I love (note sarcasm) how in the very country these anti-war people seek to save, they would be killed, tortured, or raped for the very actions they do to try to save it.
No kidding (excluding R&D costs): Each foot soldier has several $THOUSAND (or more) dollars of technology on them. Each pilot has $MILLIONS in technology surrounding them. Each sailor has $BILLIONS in technology around them.
How in the heck can people say that the US throws troops around like cannon fodder. Try reading about US civil war or French & Indian war combat.
Torque has got to have one of the more compelling liscensing plans I have heard of. That and the game can kick in some great fogging, lighting and textures (given the beefy hardware). I remember loading up Tribes 2 on the same machine I had Tribes1. I couldn't even run it in hardware (ok so Tribes2 didn't like my 3dfx card's API). It took a full system upgrade to play that game. Granted, that was an upgrade to a GF2 and a 7200RPM ata100 hard drive from an ATA66 5400rpm.
I would like to see a Tribes engine game. That engine has many more miles left on it.
"Honestly never heard them, myself. I just hate when some public person makes an honest, heartfelt statement, then has to recant themselves to save career. Hopefully those who threaten to make anti-war statements during the Oscars show more spine."
Public speeches either for or against by celebrities not in the political areana are not, IMHO, any more or less valid than mine (or yours). That said, I don't believe they deserve any more or less scrutiny. I do not believe that the record company should have asked for (read made them) apology. A believe the Dixie Chicks should be allowed to reap the consequences of their voiced opinions. Is that any different from what we should expect?
I think the statement was stupid and shows that no brain cells were ever involved in the process.
I also think that celebrities that do use their platform at the Oscars to promote a "peace is the only way" are living in a dilusional fairy tale land. They would loudly call for liberation if they lived under the boot of Saddam.
Oh wait . . they would have already been raped, tortured, their families tortured and raped, and then killed after the first instance of their vocal dissent to government actions.
Oh I'm all for GDoS Gratituis Displays of Spines (not in the Mortal Kombat Finishing move sense). That is to say I'm in favor of ones that are backed by facts and logic. "I'm 'aginit" statements sound like knee jerk reactions from old men on their front porch in rocking chairs.
So many "pop culture" people are largly ignorant when it comes to foreign affairs that they abuse their platform and show that lack of knowledge to all. Too bad the viewing public is (on average) also as ignorant.
(Not that I am knowledgable about foreign affairs. But I do read a lot of foreign and domestic news sites as well as seek to back up my statements with facts from multiple sources when I use those facts to back my opinions.)
I usualy get my (reliable) news from the BBC and from radio: NPR / PRI provide all the news I need and I don't have to put up with any commercials (except durring pledge week) or annoying DJs / reporters (except for Echos host John Diliberto).
On 9/11 when every US media outlet's web portal was jammed the BBCs was still fully functional and had just as up to date news as the rest (more so since you didn't have to wait for the DL).
Well Orcs do eat their own, in much the same way that Saddam kills his own (ie by brute force rather than civil law).
If the laws of the country, elected by the people, stipulated that people be put to death for speaking out about the government, then that would be a different thing (what nation would do that?). But Saddam pushes these rules on the people against their will.
Despite the standing of a corporation as a "person" as far as legal issues is concerned. They are not a person. Ethics is conveniently hidden behind the corporation mask.
Don't take this to mean I am against corporations, The Man(tm), and capitalism in general.
I just don't think that it is possible to expect something specific to a human from a corporation, despite being run by humans. Unless the corporation itself developes inteligence and self awareness, then it is just a name on paper and has no "ethical obligations."
That is quite a question to put to the Creative folks. I wondered that for a while too.
I bought the SB Live! 5.1 X-Gamer and aside from the nasty Via 686b southbridge problems (solved by upgrading to different mobo) I have no intention to ever upgrade my sound card. That is until mobos don't come with 32bit PCI buses.
I thank creative for their work, but until new sound reproduction hardware is needed (vastly new speaker technology)... why bother? I'd rather put the $$$ in to RAID controllers, CPUs, or games.
ummmm riiiiight. Theologically speaking, isn't it impossible to be beyond saving? But that sect probably just overlooks those sort of trivial (sarcasm) items in the Bible.
