When I woke up on September 11th and the first news source I came in contact with was Slashdot, I made multiple mental checks to make sure it wasn't the first of April...
And not only that, but the ellipse isn't even constant. At the same point in any given Earth year, the moon is in a different part of it's orbit and due to the varying relative position of the sun and the other planets, the moon is never really at the same position and the same orbital trajectory twice. (At least twice in a reasonable amount of cosmic time)
IANA Biblical Scholar, but wasn't the flood a temporary one that lasted 40 days? Implying the waters would've receded, leaving the city on dry land again?
That's not neccesarily true... the processing power of the brian lies in its parallelism. Comparing switching speed of neurons to typical network bandwidth and thouroughput of a string of neurons to that of a typical network pipe embarrasses the biological contender.
HOWEVER, on the note of parallelism, it a networking system could somehow be developed that was parallel in nature, this may lead somewhere.:)
ah, but they did that by exploiting the whole entangled-pair thing that the 3d scanning is supposed to exploit. Now I'm no quantum mechanic, but unless you can create some sort of entangled triad of photons - one entanglement for the teleportation and one for the scanning, I dunno how that'd work:)
But, I think you missed his point - bicycles and scooters are legally "vehicles" and therefore can't be used on the sidewalk, but the Segway was developed to make sure it COULD be used on the sidewalk. It qualifies as a "non-vehicle" at the Federal level and the designers hope it'll pass at the city level once it hits the "streets."
how much would it cost for an access point and 4 802.11 NICs that can handle 100Mb?
Reading the rest of the discussion, I think that's a point that alot of others are missing. Ethernet devices are not only computers with a NIC. Sure, you're PC can go 802.11b easy. But your IP-phone, network printer, etc etc can't just simply be converted to wireless if they weren't designed that way in the first place.
Remember, this is 4 switched ports to provide service to one person/cubicle which will probably not contain more than 1, or at most 2 PCs. It's the other things that make this even more useful.
Not to mention that, the last time I checked, no iteration of 802.11 on the market can support 100mbps:)
Not to burst YOUR bubble or anything, but Win2k does have native alpha-blending, on a per-window basis - that's how the nifty fade-in menus work - and no, it's not the background hack.
I just ran glass2k and made 3 different windows transparent and on top of each other - if the alpha-transparency is a mere background hack, it's an AMAZINGLY good one because I could see each of the 3 windows through each other - and an alpha-blended fade-in menu on top of those!
How about C## or we could call it D or E flat flat.
2 things - First off, to point out to all the non-musical types out there - in music notation, C##, D, and E flat flat are all tonally equivalent (ie, the same note.) Very funny:)
With a thing of this size, it should be visible by the naked eye, right?
Errr, probably not (though that'd be cool).
From the second paragraph of the article - "...the size of an articulated lorry..."
For those non-Brits out there (like myself), a quick Googlesearch explains that this sucker is the size of your standard highway-going semi. Big? Yeah. Naked-eye visible? Probably not, and CERTAINLY not in bright daylight.
Could I spot this thing with binoculars if that thing makes it into space?
I agree completely, plus an addition - specifically talking about java, you can't go wrong with well placed System.out's and more importantly, the automatic stack dump on fatal error.
I think that 2.4.XP is a much nicer version number.
And to all those disgusted about this apparent relation between a good version number for the kernel and M$'s new o/s, what he really meant was to relate it to the new Athlon's which obliterate their Intel counterparts:)
Because a $20 piece of useful software made for a good cause is more important to me than a $200 piece of software that... isn't.
Why support a software vendor that refuses to support your favorite platform?
This argument can be (and has been) made against Wine in general - We don't like Windows, so we make Windows stuff run under Linux. Why? Because we can and because it's useful to do so. Running Office under Linux is a useful thing for the Linux community. In the case of Crossover, running Quicktime and other plugins under Linux is also a useful thing.
Or do you consider "it doesn't break under Wine" to be good enough?
After my previous statements, I will say this - yes, since it doesn't break under Wine, it's MORE than good enough - I'm running it under Linux.:)
I was trying to find the right place to make this comment, replying to this seems as good as any. Surprised no one else posted this discovery - I have Quicktime 5.02, the free version, and the large movie worked just fine - even let me save it to my h/d after viewing. It would seem their claim of PRO being required is b.s.
