Morse code has been used in many situations where the patient was barely able to move and unable to communicate by other means.
It does have the added complication of requiring both the patient and a recipient to know the code, but has some distinct advantages over other modes of communication. No hardware required (though I guess you could use a telegraph key if you wanted to be fancy, and if the patient had enough finger strength to use the key). The patient need only tap a finger on a receiver's palm, or blink their eyes, or wiggle a toe. Morse has the distinct advantage of being applicable across many mediums
Yeah, you have to learn it. Tt would be best to know it ahead of time. It can be learned quickly to a reasonable level of proficiency (say, 5 words per minute) given a couple hours a day and some patience. And, hey, if you're stuck in a hospital bed, you've got a lot of time on your hands.
It is not a skill for everyone (but it should be).
Valve/Vivendi delayed on Half-Life 2, citing this same reason as well as the alleged hacking and source-code-stealing incident (did that ever get prosecuted?).
Frankly, I'm glad they waited. When Half-Life 2 arrived...it was *perfect*.
Like a good video game junkie, I lost about 48h of my life in one fell swoop to that game, playing it through 3 times in quick succession. I do not consider those to be wasted hours.
More companies should release products that are "finished".
When possible, the comments should be written before the code, describing the flow of data, the steps performed, etc. This helps not only the poor slob looking at the code months or years later trying to figure out wtf is going on, but also helps the initial author write the code correctly the first time, and debug it more efficiently the next two or three or sixteen times.
In my years as a C coder, I found this to be a very helpful technique. It really helped me visualize what I was trying to do before doing it, and saved hours of debug time. And of course its always easier said than done, but it is a good goal to strive for.
I welcome a new contender to the realm of *nix package management/software installation systems. If it *works*, I might use it.
But *works* should include the following:
- installs new software correctly, in default and custom locations - uninstalls old software correctly - updates old to new software correctly - is aware of and can work with custom-installed libraries and dependencies (i.e. EVERYTHING doesn't have to be installed using this system, some stuff can be compiled from source or downloaded from third party). - is scriptable through some command-line interface - isn't a pain in the neck
As far as I know, none of the software installation systems out there for any platform meet all of the above requirements. InstallShield for MS systems probably comes closest, but is definitely not perfect (nor even "good enough" imho). Until something comes out that I consider "good enough", I'll keep hand-rolling, thanks.
Oh, this is absolutely a good idea! Finally, a way to prevent all those passenger aircraft from being shot down by shoulder fired rockets here in the U.S. every year. At last, a viable solution to a problem that has plagued this great nation for so long!
Just the other day, I was at the airport, waiting at the security checkpoint like a good citizen, when some muslim/iranian/videogamer/teenager/goth/whoeverfox newstellsmetohatetoday pulled a shoulder-fired rocket out from under his trenchcoat. If it hadn't been for the quick, decisive, unilateral action of some texan knocking the guy down (then trying to raise support for knocking the guy's neighbors down, which I didn't really understand but support wholeheartedly anyway), he might have shot down YET ANOTHER passenger aircraft right here in the land of the free.
Based on my own experiences, I would say that single player games offer escapes from reality, and multi-player games fulfill psychological needs.
Reasoning? Pacman and space invaders are immersive escapes from reality. When you're sitting there controlling some pixels (or vectors if you're really old school) on a screen without interacting with anyone else around you, you have escaped our reality to enter another one for a time.
But in Counter-Strike, you can fulfill your basic psychological need to shoot annoying teenagers in the face. When the game is multi-player, it's just a disguise, an extension of the reality we live in. You interact with other real people, and kill them, or sell them blue items for gold, or zerg their base and capture their flags. It's still reality, but minus the consequences one usually faces for equivalent actions.
One problem with adding more accountability and verifiability is you reduce the anonymity. Just because your name isn't on the half of the ballot you carry home doesn't mean someone couldn't figure out it was yours if they took it from you. The problem with this is that it invites employers to demand of their employees, "Vote for X, and bring me your receipt, or you're fired." If you can use your ticket to verify your vote, so can someone else.
yes, but I've been a casual player for a VERY long time:) 90 min a night, 2 to 3 nights a week, a little more on weekends. Never been able to swing getting into a hardcore raiding guild with that kind of schedule.
