Are you sure about that? I mean, EULA's of other gams are quite specific about modded content...usually the company can use your mod without your consent (although they do mention that they'll try and contact you).
Oh, man, be happy Hollywood hasn't yet butchered Akira...if they change philosopher into sorceror, there is no way in any of the nine hells that they'd be able to get the ending right.
Anyway, I'm still trying to get my hands on a copy of the live action Wicked City...I once saw an add for it, but I've never come across the movie anywhere:(
First off, it's a government the US helped establish in the first place. Furthermore, only a democratic government which was put in place by the Iraqi people onstead of the US military has any chance of even getting the neighbouring states/kindoms to glance in that direction...and with the rebuilding contracts going out-of-country and a provisional government led by someone with those qualifications...not a hope in hell. But most likely the bombing of at least 2000 civilians more than got killed in the WTC the US has only bred more hatred throughout the middle east.
Anyway, considering 18(?) of the 20 terrorists on those WTC planes were Saudi Arabian, wtf are you doing in Iraq?
As for Venezuala...have a look into what US policy has been towards it, and the repercussions of the lack of oil coming in from there.
Also, have a look at where the US gets it's oil from and what it pays for it. I really reccomend you do your homework. Maybe start at the OPEC site and move from there.
A while back, on Wired or maybe/., there was an article about a leaked email from a woman who had gone to the World Economic Forum to "hobnob with the rich and powerfull".
Later on, this purlitzer prize winning author said that, yes, that email was hers (and a whole lot more on privacy issues besides).
But the scary thing is how accurate some of the quotes and observations in that email where.
The WTC attacks took down less than 3000 civilians and led to the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq with Syria on the way, as well as to the PATRIOT Act, huge problems in international relations and quite a few dead.
There went your "But they took out US civilians!" argument.
Not only that, but considering the military and the arms industry lied tremendously (a fifty percent(!) lie) ten years ago, don't you think they're doing the same thing now? Especially if knowing that it's the guy who could do it cheapest is the one who built those things?
I'm pro privacy, but not the extreme some here are.
As for your points, well first of all I'm not up on that US law...I read the Patriot act and I stopped afterwards:)
Point 2: so? It's a rather dumb tabboo anyway, not talking 'bout what you make.
3. It is exactly for those reasons why salaries should be made public.
4. Well, the first three are basically taxes...these pay for education, mail, healthcare and whatnot...you're talking taxfraud, while I say it's your moral obligation to pay for the (potential) benefits you'll recieve (like clean water and mental patients not having to roam the streets). Then there's the telemarketers...they have your adress anyway, what do you think giving them the hight of your salary is going to do which they aren't already? At least you'll get to say no to offers you can afford. Spammers; same difference.
And posting my paystub on the internet is something different from having open accounting.
Not only that but they hardly did it in secret. I knew of this years ago, even thought of joining 'em for my working study...but then I discovered how impossible it is to get a greencard for something like that: you need one to work, but you have to have work ready to get one...Rosarian would be proud.
If those things are out in the open, the employees can make management change it. Sure, it'll make things tense in the short term but that's how it should be if the idiot son is making a fortune while screwing up the company, or if management is shortchanging the workforce. But when it gets fixed morale will increase.
OTOH, if they're hidden, no-one knows and the company can sink without the employees even knowing why.
If I found a file with salary records, I'd pass 'em around too. I still have not heard a single good reason to keep that information for only the accountant and CEO to see.
Not only would open accounting force a company to be honest about what it does financially, but it would also be a potential morale boost to the staff (and that's even when the company is down in the hole...openness means understanding and makes people work together). Plus it would put an end to the stupidity of male-female salary inequities...like work would mean like payment and any extra pay would have to be defended on the basis of what that person brings extra to the company, as it should be.
