if I travel back to 1994 and i'm using Mosaic in 1993, I could go look at my old Mosaic web page. But, if I'm still using Mosaic in 1993, how could I have loaded the Wayback javascript page in '02 and traveled back to '94? Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed!
When I was an assistant in a High School Physics Lab, I tried tinkering with a model train track and one train axle. First I soldered the axle so it would conduct electricity. Then I put some square magnets under the track (same polarity facing up) and connected the tracks to a DC power supply (one track positive, one track negative). It looks neat.. like a single axle moving by itself!
It's amazing how many published articles have been written that attempt to convince others that GPL is bad. At the same time, i've hardly seen as many articles in favor of GPL. More and more organizations have already seen the proof that GPL works.
TV and games could be ok if you're temporarily unable (too young or ill?) to realize your dreams. After you are able, do what makes you happy. Instant gratification might feel good in the short term but you'll always feel bad if you substitute it for your life ambitions.
If you're trying to simplify life then removing the distractions will help greatly.
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If you look at 1x10^(15, 16, 17, 18) they look the same and in many other frames the stars look the same. However those stars could be so far away that even if you zoomed in they don't move. I know that it would be very difficult to photograph ourselves from that far out so those frames could be conceptual instead of actual. It still looks great though, and I always appreciate efforts to educate science over the web.
-First, most of the cheating has no long term major bad effects on other players. In most of the online RPG games the bugs were usually about someone finding a way to duplicate gold or items. Sometimes players found ways to kill, steal, or trade unfairly but those are usually fixed quickly. The leftovers are the small bugs and balancing that are always controversial.
-Second, the game is constantly alive and evolving, which makes it impossible to catch every bug before it goes live. No one will every fix every bug and kick every cheater without reading minds. (If that were possible then Neo and Morpheus wouldn't have a chance!)
-Third, if you are greatly concerned about cheating in a game it's because you have invested much time towards playing it. The players that devote much of their time to the game will always have a far greater advantage over the casual gamers. The ability to be good (or better than average) at something is good enough for me, because there will always be someone better (if not now then in the future).
-In the end, after you retire, you won't really care about the cheaters from years ago and instead you'll remember friends, accomplishments, and the few times you pulled off some sneaky maneuvers.
If I arrange the rocks in my backyard into finite states then I could also:
- guess how many bits it represents
- claim it to be a computer simulating itself
- call up the press and it's still a bunch of rocks.
Maybe if I get a degree someone would publish it too.
First, in the scientific and medical communities, ideas and mistakes are reviewed by unbiased peers.
Second, security is a vague term. Every organization has their own levels of security, just as a desktop does not need the security of a website.
We know how secure Linux is because we can look inside it and decide for ourselves. We don't know about the security of Windows and every time an evaluation is made they have totally rewritten the OS. They should allow a government elected unbiased group to review their code. (Certainly not the Gartner group or other consultants in Microsoft's pockets)
Are the extra "bells, whistles, and promises" worth it if you're uncertain if you can steer and brake?
A base on the moon could decide who controls the space around Earth.
What can you do on the Moon? - Build a laser to hit satellites. There's no atmosphere to diffuse the laser beam. - Build large guns to hit satellites. No fear of satellite recoil when shooting. - Build any satellite platform on the moon. Fewer worries of space junk reaching there. - Mine heavy metals.. like plutionium for moon launchable nukes?
Sure it's extremely expensive but if a fortification there was used against us i'm sure we'd build one there too.
Everyone is always trying to find a reason why.. "Why go to the moon?" "Why spend money on basic science?" "What's the purpose of inventing that?" "What's the purpose of life?
Finding a reason helps in many situations, but there have been many other situations where we have greatly enhanced society without first having a reason to. There are also cases where many will never see the reasons and in others there never will be a reason.
Basic science always seems to be challenged by someone and yet the critics don't seem to have the insight to see they have been "standing on the shoulders of giants" all these years.
If we choose to leave this fundamental research to profit industries then we have given up on a future of a better humankind and traded it for a future of profit. Corporations would own the patents and copyrights to every discovery, and would use their resources to extend their power until the end of time.
If the reason for life was to turn a profit then we would all end up enslaved or in the meat department.
