How long before we see TVs and DVRs that filter these ads. Even a black corner of the screen is much preferable to distracting advertising during programming. We watch widescreen movies already with a % of the screen blacked out anyway...
Are they deliberately trying to be confusing. So far 30 billion dollars have been spent, and congress is worried about the fact that NASA may go 600 million dollars over budget. I'm no politician, but the difference between 30.0 and 30.6 just isn't that striking. I guess when you write it out as 600 million it just sounds more impressive.
Somehow I'm just not that impressed by a ultra efficient gasoline powered bobsled. I'm sure that there are plenty of engineering challenges involved in getting the most mileage out of the fuel allotted, but wouldn't a more directly applicable challenge be more interesting. Try getting the public to buy one of these things or the government to allow them on the road. I think it's very telling that Shell sponsors a fuel economy challenge with vehicles which no one could ever dream of seeing on an actual highway.
A few years back, my boss had us using a programming language for web sites called Power Dynamo from Sybase (never ever EVER use this!). Anyways, the length() method for a string was basically a random number generator. I made a test page one day and had it output the length of the same string over and over again getting results from -100 to 20000 when trying to get the length of "the"
Sounds like you weren't terminating your strings properly, or at least in a way consistent with what the length() function was expecting. It was probably searching through memory looking for a terminator, which explains the random behavior.
I understand that muscles can atrophy from lack of stress while in a weightless environment for prolonged periods, but surely there are creative enough engineers to design exercise equipment which doesn't require gravity to provide the resistance. Bowflex and similar machines use elastic bands to provide resistance. It seems like astronauts should be able to avoid muscular atrophy with a well designed fitness program.
uh, i think they're switching to linux to render the animation, not actually produce it. big difference
Wrong. Read the article next time.
In animation, Linux made its first inroads a few years ago on the clusters of server computers used in "rendering farms," which require huge amounts of processing to render a finished image of a creature or character as it appears on movie screens.
More recently, Linux has also been used on the workstations used by animators for drawing and modeling their creations, as the leading producers of animation software have tailored their applications to run on Linux. Alias-Wavefront tweaked its Maya program to run on Linux in March 2001
So the renderfarms were converted to Linux years ago for the most part. The real news is that the content creation is actually being done on Linux workstations now.
I used to work for a defense contractor where many of our computers were used to process classified information. Besides controlling access to the room in which the computers were located, stickers were placed over all the access points to the internals of the machine. The stickers were signed and dated by the security officer when they were placed and if one was broken, the computer had to be carefullly inspected before it would be returned to operation. Needless to say, employees were enouraged to report wear on stickers before they were completely broken, to avoid having to throughly inspect the innards of the device for bugs.
I seriously doubt this will encourage adoption of Linux in situations where it would not otherwise be used. It is far more likely, unfortunate as it may be, that the statute will be ignored or even changed. Microsoft is seen as a necessary part of doing business, and that isn't likely to change significantly any time soon.
I tried to download Star Wars: Episode 2 in the days before its release and ended up with a trailer for J-Lo's Enough, looped over and over for the appropriate amount of time to make it the same file size as the real Episode 2 avi. At the time, I had assumed that some evil individual was just f-ing with people, but maybe it was a marketing ploy?
My experience in a lot of recent games has gotten me rather jaded on the online gaming experience in general. I find it much more enjoyable just to play the single player versions of most games, or to play with trusted individuals only on a LAN. I wish more games would come with support for a wider variety of networking options.
"If variations in the ticking rate were discovered, Kostelecky says, it would be a "striking signal" that the laws of nature may be based on fundamental theories other than Special Relativity -- or perhaps in addition to it."
I thought this was precisely what special relativity does predict, that a moving observer experiences less passage of time than a stationary one, increasingly so as the speed becomes a significant fraction of the speed of light. If the ticking rate does not vary, then special relativity would be invalidated.
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Digital and analog cable signals are transmitted over the same wire. Most of the people I know with digital cable have it only on one or two televisions. The rest of the televisions in the house do not have set top boxes, but still get the lower 100 channels of analog cable.
