Re:One of the things I find annoying...
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Well, you are correct in saying that Wolf3D was first, but Doom was by far, more popular and widespread. There wasn't a kid in North America who hadn't heard of it, and Wolf3D, while being cultishly classic, was not nearly as well known. So, while it may have started the FPS genre, it Doom popularized it and made it mainstream.
Negative part of the book
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How can the fact that the two Johns split up be a negative part of the book. I mean, would the book be better if it WEREN'T accurate, and lied about it? Of course not. That is just how things worked out, so I think it can hardly be seen as a negative aspect of the book.
The website says that it will be released in Late 2003, meanwhile, the site itself is not complete (many links say In Two Weeks, etc) AND there are no pictures of the device at all.
The good news is, I hear it's shipping with Duke Nukem Forever.
...how long it takes for this to:
-boot linux
-act completely as a regular box (ie, running a real OS)
For the price, I would buy it if someone could get Linux to run on it.
If there's one thing I can say about the colleges who did this, it's that I have respect for them. By not backing down and not giving into the demands of coporate america, they are setting a precedent for others, and are showing that we are not all going to bow to them. Respect.
Everything windows will cost you. The setup you are looking at will be about $1200/box for the software alone. Look into an open source solution. Also, wherever you can, make a beowulf cluster. It doesn't have to be the most efficient solution, it just has to be beowulf.
This is always a good thing for social engineering. Take, for example, this conversation, taken from real life, (not a movie called "Hackers").
*phone rings and gaurd picks up*
Gaurd: Security, Norm speaking.
Dade: Norman? This is Jimmy Tanner speaking. Norm, do you know anything about computers?
Gaurd: Uhhhh... Uhhhhhh..
Dade: Well, Norm, my B.L.T. drive just went A.W.O.L. and I have a big project due for mr. Kawasaki, and if I don't get it in he's going to commit Harry Karry on me.
Gaurd: Uhhhhhhhh...*mumbles*
Dade: Well, you know these Japanese management types. Norm could you read me the numbers off the modem?
Gaurd: uhhhhh....
Dade: It's a little boxy thing with switches.
Gaurd: *reads numbers*
See? Tech jargon is supposed to be confusing so hackers can take over TV stations with hapless security gaurds.
The articles states that SETI@home has a whopping 54 teraflops of computing power. This is an unfathomable number of cpu cycles, and guess what, it is alled used FOR FREE! This is a great example of how a community of users is willing to sacrifice something (unused cpu cycles and small amounts of bandwidth) to meet some great future goal (contact with extraterrestrials). Did I mention it is FREE? I wonder how much money researchers could save or use in a better fashion if they all used distributed computing instead of expensive (super)computers. Some already have done this, and I know that there are distributed efforts currently processing ways to fight cancer and aids.
Celebrations In TO
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I live near Toronto, and there were celebrations all day today, and today was the first day that Canada's Wonderland was filled to near capacity. Holding a seasons pass this year, my delight at seeing SARS gone is kind of put off by the longer lines at the theme park. Don't get me wrong, it is a great thing, but... a two minute line up to get on Drop Zone is a tough thing to give up.
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this yet, but a tablet pc may be the way to go, if you must have diagrams and easy to write notes and lectures. I know MS is not really popular in these parts, but the Digital Ink that they developed (I think...) is a godsend. Its like having a binder, except heavier, easier to organize, and with wireless Net access if your College/University has the appropriate hardware.
No doubt your time is worth more than the price to see it. But are you really sitting at your computer watching the progress bar slowly increase? Doubtful. IMHO, it is not sad to start the download then take off for a little while, to return to a low-res, crap copy of a box office smash hit.
Actually, if it is Slashdotted, then the file will download faster. In the case of P2P, especially with a system such as Bitorrent where you are forced to upload, more users generally means faster speed.
Although the joke is funny, I have to disagree. I am not a self proclaimed nerd, but have been dubbed one by my peers. I spend lunches in the computer lab reading or coding, and I always take computer programming and do the best in the class. I also do pretty well in other classes. Despite all of this "nerdy" behaviour, I have yet to be beat up over it. Some friends of mine jokingly call me the nerd of nerds, and there are a few stoners who'll punch me in the hallways before going out for some more pot, but other than this, life in high school is not too bad.
