The linked videos show that E17 has some nice rotations going on. Then they try to do some 3D effects and it's apparent that they're only doing affine transformations, so the perspective texture mapping is wrong on the 3D stuff. It feels so much like 1992. Didn't they learn anything from ID? There are even simpler ways to get the perspective right for large polys too.
Hey, don't be linking my real name, my hobby identity, and my slashdot trolling identity all together now;-) Next thing you know Facebook will start making suggestions.
Time to call 911, but no time to turn the ignition off - one notch, don't lock the wheel. This is nicer than putting it in neutral. I think the media need to point out these options when they report on this because a lot of people probably don't know why "N" is there or that it's OK to turn off the ignition while moving (but not normally recommended).
Not only do the pads last longer, but the rotors. There's been this horrible cost saving going on that results in rotor replacement happening more often too (much of the cost is in the mass). On a prius they may have sized these things smaller because they can. If you buy a Fusion hybrid, you'll get the same brakes and fuel tank as the non-hybrid version - that's why they advertise 700 miles on a tank - and the brakes will probably never wear out for some people.
The rotating wheels of the car act as a generator, converting the car's kinetic energy into electricity with about 70% efficiency.
Actually that should be 85 to 95 percent efficiency. Then charging/discharging each take a cut and final conversion back to mechanical energy takes a cut. But raw regen-braking to DC should be 90 percent efficient or better. OTOH, your Tesla has an induction motor which is inherently less efficient than PM motors, and the 70% may be including some of those other losses as well.
Can we just fix the errors in the OSM so it's up to date? Then we can all just download that into whatever device we want. Netbooks have a bigger display than GPS devices and cellphones. I have a bluetooth GPS that cost $60 with no display - it's great.
I recall seeing an article years ago about OLED displays. Someone actually made a functional prototype using an inkjet printer. They put the chemicals in the cartridge and printed an electronic display. My first thought was being able to print light-up signs. I've always wondered why the geek hobbyists haven't done this yet.
The FIRST rule is that somebody has to fly the airplane. Even if that means turn on the autopilot and kick back listening to the radio and looking around. The computers are not to be delegated *everything*.
This was incredibly dumb, and deserves termination or at least a very, VERY strong reprimand, but at no time were the passengers in any danger.
If there was some crazy emergency - like another aircraft with distracted pilots on a collision course - they would not have responded appropriately since they were ignoring the radio. I suppose there may be a collision warning system they *might* have heard... I don't mind if a pilot takes a break, so long as the other guy is paying attention, but for both to just geek-out at a laptop for 20 minutes is not something I'd consider "safe".
If they do keep these guys, maybe they should be required to fly without the autopilot for a few months:-)
I was disappointed that there's no Ekiga for Maemo on the N800. There is however a non-video-supporting version of Skype. I also downloaded all the maps for the non-free mapping software wondering how long those would be available.
The problem is that we're running a compromised executable. Once someone can get that into the system, it's over. Now it sounds like ldd is being used here possibly for increased privileges, but that's all. The real challenge is getting someone a compromised executable.
How can you show that you have a right to posess the book at all, and that you had a right to purchase it?
Because I am innocent until proven guilty. Because possession of a book is not a crime. I also didn't need to purchase it, someone could have given it to me. In fact I could have stolen it from Walmart and I'd only be guilty of shoplifting, not copyright infringement.
The book you bought had a license, you simply did not have to agree to it. You're bound to it anyway.
WTF? You're bound by copyright law when you buy a book. Nothing more, nothing less. What is this license you speak of? Where do I find it? What makes it binding? How do I violate it?
I agree. My Fedora sequence has been: 3,4,5,7,9,10, and now 12. The pace of improvement has slowed down to where it's not that exciting, but that's actually a good thing IMHO it means things are "good" and "stable". I'm still unhappy that 12 doesn't seem to have the driver for e1000 wireless in the install (you can yum it from the other repo but not until final I guess). I believe that is in 2.6.32 kernel, so it should make it for Fedora 13.
When they start to talk about the cost of all that hand counting some day.... Please ask them to estimate the cost to count your individual vote and compare this to the amount of money you personally pay in taxes. The argument that hand counting is expensive doesn't hold up.
You quote a sentence and cut it off right before the loophole. The text is:
Self-modifying, dynamically loaded, or interpreted code is prohibited, except under the security provisions outlined in section 6.4.e
You can't just cut it off before the word "except" and disregard a whole section just to make your point seem as clear cut as you'd like. There is also text afterword that give a justification. I don't really care for the exception - it just adds confusion. However I don't think any of our law makers are capable of writing anything without throwing in exceptions. Anyway, you were being deliberately misleading when you cut off the prohibition just short of the exception.
