I'm not saying they didn't achieve anything, but wouldn't it be worth it to stretch the timescale and perhaps invest a bit more money to make sure that things were up to the standard they should be?
Well, this: But the project faced severe time pressures and not all its components were tested to the complete satisfaction of its engineers. is another prime example imo. How many times as a CS student haven't I heard about time schedules and pressure. It's also kind of scary that they are willing to send out a probe like that without testing it to the "satisfaction of its engineers". That's a lot of wasted tax payers money.
Like most other professional sports out there? Don't you think you can both enjoy and work at the same time? A lot of professional athletes out there still love what they do, and professional gaming.. well, I don't see the huge difference from that and a "regular" sport (apart from the obvious).
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Opera has a browser for these kinds of devices that let you scroll down instead of up. Hopefully this can be just as good.
IIRC, there's a new version of SETI coming out where you can delegate percentage of the CPU to the various tasks. For example, 20% to aliens, 80% to cancer research and 20% to medically related researc. Anybody have any more info on this project?
I should perhaps have used the word totalitarian, but you are quite correct, there are very few (if any) communist countries that aren't totalitarian. It may be that the theory has nothing to do with it, but we've seen this happen in practice many many times.
It doesn't look like they're getting it yet. From the article: China has shut down more than 8,600 unlicensed Internet cafes for admitting juveniles since February. To bar minors from Internet cafes, local governments across China have been ordered not to approve any Internet cafe operations in residential areas or within 200 meters of primary and high schools.
They have high ambitions if they want to prevent any teenager from using the internet. Communism vs. Free speech?
Why would 2D be better than 3D ? From the article: For the first time in the Metal Slug series, the characters and game world will be drawn in 3D, which is natural considering the developers expect thousands of players to play the game simultaneously (it's hard to fit that many character sprites in a 2D plane, however long it is).
Jade Empire looks totally awesome I really had my doubts that the game will ship in Q4 2004, but seeing how sharp it is now makes me think that Jade Empire will indeed be released this year. If the other portions of the game live up to the BioWare standard then Jade Empire should be the best console game the company has ever created.
I love Bioware's games, and if this turns out to be the best they've ever created.. well.. wow
There are a lot of 'high order' dreams in the computing science. The CS holy grail of pocket, portable computing is only now coming to fruition (thank you Palm), but has been on the cards since at least the 60's as a design reference/specification. Go could've given us this in the late 1980's, early 90's. Microsofts' machinations, however, prevented that from happening.
I really have to disagree with you there. What would a pocket pc look like in the early 90's ? How effective would it be ? IMHO, it must have been limited on processor power and hardware more than the software. Besides, even as the article states, Go wasn't "going" until mid-1990 themselves, and even if they weren't held back by Microsoft they wouldn't have been able to release anything until 1 - 2 years later. Move your timescale a bit, and I agree more.
In the EU they may be forced to exclude Windows Media Player from the operating system in addition to heavy fines. I think they should be worried about both.
Have you even seen the video ? Does it look confusing at all ? It's basically a regular desktop with 3D features. I seriously don't see why you would lable it complex. The coding behind it is complex yes, but that doesn't mean the desktop is complex or difficult to use.
If you saw the video you'd notice that he talks about this being open source, or at least with an "open community". This being Sun, that probably means the Sun public license, but I still doubt they throw that much money at it.
Yes, it can drive a fundamental change, but right now it isn't one imho. Right now you more or less use the same tv's and stuff for that. Fundamental change would be something like a hologram. That's 3D. Making a "regular" tv look like 3D (cause it sure as hell isn't REAL 3D) is not a fundamental change in my opinion.
Most of the latest technologies are derivates of older ones. 3D screes, mobile phones with cameras etc etc. I guess it all comes down to how you define fundamental. Most of the gadgets are either as said derivatives or new places for old technology, for example a portable tv with hard-drive.
Exactly, I think the grandparent here misunderstood the entire thing. The new msn search engine will actually look more like Google does now. It's the MSN search engine that DOES display paid ads in with the search results. I hate browsing to page 2 to find the first relevant result.
I used it as an example, it's not my opinion nor a suggestion. Watching people coming from countries you are at war with is one thing, but what if they are just refugees ? In Norway we have a problem with refugees coming here without any form of identification. Should we just send them back ? According to the UN and human rights watch, that's not an option. And didn't most of the terrorist in the 9/11 attack have american or european citizenship ?