- Let's get all the entertainment software developers get together and cut out anything controversial from the games? Sounds like PBS on a CD. Everyone would be buying a competitor's game with more action. Make that illegal. - What are all those bits inside electronic devices doing? Your pocket calculator could be secretly copying Fantasia while you're alseep! Just to be safe, we'll stick a digital mark on all data and devices with data, then imprison anyone who doesn't use it. It's of no concern that every 1 bit of data and on/off switch will now require a 40 bit certification code. Who care's that we're regulating another industry 20 times bigger that we don't understand. We bought more congressmen! - That piece of paper you have might contain that source code to DeCSS - the DVD descrambler program. We'll pass a law requiring all paper to have a mark of authenticity and arrest those with illegal pieces of paper. - Hey you're not paying a subscription service for the right to use that wrench. Make a new law for that one. - See that scientist? His research has just threatened our income source. We'll hold an inquisition and punish him for his crimes. - Where did you buy that item? You might have made a business deal with a criminal. Just in case.. you'll get this special skin graft and you'll need it to buy any stuff. - What's on your mind? You could be thinking about politically incorrect things. Fortunately we'll be scanning your thoughts with a new tool called Carny Me. - That history book you're reading might give you some bad ideas.. better give it to me and i'll store it in a nice pile of other books along with those illegal fireworks. - Yes we know about that new medical stem cell breakthrough, but we can't allow you to sacrifice one cell to save the life of your child. Wouldn't be prudent. - Capitalism? Why? We can force people to buy our inferior products! That way we can fire those expensive engineers.. all they do is just tinker with things.. how anti-social! Our corporate image is so more important and people should feel priviledged to buy from us.
I enjoyed:
Warcraft 2 - Classic, Warcraft 3 looks great but still beta at moment.
Starcraft - Incredible Content and story (win in 2 weeks)
Battlezone - First person 3d build bases and tanks
Sacrifice - First person 3d conjure an empire of monsters (win in a week)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein - (Uses Quake's Raven 3d Engine) absolutely incredible.. imagine every WWII movie mixed with X-Files and a full orchestra score. Almost impossible to get through second half withoug GOD mode on.
Warrior Kings - bird's eye view 3d empire builder.. interesting Holy, Renaissance, and Pagan influences. (Win in 2 weeks)
Settlers 2 & 3 - Interesting empire builder.. more focus on resources and transporting them between building units.
Railroad Tycoon - Great game.. lay down some tracks between towns, pick engines and cars, and watch the trains ring in the profits in the wild frontier.
Freedom Force - build your own superhero.. looks interesting.. still beta currently but the demo's fun.
Quake Arena - (Uses Quake's Raven 3d Engine) great online combat but can feel like Darth Vader's grip around your stomach
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 - (Uses Quake's Raven 3d Engine) great "imperial stormtrooper base" content.. (can make me a lil nauseous if I don't watch the air in my stomach)
Rune - Good Nordic 3d first person hack n slash
Slave Zero - 3d first person "stomp around in big robot suit" (Win in one week)
Rainbow Six & Rogue Spear - Good special forces teamplay online and offline. Good way to do some "payback" to those "hard to catch" extremist groups.
Ultima Online - was fun but looks dead now a days. (Max your char in a month)
Black and White -- still haven't figured out the point of this game.
Diablo 2 - cool but can get repetitive.
Throne of Darkness - was underrated, funding was cut, like Diablo 2 but with Samurai
System Shock 2 - I liked it, 3d, lots of puzzles, cyber-etc..
Dark Age of Camelot - Interesting.. i like the soundtrack CD (separate from game).
Anarchy Online - Also Interesting but can get confusing with the bionic upgrades.
I hear Ghost Recon and Medal of Honor are good online games too.
Everquest - one game to rule them all, bring them in and bind them.. hehe (2000 hours per character, if you can decide on one)
Lucas has earned enough respect that everyone who has complaints about the movie will still see it. I'd rather he create whatever he wants than to rely on the political correctness and Star Wars continuity of all the fans.
..it happened that the Pope was anxious to have the walls of the great Cathedral of St. Peter at Rome decorated. So he sent messengers all over Italy to find out who were the best painters, that he might invite them to come and do the work. ...
the messengers came to Giotto and told him their errand. The Pope, they said, wished to see one of his drawings to judge if he was fit for the great work. Giotto, who was always most courteous, `took a sheet of paper and a pencil dipped in a red colour, then, resting his elbow on his side, with one turn of the hand, he drew a circle so perfect and exact that it was a marvel to behold.' `Here is your drawing,' he said to the messenger, with a smile, handing him the drawing. ... The Pope and his advisers looked carefully over all the drawings, and, when they came to that round O, they knew that only a master-hand could have made such a perfect circle without the help of a compass. Without a moment's hesitation they decided that Giotto was the man they wanted, and they at once invited him to come to Rome to decorate the cathedral walls.
