I was an assistant at a company, and spent a lot of my time running around buying things with the company credit card. I'm very clearly male, and the name on the card was very clearly female. No one EVER questioned it, and i used it daily for over a year.
Good thought, but how much of the general population is using BT? I have to explain the concept to everyone I know, and they still don't get it, even after I install it and show it to them. Yeah, BT rocks, and yes it's the cause for 33% of internet traffic, but it's still just one-step too technical for the masses. As this is a sports site, I don't think you are talking about the most 1337 group of visitors to it.
Cameras are already standard in phones (though pointless, if you ask me) and video is coming. I think that video phones will be standard in two or three years easily...
When that happens, then we will see if it's something that people use.
'There are still some developers who were involved in games from the bedroom coding days. Some of them are still making games for peer group approval - that has to stop.
Enter the independant developer - liken him to the independant movie maker. He's not as big budget, might not have all the glam that comes with a big budget production, but if he executes his product well, it's going to be a lot better than anything the big boys pump out.
I've thouht for a few years now that video games were going to become a respected art form one day- and I think this is getting us one step closer.
As soon as I posted, I realized is was 2005... DAMNIT.
The funny thing is, none of the replies were totally rude (at least not yet)... When I post something even slightly serious, I get insulted, flamed and demeaned... I swear I have a personal detractor on/., but I guess he was alseep today.
There is nothing on the Apple.com mainpage about the 20th anniversary of the Mac... I'm surprised they didn't make a cute graphic of the Original Mac next to the Mini or something similar....
Maybe Apple is behind all the spyware! Maybe Steve is bank rolling these companies to pump out stuff on Windows machines... now that people are fed up, they will switch to the Mini, and Apple can nab some market share!
Oh, hey... new email... Damnit! I'm right and Apple is sueing me! So long and thanks for all the fish.
First and foremost, You've got good taste in film. I like that.
however, I think the parent is getting at lack of original sci-fi in film, which there is a lack of. The only thing jumping out at me right now as original is Sky Captain, which wasn't a juge hit.
I'll get flamed for saying this I'm sure, but Sci-fi does not have the same wide appeal as any of the movies, for example, you just named... You need something to hook people, something they can relate to based on something they have already seen. That's why all Sci-Fi or fantasy is coming out of things that already exist.
This is just a shot in the dark, but I'm willing to bet Google left Security off the list on purpose. a security flaw becomes a lot harder to exploit if the general public does not know it is there.
I don't hold this against Google at all. I'm glad they are not telling the world how to break into my account...
your post makes me think that this would be a great time for Apple to bring back the Switch campaign, as this thing is totally geared towards PC users.
I totally agree. It was one thing in the original GTA (or other games from that era) when you had this overhead veiw and (by today's standards) crappy graphics. GTA, while still not photorealistic, is pretty lifelike.
As games get closer to looking real, and the things you are doing are more realistic, the line between real and game gets blurrier. I'm just waiting another ten years for a game engine that mimics real life with 99% accuracy (physics and graphics) and then see how people act after playing GTA 8 or 9 or whatever is out then.
3D Realms, to my knowledge, is not activly advertising DNF anymore. Now, they have not officially canceled it, but seeing as how it's not really being promoted (like the Phantom) I think it's moved away from vaperware and into the forgottenware catagory.
More importantly, it shows what kind of a guy is running the company. The fact that the owner decided to throw that much of the company's resources at something that honestly not going to effect it shows that it's got it's priorities in the wrong place.
Not that I was planing on investing in them before, but now I'm really not going to. Even if they put out a kick ass product (yeah, right) it looks like the corporate structure is FUBAR.
Sort of... An EVA would be too time consuming and expensive. However, when the shuttle approches the ISS now, it's going to flip 360 degrees so the station cameras can get a clear veiw of the entire shuttle and check for damage. I read it somewhere on the JPL site.
This is going to be an American-geared question, but when are we going to start including computer skills in our education system? Why is it not something that we there not standards that children know when they graduate high school? And what should those standards be?
One thought that has crossed my mind- Did NASA build the rovers knowing that they would last much longer than three months, and claim the three month life span to save face in case something went wrong? I know that we have the mysterious cleaning element on Oppertunity, but Spirit is holding up pretty well on it's own, too.
I agree with you. Including the Z-95 would have been perfect since A) real SW fans know they are the precurser to the X-Wing and B) those that don't know will easily identify that it's an early version on the X-Wing.
I'm hoping for some good space battles, too, but I guess Lucas decided it's not interesting anymore. However, outside of TV shows, you don't get good space battles anymore... unfortunate, because there is a lot of room there with SFX these days...
I just did. He's pretty upset that he didn't get the be the guest of honor. Then again, he also thinks he's still a star in between lapses of thinking he's a tuna fish sandwich. It's amazing what fame will do to you.
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I was an assistant at a company, and spent a lot of my time running around buying things with the company credit card. I'm very clearly male, and the name on the card was very clearly female. No one EVER questioned it, and i used it daily for over a year.
Good thought, but how much of the general population is using BT? I have to explain the concept to everyone I know, and they still don't get it, even after I install it and show it to them. Yeah, BT rocks, and yes it's the cause for 33% of internet traffic, but it's still just one-step too technical for the masses. As this is a sports site, I don't think you are talking about the most 1337 group of visitors to it.
