So is the pope God's representative on Earth, or God's representative for everywhere outside of heaven ? Well, there's the Pope and then there's the Space Pope (Crocodylus pontifex).
Sure, this German kid may have added a new term into the equation, but what happens if the asteroid were to hit TWO Earth satellites on its first fly-by? What if it hits 100? The asteroid could be halted entirely after it clears out a swath of Fox News and Major League Baseball spy satellites. In fact, I look forward to the day when I can look up at the sky and see Earth's new best friend happily cruising across the debris-filled sky. Suck on that, Moon. You cold-hearted bitch.
The best way to destroy these things is to use the gravity gun and a large object to catch the explosive flechettes they shoot at you and then fire them back.
I would certainly listen to what Chuck Moore has to say on the topic of CPU trends. For one thing, his name is a combination of Chuck Norris and Gordon Moore. How can you be any more of an expert than that? I expect his company to put his ideas into practice soon. Expect to see the AMD "Roundhouse" architecture take the computing world by storm.
that there is finally a story where my following formalization of the process of wire entanglement is on-topic.
Kevin's First Law: For any number of wires, strings or similar objects, the probability of complex entanglement between them increases exponentially with the inverse of distance. Time required to entangle is also affected in a similar fashion. This phenomenon can be observed in consequence, but not in action.
Also, for those who are interested, my second law is formalized thusly:
Kevin's Second Law: There exists no robot that cannot be improved in form or function by the addition of a flamethrower.
I think these guys are totally confused. The Engineer is entirely a defensive unit. He's got immovable turrets, ammo / health dispensers and teleporters. Sure he's got a shotgun, but that's really for personal protection and the occasional pheasant hunt. No bombs or scare tactics of any kind. If you come looking for the secret plans then it's totally your fault if you get mowed down in a hail of automated gunfire. Now that Demoman, he's another story altogether. He's got that dastardly looking eye-patch and an unhealthy penchant for TNT if I ever saw one.
What happens when you use an electromagnetic catapult (linear motor, basically) backwards? You get a linear decelerator. What if you have two linear decelerators and each is attached to the end of a cable spanning the flight deck? You can control and steer the landing plane by analyzing forces. I know there has been some work to develop this since I've seen it first-hand, but I can't say for certain if this is what they mean by "advanced arresting gear". Plans may have changed.
However, you will then be scorned by the typographic community for doing so
I wonder exactly how it would change my life for the worse should this occur. Would I be relegated to dictating correspondence to a shady "letter merchant" in dark alleys? Would the psychological oppression from being a typographic outcast cause me to break under the steady gaze of traffic signs and theater marquees? Would all children's educational programming be mysteriously absent from all the PBS channels I receive? Would the BIC company blackball me from future writing implement purchases? Truly, these are the questions that keep one awake at night.
IBM software will analyze the video and ultimately 'recognize suspicious behavior,' says OEMC spokesman Kevin Smith.
When asked if there were concerns that the new technology would interfere with the privacy of citizens, spokesman Kevin Smith deferred to his assistant who asserted "snooch to the nooch. Bwaaaaaa!".
either work on upgrading the engine, or work on the episodic content, not both at the same time
You're right on the money here. The story mentions Valve meeting with Telltale and Blizzard like there's some secret weapon to releasing episodic content on time. There is no secret weapon, Valve, there's just common sense and effective time management. In both cases, the companies stuck with an established engine and concentrated only on content between episode releases. This obviates the need for numerous, time consuming processes like exhaustive play testing and generation of complicated graphics/audio/scripting code.
Valve tried to take their normal, 2-3 year development process, chop down the time to complete to 9 months, and call it episodic. Now they're wondering what went wrong?
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I can't wait for the Cmdrtaco version. Here's to hoping there's a "Steet View" option!
sURVEY pOINT 6, sEA lEVEL ..... 0 mETERS (note: damn caps-lock)
Survey Point 1, Sea Level ..... 0 Meters
Survey Point 2, Sea Level ..... 0 Meters
Survey Point 3, Sea Level ..... 0 Meters
Survey Point 4, Sea Level ..... 0 Meters
Survey Point 5, Sea level ..... 0.2 Meters (note: shark)
Sure, this German kid may have added a new term into the equation, but what happens if the asteroid were to hit TWO Earth satellites on its first fly-by? What if it hits 100? The asteroid could be halted entirely after it clears out a swath of Fox News and Major League Baseball spy satellites. In fact, I look forward to the day when I can look up at the sky and see Earth's new best friend happily cruising across the debris-filled sky. Suck on that, Moon. You cold-hearted bitch.