The nice thing about the rep rewards system is you could just plink away for a little bit here and there, and the rep never degenerates. Slowly grind your way up to honored/revered/exalted and you start getting some really nice gear as rewards. It goes easier if you can get a good group of regulars going (even 2-3 people working together in WSG or AB will dominate a PUG), but even going in solo and taking your chances with a PUG gets you a little closer to Exalted. I estimate I need 257 more victories in AB to be Exalted on my level 29 mage, who will then level out and grind up to 51 to start working on that AV rep:)
Current forum rumors indicate that rep-based pvp rewards may be going away come expansion time. Its hard to get a GM to commit one way or another. The rank-based rewards are definitely being overhauled, but I don't mind that so much. You're capped at rank 3 until level 30 anyway, and I've never been able to get a character past rank 7 (having a real-life job and not being willing to use the goldfarmers' services to grind pvp rank pretty much prevent ever attaining rank 14, or even much above rank 7).
I have some hardcore friends who are on the beta server for the expansion pack...they said that the crappy greens they got as quest rewards and random drops were upgrades from their T2/T3 set pieces from BWL and Naxx.
So I, as a casual player, will have to wait a few extra months before I can get crappy greens that are better than the best Naxx gear. On the other hand, I can keep on rep grinding and maybe hit exalted with warsong/arathi before they screw over the rep rewards system...which they may or may not do, depending on which forum posts you believe.
This game feels like work. If only work didn't feel like work, too...
Dangit, though, I'm wanting to get a new laptop, needs to be WoW-capable. Current main contender is one of the new Macbook Pros. Grandkids would be nice one day too, though.
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Morse code has been used in many situations where the patient was barely able to move and unable to communicate by other means.
It does have the added complication of requiring both the patient and a recipient to know the code, but has some distinct advantages over other modes of communication. No hardware required (though I guess you could use a telegraph key if you wanted to be fancy, and if the patient had enough finger strength to use the key). The patient need only tap a finger on a receiver's palm, or blink their eyes, or wiggle a toe. Morse has the distinct advantage of being applicable across many mediums
Yeah, you have to learn it. Tt would be best to know it ahead of time. It can be learned quickly to a reasonable level of proficiency (say, 5 words per minute) given a couple hours a day and some patience. And, hey, if you're stuck in a hospital bed, you've got a lot of time on your hands.
It is not a skill for everyone (but it should be).
Valve/Vivendi delayed on Half-Life 2, citing this same reason as well as the alleged hacking and source-code-stealing incident (did that ever get prosecuted?).
Frankly, I'm glad they waited. When Half-Life 2 arrived...it was *perfect*.
Like a good video game junkie, I lost about 48h of my life in one fell swoop to that game, playing it through 3 times in quick succession. I do not consider those to be wasted hours.
More companies should release products that are "finished".
...then you count Windows Vista as malware to begin with. Free laptop!
When possible, the comments should be written before the code, describing the flow of data, the steps performed, etc. This helps not only the poor slob looking at the code months or years later trying to figure out wtf is going on, but also helps the initial author write the code correctly the first time, and debug it more efficiently the next two or three or sixteen times.
In my years as a C coder, I found this to be a very helpful technique. It really helped me visualize what I was trying to do before doing it, and saved hours of debug time. And of course its always easier said than done, but it is a good goal to strive for.
I welcome a new contender to the realm of *nix package management/software installation systems. If it *works*, I might use it.
But *works* should include the following:
- installs new software correctly, in default and custom locations
- uninstalls old software correctly
- updates old to new software correctly
- is aware of and can work with custom-installed libraries and dependencies (i.e. EVERYTHING doesn't have to be installed using this system, some stuff can be compiled from source or downloaded from third party).
- is scriptable through some command-line interface
- isn't a pain in the neck
As far as I know, none of the software installation systems out there for any platform meet all of the above requirements. InstallShield for MS systems probably comes closest, but is definitely not perfect (nor even "good enough" imho). Until something comes out that I consider "good enough", I'll keep hand-rolling, thanks.
$.02 from an old slackware user.
Oh, this is absolutely a good idea! Finally, a way to prevent all those passenger aircraft from being shot down by shoulder fired rockets here in the U.S. every year. At last, a viable solution to a problem that has plagued this great nation for so long!
x newstellsmetohatetoday pulled a shoulder-fired rocket out from under his trenchcoat. If it hadn't been for the quick, decisive, unilateral action of some texan knocking the guy down (then trying to raise support for knocking the guy's neighbors down, which I didn't really understand but support wholeheartedly anyway), he might have shot down YET ANOTHER passenger aircraft right here in the land of the free.
