. The americans tried after Columbine, but that was set back against Pinkerton's vision by the need to get geeks into industry against the Indian threat.
The result is that the geeks now hae the same abitions as they did since the dawn of time - the same ambitions that spawned the nuclear fucking bomb. The difference now is that those ambitions are exercised through the internet, the dot coms, rather than through the scientific field as it was last time.
I think we should be wary of the geeks, and institute sanctions. We already know they are an insensitive and inscrutible race, from the way they treat girls, Christians and the establishment - with astonishing rebellion and wholescale anti-orthodoxy.
We should force geeks to adopt the same values as civilised citizens in the USA - we do not desire to spread our values everywhere and forge uniformity, so why should they be allowed to?
Buying their products (which are produced by uncreative minds, good at technical things but not at language and art as we are) is weakening the USA and the commity of civilised peoples.
Lets put an end to it.
Aren't you at all bothered by the trash you write? Gah. And you got modded up for it, even!
So when did I invoke Godwin's Law? No Hitler or Nazism. I did invoke the comparison that individual action taken by the RBL can be described as vigilante action because they are self regulated in an environment not clearly delinated by laws, regulations, or regulatory bodies such as government, culture, religion, or tradition.
If I don't want to be part of what?
I don't question the actions of the RBL; they acted, and I didn't criticize their actions, other than mentioning that it was symptomatic of something grander than RBL or Macromedia.
Tell me what my high horse is? When did I advocate forcing anyone to lose money?
When did I criticize or advocate or demonize the RBL and bitch about getting of the RBL?
When did I bitch and moan about my damn rights? When did I complain about the ISPs?
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It's data encoding/hiding of the neatest sort :)
It's fundamentally different than IR; imagine, for example, if street lamps using this technology had localization data encoded into them?
Of course this would only register at night, but imagine if you your car could tell what streets you were approaching? Consideing how difficult it is to read street signs at night? Or if the lamps had more intelligence, if the lamps could relay traffic conditions to the cars below? Accidents, etc?
Or if this were hooked up to traffic lights?
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It would only lose something if it weren't so routine; if nothing else, encapsulate the thing inside of a perl/Apple-script that is hackable/editable and then when a user wants a GIMP optimized for their system, they can edit it, and when the user doesn't have a clue how or what for, the system just uses defaults.
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Conceivably both of those command sequences could be subsumed by a pair of actions; a selection and double click.
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Of course it can compete, it offers features and functionality far ahead of, say, Photoshop Elements.
But Photoshop Elements is affordable, at $100, and good enough. Of course I'm not comparing Apples to Apples, as I haven't played with the *latest* GIMP, but the ease of use of installation and maintainance is pretty big. Have those issues been dealt with, on the GIMP?
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After buying a PowerBook G4, I now start to notice the *hum* of the electrical components of other laptops! It's a curse!
I can also hear my own internal modem! I have to reseat it to shut it up. I'm almost consideing disconnecting it in order to remove it, since I don't use it... but the utility of having it seems more than worth the fairly small hum it produces...
But having a quiet computer sensitizes you to noise!
Geek dating!
Right there, all your dreams and hopes come true;
No fan. Hugh heat sink on the CPU. Case is metal enshrouded in thick plastic.
It doesn't use a commodity motherboard, and you do pay a premium for it; rather than an overclocked P3 @1.2GHs you get an underclocked G4 at 450MHz, and even then at a 10 to 20 percent price delta.
Oh well, good luck finding a PC manufacturer who tries to design a silent computer. People care too much about performance (which generates heat) or price (which sacrifices quality).
Geek dating!
Of course you're right. That's why I own a Titanium Powerbook, now; mobile, powerful, quiet, wirelessly networked, and I can sleep with it on :)
My PC is *damn* loud, and I'm looking at doing something to it, and it's currently close to 60db, so a 34db power supply isn't bad at all...
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Actually in terms of relative comparison, you might as well use your examples as arguments *for* his 4th power noise/efficiency claim.
:)
What would happen if you overclocked the G4s/G3s to GHz speeds? Power consumption would go up. So would heat disappation, which would necessitate more effective and noisy cooling solutions.
Of course the reality is that you cannot effectively OC these CPUs because there are physical limitations that prevent us just doubling the voltage and clock frequency to these chips. On the other hand I'm pretty confident that even as these CPUs get clocked higher, they will still radiate less heat than an Intel CPU
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It was for a quiet power supply! I think I've only seen one or two relevant posts so far; most of the rest are harping about computers, Macs, Suns, etc.
try this site, PC Power-Cooling.
My friend tells me they are really quiet (I've heard them) and swears by them, despite the slightly higher cost.
In their power supply section they have an ultra quiet section, and they even 'measure' the dB of their power supplies. The ultra quiet 275 ATX is only 34dB!
Geek dating!
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Jellyfish genes in plants. What are you talking about?
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Not even wowed by glowing plants!
Glowing plants, not jellyfish, has N possible payoffs. Are you smart enough to figure them out? No? Then why don't you let the NASA guys figure out what these N possible payoffs are.
Don't you get it? Life is a gamble with no guarantees. Risks and payoffs is the name of the game. Are you telling me that you want to risk *not* sending plants that glow in the dark to Mars as an analytic tool? This is the ultimate in self sufficient robotic analysis! You get to measure the soil, water, oxygen, and mineral conditions through a self propogating self sustaining device, a genetically engineered mustard plant!