The best way to destroy these things is to use the gravity gun and a large object to catch the explosive flechettes they shoot at you and then fire them back.
It worked! The Debigulator worked!
I would certainly listen to what Chuck Moore has to say on the topic of CPU trends. For one thing, his name is a combination of Chuck Norris and Gordon Moore. How can you be any more of an expert than that? I expect his company to put his ideas into practice soon. Expect to see the AMD "Roundhouse" architecture take the computing world by storm.
I am reminded of the following inspiring words:
"But so many of your heroes wear tights: Batman, for example, and... Magellan."
Think of the advances in fashion that could be achieved for such an endeavor in space.
From the article:
I think we all know that this is a euphemism for pornography
that there is finally a story where my following formalization of the process of wire entanglement is on-topic.
Kevin's First Law: For any number of wires, strings or similar objects, the probability of complex entanglement between them increases exponentially with the inverse of distance. Time required to entangle is also affected in a similar fashion. This phenomenon can be observed in consequence, but not in action.
Also, for those who are interested, my second law is formalized thusly:
Kevin's Second Law: There exists no robot that cannot be improved in form or function by the addition of a flamethrower.
I think these guys are totally confused. The Engineer is entirely a defensive unit. He's got immovable turrets, ammo / health dispensers and teleporters. Sure he's got a shotgun, but that's really for personal protection and the occasional pheasant hunt. No bombs or scare tactics of any kind. If you come looking for the secret plans then it's totally your fault if you get mowed down in a hail of automated gunfire. Now that Demoman, he's another story altogether. He's got that dastardly looking eye-patch and an unhealthy penchant for TNT if I ever saw one.
Advanced arresting gear (no idea what that means)
What happens when you use an electromagnetic catapult (linear motor, basically) backwards? You get a linear decelerator. What if you have two linear decelerators and each is attached to the end of a cable spanning the flight deck? You can control and steer the landing plane by analyzing forces. I know there has been some work to develop this since I've seen it first-hand, but I can't say for certain if this is what they mean by "advanced arresting gear". Plans may have changed.
Could be. Nobody's moved down there for weeks and the stink is awful.
However, you will then be scorned by the typographic community for doing so
I wonder exactly how it would change my life for the worse should this occur. Would I be relegated to dictating correspondence to a shady "letter merchant" in dark alleys? Would the psychological oppression from being a typographic outcast cause me to break under the steady gaze of traffic signs and theater marquees? Would all children's educational programming be mysteriously absent from all the PBS channels I receive? Would the BIC company blackball me from future writing implement purchases? Truly, these are the questions that keep one awake at night.
I... um... wow. That's one of the worst typos ever. How does one even... no, I don't want to think about it. Is this a veiled goatse reference?
When asked if there were concerns that the new technology would interfere with the privacy of citizens, spokesman Kevin Smith deferred to his assistant who asserted "snooch to the nooch. Bwaaaaaa!".
You're right on the money here. The story mentions Valve meeting with Telltale and Blizzard like there's some secret weapon to releasing episodic content on time. There is no secret weapon, Valve, there's just common sense and effective time management. In both cases, the companies stuck with an established engine and concentrated only on content between episode releases. This obviates the need for numerous, time consuming processes like exhaustive play testing and generation of complicated graphics/audio/scripting code.
Valve tried to take their normal, 2-3 year development process, chop down the time to complete to 9 months, and call it episodic. Now they're wondering what went wrong?
From the lifesaver systems "unique features" page:
Finally. I hate when my teat gets all chewed up. It's also pretty creepy that my previous teat can taste me whenever I use it.
Too soon, man. Too soon.
I'll run for the hills once a computer can beat a professional boxer.
I for one welcome... uh, myself.
could they prove that the suspect did actually throw up
It is rather well known that you can't really dust for vomit.