I know what a hashing algorithm is, my point was simply that if they use something like MD5, it can be brute forced, and given that they want to distribute this data more, it becomes easier to get hold of this data.
I agree with you on that, and this is also one of the problems with this. The government cannot just put all arabians on that list, cause it would be racist to do so, but should they put every american and european on that list ? Should they include all people with criminal records ? If so, are they sure that all terrorists have criminal records ? Picking the lucky ones, who will be on that list will perhaps be a task in itself.
Exactly. I mean, I wouldn't mind if a couple of false positives helped catch 1 terrorist. The problem becomes very large if the number of terrorists caught doesn't make up for the number of false positives. Besides, it would suck big time, if I, a Norwegian, were to visit the U.S. Then on my way back home, I'm picked as a false positive. My flight leaves in an hour, my girlfriend is let through, and I have to wait for perhaps 4 - 5 hours before they can finally confirm that I'm not a terrorist. These are the kind of annoyances I see as a huge f*cking problem with false positives.
His response was to invent ANNA ("NORA's little sister," he explains), a system that "anonymizes" data by an encryption technique called hashing. Because the data are scrambled, private records can be shared with the government and secret watch lists can be distributed to private entities, all without fear--because they can't be read
Although this is a step in the right direction, hashing algorithms can be brute forced right ? I mean, this information may be valid for years, a thing you did when you where 18 may still be there when you are 50. I don't think this data should be distributed much at all, even though it's encrypted.
I agree, you are off course correct that the makers of Final Fantasy have a luxury that many game makers don't have, money and a long history of game making. I have played FFX for more hours than I like to remember, and it's IMHO the greatest game ever created, mostly because, as you say, of the fantastic story. The authors of the article on topic here claimed that all games are about is graphics, and I very strongly disagree with that. It is an important factor, but would you really play a game that had no story, sucky gameplay but fantastic graphics for more than a couple of hours ? I sure as hell wouldn't.
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If that's not a substatial amount of money, why on earth didn't they use more and make sure the project succeeded?
I'm not saying they didn't achieve anything, but wouldn't it be worth it to stretch the timescale and perhaps invest a bit more money to make sure that things were up to the standard they should be?
Well, this: But the project faced severe time pressures and not all its components were tested to the complete satisfaction of its engineers. is another prime example imo. How many times as a CS student haven't I heard about time schedules and pressure. It's also kind of scary that they are willing to send out a probe like that without testing it to the "satisfaction of its engineers". That's a lot of wasted tax payers money.
Like most other professional sports out there?
Don't you think you can both enjoy and work at the same time? A lot of professional athletes out there still love what they do, and professional gaming.. well, I don't see the huge difference from that and a "regular" sport (apart from the obvious).
Opera has a browser for these kinds of devices that let you scroll down instead of up. Hopefully this can be just as good.
IIRC, there's a new version of SETI coming out where you can delegate percentage of the CPU to the various tasks. For example, 20% to aliens, 80% to cancer research and 20% to medically related researc.
Anybody have any more info on this project?
I should perhaps have used the word totalitarian, but you are quite correct, there are very few (if any) communist countries that aren't totalitarian. It may be that the theory has nothing to do with it, but we've seen this happen in practice many many times.
It doesn't look like they're getting it yet. From the article:
China has shut down more than 8,600 unlicensed Internet cafes for admitting juveniles since February. To bar minors from Internet cafes, local governments across China have been ordered not to approve any Internet cafe operations in residential areas or within 200 meters of primary and high schools.
They have high ambitions if they want to prevent any teenager from using the internet. Communism vs. Free speech?
I still don't see why you should want to do this. 3D is according to the article less work, and 3D looks better, even in a MMO game.
Why would 2D be better than 3D ? From the article:
For the first time in the Metal Slug series, the characters and game world will be drawn in 3D, which is natural considering the developers expect thousands of players to play the game simultaneously (it's hard to fit that many character sprites in a 2D plane, however long it is).
Jade Empire looks totally awesome
.. well .. wow
I really had my doubts that the game will ship in Q4 2004, but seeing how sharp it is now makes me think that Jade Empire will indeed be released this year. If the other portions of the game live up to the BioWare standard then Jade Empire should be the best console game the company has ever created.
