I can't wait to see those pussies get their asses kicked!
I don't imagine that the lions will have much of a chance against the kangaroos. Besides their superior speed, kangaroos can also kill predators with a single kick.
Though, I wonder how the cheatahs will fare.
Personally, I think that this won't solve the problem. Species will become extinct, period, in one fashion or another. When there isn't sufficient habitat, species suffer. The only one that doesn't seem to suffer is the human species. We seem to be able to sufficiently adapt and destroy whatever environment we're put in.
I suspect this is so they can actually save on heating (or cooling, depending on how you look at it). Imagine: roughly 6 thousand systems with monitors. Imagine: the heat that gets kicked out by that many systems. Imagine: almost 6 thousand people in close proximity. Speaking from personal experience, a single machine with a monitor in a 8x10 room gets pretty warm, even if the heat is low, during the winter in South Dakota,USA. (often -50F w/ windchill) With that many systems, people, and monitors, it probably makes sense to have it in the winter - if it gets to warm in there, just open a door on either side of the building, and blow out all the hot air.
My friends and I will have LANfests in a large basement - roughly 10 to 15 of us. The room is generally about half as tightly packed as the pictures of this festival appear to be. It will get to be almost 105F in there if we don't open a window, unless the air conditioning is on in the summer. Even then, it gets fairly warm. (90F-ish?)
It's possible that the rate of accuracy could greatly be increased if different scientists/programmers/what have you were to undertake the task. Given that both the 'hardware' and 'software' of this project was figuratively 'programmed' (are we going to need to invent new terms for this type of computer?), I suspect that the error rate could be decreased by more development and/or testing.
I think this is well summarized by any active IRC channel. (Active channel ops, and channel regulars that get along well enough to hold private conversations, but mostly talk in channel, etc)
This isn't such a big deal - it's simply a marketing ploy to sell more stuff to the masses. This feat was performed many times, over 700 years ago, by Norse explorers. This is without all the modern conveniences of GPS, the Internet - you name it.
I can't say I necessarily disagree with this article. I can definately see how someone might do this.
Personally, I don't see how it would ever happen with me, at least not at this point in my life, but for those less technically inclined, or less technlogy-oriented, I can see it. I'm talking about people that check their mail, surf the web, maybe even play some 'online games' - of the Solitaire or Chess variety at Yahoo! Games and other such locations. If it wasn't for the fools that put excessive graphics + ads + flash animation on many pages nowadays, I'd be mostly fine with dialup, if it weren't for my Counter-Strike needs. I can handle being connected for 10 hours a day (during the late hours of night/early hours of morning) while stuff downloads. I used to do it. And, as I did before, I could open all the articles on slashdot (and similar sites) and read the one I'm reading, while those pages load.
I can certainly say I'd save a lot of time if I were to not be 'online' all the time. All my personal projects would get done more quickly, I'd spend more time doing things that I enjoy (not that I don't enjoy chatting w/ friends or talking on IRC... but enough is enough.)
For all rational arguements and logicality, I can fully understand people wanting to ditch 'broadband' due to lack of reliability and price alone, with social implications aside. Were I to go back to dialup, I certainly would find myself getting out more. I think that's a good thing. If I'm working with computers all day long, I really need to get out in the evenings. My psychological stability and offspring depend on it.:)
I've been waiting for a kernel that has had all-around good reports after a couple weeks of being in the wild. 2.4.14 did this time, but go figure, I can't get it to compile - it has problems with the block device section during compilation.:-/
Art has been one of the dominant forms of entertainment since the beginning of time. Music, plays, writing, paintings - these are all traditionally accepted forms of art.
I am persuing a career in cinema and film right now. I consider the medium of film/cinema to be one of of the most vividly conveying mediums out there. It can combine the magic of music with the various aspects of visual elements, and intertwine them with a cohesive plot and characters.
In order to keep this on topic, games are, likewise, art. The combine many different elements - music, story, imagry, and, most importantly, creativity depicted. Never let it be said that the great artist, idSoftware, is of little artistic value!;)
However, I think we should draw the line quite firmly and insist that most software should not be considered, 'art', and here is why.
I'm not aware of the legal definition, but if we look at the dictionary definition of art, we see that conventional software could indeed be included under this definition, possibly under, "High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value". However, I would argue that this should not be the case.
