In the article it spefically states that they can automatically increase the power of the laser in the case of fog. More laser power apparently cuts through the fog.
As long as everyone is sounding off about their favorite games, I have to mention Driver. I don't know if there is a PC version but I borrowed a friends copy of this for the Playstation and I'm addicted.
The plot is kinda cheesy but the playability is what got me. There's something chathartic about speeding around a city smashing into cars while being chased by the cops.
Be careful though, it makes it that much harder to drive a real car responsibly.
I think you're missing his point. It's not about interpretation it's about observation. You and someone from China would have the same 'mentalese' way of describing the scene. Female: subordinate, angry, shouting at male. Your internal language to describe the scene would be the same only verbalized differently. Each of your interpretaions of the scene are a completely different matter.
In order to resolve all of the issues regarding music distribution and copyright violations, I believe we need to dispose of one majorly flawed assumption:
Artists
deserve to make money from their art.
I don't care how much Blood, Sweat & Tears you put into it there is no reason you should make a living at it. If it's art then do it for the love of it. If it's a business then you play buy business rules. Don't cry if you can't compete.
People aren't buying your CD? Maybe they don't like your music. At the very least they aren't moved enough by it to pay for it. You don't like that? Don't distribute MP3s. It's that simple.
I hate the major labels as much as anyone. But, I have no sympathy for anyone who tries to compete with them. You want to be famous? Screw you. You just want make a decent living doing what you love? Fine, but that's your responsibility. If people will pay for it, they'll pay for it. Otherwise, just go out to your garage and have fun!
Personally, I'd rather pay 3 bucks to see a mediocre local band live than purchase a CD.
While this might not be suitable for you (e.g. if you feel you have to make money from it), I'd like to see a book released this way:
Have people visiting a web-site submit their name/address.
(Snail)Mail them a username/pass for the download site of the book. Encourage them to send you money.
Keep track of how much people send you and post the amount on the your web-site. Keep stats for how many downloads/username and how much money/username.
I would snail mail the user/pass because I believe people would feel more accountable for downloading your work.
This isn't the best (and probably not even a good) way to make money on your book. I just think it would make a great experiment to see how much people value the product through voluntary contributions.
The only way you you will become successful is by having a publicity and promotion campaign behind you that elevates what you're doing above what your competition is doing.
OK, everyone STOP. Now, reread the above quote again. Do you get it?
He's not talking about art at all. He's talking about business. Don't let yourself be fooled.
I know a lot of bands -- a lot of artists -- and none of them compete. None of them have publicists. None of them make a living from their art. And they all consider themselves successful.
Just because there is a music industry doesn't mean there has to be a music industry.
Also, AFS is a different sort of beast. It's a distributed filesystem (dfs). CMU's latest dfs -- CODA -- is based on AFS2 and a linux port is available.
I'm not a hardware guru so pardon the speculation...
Obviously, the code morphing is focused on x86 right now and, as the article suggests, may be adapted for PPC, Alpha, etc. in the future. Is it feasible that it could also be adapted for specialized processors such as graphics or sound?
I'm imagining an SMP-type of Transmeta box that, when you load Quake, automagically loads code morphing software onto one of the processors to act as the graphics accelerator or, if you're watching a DVD, can act as an MPEG decoder card
Is what I'm suggesting conceivable or am I way off base?
Internet2 (I2) isn't the network. I2 is the initiative to develop Internet technologies (like QoS and multicast) and applications that will eventually be migrated to the commodity Internet. I2 uses, primarily, the Abilene backbone which is part of the I2 project. Abilene is a 2.4 Gbps backbone network that has a strict Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) i.e. it's not for playing Quake! It's for researchers with real demanding network applications to develop.
Unless you've got a research project that needs QoS or other advanced services, your packets will never see Abilene nor should they. It's your schools commodity Internet connection, WAN or LAN that sucks. Sean Fulton Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
It'd be nice to have emergency backup DNS too. So you'd have Freenet Coalition DNS service which, when a site is shut down, will immediately update DNS records to point to an offshore mirror of the site. You can't count on your ISP to do this for you.
I'll add my support the reply above. The GIMP is a far, far cry from being anywhere near as good as Photoshop.
Yes, the GIMP is neat and free. Script-fu is brilliant. But if you think the GIMP's interface is better than Photoshop's you've probably only seen Photoshop on Windows. The fault there is Windows not Photoshop. On a Mac, Photoshop is still far superior to anything else -- especially the GIMP.
I like the GIMP and use it at home. However, a professional graphic artist -- who needs to do pre-press, who needs complementary vector graphics tools, who needs to work efficiently and intuitively -- would never get by with the GIMP/Linux.
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I don't think these people are wasting CPU time.
Doing this distributed over the Internet, however, is unlikely.
In the article it spefically states that they can automatically increase the power of the laser in the case of fog. More laser power apparently cuts through the fog.
What scares me is that the article failed to mention even one constructive use of this technology (and, no, I don't consider adverts constructive).
can anyone suggest a potential 'good' use of this? Or is it just a digital A-Bomb?
As long as everyone is sounding off about their favorite games, I have to mention Driver. I don't know if there is a PC version but I borrowed a friends copy of this for the Playstation and I'm addicted.
The plot is kinda cheesy but the playability is what got me. There's something chathartic about speeding around a city smashing into cars while being chased by the cops.
Be careful though, it makes it that much harder to drive a real car responsibly.