Quake 3 [idsoftware.com] took the first person shooter as far as it could go. I think that genre has perhaps reached it's peak.
WOW! Surprised a/. would be so lacking in vision, overwhelmed by such shortsidedness:) Let's remember you said that, then in 5 years, we can show how wrong it is. In 10-15 years, the games we play will make us wonder why we thought Wolf3d->Quake3 were "first person shooters.":)
By no means am I claiming RTCW is more advanced than Quake 3, but indeed we have alot farther to go. When I can be an actor in a computerized reenactment of the D-Day invasion and not realize the difference from reality, THEN we'll talk about the FPS genre having reached its peak:)
MP Test #1 version and build date, as shown in game - 0.7.15, Sept. 15th
MP Test #2 version and build date, as shown in game - 0.9.20, Nov 3rd
So if you were really playing #1 3-4 months ago, that's fabulous. Playing #2 a month ago? Great! But this release is news because it's when us common men were allowed to start playing.:)
Isn't this what Sega was doing with Dreamcast just as it was getting out of the console hardware business? So is this a sign of things to come?
Nope - if I recall, Sega made the offer (to no takers) as a last ditch effort to keep the Dreamcast alive as they were hurting as a company, not to mention losing money on each console they sold which is exactly what Nintendo would rather not do.
Here, on the other hand, Nintendo is doing it before hand, with a console that is generating alot of buzz and has lotsa potential. By doing it now in the relatively strong position they're in, the licensing of the hardware can only serve to generate MORE buzz, instead of trying to rekindle lost buzz in the wake of the Dreamcast fiasco.
With enough industry support, they could potentially achieve what Intel/Microsoft did in the PC market in the 80s
This is nitpicking and off topic, but it was really IBM/Intel/Microsoft. IBM created the architecture and first PCs, using Intel chips, and Microsoft supported the computers. In fact, recall that MS-DOS wasn't even a complete monopoly like Windows is as there were competing and compatable OS's that did just as well with the remedial software of the day.
But, those details aside, I agree - great move on Nintendo's part. Theoretically, they could even license out the entire console manufacturing business and stick to their cash cow of making the games and licensing the games out to other software writers.
PcAnywhere is gonna disappear soon when everyone is running XP... same with Winzip, considering.zip is built into the windows shell now.:)
Au contraire,.zip has been built into the shell since Windows Me, and Winzip has continued to thrive since that PoS was released. Also, Winzip does many things the Me shell extension, and I would assume the XP shell extension don't. ie - Breaking apart to multiple files, extensive options with directories, encryptiong/password protection, creating self extracting.exes, etc etc etc.
As TomsHardware covered a few weeks ago with a very entertaining video and supporting story, the Athlon MP/XP's have a thermal detector that can either freeze or throttle the processor when the temperature starts getting too high
As they also demonstrated, the detector does not react nearly fast enough if the heat sink is removed while the processor is operating, but it was designed for a failed HSF fan, and should manage that without a hitch.
One can only assume that the hammer processors will have as good, if not (hopefully) better thermal protection.
On a related note, it's interesting to point out that the P3 doesn't fry if you remove the hsf while operating, and the P4 doesn't even lockup causing data loss - simple throttles down until the temp is safe. At least Intel did something right...
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When I woke up on September 11th and the first news source I came in contact with was Slashdot, I made multiple mental checks to make sure it wasn't the first of April...
And not only that, but the ellipse isn't even constant. At the same point in any given Earth year, the moon is in a different part of it's orbit and due to the varying relative position of the sun and the other planets, the moon is never really at the same position and the same orbital trajectory twice. (At least twice in a reasonable amount of cosmic time)
Silicone, used in breast implants, will NEVER become obsolete, as long there breathes horney men everywhere!
Ah, but who's to say some other material or technology won't come along to supercede silicon as breast implant material?
Then, other than its potential explosive properties, silicon may indeed be made obsolete.
Whilst I most definately agree with you to some extent, I have to make an IMPORTANT change to your list...