HP used to be a way of working where engineers were given much respect in an environment friendly to basic innovation.
Now it appears that the Board has decided to take the very foundation of HP, with all it has accomplished, and turn it into "just another tech conglomerate".
The founders and the innovators have been "sold out" like so many other companies. It is so very difficult to preserve that which you have created, especially after death.
No one knows whether HPQ will be a success or failure, but the crafters and designers will have the worst deal. They will either be laid off or will work twice as hard for shallow "get rich schemes" that they never asked for.
These are bad times to be a crafter and entrust your means to others.
I've tried using laptops, the Sony C1VN, Palm Pilots, a Handspring, HP sci calculators, and even the short-lived HP Omnigo
It's already difficult trying to program on the beach with the C1VN, which already has the smallest keyboard I can imagine. You have to hunch over to see the 8"x5" screen, and only so many concepts can be conveyed on half a page of courier font. I have no idea how I would program in pages of code with just my thumbs on the PCG-U1.
I think the problem lies in the fact that programming requires undivided concentration, and when you're outside there's a world of distractions and glares from anything and anyone.
The portable device everyone really wants is the one they can carry a conversation with while walking in the park and having it turn that conversation into productivity.
However that's way off in the future. So for now, if I had the money i'd get a PCG-U1 to feel good even if I didn't use it much.
Slashdot Mirror
if I travel back to 1994 and i'm using Mosaic in 1993, I could go look at my old Mosaic web page. But, if I'm still using Mosaic in 1993, how could I have loaded the Wayback javascript page in '02 and traveled back to '94? Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed!
Relive an old browser at http://dejavu.org/
When I was an assistant in a High School Physics Lab, I tried tinkering with a model train track and one train axle. First I soldered the axle so it would conduct electricity. Then I put some square magnets under the track (same polarity facing up) and connected the tracks to a DC power supply (one track positive, one track negative). It looks neat.. like a single axle moving by itself!
I hope someday we get maglev cars like that new movie:
http://www.minorityreport.com/
From Trend Micro:
HouseCall is a free, online scanner that detects viruses and cleans your PC. There's nothing to install and nothing to update.
http://housecall.antivirus.com/
It's amazing how many published articles have been written that attempt to convince others that GPL is bad. At the same time, i've hardly seen as many articles in favor of GPL. More and more organizations have already seen the proof that GPL works.
TV and games could be ok if you're temporarily unable (too young or ill?) to realize your dreams. After you are able, do what makes you happy. Instant gratification might feel good in the short term but you'll always feel bad if you substitute it for your life ambitions.
If you're trying to simplify life then removing the distractions will help greatly.
If you look at 1x10^(15, 16, 17, 18) they look the same and in many other frames the stars look the same. However those stars could be so far away that even if you zoomed in they don't move. I know that it would be very difficult to photograph ourselves from that far out so those frames could be conceptual instead of actual. It still looks great though, and I always appreciate efforts to educate science over the web.
-First, most of the cheating has no long term major bad effects on other players. In most of the online RPG games the bugs were usually about someone finding a way to duplicate gold or items. Sometimes players found ways to kill, steal, or trade unfairly but those are usually fixed quickly. The leftovers are the small bugs and balancing that are always controversial.
-Second, the game is constantly alive and evolving, which makes it impossible to catch every bug before it goes live. No one will every fix every bug and kick every cheater without reading minds. (If that were possible then Neo and Morpheus wouldn't have a chance!)
-Third, if you are greatly concerned about cheating in a game it's because you have invested much time towards playing it. The players that devote much of their time to the game will always have a far greater advantage over the casual gamers. The ability to be good (or better than average) at something is good enough for me, because there will always be someone better (if not now then in the future).
-In the end, after you retire, you won't really care about the cheaters from years ago and instead you'll remember friends, accomplishments, and the few times you pulled off some sneaky maneuvers.
Congrats!
I was still stumped on it..
I tried the 6.22 command "Restore a: b:\cc60724a.001" but it didn't find any backup files.
and i'm sure Microsoft will hire another analyst group to dig up dirt on it
If I arrange the rocks in my backyard into finite states then I could also:
- guess how many bits it represents
- claim it to be a computer simulating itself
- call up the press
and it's still a bunch of rocks.
