These people have a great informative site in addition to the book; check out their Daily Sucker section which demonstrates bad web page design in the wild. I've learned a lot about "proper" web development by browsing their online examples.
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First Review of Halo
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Funny...I never really though of Thief as being a first-person shooter. Oh well, I guess you're the expert!
It is easy to build a stripped-down PC for much less, but you would be very hard-pressed to match the feature set of Apple's desktops. Things like gigabit ethernet, Firewire, and DVD/CD combo burners aren't exactly cheap.
Also note that building certain systems yourself, like fanless desktops (iMac) or portables, isn't very practical.
So, should the button read more like "I reluctantly accept"?
In keeping with Windows tradition, I would expect all sorts of "Can't find something.dll" and "Illegal operation" messages being cranked out by the XBox. Clicking "ok" is just part of the whole XPerience.
Hey, relax... It's just a minor announcement. It looks like a perfectly good product to compliment the hardware Apple's customers already have. Still, it's nothing more revolutionary than, say, the Microsoft Intellimouse.
Devin Durham already performed such a mod some years ago. The results are fairly impressive; most notable is the vertically-mounted CD drive behind the tuner dial.
It is unlikely, however, that the boxes in the article were so elaborate. My guess is that the modern wooden cases look more like orange crates than radios.
This reminds me of a CIA operation from the early 70's where the US built a specialized ship to raise a sunken Soviet nulear submarine from the bottom of the Pacific. I only hope that the Kursk lifting device is slightly more reliable, as the Glomar Explorer's "claw" kind of fell apart midway through the raising.
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Whatever chonce.
Torsion ballista
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Trebuchets? Onagers? Bah... These people have build a full-scale Roman ballista using a dual-torsion palintone design. It's effectively a giant mechanical cannon. Fun for the whole neighborhood!
I've always thought that Bungie was successful in finding a good mix between a compelling story and an innovative gaming engine. Look at engines like those in Marathon, Myth, Oni, and the upcoming Halo. They always made some significant contribution to their respective genres, whether it be in graphics, physics, or gameplay. Additionally, the story in most of these is reason enough to play them; for Myth and Marathon I was especially compelled to keep playing just so I could find out what would happen next. To get a sense of the importance of a good universe and plot background, check out the Marathon's Story page. For a game released in 1995/1994, it's pretty amazing that the site is still being updated almost every day (except, of course, when the maintainer is on vacation ^.^).
While I don't think free email provided by the state is really all that useful, I do like the direction thay're going. What people really need is free broadband. In my opinion, broadband is just as importand as other utilities such as electricity and running water. While the latter aren't exactly free, it would be nice if the govn't would do something about shoddy BB providors.
A lot of people are saying that Apple doesn't matter because thay don't innovate anymore. I think I can counter that.
AFAIK, Apple is the only organization thus far to make UNIX available to the masses. Additionally, I know of no other modern desktop OS that uses a vector-based graphics engine (this will be a very important model for future graphics hardware technology). They're pushing hardware design with convection cooling and compact hardware, as in the G4 Cube. Apple also helped to show the benefits of DV by making DV editing available to everyone in a truly usable package. I also believe their vision for the direction of personal computing, as being the "digital hub" for embedded consumer devices. Most importantly, Apple is the only real alternative that consumers have to Microsoft (before you flame me, understand that Linux is not ready for general consumption yet)
Some of the others posters are right; we need a simplier way to vote.
I propose giving each voter a numbered list of candidates. The voter would then write a single number at the bottom of the ballot indicating who they are voting for. Each digit of that number will be the multiplier for each term in a to-the-nth polynomial, where n is the number of digits in the submitted number minus 1. I say minus 1 because the last digit will set the base of the number system (say f would indicate a base 16 number). We can have almost an arbitrarily large system using the whole extended ASCII table for precision purposes. Each digit that is more than half of the largest value in the system will indicate a multiplier of (base-digit), which would allow for the voter to specify negative values.
