I would be really happy if my car was capable of driving itself on the highway. Seeing how my daily commute is mostly on the highway, it would be nice to set the car to drive and take a short nap with the car sounding an alarm to wake me shortly before reaching my exit.
I think something like this could be very possible today if manufacturers and the government agreed on a wireless communication standard. This way, cars could tell each other where they are and the highway could communicate with the car, telling the car where the lanes are as well as other information. I doubt you would even need any sort of highway lane recognition software to look at video feeds.
The point of betas, especially open betas or stress tests, is not to provide you with a smooth gaming experience, but provide the developers with information about how their servers handle under load. Having lag now and overloaded servers is much better now than finding out about problems after launch.
Yes, I realize that prices will probably stabilize for this very new card in a few weeks. I doubt it will drop to $135 in a month (I'm seeing around $180 for PCI-E 6600GTs...the vanilla 6600s seem to be closer to $135). The funny thing is yesterday I was curious so I checked the price on New Egg and watched it start at $225 go up to $235 and then $245 where it sits now. Should have stayed with $225 if you ask me:) In all honesty, if I'm going to buy a card I want it as soon as possible to make my Half-Life 2 experience better so I'm really concerned with the prices as they stand now.
I think this card is a great one, but it looks like most store are marking it up too much. I think it should retail for around $200, but the cheapest I have found it is $220 with most store on the web hovering around $250. This card needs to be at $200 since vanilla 6800s can be found for $250. I'm looking for a new card myself, and this is definetly on the top of my list. The only thing holding me back is the possibility that I might be able to get a 9800 Pro for $150 from a friend.
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Well, wouldn't you rather have a giant "N" navigate you around the web rather than a large, Godzilla like lizard that might just smash everything or a weasily fox that's taking over the world in control of your browsing experience?
ahhhhhhhh....I just got to work. 8 hours and counting. We should get paid vacation days for large game releases:) My productivity for today will be about 0.
My guess would be is that it will be episodic content delievered over Live and perhaps on expansion disks. Bungie seems to want to push Live for all it is worth and actually finishing the story in Halo 2 through episodic content would be a great way to use Live, IMHO.
I used to find awe in people who could solve the Rubic's Cube quickly...until I found out that they come with instructions on how to solve most of the common patterns that appear. Apparently you don't need to be a genius to solve the cube quickly, you just need a lot of time on your hands.
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What I find usually works the best is to use a "-" to remove certain terms from a search that could represent multiple things. For instance "raleigh -city" to look for things other than cities named raleigh. I haven't done any formal tests, but I think this method is better than trying to add more keywords to your search, especially if you cannot think of a general way to describe what you are looking for.
My suggestion: unionize. This may seem really out of place for professional programmers and engineers, but consider this. My father works as a financial reports reviewer for the SEC and his job is unionized. Before they had the union, people in his position were abused. Now, they have a great atmosphere, good pay, and wonderful hours. I know, it is weird, but isn't the point of a union to prevent abuses like the ones written about here?
Haha...awesome. I guess I'm not the only one who wishes I could walk into a server room still in use today and see the walls lined with huge mainframes, each with their own spinning tape drive...just like in the movies.
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I don't care that I'm burning karma here...but it was on my mind so I figured I would post it anyway...
/. has to be one of the most negative sites I have ever read. No matter what the topic is, it seems like only the most negative comments get modded up (unless, of course, the topic is linux). I wonder, and I'm serious here, the people who don't enjoy halo and think that halo 2 is a dissapointment, what would you have changed?
Well, I can't speak for most of the online ratings, but 1up.com does have the review that will be printed in EGM. The game got all 10s. Now the reason I mention EGM is that in the past game publishers who advertised in the mag became upset over a few games that got low ratings. EGM's response was to say that they stick by their ratings and if they lose a few ads, so be it. I find EGM and most web sites to be pretty accurate as far as my tastes are concerned.