"The proposed bills generally prohibit four categories of activity: (1) Possession, development, distribution or use of any "communication device" in connection with a communication service without the express authorization of the service provider. (2) Concealing the origin or destination of any communication from the communication service provider. (3) Possession, development, distribution or use of any "unlawful access device." (4) Preparation or publication of any "plans or instructions" for making any device, having reason to know that such a device will be used to violate the other prohibitions."
ad 1: so if I buy a new cell phone, I have to ask my service provider for written permission if I can use it? (this'll make more sence to those using sim-cards on a gsm network)
ad 2: BLAM! There goes the vaunted anonimity of the internet, and with it the implied freedom of anonimous speech (without which you have no true freedom of speech). Not only that, but there go many of the natural security features the 'net has develooped.
ad 3: There goes the option of making or using that mobile phone I was talking about...you're now legally vendor locked in to the handset you use.
ad 4: well, this is bad in and of itself; there goes the method by which mechanical and electrical knowledge gets passed on in the communications field. But the real kicker is the last part. You could say that it works out to: if you're in the telco biz, and you think up a device which could hide it's location/point of origin. Now, good telco sheep that you are, you publish this so telco's can secure against such a device...but that would be in violation of the law, as you sure as hell have 'reason to believe' that if ever that document came out it could be used to make such a device!
So in that last part, this law kind of self-destructs itself, even appart from being a piece of total crap.
I did RTFA, and what got me most about the Tombraider part was that this GameGirl isn't really a gamer at all: she's influenced by what the press says, and didn't play Tombraider at all!
I mean, Tombraider was a good game. Even if you replace ms Croft with a stickfigure, the game was actually good and groundbreaking at the time. To streer clear of it just because the press mentioned boobies tells me that this girl just doesn't appreciate games for the sake of games.
And yeah, I've read quite a few of the articles there...they're mostly interesting and at least thought provoking, but it's also politicising and buzzword compliant. It just seems to me at times that GameGirl is more interested in everything around the game, with the exception of the actual game itself.
You know, I think Lucas did something incredibly smart. 1. Jar Jar is obviously going to die; he gets built up in Ep.I and is set up for the fall in Ep.II. 2. Now, when all the geeks hear Jar-Jar will die in Ep.III, they storm to the cinema's in even greater numbers than George lost for Ep.I and II to watch Jar Jar buy the renderfarm. 3. ??? 4. Profit!!!
No, that's not just wireframing...that's smoothed (=tesselated, probably at +1 itterations) and lighted mesh/poly/nurbs geometry. And for screening mocap data, I'd guess it's anything from 3000 to 10.000 polygons (I'd do 5-10.000 [depending on the hardware available] for a single character...which mocap usually is).
This is very usefull, and has been around for a while. And that's all the article is...old news for those who do stuff even related to the field.
Take for example Gollum. They do his scenes three times: once with the actors in the scene, minus Gollum. Then they run through it again with Mr Perkins(?) as Golum in it. Then once again with only Gollum.
No in the second and third time the scene is done, the motion capture setup is stuck on him, and feeds the mocap data directly to the computer. They hook up a skeleton to the data and wiegh a mesh onto that. Then every move made by Perkins (is that his name?) will move the figure onscreen. They just play it back when he's done and crit it.
You could do a lot more, but usually other digital effects (like for example an AT-AT in the distance) are added in post...you could have the AT-AT in the scene, but that means having to know all your camera movements to the millimeter too far in advance and having to set that up. And usually it's easier to adjust the data to the scene later than to have the actors adjust to the cg.
I've done this quite a while back, about a month after the IIIc came out. Used a VNC proggy from Palmgear over my Nokia 7110's IrDA port to phone home.
The only problem now is that I have broadband, so I can't dial into my PC:) So maybe the article is news:)
I think technically they can, but I don't think they do. I've seen plans for tiny scanning lasers (for docking alignment) on one of nasa's many websites, and loads of other stuff to boot. There's also a host of other reserach papers available online.
I absolutely agree with you: I'm just real surprised that voice chat hasn't been introduced on a AAA tittle for the PC (no, Marathon doesn't count...it was released too long ago). If even only for the broadband segment...and I'd even say voicechat could be a killer app driving more broadband adoption.
As for channel spammers, that's what personel ban-lists are for.
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Are you sure about that? I mean, EULA's of other gams are quite specific about modded content...usually the company can use your mod without your consent (although they do mention that they'll try and contact you).
Nah, but the interest will make your grandkids rich by the time DNF does come out :)
Or does DARPA have him beat with prior art?
Oh, man, be happy Hollywood hasn't yet butchered Akira...if they change philosopher into sorceror, there is no way in any of the nine hells that they'd be able to get the ending right.
