I'm not saying it's likely this happened, but wouldn't this make the most brilliant viral marketing ploy? Nintendo hires willing shills across the country, providing each with a pre-bought PS3, with instructions to publicly sell said units for Wiis. Everybody wins... except Sony. Bravo, Nintendo:)
This appears to be yet another incremental revision with no changes to the hardware whatsoever (or not noticeable, at least). They just tweaked the default software a bit and called it a new release. If history is any lesson, though, we might expect a really new model within the year or so.
Google is in no way shape or form a Microsoft company. Microsoft is a solid company that makes software, hardware, and a crap-ton of other things. They are not a "one really whizbang product" kind of company.
Yep, except that they still lose money on everything but Windows, Office, and MSN. See Note 18 of their most recent SEC filing:
This is very timely in light of recent news that the eyewitness accounts of the tube shooting of Charles de Menezes, were just completely wrong. Despite eyewitness accounts to the contrary, he was not wearing winter clothing, he had not jumped the turnstile, was not chased into the train by police, etc. Amazing.
If you wish to register your disgust with Stanford's actions here, you might want to hit them where it hurts. Write other alums, perhaps circulate a petition, and threaten to withhold donations (or maybe just earmark donations specifically NOT to be used for the business school) until it changes its stance. Better yet, tell them you'll give them an opportunity to explain their actions, and that you might reconsider based on how satisfactory their explanation is:).
A handful of updates, corrections and further thoughts on recent Slashdot stories follow; read on for updates on the Real-ID Act, Hollywood consultant math professor Jonathan Farley, the real first losers (and winners of the U.S. Open's Aibo League) at the 2005 Robo-Cup, and more. Details below.A handful of updates, corrections and further thoughts on recent Slashdot stories follow; read on for updates on the Real-ID Act, Hollywood consultant math professor Jonathan Farley, the real first losers (and winners of the U.S. Open's Aibo League) at the 2005 Robo-Cup, and more. Details below.
The dupes just keep getting closer together, don't they? The dupes just keep getting closer together, don't they?
The Dortmund (German) team was not allowed to participate in the competition proper, but it did play various exhibition matches. The game against UT Austin was the one described in the article. The final was between Carnegie Mellon and U. of Pennsylvania (my team). Penn lost 1-2 in overtime despite controlling most of the game due to two incredibly unlucky 'own goals' in the last minute or so of play.
I can un-recommend a text I had in class, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, by S. Banerjee et. al. Sorry:( OTOH, I can recommend Britney Spears' guide to semiconductor physics for a chuckle, if nothing else.
Apple claims 6 hours for the 12" iBook. Though I can't verify it first-hand, I can say that the 4 hours they claimed for my old 16-VRAM iBook is just about right.
Segway soccer is looking to become the newest Robocup league. Though it sounds a little silly, it is significant in that it will be the first Robocup league to feature competition between humans and robots, which brings Robocup a little closer to its goal of having a humanoid team that can beat the World Cup team by 2050.
Actually, Carmack is pretty supportive of object orientation and higher-lever languages. In fact, he considered Java for Quake 3. Ironically, he gave up on it for portability reasons--not performance.
There is nothing illegal or even intrinsically wrong about taking your image in public. Just ask the press. And if you live in an urban environment, chances are video cameras are watching you routinely, if not almost continuously in some areas. On the urban campus of my alma mater, for example, there are over 400 such cameras.
Not to nitpick, but... technically speaking, if the power of the sound output is half as much as it was before, it is about three decibels quieter, since decibels work on an log-10 scale. Explanation here.
Robocup is the real world cup of robot soccer, about 5 years in the running. The 2004 American Open is happening in late April, and it will supposedly be open to the public. And for the really hardcore fans, there's Robocup 2004 in Portugal. See ya there;) Failing that, you should at least watch a match (4-legged league).
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I'm not saying it's likely this happened, but wouldn't this make the most brilliant viral marketing ploy? Nintendo hires willing shills across the country, providing each with a pre-bought PS3, with instructions to publicly sell said units for Wiis. Everybody wins... except Sony. Bravo, Nintendo :)
It has nothing to do with Microsoft. MS-DOS would use up to 768 K without problems if you didn't have an EGA or VGA card.