I know this was meant to be funny, but I think it is this type of thinking that could one day lead to other operating systems being exploited or filled with worms as much as Windows is now. I don't care what operating system you run, if you do not patch a hole it is still exteremly dangerous to your system. I think that this problem afflicts Mac users more than linux ones as I've often heard one too many Mac lover say how Apple's machines never get viruses or suffer from security problems. (Don't get me wrong, I love my Mac, but I know the importance of keeping it patched.) If someone honestly thinks that simply running an operating system other than Windows will keep them safe, then I fear the future will be much dimmer.
What is done is done, it is pointless now to debate whether we should be in Iraq or not because the past cannot be changed and the truth is that we are there. I am not happy with the way things turned out. Before we invaded I thought that we were removing a dictator who had links to terrorists and weapons of mass distruction. Now it has been shown that these ideas were wrong. However, if I was the President and I was given intelligence similar to what was shown at the UN conference, I would have made the same choice too. It is true that the UN investigators did not have any evidence of WMDs in Iraq at the time, but they felt like they were not being shown the whole operation and that Iraq was possibly holding out on them. I would hope that in the future America would be more certain about their assertations before acting against another nation. When America decided to invade Iraq, it was not solely for the promise of a foggy future of sovereignity. (Also the Iraqi people could never have asked to be liberated because it was illegal to be speak out against the government.) I do not think Iraq should have been invaded solely with the purpose of liberating them (and it wasn't). However, since that now seems to be the best that we can accomplish from our actions I hope that we could do a good job preparing Iraq to be a free nation. It is true that Iraq is quite unstable now, but I hope to God that we have set a foundation that will allow them to experience democracy, liberty and freedom from terror. This will not be easy and it will take time, but if freedom and democracy are not worth fighting for, then what is?
I think the one fact that has gone unstated here is that hindsight is always 20/20. It is easy to look back now and say that we had no reason to invade Iraq, but it is important to understand that it was a long held belief by Presidents and administrations before Bush that WMDs existed in Iraq and that Saddam had the intent to develop and use them. The, now shown bad, intelligence that was used in the UN report made a strong case for invading. Now you might say that our administration flat out lied about everything, but I am more inclined to believe that they were given poor intelligence. The reason I doubt that they lied is that Britain had similar intelligence and that is why they supported us in our invasion. It seems hard to believe that we could spoon feed lies to another nation without them at least consulting their own intelligence agencies.
You said that the sanctions were working just that the regime didn't care...would you not agree now that the people of Iraq are better off because they no longer have to suffer? If we did not invade, they would be forced to suffer for God knows how long. I don't really think that the government in Iraq is meant to be a puppet for any more than a temporary amount of time. They are free to elect whomever they choose, giving them the freedom to elect leaders who are not influenced by the United States. As for the oil in Iraq, it always has and always will be the oil of the people of Iraq. It is not like that was the only thing in Iraq that we have been protecting. Many oil fields and plants have been burned, so it would seem false to state that we exclusively protect them. I am glad to see that Iraq is a country now free of a ruthless dictator and free to form their own democratic government as well as decide their own future...how this can be a bad thing, I do not know.
Well, if you were so bright you might have realized that the President has the right to preemptive strike, which is exactly what we did in Iraq -- this is completely Constitutional, especially since Bush had Congress vote before he acted. You said we had no excuse, but have you ever heard of crimes against humanity? What about the countless UN sanctions violated by Saddam? What is the point of creating sanctions against a nation if they are not enforced? This causes the said sanctions, and future ones, to be worthless. As far as right and wrong, I realize that the Constitution describes what our government can and cannot do. I do not think we should let other nations influence how we act. Sure there are ideals that are for the common good and I think that America embodies many of them, but other nations do not and other nations have their own motives for how they act. I think it was right to ask for the support of the UN before acting, but I do not think that we should not pursue something simply because other nations do not agree with us for whatever reason...as long as we are within internation laws and do not violate UN sanctions. If you remember correctly, many of the members of the army of Iraq didn't want to fight for Saddam and they quickly surrendered. It is these same soldiers that now want to fight for their own freedom. The Middle East is a turbulent region, if Iraq has any hope of surviving they will need a strong army and strong borders. I think that creating a strong army should be our primary goal before leaving Iraq. Sure our government has some faults, but it is not completely out of control. If it was, Bush would have been impeached instead of re-elected. As for the personal attacks against me, I could say something back to you, but I am a better person than that.
