Re:Just wait for the game with this feature...
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"When CPU's will become fast enough to use this level of learning on the fly, it will be great for gamers. Maybe the enemies don't have to learn walking, but learning strategy is a different thing."
No, make the bots start from scratch, that way a new player can get use to the controls by shoot fish in a barrel(literally?) and as the bots evolve, so will the players skill in shooting and hunting them... it could work.:)
"The X-Wings, Y-Wings, A-Wings and B-Wings can be seen in the movies, so "official" designs exist already. The E-Wing is found in the comics, and I think the V-Wing is also somewhere in the expanded universe, so it exists in a "semi-official" way."
There are few places on this planet where a person would have as thurough an answer as that, Slashdot is one of them.:)
"But what he *really* wants... and this is the part that I find amusing - he wants this thing to have a phone jack in it.
For two reasons - the first reason is so that he can put a phone line into it and record conversations. For some reason he thinks that there is a large demand for this, just because he wants it."
universal package system? Darwin, Fink and Gentoo are working together to make a shared package system.
Since everyone says, well since it is Unix-like, it probably only takes a recompile to port from X to Y... well, why not have a sourve based package system, and get the BSD's, Fink, Darwin, and Linux to jump on board? a simpel 'install' or 'make' script and BLAM, life is SO much easier.
WORST example EVER. 2 lines in gentoo(cd to the ports dir, and make update) compred to 20 freaking lines you posted where you have to edit a file, make a directory and other crap that i don't want, or should have, to do.
Ports in freebsd are cool. But updating packages installed, and updating the whole system, are two very cool things i would like to see.
This will be great for Apple now, but pissing off Adobe even more is going to do what? Push them away! How pissed off do you want Adobe to be when they make very popular pro-level applications(photoshop comes to mind)? How many ways does Apple have to undercut third-party developers because they think they can home grow a better product?
In a niche market like Apple, where pro-level applications keep you in the game and bring credibility to your platform, you can only piss off and drive away so many developers.
" If you meet anyone that has worked at NeXT and ask them if they had custom software they developed, in-house solely, that still is ahead of most commercial software and they said no, they'd be lying to you.
We had some of the most kickass stuff. I got at least 3 times as much productivity daily than I do now."
ok, that was a superb teaser, and you made me want to hunt down an NeXT employee... but could you PLEASE give me some examples while i hunt these developers down? anything at all, really, i just need a quick fix!
At the end days of the Napster scene, i was completlely convinced that file-sharing was going to die.... then i discovered kazaa, which put(in many ways) napster to shame.
I have since ended my stint of trading... but don't think that taking down traders or software that they use will stop them... it is just a matter of time before the files are encrypted when sent(if the record industry tried to break the encryption, they would violate the DMCA) and ip addresses are hidden and the whole thing becomes one big shadow of a black market...
"How do do it? Firebird release, AOL style! You build a custom CD image with firebird set up in the most friendly way, perhaps with a quick tutorial explaining what tabs are and how popups are blocked."
700mb of storage and you want to dump ONE open browser on there? Openoffice.org would fit nicely on that cd, you know. and how about GNUCash or something, for when tax season comes around?
if this Dean character, who from the posts sounds like a politician i might agree with, is tied for nomination of the Democratic party, he IS a serious contender....
In reality(don't hate me, it is true), 3rd party candidates arn't going to win the Presidency, so it is either the Dems or the Repubs... if Dean is tied for nomination with the Dems, then he has, say, a 50/50 shot at the nomination... assuming the Republicans are split on two guys also, that gives Dean a 25% chance of winning the Presidential election... Pretty serious contender to me.
Yes, the numbers aren't very scientific, but you get the idea
" This article reminds me of something else I read - that the DOE is currently paying good money for people to help design a warning for Yucca Mountain (the giant nuclear storage facility out in Nevada). That one has to last as much as 100,000 years, albeight it has to store a lot less information (stay the F*** out)."
The cool thing about that project is, they can't say "stay the f*** out" because in 100,000 years people won't be speaking english, or if they somehow did, it would have evolved so much that the warning wouldn't mean anything... This project has to use nonverbal, non-language based warnings, something that would scare you away....
i am actually reminded of Planet of the Apes, with all the scarecrow looking guys were hangin to warn apes away from the forbidden land....
" And I love reading history, and wars make for some of the best history. But is anyone else in the US bothered by how we seem absolutely enveloped by The Holiness and Greatness and Glory of Our Military? It's near worshipful (aka Idolatry). And I don't even watch Fox news."
What bothers me is that you would refer to a war as 'some of the best history'... You, my friend, are very wrong. Wars are some of the WORST of our history, where thousands upon millions have died.
"...concentrate on a small number of bullet-proof applications...few, easily used and bullet proof set of applications...a core set of programs which are bullet proof"
Ok, you want a set of programs that come on the cd that don't overlap, as in, 1 office suite(not 2), a media player, 1 text editor... So the distrobution picks the cream of the crop in each software category, and puts that and only that on their distro. Note, that you want that feature for all 3 desktops.
