if they can take one sample from one animal and clone it in a vat and feed this world, will the vegans be ok with that? If they grow a sample from a human. Will you have problems eating that ? Why ? What about meat cloned from yourself ?
I, for one, can't wait to check if I taste like chicken...
There are some debate about the sustainability of a Earth where 9 billions humans would be rich enough to buy meat. Not only would only the richer get to eat meat but the poorer also wouldn't have enough room to grow crops. If we find a way to grow meat that costs less lands, it would solve a few problems. Some people say that there were two reasons for the recent hunger riots : biofuels and Indian and Chinese beginning to eat meat.
I don't really empathize with PETA's concerns about animal life, but they have a wrong reason to solve a real problem. That's harmless. I'll keep an eye on this.
Or maybe... maybe... they could be misinformed ? Imagine America where only Fox News would be authorized. This is not cultural difference, the Chinese people act in a sane way given the informations they are fed with.
Linux is technically ready for the desktop. Now a company with support capacity and marketing abilities is needed if we want to see more than a 2% market share
But there are also a lot of journalists that live through exposing missteps of the government. The thousands horde will be happy to help.
And I don't even begin to mention that every politician has enemies.
Then they'll dismiss this reasoning as malfunction, tell the computer to ignore the whitehouse and it will begin to kill all the people aboard the spaceship.
That would be a logical step for CCP. Their easily to decompile client is available as a free download and they claim their server is secured against hacked clients. Plus, their GUI and client has aged, has bugs and is not as customizable as it could. Letting the OSS community correct this would be an incredibly wise move that could in fact boost their profits.
Just release a policy about what will be authorized/denied by the server and let embrace the custom client and bots wave !
In Eve, grinding is not very common, skills still advances while logged off, and socialization is a central part of the gameplay. I don't see boting in EVE as such a big problem as in other MMORPGs
Imagine a blob of 10-20 of these bots gate camping, assisted by just one or 2 players who can give the whole blob move/retreat/regroup/attack orders via an out-band channell like IRC. Well, as every bot would need a paid account, I don't see the problem for that from CCP perspective... After all, this is classical piracy (I mean, you know, like nautical piracy) as already done by bands of players. It is just delegating the boring parts to bots. I only see that as an improvement. I imagined more a fleet of asteroid miners but well, many grinding activities could benefit from that.
The code was apparently obtained through decompilation of the.pyc modules, without involving any illegal access to CCP servers. In fact, a CCP statement goes:
CCP is aware that an individual claims to have access to the source code of the EVE client. This access is not a security risk to CCP in any way. CCP does not believe in security by obscurity. The Python scripting language that is used by the client can be easily decompiled to generate human-readable code, and CCP has designed its server-side systems with that understanding. That is a bit incoherent with a ban-per-IP policy for the file. The main exploit I see, if they did their server-side security correctly, is the opportunity for bots-making. Bots are a huge problem for MMORPG makers : they automate grinding and are not easily detectable by server side methods. After all, many players would fail a basic Turing test;-)
Anyway, it was in EVE's policy to put the grinding to a minimum, this is what made the game so interesting. If I were them, I would embrace the bot wave and custom client GUI wave that may be coming. EVE has come close to eliminate grinding but a lot of frustrating actions were not automatizable. That could be an opportunity.
One can dream...
Linux IS Desktop-ready. All my personal experiences with inexperienced users prove that someone who can use Windows can use Knoppix or Ubuntu. Technologically-wise, these distros are desktop-ready. The rest is marketing and evangelism, it is not developers' main business.
In terms of portability, ease of use and performances, I really think many linux distribs fare better than Windows Vista. It is time to leave the "year of the linux desktop" meme on Slashdot. It now belongs to the Financial Times.
I would prefer someone who went through medical school and completed his/her knowledge with the wikipedia's content and links than someone who just went through medical school.
Also, how can a personal attack be made without knowing the attacked party personally ? Hell, most of them are not even named in the bribery accusations. They are usually designed by "faceless and numerous Microsoft drones".
Yes, you can do raytracing on polygons, but it kind of misses the point. For rendering polygons, Carmack is right, rasterization will probably always stay faster as long as triangles are bigger than 1 pixel.
The point of raytracing is that instead of having a 100,000 polygons cloth animation to raster, you could have a smoother result with about 1000 control points on a mathematical surface.
