Have you ever tried to play War3 with your keyboard? your hand has to be on the left side of the keyboard anyways (for assigning teams) so why not use the keys they've allocated. Once you learn the keyboard shortcuts you'll find its much faster to play the game without the second button (just try building an orc burrow, f/e). Your way: point at grunt, click on grunt, point at build command, click on build command, point to burrow structure, click on burrow structure, point to place on map, click on place on map. My way: point at grunt, click on grunt, hit B, hit O, point to place on map, click on place on map. I'm not even a hardcore gamer, talk to any true gamer and they will tell you you have to combine your UIs before you can get good at any game.
IANAL but I'm pretty sure that just like our global friends, we don't acknowledge the DMCA. It's just an American thing is it not? We already pay exhorbitant taxes just to buy a CD-R. We can copy anything we want for our own use. Hell, if I wanted to (altho I dont know why I would ever need to) I could have 1 million copied of 'the black album' sitting in my apartment, as long as I don't distribute any of them. Take that Metallica.
One would probably need to be logged into.NET through Passport so a small fee can be charged to your PayPal account when you download the.doc/.pdf/.rtf file.
Good enough? Didn't think so...
I've got all of those including the PMS... although not in the pre-menstrual way...
Nearing the end of the month, every 28 days approximately, I get much more depressed than usual. Personally I like to think of this as Phase of the Moon Syndrome... i.e. PMS... the male variant.
large calibre? get custom-built imported 20mm cannons or better, don't go with American brands. I personally do not know where to find them, here in Canada gun laws are a little more restrictive.
In light of recent events (the previous year specifically) good luck getting your purchase into the country.
And how many of those thousands and thousands of [open source] programs have been fully debugged, documented and have 24/7 support options?
How many of the non-open source alternatives meet any two of those criteria? Hell, most (aside from the simplest of utilities) haven't even been fully debugged. This is why new releases and/or patches get released. The point is they're debugged enough to make them useable by the strong majority without being crippled by code flaws.
The only proprietary software no longer supported is that which is no longer under development. No software is perfect.
I think it is more something you can tell the admins when they don't want to learn the other Unix. Most professionals (especially in IT today) will jump at the chance to get paid to learn more, enhance their own understanding, and beef up their resume. In that way, if and when they decide to leave, it will be that much easier to find another (possibly higher paying) job.
But going along with what you said, don't tell the employers that little tidbit unless you've got a lot on your side to outweigh it.
I think it would be more like "You have a team of mechanics who have only driven and serviced gasoline-powered automobiles, and now are forced to deal with diesel engines as well".
I think that is a much better analogy, as the basic principles of an internal cumbustion engine are similar (as are the basic principle of different Unices) but the mechanical (technical) operations are much different.
You are trenching exactly towards what my point is.
I think the infrastructure should be installed and maintained by the government, and allow all telcos access to it at a monthly/annual fee. The telcos could then add this fee to their own charge for services, and all in all everything would go better. The governement itself would not provide service (when is the last time you called the Federal gov't because your cable was down?) so the telcos would be forced to compete on a level playing ground, just like the companies that make cars do.
So, if I were to stop perceiving time, does it cease to exist?
Absolutely not. Although you stop realizing that you're perceiving time when you're unconscious, you really don't stop perceiving it. If you go to bed at 2am and wake up at 7, most people don't still think that it's 2am, as their body has perceived the flow of time in its dormant state.
If it wasn't for our biological clocks counting time, how could bears hibernate at eactly the same time every year? How could birds begin their migratory journeys every year?
If I'm not mistaken time is calculated in our bodies by the observation of changes in the electromagnetic and gravitational fields around us. I think it has something to do with the inner ear or something, the same part that helps us keep our balance, but IANAneurologist...
Just because you get annoyed by the paperclip doesn't mean it is not a good application. The fact is, many people have poor grammer and spelling (just watch this site, you'll see), or don't know the proper layouts for business and personal letters, or that there is even a difference in the first place.
That little paperclip that you hate helps a lot of people from making the stupid little mistakes that those of us who choose not to use it make everyday.
I, for one, congratulate Microsoft for the paperclip, as now even a child can use a word processor without having to learn keyboard shortcuts or how to use a menu. You would be surprised at how many people (adults included) 5 years ago didn't know that word processors even had spell checkers included. Now with the advanced user interface it does it while you type, with very few errors (unless you're writing highly in-depth documents).
Think about how far the computer UI has come since Microsoft started playing the game before you start to flame.
Wireless camera constantly recording to her computer. Or maybe motion-activated. *shrug* Catch those damn dorm-thieves in the act.
Motion-Sensor light aimed toward the door. Maybe the light will scare them off. If not, it'll help the camera take a better picture.;)
That's all well and good, but being a college student chances are she won't have too much more than the computer (sure stereo, etc... but whatever) so when the thieves take the computer how will you find them?