So now we have an equation where we just plug in the candidate number and get a result; if it's greater than or equal to 0 then it is a positive vote.
What could be simpler than voting with a single number?
Well look at what happened in the OS market with microsoft... the free market and its magic.
That isn't a failure of the free market; that's just the result of customers being stupid. A free market (as well as a democratic government) is only as good as the people who participate in it. Garbage in, garbage out...
I agree; Marathon introduced some interesting technology to FPSs. It had a number of things before any others in the shooter genre: advanced physics, a moddable engine, an engaging plot, even real-time voice communication in multiplayer games (and no, I don't mean the old shouting-across-the-hall technology).
Interesting though that the author mentioned Halo will only be availbale for the XBox. His ignorance there disturbs me, being a Bungie fan, especially since Bunge has repeatedly stated otherwise.
Whoever said that no one can be killed while playing chess? I remember reading a few years ago how a player's head literally exploded during a match due to some unusual chemical imbalance. Perhaps this is why officials want to mandate drug testing. o_O
"Many of the people I know can come up with a program to do it themselves, without being in the business of doing it," Ms. Peters said.
Hmmm... Sounds like she just exposed herself as being part of some sort of hacker ring. Better watch out for the Feds, Ms. Peters; it's their job to put away people like you.
I'm not fully up on the mechanics of solar sails, but wind sails can attain speeds greater than the wind by running at non-parallel angles to the wind direction. Perhaps solar vessels can use a similiar "vector gearing" technique... Nah.
"Leave the strategizing to those of us with planet-sized brains." -Tycho
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These people have a great informative site in addition to the book; check out their Daily Sucker section which demonstrates bad web page design in the wild. I've learned a lot about "proper" web development by browsing their online examples.
Funny...I never really though of Thief as being a first-person shooter. Oh well, I guess you're the expert!
It is easy to build a stripped-down PC for much less, but you would be very hard-pressed to match the feature set of Apple's desktops. Things like gigabit ethernet, Firewire, and DVD/CD combo burners aren't exactly cheap.
Also note that building certain systems yourself, like fanless desktops (iMac) or portables, isn't very practical.
I wonder if users can format and partition the HD in this thing...
There would be a *very* high geek-factor in installing several linux distros, OS X, and Windows onto a pocketsize firewire MP3 player!
So, should the button read more like "I reluctantly accept"?
In keeping with Windows tradition, I would expect all sorts of "Can't find something.dll" and "Illegal operation" messages being cranked out by the XBox. Clicking "ok" is just part of the whole XPerience.
Hey, relax... It's just a minor announcement. It looks like a perfectly good product to compliment the hardware Apple's customers already have. Still, it's nothing more revolutionary than, say, the Microsoft Intellimouse.
One hour recharge, 10 hour battery capacity charges over FireWire -- no charging cable needed
Ok, that's a really weird use of FireWire. Does this mean we can't replace the batteries on the road?
Devin Durham already performed such a mod some years ago. The results are fairly impressive; most notable is the vertically-mounted CD drive behind the tuner dial.
It is unlikely, however, that the boxes in the article were so elaborate. My guess is that the modern wooden cases look more like orange crates than radios.
This reminds me of a CIA operation from the early 70's where the US built a specialized ship to raise a sunken Soviet nulear submarine from the bottom of the Pacific. I only hope that the Kursk lifting device is slightly more reliable, as the Glomar Explorer's "claw" kind of fell apart midway through the raising.
Whatever chonce.
Trebuchets? Onagers? Bah... These people have build a full-scale Roman ballista using a dual-torsion palintone design. It's effectively a giant mechanical cannon. Fun for the whole neighborhood!
I've always thought that Bungie was successful in finding a good mix between a compelling story and an innovative gaming engine. Look at engines like those in Marathon, Myth, Oni, and the upcoming Halo. They always made some significant contribution to their respective genres, whether it be in graphics, physics, or gameplay. Additionally, the story in most of these is reason enough to play them; for Myth and Marathon I was especially compelled to keep playing just so I could find out what would happen next. To get a sense of the importance of a good universe and plot background, check out the Marathon's Story page. For a game released in 1995/1994, it's pretty amazing that the site is still being updated almost every day (except, of course, when the maintainer is on vacation ^.^).
