It actually wasn't a bug or a hardware failure. The problem was with power. They aren't quite sure what happened (the battery was still good after the flight and the connections to the mother board were triple redundant), but they know that the voltage started dropping a second or two into flight. Software and the computer hardware weren't the problem as the post (and many of the messages) are implying.
I'd like to see you strap your pc onto a rocket and see it survive the vibrations and other stresses. I doubt it would last even if it was turned off! Even the most ruggedized pc's are still very delicate and fragile pieces of equipment compared to many other rocket parts.
I'd have to say that the reason you're on version 6 is that each 'major' version has about as many changes as one or two 'minor' changes of linux. Anyway, some of the distributions of linux (which is what you would have to compare windows to) are on version 8 or 9. Versions are all marketing, so why would you even bring it up, even if it was just to troll?
"Please let me or the supplied mailto URLs know of any problems you encounter, but please be patient with any inital teething problems and don't tell slashdot just yet;-)"
Not to mention that id has a reputation second to none. I make it a point to buy anything that id puts out because I know that it will be worth it and I believe I am not alone.
It may seem obvious, but Quake 3 was the same way. When it first came out, nothing ran it well at all. Within a year, decent frame-rates were possible even with higher quality levels. Now Quake 3 is just like Quake 2 when Quake 3 first came out: any hardware on the market can run it at the highest detail level with no problems at all. John C. does this very much on purpose for two reasons. One: he can. And because he can, he makes games that look better, which increases his reputation, which makes it so that he can push the envelope even more. Two: hardware manufacturers love him (for obvious reasons) and make his job easier. I would also guess that leading the industry was fun for a while too (though I wonder if he's grown tired of it). At any rate, EVERYTHING id has ever done pushed technology to the limit, so I'm not quite sure why anyone is surprised.
Something my chem teather did was take a pringles can (or any other can about the same size and shape) and put a pin-hole in the top and bottom. Fill the can with 100% hydrogen. Light the top of the can. At this point my chem teacher acted all dissapointed and moved on to another demo. Meanwhile, the hydrogen was burning (though no one could see or hear it). Eventually enough of the hydrogen had burnt up (and enough oxygen had gotten in to the can) that the flame mad its way into the can. The result was the can shooting up into the ceiling, a small fireball, and a LOUD noise. Everyone was in shock for a second or two before they realized that the demo had, in fact, really gone as planned.
Maybe this isn't the best for little kids, but it certainly was interesting. Another cool one was when he made natural gas bubles and poped them with a splint on fire. Very cool looking effect. One last (and very invoulved) idea is to make an oscilating reaction. This takes a lot more prep, but you could have the different solutions pre-made, and just mix them in front of the kids.
But police have MANY rules they must follow when using firearms. The same goes for hacking. The difference is that the US didn't follow those established rules. This is made even more absurd when the US then uses illegally gathered evidence to prosecute someone for an almost identical crime. Not to mention that the US judge basically said that US law is above Russian law. I find the whole situation quite scary.
Exactly...anyone who has to ask this question of slashdot obviously doesn't have the expierence to develop something of this magnitude. Maybe he could be helpful to the blender project, but it isn't a sure thing.
Anyway, my advice is to work on blender. Saying you want to create the next 3dmax is like saying that you want to write the next linux--you're probably in way over your head.
On the other hand, he's going to be dishing out a lot more bandwidth per user. Plus, local advertising asside, he'll still be making about as much PER USER as the big companies. Perhaps more because it's a small time outfit, perhaps more because he doesn't have the resources the big companies have to convince potential advertisers.
First thing that came to mind...
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At first I thought "Wow, now we'll have a wireless mesh even when we're out to sea?" I thought it crazy, but there's so much crazy stuff on here lately that I figured it must be true! (No I'm not kidding or trolling) Anyway, sounds cool.
I agree--to an extent. Making as much as you can open source would help you gain acceptance as well as probably benefit you in the long run (unless you're business model is around selling developer tools). But, if you do release the source of your dev. tools don't put a really restrictive license on them. That would do little other than make people mad. The only other thing that pops to mind is having a having a knowledge base that's EASY to search. I know people will hate me for it, but I really like msdn because I can usually find what I want within 5 seconds.
I guess I'm not the only one who thought that the article kind of blew this out of proportion. Sure it is a great endorsement, but it's not like he made a special post just about how much he loves the hammer. I suppose it is a big deal for all parties involved, but I was expecting more after reading the slashdot headline.
My boss posted the sys-admin day website (printed out) on the wall of our break room. At first no one noticed, but yesterday a few people did. We didn't realize that anyone would take it seriously but now today we got here and someone made us a cake and we got some nerf toys. Maybe where I work is the only place anyone took this seriously, but I know I feel loved (thanks to sys-admin day:-)
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I think you and others don't understand OpenGL 2.0 like the person you replied to. OpenGL 2.0 makes almost everything programable meaninging that there are much closer to infinite possibilites of how the program can use OpenGL. In 1.x everything was fixed and only had a few ways that things were typically done. Now it's doubtfull that two games will use OpenGL 2.0 quite the same. Sure there will be faster ways to pass the vertex data and generally smarter ways to write code, but I don't think we'll see anything to the same extent as with OpenGL 1.0.
I remember when I had some code than ran on other compilers but wouldn't run on Code Warrior. After hours of trying to figure out what was the problem I finally found that the problem was that Code Warrior re-allocated them memory for a certain variable in the middle of a function. The variable simply stopped existing in between two lines of code. I still, to this day, don't know how it happend. In the end, I fixed it by making the variable static.
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It actually wasn't a bug or a hardware failure. The problem was with power. They aren't quite sure what happened (the battery was still good after the flight and the connections to the mother board were triple redundant), but they know that the voltage started dropping a second or two into flight. Software and the computer hardware weren't the problem as the post (and many of the messages) are implying.
