Why choose to buy one very performing desktop to split his performance in half, instead of buying 2 cheap desktops? Performing hardware is always more costly than twice its underperforming counterpart...
Also, twice the applications running, twice the opportunity to crash...?
Well, even when he was not detained, I doubt that he would play there. In a recent interview (while in captivity) at ChessBase (www.chessbase.com), he said he don't play chess anymore, only 'FisherRandom', special chess with altered rules he invented. Basically, you shuffle backrank pieces identically for both players (there's one or two more minor rules I think). Makes the game more interesting (for him!) at his level of play.
GTA:Vice City was one of the best game I ever played (the 80`s soundtrack is amazing:) What`s better than cruising in an old car, uzi in hand on the beat of Michael Jackson?) and I appreciate efforts that aim at extending his life.
But with GTA:San Andreas around the corner, is it worth it?
Spammers are like viruses, they adapt amazingly fast. You thought that this new technology would hinder their 'business', but they turn it to their advantage! Oh look, a valid sender ID... i'll just open this mail, it can't be spam, right? Right?
Oh well, at least filters are getting VERY good at catching 99% of it.
I wonder in how many products this kind of thing happen, but at a smaller scale, without forcing the company to do a recall. Happened with my sister's laptop power converter, causing the board to fry... oops, warranty's not valid anymore, you're screwed!
Obligatory Fight Club reference:
If a new car built by my company leaves Chicago traveling west at 60 miles per hour, and the rear differential locks up, and the car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside, does my company initiate a recall?
You take the population of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average cost of an out-of-court settlement (C).
A times B times C equals X. This is what it will cost if we don't initiate a recall.
If X is greater than the cost of a recall, we recall the cars and no one gets hurt.
If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we don't recall.
Kinda scary when you consider cars instead of laptops...
I hope Fable isn't as overhyped as Black&White was... reading the previews, you had the impression that it would revolution gaming. Playing it (well, the 5 short levels, where your creature, the main part of the game, was taken away on 2 of em) was really disappointing. Few quests, no replay value AT ALL, AI not that revolutionnary (look! it can dance and root out trees if you show him too! and he can... hum... that's about it), big bug on the unpatched version (you couldn't finish the game), etc...
That said, I am waiting with impatience B&W2 and Fable! Overhyped? I hope not!
I don't get what the fuss is all about... So, it let you download songs? Who's in it's right mind is gonna pay 400$ for a crappy radio that let me download songs? Hello? P2P? If you want to get (illegally) free songs, at least do it for FREE?:)
Dangerous! You know, the "I'll clean my mouse" routine... flip mouse toward face... arghhh! My eyes!
Of course, if you`re lucky AND already have bad vision, you could just laser-correct your problem, i guess:) 2000$ saved, 50$ investment, Do It Yourself! Isn`t technology cool?
I hate the 'Teleporting' part always associated with this concept... Marketing in science? Weird, but it works... just look at the 'Nanotechnology' craze. 'Nanomachines'... yeah right, just call them proteins already! 99% of grants I saw associated with nanotechnology had to do with proteins used in a way or another, which we've been doing for >30 years anyway. Far from the nanotubes-based nanomachines that are supposed to 'repair' our cells, right? Buzzwords! o_O
If the price is the same... they're screwed. Apple's Ipod force is brand recognition... Same feature set too! I wonder who thought that it would be a good idea... and they got a license from Apple (which cost $$$, and maybe a % of profits)... I just don't understand?
This 'official' list is very nice to have, especially to track games with source available (good educational code).
As you may already know, 'unofficially' free software site Home of the Underdogs http://www.the-underdogs.org/ links to source or binary (now by Bittorrent!) to all old games abandonned by developpers and/or publishers. An endless source of fun and nostalgia... be sure to check it out!
I can understand the banning of American Psycho (excellent book by the way), but Sex by Madonna (and lots of sex related books)? In the Internet era... i mean, is this serious? Is this to "protect" children or something? America is weird sometimes...
Weirdest ban go to 'Of mice and men'... What's disturbing in this story? It was obligatory to read it in Highschool for us in Canada.... Does it means Canadians are deviant or something? Can I live an healthy, balanced life after this? I hope so!
There's something I don't get with the X-prize craze...
The 10 millions US$ seems like a major incentive to participate... but isn't the cost of such an endeavour much, much higher than that? Even more so when you consider the fact that the actual chance to win is not that high...
