Most sci-fi movies these days are nothing more than action movies or horror movies dressed up with aliens and rayguns. District 9 actually uses the premise to tell us something about ourselves. I don't recall the last "sci-fi" movie I watched that did that.
Firefly proved that a shaky cam can make an otherwise so-so scene appear much more realistic, and puts you (the viewer) in a first person state of mind. I haven't seen the movie yet, but as long as they don't overdo it, I don't find that a shaking cam is such a bad thing if it makes it more realistic.
Those of us that remember the BBS scene from 90 or so find most of the "new" innovations as old hat. Just prettier versions of what we were already doing: Interactive group games, chatting with other users in real time, downloading files(z) and images, sending email all over the world, etc.
The real difference is that there really was a "community", as many of the the users belonged in the same geographical area, and could actually get together for real, regularly.
So "social networking" is just the same old shit, just more pictures, and most of them are advertising.
You will hear about it here first. And by hear about it, I mean/. will disappear, since they are owned by the same company. Just to be safe, I think we all need to do a little:
wget -m -p www.sourceforge.org
and maybe add it to cron.daily, to be extra safe.;)
Keep in mind, for the purpose of war making, a hit is just as good as a kill, and sometimes even better. (Yes, I'm a military vet) The reasoning is simple: A dead man gets left on the ground until they have to retreat, but a wounded man must be attended to, meaning you just took TWO people out of the business of shooting at you.
This is one reason why they train you to shoot upper torso and never, ever try for a head shot. (and about 4 inches higher than where most people think the heart is, you shoot for the upper heart/lung area, as you know) A wound is always better than a miss.
A marksman isn't someone who kills someone every time they fire a round, it is someone who simply HITS the target on most every shot.
Then buy one for $30. That was just the first I found, I bet there are others. And 30 bucks aint bad for any optical mouse. It doesn't even require special drivers. Not a bad idea for a laptop, actually.
I used to have a trackball mouse that also looked familiar. (90s) I think it was a logitech. Complete and utter POS. I got it figuring it would be better for graphics, but the lack of fine detailed control made it useless.
As much as I despise Microsoft, I still love their mice, in particular the 5 button versions, which are handy for throwing F and G grenades in Team Fortess Classic. (and yes, I still have a couple of servers for this 11 year old game...)
The point here is the guy actually collected the images from the original patents, which took a little work (and a lot of weeding out). The concept wasn't original (and the formatting over many pages sucked) but the actual content was pretty good, and yes, interesting.
While the formatting sucked, the actual content was pretty good. Good quality images, simple text describing, to the point. I gave it a 5 star rating for the content.
As for being spread over 20+ pages, Tom's and everyone else has been doing this for years, albeit, not as drastically. Gaming sites are just as bad, or worse. I expect it. Fortunately, my mouse just clicked next a couple dozen times, no worry.
Perhaps the next article submitted and accepted by/. editors will simply have one paragraph per page (plus 4 banner ads and 3 seperate google adword text positions...)
So just tie them to a cable, climb up and connect it to a clocktower, and wait for a storm? Too much work. Think Indiana Jones, where you simply shoot the guy and walk away, machete or not.
Eventually, wind tower construction companies are going to have to mobilize. Contract for several years here, and several years there, and it makes more sense to actually relocate the manufacturing facility for large products to save costs.
Which means they will have to transport the very large equipment required to build these towers and such, so I am not so sure that is the answer. Most are already built relatively close to where they are being installed to begin with.
The problem seems to be that this is simply a new logigicial challenge, and like most logistical challenges, we will fuck up a few times along the way while learning. (bridge building, sky scrapers, etc. are other examples) A more likely scenario is that we will end up learning some cool new engineering methods for transporting extremely large machines over time. (and the military will benefit, in the long run or perhaps even participate) The problem is being overstated, and our ability to figure out the solution in a reasonable amount of time is being underestimated.
64 bit is the standard for new systems now. Would you really buy a new computer with less than 4gb ram, and expect it to have a shelf life of more than a year??
You obviously have never played "Redneck Rampage". I am still disappointed that there isn't a current sequel out. There is something about using a crossbow, with a stick of TNT tied to the bolt, and blowing up a cow, that is entirely gratifying. The pigs that attack you if you pop them with bullet were pretty cool as well. And don't get me started on the bra machine guns...