Wouldn't the root of this be capitalism and not Bush?
"the middle class losing jobs"
I wonder, is there truely any way in a free economy to keep buisnesses from sending jobs overseas? It is not like this has only happened with Bush...it has been a trend for some time now.
"civilians all over the world and American soldiers getting killed for nothing"
I don't think it is right to make light of the deaths of US soldiers or innocent civilians. You may not agree with the US invading Iraq -- and that is fine -- but should at least respect the work they have done and that one more nation is free of an opressive dictator. Sure Iraq is not a land of joy right now...but I believe we have given them the potential to be a safe, democratic nation once the insurgents are dealt with. The most important thing that we can do now is train the armies of Iraq to fend for themselves. So far I think Bush has done a good job with this.
"more hatred against Americans"
I don't think America should ever let the opinions of outside nations affect our own morals and sense of what is "right" or "wrong". It has been shown that France and Germany, among others, had lucrative financial deals with Iraq, so why should we let countries, where we cannot know all of the alterier motives, stand as the authority of what is right and wrong for the world.
"less freedom in the US"
Kerry supports the Patriot Act, Kerry (along with every senator but two) voted for the Patriot Act. Kerry also has a very poor history when it comes to civil liberties. I do think that the Patriot Act is a bad thing, but I do not think that any of the Presidential canidates with a chance of winning will help to fix this.
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I would be really happy if my car was capable of driving itself on the highway. Seeing how my daily commute is mostly on the highway, it would be nice to set the car to drive and take a short nap with the car sounding an alarm to wake me shortly before reaching my exit.
I think something like this could be very possible today if manufacturers and the government agreed on a wireless communication standard. This way, cars could tell each other where they are and the highway could communicate with the car, telling the car where the lanes are as well as other information. I doubt you would even need any sort of highway lane recognition software to look at video feeds.
The point of betas, especially open betas or stress tests, is not to provide you with a smooth gaming experience, but provide the developers with information about how their servers handle under load. Having lag now and overloaded servers is much better now than finding out about problems after launch.
Yes, I realize that prices will probably stabilize for this very new card in a few weeks. I doubt it will drop to $135 in a month (I'm seeing around $180 for PCI-E 6600GTs...the vanilla 6600s seem to be closer to $135). The funny thing is yesterday I was curious so I checked the price on New Egg and watched it start at $225 go up to $235 and then $245 where it sits now. Should have stayed with $225 if you ask me :) In all honesty, if I'm going to buy a card I want it as soon as possible to make my Half-Life 2 experience better so I'm really concerned with the prices as they stand now.
Lets not forget AnandTech's review either http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2277
I think this card is a great one, but it looks like most store are marking it up too much. I think it should retail for around $200, but the cheapest I have found it is $220 with most store on the web hovering around $250. This card needs to be at $200 since vanilla 6800s can be found for $250. I'm looking for a new card myself, and this is definetly on the top of my list. The only thing holding me back is the possibility that I might be able to get a 9800 Pro for $150 from a friend.
Well, wouldn't you rather have a giant "N" navigate you around the web rather than a large, Godzilla like lizard that might just smash everything or a weasily fox that's taking over the world in control of your browsing experience?
"7.5 gigabyte worth of data"
Putting a link to something like that on slashdot....just seems like an excuse to get a new server!
ahhhhhhhh....I just got to work. 8 hours and counting. We should get paid vacation days for large game releases :) My productivity for today will be about 0.
My guess would be is that it will be episodic content delievered over Live and perhaps on expansion disks. Bungie seems to want to push Live for all it is worth and actually finishing the story in Halo 2 through episodic content would be a great way to use Live, IMHO.
I used to find awe in people who could solve the Rubic's Cube quickly...until I found out that they come with instructions on how to solve most of the common patterns that appear. Apparently you don't need to be a genius to solve the cube quickly, you just need a lot of time on your hands.
