If the city has teh forethought to propose a progressive and populist boost to their technology I would hope they can come up with a progressive labor negotiation position that is a win-win proposition.
The game in question is not your basic FPS. The graphics could be eliminated completely and the game would still be fun. It is a strategy play by mail and takes months to play a game. Not some people's cup of tea, but maybe for others.
The point is that those with an interest in something will throw themselves into an effort.
Never underestimate the energies and interests of a devoted group of fans of a game! This is not exactly Doom 3 level material, but a budy of mine on the other side of the pond has started an open source graphics forum for a shareware strategy game
With no compensation beside the enjoyment of the graphics and the games folks will do quite a bit.
If enough of the big names went the open source route they would benefit from best in class architecture components. The key though will remain in:
Generating Eye Candy
Good game play
Considering all the enthusiastic LAN Party / Overclocker / Case Modding folks out there I would think Linux Distro's would appeal to them. The challenge is having the return on investment for the very labor intensive bits.
I love the way they can "resequence your DNA", or reconstruct the cell damage from nano parasites...whatever... all while you are alert and aware...by waving a blue flashlight over you.
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In an ideal world the teachers have a better grasp on the material than the students. The learning process may seem to be repetive, but there is value in it. There is a definite progression in the depth of one's understanding.
awareness: this is the concept (e.g. basic Newton physics principles)
plug and chug with assumptions x = x0 + vt + 1/2 a t^2
prove it...understand it...what if the assumptions don't apply? v = dx/dt
When do even those assumptions fall apart (e.g. as V->C)
Derive those equations
...etc....
mastery: Unification Theory etc.
One needs to internalize each level to a degree before they can achieve at the next level. What may seem stupid or by wrote may become elegant and fascinating once you shed some of the baggage (e.g. Physics without calculus is ugly).
Those that do not continue to learn, and treat their education as a diploma acquisition excercise are not likely to be good employees. Grade mongering scum and cheaters are unlikely to make good employees (they may qualify as oil company executives, ball team owners or Presidents...but that is another matter).
A good interview process can reveal some of the personality traits and problem solving skills necessary to be a good employee. For example, in one interview the person handed the student a circuit board and asked what it did.
I think he penalty for cheating ought to be far more severe than it is in most cases. Boot the bums.
I think you are hitting on the important part of this "revelation".
If you live in Eden and pick some fruit when you get hungry, the concept of harvesting quanties of fruit, trading them for other items or currency, amassing wealth of stuff...all of these things would be foreign.
It boils down to one mango, two mango, an extra mango for you, more than I can carry...I think I'll take a nap.
Consider that a Nuke or Coal Fired powerplant also will typically have a high degree of thermal pollution as well. The warm condensate off the back end of the turbines is dumped back into the lake. The wring a lot of the heat out of it, but not all. Look at the vapor power cycle's cooling tower side:
The scematic does not show the back half of the municipal system (sewer and waste water treatment).
As a grandson of a plumber I can confirm that the water does eventually end up back in the lake. Rule #1 of plumbing...water flows down hill.
The beauty of this implementation is that the incremental warming of the water may actually further save energy if slightly warmer water comes into water heaters. From a thermodynamic standpoint this looks like a very large geothermal system. The economies of scale may make it quite cost effective too.
Yes the current rovers are a wonderful success...but many operations seem to be very slow and conservative. Some limited implementation of AI could go a long way to improve productivity.
Suppose there was a plain without much going on, but an interesting rock outcropping two miles away. Rather than picking its way across at 60 feet/day, mission control could tell it to do so on its own and call back if it:
encounters anything dangerous to itself
encounters anything interesting that the scientists would be interested in (e.g. is collecting data along the way and finds water for instance)
We want to teach children to be thinking human beings
You can well imagine what conservatives think of them!
Thinking human beings? Unacceptable! People will question authority and form their own opinions. Imagine the chaos. I'll have my information spoon fed to me thank you very much.
I have not found professors to be in the hype business. In general the sort of folks doing research in a typical university are quite dedicated to solid science.
I suppose folks like Ken Lay and Andrew Fastow are the ideal individuals we want to foster in our society? Saying that putting more cash people like that's pockets is simply not real!
The press seems to always be looking for the big..."this will replace gasoline" solution. That is highly unlikely. This post has the solution. Save where you can, pursue different technology where it makes sense.
Furthermore the encouraging part of the article was the one CEO:
We accept that the science on global warming is overwhelming.
Sadly our current administration has lumped good science into the "liberal" and "elitist" part of their enemy smear lists.
It is the short sighted disdain for reason that will present the greater barrier to reducing our energy dependancy than shortcomings in technology.
It was my observation in college that in the mean, the women were generally better students in traditional male fields. Probably because to deal with the bull, they needed to have aptitude and brains to make it worthwhile.
On the other hand a complete knuckle dragger male would go into engineering...because his dad was one.
I have also observed in industry that having diversity of viewpoints is a good thing (avoid intellectual in-breeding and group think). One way to help achieve that is have people from different cultural backgrounds.