If we look at art in a historical fashion, we will notice that art has never held much of a functional purpose, with rare exclusion. This is part of the beauty of art. Surely, the AK-47 is an artfully crafted weapon - inexpensive (in a manufacturing sense), well made, easy to maintain, and accurate. Nobody that is knowledgeable of firearms would deny this fact. The same could be said for the first automobiles made by Henry Ford. However, like most software, both of these items perform or performed very specific tasks. They were undeniably artful in craft, but they are rarely considered 'art', unless we're talking about 'artifacts'.:)
Software should be considered using the same standards. If it performs a practical function (besides relaxation), it should be considered what it was intended - a tool. Software, such as games, that is intended for leasurely consumption should be deemed 'art'.
From the other side of the fence, I'm sure that everyone that has ever created anything they they were proud of has felt that their work was artful and skillful - only naturally.
I can't hardly get a kernel compiled before the next version is released! You'd think they'd wait a little longer to go to the next version. Seems to me like the 2.4 strain got up to.14 much, much faster than 2.2 did... or is it just me?
...Apple Computers is developing a revolutionary device they plan to call the iMod for corporate use. This device is approximately the size and shape of a large all-in-one TV remote. It is designed to fluctuate to the natural harmonic frequency of computers running any version of the MS Windows operating system, thus penetrating its minimal defenses, and deactivating the hostile system.
Is it just me, or do the photos of that device resemble something out of Star Trek? I'm thinking of ST:VOY, specifically, since this device looks quite streamlined, and ST:VOY had nearly everything look 'streamlined' - from tables to bulkheads.
Hey, they want the security sites to leave alone exploits - so why not? If they want to blame their best source to the solution for the problems, let them. Watch teh security sites disappear - or rather, stop supporting MS stuff. Then watch MS software go to hell as exploit after exploit rips it appart.
Everyone is saying, "blame MS", and "blame the virus writers," and/or "blame the trained monkeys." Everyone has it all wrong. All these people are responsible. MS is for having an OS that allows such exploits to be performed, and for telling people that it's easy and doesn't require skill to keep a server up and running (if you make it easy enough for a monkey to do something, monkeys will do it!). Second, the virus/worm writer, for writing it, and 3rd, the idiot monkeys for playing with something they don't have the skill to play with, and infecting each other. (Maybe like AIDs - people/monkeys play as they shouldn't, infecting each other... and everyone suffers for it.)
My parents saw Star Wars and it's 2 sequels when they came out in the theatre. They loved them - great story, great characters, great effects, excellent soundtrack. They were well staged, and the people in the theatre - even in "Star Wars" were going crazy over the film. Being that I'm nearly 20 myself, and these are my parents we're talking about, logic would dictate that my parents were at least 18 or so themselves. They were 24 and 25, respectively.
Now, many people are ranting about how "Attack of the Clones" is a retarded movie title. I'd have to agree. Granted, I'm one of those 'saw it when I was young, fell in love with it, altered reality,' types. My parents, on the other hand, are not.
My parents recently saw Episode I. They were appauled at the horrid commericialization of the franchise and the apparent lack of effort that went into the actual film, the story, and the plot. Granted, Luca always triedmake money, but Star Wars was art when Lucas started making it. He said so himself - his opt-outs about how it's simply a childrens film and such are just that - opt outs. I mean, for crying out loud, Episode I didn't even have new music composed for it to fit the film - it simply had a compiled version done by someone else, so they could slap John William's name on it. They spent all their budget on special effects. Bastards.
This is really quite off the wall. People are different; for instance, I don't focus well on a single item for long periods of time. I know people that can't multitask well. I can multitask and get more done than most people I know that stay focused. Thus, a counter-example in all respects.
Take the cost of a support call? No, no, no... no. They don't pay for you to call them, you pay them. They charge extorbanant prices for per-minute calls, where you're lucky to get someone that knows what they're talking about. It's likely the person on the other end is simply a glorified marketeer.
From this standpoint, it's more financially beneficial for MS to put intentional glitches in their software - if anything.
Makes you ponder why Win98 had/has more problems and is less stable than Win95...
I'll take, "Having abusive friendships and many ex's for 1000's, Jim."
