Damn 15 minute delay, I thought I would be cool and say the fuzzy math joke first:(.
Why is it unfair to be denied access to a university because you are black, but fair to be let in based on the
Is there a fifteen minute delay on your sig as well, I'm hanging on tender hooks waiting for the rest, is it going to released in installments?
Back slightly on topic how long is the delay going to be for the actual decision, and can Ranmbus afford to wait for the decision to come back?
The judges sent the patent infringement case back to a lower court for reconsideration, saying it had failed to properly define five key technical terms.
Does any one have any details on what the five key technical terms are? Could be interesting to see whether they are simply technicalities.
The company consists of 180 people, including 130 engineers, 45 corporate staff and four lawyers.
I live in a world where the color of the sky indicates that artists, musicians, and managers don't add a heck of a lot to the game-playing experience.
Your games suck.
Flamebait? Don't know, I don't think LOTR would have gone down so well if the Balrog was a hand puppet breathing out red coloured tin-foil, with a small child in the background plinking and plonking on his Xylophone, with a chorus of the girl guide recorder orchestra backing him. They all add to the general experience and atmosphere. Quake would not be a great experience in Ascii mode, be different though.
And thank god for that, as long as that is the case it means we humans still have free will, different opinions, etc. Lets face it, the music industry caters for every whim, every music lover, and every tone deaf loving freak.
I take it the reason behind trying to find production costs are to attempt to campaign for cheaper music CD's (could really use this in the UK, considering most are released in the £15 range). However it is usually hard to factor risk into the retail cost.
In a similar veign there was a campaign by fairplay in the UK to try to get cheaper video games factoring in production costs to arrive at a fair price for games. Coming to the conclusion that cheaper games related to increased sales.
I sort of feel that charging slightly higher prices allow more risky/niche acts or games to be released, allowing both the mass market to prosper and the more off-beat market to exist. Rather than the business taking the risk of few sales for less money
That sounds almost as fightening a concept as the new metroid movie
Variety reports that Zide/Perry Entertainment has acquired the feature rights to video game franchise Metroid. Producers Warren Zide and Craig Perry, who've produced both the "American Pie" and "Final Destination" franchises, are currently going out to writers and directors to adapt the property, to which no talent is attached as yet.
I personally can't imagine Nintendo without Miyamoto. When he retires Nintendos assests for me would be almost nill. Microsoft and Sony have become the manufacturers to develop for, Nintendo just don't seem to have the same relations they had with developers. All exclusive releases are only Nintendo releases, and generally Miyamoto franchises, especially since Rare has left the fold.
On a bit of a diversion, does any one feel that Microsoft are making mistakes in buying up PC developers. For me PC gaming ethos is completely different to that of the consoles. One is generally a single player experience, tending to involve the mouse, whilst the other is a gamepad, sit aorund on the couch with a bunch of mates and have a few after pub beers.
Humans dedicare nearly 20 years to one child - thats a lot of nurthure to a little bit of nature. On the other hand, creatures like spiders will have thousands of young and not tend to them at all. Thats a lot of nature and not much nurture.
Surely that depends on the amount of information the brain could take in to make a fair comparison? Probably the reason why a cat was chosen.
Bit off-topic but you wonder when the ads are going to become time and region specific, i.e coffee ads in the morning, food ads at lunch, jolt ads at 4 in the morning, and tin-foil hats for the getting back on topic.
The way I worked around that perennial question was to play a two player game of Quake III on the dreamcast, controlling the first player using Samba di Amigo's maracas, and using the dance pad to control the second player. Generally the game ending in a messy pile of sweat and blubber.
Bill Gates announced a line of MS wristwatches that receive email, stock quotes, sports scores, etc. by FM radio.
Hang on this is a step in the right direction, a watch with a radio on it.
A watch with a goddamn radio on it.
