I did up a whole speach in my poli sci class about applying for colleges and making it nondiscriminatory by just using your social security number, no other information besides test scores, etc would be provided. Biggest arguement against it was that it was dehumanizing, reducing people to just numbers. But who cares as long as I get in based on my own accomplishments, not my race.
You know, so many people I think have experienced this. If game developers could just harness whatever that energy is that gets people playing and could put that atmosphere into every game. I bought Half-Life 2 months after it came out and hadn't stopped playing it until I got my new laptop about a month ago. It's been a ridiculously long ride.
I wonder if that's their idea of solving everything. Just make it so right off the bat our recent virii incidents can't get out/in. This will give them time to make actual patches that should have been in SP2 in the first place.
Ouch and now we pay roughly a dollar a gig. $1100 just shocks me! I could never justify spending that. If prices go up again I'll be forced to become a thief.
Indeed, this one company we were doing work for had a Petabyte of storage at this one data center. For cheap too...ridiculously awesome how things have come down.
Ever think that there's privacy issues to be concerned with? This young speaker's video was confiscated by the feds after his speech. Any discussion could just hurt him more, plus I don't want to have anything to do with it. I shouldn't even of posted anything.
I brought my laptop to summer camp with a list of free dial-ups in the area. I broke the lock off their phone box, ripped the end off the phone cord, wrapped it on...dial-tone.:) It was so old school, I loved it.
There is a lot more behind the speaker that you don't not understand. I spoke with his friends and him later on and I'll just say this, you don't understand.
This was my first DefCon and I entered it not with the intention of learning anything (because frankly, everything that is given in the talks have been talked about on forums months before during the previous year), but with the intention of meeting as many people as possible. I just sifted through the crowd, found the sane people, got e-mails, websites, business cards, and went on my way. On the party nights, every night rather:), just hungout with them and we talked technology. I have to say I learned a lot and made a load of connections...that's the way to do it.
That's actually a really interesting concept. With us being able to use computers to print out something different on each page, they could just set it up to run through their list of subscribers...use feedback to customize the magazine for them. Brings up another issue though...now you're forcing everyone to see something as only one sided.:)
I've never seen any other magazine that's done this and must say it looks pretty awesome. Ummm...how did they get the satellite photo though? I thought the satellite photos were restricted to government only or corporations that owned their own satellites like television and phone companies...any information on how they did it? I want to be able to take pictures of my house.:)
I, from experience, can say that I thuroughly enjoyed Oregon Trail as a kid. I played it often and probably way to much (close to 4 hours a day, what can I say, technology has always been my highest interest from the beginning, it was a way to itnegrate the two). In any case, I believe games in the Oregon Trail fashion are great for teaching kids. Reason being, YOU make your own story but along the way you are littered with facts and you don't even know it. Kids don't want a straight forward game where you have to go and solve the mystery and every time it slaps you with a fact. Kids want a game with good replay value where you make your own adventure and without them even knowing it, they get pounded with the fact. At least, that is how I felt as a kid.:)
Yeah, there is an increasingly larger amount of visual and kinesthetic learners in our society. I'm auditorial myself and find listening to lectures informative but I'm also highly visual. Most of my information comes from reading books and I could see how a well informed video game that really kept my attention would help out a great deal. Books can never seem to keep kids attention anymore, but action packed video games will keep them glued for hours.
I, sad to admit, always enjoyed all of those games. Then again, I thuroughly enjoy sitting through math and physics courses too...is that a mental problem?
I've often times wondered if that IS the reason why ravers exist. Maybe subconsciously people are greatly affected by classic video games. Next thing you know I'll be working for NASA as an asteroid eliminator.
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Has anyone tried to patent "Hello World!" yet?
Wasn't there an article on New Scientist awhile ago that some private firm in South Korea had already cloned human embryos for research?
Give them a vote, a job out of the kitchen, and an education and look at what they go and do!
I did up a whole speach in my poli sci class about applying for colleges and making it nondiscriminatory by just using your social security number, no other information besides test scores, etc would be provided. Biggest arguement against it was that it was dehumanizing, reducing people to just numbers. But who cares as long as I get in based on my own accomplishments, not my race.