That said... if the cards keep getting faster, then eventually 30fps@720p will be possible and there's no reason, in the time inbetween, that games couldn't add the more fancy effects and have the GPGPU solutions take care of those on a 'cloud' platform.
There's one big reason - latency. 30 FPS is one frame every 33.333ms. What's your ping time? Add the rendering time to that, and that's what your interactivity is going to look like. Remember that many games have ways of hiding the latency between client and server - in particular they know the players POV and the static environment, so those things can be handled very well.
As someone else said, cloud rendering is fine for making movies. It's not viable for games. And besides, if a GPU can do this stuff in real time, why do we need to push it into the cloud? This sounds like OTOY all over again.
BTW, CPUs will be doing realtime ray tracing soon anyway - give me a bunch of bulldozer cores and a frame buffer.
Since the cells are not connected to the motors directly, there must be some other electronics involved. Since there is no mention of learning, and the behavior seems consistent, we should raise the suspicion that the neurons are acting like nothing more than wires. Or is this a case of interesting work being dumbed down for a YouTube clip?
Look, I believe in evolution, but never has there been found a parent species to something alive today. In other words, scientists can not point at any two distinct species, living or extinct, plant or animal, and say that this species evolved directly from that one. Sure, they can say that this dog is bigger or a different than it's ancestors, but it's still a dog. Show me the fossils of the prehistoric rodent that evolved directly to today's rabbit or rat and the debate will end.
Dude, you need to pay a visit to the Smithsonian. The museum of natural history in particular (though the others are also fantastic) has series of fossils showing the progression to humans, and some other lines. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't out there - it may mean you haven't looked.
Physics and maths are just theory, they have no economic value at face value and anyone who thinks otherwise is a moronic anti-intellectual who has no idea what either of those is or does. Also, someone who doesn't understand the meaning of economic value.
Tell that to someone who majored in medical physics and works at GE.
Tell that to the guys who work down the hall from me who design high performance motors for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Tell that to the mathematician doing model parameter estimation in our software.
You already told *me* - the software guy who uses math on nearly a daily basis.
Tell the business folks who employ these people.
BTW, I believe everyone mentioned here makes 6 figures. So no, there must not be economic value in math and physics.
Maybe you're one of those wall street guys that put the economy in the toilet because they all used the same flawed mathematical model for planning purposes - because they don't have too many math folks, because they have no economic value. Or the MBAs who say people in the US will just outsource and "manage" everything, because none of those things like engineering, design, manufacturing, distribution, etc... are "economically valuable".
So to hear about this system America uses is quite disturbing. The university attendance rate over there must be exceptionally low?
Yep. They claimed government backed student loans would increase attendance. But of course the biggest effect was instead to drive up tuition and saddle our young grads with debt (never mind what happens to those who don't finnish). IMHO we would be better off without loans. And now it sounds like interest rates are going to start influencing peoples education decisions. It's all about the money, not the education.
A couple years ago Forbes (I think) had and article questioning the value of a college education in the US - as an economic decision. I don't recall the result, but just the fact that they considered the question means there is a problem.
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The linked videos show that E17 has some nice rotations going on. Then they try to do some 3D effects and it's apparent that they're only doing affine transformations, so the perspective texture mapping is wrong on the 3D stuff. It feels so much like 1992. Didn't they learn anything from ID? There are even simpler ways to get the perspective right for large polys too.
Hey, don't be linking my real name, my hobby identity, and my slashdot trolling identity all together now ;-) Next thing you know Facebook will start making suggestions.
Time to dig out my realtime raytracing library and do some voxel rendering :-)
Time to call 911, but no time to turn the ignition off - one notch, don't lock the wheel. This is nicer than putting it in neutral. I think the media need to point out these options when they report on this because a lot of people probably don't know why "N" is there or that it's OK to turn off the ignition while moving (but not normally recommended).
Not only do the pads last longer, but the rotors. There's been this horrible cost saving going on that results in rotor replacement happening more often too (much of the cost is in the mass). On a prius they may have sized these things smaller because they can. If you buy a Fusion hybrid, you'll get the same brakes and fuel tank as the non-hybrid version - that's why they advertise 700 miles on a tank - and the brakes will probably never wear out for some people.
Actually that should be 85 to 95 percent efficiency. Then charging/discharging each take a cut and final conversion back to mechanical energy takes a cut. But raw regen-braking to DC should be 90 percent efficient or better. OTOH, your Tesla has an induction motor which is inherently less efficient than PM motors, and the 70% may be including some of those other losses as well.
You've been able to do that for years now.
Can we just fix the errors in the OSM so it's up to date? Then we can all just download that into whatever device we want. Netbooks have a bigger display than GPS devices and cellphones. I have a bluetooth GPS that cost $60 with no display - it's great.