I love Bioware's games, and if this turns out to be the best they've ever created
There are a lot of 'high order' dreams in the computing science. The CS holy grail of pocket, portable computing is only now coming to fruition (thank you Palm), but has been on the cards since at least the 60's as a design reference/specification. Go could've given us this in the late 1980's, early 90's. Microsofts' machinations, however, prevented that from happening.
I really have to disagree with you there. What would a pocket pc look like in the early 90's ? How effective would it be ?
IMHO, it must have been limited on processor power and hardware more than the software. Besides, even as the article states, Go wasn't "going" until mid-1990 themselves, and even if they weren't held back by Microsoft they wouldn't have been able to release anything until 1 - 2 years later. Move your timescale a bit, and I agree more.
In the EU they may be forced to exclude Windows Media Player from the operating system in addition to heavy fines. I think they should be worried about both.
Have you even seen the video ? Does it look confusing at all ?
It's basically a regular desktop with 3D features. I seriously don't see why you would lable it complex. The coding behind it is complex yes, but that doesn't mean the desktop is complex or difficult to use.
If you saw the video you'd notice that he talks about this being open source, or at least with an "open community". This being Sun, that probably means the Sun public license, but I still doubt they throw that much money at it.
Would a 3D desktop be more difficult to use ?
.. it's VERY easy to use as well.
There are more to it than just the desktop, but it sure is a start, and if you've tried Sun Java Desktop system
Yes, it can drive a fundamental change, but right now it isn't one imho. Right now you more or less use the same tv's and stuff for that. Fundamental change would be something like a hologram. That's 3D. Making a "regular" tv look like 3D (cause it sure as hell isn't REAL 3D) is not a fundamental change in my opinion.
Most of the latest technologies are derivates of older ones. 3D screes, mobile phones with cameras etc etc. I guess it all comes down to how you define fundamental. Most of the gadgets are either as said derivatives or new places for old technology, for example a portable tv with hard-drive.
Exactly, I think the grandparent here misunderstood the entire thing. The new msn search engine will actually look more like Google does now. It's the MSN search engine that DOES display paid ads in with the search results. I hate browsing to page 2 to find the first relevant result.
I used it as an example, it's not my opinion nor a suggestion.
Watching people coming from countries you are at war with is one thing, but what if they are just refugees ? In Norway we have a problem with refugees coming here without any form of identification. Should we just send them back ? According to the UN and human rights watch, that's not an option. And didn't most of the terrorist in the 9/11 attack have american or european citizenship ?
I know what a hashing algorithm is, my point was simply that if they use something like MD5, it can be brute forced, and given that they want to distribute this data more, it becomes easier to get hold of this data.
I agree with you on that, and this is also one of the problems with this. The government cannot just put all arabians on that list, cause it would be racist to do so, but should they put every american and european on that list ? Should they include all people with criminal records ? If so, are they sure that all terrorists have criminal records ? Picking the lucky ones, who will be on that list will perhaps be a task in itself.
Exactly. I mean, I wouldn't mind if a couple of false positives helped catch 1 terrorist. The problem becomes very large if the number of terrorists caught doesn't make up for the number of false positives. Besides, it would suck big time, if I, a Norwegian, were to visit the U.S. Then on my way back home, I'm picked as a false positive. My flight leaves in an hour, my girlfriend is let through, and I have to wait for perhaps 4 - 5 hours before they can finally confirm that I'm not a terrorist. These are the kind of annoyances I see as a huge f*cking problem with false positives.
His response was to invent ANNA ("NORA's little sister," he explains), a system that "anonymizes" data by an encryption technique called hashing. Because the data are scrambled, private records can be shared with the government and secret watch lists can be distributed to private entities, all without fear--because they can't be read
Although this is a step in the right direction, hashing algorithms can be brute forced right ?
I mean, this information may be valid for years, a thing you did when you where 18 may still be there when you are 50. I don't think this data should be distributed much at all, even though it's encrypted.
I agree, you are off course correct that the makers of Final Fantasy have a luxury that many game makers don't have, money and a long history of game making.
I have played FFX for more hours than I like to remember, and it's IMHO the greatest game ever created, mostly because, as you say, of the fantastic story. The authors of the article on topic here claimed that all games are about is graphics, and I very strongly disagree with that. It is an important factor, but would you really play a game that had no story, sucky gameplay but fantastic graphics for more than a couple of hours ? I sure as hell wouldn't.