Maybe if I get a degree someone would publish it too.
Transmeta Crusoe TM5400/TM5600/TM5800 5.25-inch SBC
c fm
http://www.ibase-i.com.tw/ib755.htm
They've got more Transmeta motherboards, including a CPU PCI board.
I bought the first one that came out and I like it. You'll have to find a way to mount it to an ATX case since it's one third the size.
Other Transmeta Products:
http://www.transmetazone.com/products.
First, in the scientific and medical communities, ideas and mistakes are reviewed by unbiased peers.
Second, security is a vague term. Every organization has their own levels of security, just as a desktop does not need the security of a website.
We know how secure Linux is because we can look inside it and decide for ourselves. We don't know about the security of Windows and every time an evaluation is made they have totally rewritten the OS. They should allow a government elected unbiased group to review their code. (Certainly not the Gartner group or other consultants in Microsoft's pockets)
Are the extra "bells, whistles, and promises" worth it if you're uncertain if you can steer and brake?
A base on the moon could decide who controls the space around Earth.
What can you do on the Moon?
- Build a laser to hit satellites. There's no atmosphere to diffuse the laser beam.
- Build large guns to hit satellites. No fear of satellite recoil when shooting.
- Build any satellite platform on the moon. Fewer worries of space junk reaching there.
- Mine heavy metals.. like plutionium for moon launchable nukes?
Sure it's extremely expensive but if a fortification there was used against us i'm sure we'd build one there too.
Everyone is always trying to find a reason why..
"Why go to the moon?"
"Why spend money on basic science?"
"What's the purpose of inventing that?"
"What's the purpose of life?
Finding a reason helps in many situations, but there have been many other situations where we have greatly enhanced society without first having a reason to. There are also cases where many will never see the reasons and in others there never will be a reason.
Basic science always seems to be challenged by someone and yet the critics don't seem to have the insight to see they have been "standing on the shoulders of giants" all these years.
If we choose to leave this fundamental research to profit industries then we have given up on a future of a better humankind and traded it for a future of profit. Corporations would own the patents and copyrights to every discovery, and would use their resources to extend their power until the end of time.
If the reason for life was to turn a profit then we would all end up enslaved or in the meat department.
- Let's get all the entertainment software developers get together and cut out anything controversial from the games? Sounds like PBS on a CD. Everyone would be buying a competitor's game with more action. Make that illegal.
- What are all those bits inside electronic devices doing? Your pocket calculator could be secretly copying Fantasia while you're alseep! Just to be safe, we'll stick a digital mark on all data and devices with data, then imprison anyone who doesn't use it. It's of no concern that every 1 bit of data and on/off switch will now require a 40 bit certification code. Who care's that we're regulating another industry 20 times bigger that we don't understand. We bought more congressmen!
- That piece of paper you have might contain that source code to DeCSS - the DVD descrambler program. We'll pass a law requiring all paper to have a mark of authenticity and arrest those with illegal pieces of paper.
- Hey you're not paying a subscription service for the right to use that wrench. Make a new law for that one.
- See that scientist? His research has just threatened our income source. We'll hold an inquisition and punish him for his crimes.
- Where did you buy that item? You might have made a business deal with a criminal. Just in case.. you'll get this special skin graft and you'll need it to buy any stuff.
- What's on your mind? You could be thinking about politically incorrect things. Fortunately we'll be scanning your thoughts with a new tool called Carny Me.
- That history book you're reading might give you some bad ideas.. better give it to me and i'll store it in a nice pile of other books along with those illegal fireworks.
- Yes we know about that new medical stem cell breakthrough, but we can't allow you to sacrifice one cell to save the life of your child. Wouldn't be prudent.
- Capitalism? Why? We can force people to buy our inferior products! That way we can fire those expensive engineers.. all they do is just tinker with things.. how anti-social! Our corporate image is so more important and people should feel priviledged to buy from us.
I enjoyed:
Warcraft 2 - Classic, Warcraft 3 looks great but still beta at moment.
Starcraft - Incredible Content and story (win in 2 weeks)
Battlezone - First person 3d build bases and tanks
Sacrifice - First person 3d conjure an empire of monsters (win in a week)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein - (Uses Quake's Raven 3d Engine) absolutely incredible.. imagine every WWII movie mixed with X-Files and a full orchestra score. Almost impossible to get through second half withoug GOD mode on.