Umm... The leap you speak of is a considerable jump.
400x400x400 stationary is 64 million voxels, no refresh requred. Seems simple enough
400x400x400x30fps is 4.096 billion pixels per second. Already we've bypassed current COTS video (with mere 1-2 gigapixel refresh).
With Moore's Corollary squared holding true for video cards (refresh rate doubles approx every 9 months) It will take us 9 months to reach that, still not too far off, March 2003.
Now, for a stationary 1600x1600x1600 image we need 1.92 billion voxels, and for a 30fps image at that resolution we need 122.88 billion voxels per second.
This is a jump of 2^6 from our present 2 gigapixel limit. This means, assuming the corollary to continue to hold true, that we wont have this technology for a (minimum) period of 4 and a half years.
Thats still pretty damn fast considering how long it took to get a computer into everyones home, or the time it took to push us from 720x348 to 1920x1600, but it's still quite a ways off...
After that they still have to drop it down to $200; I for one will not hold my breath.
I do agree with you, chess alone won't make a good general, and not all great generals play chess.
When dealing with real life situations however, many people draw on previous experience. That is the point I was trying to make. If all you did as a child was play todays video games (and no, I'm not saying thats all kids do, I had a life as a child and, to some degree, now as well), then your experience is primarily how to point a rocket launcher at a helicopter and fire.
I'm also not saying that chess is the only thing. Although I am not a big sports fan myself, I am a fan of organized sports for children, as they help to teach other values, including strategy (yes there is a lot of strategy in a well-played game of soccer or basketball, just dont expect to see much in professional sports).
And for the records, I don't read fantasy books, so quit spewing your "every slashdot reader hides in his parents basement with no life and reads fantasy & comic books while re-writing the linux kernel and spewing anti-corporate propaganda" bullshit.
BTW, I dont play chess personally, damned ADD... I can't sit down long enough to finish a game.
Get a clue before you flame.
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Have you ever tried to play War3 with your keyboard? your hand has to be on the left side of the keyboard anyways (for assigning teams) so why not use the keys they've allocated.
Once you learn the keyboard shortcuts you'll find its much faster to play the game without the second button (just try building an orc burrow, f/e).
Your way: point at grunt, click on grunt, point at build command, click on build command, point to burrow structure, click on burrow structure, point to place on map, click on place on map.
My way: point at grunt, click on grunt, hit B, hit O, point to place on map, click on place on map.
I'm not even a hardcore gamer, talk to any true gamer and they will tell you you have to combine your UIs before you can get good at any game.
IANAL but I'm pretty sure that just like our global friends, we don't acknowledge the DMCA.
It's just an American thing is it not? We already pay exhorbitant taxes just to buy a CD-R. We can copy anything we want for our own use. Hell, if I wanted to (altho I dont know why I would ever need to) I could have 1 million copied of 'the black album' sitting in my apartment, as long as I don't distribute any of them. Take that Metallica.
One would probably need to be logged into .NET through Passport so a small fee can be charged to your PayPal account when you download the .doc/.pdf/.rtf file.
Good enough? Didn't think so...
I'm thinking it would be AUI
Or get an apartment on the 8th floor
I've got all of those including the PMS... although not in the pre-menstrual way...
Nearing the end of the month, every 28 days approximately, I get much more depressed than usual. Personally I like to think of this as Phase of the Moon Syndrome... i.e. PMS... the male variant.
Either that or I have very mild lycanthropy.
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If you can't beat'em, kill them...
No, ununbium is not bium, it is --bium...
Some would call it bium*(-1)^^2
large calibre? get custom-built imported 20mm cannons or better, don't go with American brands. I personally do not know where to find them, here in Canada gun laws are a little more restrictive.
In light of recent events (the previous year specifically) good luck getting your purchase into the country.
Or... 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us'
How about Ununoctium?
Man-made and having a half-life of virtually milliseconds? It would also fit with their standard usefullness/upgrade curve.
I vote for Winchester rifle...
No, if it wasn't for Microsoft, 1337 $Kr|p7 K|dd|3$ wouldn't have anything to pingflood/winnuke.
"They have the internet on computers now, eh?"
-Homer
With regards to the little robot wars:
Hmm... An interesting game, the only way to win is not to play at all.
I wonder if they named this robot Joshua.
And, for the South Park reference:
"Screw you guys... I'm goin home"
At least it's not writen in perl. Then how could you tell it from the pasta your straining?
mmm... spaghetti [code] *drools
And how many of those thousands and thousands of [open source] programs have been fully debugged, documented and have 24/7 support options?
How many of the non-open source alternatives meet any two of those criteria? Hell, most (aside from the simplest of utilities) haven't even been fully debugged. This is why new releases and/or patches get released. The point is they're debugged enough to make them useable by the strong majority without being crippled by code flaws.
