After all, didn't the US military invent the internet that you are all benefitting from (MILNET)?
In just one year we have lost thousands due to terrorists because of America's "open arms". We've given freedom to everyone-- including the most malicious of terrorists and the Patriot Act was designed to not make that mistake again.
Citizens locked up for no reason? Get real. A small amount of people have been incarcerated unjustly because they fit the profile of someone considered a danger to humanity.
The greater risk is to continue the status quo and let jetliners full of screaming passengers detonate across the US.
At one point we could have laughed at the suggestion.
"Think about it... better than 90% of the launch vehicle's mass is fuel and oxidizer."
Not true in this instance. This sucker is a monopropellant rocket-- it uses Hydrogen Peroxide which won't blow up. No volatile chemicals either-- it just reacts with stainless steel producing steam.
The best part is that you can throttle it up or down and stop the engine completely-- something that's very hard to do with solid rocket engines. I hope that he makes it and shows the world the capability that this rather simple technology can provide. Hell, I'd love to power my minivan on the stuff and it can be extracted from seawater!
One of the areas that Blender excels is it's integrated game engine. You can create a 3d-world and object in less than 10 minutes and try it out, opening doors or bouncing off walls.
Something that you cannot do with 3ds max or Maya. I think the renderer in max is much better, but you can come up with the same results with some easy fiddling so who's complaining.
The fact of the matter is, if Linux is so unpopular because of the lack of games, the open source community should band together and help support Blender. After all, if you have an app that can help rapidly develop games on your platform, your user base will increase exponentially.
I was able to create amazing renderings and videos (complete with music) by buying "The Blender Book" by Carston Wartmann (sp?).
I'm learning 3ds max now and there are many areas which blender is better. Moving around the 3d space is one-- and probably the one that you'll use the most.
Blender is also a teeny-tiny program-- amazing considering all that it can do.
Sorry, a coffee stain would gradually turn black over time-- I'm banking on 'Tribble-Piss' as the actual culprit.
Or, it could have been during Spock's 'redneck period' where he took up spitting tabacky and was known for soiling several areas of the Enterprise before the writers turned the idea off. Imagine the nerve of some vulcan scratching his balls while giving the "live long and prosper" sign.
Personally, if you had to *pay* a windows vendor for the same capability and usefullness as what comes with a *vanilla* linux install, you'd surpass the expense of windows by far-- even if you purchased the latest versions of Linux when they came out.
I've been begging my employer to buy a commercial C++ compiler for my company-provided laptop (don't worry- it dual boots) and they traditionally whine about cost.
I like the thought that I can download for free damn near everything that I want.
Compare the cost of a fully-functional version of Blender (free) compared to 3DStudio Max, Maya, Lightwave or anything from Pixar. You'd find that the Windows versions are not under 4 grand!
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After all, didn't the US military invent the internet that you are all benefitting from (MILNET)?
In just one year we have lost thousands due to terrorists because of America's "open arms". We've given freedom to everyone-- including the most malicious of terrorists and the Patriot Act was designed to not make that mistake again.
Citizens locked up for no reason? Get real. A small amount of people have been incarcerated unjustly because they fit the profile of someone considered a danger to humanity.
The greater risk is to continue the status quo and let jetliners full of screaming passengers detonate across the US.
At one point we could have laughed at the suggestion.
"Think about it... better than 90% of the launch vehicle's mass is fuel and oxidizer."
Not true in this instance. This sucker is a monopropellant rocket-- it uses Hydrogen Peroxide which won't blow up. No volatile chemicals either-- it just reacts with stainless steel producing steam.
The best part is that you can throttle it up or down and stop the engine completely-- something that's very hard to do with solid rocket engines. I hope that he makes it and shows the world the capability that this rather simple technology can provide. Hell, I'd love to power my minivan on the stuff and it can be extracted from seawater!
Best of luck I say!
One of the areas that Blender excels is it's integrated game engine. You can create a 3d-world and object in less than 10 minutes and try it out, opening doors or bouncing off walls.
Something that you cannot do with 3ds max or Maya. I think the renderer in max is much better, but you can come up with the same results with some easy fiddling so who's complaining.
The fact of the matter is, if Linux is so unpopular because of the lack of games, the open source community should band together and help support Blender. After all, if you have an app that can help rapidly develop games on your platform, your user base will increase exponentially.
I was able to create amazing renderings and videos (complete with music) by buying "The Blender Book" by Carston Wartmann (sp?).
I'm learning 3ds max now and there are many areas which blender is better. Moving around the 3d space is one-- and probably the one that you'll use the most.
Blender is also a teeny-tiny program-- amazing considering all that it can do.
Sorry, a coffee stain would gradually turn black over time-- I'm banking on 'Tribble-Piss' as the actual culprit.
Or, it could have been during Spock's 'redneck period' where he took up spitting tabacky and was known for soiling several areas of the Enterprise before the writers turned the idea off. Imagine the nerve of some vulcan scratching his balls while giving the "live long and prosper" sign.
Personally, if you had to *pay* a windows vendor for the same capability and usefullness as what comes with a *vanilla* linux install, you'd surpass the expense of windows by far-- even if you purchased the latest versions of Linux when they came out. I've been begging my employer to buy a commercial C++ compiler for my company-provided laptop (don't worry- it dual boots) and they traditionally whine about cost. I like the thought that I can download for free damn near everything that I want. Compare the cost of a fully-functional version of Blender (free) compared to 3DStudio Max, Maya, Lightwave or anything from Pixar. You'd find that the Windows versions are not under 4 grand!