You also want things to be plug and play. i assume that means, both hardware add/remove along with software (dependency checking, graphical install/uninstall, etc.)
Well, knoppix, along with others have the auto-hardware(i have heard something like 3 different libraries are available). some distros have auto-dependency, and those that don't will get it soon enough. The core set of programs? Well, it is improving.:)
" In Harry Potter, you've got such a range of made-up terms, words which are invented by the author, some of which need to be given translations, that you can't expect individual translators working on five-page sections to be able to maintain any kind of consistency."
Yes, that is very true, but from the post " Every volunteer works on five pages, with the aid of a Potter-specific dictionary..." so the translators will have a central repository for translating those funny words the author uses. Hope that helps.:)
you want self repairing remote controlled robots, the size of which must fit on your table, that are strong enough to battle against each other, all by being controlled by wireless internet via your home pc... and you want this for under 10 dollars?
I think I heard of a guy you should talk to... something about ocean-front property in arizona, or somesuch thing.:)
"They're just experimenting now -- testing the waters."
Yes, that is an idea... Or maybe they know NOONE will buy this cd, but if they make it 'EXCLUSIVE' to ITMS, then someone will be wooed by it, and buy it... they are using the same trick the movie industries does when they re-release a 6-month old dvd with 'Added Bonus Footage'... people will fall for it, the industry knows it.
is this someone on slashdot defending Microsoft AND getting modded up?
You know, you might want to consider the possibility that Microsoft might have actually broken the rules the judge handed them and that Mass. trying to get those rules enforced.
" yeah, but anyone who felt so inclined could run a quake3 server, which probably isn't going to be the case with console online games."
xbox live lets you run your own game server. atleast on some games.
Re:Gnumeric _does_ support Open/StarOffice format
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how about we (the open source office apps) do what we have been talking about, (i think OOo has started this) and move to a common, XML, buzzword based fileformat, so we wouldn't have to save in OOo or gnumeric or kword formats rather in the opentext format, openspread format, etc...
come on people, we complain that proprietary software should use common protocols and standards rather than closed, proprietary ones, but we are doing the same thing by not sharing fileformats across a compe standard!
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"When CPU's will become fast enough to use this level of learning on the fly, it will be great for gamers. Maybe the enemies don't have to learn walking, but learning strategy is a different thing."
:)
No, make the bots start from scratch, that way a new player can get use to the controls by shoot fish in a barrel(literally?) and as the bots evolve, so will the players skill in shooting and hunting them... it could work.
" A purchase is necessary to win.. you need a copy of MS Windows. Wouldn't this constitute an illegal lottery."
:)
Ya, but who actually BUYS Windows anyway?
"The X-Wings, Y-Wings, A-Wings and B-Wings can be seen in the movies, so "official" designs exist already. The E-Wing is found in the comics, and I think the V-Wing is also somewhere in the expanded universe, so it exists in a "semi-official" way."
:)
There are few places on this planet where a person would have as thurough an answer as that, Slashdot is one of them.
they have compact flash modems... that might help you out? :/
universal package system?
Darwin, Fink and Gentoo are working together to make a shared package system.
Since everyone says, well since it is Unix-like, it probably only takes a recompile to port from X to Y... well, why not have a sourve based package system, and get the BSD's, Fink, Darwin, and Linux to jump on board? a simpel 'install' or 'make' script and BLAM, life is SO much easier.
WORST example EVER. 2 lines in gentoo(cd to the ports dir, and make update) compred to 20 freaking lines you posted where you have to edit a file, make a directory and other crap that i don't want, or should have, to do.
Ports in freebsd are cool. But updating packages installed, and updating the whole system, are two very cool things i would like to see.
"But in truth, this is no more remarkable than the fact that there are 100s if not 1000s of different flavors of GNU/Linux."
but how many linux distros have forked the kernel, rather than just repackaging/patching the standard kernel?
This will be great for Apple now, but pissing off Adobe even more is going to do what? Push them away! How pissed off do you want Adobe to be when they make very popular pro-level applications(photoshop comes to mind)? How many ways does Apple have to undercut third-party developers because they think they can home grow a better product?
In a niche market like Apple, where pro-level applications keep you in the game and bring credibility to your platform, you can only piss off and drive away so many developers.
" If you meet anyone that has worked at NeXT and ask them if they had custom software they developed, in-house solely, that still is ahead of most commercial software and they said no, they'd be lying to you.
We had some of the most kickass stuff. I got at least 3 times as much productivity daily than I do now."
ok, that was a superb teaser, and you made me want to hunt down an NeXT employee... but could you PLEASE give me some examples while i hunt these developers down? anything at all, really, i just need a quick fix!
exactly!
At the end days of the Napster scene, i was completlely convinced that file-sharing was going to die.... then i discovered kazaa, which put(in many ways) napster to shame.
I have since ended my stint of trading... but don't think that taking down traders or software that they use will stop them... it is just a matter of time before the files are encrypted when sent(if the record industry tried to break the encryption, they would violate the DMCA) and ip addresses are hidden and the whole thing becomes one big shadow of a black market...
