And that statement is even a stretch. Their implementation of 3rd edition D&D rules makes it look like they got their 3rd edition PH from the middle of the road after a flash flood.
Re:MMORPGs vs. MUDs
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"MUDs are essentially MMORPGs without graphics."
Actually, MMORPGs are MUDs *with* graphics. That will become a more and more important distinction the more kids start playing online games without understanding the several-year history (very late 80s, not counting other local UNIX-based network games that came before *that*) that brought about their favorite games.
I'm pretty sad that MUDs are disappearing, too. I was brought up on BatMUD* from back in '94, though since then I've played EQ and DAoC. Old MUDs still have their charm, when you can find one with a lot (150-200) of people online at once, but they simply can't compete for the limited attention spans of today's youth.
Still, I am pretty stoked about some of the things on the horizon for the MMORPG market (SWG, most notably).
*Link was down when I tried - BatMUD might be dead now, too:(
Barter is a very difficult system to maintain, especially when economies contain millions or billions of entities exchanging goods/services/labor. The poor and the elderly will likely resist any such changes anyway (though the elderly will eventually die out).
However, electronic *currency* of some sort seems to me to be the only way to alleviate counterfeiting problems. (You'd still have issues with the poor and the elderly, though.)
But that example *was* relevant to the suggestion that real computers can solve the halting problem on programs written to be able to run on real computers.
Indeed, many of the early birds I mentioned in my previous post were among the best professors I have ever had the privilege to meet/work with/be instructed by. Generally, they were also approachable at other times during the day if an appointment was scheduled ahead of time.
I've known quite a few Early Birds during my tenure as a student, and upon accusing any of them of this practice, I have in every case been met with a grin of non-denial.
It has enough intelligence to know to put your address into a form that has a slot that says "Address" or "Address #1", and your last name in a form slot that says "Last Name" or "Sirname" or "Full Name"....in case you forgot where you live or what your last name is.
The availability of games only on PC is a gating measure which keeps those of obviously insufficient age (say, single-digits) out of situations for which they are socially and emotionally not ready. Grade-school kids thrive on console games, and the inclusion of them in the wider MMOG community would in many cases create significant customer support problems.
I can only hope that this ends up being permanent, but since there's money to be made, that obviously won't be the case.
Just figured I would join in reinforcing the concept of actually having some idea what the truth of the story is before believing at face-value a news report from a biased source. I opened this thread expecting to see a lot of bleeding hearts, and was pleasantly surprised to see people instead actually congratulating Customs on doing their damn jobs:)
The resultant data structure, U, contains all available state information indexed by location of each particle in the universe, hence comprising "every bit of information that can be had" within the scope of U. (Attempting to reference a variable outside of its scope is generally not permitted, and is definitely poor programming practice, so information outside the scope of U is not considered.)
The algorithm for searching this data structure is left as an exercise to the reader. Bonus points will be awarded for devising an algorithm that requires minimum time (sorting the data beforehand is permitted).
But the music industry (and, to a slightly lesser extent, the film industry) is run entirely by marketing professionals, whose job it is to determine what sells, and then find people with the *cough* attributes that the greatest part of the public wants to see/hear. Companies like EA, Sony, UbiSoft, and VU are trying to turn the games industry into that same model, because they always put professional marketers in top positions in order to "boost sales". The console market has had that problem for years, and more recently, the computer games market is starting to succumb to those same issues.
If you really want to become a skill-less game designer, finish your CS degree, get your MBA, and go to work for Nintendo. If you want to be a game designer with actual skill, though, you can start by working your way up from the depths.
Sorry, but I don't see any evil motives or anything here.
The motives for applying the technology are good. Cheating in multiplayer games is a huge problem, and it's good that they're doing what they can to prevent it. However, applying for a patent on that technology amounts to yet another in a huge list of USPTO giving out patents to unworthy companies for old tech.
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Just don't put your portable hole inside a bag of holding.
*smacks forehead*
Yes, telneting in to bat.org works fine.
"Instead they ended up with a D&D-rules Diablo."
And that statement is even a stretch. Their implementation of 3rd edition D&D rules makes it look like they got their 3rd edition PH from the middle of the road after a flash flood.
"MUDs are essentially MMORPGs without graphics."
:(
Actually, MMORPGs are MUDs *with* graphics. That will become a more and more important distinction the more kids start playing online games without understanding the several-year history (very late 80s, not counting other local UNIX-based network games that came before *that*) that brought about their favorite games.