The only proprietary software no longer supported is that which is no longer under development. No software is perfect.
I think it is more something you can tell the admins when they don't want to learn the other Unix. Most professionals (especially in IT today) will jump at the chance to get paid to learn more, enhance their own understanding, and beef up their resume. In that way, if and when they decide to leave, it will be that much easier to find another (possibly higher paying) job.
But going along with what you said, don't tell the employers that little tidbit unless you've got a lot on your side to outweigh it.
I think it would be more like "You have a team of mechanics who have only driven and serviced gasoline-powered automobiles, and now are forced to deal with diesel engines as well".
I think that is a much better analogy, as the basic principles of an internal cumbustion engine are similar (as are the basic principle of different Unices) but the mechanical (technical) operations are much different.
You are trenching exactly towards what my point is.
I think the infrastructure should be installed and maintained by the government, and allow all telcos access to it at a monthly/annual fee. The telcos could then add this fee to their own charge for services, and all in all everything would go better. The governement itself would not provide service (when is the last time you called the Federal gov't because your cable was down?) so the telcos would be forced to compete on a level playing ground, just like the companies that make cars do.
So, if I were to stop perceiving time, does it cease to exist?
Absolutely not. Although you stop realizing that you're perceiving time when you're unconscious, you really don't stop perceiving it. If you go to bed at 2am and wake up at 7, most people don't still think that it's 2am, as their body has perceived the flow of time in its dormant state.
If it wasn't for our biological clocks counting time, how could bears hibernate at eactly the same time every year? How could birds begin their migratory journeys every year?
If I'm not mistaken time is calculated in our bodies by the observation of changes in the electromagnetic and gravitational fields around us. I think it has something to do with the inner ear or something, the same part that helps us keep our balance, but IANAneurologist...
Just because you get annoyed by the paperclip doesn't mean it is not a good application. The fact is, many people have poor grammer and spelling (just watch this site, you'll see), or don't know the proper layouts for business and personal letters, or that there is even a difference in the first place.
That little paperclip that you hate helps a lot of people from making the stupid little mistakes that those of us who choose not to use it make everyday.
I, for one, congratulate Microsoft for the paperclip, as now even a child can use a word processor without having to learn keyboard shortcuts or how to use a menu. You would be surprised at how many people (adults included) 5 years ago didn't know that word processors even had spell checkers included. Now with the advanced user interface it does it while you type, with very few errors (unless you're writing highly in-depth documents).
Think about how far the computer UI has come since Microsoft started playing the game before you start to flame.
Ya, your "friend's" room who happened to be the one who looped the feed and covered his/her tracks.
Wireless camera constantly recording to her computer. Or maybe motion-activated. *shrug* Catch those damn dorm-thieves in the act. ;)
Motion-Sensor light aimed toward the door. Maybe the light will scare them off. If not, it'll help the camera take a better picture.
That's all well and good, but being a college student chances are she won't have too much more than the computer (sure stereo, etc... but whatever) so when the thieves take the computer how will you find them?
Umm... The leap you speak of is a considerable jump.
400x400x400 stationary is 64 million voxels, no refresh requred. Seems simple enough
400x400x400x30fps is 4.096 billion pixels per second. Already we've bypassed current COTS video (with mere 1-2 gigapixel refresh).
With Moore's Corollary squared holding true for video cards (refresh rate doubles approx every 9 months) It will take us 9 months to reach that, still not too far off, March 2003.
Now, for a stationary 1600x1600x1600 image we need 1.92 billion voxels, and for a 30fps image at that resolution we need 122.88 billion voxels per second.
This is a jump of 2^6 from our present 2 gigapixel limit. This means, assuming the corollary to continue to hold true, that we wont have this technology for a (minimum) period of 4 and a half years.
Thats still pretty damn fast considering how long it took to get a computer into everyones home, or the time it took to push us from 720x348 to 1920x1600, but it's still quite a ways off...
After that they still have to drop it down to $200; I for one will not hold my breath.
I do agree with you, chess alone won't make a good general, and not all great generals play chess.
When dealing with real life situations however, many people draw on previous experience. That is the point I was trying to make. If all you did as a child was play todays video games (and no, I'm not saying thats all kids do, I had a life as a child and, to some degree, now as well), then your experience is primarily how to point a rocket launcher at a helicopter and fire.
I'm also not saying that chess is the only thing. Although I am not a big sports fan myself, I am a fan of organized sports for children, as they help to teach other values, including strategy (yes there is a lot of strategy in a well-played game of soccer or basketball, just dont expect to see much in professional sports).
And for the records, I don't read fantasy books, so quit spewing your "every slashdot reader hides in his parents basement with no life and reads fantasy & comic books while re-writing the linux kernel and spewing anti-corporate propaganda" bullshit.
BTW, I dont play chess personally, damned ADD... I can't sit down long enough to finish a game.
Get a clue before you flame.