Think about it for a second, you can receive stock quotes, sports scores whatever you want through your watch and just tune in to commercial radio to get all the spam you could dream of. Its this most bestest and most originalist thing I've heard today.
Of course it also has the added benefit of the luxury Microsoft logo on the front to impress your friends. Nice.
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Don't forget, MS has bought some kick-ass PC game studios
I think that is exactly where MS has its strategy wrong, PC gaming philosophy is different to a consoles. PC gaming generally revolves around a mouse, console around a stick and buttons, different types of input, different types of game. Though I have to admit that Halo did work for the box.
Rez is just a beautiful game. I always used to associate the PC with quirky games like this one, probably because the PC used to have a vastly larger install base and thus a larger niche market to aim for. Hopefully now the consoles are catching on like wild fire, we are going to see more and more risks taken in console gaming, rather than your generic platform/driving/fighting games. And games like Rez, Frequency and fantasvision can continue to be made and flourish.
Video Time-Shifter, goddamn, these arguements for Linux just get stronger and stronger everyday. I think I've seen it in action on/. before, always get these weird story repetitions. Mind you its got a bit too much bloat for my liking, why not just make a seperate video player, and a seperate time shifter?
1. Do they need to know how to install the OS first, or should I let them look that up on their own while I make them power-users?
Given the amount of time you have with them, make them users first, if they enjoy it, they will learn
2. What distributions of Linux and BSD should they be first introduced to? (I'm only familiar with Debian, and I know virtually nil about *BSD.)
Umm, shall we say Debian then
3. Initially, do they need to be more adept at the GUI, or do they first need to know how to use the shell?
I would probably let them learn the GUI first, then show them the shell, I find it far easier to have a graphic representation of what I am doing, so if I move a file I can 'see' its somewhere else. Then show them the nuts and bolts of the shell. It should be easier for them to make the connection
4. Should I give away Debian CDs no-questions-asked, or should I talk with the almighty Parents so little Daniel doesn't install Linux over Dad's 'work computer.'
I think the best policy is to give them the disk for free first, then when they come back for more, start upping the charge.
What are the scientific chances of two lifeforms forming and evolving, with identical genetic processes?
Not exactly the same, but there are definately examples of two species developing to the same body and muscle structure with no contact between the two species. Take for instance the Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that evolved to the essentially the same form as the northern hemispheres wolf.
I have my doubts that the origin of life originated from only one source, there appear to be as many possibilities about the initial starting blocks required as there are theories about it. The fact that they should evolve to essentially the same DNA structure, without nessecarily having completely distinct DNA , whilst coming from different starting points, for me seems as likely as our extinct tiger.
why not donate a few bucks to charity so a few kids can eat for a year?
Dress the kids up in rubber costumes, and we can kill two birds with one stone.
Why not dress the kids up in rubber costumes, kill two birds with one stone, and maybe do a little juggling, then donate proceeds to your favorite pizza place, put a couple of kids in there for the all you can eat buffet for a year(perhaps enclose them in some cage), take proceeds from the audience as they marvel at their ever swelling bellies and skin problems and . . .
The NES ROMs themselves, perhaps? The games were never sold on diskettes outside Japan, IIRC. And even so, few games made it onto disks in the first place.
Only for portability purposes, exactly how do you think they were tranformed into ROMs in the first place?
They were perfectly useable through the appropraite connection to a PC.
This thing reminds me of the thousand monkeys, thousand typewriters continously hammering randomly on their keys, each linked up to the needle currently working their masterpiece on your limp, battered arm.
And who exactly would trust a machine which was made by a bloke who tested his prototype on his OWN arm, the man is clearly an insane idiot.
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Damn 15 minute delay, I thought I would be cool and say the fuzzy math joke first :(.
Why is it unfair to be denied access to a university because you are black, but fair to be let in based on the
Is there a fifteen minute delay on your sig as well, I'm hanging on tender hooks waiting for the rest, is it going to released in installments?