Since the parody doesn't make any critical commentary about "Strawberry Shortcake", it has no legal justification to use those names or images.
So what they should do is simply put a little text at the bottom of the picture criticizing the game. (IE Strawberry Shortcake is going to be a god-awful video game)
It's true. Andy Serkis did act out each of Gollum's scenes during principal photograpy (he was on the set, doing acting in place of the CGI, but doing what it was to do). After this, he went over each scene a second time! This second time was for the motion capture. During all of this, each of Andy's actions were used to make Gollum's actions. I see no reason why this is different from acting with a costume or mask on.
Acceleration of Gravity
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because the robot is accelerating at 9.8 ft/sec?(physics was a long time ago).
Just to clarify, the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 meters/second squared. Acceleration in the Metric system is measured in this unit becuase acceleration is velocity's (meters per second) change over time, therefore it is meters per second per second or meters per second squared.
They are doing so in Washington, DC and in state capitols, where the technology crowd is weakest and most clueless.
It is even clear to the media that much of the Government is clueless, yet they still pass such legislation as the DMCA etc. Ignorance is one of our worst enemies.
That has happened a lot to me.
With only one computer I had to figure out what the beeps meant, to fix the computer, to go to the website, to find out what the beeps meant. Boy is that annoying.
Why would hardware manufacturers sell products that can be much faster and therefore better, and then continually "upgrade" them and sell them again? It seems like one big scam, to try to get the population to keep on upgrading. Rediculous.
I have always thought that downloading music helps music sales overall. I personally (even though I have a CD burner) always purchased new CDs after listening downloaded music, if I like it. Now, I can hear all the songs on a CD, before buying.
There is a big reason for this, and Lucas has already identified it. Back in the original trilogy, we never really got to see a Jedi fight in the prime of his life. We saw someone who was
"more machine, now, than man", some undertrained teenager, and a very old Obi Wan. There were never any full strength and skill Jedi fighting.
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Well, you are correct in saying that Wolf3D was first, but Doom was by far, more popular and widespread. There wasn't a kid in North America who hadn't heard of it, and Wolf3D, while being cultishly classic, was not nearly as well known. So, while it may have started the FPS genre, it Doom popularized it and made it mainstream.
How can the fact that the two Johns split up be a negative part of the book. I mean, would the book be better if it WEREN'T accurate, and lied about it? Of course not. That is just how things worked out, so I think it can hardly be seen as a negative aspect of the book.
Is it excellent because it's a great book, or because it's being reviewed on Slashdot?
The website says that it will be released in Late 2003, meanwhile, the site itself is not complete (many links say In Two Weeks, etc) AND there are no pictures of the device at all. The good news is, I hear it's shipping with Duke Nukem Forever.
...how long it takes for this to: -boot linux -act completely as a regular box (ie, running a real OS) For the price, I would buy it if someone could get Linux to run on it.
If there's one thing I can say about the colleges who did this, it's that I have respect for them. By not backing down and not giving into the demands of coporate america, they are setting a precedent for others, and are showing that we are not all going to bow to them. Respect.
Everything windows will cost you. The setup you are looking at will be about $1200/box for the software alone. Look into an open source solution. Also, wherever you can, make a beowulf cluster. It doesn't have to be the most efficient solution, it just has to be beowulf.
This is always a good thing for social engineering. Take, for example, this conversation, taken from real life, (not a movie called "Hackers").
*phone rings and gaurd picks up*
Gaurd: Security, Norm speaking.
Dade: Norman? This is Jimmy Tanner speaking. Norm, do you know anything about computers?
Gaurd: Uhhhh... Uhhhhhh..
Dade: Well, Norm, my B.L.T. drive just went A.W.O.L. and I have a big project due for mr. Kawasaki, and if I don't get it in he's going to commit Harry Karry on me.
Gaurd: Uhhhhhhhh...*mumbles*
Dade: Well, you know these Japanese management types. Norm could you read me the numbers off the modem?