You know, so many people I think have experienced this. If game developers could just harness whatever that energy is that gets people playing and could put that atmosphere into every game. I bought Half-Life 2 months after it came out and hadn't stopped playing it until I got my new laptop about a month ago. It's been a ridiculously long ride.
I wonder if that's their idea of solving everything. Just make it so right off the bat our recent virii incidents can't get out/in. This will give them time to make actual patches that should have been in SP2 in the first place.
Ouch and now we pay roughly a dollar a gig. $1100 just shocks me! I could never justify spending that. If prices go up again I'll be forced to become a thief.
As long as you have a towel, your travel is not restricted. It's like a passport, but useful!
Indeed, this one company we were doing work for had a Petabyte of storage at this one data center. For cheap too...ridiculously awesome how things have come down.
That's the trick. Every slightly sketchy technology company needs to move to Switzerland.
Ever think that there's privacy issues to be concerned with? This young speaker's video was confiscated by the feds after his speech. Any discussion could just hurt him more, plus I don't want to have anything to do with it. I shouldn't even of posted anything.
I brought my laptop to summer camp with a list of free dial-ups in the area. I broke the lock off their phone box, ripped the end off the phone cord, wrapped it on...dial-tone. :) It was so old school, I loved it.
Heh...Priest DID admit to having a Top Secret clearance this year. :) I was there too so I can vouch for that. :)
There is a lot more behind the speaker that you don't not understand. I spoke with his friends and him later on and I'll just say this, you don't understand.
This was my first DefCon and I entered it not with the intention of learning anything (because frankly, everything that is given in the talks have been talked about on forums months before during the previous year), but with the intention of meeting as many people as possible. I just sifted through the crowd, found the sane people, got e-mails, websites, business cards, and went on my way. On the party nights, every night rather :), just hungout with them and we talked technology. I have to say I learned a lot and made a load of connections...that's the way to do it.
I physically lol'ed at this one. Bravo. Haha.
That sounds like it would be extremely expensive if not to do the flyover themselves but to even purchase a shot for each of their subscribers homes.
Wow. My privacy has officially been annihilated.
That's actually a really interesting concept. With us being able to use computers to print out something different on each page, they could just set it up to run through their list of subscribers...use feedback to customize the magazine for them. Brings up another issue though...now you're forcing everyone to see something as only one sided. :)
I've never seen any other magazine that's done this and must say it looks pretty awesome. Ummm...how did they get the satellite photo though? I thought the satellite photos were restricted to government only or corporations that owned their own satellites like television and phone companies...any information on how they did it? I want to be able to take pictures of my house. :)
Oh, good point...hrm. Maybe ravers are a secret society of ancient video game enthusiasts? Nah...doubtful. :)
I, from experience, can say that I thuroughly enjoyed Oregon Trail as a kid. I played it often and probably way to much (close to 4 hours a day, what can I say, technology has always been my highest interest from the beginning, it was a way to itnegrate the two). In any case, I believe games in the Oregon Trail fashion are great for teaching kids. Reason being, YOU make your own story but along the way you are littered with facts and you don't even know it. Kids don't want a straight forward game where you have to go and solve the mystery and every time it slaps you with a fact. Kids want a game with good replay value where you make your own adventure and without them even knowing it, they get pounded with the fact. At least, that is how I felt as a kid. :)
Yeah, there is an increasingly larger amount of visual and kinesthetic learners in our society. I'm auditorial myself and find listening to lectures informative but I'm also highly visual. Most of my information comes from reading books and I could see how a well informed video game that really kept my attention would help out a great deal. Books can never seem to keep kids attention anymore, but action packed video games will keep them glued for hours.
I, sad to admit, always enjoyed all of those games. Then again, I thuroughly enjoy sitting through math and physics courses too...is that a mental problem?
I've often times wondered if that IS the reason why ravers exist. Maybe subconsciously people are greatly affected by classic video games. Next thing you know I'll be working for NASA as an asteroid eliminator.