Actually, Godel went even one step farther. He proved that there are statements that can produce a completely consistent logic, whether you chose to make them axiomatic, or to make their inverse axiomatic. Thus, these statements are not only logically true, but also logically false (in a sense).
Non-Euclidean geometry was the first evidence of this fact. The axiom was that any point can have only a single line that passes through it parallel to another given line. Euclid took this as an axiom, and went on to define planar geometry. The non-Euclidean geometries of curved spaces came about by taking it as an axiom that the statement is false.
Which has nothing to do with his review. If it did, he'd have been ranting about the fact that Serenity has a bi-sexual prostitute on board for half the film. Instead, he gives a thoughtful analysis of why this movie is better than other "sci-fi" movies in his opinion. At no point does he mention his religion, or yours. Frankly, he's a bigot. But he's also an intelligent, well-spoken, and well-respected author. Which is why he's occasionaly worth listening to. Nobody's perfect.
However, this is not necessarily true of the authors over at http://www.bean.com/library/. These authors release full books without any DRM, and most of them get boosts to their in-print book sales. Baen has even released several ISOs of CDs full of DRM-free versions of books Baen publishes. They put these CDs into some of their hard-cover books, and it helps sales. There is plenty of evidence that DRM free publishing creates wealth.
Not that that helps much. There is unfortunately a tendancy on the CC-2 mailing list to ignore such problems. All I can suggest is the standard response you'll get there: Download the UberManual (requires registration of purchase), Do the tutorials, ask questions on the mailing list (Yahoo...Uggh.)
That third part is probably the biggest help. The community is actually very helpful. But if you haven't done the first two, expect to get a lot of responses that point you in that direction, first.
Campaign Cartographer is great if you want real maps. It's a CAD program, which means 2 things. 1, It's hell to learn if you don't already know CAD. 2. It's every bit as useful as you want it to be. You can map a continent, zoom in and map a county, zoom in and map a barony. Everything fits across multiple levels.
The majority of the other "map" making software out there is really drawing software. Dunjinni fits into that category. You can draw pictures, but they are just that, and not functional as real maps. They may be prettier, and easier to use if you have more experience with drawing programs.
Cynthia Kenyon of the University of California at San Francisco and her colleagues perturbed genes in C. elegans that affect the activity of insulin and removed gonad tissue...
"Removed gonad tissue?" They cut off their balls! and this is considered living?!
Can you prove that the envelope was sealed when it was mailed?
Yep...
Put the address on the wrong side of your envelope, and the stamp across the envelope's seal. It will be quite obvious whether or not the seal was in place before the postmark was applied.
Go ahead, write that application. And within a week of release, you'll find a program out there (probably shared on your P2P netwrok) to periodically check directory A(original copy) and copy any files from it to directory B(the shared folder) whenever one goes missing.
Not to tell you to RTFA, but Rickey makes his point. In short, awhile back, nobody thought PVP games were worth making, because PVP servers for existing games were poorly populated. They assumed that only a small number of players wanted PVP. Rickey's theory was that the 'population pressure' on PVP servers was higher, so people went to non-PVP servers. He predicted that more content would mean a lower pressure, and more players would join the PVP servers. Release an expansion pack, and voila... PVP servers had their numbers go up. Maybe that's not because Rickey was exactly right, but obviously the other theory was wrong.
And as to what this means to designing good games, many of the PVP only games out there would never have been made if Rickey had been proven wrong.
I'll try to give a real answer, instead of just complaining.
I'm not familliar with the titles you're discussing, but if you use Amazon.com to look for the Author: Julian May, Publisher: Creative Education you'll find This List. Which is what I think you're looking for. Not many reviews on Amazon, though, so I can't Tell. Oh, and I limited results to pre-1980... Not sure if that helps or hurts.
Yep... And there's a solution, too.
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Ageism in IT?
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Age discriminatino happens, yep. And it's nearly impossible to prove, so there's not a lot that can be done about it. But there is a solution, though it's almost a dirty word in the tech world.
Unions
Unions enforce collective bargaining, and union seniority rules can prevent an employer from getting rid of all the older workers. Depending on the size of your union, it may even help you get a new job when your company goes out of business all together.
Unions have been demonized in some places, and a poorly run union can do a lot of damage... but a good union can save your butt, too.
Why is it that Africa and Europe are mentioned, when all of Europe and most of Africa will only be able to see part of the eclipse, at moon-set; but South America is not mentioned at all, when most of South America will be able to see the entire eclipse, weather permitting?