I mean really. Probably the worst way to get spam is to have a 'friend' submit your email address in those 'free porn-a-day' spam collection thingies. That, and those horrible email forwards that get your email address in them.
Re: holding the door... I heard that some form of legislation recently passed allowing people to more easily screw you over financially for - now get this - holding the door open for them. Something about sexual harassment, or such.
Like you said, in a handbasket. (Oh, wait, is 'handbasket' a sexually discriminating word?)
Thanks for making a point of MS's common development pattern. This is, indeed, yet another example of poorly implimented, poorly thought-out projects, dating all the way back to the days of DOS. (Or should I say CP/M?)
You're forgetting that they'd probably destroy a connection port, too. those sensitive little wires that help your rj45 jack get data to your computer need those to function properly. they're also surprisingly easily damaged. I can't wait to see their workaround for this.
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sweet love, this is hillarious! I'm laughing my ass off! too bad this is 'old' news - it should be seen.
I can't wait to see those pussies get their asses kicked!
I don't imagine that the lions will have much of a chance against the kangaroos. Besides their superior speed, kangaroos can also kill predators with a single kick.
Though, I wonder how the cheatahs will fare.
Personally, I think that this won't solve the problem. Species will become extinct, period, in one fashion or another. When there isn't sufficient habitat, species suffer. The only one that doesn't seem to suffer is the human species. We seem to be able to sufficiently adapt and destroy whatever environment we're put in.
Ah, human nature.
My friends and I will have LANfests in a large basement - roughly 10 to 15 of us. The room is generally about half as tightly packed as the pictures of this festival appear to be. It will get to be almost 105F in there if we don't open a window, unless the air conditioning is on in the summer. Even then, it gets fairly warm. (90F-ish?)
This reminds me of my form of recreation, which I have invited my coworkers to.
:)~
Except we're not allowed to talk about it. And we get a lot more than scars.
You know what I'm talking about. *knowing look* It's the ultimate Club.
It's possible that the rate of accuracy could greatly be increased if different scientists/programmers/what have you were to undertake the task. Given that both the 'hardware' and 'software' of this project was figuratively 'programmed' (are we going to need to invent new terms for this type of computer?), I suspect that the error rate could be decreased by more development and/or testing.
I think this is well summarized by any active IRC channel. (Active channel ops, and channel regulars that get along well enough to hold private conversations, but mostly talk in channel, etc)
Panzies. :)
Personally, I don't see how it would ever happen with me, at least not at this point in my life, but for those less technically inclined, or less technlogy-oriented, I can see it. I'm talking about people that check their mail, surf the web, maybe even play some 'online games' - of the Solitaire or Chess variety at Yahoo! Games and other such locations. If it wasn't for the fools that put excessive graphics + ads + flash animation on many pages nowadays, I'd be mostly fine with dialup, if it weren't for my Counter-Strike needs. I can handle being connected for 10 hours a day (during the late hours of night/early hours of morning) while stuff downloads. I used to do it. And, as I did before, I could open all the articles on slashdot (and similar sites) and read the one I'm reading, while those pages load.
I can certainly say I'd save a lot of time if I were to not be 'online' all the time. All my personal projects would get done more quickly, I'd spend more time doing things that I enjoy (not that I don't enjoy chatting w/ friends or talking on IRC... but enough is enough.)
For all rational arguements and logicality, I can fully understand people wanting to ditch 'broadband' due to lack of reliability and price alone, with social implications aside. Were I to go back to dialup, I certainly would find myself getting out more. I think that's a good thing. If I'm working with computers all day long, I really need to get out in the evenings. My psychological stability and offspring depend on it.
I've been waiting for a kernel that has had all-around good reports after a couple weeks of being in the wild. 2.4.14 did this time, but go figure, I can't get it to compile - it has problems with the block device section during compilation. :-/
I am persuing a career in cinema and film right now. I consider the medium of film/cinema to be one of of the most vividly conveying mediums out there. It can combine the magic of music with the various aspects of visual elements, and intertwine them with a cohesive plot and characters.
In order to keep this on topic, games are, likewise, art. The combine many different elements - music, story, imagry, and, most importantly, creativity depicted. Never let it be said that the great artist, idSoftware, is of little artistic value!