Even for Windows, Firefox is awesome... I left Netscape at version 6.0 (you know, the one with a ton of AOL bloat), and now it's the first time that I feel that a browser can compete with Explorer. It's fast, customizable, cute, compatible... and the extensions thing is just a greaaaaaat idea! Tabbed browsing is also the best thing since sliced bread...
GG for the win!:)
I didn't checked the other awards, not being a Linux guy... (at least, not for now!)
Wow... admitting this, they just anhililated any chances they had of beating google news (my major news source, since I don't listen to radio or TV), at least for me...
I mean, i'm interested in the most interesting articles, not the MSNBC one...
This is nothing less than an Historical Figure who just died.
Refrain from making bad joke. You owe lots to this guy (& Watson).
And on the credits 'issue'. It was not sexism. It was not theft. Getting scooped happens all the time in science... only this time it was on a MAJOR subject, hence all the ruckus. If I expose my results in public, there's always the risk that my ideas will serve another. Most journals won't even publish something you exposed once in an international conference.
Think about this : Do you believe the Nobel is awared to every single person who amassed results leading to the discovery? No. It is awarded to people who can make sense of the data who is currently available.
With a thread this long, probably no one will read this, but anyway;) Weirdest place I accessed Slashdot, a level 3 bioconfinment laboratory; there's nothing better than getting your news fix for the day to kill time while HIV-1 is wasting some CD4+:)
Started a blog about my job. Not much right now; I promise I'll post more in a few days;)
Newton's Principa would prolly be quite pretty on the top of my fireplace i guess... as long as the kids don't make fall it in...:P It DOES make something special to show off...
Seriously... I would not bet 5 (canadian) dollars on this... collectors of all kind exists you know... and you'll always find one interested in that kind of thing who has too much money on his hands.
Slashdot Mirror
Why choose to buy one very performing desktop to split his performance in half, instead of buying 2 cheap desktops? Performing hardware is always more costly than twice its underperforming counterpart...
Also, twice the applications running, twice the opportunity to crash...?
Well, even when he was not detained, I doubt that he would play there. In a recent interview (while in captivity) at ChessBase (www.chessbase.com), he said he don't play chess anymore, only 'FisherRandom', special chess with altered rules he invented. Basically, you shuffle backrank pieces identically for both players (there's one or two more minor rules I think). Makes the game more interesting (for him!) at his level of play.
Who in Hell modded this insightfull? Flamebait or 'moronic joker' would be more appropriate...
GTA:Vice City was one of the best game I ever played (the 80`s soundtrack is amazing :) What`s better than cruising in an old car, uzi in hand on the beat of Michael Jackson?) and I appreciate efforts that aim at extending his life.
But with GTA:San Andreas around the corner, is it worth it?
I am the only one who got ads for high resolution color printers on this page? Twisted sense of humor :)
Spammers are like viruses, they adapt amazingly fast. You thought that this new technology would hinder their 'business', but they turn it to their advantage! Oh look, a valid sender ID... i'll just open this mail, it can't be spam, right? Right?
Oh well, at least filters are getting VERY good at catching 99% of it.
I wonder, who's gonna be in charge of data extraction / interpretation? The insurance company? Right... The car company? Police? Monkeys?
Also... will it record EVERYTHING? Mister.. we can't assure you, you were driving 120mph... But my I had no brakes! Ugh...
I wonder in how many products this kind of thing happen, but at a smaller scale, without forcing the company to do a recall. Happened with my sister's laptop power converter, causing the board to fry... oops, warranty's not valid anymore, you're screwed!
:
Obligatory Fight Club reference
If a new car built by my company leaves Chicago traveling west at 60 miles per hour, and the rear differential locks up, and the car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside, does my company initiate a recall?
You take the population of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average cost of an out-of-court settlement (C).
A times B times C equals X. This is what it will cost if we don't initiate a recall.
If X is greater than the cost of a recall, we recall the cars and no one gets hurt.
If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we don't recall.
Kinda scary when you consider cars instead of laptops...
Wow... looks like a monkey on crack! :)
His cardiovascular could see improvement tough...
I hope Fable isn't as overhyped as Black&White was... reading the previews, you had the impression that it would revolution gaming. Playing it (well, the 5 short levels, where your creature, the main part of the game, was taken away on 2 of em) was really disappointing. Few quests, no replay value AT ALL, AI not that revolutionnary (look! it can dance and root out trees if you show him too! and he can... hum... that's about it), big bug on the unpatched version (you couldn't finish the game), etc...