Translation:
I don't know what the f*(k I'm talking about but I say it with such confidence that business people think I'm a genius.
I think you're missing his point. It's not about interpretation it's about observation. You and someone from China would have the same 'mentalese' way of describing the scene. Female: subordinate, angry, shouting at male. Your internal language to describe the scene would be the same only verbalized differently. Each of your interpretaions of the scene are a completely different matter.
SeanIn order to resolve all of the issues regarding music distribution and copyright violations, I believe we need to dispose of one majorly flawed assumption:
I don't care how much Blood, Sweat & Tears you put into it there is no reason you should make a living at it. If it's art then do it for the love of it. If it's a business then you play buy business rules. Don't cry if you can't compete.
People aren't buying your CD? Maybe they don't like your music. At the very least they aren't moved enough by it to pay for it. You don't like that? Don't distribute MP3s. It's that simple.
I hate the major labels as much as anyone. But, I have no sympathy for anyone who tries to compete with them. You want to be famous? Screw you. You just want make a decent living doing what you love? Fine, but that's your responsibility. If people will pay for it, they'll pay for it. Otherwise, just go out to your garage and have fun!
Personally, I'd rather pay 3 bucks to see a mediocre local band live than purchase a CD.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article is here:
http://www.post-gazett e.com/healthscience/20000616lunar2.asp
Are you kidding? Get paid to be a constant pain in the ass to corporate executives! Where's my resume....
..but if there is one word that I could go the rest of my life without hearing, it is 'innovation'.
While this might not be suitable for you (e.g. if you feel you have to make money from it), I'd like to see a book released this way:
Have people visiting a web-site submit their name/address.
(Snail)Mail them a username/pass for the download site of the book. Encourage them to send you money.
Keep track of how much people send you and post the amount on the your web-site. Keep stats for how many downloads/username and how much money/username.
I would snail mail the user/pass because I believe people would feel more accountable for downloading your work.
This isn't the best (and probably not even a good) way to make money on your book. I just think it would make a great experiment to see how much people value the product through voluntary contributions.
Better yet -- Go Outside! Unless you're stranded in Antarctica, you can find 'unknown' local talent at a bar in your town.
The Record Industry != Music
Music != The Record Industry
Sean
OK, everyone STOP. Now, reread the above quote again. Do you get it?
He's not talking about art at all. He's talking about business. Don't let yourself be fooled.
I know a lot of bands -- a lot of artists -- and none of them compete. None of them have publicists. None of them make a living from their art. And they all consider themselves successful.
Just because there is a music industry doesn't mean there has to be a music industry.
SeanFor a nice article on simulations performed for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider:
A Taste of Quark Soup
BTW, this research was done a T3E (which uses Alphas).
Sean
Are you talking about the Andrew File System?
If you are it's not from Compaq it's from Transarc (now owned by IBM) and was originally developed by Carngie Mellon University. There's already a beta of AFS for Linux and there should be an official version "real soon now". There's also a free AFS client implementation called Arla.
Also, AFS is a different sort of beast. It's a distributed filesystem (dfs). CMU's latest dfs -- CODA -- is based on AFS2 and a linux port is available.
SeanI'm not a hardware guru so pardon the speculation...
Obviously, the code morphing is focused on x86 right now and, as the article suggests, may be adapted for PPC, Alpha, etc. in the future. Is it feasible that it could also be adapted for specialized processors such as graphics or sound?
I'm imagining an SMP-type of Transmeta box that, when you load Quake, automagically loads code morphing software onto one of the processors to act as the graphics accelerator or, if you're watching a DVD, can act as an MPEG decoder card
Is what I'm suggesting conceivable or am I way off base?
Anyone else getting this:
PING xmms.org (193.13.151.45) from xxx.xx.xxx.xx : 56 data bytesFrom varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
From varberg1-gw.swip.net (130.244.10.154): Packet filtered
--- xmms.org ping statistics ---
15 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, +8 errors, 100% packet loss
Internet2 (I2) isn't the network. I2 is the initiative to develop Internet technologies (like QoS and multicast) and applications that will eventually be migrated to the commodity Internet. I2 uses, primarily, the Abilene backbone which is part of the I2 project. Abilene is a 2.4 Gbps backbone network that has a strict Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) i.e. it's not for playing Quake! It's for researchers with real demanding network applications to develop.
Unless you've got a research project that needs QoS or other advanced services, your packets will never see Abilene nor should they. It's your schools commodity Internet connection, WAN or LAN that sucks. Sean Fulton Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Of course someone will have to say it...
Imagine -- every trashcan a beowulf!
How many DES keys could a landfill go through in a day?
..etc, etc...
It'd be nice to have emergency backup DNS too. So you'd have Freenet Coalition DNS service which, when a site is shut down, will immediately update DNS records to point to an offshore mirror of the site. You can't count on your ISP to do this for you.
I'll add my support the reply above. The GIMP is a far, far cry from being anywhere near as good as Photoshop.
Yes, the GIMP is neat and free. Script-fu is brilliant. But if you think the GIMP's interface is better than Photoshop's you've probably only seen Photoshop on Windows. The fault there is Windows not Photoshop. On a Mac, Photoshop is still far superior to anything else -- especially the GIMP.
I like the GIMP and use it at home. However, a professional graphic artist -- who needs to do pre-press, who needs complementary vector graphics tools, who needs to work efficiently and intuitively -- would never get by with the GIMP/Linux.