Today, game makers and modelers have the habit of breaking everything into triangles because of rasterization but the raytracing approach isn't limited to triangles; it can use any shape for which a collision with a ray can be computed. It is a very powerful approach but new tools have to be developed to use it to its full extent.
With the way the science has been going, I wouldn't be surprised to see a 400K room temperature in my lifetime. Bah, to be fair, I also expect my lifetime to exceed 300...
Carmack didn't really bashed it, neither did Crytek. They just make it clear that you can't have rasterization on day N and have raytracing on day N+1. A 3-5 years transition period is very reasonable. Using raytracing optimally requires to change the whole data structure of the virtual world. It would require making new modeling tools, new rendering engines, integrating new possibilities into the game design.
Keep also in mind that Intel proposes this as a future way of doing rendering. Their hardware is not even here yet. Given this, any prediction below 3 years would be quite surprising.
It is more that the EU parliament has very few power compared to national parliament. So lobbying is less active at the European level and more active at the national level. Olivenne, author of France's anti-piracy proposition for instance, is the CEO of Fnac, a CD and book reseller (a local concurrent of Virgin Megastores)
You are right when you say that this argument is philosophical, but your opinion on this matter is just that : an opinion. The notion of "you" or "me" or "what is truly me" is extremely subjective.
Here is my opinion : "I" am the result of my cognitive processes. These cognitive processes are influenced by various molecules of natural or artificial origin. When I am waking, when I am hungry, when I breath pollution, when I watch a screen for 5 hours straight without moving, when I drink coffee, when I take C vitamin (potent and legal, try it), all of this make me think differently. This is still "me" but I don't believe in the notion of a "true me". I believe that "I" am a continuous data processing. "I" am the 5 years old me but I am also quite different from that time because of my progressive betterment through training and education. If drugs could enhance my cognitive process, it wouldn't mean that it would not be the "true me" that is thinking, it would only mean that "I" got better at thinking.
Now, there is also religious beliefs that come into play at one moment. Some people believe that they have an immortal soul that is their stable personality that can't change no matter what (and they don't really care to explain why you objectively change when you grow up) That impression is reinforced by the fact that most drugs only have temporary effects and bring you back to what you call your "true" self. In fact, it is quite hard, even for atheists and non-soul-believers to accept that they are nothing more than chemically sensitive data processing.
Accessing to the crucial computers should require a training where computer security and social engineering are explained. Every user access should have different passwords easily revocable as soon as a flaw is detected. Of course, crucial computers should be on a different network than internet-connected systems.
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I, for one, can't wait to check if I taste like chicken...
There are some debate about the sustainability of a Earth where 9 billions humans would be rich enough to buy meat. Not only would only the richer get to eat meat but the poorer also wouldn't have enough room to grow crops. If we find a way to grow meat that costs less lands, it would solve a few problems. Some people say that there were two reasons for the recent hunger riots : biofuels and Indian and Chinese beginning to eat meat.
I don't really empathize with PETA's concerns about animal life, but they have a wrong reason to solve a real problem. That's harmless. I'll keep an eye on this.
You could consider the climate change with more respect than that. It hurts it to be negated that way, it wants to be heard !
Here we're not talking "blinded as I cannot see the road for 5 seconds", we are talking "blinded as my retina is gone"
This is no different from where you are heading in the US.
People had the same idea years ago. They founded the EFF. You can help them finance their crusade, it has been an ongoing effort.
Well, we are calling a group of nationalist Chinese bloggers "Chinese blogs". I am not sure this is more believable.
Or maybe... maybe... they could be misinformed ? Imagine America where only Fox News would be authorized. This is not cultural difference, the Chinese people act in a sane way given the informations they are fed with.
Well the point is more "right now this is illegal but this is sustainable for everyone so why not change the law ?"
Linux is technically ready for the desktop. Now a company with support capacity and marketing abilities is needed if we want to see more than a 2% market share
But there are also a lot of journalists that live through exposing missteps of the government. The thousands horde will be happy to help.
And I don't even begin to mention that every politician has enemies.
Then they'll dismiss this reasoning as malfunction, tell the computer to ignore the whitehouse and it will begin to kill all the people aboard the spaceship.