Unless they wrote their own "bible" (not to be confused with "Bible"), which makes doing stuff like making up your own reuls much easier to do.
Well I wasn't going to rule out the possibility. The problem is, that there are churches that believe close to that. Go visit North Montana / Idaho / Utah. Shudder. I even know a few people that used to go to ones in Idaho.
Just like the simpson's, there should be a Jackie Chan reference in each article on/.
"(This is a digital analog to a technique developed by Jackie Chan, who choreographs onscreen fights by assigning different grunts to his attackers, based on the angle and type of approach; he can "see" them coming, even if his back is turned, based on auditory cues.)"
Preyy slick. I wonder if Jackie is working on developing his sonar.
That thing has got to make some horrible sounds when squished.
I wouldn't want to run into a swarm of them migrating, like the Mormon Crickets in Idaho. More here, or here.
But serriously, I don't have them scanned in, but I took some pictures of the warnign signs on the highway because of the cricket migration. They cover the highway an inch think in places. IT makes the road too slick to drive at 65!
Every time I see a post to that site I hope it is a fake site and I just shake my head and wonder how people can get so lost in the midst of such Truth (if true).
They gave some info on the Extended Edition DVD set for FoTR (Disc 3 of 4). Check it out. I don't remember all of the details, but I believe it was a custom job done in the workshop.
Talk to them about commercial / other versions or use of theirs (for a fee I'm sure).
In case a duplicate post in a deep thread is not visible, there is a similar software developed called Covenant Eyes that loggs all sites and then ranks them. That way you or your accountability partner, can see some sites which they may not determine as high ranking, but you and your partner know to be high ranking. This is in contrast to the NetAccountability software with is at their discretion to determine (with your input).
This sw also keeps time stamps to show cumulative time spent at a site. So this could be used for general internet addiction (mostly to http only, but could be applied to other protocols).
Also of note is the fact that the SW cannot be un installed unless a emailed code is used. That isn't to say that you have to get permission from anyone to un install the app. It is an automated system that just send out the code. What it does is log when the code was sent out and how long until the app was re-installed.
Nothing prevents you from using the internet in any way. Just like accountability is supposed to be.
Well actually this app doesn't log every site you visit. It only logs sites that fits their algorithm for porn content. A better service is Covenant Eyes which logs all sites. This is even better.
There are so many sites that have content that is just as bad to view (nearly nude underwear model pages) as ones missing that extra bits of cloth. Same thing with Celebrity galleries on sites like lycos, yahoo, others. Just because they wear clother over the 3 parts of the body (1 part for the guys) doesn't mean it isn't designed to tempt the viewer.
This doesn't seem illegal at all. Where is the parent's authority countermanded? No where. No privacy laws are broken. The student is given the choice of punishment. Where else do you get that sort of choice in punishments. Not in the legal system (Judge: Do you want the death penalty or 5 life terms? Convicted mass murdurer: I'll take the life sentences.)
What would seem illegal is to willingly let it happen with no consequence. Ot even worse, acquiesce to a parent that demanded that the restrictions on viewing porn be removed.
The "partial morality" concept could be (speculation) the belief that there is a moral level of right and wrong, but that level is different for each person.
Or it could be that partial morality acknowledges the absolute, while discounting it is "not for them."
It is to grasp the concept of partial morality, when in science there is nothing but absolutes. There is e=mc2 except on Thursdays, or when you feel like it does. Everything obeys absolute laws with many exceptions based also on other laws. But laws none the less.
Hydrogen fuel cells are not just tanks of H2. They store H2 in a matrix of other materials loosely binding them, not just a tank of gas. That makes the cells more like a battery, and less like a tank.
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I love (note sarcasm) how in the very country these anti-war people seek to save, they would be killed, tortured, or raped for the very actions they do to try to save it.
Do they not see the irony?
robi
No kidding (excluding R&D costs):
Each foot soldier has several $THOUSAND (or more) dollars of technology on them. Each pilot has $MILLIONS in technology surrounding them. Each sailor has $BILLIONS in technology around them.
How in the heck can people say that the US throws troops around like cannon fodder. Try reading about US civil war or French & Indian war combat.