Cameras are already standard in phones (though pointless, if you ask me) and video is coming. I think that video phones will be standard in two or three years easily...
When that happens, then we will see if it's something that people use.
Am I addicted if I reload /. every five minutes? Does Betty Ford have a program for me?
'There are still some developers who were involved in games from the bedroom coding days. Some of them are still making games for peer group approval - that has to stop.
Enter the independant developer - liken him to the independant movie maker. He's not as big budget, might not have all the glam that comes with a big budget production, but if he executes his product well, it's going to be a lot better than anything the big boys pump out.
I've thouht for a few years now that video games were going to become a respected art form one day- and I think this is getting us one step closer.
Considering the day at work I've been having, thanks.
As soon as I posted, I realized is was 2005... DAMNIT.
/., but I guess he was alseep today.
The funny thing is, none of the replies were totally rude (at least not yet)... When I post something even slightly serious, I get insulted, flamed and demeaned... I swear I have a personal detractor on
There is nothing on the Apple.com mainpage about the 20th anniversary of the Mac... I'm surprised they didn't make a cute graphic of the Original Mac next to the Mini or something similar....
Hey- Congrats to the Mac anyway!
The idea seems like science fiction, but it is consistent with the laws of physics and biology. Here's how to do it."
I'll wait until "Escaping your Universe for Dummies" comes out... that's always easy to read.
Photographer: Bill, Make love to the camera
Bill: Make WHAT?
The .gov link, according to the text at the bottom, was updated last in 1999.
I'm willing to bet that since then, multi-tasking has taken on a whole new meaning.
Maybe Apple is behind all the spyware! Maybe Steve is bank rolling these companies to pump out stuff on Windows machines... now that people are fed up, they will switch to the Mini, and Apple can nab some market share!
Oh, hey... new email... Damnit! I'm right and Apple is sueing me! So long and thanks for all the fish.
I got herpes from a love probe once...
First and foremost, You've got good taste in film. I like that.
however, I think the parent is getting at lack of original sci-fi in film, which there is a lack of. The only thing jumping out at me right now as original is Sky Captain, which wasn't a juge hit.
I'll get flamed for saying this I'm sure, but Sci-fi does not have the same wide appeal as any of the movies, for example, you just named... You need something to hook people, something they can relate to based on something they have already seen. That's why all Sci-Fi or fantasy is coming out of things that already exist.
or maybe Hollywood really is out of ideas...
This is just a shot in the dark, but I'm willing to bet Google left Security off the list on purpose. a security flaw becomes a lot harder to exploit if the general public does not know it is there.
I don't hold this against Google at all. I'm glad they are not telling the world how to break into my account...
your post makes me think that this would be a great time for Apple to bring back the Switch campaign, as this thing is totally geared towards PC users.
I totally agree. It was one thing in the original GTA (or other games from that era) when you had this overhead veiw and (by today's standards) crappy graphics. GTA, while still not photorealistic, is pretty lifelike.
As games get closer to looking real, and the things you are doing are more realistic, the line between real and game gets blurrier. I'm just waiting another ten years for a game engine that mimics real life with 99% accuracy (physics and graphics) and then see how people act after playing GTA 8 or 9 or whatever is out then.
I saw this once in Brooklyn- "Get the fuck off my shit"
3D Realms, to my knowledge, is not activly advertising DNF anymore. Now, they have not officially canceled it, but seeing as how it's not really being promoted (like the Phantom) I think it's moved away from vaperware and into the forgottenware catagory.
More importantly, it shows what kind of a guy is running the company. The fact that the owner decided to throw that much of the company's resources at something that honestly not going to effect it shows that it's got it's priorities in the wrong place.
Not that I was planing on investing in them before, but now I'm really not going to. Even if they put out a kick ass product (yeah, right) it looks like the corporate structure is FUBAR.
Sort of... An EVA would be too time consuming and expensive. However, when the shuttle approches the ISS now, it's going to flip 360 degrees so the station cameras can get a clear veiw of the entire shuttle and check for damage. I read it somewhere on the JPL site.
This is going to be an American-geared question, but when are we going to start including computer skills in our education system? Why is it not something that we there not standards that children know when they graduate high school? And what should those standards be?
One thought that has crossed my mind- Did NASA build the rovers knowing that they would last much longer than three months, and claim the three month life span to save face in case something went wrong? I know that we have the mysterious cleaning element on Oppertunity, but Spirit is holding up pretty well on it's own, too.
I agree with you. Including the Z-95 would have been perfect since A) real SW fans know they are the precurser to the X-Wing and B) those that don't know will easily identify that it's an early version on the X-Wing.
I'm hoping for some good space battles, too, but I guess Lucas decided it's not interesting anymore. However, outside of TV shows, you don't get good space battles anymore... unfortunate, because there is a lot of room there with SFX these days...
I just did. He's pretty upset that he didn't get the be the guest of honor. Then again, he also thinks he's still a star in between lapses of thinking he's a tuna fish sandwich. It's amazing what fame will do to you.