What I find usually works the best is to use a "-" to remove certain terms from a search that could represent multiple things. For instance "raleigh -city" to look for things other than cities named raleigh. I haven't done any formal tests, but I think this method is better than trying to add more keywords to your search, especially if you cannot think of a general way to describe what you are looking for.
I think the large amount of traffic coming from MS alone would be enough to clue Google in on something fishy.
Microsoft's beta search engine's index doubled in size to over 8 billion pages.
My suggestion: unionize. This may seem really out of place for professional programmers and engineers, but consider this. My father works as a financial reports reviewer for the SEC and his job is unionized. Before they had the union, people in his position were abused. Now, they have a great atmosphere, good pay, and wonderful hours. I know, it is weird, but isn't the point of a union to prevent abuses like the ones written about here?
I used to really like this site, I think it was called Slashdot, then I found out millions of people visit it on a regular basis...oh crap!
Haha...awesome. I guess I'm not the only one who wishes I could walk into a server room still in use today and see the walls lined with huge mainframes, each with their own spinning tape drive...just like in the movies.
Yes, the League of Extrodinary GigaFlopers.
I don't care that I'm burning karma here...but it was on my mind so I figured I would post it anyway...
/. has to be one of the most negative sites I have ever read. No matter what the topic is, it seems like only the most negative comments get modded up (unless, of course, the topic is linux). I wonder, and I'm serious here, the people who don't enjoy halo and think that halo 2 is a dissapointment, what would you have changed?
Well, I can't speak for most of the online ratings, but 1up.com does have the review that will be printed in EGM. The game got all 10s. Now the reason I mention EGM is that in the past game publishers who advertised in the mag became upset over a few games that got low ratings. EGM's response was to say that they stick by their ratings and if they lose a few ads, so be it. I find EGM and most web sites to be pretty accurate as far as my tastes are concerned.
From what I've read, JTL sounds like a good game and it may be enough to convince me to finally buy SWG and this expansion. Also, there is a review on Gamespot as well: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarsgalaxiesjum ptolightspeed/review.html
I know this was meant to be funny, but I think it is this type of thinking that could one day lead to other operating systems being exploited or filled with worms as much as Windows is now. I don't care what operating system you run, if you do not patch a hole it is still exteremly dangerous to your system. I think that this problem afflicts Mac users more than linux ones as I've often heard one too many Mac lover say how Apple's machines never get viruses or suffer from security problems. (Don't get me wrong, I love my Mac, but I know the importance of keeping it patched.) If someone honestly thinks that simply running an operating system other than Windows will keep them safe, then I fear the future will be much dimmer.
I don't know if the links themselves are illegal. My impression is that sharing or hosting the files is illegal, but linking to it is not.
What is done is done, it is pointless now to debate whether we should be in Iraq or not because the past cannot be changed and the truth is that we are there.
I am not happy with the way things turned out. Before we invaded I thought that we were removing a dictator who had links to terrorists and weapons of mass distruction. Now it has been shown that these ideas were wrong. However, if I was the President and I was given intelligence similar to what was shown at the UN conference, I would have made the same choice too. It is true that the UN investigators did not have any evidence of WMDs in Iraq at the time, but they felt like they were not being shown the whole operation and that Iraq was possibly holding out on them. I would hope that in the future America would be more certain about their assertations before acting against another nation.
When America decided to invade Iraq, it was not solely for the promise of a foggy future of sovereignity. (Also the Iraqi people could never have asked to be liberated because it was illegal to be speak out against the government.) I do not think Iraq should have been invaded solely with the purpose of liberating them (and it wasn't). However, since that now seems to be the best that we can accomplish from our actions I hope that we could do a good job preparing Iraq to be a free nation. It is true that Iraq is quite unstable now, but I hope to God that we have set a foundation that will allow them to experience democracy, liberty and freedom from terror. This will not be easy and it will take time, but if freedom and democracy are not worth fighting for, then what is?