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I prefer subtitles. I'd rather lose a little in attention span than ruin a movie with poor dubbing.
Actually, I like subtitles. I like reading though.
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I'm tired of this kind of attitude. Is The Lover's Arrival giving out lessons now?
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Size. 8x8x9 is really small, cute, and nifty. The next closest hardware is a Cobalt Qube, which is, what, $3k?
Fanless. Cool. Low powered.
Aesthetics. Not a terribly profound reason, but a Cube does look rather nifty.
That's my guesses, at least.
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3d is just a technology, just like music, sprites, voice, networking, etc.
:)
Do you question the use of technology to make a better game experience? No, of course not!
The question is whether Westwood, in Dune3d happens to use 3d graphics to it's advantage.
3d has a few good points to it that cannot be addressed by 2d:
Zoom and scale, being able to see as much or as little of the map as possible.
Rotation and height, being able to navigate the map more flexible as the need allows.
Lighting and shadow. 2d cannot cast shadows except in very limited scopes.
Tactical terrain; 3d landscapes allows for more variety, rather than just a flat map, or fixed height surfaces.
Take these advantages together:
Units that can hide in shadows
Minimaps that tell you correct location and orientation no matter where you are
Units that behave differently at different heights and locations
Being able to play more flexibly; zoom in on units for small squad combat, or zoom out to half the battle field to see scope and maneuvers, such as pinchers, blitzes, ambushes, etc.
It's not the 3d that is the problem, it's the project leads for not using it correctly
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Unless Apple releases it's code for Microsoft systems (it might, given it's streaming server and Quicktime softwares).
Apple code for Apple OS, right?
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I happen to like the first, fourth, and fifth books.
Dune: Good
Heretic of Dune: Weak, pulpy
Children of Dune: Weak
God Emperor of Dune: Very good, epic
Dune:Chapterhouse: Very, very good.
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You find that Sex does Not Sell.
That the biggest crowds were around Metal Gear Solid II, gawking at Warcraft 3, listening intently to the designers of Sims and other ground breaking games.
Sex causes commotion, yes, but if the game being tied to the commotion holds no appeal, the crowd walks on as soon as the performance ends.
Geek dating!
If you say so. It didn't seem all that good or sarcastic, and I have the unfortunate luck of knowing people who act and believe very similar philosophies, and the net being as sterile as it is, could not tell it as good sarcasm vs ignorant bigotry.
Geek dating!
I don't own an iFruit. Titanium, baby!
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A funny post about PCs being better than gadgets and half assed toys, faster and more powerful than consoles, and my feeble attempt at humor is off topic.
Over-rated, sure, off topic?
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You can say, think, and believe all that, and not have problems living with yourself?
What, should we nuke them again, put them in their place, and indoctrinate them again?
You speak as if the US has the moral or ethical superiority in which to even judge the Japanese.
You speak as if the viewpoint of a single individual, you, can decide and analyze the culture and behavior of an entire nation, the Japanese.
Here, let me rephrase:
"Geeks, a mysterious race."
I went on holiday to Silicon Valley a couple of years ago, and stayed for 6 months or so. At first it seemed quite similar to the east, the same skyscrapers, billboards, TV, films, cars, etc. The mark of mass consumerism was all around.
But the difference with the geeks is not external, it's internal. Looking at the geeks, talking to them and trying to penetrate the alien geeky mind is very difficult indeed. What are their motivations? What do they want?
Unfortunately the geeks have not changed since the dawn of time. The americans tried after Columbine, but that was set back against Pinkerton's vision by the need to get geeks into industry against the Indian threat.
The result is that the geeks now hae the same abitions as they did since the dawn of time - the same ambitions that spawned the nuclear fucking bomb. The difference now is that those ambitions are exercised through the internet, the dot coms, rather than through the scientific field as it was last time.
I think we should be wary of the geeks, and institute sanctions. We already know they are an insensitive and inscrutible race, from the way they treat girls, Christians and the establishment - with astonishing rebellion and wholescale anti-orthodoxy.
We should force geeks to adopt the same values as civilised citizens in the USA - we do not desire to spread our values everywhere and forge uniformity, so why should they be allowed to?
Buying their products (which are produced by uncreative minds, good at technical things but not at language and art as we are) is weakening the USA and the commity of civilised peoples.
Lets put an end to it.
Aren't you at all bothered by the trash you write? Gah. And you got modded up for it, even!
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I actually prefer the LCDs to CRTs, though I do know I spend entirely too much time in front of computers.
Another Pro someone else mentioned:
LCDs are pure digital, from source to display
CRTs convert from digital to analog.
But I think that may have been covered in my 'digital clarity' and 'analog degradation' comments.
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So when did I invoke Godwin's Law? No Hitler or Nazism. I did invoke the comparison that individual action taken by the RBL can be described as vigilante action because they are self regulated in an environment not clearly delinated by laws, regulations, or regulatory bodies such as government, culture, religion, or tradition.
Is that the Godwin component?
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If I don't want to be part of what?
I don't question the actions of the RBL; they acted, and I didn't criticize their actions, other than mentioning that it was symptomatic of something grander than RBL or Macromedia.
Tell me what my high horse is? When did I advocate forcing anyone to lose money?
When did I criticize or advocate or demonize the RBL and bitch about getting of the RBL?
When did I bitch and moan about my damn rights? When did I complain about the ISPs?
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