The problem with stopping short on the treadmill is that if you stop relative to the moving plane...the plane quickly moves back and dumps you on the floor
As an illustration of this consider the moving sidewalks at the airport versus a treadmill at the gym. If you go the wrong way on the moving sidewalk and stop short... it is no big deal and you will move back. At the gym you will be unceremoniously dumped on your keester in about 0.9 seconds.
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I'm not to sure about Bushy reciting "The Pet Goat", let alone the law.
If the city has teh forethought to propose a progressive and populist boost to their technology I would hope they can come up with a progressive labor negotiation position that is a win-win proposition.
When the ship is ablaze the rats will scurry off the ship...no matter how much cheese is on board.
The point is that those with an interest in something will throw themselves into an effort.
With no compensation beside the enjoyment of the graphics and the games folks will do quite a bit.
Generating Eye Candy
Good game play
Considering all the enthusiastic LAN Party / Overclocker / Case Modding folks out there I would think Linux Distro's would appeal to them. The challenge is having the return on investment for the very labor intensive bits.
Progress!
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If anyone tried to "gratulate" my wife or sister they would get slapped silly!
Throw in political campaign managers....the truth is an ellusive thing when trying to hide from it.
I love the way they can "resequence your DNA", or reconstruct the cell damage from nano parasites...whatever... all while you are alert and aware...by waving a blue flashlight over you.
awareness: this is the concept (e.g. basic Newton physics principles)
plug and chug with assumptions x = x0 + vt + 1/2 a t^2
prove it...understand it...what if the assumptions don't apply? v = dx/dt
When do even those assumptions fall apart (e.g. as V->C)
Derive those equations
...etc....
mastery: Unification Theory etc.
One needs to internalize each level to a degree before they can achieve at the next level. What may seem stupid or by wrote may become elegant and fascinating once you shed some of the baggage (e.g. Physics without calculus is ugly).
Those that do not continue to learn, and treat their education as a diploma acquisition excercise are not likely to be good employees. Grade mongering scum and cheaters are unlikely to make good employees (they may qualify as oil company executives, ball team owners or Presidents...but that is another matter).
A good interview process can reveal some of the personality traits and problem solving skills necessary to be a good employee. For example, in one interview the person handed the student a circuit board and asked what it did.
I think he penalty for cheating ought to be far more severe than it is in most cases. Boot the bums.
In addition to this don't neglect the financial impact (the terrorists leaders don't).
A cryptic cell phone call and a correlating notebook with maps and jibberish left in a rental car could shut down major institutions.
If they can get one guy to blow himself up in an airpport with explosives up his bum, it will be cavity searches for Aunt Betty from Phoenix next.
Our best security is to keep our heads up and go about our business. Marshal law is not the answer.
If you live in Eden and pick some fruit when you get hungry, the concept of harvesting quanties of fruit, trading them for other items or currency, amassing wealth of stuff...all of these things would be foreign.
It boils down to one mango, two mango, an extra mango for you, more than I can carry...I think I'll take a nap.
So who are the dummies?
The root cause was determined this summer to be the damn 14 year old cat.
It still has the run of the house...pathetic.
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As a grandson of a plumber I can confirm that the water does eventually end up back in the lake. Rule #1 of plumbing ...water flows down hill.
The beauty of this implementation is that the incremental warming of the water may actually further save energy if slightly warmer water comes into water heaters. From a thermodynamic standpoint this looks like a very large geothermal system. The economies of scale may make it quite cost effective too.
Damn...beat me to it.
Suppose there was a plain without much going on, but an interesting rock outcropping two miles away. Rather than picking its way across at 60 feet/day, mission control could tell it to do so on its own and call back if it:
encounters anything dangerous to itself
encounters anything interesting that the scientists would be interested in (e.g. is collecting data along the way and finds water for instance)
gets confused
has a system operating abnormally
You can well imagine what conservatives think of them!
Thinking human beings? Unacceptable! People will question authority and form their own opinions. Imagine the chaos. I'll have my information spoon fed to me thank you very much.
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I suppose folks like Ken Lay and Andrew Fastow are the ideal individuals we want to foster in our society? Saying that putting more cash people like that's pockets is simply not real!
Furthermore the encouraging part of the article was the one CEO:
We accept that the science on global warming is overwhelming.
Sadly our current administration has lumped good science into the "liberal" and "elitist" part of their enemy smear lists.
It is the short sighted disdain for reason that will present the greater barrier to reducing our energy dependancy than shortcomings in technology.
On the other hand a complete knuckle dragger male would go into engineering...because his dad was one.
I have also observed in industry that having diversity of viewpoints is a good thing (avoid intellectual in-breeding and group think). One way to help achieve that is have people from different cultural backgrounds.
The problem with stopping short on the treadmill is that if you stop relative to the moving plane...the plane quickly moves back and dumps you on the floor
As an illustration of this consider the moving sidewalks at the airport versus a treadmill at the gym. If you go the wrong way on the moving sidewalk and stop short ... it is no big deal and you will move back. At the gym you will be unceremoniously dumped on your keester in about 0.9 seconds.