They couldn't stop them if they tried.
Ya, but acording to this screenshot... It may be a even WORSE user interface.
"How do do it? Firebird release, AOL style! You build a custom CD image with firebird set up in the most friendly way, perhaps with a quick tutorial explaining what tabs are and how popups are blocked."
700mb of storage and you want to dump ONE open browser on there? Openoffice.org would fit nicely on that cd, you know. and how about GNUCash or something, for when tax season comes around?
if this Dean character, who from the posts sounds like a politician i might agree with, is tied for nomination of the Democratic party, he IS a serious contender....
In reality(don't hate me, it is true), 3rd party candidates arn't going to win the Presidency, so it is either the Dems or the Repubs... if Dean is tied for nomination with the Dems, then he has, say, a 50/50 shot at the nomination... assuming the Republicans are split on two guys also, that gives Dean a 25% chance of winning the Presidential election... Pretty serious contender to me.
Yes, the numbers aren't very scientific, but you get the idea
"One 4x4, stolen, never recovered, $10,000 loss, insurance settlement was a joke after months of haggling and threatening to sue."
I am sorry for you getting ripped off... But if it was such a joke of a settlement, then shouldn't you back up your threat and actually SUE them?
" This article reminds me of something else I read - that the DOE is currently paying good money for people to help design a warning for Yucca Mountain (the giant nuclear storage facility out in Nevada). That one has to last as much as 100,000 years, albeight it has to store a lot less information (stay the F*** out)."
The cool thing about that project is, they can't say "stay the f*** out" because in 100,000 years people won't be speaking english, or if they somehow did, it would have evolved so much that the warning wouldn't mean anything... This project has to use nonverbal, non-language based warnings, something that would scare you away....
i am actually reminded of Planet of the Apes, with all the scarecrow looking guys were hangin to warn apes away from the forbidden land....
" And I love reading history, and wars make for some of the best history. But is anyone else in the US bothered by how we seem absolutely enveloped by The Holiness and Greatness and Glory of Our Military? It's near worshipful (aka Idolatry). And I don't even watch Fox news."
What bothers me is that you would refer to a war as 'some of the best history'... You, my friend, are very wrong. Wars are some of the WORST of our history, where thousands upon millions have died.
heh, what is even worse is when some new kid comes and says he is "running Unix 4.8" .... *shiver*
"If you've disabled your phone line, why would an incoming call cause a shock? Shouldn't that be the point of disabling it?"
Maybe that is why Sony is recalling them?
"...concentrate on a small number of bullet-proof applications...few, easily used and bullet proof set of applications...a core set of programs which are bullet proof"
:)
Ok, you want a set of programs that come on the cd that don't overlap, as in, 1 office suite(not 2), a media player, 1 text editor... So the distrobution picks the cream of the crop in each software category, and puts that and only that on their distro. Note, that you want that feature for all 3 desktops.
You also want things to be plug and play. i assume that means, both hardware add/remove along with software (dependency checking, graphical install/uninstall, etc.)
Well, knoppix, along with others have the auto-hardware(i have heard something like 3 different libraries are available). some distros have auto-dependency, and those that don't will get it soon enough. The core set of programs? Well, it is improving.
" In Harry Potter, you've got such a range of made-up terms, words which are invented by the author, some of which need to be given translations, that you can't expect individual translators working on five-page sections to be able to maintain any kind of consistency." Yes, that is very true, but from the post " Every volunteer works on five pages, with the aid of a Potter-specific dictionary..." so the translators will have a central repository for translating those funny words the author uses. Hope that helps. :)
you want self repairing remote controlled robots, the size of which must fit on your table, that are strong enough to battle against each other, all by being controlled by wireless internet via your home pc... and you want this for under 10 dollars?
:)
I think I heard of a guy you should talk to... something about ocean-front property in arizona, or somesuch thing.
"They're just experimenting now -- testing the waters."
Yes, that is an idea... Or maybe they know NOONE will buy this cd, but if they make it 'EXCLUSIVE' to ITMS, then someone will be wooed by it, and buy it... they are using the same trick the movie industries does when they re-release a 6-month old dvd with 'Added Bonus Footage'... people will fall for it, the industry knows it.
is this someone on slashdot defending Microsoft AND getting modded up?
You know, you might want to consider the possibility that Microsoft might have actually broken the rules the judge handed them and that Mass. trying to get those rules enforced.
" yeah, but anyone who felt so inclined could run a quake3 server, which probably isn't going to be the case with console online games."
xbox live lets you run your own game server. atleast on some games.
how about we (the open source office apps) do what we have been talking about, (i think OOo has started this) and move to a common, XML, buzzword based fileformat, so we wouldn't have to save in OOo or gnumeric or kword formats rather in the opentext format, openspread format, etc...
come on people, we complain that proprietary software should use common protocols and standards rather than closed, proprietary ones, but we are doing the same thing by not sharing fileformats across a compe standard!