That would be a logical step for CCP. Their easily to decompile client is available as a free download and they claim their server is secured against hacked clients. Plus, their GUI and client has aged, has bugs and is not as customizable as it could. Letting the OSS community correct this would be an incredibly wise move that could in fact boost their profits.
Just release a policy about what will be authorized/denied by the server and let embrace the custom client and bots wave !
In Eve, grinding is not very common, skills still advances while logged off, and socialization is a central part of the gameplay. I don't see boting in EVE as such a big problem as in other MMORPGs
Anyway, it was in EVE's policy to put the grinding to a minimum, this is what made the game so interesting. If I were them, I would embrace the bot wave and custom client GUI wave that may be coming. EVE has come close to eliminate grinding but a lot of frustrating actions were not automatizable. That could be an opportunity.
One can dream...
Linux IS Desktop-ready. All my personal experiences with inexperienced users prove that someone who can use Windows can use Knoppix or Ubuntu. Technologically-wise, these distros are desktop-ready. The rest is marketing and evangelism, it is not developers' main business.
In terms of portability, ease of use and performances, I really think many linux distribs fare better than Windows Vista. It is time to leave the "year of the linux desktop" meme on Slashdot. It now belongs to the Financial Times.
I would prefer someone who went through medical school and completed his/her knowledge with the wikipedia's content and links than someone who just went through medical school.
Also, how can a personal attack be made without knowing the attacked party personally ? Hell, most of them are not even named in the bribery accusations. They are usually designed by "faceless and numerous Microsoft drones".
Yes, you can do raytracing on polygons, but it kind of misses the point. For rendering polygons, Carmack is right, rasterization will probably always stay faster as long as triangles are bigger than 1 pixel.
The point of raytracing is that instead of having a 100,000 polygons cloth animation to raster, you could have a smoother result with about 1000 control points on a mathematical surface.
Today, game makers and modelers have the habit of breaking everything into triangles because of rasterization but the raytracing approach isn't limited to triangles; it can use any shape for which a collision with a ray can be computed. It is a very powerful approach but new tools have to be developed to use it to its full extent.
With the way the science has been going, I wouldn't be surprised to see a 400K room temperature in my lifetime. Bah, to be fair, I also expect my lifetime to exceed 300...
Carmack didn't really bashed it, neither did Crytek. They just make it clear that you can't have rasterization on day N and have raytracing on day N+1. A 3-5 years transition period is very reasonable. Using raytracing optimally requires to change the whole data structure of the virtual world. It would require making new modeling tools, new rendering engines, integrating new possibilities into the game design.
Keep also in mind that Intel proposes this as a future way of doing rendering. Their hardware is not even here yet. Given this, any prediction below 3 years would be quite surprising.
Do you know what's left for a disbarred attorney ? That's right, he can only work in record companies legal staff.
It is more that the EU parliament has very few power compared to national parliament. So lobbying is less active at the European level and more active at the national level. Olivenne, author of France's anti-piracy proposition for instance, is the CEO of Fnac, a CD and book reseller (a local concurrent of Virgin Megastores)
You are right when you say that this argument is philosophical, but your opinion on this matter is just that : an opinion. The notion of "you" or "me" or "what is truly me" is extremely subjective.
Here is my opinion : "I" am the result of my cognitive processes. These cognitive processes are influenced by various molecules of natural or artificial origin. When I am waking, when I am hungry, when I breath pollution, when I watch a screen for 5 hours straight without moving, when I drink coffee, when I take C vitamin (potent and legal, try it), all of this make me think differently. This is still "me" but I don't believe in the notion of a "true me". I believe that "I" am a continuous data processing. "I" am the 5 years old me but I am also quite different from that time because of my progressive betterment through training and education. If drugs could enhance my cognitive process, it wouldn't mean that it would not be the "true me" that is thinking, it would only mean that "I" got better at thinking.
Now, there is also religious beliefs that come into play at one moment. Some people believe that they have an immortal soul that is their stable personality that can't change no matter what (and they don't really care to explain why you objectively change when you grow up) That impression is reinforced by the fact that most drugs only have temporary effects and bring you back to what you call your "true" self. In fact, it is quite hard, even for atheists and non-soul-believers to accept that they are nothing more than chemically sensitive data processing.
Accessing to the crucial computers should require a training where computer security and social engineering are explained. Every user access should have different passwords easily revocable as soon as a flaw is detected. Of course, crucial computers should be on a different network than internet-connected systems.