That said, I am waiting with impatience B&W2 and Fable! Overhyped? I hope not!
Ressemblance to Windows / IE goes a long way toward new users migration for Microsoft, keep that in mind.
I don't get what the fuss is all about... So, it let you download songs? Who's in it's right mind is gonna pay 400$ for a crappy radio that let me download songs? Hello? P2P? If you want to get (illegally) free songs, at least do it for FREE? :)
Dangerous! You know, the "I'll clean my mouse" routine... flip mouse toward face... arghhh! My eyes!
:) 2000$ saved, 50$ investment, Do It Yourself! Isn`t technology cool?
Of course, if you`re lucky AND already have bad vision, you could just laser-correct your problem, i guess
I hate the 'Teleporting' part always associated with this concept... Marketing in science? Weird, but it works... just look at the 'Nanotechnology' craze. 'Nanomachines'... yeah right, just call them proteins already! 99% of grants I saw associated with nanotechnology had to do with proteins used in a way or another, which we've been doing for >30 years anyway. Far from the nanotubes-based nanomachines that are supposed to 'repair' our cells, right? Buzzwords! o_O
If the price is the same... they're screwed. Apple's Ipod force is brand recognition... Same feature set too! I wonder who thought that it would be a good idea... and they got a license from Apple (which cost $$$, and maybe a % of profits)... I just don't understand?
This 'official' list is very nice to have, especially to track games with source available (good educational code).
As you may already know, 'unofficially' free software site Home of the Underdogs http://www.the-underdogs.org/ links to source or binary (now by Bittorrent!) to all old games abandonned by developpers and/or publishers. An endless source of fun and nostalgia... be sure to check it out!
I can understand the banning of American Psycho (excellent book by the way), but Sex by Madonna (and lots of sex related books)? In the Internet era... i mean, is this serious? Is this to "protect" children or something? America is weird sometimes...
Weirdest ban go to 'Of mice and men'... What's disturbing in this story? It was obligatory to read it in Highschool for us in Canada.... Does it means Canadians are deviant or something? Can I live an healthy, balanced life after this? I hope so!
There's something I don't get with the X-prize craze...
The 10 millions US$ seems like a major incentive to participate... but isn't the cost of such an endeavour much, much higher than that? Even more so when you consider the fact that the actual chance to win is not that high...
Even for Windows, Firefox is awesome... I left Netscape at version 6.0 (you know, the one with a ton of AOL bloat), and now it's the first time that I feel that a browser can compete with Explorer. It's fast, customizable, cute, compatible... and the extensions thing is just a greaaaaaat idea! Tabbed browsing is also the best thing since sliced bread...
:)
GG for the win!
I didn't checked the other awards, not being a Linux guy... (at least, not for now!)
Wow... admitting this, they just anhililated any chances they had of beating google news (my major news source, since I don't listen to radio or TV), at least for me...
:)
I mean, i'm interested in the most interesting articles, not the MSNBC one...
Oh well.
Google is better anyway
Wow thanks!
:|
Any way to put it back to this theme by default? The other color is.... yuck
Please.
This is nothing less than an Historical Figure who just died.
Refrain from making bad joke. You owe lots to this guy (& Watson).
And on the credits 'issue'. It was not sexism. It was not theft. Getting scooped happens all the time in science... only this time it was on a MAJOR subject, hence all the ruckus. If I expose my results in public, there's always the risk that my ideas will serve another. Most journals won't even publish something you exposed once in an international conference.
Think about this : Do you believe the Nobel is awared to every single person who amassed results leading to the discovery? No. It is awarded to people who can make sense of the data who is currently available.
With a thread this long, probably no one will read this, but anyway ;) Weirdest place I accessed Slashdot, a level 3 bioconfinment laboratory; there's nothing better than getting your news fix for the day to kill time while HIV-1 is wasting some CD4+ :)
;)
Started a blog about my job. Not much right now; I promise I'll post more in a few days
http://thescientistblog.blogspot.com/
It's in a mirror.
:)
Right--> Looks like Left
It... invert things, ya know?
Newton's Principa would prolly be quite pretty on the top of my fireplace i guess... as long as the kids don't make fall it in... :P It DOES make something special to show off...
Seriously... I would not bet 5 (canadian) dollars on this... collectors of all kind exists you know... and you'll always find one interested in that kind of thing who has too much money on his hands.