Indeed, the apple references in Blade Trinity are cringeworthy... I wonder how much apple paid to make that worthwhile.
Terminator 3 was another bad one for adverts.. Lexus, Pepsi etc... right from the outset. Even things so subtle as a strategically placed empty can at the bottom of a river..
Hehe I'd imagine with Southampton slashdot have overloaded the hosting server rather than the network links. I'd like to see the 10 gig links of Janet get slashdotted... even with the entire academic load of the country they are only usually a couple of percent utilised...
Yes, but the problem arised, that Prof Pillenger (the lead scientist) was spending his time lobbying around and travelling to major institutions begging for money for the entire project, instead of being able to put his time and expertise into perfecting the design.. the project was underfunded from the outset, but it shouldn't have been the person responsible for the design and testing that had to do all the financial work too... but thats what happens when you love a project and don't want to see it fail..
Indeed, all they needed to do on the bed picture for example, was to duplicate the pattern from a different area with a clone brush. Instead it seems as though they've used some sort of airbrush/smudging technique which is pretty poor..
Then again, this isn't about the image quality.. still, this is slashdot!
Although lots of people are bashing it, I think default is actually quite a good name (assuming that the router isn't still in its completely default config!) Linksys is not so good as it gives away the manufacturer and allows an attacker to target the attacks. I do however think that default is a lot better than people using house or family names, as that identifies where the AP is. Even using mordor or middleearth or similar can give away your interests, and thus possibly who you are to someone who knows your street well... default is nice and unassuming.
Lancaster Uni in the UK experimented with a 'Real Tournament' game using toy guns, ipaqs, wifi, gps, gprs and an electronic compass.
Info here: http://www.mobileipv6.net/rt/handsets.htm/
The users position and direction is shown on the screen on a predetermined map and the user can fire at another user depending on the compass direction etc. If the user roams out of wifi range, IPV6 automatically hands off to GPRS. Clever stuff.
Actually yes, I have heard her speak unscripted, and she is actually an amazingly intelligent person with an excellent memory who knows and gets along personally with the majority of world leaders. It'd pay to have people as knowledgeable as her in politics. It might save us from yet another pointless war.
And you monarchy bashing trolls are getting seriously boring. I guess you are the sort that also want to rid the country of every other tradition that we have, become just another boring country and adopt ID cards so that we can all be numbered. Most countries are proud of their traditions.
What about all the other users? Ships and aircraft which may be relying on it? Public road users trying to find their way home? Its just asking to get more people pissed off with the US.. particularly since this system will block others systems like Galileo without permission..
I'm also from the UK, but I can tell that viewing a splash screen does not mean voting for it, since you may want to look at all the submissions before voting. Think about it.
Maybe the US is becoming complacent to democracy. The Ukraine hasn't been free for that long and so its people know what the alternative is like, and will fight for it. To be honest, from the outside, it seems a lot of people in the US and many other democratic countries just don't care...
Well since the prize was $10m and the spaceship team borrowed $20m to build it, I expect a large proportion will go back to Paul Allen.. unless he is feeling kind hearted?
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Indeed, the apple references in Blade Trinity are cringeworthy... I wonder how much apple paid to make that worthwhile.
Terminator 3 was another bad one for adverts.. Lexus, Pepsi etc... right from the outset. Even things so subtle as a strategically placed empty can at the bottom of a river..
Well, your computer is based on it, so yes they have :-)
Hehe I'd imagine with Southampton slashdot have overloaded the hosting server rather than the network links. I'd like to see the 10 gig links of Janet get slashdotted... even with the entire academic load of the country they are only usually a couple of percent utilised...
And then, Googlezon...
Yes, but the problem arised, that Prof Pillenger (the lead scientist) was spending his time lobbying around and travelling to major institutions begging for money for the entire project, instead of being able to put his time and expertise into perfecting the design.. the project was underfunded from the outset, but it shouldn't have been the person responsible for the design and testing that had to do all the financial work too... but thats what happens when you love a project and don't want to see it fail..
Indeed, all they needed to do on the bed picture for example, was to duplicate the pattern from a different area with a clone brush. Instead it seems as though they've used some sort of airbrush/smudging technique which is pretty poor..
Then again, this isn't about the image quality.. still, this is slashdot!
Then again, I'm yet to come across a machine or browser which doesn't render google correctly... I guess they do their own checking.
No terrorists might not be looking for you, but if 'that other guy' at work has just had his promotion given to you instead, he might be out looking..
Although lots of people are bashing it, I think default is actually quite a good name (assuming that the router isn't still in its completely default config!) Linksys is not so good as it gives away the manufacturer and allows an attacker to target the attacks. I do however think that default is a lot better than people using house or family names, as that identifies where the AP is. Even using mordor or middleearth or similar can give away your interests, and thus possibly who you are to someone who knows your street well... default is nice and unassuming.
http://www.mobileipv6.net/rt/handsets.htm
Lancaster Uni in the UK experimented with a 'Real Tournament' game using toy guns, ipaqs, wifi, gps, gprs and an electronic compass. Info here: http://www.mobileipv6.net/rt/handsets.htm/ The users position and direction is shown on the screen on a predetermined map and the user can fire at another user depending on the compass direction etc. If the user roams out of wifi range, IPV6 automatically hands off to GPRS. Clever stuff.
Actually yes, I have heard her speak unscripted, and she is actually an amazingly intelligent person with an excellent memory who knows and gets along personally with the majority of world leaders. It'd pay to have people as knowledgeable as her in politics. It might save us from yet another pointless war.
And you monarchy bashing trolls are getting seriously boring. I guess you are the sort that also want to rid the country of every other tradition that we have, become just another boring country and adopt ID cards so that we can all be numbered. Most countries are proud of their traditions.
What about all the other users? Ships and aircraft which may be relying on it? Public road users trying to find their way home? Its just asking to get more people pissed off with the US.. particularly since this system will block others systems like Galileo without permission..
Own up. Were you trying to buffer overflow google when you found this out? :D
I'm also from the UK, but I can tell that viewing a splash screen does not mean voting for it, since you may want to look at all the submissions before voting. Think about it.
Can still link go the old version from google.co.uk mainpage and from www.google.com/firefox at 14:21...
lol dude, was that a set up for a punchline or what?
In Korea, old people read faster than YOU!
Maybe the US is becoming complacent to democracy. The Ukraine hasn't been free for that long and so its people know what the alternative is like, and will fight for it. To be honest, from the outside, it seems a lot of people in the US and many other democratic countries just don't care...
I know it was a troll, but their website does actually cover that eventuality... http://solarpc.com/beowulf.html
As opposed to the US where both parties have guns, and both end up shooting their dumb selves.
lol, are you a manager?
There is a skype for pocket pc as long as you are in range of wifi...
Well since the prize was $10m and the spaceship team borrowed $20m to build it, I expect a large proportion will go back to Paul Allen.. unless he is feeling kind hearted?