I'd like to see you strap your pc onto a rocket and see it survive the vibrations and other stresses. I doubt it would last even if it was turned off! Even the most ruggedized pc's are still very delicate and fragile pieces of equipment compared to many other rocket parts.
I'd have to say that the reason you're on version 6 is that each 'major' version has about as many changes as one or two 'minor' changes of linux. Anyway, some of the distributions of linux (which is what you would have to compare windows to) are on version 8 or 9. Versions are all marketing, so why would you even bring it up, even if it was just to troll?
"Please let me or the supplied mailto URLs know of any problems you encounter, but please be patient with any inital teething problems ;-)"
and don't tell slashdot just yet
Another server bites the dust.
Not to mention that id has a reputation second to none. I make it a point to buy anything that id puts out because I know that it will be worth it and I believe I am not alone.
It may seem obvious, but Quake 3 was the same way. When it first came out, nothing ran it well at all. Within a year, decent frame-rates were possible even with higher quality levels. Now Quake 3 is just like Quake 2 when Quake 3 first came out: any hardware on the market can run it at the highest detail level with no problems at all. John C. does this very much on purpose for two reasons. One: he can. And because he can, he makes games that look better, which increases his reputation, which makes it so that he can push the envelope even more. Two: hardware manufacturers love him (for obvious reasons) and make his job easier. I would also guess that leading the industry was fun for a while too (though I wonder if he's grown tired of it). At any rate, EVERYTHING id has ever done pushed technology to the limit, so I'm not quite sure why anyone is surprised.
The initial test of their super-computer has already started. Within an hour, it'll be a full load test.
Something my chem teather did was take a pringles can (or any other can about the same size and shape) and put a pin-hole in the top and bottom. Fill the can with 100% hydrogen. Light the top of the can. At this point my chem teacher acted all dissapointed and moved on to another demo. Meanwhile, the hydrogen was burning (though no one could see or hear it). Eventually enough of the hydrogen had burnt up (and enough oxygen had gotten in to the can) that the flame mad its way into the can. The result was the can shooting up into the ceiling, a small fireball, and a LOUD noise. Everyone was in shock for a second or two before they realized that the demo had, in fact, really gone as planned.
Maybe this isn't the best for little kids, but it certainly was interesting. Another cool one was when he made natural gas bubles and poped them with a splint on fire. Very cool looking effect. One last (and very invoulved) idea is to make an oscilating reaction. This takes a lot more prep, but you could have the different solutions pre-made, and just mix them in front of the kids.
But Linus has the help of hundereds of people in developing Linux. I doubt this person will have the same support.
But police have MANY rules they must follow when using firearms. The same goes for hacking. The difference is that the US didn't follow those established rules. This is made even more absurd when the US then uses illegally gathered evidence to prosecute someone for an almost identical crime. Not to mention that the US judge basically said that US law is above Russian law. I find the whole situation quite scary.
Exactly...anyone who has to ask this question of slashdot obviously doesn't have the expierence to develop something of this magnitude. Maybe he could be helpful to the blender project, but it isn't a sure thing.
Anyway, my advice is to work on blender. Saying you want to create the next 3dmax is like saying that you want to write the next linux--you're probably in way over your head.
I too was dissapointed. I thought he would at LEAST mangle some existing sub to make it 40" or something crazy like that.
On the other hand, he's going to be dishing out a lot more bandwidth per user. Plus, local advertising asside, he'll still be making about as much PER USER as the big companies. Perhaps more because it's a small time outfit, perhaps more because he doesn't have the resources the big companies have to convince potential advertisers.
At first I thought "Wow, now we'll have a wireless mesh even when we're out to sea?" I thought it crazy, but there's so much crazy stuff on here lately that I figured it must be true! (No I'm not kidding or trolling) Anyway, sounds cool.
I agree--to an extent. Making as much as you can open source would help you gain acceptance as well as probably benefit you in the long run (unless you're business model is around selling developer tools). But, if you do release the source of your dev. tools don't put a really restrictive license on them. That would do little other than make people mad. The only other thing that pops to mind is having a having a knowledge base that's EASY to search. I know people will hate me for it, but I really like msdn because I can usually find what I want within 5 seconds.
And they deserve the second DOS (slashdot effect) that hit them a few minutes ago.
I guess I'm not the only one who thought that the article kind of blew this out of proportion. Sure it is a great endorsement, but it's not like he made a special post just about how much he loves the hammer. I suppose it is a big deal for all parties involved, but I was expecting more after reading the slashdot headline.
My boss posted the sys-admin day website (printed out) on the wall of our break room. At first no one noticed, but yesterday a few people did. We didn't realize that anyone would take it seriously but now today we got here and someone made us a cake and we got some nerf toys. Maybe where I work is the only place anyone took this seriously, but I know I feel loved (thanks to sys-admin day :-)
I think you and others don't understand OpenGL 2.0 like the person you replied to. OpenGL 2.0 makes almost everything programable meaninging that there are much closer to infinite possibilites of how the program can use OpenGL. In 1.x everything was fixed and only had a few ways that things were typically done. Now it's doubtfull that two games will use OpenGL 2.0 quite the same. Sure there will be faster ways to pass the vertex data and generally smarter ways to write code, but I don't think we'll see anything to the same extent as with OpenGL 1.0.
They are--it's called OpenGL 2.0.
I remember when I had some code than ran on other compilers but wouldn't run on Code Warrior. After hours of trying to figure out what was the problem I finally found that the problem was that Code Warrior re-allocated them memory for a certain variable in the middle of a function. The variable simply stopped existing in between two lines of code. I still, to this day, don't know how it happend. In the end, I fixed it by making the variable static.