This sounds more like a stringless implementation of the older tin-can communications technology.
So you can download 400Mbytes/day on Optus@Home.
So doesn't this make it about impossible to download a Linux distro. as a CD image? Man, this Optus-owned "Australia" place sounds really creepy.
While I don't think free email provided by the state is really all that useful, I do like the direction thay're going. What people really need is free broadband. In my opinion, broadband is just as importand as other utilities such as electricity and running water. While the latter aren't exactly free, it would be nice if the govn't would do something about shoddy BB providors.
A lot of people are saying that Apple doesn't matter because thay don't innovate anymore. I think I can counter that.
AFAIK, Apple is the only organization thus far to make UNIX available to the masses. Additionally, I know of no other modern desktop OS that uses a vector-based graphics engine (this will be a very important model for future graphics hardware technology). They're pushing hardware design with convection cooling and compact hardware, as in the G4 Cube. Apple also helped to show the benefits of DV by making DV editing available to everyone in a truly usable package. I also believe their vision for the direction of personal computing, as being the "digital hub" for embedded consumer devices. Most importantly, Apple is the only real alternative that consumers have to Microsoft (before you flame me, understand that Linux is not ready for general consumption yet)
Can anyone say that none of this matters?
Maybe more of a slanted table. Who's next? John C. Dvorak?
I really don't think Dvorak would go for that. Especially not after his little run-in with Mr. T!
Some of the others posters are right; we need a simplier way to vote.
I propose giving each voter a numbered list of candidates. The voter would then write a single number at the bottom of the ballot indicating who they are voting for. Each digit of that number will be the multiplier for each term in a to-the-nth polynomial, where n is the number of digits in the submitted number minus 1. I say minus 1 because the last digit will set the base of the number system (say f would indicate a base 16 number). We can have almost an arbitrarily large system using the whole extended ASCII table for precision purposes. Each digit that is more than half of the largest value in the system will indicate a multiplier of (base-digit), which would allow for the voter to specify negative values.
So now we have an equation where we just plug in the candidate number and get a result; if it's greater than or equal to 0 then it is a positive vote.
What could be simpler than voting with a single number?
...then does this new information suggest it may be possible for us to change the speed of light to suit our travel needs?
Well look at what happened in the OS market with microsoft ... the free market and its magic.
That isn't a failure of the free market; that's just the result of customers being stupid. A free market (as well as a democratic government) is only as good as the people who participate in it. Garbage in, garbage out...
...then why don't they just buy their own box to use in the office?
I agree; Marathon introduced some interesting technology to FPSs. It had a number of things before any others in the shooter genre: advanced physics, a moddable engine, an engaging plot, even real-time voice communication in multiplayer games (and no, I don't mean the old shouting-across-the-hall technology).
Interesting though that the author mentioned Halo will only be availbale for the XBox. His ignorance there disturbs me, being a Bungie fan, especially since Bunge has repeatedly stated otherwise.
Whoever said that no one can be killed while playing chess? I remember reading a few years ago how a player's head literally exploded during a match due to some unusual chemical imbalance. Perhaps this is why officials want to mandate drug testing. o_O
"Many of the people I know can come up with a program to do it themselves, without being in the business of doing it," Ms. Peters said.
Hmmm... Sounds like she just exposed herself as being part of some sort of hacker ring. Better watch out for the Feds, Ms. Peters; it's their job to put away people like you.
I'm not fully up on the mechanics of solar sails, but wind sails can attain speeds greater than the wind by running at non-parallel angles to the wind direction. Perhaps solar vessels can use a similiar "vector gearing" technique... Nah.
"Leave the strategizing to those of us with planet-sized brains." -Tycho