Warrior Kings - bird's eye view 3d empire builder.. interesting Holy, Renaissance, and Pagan influences. (Win in 2 weeks)
Settlers 2 & 3 - Interesting empire builder.. more focus on resources and transporting them between building units.
Railroad Tycoon - Great game.. lay down some tracks between towns, pick engines and cars, and watch the trains ring in the profits in the wild frontier.
Freedom Force - build your own superhero.. looks interesting.. still beta currently but the demo's fun.
Quake Arena - (Uses Quake's Raven 3d Engine) great online combat but can feel like Darth Vader's grip around your stomach
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 - (Uses Quake's Raven 3d Engine) great "imperial stormtrooper base" content.. (can make me a lil nauseous if I don't watch the air in my stomach)
Rune - Good Nordic 3d first person hack n slash
Slave Zero - 3d first person "stomp around in big robot suit" (Win in one week)
Rainbow Six & Rogue Spear - Good special forces teamplay online and offline. Good way to do some "payback" to those "hard to catch" extremist groups.
Ultima Online - was fun but looks dead now a days. (Max your char in a month)
Black and White -- still haven't figured out the point of this game.
Diablo 2 - cool but can get repetitive.
Throne of Darkness - was underrated, funding was cut, like Diablo 2 but with Samurai
System Shock 2 - I liked it, 3d, lots of puzzles, cyber-etc..
Dark Age of Camelot - Interesting.. i like the soundtrack CD (separate from game).
Anarchy Online - Also Interesting but can get confusing with the bionic upgrades.
I hear Ghost Recon and Medal of Honor are good online games too.
Everquest - one game to rule them all, bring them in and bind them.. hehe (2000 hours per character, if you can decide on one)
I also don't know why the scientist was bashing spoken AI. A lot of progress can be made in all areas.
True. "To each their own"
Lucas has earned enough respect that everyone who has complaints about the movie will still see it. I'd rather he create whatever he wants than to rely on the political correctness and Star Wars continuity of all the fans.
The preview it was incredible.
..it happened that the Pope was anxious to have the walls of the great Cathedral of St. Peter at Rome decorated. So he sent messengers all over Italy to find out who were the best painters, that he might invite them to come and do the work.
...
the messengers came to Giotto and told him their errand. The Pope, they said, wished to see one of his drawings to judge if he was fit for the great work. Giotto, who was always most courteous, `took a sheet of paper and a pencil dipped in a red colour, then, resting his elbow on his side, with one turn of the hand, he drew a circle so perfect and exact that it was a marvel to behold.'
`Here is your drawing,' he said to the messenger, with a smile, handing him the drawing.
...
The Pope and his advisers looked carefully over all the drawings, and, when they came to that round O, they knew that only a master-hand could have made such a perfect circle without the help of a compass. Without a moment's hesitation they decided that Giotto was the man they wanted, and
they at once invited him to come to Rome to decorate the cathedral walls.
HP used to be a way of working where engineers were given much respect in an environment friendly to basic innovation.
Now it appears that the Board has decided to take the very foundation of HP, with all it has accomplished, and turn it into "just another tech conglomerate".
The founders and the innovators have been "sold out" like so many other companies. It is so very difficult to preserve that which you have created, especially after death.
No one knows whether HPQ will be a success or failure, but the crafters and designers will have the worst deal. They will either be laid off or will work twice as hard for shallow "get rich schemes" that they never asked for.
These are bad times to be a crafter and entrust your means to others.
$200 for 15 minutes
It doesn't make anything easier, just lighter.
I've tried using laptops, the Sony C1VN, Palm Pilots, a Handspring, HP sci calculators, and even the short-lived HP Omnigo
It's already difficult trying to program on the beach with the C1VN, which already has the smallest keyboard I can imagine. You have to hunch over to see the 8"x5" screen, and only so many concepts can be conveyed on half a page of courier font. I have no idea how I would program in pages of code with just my thumbs on the PCG-U1.
I think the problem lies in the fact that programming requires undivided concentration, and when you're outside there's a world of distractions and glares from anything and anyone.
The portable device everyone really wants is the one they can carry a conversation with while walking in the park and having it turn that conversation into productivity.
However that's way off in the future. So for now, if I had the money i'd get a PCG-U1 to feel good even if I didn't use it much.