Back slightly on topic how long is the delay going to be for the actual decision, and can Ranmbus afford to wait for the decision to come back?
The judges sent the patent infringement case back to a lower court for reconsideration, saying it had failed to properly define five key technical terms.
Does any one have any details on what the five key technical terms are? Could be interesting to see whether they are simply technicalities.
The company consists of 180 people, including 130 engineers, 45 corporate staff and four lawyers.
Is the other dude the stock holder?
I live in a world where the color of the sky indicates that artists, musicians, and managers don't add a heck of a lot to the game-playing experience.
Your games suck.
Flamebait? Don't know, I don't think LOTR would have gone down so well if the Balrog was a hand puppet breathing out red coloured tin-foil, with a small child in the background plinking and plonking on his Xylophone, with a chorus of the girl guide recorder orchestra backing him. They all add to the general experience and atmosphere. Quake would not be a great experience in Ascii mode, be different though.
Only the former champ because of this guy
Some people just have way too much time at work
The crap to good stuff ratio in music is high
And thank god for that, as long as that is the case it means we humans still have free will, different opinions, etc. Lets face it, the music industry caters for every whim, every music lover, and every tone deaf loving freak.
I take it the reason behind trying to find production costs are to attempt to campaign for cheaper music CD's (could really use this in the UK, considering most are released in the £15 range). However it is usually hard to factor risk into the retail cost.
In a similar veign there was a campaign by fairplay in the UK to try to get cheaper video games factoring in production costs to arrive at a fair price for games. Coming to the conclusion that cheaper games related to increased sales.
I sort of feel that charging slightly higher prices allow more risky/niche acts or games to be released, allowing both the mass market to prosper and the more off-beat market to exist. Rather than the business taking the risk of few sales for less money
That sounds almost as fightening a concept as the new metroid movie
Variety reports that Zide/Perry Entertainment has acquired the feature rights to video game franchise Metroid. Producers Warren Zide and Craig Perry, who've produced both the "American Pie" and "Final Destination" franchises, are currently going out to writers and directors to adapt the property, to which no talent is attached as yet.
And no talent attached ever probably.
I personally can't imagine Nintendo without Miyamoto. When he retires Nintendos assests for me would be almost nill. Microsoft and Sony have become the manufacturers to develop for, Nintendo just don't seem to have the same relations they had with developers. All exclusive releases are only Nintendo releases, and generally Miyamoto franchises, especially since Rare has left the fold.
On a bit of a diversion, does any one feel that Microsoft are making mistakes in buying up PC developers. For me PC gaming ethos is completely different to that of the consoles. One is generally a single player experience, tending to involve the mouse, whilst the other is a gamepad, sit aorund on the couch with a bunch of mates and have a few after pub beers.
Humans dedicare nearly 20 years to one child - thats a lot of nurthure to a little bit of nature. On the other hand, creatures like spiders will have thousands of young and not tend to them at all. Thats a lot of nature and not much nurture.
Surely that depends on the amount of information the brain could take in to make a fair comparison? Probably the reason why a cat was chosen.
Better than a poke in the eye? Two in the bush? Using a bloke manually replying to all server requests?
Indeed why do we need to have split releases? Why do we need a dev and a release version?
Dammit use some other address, I've been getting spammed like anything because of you
Bit off-topic but you wonder when the ads are going to become time and region specific, i.e coffee ads in the morning, food ads at lunch, jolt ads at 4 in the morning, and tin-foil hats for the getting back on topic.
The way I worked around that perennial question was to play a two player game of Quake III on the dreamcast, controlling the first player using Samba di Amigo's maracas, and using the dance pad to control the second player. Generally the game ending in a messy pile of sweat and blubber.
Bill Gates announced a line of MS wristwatches that receive email, stock quotes, sports scores, etc. by FM radio.
Hang on this is a step in the right direction, a watch with a radio on it.
A watch with a goddamn radio on it.