People forget (or weren't alive yet) that Windows roots are on a very limited platform that even a Linux kernel can't run on (no hardware support for "root" on a 8088)
Not exactly accurate. For starters, Windows NT 3.1/3.5 also ran on Alpha and MIPs, not just x86. More importantly, Windows didn't take off until the 386 came out (and i386 is still the basis for much code, including Linux). Almost no one ran Windows on a 286, and virtually no one on a 8086/8088.
Code originally designed to run on a 8086 and 286 won't even run on a 64 bit version of Vista (and 64 bit is the standard now, assuming you want over 3-4gb of ram, depending on BIOS). The 64 bit version doesn't have any 8 or 16 bit API support, only 32/64, unless you can hack it in virtualization. There really is no reason to run a 32 bit version of Windows 7 either, unless you need those old apps (not common) and will never need 4gb of ram (unlikely).
In short, Windows Vista/64 and 7/64 won't run DOS or 8088 code, and *isn't* backward compatible.
As a side note, I *think* you can install the 64 bit version of Linux and run DOS apps in a dosbox if you need. Will have to try that on the servers at work and see.
Although often abused, it is possible to be both Funny and Insightful. It is all a matter of perspective, and the mod's choice of which to choose. This is what metamoderation is for, to weed out the mods who constantly mod improperly.
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Most sci-fi movies these days are nothing more than action movies or horror movies dressed up with aliens and rayguns. District 9 actually uses the premise to tell us something about ourselves. I don't recall the last "sci-fi" movie I watched that did that.
Starship Troopers?
*ducks* ;)
Firefly proved that a shaky cam can make an otherwise so-so scene appear much more realistic, and puts you (the viewer) in a first person state of mind. I haven't seen the movie yet, but as long as they don't overdo it, I don't find that a shaking cam is such a bad thing if it makes it more realistic.
Those of us that remember the BBS scene from 90 or so find most of the "new" innovations as old hat. Just prettier versions of what we were already doing: Interactive group games, chatting with other users in real time, downloading files(z) and images, sending email all over the world, etc.
The real difference is that there really was a "community", as many of the the users belonged in the same geographical area, and could actually get together for real, regularly.
So "social networking" is just the same old shit, just more pictures, and most of them are advertising.
What happens if SourceForge goes under?
You will hear about it here first. And by hear about it, I mean /. will disappear, since they are owned by the same company. Just to be safe, I think we all need to do a little:
wget -m -p www.sourceforge.org
and maybe add it to cron.daily, to be extra safe. ;)
That's not the point. An HDTV *is* a computer already. Why should we have to use another one?
To make a beowolf of them? ;)
Keep in mind, for the purpose of war making, a hit is just as good as a kill, and sometimes even better. (Yes, I'm a military vet) The reasoning is simple: A dead man gets left on the ground until they have to retreat, but a wounded man must be attended to, meaning you just took TWO people out of the business of shooting at you.
This is one reason why they train you to shoot upper torso and never, ever try for a head shot. (and about 4 inches higher than where most people think the heart is, you shoot for the upper heart/lung area, as you know) A wound is always better than a miss.
A marksman isn't someone who kills someone every time they fire a round, it is someone who simply HITS the target on most every shot.
Now now, come on. There were barely 10000 ads over the entire 24 pages. I think you are exagerating just a bit.
Then buy one for $30. That was just the first I found, I bet there are others. And 30 bucks aint bad for any optical mouse. It doesn't even require special drivers. Not a bad idea for a laptop, actually.
I used to have a trackball mouse that also looked familiar. (90s) I think it was a logitech. Complete and utter POS. I got it figuring it would be better for graphics, but the lack of fine detailed control made it useless.
As much as I despise Microsoft, I still love their mice, in particular the 5 button versions, which are handy for throwing F and G grenades in Team Fortess Classic. (and yes, I still have a couple of servers for this 11 year old game...)
The point here is the guy actually collected the images from the original patents, which took a little work (and a lot of weeding out). The concept wasn't original (and the formatting over many pages sucked) but the actual content was pretty good, and yes, interesting.