Makes me think... Get rid of all the extra "security" on flights, and just prepend this statement to the safety lecture:
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are hereby, for the length of this flight, deputized to engage in the use of lethal force in defense of this airplane, and it's passengers. If you are called to exercise this right, and suceed in preventing a hijacking and/or crash, you or your surviving dependents will be eligible for a reward, possibly up to one million dollars."
Since they've so nicely released that information, can we get some nice Open Source Alternative to the Windows Update? The file format is all there. Any takers?
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There's always the chance that he's already paying two states, such as is mentioned in the article...
Non-Euclidean geometry was the first evidence of this fact. The axiom was that any point can have only a single line that passes through it parallel to another given line. Euclid took this as an axiom, and went on to define planar geometry. The non-Euclidean geometries of curved spaces came about by taking it as an axiom that the statement is false.
Which has nothing to do with his review. If it did, he'd have been ranting about the fact that Serenity has a bi-sexual prostitute on board for half the film. Instead, he gives a thoughtful analysis of why this movie is better than other "sci-fi" movies in his opinion. At no point does he mention his religion, or yours. Frankly, he's a bigot. But he's also an intelligent, well-spoken, and well-respected author. Which is why he's occasionaly worth listening to. Nobody's perfect.
Damn. That figures that the only place I spell it wrongly in the whole post is in the link. I even previewed. Thanks for the correction.
However, this is not necessarily true of the authors over at http://www.bean.com/library/. These authors release full books without any DRM, and most of them get boosts to their in-print book sales. Baen has even released several ISOs of CDs full of DRM-free versions of books Baen publishes. They put these CDs into some of their hard-cover books, and it helps sales. There is plenty of evidence that DRM free publishing creates wealth.
Not that that helps much. There is unfortunately a tendancy on the CC-2 mailing list to ignore such problems. All I can suggest is the standard response you'll get there: Download the UberManual (requires registration of purchase), Do the tutorials, ask questions on the mailing list (Yahoo...Uggh.)
That third part is probably the biggest help. The community is actually very helpful. But if you haven't done the first two, expect to get a lot of responses that point you in that direction, first.
The majority of the other "map" making software out there is really drawing software. Dunjinni fits into that category. You can draw pictures, but they are just that, and not functional as real maps. They may be prettier, and easier to use if you have more experience with drawing programs.
Uh... We both need to brush up those math geek skills. A googol minus one is one hundred nines, not ninety-nine zeros.
Uh... You need to brush up those math geek skills. A googol minus one is ninety-nine nines, not ninety-nine zeros.
Cynthia Kenyon of the University of California at San Francisco and her colleagues perturbed genes in C. elegans that affect the activity of insulin and removed gonad tissue...
"Removed gonad tissue?" They cut off their balls! and this is considered living?!
Yep...
Put the address on the wrong side of your envelope, and the stamp across the envelope's seal. It will be quite obvious whether or not the seal was in place before the postmark was applied.
Go ahead, write that application. And within a week of release, you'll find a program out there (probably shared on your P2P netwrok) to periodically check directory A(original copy) and copy any files from it to directory B(the shared folder) whenever one goes missing.
And as to what this means to designing good games, many of the PVP only games out there would never have been made if Rickey had been proven wrong.
I'm not familliar with the titles you're discussing, but if you use Amazon.com to look for the Author: Julian May, Publisher: Creative Education you'll find This List. Which is what I think you're looking for. Not many reviews on Amazon, though, so I can't Tell. Oh, and I limited results to pre-1980... Not sure if that helps or hurts.
Is avalaiable asa PDF here.
Unions
Unions enforce collective bargaining, and union seniority rules can prevent an employer from getting rid of all the older workers. Depending on the size of your union, it may even help you get a new job when your company goes out of business all together.
Unions have been demonized in some places, and a poorly run union can do a lot of damage... but a good union can save your butt, too.
Do not try to eclipse to moon, that is impossible. Merely realise the truth, there is no Moon...
Why is it that Africa and Europe are mentioned, when all of Europe and most of Africa will only be able to see part of the eclipse, at moon-set; but South America is not mentioned at all, when most of South America will be able to see the entire eclipse, weather permitting?
Ummm... The parent post was a direct reference to Armageddon, where bruce sets off a nuclear bomb by hand to save the earth.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are hereby, for the length of this flight, deputized to engage in the use of lethal force in defense of this airplane, and it's passengers. If you are called to exercise this right, and suceed in preventing a hijacking and/or crash, you or your surviving dependents will be eligible for a reward, possibly up to one million dollars."
Since they've so nicely released that information, can we get some nice Open Source Alternative to the Windows Update? The file format is all there. Any takers?
I'll take one.
Hmmmm. What year did "Ryan's Hope" come out as a daytime soap opera? I'd research it myself, but our firewall blocks IMDB.