:(
Anyway, I'm still trying to get my hands on a copy of the live action Wicked City...I once saw an add for it, but I've never come across the movie anywhere
's been done...you can drive the Mach 5, that's the funky, curved white cartoon one and theres even the TMNTurtles van! :)
There's still US soldiers in Afghanistan. How long ago was that?
First off, it's a government the US helped establish in the first place.
Furthermore, only a democratic government which was put in place by the Iraqi people onstead of the US military has any chance of even getting the neighbouring states/kindoms to glance in that direction...and with the rebuilding contracts going out-of-country and a provisional government led by someone with those qualifications...not a hope in hell.
But most likely the bombing of at least 2000 civilians more than got killed in the WTC the US has only bred more hatred throughout the middle east.
Anyway, considering 18(?) of the 20 terrorists on those WTC planes were Saudi Arabian, wtf are you doing in Iraq?
As for Venezuala...have a look into what US policy has been towards it, and the repercussions of the lack of oil coming in from there.
Also, have a look at where the US gets it's oil from and what it pays for it. I really reccomend you do your homework. Maybe start at the OPEC site and move from there.
A while back, on Wired or maybe /., there was an article about a leaked email from a woman who had gone to the World Economic Forum to "hobnob with the rich and powerfull".
Later on, this purlitzer prize winning author said that, yes, that email was hers (and a whole lot more on privacy issues besides).
But the scary thing is how accurate some of the quotes and observations in that email where.
What a wonderfull statement.
The WTC attacks took down less than 3000 civilians and led to the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq with Syria on the way, as well as to the PATRIOT Act, huge problems in international relations and quite a few dead.
There went your "But they took out US civilians!" argument.
Not only that, but considering the military and the arms industry lied tremendously (a fifty percent(!) lie) ten years ago, don't you think they're doing the same thing now?
Especially if knowing that it's the guy who could do it cheapest is the one who built those things?
HEh...maybe even Silvestri from Image comics can claim this infringes on Wetworks :)
Here's just hoping that this movie has the style of the first 7 or 8 issues rather than what came after.
I'm pro privacy, but not the extreme some here are.
:)
As for your points, well first of all I'm not up on that US law...I read the Patriot act and I stopped afterwards
Point 2: so? It's a rather dumb tabboo anyway, not talking 'bout what you make.
3. It is exactly for those reasons why salaries should be made public.
4. Well, the first three are basically taxes...these pay for education, mail, healthcare and whatnot...you're talking taxfraud, while I say it's your moral obligation to pay for the (potential) benefits you'll recieve (like clean water and mental patients not having to roam the streets).
Then there's the telemarketers...they have your adress anyway, what do you think giving them the hight of your salary is going to do which they aren't already? At least you'll get to say no to offers you can afford. Spammers; same difference.
And posting my paystub on the internet is something different from having open accounting.
Rtfa? RTFA!?! What A!? I only saw a smoking hole where a website used to be!
Not only that but they hardly did it in secret. I knew of this years ago, even thought of joining 'em for my working study...but then I discovered how impossible it is to get a greencard for something like that: you need one to work, but you have to have work ready to get one...Rosarian would be proud.
And that is the exact point!
If those things are out in the open, the employees can make management change it. Sure, it'll make things tense in the short term but that's how it should be if the idiot son is making a fortune while screwing up the company, or if management is shortchanging the workforce. But when it gets fixed morale will increase.
OTOH, if they're hidden, no-one knows and the company can sink without the employees even knowing why.
If I found a file with salary records, I'd pass 'em around too. I still have not heard a single good reason to keep that information for only the accountant and CEO to see.
Not only would open accounting force a company to be honest about what it does financially, but it would also be a potential morale boost to the staff (and that's even when the company is down in the hole...openness means understanding and makes people work together). Plus it would put an end to the stupidity of male-female salary inequities...like work would mean like payment and any extra pay would have to be defended on the basis of what that person brings extra to the company, as it should be.
"The proposed bills generally prohibit four categories of activity:
(1) Possession, development, distribution or use of any "communication device" in connection with a communication service without the express authorization of the service provider.
(2) Concealing the origin or destination of any communication from the communication service provider.
(3) Possession, development, distribution or use of any "unlawful access device."
