Back in my day, we had to write our own games, in the snow!
At uni there was a 3-D vector FPS on HP Chipmunk workstations called Tunnel. You where in a maze, with the view being just the perspective outline of the walls, and the other player was a cube outline with a tetrahedron on the front side. So there would only be about 12 straight lines on the screen, except when the other player was present,
We wrote our own version on DOS PCs (8086s! not ATs!) and linked 3 PCs with serial ports so 3 of us could death match. Jesus we played that for hours!
Wow - 137 UID. I remember rushing to sign up again after the database reset./. was always the first site I would try on a new computer/browser/kindle/shoe-phone to see how it would render that critical stream of news for nerds.
My main memories of the TRS-80 was that it had a fancy line editor, quite a bit more sophisticated than Apple II or PET. Also our school lab had a copy of Eliza running on the TRS-80 which was pretty fun for 5 minutes:)
Thank you for taking on the task of keeping/. viable.
my suggestions: * Keep the RSS feed of stories, it is the primary way I get sucked in. * Give a small amount of mod points to lurkers. Modding has a much lower activation energy, but makes people feel like they are participating, which would then probably get them to post more as well. I would log in much more often to chime in via moderation if I had mod points to give.
So do you only drive model T's? Modern cars already do a lot of the "control" of low level components based on your "inputs". Raising our level of control abstraction to a simple joystick for direction, or just a voice command of "go there" is just a matter of degree.
Not saying I believe the magnitude of the effect, but from the article:
"""The team used a computer model to calculate what would happen if 32,000 large ships - the current estimate of large vessels on the high seas - produced tinier bubbles. "If we were to successfully put these generators on to these ships, and the ships just went about their normal business, we did find there was potential to reduce the surface temperature by about 0.5C," Prof Forster said"""
I went through most of this book with one of my sons:
http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/ The Elements of Computing Systems.
You start with NOT gates and build (in simulation) RAM, CPU, etc. Then you go on to program it in assembly and then implement a VM and compiler. It eables somebody to understand how a line of java code is implemented down to the gates in the CPU. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Oh Oh! Once you convince creationists to submit to this falsifiability criteria, maybe we can get the anthropogenic climate [cooling|warming|change] disaster crowd to do the same.
No! In Firefox - when I search for a term on a page - I can hit enter and FOLLOW a link! In Chrome, (unless I have the extension type-ahead-find) pressing Enter during the search just closes the Find window - and DOES NOT leave the link selected! This kills keyboard navigation - which in some cases is far quicker than mousing to the link.
and... PNY Quadro FX 5800 Graphics Card - nVIDIA... $3,039.35
I heard about these from my co-worker who is shopping for a couple. Perhaps the high-end cards are still around, just not where you are looking for them.
Since it is one of the most famous engineering schools in the world, and this is news for nerds, it would be nice if Slashdot could spell Caltech's name correctly.
"What impact this will have on the next-generation video iPod is unclear. Consistent with previous speculation, Nvidia (Santa Clara, Calif.) has seen its graphics processor designed into next-generation video iPods, which are due out next year. In the new video iPod, the application processor will be supplied by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd." http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/rss/showArticle.j html?articleID=196600513&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_semiR SS
Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid had a lot of reloading - in fact the whole ending revolved around the characters running out of ammo and trying to get more. The director said they worked hard to get that aspect realistic.
The Olympics days (years?) are numbered. At the rate that medical advances are taking place, we will soon be placed in a position of banning people who had Muscular Dystrophy therapy as a child or red blood cell therapy for anemia. We will either only allow "pure" humans to compete - which I think will contribute to racism - or the doors will be wide open - and only the enhanced athletes will be competitive. I think it would be better to just retire them - with a grand finale in 2012. That would get some big ratings.
It's not so different that delivering more service for less money isn't the goal. If we applied NASA style standards to every piece of medical equipment only Gates would be able to afford medical care. There are certainly different standards and requirements - but cost/benefit is also critial consideration.
Please don't using "saving a buck" as if it is a curse. That is the foundation of our country's wealth. Almost all of the tech that is developed and sold is driven by that goal - "to save a buck". Note that making medical equipment (or any other) cost 10x as much will reduce the amount of equipment purchased by roughly 10x. There are certainly good and bad choices to make - and TCO is a critical but difficult component of these decisions. But don't curse the entrepreneur for "saving a buck!"
Man - I haven't seen a single comment about marathon programming sessions for the shear joy of it. Or the sad fact that sometimes your bio-rithyms are such that you get really productive around 3 or 4 PM - and you want to stay in the "flow". I find programming to be quite influenced by mood and inspiration - and it's difficult to fit in to a 9 to 5 day. - Father (2boys)/Programmer(Cause I gotta be)
17:18:28 < james/Gaim> not to mention the advanced continuous reboot system (ACRS) which will be needed 17:18:45 < james/Gaim> to re-initialize after patches 17:18:47 < gumby> rofl - can I post that to/.? 17:18:54 < james/Gaim> be my guest
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What about the TVs made in Korea? I don't see how this applies to the TV brands such as Samsung, LG, etc.
Thank you - 8088 is totally correct.
Back in my day, we had to write our own games, in the snow!