Gaurd: uhhhhh....
Dade: It's a little boxy thing with switches.
Gaurd: *reads numbers*
See? Tech jargon is supposed to be confusing so hackers can take over TV stations with hapless security gaurds.
The articles states that SETI@home has a whopping 54 teraflops of computing power. This is an unfathomable number of cpu cycles, and guess what, it is alled used FOR FREE! This is a great example of how a community of users is willing to sacrifice something (unused cpu cycles and small amounts of bandwidth) to meet some great future goal (contact with extraterrestrials). Did I mention it is FREE? I wonder how much money researchers could save or use in a better fashion if they all used distributed computing instead of expensive (super)computers. Some already have done this, and I know that there are distributed efforts currently processing ways to fight cancer and aids.
I live near Toronto, and there were celebrations all day today, and today was the first day that Canada's Wonderland was filled to near capacity. Holding a seasons pass this year, my delight at seeing SARS gone is kind of put off by the longer lines at the theme park. Don't get me wrong, it is a great thing, but... a two minute line up to get on Drop Zone is a tough thing to give up.
This is just really awful. A huge call out for Script Kiddies of the world to unite. Terrible.
*shakes head*
*looks around*
*starts researching latest exploits*
*runs*
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this yet, but a tablet pc may be the way to go, if you must have diagrams and easy to write notes and lectures. I know MS is not really popular in these parts, but the Digital Ink that they developed (I think...) is a godsend. Its like having a binder, except heavier, easier to organize, and with wireless Net access if your College/University has the appropriate hardware.
No doubt your time is worth more than the price to see it. But are you really sitting at your computer watching the progress bar slowly increase? Doubtful. IMHO, it is not sad to start the download then take off for a little while, to return to a low-res, crap copy of a box office smash hit.
Actually, if it is Slashdotted, then the file will download faster. In the case of P2P, especially with a system such as Bitorrent where you are forced to upload, more users generally means faster speed.
This guy WANTS agents? Dude, all they do is try to kill Neo et all. Man, we should stop all future AI projects now, this guy wants AGENTS!!
Although the joke is funny, I have to disagree. I am not a self proclaimed nerd, but have been dubbed one by my peers. I spend lunches in the computer lab reading or coding, and I always take computer programming and do the best in the class. I also do pretty well in other classes. Despite all of this "nerdy" behaviour, I have yet to be beat up over it. Some friends of mine jokingly call me the nerd of nerds, and there are a few stoners who'll punch me in the hallways before going out for some more pot, but other than this, life in high school is not too bad.
Than again, I live in Canada.
So what they should do is simply put a little text at the bottom of the picture criticizing the game. (IE Strawberry Shortcake is going to be a god-awful video game)
It's true. Andy Serkis did act out each of Gollum's scenes during principal photograpy (he was on the set, doing acting in place of the CGI, but doing what it was to do). After this, he went over each scene a second time! This second time was for the motion capture. During all of this, each of Andy's actions were used to make Gollum's actions. I see no reason why this is different from acting with a costume or mask on.
Just to clarify, the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 meters/second squared. Acceleration in the Metric system is measured in this unit becuase acceleration is velocity's (meters per second) change over time, therefore it is meters per second per second or meters per second squared.
That has happened a lot to me. With only one computer I had to figure out what the beeps meant, to fix the computer, to go to the website, to find out what the beeps meant. Boy is that annoying.
Why would hardware manufacturers sell products that can be much faster and therefore better, and then continually "upgrade" them and sell them again? It seems like one big scam, to try to get the population to keep on upgrading. Rediculous.
I have always thought that downloading music helps music sales overall. I personally (even though I have a CD burner) always purchased new CDs after listening downloaded music, if I like it. Now, I can hear all the songs on a CD, before buying.
There is a big reason for this, and Lucas has already identified it. Back in the original trilogy, we never really got to see a Jedi fight in the prime of his life. We saw someone who was "more machine, now, than man", some undertrained teenager, and a very old Obi Wan. There were never any full strength and skill Jedi fighting.