On a sidenote, I wonder why scalability (eg. mobile phone) isn't one of the judging points/requests: I would love to have a decent browsing experience on my phone.
Well, let's see, you're getting an illegally modified copy of the game without compensating the owner. I'd call that theft. But, if you'd rather, you can always call it "copyright violation". I find that to be a little too unweildy, and would rather use the simpler term: stealing. Using an inaccurate term with with strong connotations of illegality and wrong-doing is not a matter of "using a simpler term." If you can't be bothered to describe the issue accurately, perhaps you shouldn't be discussing it?
If you've bought the game, you already have a way to use it legitimately. Refusing to use that way and supporting pirates by using the cracked version of the game is still illegal. Using a cracked version of a game does not "support" pirates. My downloaded a pirated version of the game does not in any way put money in the hands of the people that released it- rather, quite the opposite. By downloading the game, I am effectively costing them money- in the form of bandwidth.
No matter how you try to spin it, it's still illegal. And, if you really did legally buy the game, it's also extremely pointless and stupid. This is not a matter of spin. There are tangible benefits to having a version of the game that does not require the CD to run- namely, your original, bought-and-paid-for copies will last longer. If I purchase software, I expect to be able to use it any time I want to, until the day that I day- if that's how I want it.
Why can't they release a board with wide voltage input (7V - 28V)
Probably because this would significantly increase the price of the parts, (being that they would need to be of much higher quality), and/or require them to incorporate a voltage-regulating power supply, which would (a) increase the size, and (b) increase the heat output. You can probably do the second part on your own, anyway...
For what it's worth, Speakeasy tends to be a VERY nerd-friendly company. (I want to say "hacker-friendly," but people would almost certainly get the wrong idea.)
I disagree. For many programming tasks, you are perhaps correct- but I still don't think computers have advanced enough so that a few lines in Scheme or [insert language of your choice] will make an operating system.
Let alone an efficient operating system. You're not going to learn the fundamentals of programming from a language that does it all for you. Java, Scheme (apparently), Visual Basic.. There are *concepts* that you need to take away from things like manual memory management. Do you think these features magically appear in a language?
Learning assembly went a long way towards my being able to understand how to optimize code in a way that makes sense, since it's going to be converted to assembly at some point. If I had never used a language lower-level than C, at best I might have understood this after years of trial-and-error. I shudder to imagine trying to learn to optimize code from using something like Java.
Your basic argument seems to be that the fundamentals of computer science aren't relevant anymore because there are programming languages that abstract the user from them; this is akin to saying that you don't need to know how addition and subtraction work because we have calculators.
Seems silly when you put it in terms that you're familiar with, doesn't it? And besides that, someone has to make the calculators.
Assumably, GP is speaking of the 1961 film The Absent Minded Professor, rather than the 1997 film Flubber, a remake of the original with Robin Williams.
Get off my lawn.
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I second this. I can't *wait* until this stuff gets into motorcycle gear. Gloves that turn to rigid gauntlets when I hit the pavement == win.
This is different. GP is lambasting companies that are formed solely to wage litigious war against other companies with an arsenal of patents that they have no desire to ever actually use. Patents were created to provide incentives to creating new products (although they aren't necessary, as any economist worth his salt will be able to explain); they were created to promote innovation. A company that sits on its patents waiting to sue someone who infringes on them is doing nothing but stifling innovation. This is the equivalent of you asking me a question, and my saying "Yes, I know the answer," and not telling you, but also attacking anybody who DOES try to tell you. This is wrong.
Their website states that the first batch is actually in production at present. Assuming they aren't out-and-out lying (and considering there's a review with pics from Engadget), this would seem to indicate it is not, in fact, vapourware.
All I can say is what's probably come to everyone else's mind: the banging sound of hammer against coffin. This will certainly quiet complaints about Windows' crashing (since many crashes are related to poorly written drivers, WHQL or not), but how did whomever thought this would be a good idea completely forget about the serious compatbility issues that this will raise?