At uni there was a 3-D vector FPS on HP Chipmunk workstations called Tunnel. You where in a maze, with the view being just the perspective outline of the walls, and the other player was a cube outline with a tetrahedron on the front side. So there would only be about 12 straight lines on the screen, except when the other player was present,
We wrote our own version on DOS PCs (8086s! not ATs!) and linked 3 PCs with serial ports so 3 of us could death match. Jesus we played that for hours!
Update: Apparently, it was originally ('73) called Maze War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War
Wow - 137 UID. I remember rushing to sign up again after the database reset. /. was always the first site I would try on a new computer/browser/kindle/shoe-phone to see how it would render that critical stream of news for nerds.
My thanks to the legacy of Roblimo.
My main memories of the TRS-80 was that it had a fancy line editor, quite a bit more sophisticated than Apple II or PET. Also our school lab had a copy of Eliza running on the TRS-80 which was pretty fun for 5 minutes :)
Thank you for taking on the task of keeping /. viable.
my suggestions:
* Keep the RSS feed of stories, it is the primary way I get sucked in.
* Give a small amount of mod points to lurkers. Modding has a much lower activation energy, but makes people feel like they are participating, which would then probably get them to post more as well. I would log in much more often to chime in via moderation if I had mod points to give.
So do you only drive model T's? Modern cars already do a lot of the "control" of low level components based on your "inputs". Raising our level of control abstraction to a simple joystick for direction, or just a voice command of "go there" is just a matter of degree.
Not saying I believe the magnitude of the effect, but from the article:
"""The team used a computer model to calculate what would happen if 32,000 large ships - the current estimate of large vessels on the high seas - produced tinier bubbles.
"If we were to successfully put these generators on to these ships, and the ships just went about their normal business, we did find there was potential to reduce the surface temperature by about 0.5C," Prof Forster said"""
You start with NOT gates and build (in simulation) RAM, CPU, etc. Then you go on to program it in assembly and then implement a VM and compiler. It eables somebody to understand how a line of java code is implemented down to the gates in the CPU. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
I wish I had some karma to reward this comment :D
Oh Oh!
Once you convince creationists to submit to this falsifiability criteria, maybe we can get the anthropogenic climate [cooling|warming|change] disaster crowd to do the same.
No! In Firefox - when I search for a term on a page - I can hit enter and FOLLOW a link! In Chrome, (unless I have the extension type-ahead-find) pressing Enter during the search just closes the Find window - and DOES NOT leave the link selected! This kills keyboard navigation - which in some cases is far quicker than mousing to the link.
And that time they spelled Caltech correctly!
http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13334
If you cannot spell Caltech properly - please turn in your nerd card.
Hmm - Professional products from Nvidia site:
http://store.nvidia.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=nvidia&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=67049700
Quadro FX 5600 $2,999.00
Quadro FX 4600 $1,999.00
and... ... $3,039.35
PNY Quadro FX 5800 Graphics Card - nVIDIA
I heard about these from my co-worker who is shopping for a couple. Perhaps the high-end cards are still around, just not where you are looking for them.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Since it is one of the most famous engineering schools in the world, and this is news for nerds, it would be nice if Slashdot could spell Caltech's name correctly.
http://styleguide.caltech.edu/wordmark
"What impact this will have on the next-generation video iPod is unclear. Consistent with previous speculation, Nvidia (Santa Clara, Calif.) has seen its graphics processor designed into next-generation video iPods, which are due out next year. In the new video iPod, the application processor will be supplied by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd."j html?articleID=196600513&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_semiR SS
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/rss/showArticle.
Well - the Cell wins!
8 SPU's plus a dual core PPC = 10 cores
Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid had a lot of reloading - in fact the whole ending revolved around the characters running out of ammo and trying to get more. The director said they worked hard to get that aspect realistic.
The Olympics days (years?) are numbered. At the rate that medical advances are taking place, we will soon be placed in a position of banning people who had Muscular Dystrophy therapy as a child or red blood cell therapy for anemia. We will either only allow "pure" humans to compete - which I think will contribute to racism - or the doors will be wide open - and only the enhanced athletes will be competitive. I think it would be better to just retire them - with a grand finale in 2012. That would get some big ratings.
It's not so different that delivering more service for less money isn't the goal. If we applied NASA style standards to every piece of medical equipment only Gates would be able to afford medical care. There are certainly different standards and requirements - but cost/benefit is also critial consideration.
Please don't using "saving a buck" as if it is a curse. That is the foundation of our country's wealth. Almost all of the tech that is developed and sold is driven by that goal - "to save a buck". Note that making medical equipment (or any other) cost 10x as much will reduce the amount of equipment purchased by roughly 10x. There are certainly good and bad choices to make - and TCO is a critical but difficult component of these decisions. But don't curse the entrepreneur for "saving a buck!"
Man - I haven't seen a single comment about marathon programming sessions for the shear joy of it. Or the sad fact that sometimes your bio-rithyms are such that you get really productive around 3 or 4 PM - and you want to stay in the "flow".
I find programming to be quite influenced by mood and inspiration - and it's difficult to fit in to a 9 to 5 day.
- Father (2boys)/Programmer(Cause I gotta be)
17:18:28 < james/Gaim> not to mention the advanced continuous reboot system (ACRS) which will be needed /.?
17:18:45 < james/Gaim> to re-initialize after patches
17:18:47 < gumby> rofl - can I post that to
17:18:54 < james/Gaim> be my guest