This is amusing... I'm sure someone could build a laptop pretty easily that would turn on but had enough explosives in it to blow a hole in the side of the plane. (especially an older laptop) They could also probably conceal some sort of weapon in the laptop too and still have it run. Airline security right now is a joke, and I don't expect this to change until we have a couple more of these incidents. (hmm, I wonder if I was just red flagged...)
We still don't have good 8500 drivers for xf86, although there are some that should be good in devel now, thanks to the weather channel. I would imagine unless a bunch of people decide to take it upon themselves to start making some now we won't see em till roughly 6-8 months after the card is available.
Have you played a game recently? Does it look real to you? How about even CG movies? do they look real? If so I think you need some of those new ocular implants...
It's a good point but I think it has more to do with the code in windows 98 that deals with the wheel itself (it doesn't only happen in that game) now, I'm sure this is something that wouldn't come up in reality since they probably aren't using directx for input from the wheel (in fact I doubt that that is even windows 98 controlled)
I would imagine that windows 98 is not used in anything critical for the car to run, like say, fuel regulation, traction control, airbag deployment, etc. If it is, it's probably a stripped down version of it with almost nothing left of the original windows 98. Otherwise this 10 million dollar car wouldn't be much good on the road... What if the traction control decided to send all power to your right wheels, and brake your left wheels while cruisin at 90mph? that'd be fun... Or better yet, if steering suddenly went all the way to one side. (Like sometimes happens in some f1 video games I've played in windows 98)
Historians and archaeologists seem to give a damn about stuff that happened a long time ago. I don't but... Maybe they'll have similar people in 50k years...
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yes they should, but shouldn't anyone who is in marketing?;)
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Get a life means different things to different people. To many, it means get a good job and a significant other. To me, it means get a few new video games and maybe a better racing wheel for my f1 game...
I don't "feel" anything about numbers. Without FTL you cant travel 100.000 light years in 30.000 years. given 1.000.000 though, which I agree is not that different in the current context, we're okay...
but without FTL 30,000 years is only enough to cover 3/10ths of the galaxy if we start with fast as light travel now, so the entire galaxy is unrealistic. There is also the point that there are 400 billion stars in our galaxy... (something like 35 billion white dwarfs)
There is an awful big assumption in your 30,000 figure though.... Faster than light travel may not be physically possible. Now, since the nearest system is 4 light years away we should certainly at least be able to come in contact with at the very least a few systems, probably many, but the whole galaxy is a bit unrealistic I think...
The difference here is that while you probably haven't shot 12 people, Microsoft has used tactics like this before, and will likely do so in the future.
That's one beer I'll never drink again. (Not that I did that much anyway it tastes like paint thinner, usually pretty cheap here though) Why don't they get that this just generates bad publicity. It would be one thing if a guy was posting goatse on the page but it's a legitimate businessman right?
wasn't there a report out recently that claimed something like 15,000 cancer deaths were probably caused by above ground nuke tests worldwide? (i seem to vaguely recall something along those lines)
no, africans are killing themselves. they are the ones who need to confront the problems of aids. if they're listening to what the vatican has to say then again, that's their problem. they should know better than to listen to what a bunch of celibate guys (nudge nudge wink wink, say no more) have to say about sex.
I'd like to know more about why they were shut down, sadly the article didn't quite say exactly what was said on there. That being said, if I want to say "the virgin mary sucks" or maybe something more crude, I should be able to be the idiot I am and do so. There may be a limit as to what I think could be said on a t-shirt in public, and maybe being arrested for expressing certain opinions in public is a good idea. (being charged with a crime wouldn't be quite right but maybe confiscating the shirt or something would be good) Before I get flamed, here's an example: I wear a t shirt in manhattan stating "I love osama" (picture maybe something along those lines but much worse to see what I'm really talking about). Now, some may say "fine, no problem..." but, I'm putting myself in great danger wearing this shirt and for my own protection should be stopped. If I want to wear it behind closed doors or whatever, that's fine, but doing something like that that is just going to incite someone to beat me up. I'm not sure this case can compare exactly, but, it's just a thought.
Maybe a clearer example is two groups of protestors, for example, pro-life vs. pro-choice. If there is going to be a massive protest it is a good idea to keep them FAR apart just to keep the peace. I'm not saying silence them or anything, far from it. However, them being next to each other is not a good idea. Another thing is that GAP group I've seen at my Uni a couple of times showing images of aborted babies. Those people were really asking for it and while I think it's fine if they go out and have some sort of a protest, let people know where they can come for more info, that's fine, but making me see that is just asking for a little bit of the old ultra violence. again, we need to know more info before we can really comment on this...
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I don't know why but I read your post, looked at the capitalized words (TC) and the first thing that popped into my head was "total control"
I hope that the price of this stuff (zero) will also help us, because it seems that the better marketing campaigns usually win.