While the formatting sucked, the actual content was pretty good. Good quality images, simple text describing, to the point. I gave it a 5 star rating for the content.
As for being spread over 20+ pages, Tom's and everyone else has been doing this for years, albeit, not as drastically. Gaming sites are just as bad, or worse. I expect it. Fortunately, my mouse just clicked next a couple dozen times, no worry.
Perhaps the next article submitted and accepted by /. editors will simply have one paragraph per page (plus 4 banner ads and 3 seperate google adword text positions...)
So just tie them to a cable, climb up and connect it to a clocktower, and wait for a storm? Too much work. Think Indiana Jones, where you simply shoot the guy and walk away, machete or not.
She is still alive.
Eventually, wind tower construction companies are going to have to mobilize. Contract for several years here, and several years there, and it makes more sense to actually relocate the manufacturing facility for large products to save costs.
Which means they will have to transport the very large equipment required to build these towers and such, so I am not so sure that is the answer. Most are already built relatively close to where they are being installed to begin with.
The problem seems to be that this is simply a new logigicial challenge, and like most logistical challenges, we will fuck up a few times along the way while learning. (bridge building, sky scrapers, etc. are other examples) A more likely scenario is that we will end up learning some cool new engineering methods for transporting extremely large machines over time. (and the military will benefit, in the long run or perhaps even participate) The problem is being overstated, and our ability to figure out the solution in a reasonable amount of time is being underestimated.
Unless you have a separate 1tb hard drive you backup with weekly and keep offsite. If the house burns, raid is useless anyway.
I just saw that! Hopefully they will keep the new version as simple and loveable as the original.
Remember the well you could dive down, and then come up the outhouse through (don't drink the water, obviously)...
The chicken processing plant that always had the background music of "Girl from Ipanema" in true elevator musak style?
The food powerups that made you fart?
The constant tornado in the trailer park?
They just don't make classy content like that anymore.
64 bit is the standard for new systems now. Would you really buy a new computer with less than 4gb ram, and expect it to have a shelf life of more than a year??
You obviously have never played "Redneck Rampage". I am still disappointed that there isn't a current sequel out. There is something about using a crossbow, with a stick of TNT tied to the bolt, and blowing up a cow, that is entirely gratifying. The pigs that attack you if you pop them with bullet were pretty cool as well. And don't get me started on the bra machine guns...
People forget (or weren't alive yet) that Windows roots are on a very limited platform that even a Linux kernel can't run on (no hardware support for "root" on a 8088)
Not exactly accurate. For starters, Windows NT 3.1/3.5 also ran on Alpha and MIPs, not just x86. More importantly, Windows didn't take off until the 386 came out (and i386 is still the basis for much code, including Linux). Almost no one ran Windows on a 286, and virtually no one on a 8086/8088.
Code originally designed to run on a 8086 and 286 won't even run on a 64 bit version of Vista (and 64 bit is the standard now, assuming you want over 3-4gb of ram, depending on BIOS). The 64 bit version doesn't have any 8 or 16 bit API support, only 32/64, unless you can hack it in virtualization. There really is no reason to run a 32 bit version of Windows 7 either, unless you need those old apps (not common) and will never need 4gb of ram (unlikely).
In short, Windows Vista/64 and 7/64 won't run DOS or 8088 code, and *isn't* backward compatible.
As a side note, I *think* you can install the 64 bit version of Linux and run DOS apps in a dosbox if you need. Will have to try that on the servers at work and see.
Although often abused, it is possible to be both Funny and Insightful. It is all a matter of perspective, and the mod's choice of which to choose. This is what metamoderation is for, to weed out the mods who constantly mod improperly.
Overrated and Underrated don't affect Karma either, and don't appear to be subject to metamoderation.
Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Neither artists nor listeners need major labels. Or, in fact, labels.
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But if an album doesn't have a label, how do you know what songs are on it?
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Silly me, I just bought two new Dell T130 servers and foolishly bought them from www.dell.com. I hope they are reputable...
I write lots of perl and html by hand, no wysiwyg editor most of the time, including doing lots of tables and such. I just call myself a code monkey.