Think about it for a second, you can receive stock quotes, sports scores whatever you want through your watch and just tune in to commercial radio to get all the spam you could dream of. Its this most bestest and most originalist thing I've heard today.
Of course it also has the added benefit of the luxury Microsoft logo on the front to impress your friends. Nice.
Or better yet have the Gamecube emulator up and running on it
I don't have the time to read the article but I'm guessing it has several flaws
Ah yes, the typical consulting way of doing things, making a decision before knowing any facts.
The only reason to listen to the real media format.
Don't forget, MS has bought some kick-ass PC game studios
I think that is exactly where MS has its strategy wrong, PC gaming philosophy is different to a consoles. PC gaming generally revolves around a mouse, console around a stick and buttons, different types of input, different types of game. Though I have to admit that Halo did work for the box.
Rez is just a beautiful game. I always used to associate the PC with quirky games like this one, probably because the PC used to have a vastly larger install base and thus a larger niche market to aim for. Hopefully now the consoles are catching on like wild fire, we are going to see more and more risks taken in console gaming, rather than your generic platform/driving/fighting games. And games like Rez, Frequency and fantasvision can continue to be made and flourish.
Video Time-Shifter, goddamn, these arguements for Linux just get stronger and stronger everyday. I think I've seen it in action on /. before, always get these weird story repetitions. Mind you its got a bit too much bloat for my liking, why not just make a seperate video player, and a seperate time shifter?
1. Do they need to know how to install the OS first, or should I let them look that up on their own while I make them power-users?
Given the amount of time you have with them, make them users first, if they enjoy it, they will learn
2. What distributions of Linux and BSD should they be first introduced to? (I'm only familiar with Debian, and I know virtually nil about *BSD.)
Umm, shall we say Debian then
3. Initially, do they need to be more adept at the GUI, or do they first need to know how to use the shell?
I would probably let them learn the GUI first, then show them the shell, I find it far easier to have a graphic representation of what I am doing, so if I move a file I can 'see' its somewhere else. Then show them the nuts and bolts of the shell. It should be easier for them to make the connection
4. Should I give away Debian CDs no-questions-asked, or should I talk with the almighty Parents so little Daniel doesn't install Linux over Dad's 'work computer.'
I think the best policy is to give them the disk for free first, then when they come back for more, start upping the charge.
What are the scientific chances of two lifeforms forming and evolving, with identical genetic processes?
Not exactly the same, but there are definately examples of two species developing to the same body and muscle structure with no contact between the two species. Take for instance the Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that evolved to the essentially the same form as the northern hemispheres wolf.
I have my doubts that the origin of life originated from only one source, there appear to be as many possibilities about the initial starting blocks required as there are theories about it. The fact that they should evolve to essentially the same DNA structure, without nessecarily having completely distinct DNA , whilst coming from different starting points, for me seems as likely as our extinct tiger.
why not donate a few bucks to charity so a few kids can eat for a year? Dress the kids up in rubber costumes, and we can kill two birds with one stone.
Why not dress the kids up in rubber costumes, kill two birds with one stone, and maybe do a little juggling, then donate proceeds to your favorite pizza place, put a couple of kids in there for the all you can eat buffet for a year(perhaps enclose them in some cage), take proceeds from the audience as they marvel at their ever swelling bellies and skin problems and . . .
The NES ROMs themselves, perhaps? The games were never sold on diskettes outside Japan, IIRC. And even so, few games made it onto disks in the first place.
Only for portability purposes, exactly how do you think they were tranformed into ROMs in the first place?
They were perfectly useable through the appropraite connection to a PC.
This thing reminds me of the thousand monkeys, thousand typewriters continously hammering randomly on their keys, each linked up to the needle currently working their masterpiece on your limp, battered arm.
And who exactly would trust a machine which was made by a bloke who tested his prototype on his OWN arm, the man is clearly an insane idiot.