That was throwing soldiers around like nothing.
robi
Torque has got to have one of the more compelling liscensing plans I have heard of. That and the game can kick in some great fogging, lighting and textures (given the beefy hardware). I remember loading up Tribes 2 on the same machine I had Tribes1. I couldn't even run it in hardware (ok so Tribes2 didn't like my 3dfx card's API). It took a full system upgrade to play that game. Granted, that was an upgrade to a GF2 and a 7200RPM ata100 hard drive from an ATA66 5400rpm.
I would like to see a Tribes engine game. That engine has many more miles left on it.
robi
"Honestly never heard them, myself. I just hate when some public person makes an honest, heartfelt statement, then has to recant themselves to save career. Hopefully those who threaten to make anti-war statements during the Oscars show more spine."
Public speeches either for or against by celebrities not in the political areana are not, IMHO, any more or less valid than mine (or yours). That said, I don't believe they deserve any more or less scrutiny. I do not believe that the record company should have asked for (read made them) apology. A believe the Dixie Chicks should be allowed to reap the consequences of their voiced opinions. Is that any different from what we should expect?
I think the statement was stupid and shows that no brain cells were ever involved in the process.
I also think that celebrities that do use their platform at the Oscars to promote a "peace is the only way" are living in a dilusional fairy tale land. They would loudly call for liberation if they lived under the boot of Saddam.
Oh wait . . they would have already been raped, tortured, their families tortured and raped, and then killed after the first instance of their vocal dissent to government actions.
robi
Oh I'm all for GDoS Gratituis Displays of Spines (not in the Mortal Kombat Finishing move sense). That is to say I'm in favor of ones that are backed by facts and logic. "I'm 'aginit" statements sound like knee jerk reactions from old men on their front porch in rocking chairs.
So many "pop culture" people are largly ignorant when it comes to foreign affairs that they abuse their platform and show that lack of knowledge to all. Too bad the viewing public is (on average) also as ignorant.
(Not that I am knowledgable about foreign affairs. But I do read a lot of foreign and domestic news sites as well as seek to back up my statements with facts from multiple sources when I use those facts to back my opinions.)
robi
Well you won't find the Dixie chicks on NPR, unless Terry Gross interviews them. Thankfully.
robi
I usualy get my (reliable) news from the BBC and from radio: NPR / PRI provide all the news I need and I don't have to put up with any commercials (except durring pledge week) or annoying DJs / reporters (except for Echos host John Diliberto).
On 9/11 when every US media outlet's web portal was jammed the BBCs was still fully functional and had just as up to date news as the rest (more so since you didn't have to wait for the DL).
And I live in the Western USA.
robi
Well Orcs do eat their own, in much the same way that Saddam kills his own (ie by brute force rather than civil law).
If the laws of the country, elected by the people, stipulated that people be put to death for speaking out about the government, then that would be a different thing (what nation would do that?). But Saddam pushes these rules on the people against their will.
robi
Despite the standing of a corporation as a "person" as far as legal issues is concerned. They are not a person. Ethics is conveniently hidden behind the corporation mask.
Don't take this to mean I am against corporations, The Man(tm), and capitalism in general.
I just don't think that it is possible to expect something specific to a human from a corporation, despite being run by humans. Unless the corporation itself developes inteligence and self awareness, then it is just a name on paper and has no "ethical obligations."
robi
That is quite a question to put to the Creative folks. I wondered that for a while too.
I bought the SB Live! 5.1 X-Gamer and aside from the nasty Via 686b southbridge problems (solved by upgrading to different mobo) I have no intention to ever upgrade my sound card. That is until mobos don't come with 32bit PCI buses.
I thank creative for their work, but until new sound reproduction hardware is needed (vastly new speaker technology)... why bother? I'd rather put the $$$ in to RAID controllers, CPUs, or games.
robi
ummmm riiiiight. Theologically speaking, isn't it impossible to be beyond saving? But that sect probably just overlooks those sort of trivial (sarcasm) items in the Bible.
Unless they wrote their own "bible" (not to be confused with "Bible"), which makes doing stuff like making up your own reuls much easier to do.
robi
Man, if those things get any bigger (pick you insecto of choice) we will get some bad sci fi movies in real life.