;)
Star Wars Episode 4 - A New Hope
Star Wars Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode 6 - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode 1 - The Jar-Jar Binks Chronicles... er...The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode 2 - Jar-Jar Strikes back...eh...Attack of the Clones
Here's hoping Christmas 2002 doesn't bring "Lord of the Rings Episode 2 - The Two Towers".
Or God forbid, a few years down the road, "Lord of the Rings Episode 0 - The Hobbit".
I'll entertain this idea enough to respond...
IANA Biblical Scholar, but wasn't the flood a temporary one that lasted 40 days? Implying the waters would've receded, leaving the city on dry land again?
That's not neccesarily true... the processing power of the brian lies in its parallelism. Comparing switching speed of neurons to typical network bandwidth and thouroughput of a string of neurons to that of a typical network pipe embarrasses the biological contender.
:)
HOWEVER, on the note of parallelism, it a networking system could somehow be developed that was parallel in nature, this may lead somewhere.
...and thousands of people unhappy at being forced to drop 50 grand on their high tech luggage instead of throwing a change of clothes in a backpack.
:)
Good plan
ah, but they did that by exploiting the whole entangled-pair thing that the 3d scanning is supposed to exploit. Now I'm no quantum mechanic, but unless you can create some sort of entangled triad of photons - one entanglement for the teleportation and one for the scanning, I dunno how that'd work :)
But, I think you missed his point - bicycles and scooters are legally "vehicles" and therefore can't be used on the sidewalk, but the Segway was developed to make sure it COULD be used on the sidewalk. It qualifies as a "non-vehicle" at the Federal level and the designers hope it'll pass at the city level once it hits the "streets."
how much would it cost for an access point and 4 802.11 NICs that can handle 100Mb?
:)
Reading the rest of the discussion, I think that's a point that alot of others are missing. Ethernet devices are not only computers with a NIC. Sure, you're PC can go 802.11b easy. But your IP-phone, network printer, etc etc can't just simply be converted to wireless if they weren't designed that way in the first place.
Remember, this is 4 switched ports to provide service to one person/cubicle which will probably not contain more than 1, or at most 2 PCs. It's the other things that make this even more useful.
Not to mention that, the last time I checked, no iteration of 802.11 on the market can support 100mbps
Not to burst YOUR bubble or anything, but Win2k does have native alpha-blending, on a per-window basis - that's how the nifty fade-in menus work - and no, it's not the background hack.
I just ran glass2k and made 3 different windows transparent and on top of each other - if the alpha-transparency is a mere background hack, it's an AMAZINGLY good one because I could see each of the 3 windows through each other - and an alpha-blended fade-in menu on top of those!
How about C## or we could call it D or E flat flat.
:)
:)
2 things - First off, to point out to all the non-musical types out there - in music notation, C##, D, and E flat flat are all tonally equivalent (ie, the same note.) Very funny
Second, that's a moot point anyway because as reported on slashdot the D programming language is already on its way.
The FSAA works quickly because it's only at TV resolution.
:)
It looks really fuzzy compared to GF3 FSAA at 1024x768+ because it's only at TV resolution.
I agree, it was a baaaad idea.
With a thing of this size, it should be visible by the naked eye, right?
;-)
Errr, probably not (though that'd be cool).
From the second paragraph of the article - "...the size of an articulated lorry..."
For those non-Brits out there (like myself), a quick Google search explains that this sucker is the size of your standard highway-going semi. Big? Yeah. Naked-eye visible? Probably not, and CERTAINLY not in bright daylight.
Could I spot this thing with binoculars if that thing makes it into space?
I dunno - try it and tell me if it works.
I agree completely, plus an addition - specifically talking about java, you can't go wrong with well placed System.out's and more importantly, the automatic stack dump on fatal error.
I think that 2.4.XP is a much nicer version number.
:)
And to all those disgusted about this apparent relation between a good version number for the kernel and M$'s new o/s, what he really meant was to relate it to the new Athlon's which obliterate their Intel counterparts
Why not just get Windows?
:)
Because a $20 piece of useful software made for a good cause is more important to me than a $200 piece of software that... isn't.