I'm pretty sad that MUDs are disappearing, too. I was brought up on BatMUD* from back in '94, though since then I've played EQ and DAoC. Old MUDs still have their charm, when you can find one with a lot (150-200) of people online at once, but they simply can't compete for the limited attention spans of today's youth.
Still, I am pretty stoked about some of the things on the horizon for the MMORPG market (SWG, most notably).
*Link was down when I tried - BatMUD might be dead now, too
Barter is a very difficult system to maintain, especially when economies contain millions or billions of entities exchanging goods/services/labor. The poor and the elderly will likely resist any such changes anyway (though the elderly will eventually die out).
However, electronic *currency* of some sort seems to me to be the only way to alleviate counterfeiting problems. (You'd still have issues with the poor and the elderly, though.)
I skimmed the title, and for a moment started wondering whether Emeril had enough time to hold down two jobs.
Okay, then I won't mention sperm racing....
But that example *was* relevant to the suggestion that real computers can solve the halting problem on programs written to be able to run on real computers.
...but I sure wish this had hit the main /. page.
But we already *have* Ridiculous DMCA.
It would be interesting to see whether mine exploration robots would be able to investigate the progress of mine fires.
How shortly? Could he possibly have been grading finals late into the night so he would be done the next day when grades were due?
We have at least one of these at our school. He's a department chair.... and a damn good one, at that :)
Indeed, many of the early birds I mentioned in my previous post were among the best professors I have ever had the privilege to meet/work with/be instructed by. Generally, they were also approachable at other times during the day if an appointment was scheduled ahead of time.
I've known quite a few Early Birds during my tenure as a student, and upon accusing any of them of this practice, I have in every case been met with a grin of non-denial.
Actually, it would simply increase the chance of the field strength between the two jackets becoming high enough to ionize the air in between. :)
Functional languages are amazing creatures. They're really strange to work in. They take a serious change of mindset.
Maybe it's just my limited mental capacity, but I never did really figure out ML. Thank god I'll probably never need to.
It has enough intelligence to know to put your address into a form that has a slot that says "Address" or "Address #1", and your last name in a form slot that says "Last Name" or "Sirname" or "Full Name". ...in case you forgot where you live or what your last name is.
Linus has commented on the SCO v. IBM suit saying "SCO is playing it like the Raelians"
PWNED!
The availability of games only on PC is a gating measure which keeps those of obviously insufficient age (say, single-digits) out of situations for which they are socially and emotionally not ready. Grade-school kids thrive on console games, and the inclusion of them in the wider MMOG community would in many cases create significant customer support problems.
I can only hope that this ends up being permanent, but since there's money to be made, that obviously won't be the case.
Just figured I would join in reinforcing the concept of actually having some idea what the truth of the story is before believing at face-value a news report from a biased source. I opened this thread expecting to see a lot of bleeding hearts, and was pleasantly surprised to see people instead actually congratulating Customs on doing their damn jobs :)
What, no gratuitous Al Gore comments? ;)
Step 1. Create universe U. Return U.
The resultant data structure, U, contains all available state information indexed by location of each particle in the universe, hence comprising "every bit of information that can be had" within the scope of U. (Attempting to reference a variable outside of its scope is generally not permitted, and is definitely poor programming practice, so information outside the scope of U is not considered.)
The algorithm for searching this data structure is left as an exercise to the reader. Bonus points will be awarded for devising an algorithm that requires minimum time (sorting the data beforehand is permitted).
But the music industry (and, to a slightly lesser extent, the film industry) is run entirely by marketing professionals, whose job it is to determine what sells, and then find people with the *cough* attributes that the greatest part of the public wants to see/hear. Companies like EA, Sony, UbiSoft, and VU are trying to turn the games industry into that same model, because they always put professional marketers in top positions in order to "boost sales". The console market has had that problem for years, and more recently, the computer games market is starting to succumb to those same issues.
If you really want to become a skill-less game designer, finish your CS degree, get your MBA, and go to work for Nintendo. If you want to be a game designer with actual skill, though, you can start by working your way up from the depths.
Sorry, but I don't see any evil motives or anything here.
The motives for applying the technology are good. Cheating in multiplayer games is a huge problem, and it's good that they're doing what they can to prevent it. However, applying for a patent on that technology amounts to yet another in a huge list of USPTO giving out patents to unworthy companies for old tech.