Just the other day, I was at the airport, waiting at the security checkpoint like a good citizen, when some muslim/iranian/videogamer/teenager/goth/whoeverfo
In three studies looking at the best institutions for 'revolutionary' science
But revolution is a theory, not a fact!
Er, wait...
Based on my own experiences, I would say that single player games offer escapes from reality, and multi-player games fulfill psychological needs.
Reasoning? Pacman and space invaders are immersive escapes from reality. When you're sitting there controlling some pixels (or vectors if you're really old school) on a screen without interacting with anyone else around you, you have escaped our reality to enter another one for a time.
But in Counter-Strike, you can fulfill your basic psychological need to shoot annoying teenagers in the face. When the game is multi-player, it's just a disguise, an extension of the reality we live in. You interact with other real people, and kill them, or sell them blue items for gold, or zerg their base and capture their flags. It's still reality, but minus the consequences one usually faces for equivalent actions.
That's my take on it, at least.
I hear that World of Warcraft has more than 2 players, and seems to be kind of popular.
As long as the dems don't try to take my Internet tubes away, I'm happy. I'd hate to have to start using that Big Truck again.
just because all the articles are tagged with "itsatrap" doesn't mean they aren't all really traps. :)
if anyone ever gets *NIX running on a waffle iron, chances are it will be NetBSD.
dupe from several days ago.
new?
One problem with adding more accountability and verifiability is you reduce the anonymity. Just because your name isn't on the half of the ballot you carry home doesn't mean someone couldn't figure out it was yours if they took it from you. The problem with this is that it invites employers to demand of their employees, "Vote for X, and bring me your receipt, or you're fired." If you can use your ticket to verify your vote, so can someone else.
so how do they pronounce "id" on your planet?
no freakin' kidding.
HL1 was, until HL2, the most immersive, pulse-pounding FPS-with-a-storyline I'd ever played. HL2 outdid it in every way.
Ep 1 was pretty darn good as well. Looking forward to Ep 2!
We don't go there anymore.
Alone. In the dark.
Nuff @#$%ing said.
...that Nintendo, Sony, Sega, and Microsoft had been making throwable controllers for years!
I've certainly never had a problem doing so after a frustrating death/defeat after forgetting to or being unable to save recently.
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=212
:)
Not much more really needs to be said
Quick, you Canuck slackers! Get to downloading!
So the people who use their cellphones all the time will be unable, or at least less likely, to reproduce?
:)
Huzzah!
Natural selection is alive and well, it seems
yes, but I've been a casual player for a VERY long time :) 90 min a night, 2 to 3 nights a week, a little more on weekends. Never been able to swing getting into a hardcore raiding guild with that kind of schedule.
:)
The nice thing about the rep rewards system is you could just plink away for a little bit here and there, and the rep never degenerates. Slowly grind your way up to honored/revered/exalted and you start getting some really nice gear as rewards. It goes easier if you can get a good group of regulars going (even 2-3 people working together in WSG or AB will dominate a PUG), but even going in solo and taking your chances with a PUG gets you a little closer to Exalted. I estimate I need 257 more victories in AB to be Exalted on my level 29 mage, who will then level out and grind up to 51 to start working on that AV rep
Current forum rumors indicate that rep-based pvp rewards may be going away come expansion time. Its hard to get a GM to commit one way or another. The rank-based rewards are definitely being overhauled, but I don't mind that so much. You're capped at rank 3 until level 30 anyway, and I've never been able to get a character past rank 7 (having a real-life job and not being willing to use the goldfarmers' services to grind pvp rank pretty much prevent ever attaining rank 14, or even much above rank 7).
I have some hardcore friends who are on the beta server for the expansion pack...they said that the crappy greens they got as quest rewards and random drops were upgrades from their T2/T3 set pieces from BWL and Naxx.
So I, as a casual player, will have to wait a few extra months before I can get crappy greens that are better than the best Naxx gear. On the other hand, I can keep on rep grinding and maybe hit exalted with warsong/arathi before they screw over the rep rewards system...which they may or may not do, depending on which forum posts you believe.
This game feels like work. If only work didn't feel like work, too...
I lawled :)
Dangit, though, I'm wanting to get a new laptop, needs to be WoW-capable. Current main contender is one of the new Macbook Pros. Grandkids would be nice one day too, though.
Decisions, decisions...