However, I think we should draw the line quite firmly and insist that most software should not be considered, 'art', and here is why.
I'm not aware of the legal definition, but if we look at the dictionary definition of
art, we see that conventional software could indeed be included under this definition, possibly under, "High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value". However, I would argue that this should not be the case.
If we look at art in a historical fashion, we will notice that art has never held much of a functional purpose, with rare exclusion. This is part of the beauty of art. Surely, the AK-47 is an artfully crafted weapon - inexpensive (in a manufacturing sense), well made, easy to maintain, and accurate. Nobody that is knowledgeable of firearms would deny this fact. The same could be said for the first automobiles made by Henry Ford. However, like most software, both of these items perform or performed very specific tasks. They were undeniably artful in craft, but they are rarely considered 'art', unless we're talking about 'artifacts'.
Software should be considered using the same standards. If it performs a practical function (besides relaxation), it should be considered what it was intended - a tool. Software, such as games, that is intended for leasurely consumption should be deemed 'art'.
From the other side of the fence, I'm sure that everyone that has ever created anything they they were proud of has felt that their work was artful and skillful - only naturally.
I can't hardly get a kernel compiled before the next version is released! You'd think they'd wait a little longer to go to the next version. Seems to me like the 2.4 strain got up to .14 much, much faster than 2.2 did... or is it just me?
Don't you mean, "C:\"? I'm sure that's what I heard.
Man, I love illinformed folks.
...Apple Computers is developing a revolutionary device they plan to call the iMod for corporate use. This device is approximately the size and shape of a large all-in-one TV remote. It is designed to fluctuate to the natural harmonic frequency of computers running any version of the MS Windows operating system, thus penetrating its minimal defenses, and deactivating the hostile system.
Is it just me, or do the photos of that device resemble something out of Star Trek? I'm thinking of ST:VOY, specifically, since this device looks quite streamlined, and ST:VOY had nearly everything look 'streamlined' - from tables to bulkheads.
Hey, they want the security sites to leave alone exploits - so why not? If they want to blame their best source to the solution for the problems, let them. Watch teh security sites disappear - or rather, stop supporting MS stuff. Then watch MS software go to hell as exploit after exploit rips it appart.
Everyone is saying, "blame MS", and "blame the virus writers," and/or "blame the trained monkeys." Everyone has it all wrong. All these people are responsible. MS is for having an OS that allows such exploits to be performed, and for telling people that it's easy and doesn't require skill to keep a server up and running (if you make it easy enough for a monkey to do something, monkeys will do it!). Second, the virus/worm writer, for writing it, and 3rd, the idiot monkeys for playing with something they don't have the skill to play with, and infecting each other. (Maybe like AIDs - people/monkeys play as they shouldn't, infecting each other... and everyone suffers for it.)
Now, many people are ranting about how "Attack of the Clones" is a retarded movie title. I'd have to agree. Granted, I'm one of those 'saw it when I was young, fell in love with it, altered reality,' types. My parents, on the other hand, are not.
My parents recently saw Episode I. They were appauled at the horrid commericialization of the franchise and the apparent lack of effort that went into the actual film, the story, and the plot. Granted, Luca always triedmake money, but Star Wars was art when Lucas started making it. He said so himself - his opt-outs about how it's simply a childrens film and such are just that - opt outs. I mean, for crying out loud, Episode I didn't even have new music composed for it to fit the film - it simply had a compiled version done by someone else, so they could slap John William's name on it. They spent all their budget on special effects. Bastards.
This is really quite off the wall. People are different; for instance, I don't focus well on a single item for long periods of time. I know people that can't multitask well. I can multitask and get more done than most people I know that stay focused. Thus, a counter-example in all respects.
From this standpoint, it's more financially beneficial for MS to put intentional glitches in their software - if anything.
Makes you ponder why Win98 had/has more problems and is less stable than Win95...
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I mean really. Probably the worst way to get spam is to have a 'friend' submit your email address in those 'free porn-a-day' spam collection thingies. That, and those horrible email forwards that get your email address in them.
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Re: holding the door... I heard that some form of legislation recently passed allowing people to more easily screw you over financially for - now get this - holding the door open for them. Something about sexual harassment, or such.
Like you said, in a handbasket. (Oh, wait, is 'handbasket' a sexually discriminating word?)
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