This is what I was afraid of. I'd gladly pay with even more non-intrusive advertisements- if it didn't mean I could only get so far and then have to stop. Sorry, I don't participate in demoware anymore.
P.s., I played Planetside before, with the one-week or whatever free trial, and really enjoyed it- it was a lot like Tribes in its heydey- but I hate the standard MMORPG business model and I hate sony, so it's kind of a no-go as far as paying for it is concerned.
Anarchy Online (which sounds a fair bit like your brief brief description of Neocron) handles it with in-game billboard (that were there before, mostly) that sport occasionally animated advertisements (e.g., the one that comes to mind is an Air Force recruiting ad). They're quite tasteful, and it's an MMORPG business model that I have a great deal of respect for.
On a long spaceflight everything is important. The technology presented in this article will help to maintain the structural integrity of the hull by sealing microfractures that would eventually develop into larger cracks. (More) Academic article
I'm not sure if this would be feasible. Sleep requires your metabolism to be active while it's ongoing, in order to flush toxins, rest the psyche, etc. Now, if someone could invent a pill you can take that simulated a full night's rest in a few minutes-- money.
Parent has an interesting post that probably deserved to be modded up, even if it is a bit flambaity (just because *you* don't believe in heaven doesn't mean everybody doesn't, and this is still on-topic)-
Anyway, my answer to his problem is this: What about people who go into hypothermia in normal situations? Or people who are clinically dead but are then resuscitated?
Or how about this: If the soul goes to heaven immediately at the time of death, then what's the point of a Christian burial? Why don't we just cremate everybody and save valuable real estate for mad scientists and their ilk?
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Probably because alcohol is a blood thinner and anticoagulant...
isn't waylayed by people pointing out my ignorance.
...Just sayin'.
That's 'waylaid'.
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Well, let's see, you're getting an illegally modified copy of the game without compensating the owner. I'd call that theft. But, if you'd rather, you can always call it "copyright violation". I find that to be a little too unweildy, and would rather use the simpler term: stealing.
Using an inaccurate term with with strong connotations of illegality and wrong-doing is not a matter of "using a simpler term." If you can't be bothered to describe the issue accurately, perhaps you shouldn't be discussing it?
If you've bought the game, you already have a way to use it legitimately. Refusing to use that way and supporting pirates by using the cracked version of the game is still illegal.
Using a cracked version of a game does not "support" pirates. My downloaded a pirated version of the game does not in any way put money in the hands of the people that released it- rather, quite the opposite. By downloading the game, I am effectively costing them money- in the form of bandwidth.
No matter how you try to spin it, it's still illegal. And, if you really did legally buy the game, it's also extremely pointless and stupid.
This is not a matter of spin. There are tangible benefits to having a version of the game that does not require the CD to run- namely, your original, bought-and-paid-for copies will last longer. If I purchase software, I expect to be able to use it any time I want to, until the day that I day- if that's how I want it.
Everyone knows that Total Annihilation did it first.
Why can't they release a board with wide voltage input (7V - 28V)
Probably because this would significantly increase the price of the parts, (being that they would need to be of much higher quality), and/or require them to incorporate a voltage-regulating power supply, which would (a) increase the size, and (b) increase the heat output. You can probably do the second part on your own, anyway...
For what it's worth, Speakeasy tends to be a VERY nerd-friendly company. (I want to say "hacker-friendly," but people would almost certainly get the wrong idea.)
I disagree. For many programming tasks, you are perhaps correct- but I still don't think computers have advanced enough so that a few lines in Scheme or [insert language of your choice] will make an operating system.
Let alone an efficient operating system. You're not going to learn the fundamentals of programming from a language that does it all for you. Java, Scheme (apparently), Visual Basic.. There are *concepts* that you need to take away from things like manual memory management. Do you think these features magically appear in a language?
Learning assembly went a long way towards my being able to understand how to optimize code in a way that makes sense, since it's going to be converted to assembly at some point. If I had never used a language lower-level than C, at best I might have understood this after years of trial-and-error. I shudder to imagine trying to learn to optimize code from using something like Java.
