I am trying to figure out whether this really solves the problem, or just moves it.
The idea establishes the printer as being a fairly critical component. However in the event of failure, it would obviously not be available to generate spares.
So, would an inventory of spares need to be generated on arrival, along with the requisite storage space, or would repairs rely on a delivery...
I am not sure that we have the entire story yet, on either side. From the Serious Tubes website:
Important news:
Comcast did not help us fix The Pirate Bay. The problem was GBLX using reverse path filtering. We shut down one of our transits because it was flapping. The result was that all outgoing traffic to GBLX got filtered even though the packets took the same path as before. The Pirate Bay is using different paths for incoming and outgoing traffic to avoid beeing traced. We don’t even know where their servers are. We resolved the issue by activating our other transit again.
I am wondering if the criteria will be published.
Could we possibly see a game developed specifically with the intention of hitting every button possible?
He isn't the youngest patent recipient. The youngest was a 4 year old who created a device for grasping round knobs on doors and cabinets, intended for peopel with physical disabilities.
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I read this a few weeks ago. While I actually enjoyed the writing and the basis for the storyline, I am still not sure how I felt about reading the book.
It may be a bad comparison, but I liken it to watching Schindler's List for the first time. It was an excellent film, but I didn't know how to describe my emotion when I was done watching.
For me, The Magicians was very similar to that. I also enjoy reading to revel in the escape. Despite the content and genre, you don't really get to escape in this book. Instead, reality is right... there...
This guy went to National-Louis University in McLean, VA, and then worked for Raytheon Systems. Hardly an impoverished area, or suffering from a lack of access to technology.
Your argument holds no merit. He is still a pompous prick, only now he has even less of an excuse.
22 years in systems engineering, but he hasn't got a clue as to how web sites operate. This guy epitomizes problems we all see every day: Incompetents who don't recognize their own incompetence. Then he compounds it by being an arrogant bastard and an overbearing, threatening weenie to boot.
According to his website, he was a Program Manager at Raytheon for 22 years. To my knowledge, Program Manager != Systems Engineer.
His issue isn't incompetence, it's a overinflated opinion of himself. But, I imagine that will be taken care of shortly, after this has been national news.
If memory serves me right... this was done on a PvP server and was called Project M.
You could play a monster and would randomly spawn as one on some random map. You could kill other monsters and gain experience. You started as a low level monster (level 1-5) and some people actually got to level 12 I think. Since dying will just reset you back to another monster.
You are partly correct, and partly incorrect.
The project was called Project M, however it took place on the Test Server (as did most experiments).
A player chose to play a monster in the character selection screen, by pressing a small [M]. This spawned the player as a randomly selected monster, in a random low level zone. Some monsters did have one spell available, and all monsters were able to gain experience. However, they were NOT allowed to increase in level.
The people who reached level 12 did so by spawning at level 12. Dying would send you back to the character selection screen, where you could again choose to be a randomly spawned monster.
EQ tried this a couple years back and had to quickly shelve it because toons were getting owned by monsters that were manned by actual players with skill and strategery.
EQ did do this for a very short time several years ago. It was not publicized widely at all, and was only available on the test server for a very short period of time. By clicking a special button on the character select, the player was spawned as a randomly selected monster, with a max level of 13.
It was initially intended as a short term concept on Test. Due to the levels involved, the risk wasn't getting wiped by monsters with strong tactics. In fact, it was the opposite. The random monsters still qualified as experience, when killed.
Player_01 loads 2 accounts. One goes in as a toon able to talk to other players. The second account would go in as a monster. The player would then tell friends, through the toon account, where he/she is located. The strategies from this point split into 2 methods.
The first method, was that the friends would kill the "player monster" for easy xp, who then cycled through monsters quickly to get another in the same zone.
My personal favorite tactic was the second. In each zone, some mobs are a significant bit harder than others in the zone. The player would log in and out until getting one of these monsters, and hunt WITH their friends. As none of these mobs are KoS, they were free to roam all over without agroing other monsters, making pulling even easier.
Personally, I leveled many friends' alts, by tanking as a basilisk in Lavastorm.
This exact concept was covered in a book by Jeff Rovin in 2000, called "Stealth War". The idea was this: Weave the "nanowires" into the fabric of the suit, along with the light processors. The processors alternate receiving and transmitting. The image received on one side, is transmitted on the exact opposite side. Thus anyone looking at the soldier would see the image of the background being transmitted by the suit.