I think the one fact that has gone unstated here is that hindsight is always 20/20. It is easy to look back now and say that we had no reason to invade Iraq, but it is important to understand that it was a long held belief by Presidents and administrations before Bush that WMDs existed in Iraq and that Saddam had the intent to develop and use them. The, now shown bad, intelligence that was used in the UN report made a strong case for invading. Now you might say that our administration flat out lied about everything, but I am more inclined to believe that they were given poor intelligence. The reason I doubt that they lied is that Britain had similar intelligence and that is why they supported us in our invasion. It seems hard to believe that we could spoon feed lies to another nation without them at least consulting their own intelligence agencies.
You said that the sanctions were working just that the regime didn't care...would you not agree now that the people of Iraq are better off because they no longer have to suffer? If we did not invade, they would be forced to suffer for God knows how long. I don't really think that the government in Iraq is meant to be a puppet for any more than a temporary amount of time. They are free to elect whomever they choose, giving them the freedom to elect leaders who are not influenced by the United States. As for the oil in Iraq, it always has and always will be the oil of the people of Iraq. It is not like that was the only thing in Iraq that we have been protecting. Many oil fields and plants have been burned, so it would seem false to state that we exclusively protect them. I am glad to see that Iraq is a country now free of a ruthless dictator and free to form their own democratic government as well as decide their own future...how this can be a bad thing, I do not know.
Well, if you were so bright you might have realized that the President has the right to preemptive strike, which is exactly what we did in Iraq -- this is completely Constitutional, especially since Bush had Congress vote before he acted. You said we had no excuse, but have you ever heard of crimes against humanity? What about the countless UN sanctions violated by Saddam? What is the point of creating sanctions against a nation if they are not enforced? This causes the said sanctions, and future ones, to be worthless. As far as right and wrong, I realize that the Constitution describes what our government can and cannot do. I do not think we should let other nations influence how we act. Sure there are ideals that are for the common good and I think that America embodies many of them, but other nations do not and other nations have their own motives for how they act. I think it was right to ask for the support of the UN before acting, but I do not think that we should not pursue something simply because other nations do not agree with us for whatever reason...as long as we are within internation laws and do not violate UN sanctions. If you remember correctly, many of the members of the army of Iraq didn't want to fight for Saddam and they quickly surrendered. It is these same soldiers that now want to fight for their own freedom. The Middle East is a turbulent region, if Iraq has any hope of surviving they will need a strong army and strong borders. I think that creating a strong army should be our primary goal before leaving Iraq. Sure our government has some faults, but it is not completely out of control. If it was, Bush would have been impeached instead of re-elected. As for the personal attacks against me, I could say something back to you, but I am a better person than that.
"four more years of the rich getting richer"
Wouldn't the root of this be capitalism and not Bush?
"the middle class losing jobs"
I wonder, is there truely any way in a free economy to keep buisnesses from sending jobs overseas? It is not like this has only happened with Bush...it has been a trend for some time now.
"civilians all over the world and American soldiers getting killed for nothing"
I don't think it is right to make light of the deaths of US soldiers or innocent civilians. You may not agree with the US invading Iraq -- and that is fine -- but should at least respect the work they have done and that one more nation is free of an opressive dictator. Sure Iraq is not a land of joy right now...but I believe we have given them the potential to be a safe, democratic nation once the insurgents are dealt with. The most important thing that we can do now is train the armies of Iraq to fend for themselves. So far I think Bush has done a good job with this.
"more hatred against Americans"
I don't think America should ever let the opinions of outside nations affect our own morals and sense of what is "right" or "wrong". It has been shown that France and Germany, among others, had lucrative financial deals with Iraq, so why should we let countries, where we cannot know all of the alterier motives, stand as the authority of what is right and wrong for the world.
"less freedom in the US"
Kerry supports the Patriot Act, Kerry (along with every senator but two) voted for the Patriot Act. Kerry also has a very poor history when it comes to civil liberties. I do think that the Patriot Act is a bad thing, but I do not think that any of the Presidential canidates with a chance of winning will help to fix this.