This is amusing... I'm sure someone could build a laptop pretty easily that would turn on but had enough explosives in it to blow a hole in the side of the plane. (especially an older laptop) They could also probably conceal some sort of weapon in the laptop too and still have it run. Airline security right now is a joke, and I don't expect this to change until we have a couple more of these incidents. (hmm, I wonder if I was just red flagged...)
No, what we need is people to make games that will take advantage of the hardware we have now...
We still don't have good 8500 drivers for xf86, although there are some that should be good in devel now, thanks to the weather channel. I would imagine unless a bunch of people decide to take it upon themselves to start making some now we won't see em till roughly 6-8 months after the card is available.
Have you played a game recently? Does it look real to you? How about even CG movies? do they look real? If so I think you need some of those new ocular implants...
It's a good point but I think it has more to do with the code in windows 98 that deals with the wheel itself (it doesn't only happen in that game) now, I'm sure this is something that wouldn't come up in reality since they probably aren't using directx for input from the wheel (in fact I doubt that that is even windows 98 controlled)
I would imagine that windows 98 is not used in anything critical for the car to run, like say, fuel regulation, traction control, airbag deployment, etc. If it is, it's probably a stripped down version of it with almost nothing left of the original windows 98. Otherwise this 10 million dollar car wouldn't be much good on the road... What if the traction control decided to send all power to your right wheels, and brake your left wheels while cruisin at 90mph? that'd be fun... Or better yet, if steering suddenly went all the way to one side. (Like sometimes happens in some f1 video games I've played in windows 98)
Historians and archaeologists seem to give a damn about stuff that happened a long time ago. I don't but... Maybe they'll have similar people in 50k years...
yes they should, but shouldn't anyone who is in marketing? ;)
Get a life means different things to different people. To many, it means get a good job and a significant other. To me, it means get a few new video games and maybe a better racing wheel for my f1 game...
I don't "feel" anything about numbers. Without FTL you cant travel 100.000 light years in 30.000 years. given 1.000.000 though, which I agree is not that different in the current context, we're okay...
but without FTL 30,000 years is only enough to cover 3/10ths of the galaxy if we start with fast as light travel now, so the entire galaxy is unrealistic. There is also the point that there are 400 billion stars in our galaxy... (something like 35 billion white dwarfs)
There is an awful big assumption in your 30,000 figure though.... Faster than light travel may not be physically possible. Now, since the nearest system is 4 light years away we should certainly at least be able to come in contact with at the very least a few systems, probably many, but the whole galaxy is a bit unrealistic I think...
Tell that to the Russians.
The difference here is that while you probably haven't shot 12 people, Microsoft has used tactics like this before, and will likely do so in the future.
On the contrary, I think many 'godly' people can justify hate.
That's one beer I'll never drink again. (Not that I did that much anyway it tastes like paint thinner, usually pretty cheap here though) Why don't they get that this just generates bad publicity. It would be one thing if a guy was posting goatse on the page but it's a legitimate businessman right?
wasn't there a report out recently that claimed something like 15,000 cancer deaths were probably caused by above ground nuke tests worldwide? (i seem to vaguely recall something along those lines)
well, you spend your tax money on the police now, and they have some sort of responsibility to prevent murder... right?
what if I'm killed because of the beating? is it your problem then?
That's why I included the monty python reference...
no, africans are killing themselves. they are the ones who need to confront the problems of aids. if they're listening to what the vatican has to say then again, that's their problem. they should know better than to listen to what a bunch of celibate guys (nudge nudge wink wink, say no more) have to say about sex.
I'd like to know more about why they were shut down, sadly the article didn't quite say exactly what was said on there. That being said, if I want to say "the virgin mary sucks" or maybe something more crude, I should be able to be the idiot I am and do so. There may be a limit as to what I think could be said on a t-shirt in public, and maybe being arrested for expressing certain opinions in public is a good idea. (being charged with a crime wouldn't be quite right but maybe confiscating the shirt or something would be good) Before I get flamed, here's an example: I wear a t shirt in manhattan stating "I love osama" (picture maybe something along those lines but much worse to see what I'm really talking about). Now, some may say "fine, no problem..." but, I'm putting myself in great danger wearing this shirt and for my own protection should be stopped. If I want to wear it behind closed doors or whatever, that's fine, but doing something like that that is just going to incite someone to beat me up. I'm not sure this case can compare exactly, but, it's just a thought.
Maybe a clearer example is two groups of protestors, for example, pro-life vs. pro-choice. If there is going to be a massive protest it is a good idea to keep them FAR apart just to keep the peace. I'm not saying silence them or anything, far from it. However, them being next to each other is not a good idea. Another thing is that GAP group I've seen at my Uni a couple of times showing images of aborted babies. Those people were really asking for it and while I think it's fine if they go out and have some sort of a protest, let people know where they can come for more info, that's fine, but making me see that is just asking for a little bit of the old ultra violence. again, we need to know more info before we can really comment on this...
30 years for this eh? I think you're far too optimistic about this stuff... (I agree with your point though)