In addition, "nanowires" could carry data to wearables, etc.
An impressive idea, while perhaps unfeasible. But, it will be interesting to see what the folks at MIT can come up with. It would seem that the limiting factor would be conductor size. Theory suggests that the optimum would be to get the electrons to line up single file. Much the same as chip designers are attempting. Of course, fiber optics may be another consideration. No clue on the size of a light wave, as compared to an electron...
It is all theory, and there is no telling what MIT may come up with. But, if you are interested in this sort of idea, I highly recommend the book. I thought it was a great read, and one that fueled my "what if" side...
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I am trying to figure out whether this really solves the problem, or just moves it. The idea establishes the printer as being a fairly critical component. However in the event of failure, it would obviously not be available to generate spares. So, would an inventory of spares need to be generated on arrival, along with the requisite storage space, or would repairs rely on a delivery...
I am wondering if the criteria will be published. Could we possibly see a game developed specifically with the intention of hitting every button possible?
He isn't the youngest patent recipient. The youngest was a 4 year old who created a device for grasping round knobs on doors and cabinets, intended for peopel with physical disabilities.
I read this a few weeks ago. While I actually enjoyed the writing and the basis for the storyline, I am still not sure how I felt about reading the book.
It may be a bad comparison, but I liken it to watching Schindler's List for the first time. It was an excellent film, but I didn't know how to describe my emotion when I was done watching.
For me, The Magicians was very similar to that. I also enjoy reading to revel in the escape. Despite the content and genre, you don't really get to escape in this book. Instead, reality is right... there...
Do we have enough porn for an entirely new Internet?
If you build it, they will.... It's just too easy.
This guy went to National-Louis University in McLean, VA, and then worked for Raytheon Systems. Hardly an impoverished area, or suffering from a lack of access to technology. Your argument holds no merit. He is still a pompous prick, only now he has even less of an excuse.
Will it be a new internet:
rfid:127.0.0.1
a new protocol:
rfid://127.0.0.1
or another flavor of what already exists?
http://rfid.slashdot.org
I should have made the first post. Essentially, they are having issues deciding what to do as a result of being too successful? Cry me a river.
Mozilla serves a respectable purpose, and has produced a phenomenal app. Congratulations, you deserve the kudos.
But, you don't get to stop there. Firefox is wonderful, but it isn't the Second Coming.
What's next? That's what you should be focusing on.
It was initially intended as a short term concept on Test. Due to the levels involved, the risk wasn't getting wiped by monsters with strong tactics. In fact, it was the opposite. The random monsters still qualified as experience, when killed.
Player_01 loads 2 accounts. One goes in as a toon able to talk to other players. The second account would go in as a monster. The player would then tell friends, through the toon account, where he/she is located. The strategies from this point split into 2 methods.
The first method, was that the friends would kill the "player monster" for easy xp, who then cycled through monsters quickly to get another in the same zone.
My personal favorite tactic was the second. In each zone, some mobs are a significant bit harder than others in the zone. The player would log in and out until getting one of these monsters, and hunt WITH their friends. As none of these mobs are KoS, they were free to roam all over without agroing other monsters, making pulling even easier.
Personally, I leveled many friends' alts, by tanking as a basilisk in Lavastorm.
Interesting concept? Yeah. Unbalancing? Absolutely.
This exact concept was covered in a book by Jeff Rovin in 2000, called "Stealth War". The idea was this: Weave the "nanowires" into the fabric of the suit, along with the light processors. The processors alternate receiving and transmitting. The image received on one side, is transmitted on the exact opposite side. Thus anyone looking at the soldier would see the image of the background being transmitted by the suit. In addition, "nanowires" could carry data to wearables, etc. An impressive idea, while perhaps unfeasible. But, it will be interesting to see what the folks at MIT can come up with. It would seem that the limiting factor would be conductor size. Theory suggests that the optimum would be to get the electrons to line up single file. Much the same as chip designers are attempting. Of course, fiber optics may be another consideration. No clue on the size of a light wave, as compared to an electron... It is all theory, and there is no telling what MIT may come up with. But, if you are interested in this sort of idea, I highly recommend the book. I thought it was a great read, and one that fueled my "what if" side...