I recall seeing an article years ago about OLED displays. Someone actually made a functional prototype using an inkjet printer. They put the chemicals in the cartridge and printed an electronic display. My first thought was being able to print light-up signs. I've always wondered why the geek hobbyists haven't done this yet.
The FIRST rule is that somebody has to fly the airplane. Even if that means turn on the autopilot and kick back listening to the radio and looking around. The computers are not to be delegated *everything*.
If there was some crazy emergency - like another aircraft with distracted pilots on a collision course - they would not have responded appropriately since they were ignoring the radio. I suppose there may be a collision warning system they *might* have heard... I don't mind if a pilot takes a break, so long as the other guy is paying attention, but for both to just geek-out at a laptop for 20 minutes is not something I'd consider "safe".
:-)
If they do keep these guys, maybe they should be required to fly without the autopilot for a few months
I was disappointed that there's no Ekiga for Maemo on the N800. There is however a non-video-supporting version of Skype. I also downloaded all the maps for the non-free mapping software wondering how long those would be available.
The problem is that we're running a compromised executable. Once someone can get that into the system, it's over. Now it sounds like ldd is being used here possibly for increased privileges, but that's all. The real challenge is getting someone a compromised executable.
Because I am innocent until proven guilty. Because possession of a book is not a crime. I also didn't need to purchase it, someone could have given it to me. In fact I could have stolen it from Walmart and I'd only be guilty of shoplifting, not copyright infringement.
WTF? You're bound by copyright law when you buy a book. Nothing more, nothing less. What is this license you speak of? Where do I find it? What makes it binding? How do I violate it?
I agree. My Fedora sequence has been: 3,4,5,7,9,10, and now 12. The pace of improvement has slowed down to where it's not that exciting, but that's actually a good thing IMHO it means things are "good" and "stable". I'm still unhappy that 12 doesn't seem to have the driver for e1000 wireless in the install (you can yum it from the other repo but not until final I guess). I believe that is in 2.6.32 kernel, so it should make it for Fedora 13.
Yeah, because when a company is tight on cash and needs to shed some people, they always dump the "top engineers" first.
Why does Europe get to hold up a purchase of an American company by an American company? Or is that not the case?
When they start to talk about the cost of all that hand counting some day.... Please ask them to estimate the cost to count your individual vote and compare this to the amount of money you personally pay in taxes. The argument that hand counting is expensive doesn't hold up.
You can't just cut it off before the word "except" and disregard a whole section just to make your point seem as clear cut as you'd like. There is also text afterword that give a justification. I don't really care for the exception - it just adds confusion. However I don't think any of our law makers are capable of writing anything without throwing in exceptions. Anyway, you were being deliberately misleading when you cut off the prohibition just short of the exception.
There's one big reason - latency. 30 FPS is one frame every 33.333ms. What's your ping time? Add the rendering time to that, and that's what your interactivity is going to look like. Remember that many games have ways of hiding the latency between client and server - in particular they know the players POV and the static environment, so those things can be handled very well.
As someone else said, cloud rendering is fine for making movies. It's not viable for games. And besides, if a GPU can do this stuff in real time, why do we need to push it into the cloud? This sounds like OTOY all over again.
BTW, CPUs will be doing realtime ray tracing soon anyway - give me a bunch of bulldozer cores and a frame buffer.
Since the cells are not connected to the motors directly, there must be some other electronics involved. Since there is no mention of learning, and the behavior seems consistent, we should raise the suspicion that the neurons are acting like nothing more than wires. Or is this a case of interesting work being dumbed down for a YouTube clip?
Dude, you need to pay a visit to the Smithsonian. The museum of natural history in particular (though the others are also fantastic) has series of fossils showing the progression to humans, and some other lines. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't out there - it may mean you haven't looked.
Tell that to someone who majored in medical physics and works at GE.
Tell that to the guys who work down the hall from me who design high performance motors for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Tell that to the mathematician doing model parameter estimation in our software.
You already told *me* - the software guy who uses math on nearly a daily basis.
Tell the business folks who employ these people.
BTW, I believe everyone mentioned here makes 6 figures. So no, there must not be economic value in math and physics.
Maybe you're one of those wall street guys that put the economy in the toilet because they all used the same flawed mathematical model for planning purposes - because they don't have too many math folks, because they have no economic value. Or the MBAs who say people in the US will just outsource and "manage" everything, because none of those things like engineering, design, manufacturing, distribution, etc... are "economically valuable".
Yep. They claimed government backed student loans would increase attendance. But of course the biggest effect was instead to drive up tuition and saddle our young grads with debt (never mind what happens to those who don't finnish). IMHO we would be better off without loans. And now it sounds like interest rates are going to start influencing peoples education decisions. It's all about the money, not the education.
A couple years ago Forbes (I think) had and article questioning the value of a college education in the US - as an economic decision. I don't recall the result, but just the fact that they considered the question means there is a problem.