The cynics here have all chimed in about the difference between making a pronouncement and following through, but we in the US have yet to make it to even the pronouncement stage. Aside from a few paltry tax breaks for SULEVs and allowing carpool lane access for motorcycles and other LEVs in certain places, nothing significant has been done to reduce our dependence on oil. A bill to require automakers to improve fuel economy over a period of several years was recently defeated, and the number of gas guzzling SUVs and Trucks on the road keeps rising, despite the fact that few of them offer useful performance enhancements and even fewer drivers would take advantage of them even if they did. My mom said to me last weekend, "I don't really like SUVs, but lately with all the cars on the road getting larger, I just don't feel safe in a small car." I realize that technology continues to improve our ability to stretch the supply of petroleum, but there are limits that too many of us refuse to acknowledge. We should take a lesson from Iceland instead of mocking them.
As much as I hate spam, I can't help but think that this would have to be percieved as an unconstitutional restriction on speech. I don't think that requiring an opt-in policy in all cases would fly here.
It is nice to know what's coming, but Q3 2003 is a long ways away, and the modules being ready doesn't necessarily mean there will be a chipset ready that supports them. I'm still waiting for P4 motherboards to support 333Mhz DDR. Tom's has a review of the VIA P4X333 here, but we haven't seen any motherboards with this chipset yet. The VIA KT333 chipset currently has around 16 Athlon motherboards shipping with 333Mhz DDR support.
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I would like to see a demonstration of this technology in person. Or if that isn't feasible, maybe they could demo it on Leno or something?
Now all they have to do is offer an electronic device that does the winding for you...
How long before we see TVs and DVRs that filter these ads. Even a black corner of the screen is much preferable to distracting advertising during programming. We watch widescreen movies already with a % of the screen blacked out anyway...
Are they deliberately trying to be confusing. So far 30 billion dollars have been spent, and congress is worried about the fact that NASA may go 600 million dollars over budget. I'm no politician, but the difference between 30.0 and 30.6 just isn't that striking. I guess when you write it out as 600 million it just sounds more impressive.
Somehow I'm just not that impressed by a ultra efficient gasoline powered bobsled. I'm sure that there are plenty of engineering challenges involved in getting the most mileage out of the fuel allotted, but wouldn't a more directly applicable challenge be more interesting. Try getting the public to buy one of these things or the government to allow them on the road. I think it's very telling that Shell sponsors a fuel economy challenge with vehicles which no one could ever dream of seeing on an actual highway.
If you could push a button and get a first post for a million dollars, would you do it?
With an optical mouse and web access, how long will it be before I can punch the monkey and win on my cellphone?
A few years back, my boss had us using a programming language for web sites called Power Dynamo from Sybase (never ever EVER use this!). Anyways, the length() method for a string was basically a random number generator. I made a test page one day and had it output the length of the same string over and over again getting results from -100 to 20000 when trying to get the length of "the"
Sounds like you weren't terminating your strings properly, or at least in a way consistent with what the length() function was expecting. It was probably searching through memory looking for a terminator, which explains the random behavior.
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0253754
According to IMDB, Wil Wheaton won't be in Nemesis.
Better testing could allegedly cut that by one-third
What about the other 2/3? Is that wasted money that is completely unrecoverable?
I don't understand how this figure could have been generated other than pulling it out of thin air.
I understand that muscles can atrophy from lack of stress while in a weightless environment for prolonged periods, but surely there are creative enough engineers to design exercise equipment which doesn't require gravity to provide the resistance. Bowflex and similar machines use elastic bands to provide resistance. It seems like astronauts should be able to avoid muscular atrophy with a well designed fitness program.
Am I missing something?
Which software do they use? Obviously Gimp covers my needs way better than some Photoshop, but I doubt that they could use it.
This probably means some new commercial pro package for linux, and I wonder which.
According to the article, they are using a software package called Maya, recently ported to Linux from SGI/IRIX.
uh, i think they're switching to linux to render the animation, not actually produce it. big difference
Wrong. Read the article next time.