(4) Preparation or publication of any "plans or instructions" for making any device, having reason to know that such a device will be used to violate the other prohibitions."
ad 1: so if I buy a new cell phone, I have to ask my service provider for written permission if I can use it? (this'll make more sence to those using sim-cards on a gsm network)
ad 2: BLAM! There goes the vaunted anonimity of the internet, and with it the implied freedom of anonimous speech (without which you have no true freedom of speech). Not only that, but there go many of the natural security features the 'net has develooped.
ad 3: There goes the option of making or using that mobile phone I was talking about...you're now legally vendor locked in to the handset you use.
ad 4: well, this is bad in and of itself; there goes the method by which mechanical and electrical knowledge gets passed on in the communications field. But the real kicker is the last part. You could say that it works out to: if you're in the telco biz, and you think up a device which could hide it's location/point of origin. Now, good telco sheep that you are, you publish this so telco's can secure against such a device...but that would be in violation of the law, as you sure as hell have 'reason to believe' that if ever that document came out it could be used to make such a device!
So in that last part, this law kind of self-destructs itself, even appart from being a piece of total crap.
I kinda want to agree with you, but playing a huge hulk of burned decaying meat in Planescape: Torment was just too good an experience.
Kinda goes to show that it's all about the story and the justification moreso than what we percieve ourselves to want.
I did RTFA, and what got me most about the Tombraider part was that this GameGirl isn't really a gamer at all: she's influenced by what the press says, and didn't play Tombraider at all!
I mean, Tombraider was a good game. Even if you replace ms Croft with a stickfigure, the game was actually good and groundbreaking at the time. To streer clear of it just because the press mentioned boobies tells me that this girl just doesn't appreciate games for the sake of games.
And yeah, I've read quite a few of the articles there...they're mostly interesting and at least thought provoking, but it's also politicising and buzzword compliant.
It just seems to me at times that GameGirl is more interested in everything around the game, with the exception of the actual game itself.
You know, I think Lucas did something incredibly smart.
1. Jar Jar is obviously going to die; he gets built up in Ep.I and is set up for the fall in Ep.II.
2. Now, when all the geeks hear Jar-Jar will die in Ep.III, they storm to the cinema's in even greater numbers than George lost for Ep.I and II to watch Jar Jar buy the renderfarm.
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
No, that's not just wireframing...that's smoothed (=tesselated, probably at +1 itterations) and lighted mesh/poly/nurbs geometry. And for screening mocap data, I'd guess it's anything from 3000 to 10.000 polygons (I'd do 5-10.000 [depending on the hardware available] for a single character...which mocap usually is).
This is very usefull, and has been around for a while.
And that's all the article is...old news for those who do stuff even related to the field.
It's not entirely done like that, AFAIK.
Take for example Gollum. They do his scenes three times: once with the actors in the scene, minus Gollum. Then they run through it again with Mr Perkins(?) as Golum in it. Then once again with only Gollum.
No in the second and third time the scene is done, the motion capture setup is stuck on him, and feeds the mocap data directly to the computer. They hook up a skeleton to the data and wiegh a mesh onto that. Then every move made by Perkins (is that his name?) will move the figure onscreen. They just play it back when he's done and crit it.
You could do a lot more, but usually other digital effects (like for example an AT-AT in the distance) are added in post...you could have the AT-AT in the scene, but that means having to know all your camera movements to the millimeter too far in advance and having to set that up. And usually it's easier to adjust the data to the scene later than to have the actors adjust to the cg.
I've done this quite a while back, about a month after the IIIc came out. Used a VNC proggy from Palmgear over my Nokia 7110's IrDA port to phone home.
:) So maybe the article is news :)
The only problem now is that I have broadband, so I can't dial into my PC
Damn, I missed a perfect oppertunity to use the word 'plethora' :)
I think technically they can, but I don't think they do.
I've seen plans for tiny scanning lasers (for docking alignment) on one of nasa's many websites, and loads of other stuff to boot. There's also a host of other reserach papers available online.
I absolutely agree with you: I'm just real surprised that voice chat hasn't been introduced on a AAA tittle for the PC (no, Marathon doesn't count...it was released too long ago). If even only for the broadband segment...and I'd even say voicechat could be a killer app driving more broadband adoption.
As for channel spammers, that's what personel ban-lists are for.