Your basic argument seems to be that the fundamentals of computer science aren't relevant anymore because there are programming languages that abstract the user from them; this is akin to saying that you don't need to know how addition and subtraction work because we have calculators.
Seems silly when you put it in terms that you're familiar with, doesn't it? And besides that, someone has to make the calculators.
I tried. They laughed at my GPA.
Stupid freshman-level calculus and english and poli.sci and history classes. *shakes fist*
I believe the traditional solution to the egg problem is some sort of energy-absorbing shell- much like what was used in TFA.
Say what you will about the show itself, but I really liked the interior design of the NX-01 from Enterprise.
Assumably, GP is speaking of the 1961 film The Absent Minded Professor, rather than the 1997 film Flubber, a remake of the original with Robin Williams.
Get off my lawn.
I second this. I can't *wait* until this stuff gets into motorcycle gear. Gloves that turn to rigid gauntlets when I hit the pavement == win.
Do do you call Comic Books "Sequential art"?
"Graphic Novel"?
New name invented to cover an aspect of the genre that felt trivialized by the epithet of "comic book".
Got any invites?
This is different. GP is lambasting companies that are formed solely to wage litigious war against other companies with an arsenal of patents that they have no desire to ever actually use.
Patents were created to provide incentives to creating new products (although they aren't necessary, as any economist worth his salt will be able to explain); they were created to promote innovation. A company that sits on its patents waiting to sue someone who infringes on them is doing nothing but stifling innovation. This is the equivalent of you asking me a question, and my saying "Yes, I know the answer," and not telling you, but also attacking anybody who DOES try to tell you.
This is wrong.
Their website states that the first batch is actually in production at present. Assuming they aren't out-and-out lying (and considering there's a review with pics from Engadget), this would seem to indicate it is not, in fact, vapourware.
Swap is not a viable application for what is essentially a slow, persistent ramdisk.
All I can say is what's probably come to everyone else's mind: the banging sound of hammer against coffin.
This will certainly quiet complaints about Windows' crashing (since many crashes are related to poorly written drivers, WHQL or not), but how did whomever thought this would be a good idea completely forget about the serious compatbility issues that this will raise?
This is what I was afraid of. I'd gladly pay with even more non-intrusive advertisements- if it didn't mean I could only get so far and then have to stop. Sorry, I don't participate in demoware anymore.
P.s., I played Planetside before, with the one-week or whatever free trial, and really enjoyed it- it was a lot like Tribes in its heydey- but I hate the standard MMORPG business model and I hate sony, so it's kind of a no-go as far as paying for it is concerned.
Anarchy Online (which sounds a fair bit like your brief brief description of Neocron) handles it with in-game billboard (that were there before, mostly) that sport occasionally animated advertisements (e.g., the one that comes to mind is an Air Force recruiting ad). They're quite tasteful, and it's an MMORPG business model that I have a great deal of respect for.
The cost per hour is extremely low when compared to...
What about a book?
On a long spaceflight everything is important. The technology presented in this article will help to maintain the structural integrity of the hull by sealing microfractures that would eventually develop into larger cracks. (More) Academic article
I'm not sure if this would be feasible. Sleep requires your metabolism to be active while it's ongoing, in order to flush toxins, rest the psyche, etc. Now, if someone could invent a pill you can take that simulated a full night's rest in a few minutes-- money.
Parent has an interesting post that probably deserved to be modded up, even if it is a bit flambaity (just because *you* don't believe in heaven doesn't mean everybody doesn't, and this is still on-topic)-
Anyway, my answer to his problem is this: What about people who go into hypothermia in normal situations?
Or people who are clinically dead but are then resuscitated?
Or how about this: If the soul goes to heaven immediately at the time of death, then what's the point of a Christian burial? Why don't we just cremate everybody and save valuable real estate for mad scientists and their ilk?