In animation, Linux made its first inroads a few years ago on the clusters of server computers used in "rendering farms," which require huge amounts of processing to render a finished image of a creature or character as it appears on movie screens.
More recently, Linux has also been used on the workstations used by animators for drawing and modeling their creations, as the leading producers of animation software have tailored their applications to run on Linux. Alias-Wavefront tweaked its Maya program to run on Linux in March 2001
So the renderfarms were converted to Linux years ago for the most part. The real news is that the content creation is actually being done on Linux workstations now.
I used to work for a defense contractor where many of our computers were used to process classified information. Besides controlling access to the room in which the computers were located, stickers were placed over all the access points to the internals of the machine. The stickers were signed and dated by the security officer when they were placed and if one was broken, the computer had to be carefullly inspected before it would be returned to operation. Needless to say, employees were enouraged to report wear on stickers before they were completely broken, to avoid having to throughly inspect the innards of the device for bugs.
I seriously doubt this will encourage adoption of Linux in situations where it would not otherwise be used. It is far more likely, unfortunate as it may be, that the statute will be ignored or even changed. Microsoft is seen as a necessary part of doing business, and that isn't likely to change significantly any time soon.
You mean I have to be an idiot to get infected by a virus? I already knew that. Don't open strange attachments, and wear a condom.
I tried to download Star Wars: Episode 2 in the days before its release and ended up with a trailer for J-Lo's Enough, looped over and over for the appropriate amount of time to make it the same file size as the real Episode 2 avi. At the time, I had assumed that some evil individual was just f-ing with people, but maybe it was a marketing ploy?
My experience in a lot of recent games has gotten me rather jaded on the online gaming experience in general. I find it much more enjoyable just to play the single player versions of most games, or to play with trusted individuals only on a LAN. I wish more games would come with support for a wider variety of networking options.
Maybe with nanotechnology they can design a webserver that will survive slashdoting?
"If variations in the ticking rate were discovered, Kostelecky says, it would be a "striking signal" that the laws of nature may be based on fundamental theories other than Special Relativity -- or perhaps in addition to it."
I thought this was precisely what special relativity does predict, that a moving observer experiences less passage of time than a stationary one, increasingly so as the speed becomes a significant fraction of the speed of light. If the ticking rate does not vary, then special relativity would be invalidated.
Digital and analog cable signals are transmitted over the same wire. Most of the people I know with digital cable have it only on one or two televisions. The rest of the televisions in the house do not have set top boxes, but still get the lower 100 channels of analog cable.
This is probably why they wouldn't offer me a cable internet subscription without at least basic cable.
The cynics here have all chimed in about the difference between making a pronouncement and following through, but we in the US have yet to make it to even the pronouncement stage. Aside from a few paltry tax breaks for SULEVs and allowing carpool lane access for motorcycles and other LEVs in certain places, nothing significant has been done to reduce our dependence on oil. A bill to require automakers to improve fuel economy over a period of several years was recently defeated, and the number of gas guzzling SUVs and Trucks on the road keeps rising, despite the fact that few of them offer useful performance enhancements and even fewer drivers would take advantage of them even if they did. My mom said to me last weekend, "I don't really like SUVs, but lately with all the cars on the road getting larger, I just don't feel safe in a small car." I realize that technology continues to improve our ability to stretch the supply of petroleum, but there are limits that too many of us refuse to acknowledge. We should take a lesson from Iceland instead of mocking them.
As much as I hate spam, I can't help but think that this would have to be percieved as an unconstitutional restriction on speech. I don't think that requiring an opt-in policy in all cases would fly here.
It is nice to know what's coming, but Q3 2003 is a long ways away, and the modules being ready doesn't necessarily mean there will be a chipset ready that supports them. I'm still waiting for P4 motherboards to support 333Mhz DDR. Tom's has a review of the VIA P4X333 here, but we haven't seen any motherboards with this chipset yet. The VIA KT333 chipset currently has around 16 Athlon motherboards shipping with 333Mhz DDR support.