Yeah. 768K should be enough for anyone.
What the Mozilla team failed to mention is that the usage will actually force IE7 to be GPL'ed. Suckers!!
ScuttleMonkey fooled by **Beatles-Beatles... Yet again.
This appears to be yet another incremental revision with no
changes to the hardware whatsoever (or not noticeable, at least).
They just tweaked the default software a bit and called it a new
release. If history is any lesson, though, we might expect a
really new model within the year or so.
Yep, except that they still lose money on everything but Windows, Office, and MSN. See Note 18 of their most recent SEC filing:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000
I believe they prefer the term 'melatoninally-challenged computer enthusiast'.
Check out the Katrina help wiki. There are sections for people willing to volunteer and others who are posting for aid, among other general resources.
This is very timely in light of recent news that the eyewitness accounts of the tube shooting of Charles de Menezes, were just completely wrong. Despite eyewitness accounts to the contrary, he was not wearing winter clothing, he had not jumped the turnstile, was not chased into the train by police, etc. Amazing.
Microsoft buying China? In Soviet Russia, maybe...
I can finally stop imagining what a Beowulf cluster of Cue Cats would be like, and actually build one!
If you wish to register your disgust with Stanford's actions here, you might want to hit them where it hurts. Write other alums, perhaps circulate a petition, and threaten to withhold donations (or maybe just earmark donations specifically NOT to be used for the business school) until it changes its stance. Better yet, tell them you'll give them an opportunity to explain their actions, and that you might reconsider based on how satisfactory their explanation is :).
The dupes just keep getting closer together, don't they? The dupes just keep getting closer together, don't they?
The Dortmund (German) team was not allowed to participate in the competition proper, but it did play various exhibition matches. The game against UT Austin was the one described in the article. The final was between Carnegie Mellon and U. of Pennsylvania (my team). Penn lost 1-2 in overtime despite controlling most of the game due to two incredibly unlucky 'own goals' in the last minute or so of play.
Details here
I get pretty bored skydiving too.
I can un-recommend a text I had in class, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, by S. Banerjee et. al. Sorry :( OTOH, I can recommend Britney Spears' guide to semiconductor physics for a chuckle, if nothing else.
Apple claims 6 hours for the 12" iBook. Though I can't verify it first-hand, I can say that the 4 hours they claimed for my old 16-VRAM iBook is just about right.
Segway soccer is looking to become the newest Robocup league. Though it sounds a little silly, it is significant in that it will be the first Robocup league to feature competition between humans and robots, which brings Robocup a little closer to its goal of having a humanoid team that can beat the World Cup team by 2050.
Actually, Carmack is pretty supportive of object orientation and higher-lever languages. In fact, he considered Java for Quake 3. Ironically, he gave up on it for portability reasons--not performance.
> .. umm, do they come with a routine to retrieve beer from the fridge?
Probably not, considering that this robot is basically a torso with arms and a head. Maybe if you strap it to a dog, or better yet, an AIBO...
There is nothing illegal or even intrinsically wrong about taking your image in public. Just ask the press. And if you live in an urban environment, chances are video cameras are watching you routinely, if not almost continuously in some areas. On the urban campus of my alma mater, for example, there are over 400 such cameras.
> 35% of Microsoft's enterprise customers are still running Windows 9x and they are ripe for upgrade
That's a funny way to spin the fact that apparently, a lot of Microsoft customers don't care what OS they're running.
Not to nitpick, but... technically speaking, if the power of the sound output is half as much as it was before, it is about three decibels quieter, since decibels work on an log-10 scale. Explanation here.
Robocup is the real world cup of robot soccer, about 5 years in the running. The 2004 American Open is happening in late April, and it will supposedly be open to the public. And for the really hardcore fans, there's Robocup 2004 in Portugal. See ya there ;) Failing that, you should at least watch a match (4-legged league).
Time to put Doom III on the back burner.