Why support a software vendor that refuses to support your favorite platform?
This argument can be (and has been) made against Wine in general - We don't like Windows, so we make Windows stuff run under Linux. Why? Because we can and because it's useful to do so. Running Office under Linux is a useful thing for the Linux community. In the case of Crossover, running Quicktime and other plugins under Linux is also a useful thing.
Or do you consider "it doesn't break under Wine" to be good enough?
After my previous statements, I will say this - yes, since it doesn't break under Wine, it's MORE than good enough - I'm running it under Linux.
I was trying to find the right place to make this comment, replying to this seems as good as any. Surprised no one else posted this discovery - I have Quicktime 5.02, the free version, and the large movie worked just fine - even let me save it to my h/d after viewing. It would seem their claim of PRO being required is b.s.
Quake 3 [idsoftware.com] took the first person shooter as far as it could go. I think that genre has perhaps reached it's peak.
/. would be so lacking in vision, overwhelmed by such shortsidedness :) Let's remember you said that, then in 5 years, we can show how wrong it is. In 10-15 years, the games we play will make us wonder why we thought Wolf3d->Quake3 were "first person shooters." :)
:)
WOW! Surprised a
By no means am I claiming RTCW is more advanced than Quake 3, but indeed we have alot farther to go. When I can be an actor in a computerized reenactment of the D-Day invasion and not realize the difference from reality, THEN we'll talk about the FPS genre having reached its peak
Well, you're very special then.
:)
MP Test #1 version and build date, as shown in game - 0.7.15, Sept. 15th
MP Test #2 version and build date, as shown in game - 0.9.20, Nov 3rd
So if you were really playing #1 3-4 months ago, that's fabulous. Playing #2 a month ago? Great! But this release is news because it's when us common men were allowed to start playing.
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these???
Isn't this what Sega was doing with Dreamcast just as it was getting out of the console hardware business? So is this a sign of things to come?
Nope - if I recall, Sega made the offer (to no takers) as a last ditch effort to keep the Dreamcast alive as they were hurting as a company, not to mention losing money on each console they sold which is exactly what Nintendo would rather not do.
Here, on the other hand, Nintendo is doing it before hand, with a console that is generating alot of buzz and has lotsa potential. By doing it now in the relatively strong position they're in, the licensing of the hardware can only serve to generate MORE buzz, instead of trying to rekindle lost buzz in the wake of the Dreamcast fiasco.
With enough industry support, they could potentially achieve what Intel/Microsoft did in the PC market in the 80s
This is nitpicking and off topic, but it was really IBM/Intel/Microsoft. IBM created the architecture and first PCs, using Intel chips, and Microsoft supported the computers. In fact, recall that MS-DOS wasn't even a complete monopoly like Windows is as there were competing and compatable OS's that did just as well with the remedial software of the day.
But, those details aside, I agree - great move on Nintendo's part. Theoretically, they could even license out the entire console manufacturing business and stick to their cash cow of making the games and licensing the games out to other software writers.
Theoretically... but time will tell.
PcAnywhere is gonna disappear soon when everyone is running XP... same with Winzip, considering .zip is built into the windows shell now. :)
.zip has been built into the shell since Windows Me, and Winzip has continued to thrive since that PoS was released. Also, Winzip does many things the Me shell extension, and I would assume the XP shell extension don't. ie - Breaking apart to multiple files, extensive options with directories, encryptiong/password protection, creating self extracting .exes, etc etc etc.
Au contraire,
As TomsHardware covered a few weeks ago with a very entertaining video and supporting story, the Athlon MP/XP's have a thermal detector that can either freeze or throttle the processor when the temperature starts getting too high
As they also demonstrated, the detector does not react nearly fast enough if the heat sink is removed while the processor is operating, but it was designed for a failed HSF fan, and should manage that without a hitch.
One can only assume that the hammer processors will have as good, if not (hopefully) better thermal protection.
On a related note, it's interesting to point out that the P3 doesn't fry if you remove the hsf while operating, and the P4 doesn't even lockup causing data loss - simple throttles down until the temp is safe. At least Intel did something right...