But really, it must have been a mix of fun and nausea to touch thoe 'pillers.
robi
Well I wasn't going to rule out the possibility. The problem is, that there are churches that believe close to that. Go visit North Montana / Idaho / Utah. Shudder. I even know a few people that used to go to ones in Idaho.
robi
EDIT: This comes from a linked Popular Science article someone a few layers deep in the postings.
robi
Just like the simpson's, there should be a Jackie Chan reference in each article on /.
"(This is a digital analog to a technique developed by Jackie Chan, who choreographs onscreen fights by assigning different grunts to his attackers, based on the angle and type of approach; he can "see" them coming, even if his back is turned, based on auditory cues.)"
Preyy slick. I wonder if Jackie is working on developing his sonar.
robi
That thing has got to make some horrible sounds when squished.
I wouldn't want to run into a swarm of them migrating, like the Mormon Crickets in Idaho. More here, or here.
But serriously, I don't have them scanned in, but I took some pictures of the warnign signs on the highway because of the cricket migration. They cover the highway an inch think in places. IT makes the road too slick to drive at 65!
robi
Every time I see a post to that site I hope it is a fake site and I just shake my head and wonder how people can get so lost in the midst of such Truth (if true).
robi
I think your question is geared towards expecting an "average" GHz speed, rather than a combined speed.
robi
They gave some info on the Extended Edition DVD set for FoTR (Disc 3 of 4). Check it out. I don't remember all of the details, but I believe it was a custom job done in the workshop.
Talk to them about commercial / other versions or use of theirs (for a fee I'm sure).
robi
(I am not affiliated in any way with cvnt.net)
In case a duplicate post in a deep thread is not visible, there is a similar software developed called Covenant Eyes that loggs all sites and then ranks them. That way you or your accountability partner, can see some sites which they may not determine as high ranking, but you and your partner know to be high ranking. This is in contrast to the NetAccountability software with is at their discretion to determine (with your input).
This sw also keeps time stamps to show cumulative time spent at a site. So this could be used for general internet addiction (mostly to http only, but could be applied to other protocols).
Also of note is the fact that the SW cannot be un installed unless a emailed code is used. That isn't to say that you have to get permission from anyone to un install the app. It is an automated system that just send out the code. What it does is log when the code was sent out and how long until the app was re-installed.
Nothing prevents you from using the internet in any way. Just like accountability is supposed to be.
robi
Well actually this app doesn't log every site you visit. It only logs sites that fits their algorithm for porn content. A better service is Covenant Eyes which logs all sites. This is even better.
There are so many sites that have content that is just as bad to view (nearly nude underwear model pages) as ones missing that extra bits of cloth. Same thing with Celebrity galleries on sites like lycos, yahoo, others. Just because they wear clother over the 3 parts of the body (1 part for the guys) doesn't mean it isn't designed to tempt the viewer.
robi
There are always ways to get around accountability.
-Lie about money (subscription porn mags kept else where)
-Lie about time (strip club on the way home)
-Lie about surfing (Anonymizers)
Notice a pattern. Accountability only works with the truth.
robi
This doesn't seem illegal at all. Where is the parent's authority countermanded? No where. No privacy laws are broken. The student is given the choice of punishment. Where else do you get that sort of choice in punishments. Not in the legal system (Judge: Do you want the death penalty or 5 life terms? Convicted mass murdurer: I'll take the life sentences.)
What would seem illegal is to willingly let it happen with no consequence. Ot even worse, acquiesce to a parent that demanded that the restrictions on viewing porn be removed.
robi
The "partial morality" concept could be (speculation) the belief that there is a moral level of right and wrong, but that level is different for each person.
Or it could be that partial morality acknowledges the absolute, while discounting it is "not for them."
It is to grasp the concept of partial morality, when in science there is nothing but absolutes. There is e=mc2 except on Thursdays, or when you feel like it does. Everything obeys absolute laws with many exceptions based also on other laws. But laws none the less.
robi
Hydrogen fuel cells are not just tanks of H2. They store H2 in a matrix of other materials loosely binding them, not just a tank of gas. That makes the cells more like a battery, and less like a tank.
robi