Everyone loves to blow things up. Geeks just understand it better, and thusly can do cool stuff like done in this website. Stupid people, however, do it for more violent stupid reasons. The difference between dropping Sodium in water and throwing random objects in a fire; the difference between taking a VCR apart to see how it works and whacking a VCR with a hammer to see how it looks.
And you know what is very flammable? Oil! Think about it.
Well, it wasn't exactly two gameboys strapped to your face, but yeah.
The Virtual Boy was originally intended be a helmet and have motion tracking AND have more than one color. But then it turned out to be obscenely expensive and cause severe motion sickness, so they trimmed it down.
I remember playing Virtual Wario at Blockbuster. Good game, although it didn't exactly take advantage of the 3D as much as it should have. I thought it was cool though. (Far cooler than I though the Playstation to be, which, because it was CD based and used shapes instead of letters to identify the letters, I associated with the CD-i, and thusly didn't give much respect to at first.) Maybe a Virtual Boy type product may be reborn in time.
All in all a great webiste but...
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A cool website, certainly, and a neat little invention. (Little practical purpose, but its classic Nerd/Geek/Hacking stuff.)
But one part sounded a bit wrong to me. I may be wrong myself, but...
They were interested in developing and selling addictive computer games.
I don't know if thats accurate. I mean, Pajitnov (and the other guy) was in the Soviet Union,[1] after all. I don't know if "selling" computer games would have been so easy. I thought it went that the game was written and then handed around the "Computer Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences." Then it got past the Iron Curtain, and then was distributed as freeware for a while until big companies (Microsoft, Nintendo) realized that they could make big bucks releasing a legal version of the game.
-- [1] In SOVIET RUSSIA, Robot controls Tetris! [2]
[2] Shut up. It was revalent. Now, if I had said the Simpsons quote: "In Soviet Russia, stage for actors only!" It would not have been.
Also, googol.com has been taken for a pretty long time. That might be a factor.
I invented a binary googol. I call it Bigol. (Rhymes with Smeagol, although Bye-gol would make more sense.) It's 1 with 256 0's after it in binary, or 2^256, or about 1 with 77 zeroes after it in decimal. I figure Slashdot is as good a place as any to premier it on the world.
~User "Yes, I am the User number Googol" Googol~
If writing something original was so great, than why do so many people write realistic fiction? When you're doing that, you're copying the Real World, when there are thousands of innovative Worlds to be created.
Also, a well written story will inspire future stories. A good story creates a Universe, in which future stories can take place. People, after all, write Realistic and Historic fiction, (the latter is a better example) because they have found an interesting Universe (a real one, admittingly) in which they can put good stories.
All the old works were derivative and group projects. Mythology and fairy tales work by this principle. You take a story world, and build upon it.
As for Doujinshi and the equivalent, fanfics, fans of a certian art become deeply entwined in a universe, in a similar fashion to people of yore may have gotten involved in mythology (less so of course, because people actually believed in mythology, whereas the modern stuff is merely enjoyed deeply by their fans) and their imaginations thusly work in that universe as much as possible.
Tolkien and those who followed him created a universe, and then filled it with stories. The universe-driven story, in my opinion, is one of very interesting importance. (Of course character-driven parts of the plot are important, but universe-driven plotlines allow an entire world to be unvealed.) But by revealing their universe to others, others will be compelled to respond with new stories.
I think perhaps the right for someone to restrict what is published in their universe to some degree is a sane use of copyright, but I still think that the compulsion to write in someone elses universe is a key desire, especially as we can not all write universes by ourselves.
Re:Would hot air in the walls encourage mold, ect?
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You could just make the pipe longer so it reaches out to your window instead of your walls.
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My quick analysis of the new formula is that E=mc2 is true except for extremely massive objects (or, by virtue of E=mc2..., maybe very energetic objects. I'm not so sure.)
(Because in order for the formula to be very close to the current formula in normal situations, E[p] would have to be very very high. Which my memories seem to indicate. Thusly, in order for the formula to be effected, m has to be very large.)
The rearest game must be ANY game from the original Odyssey system. I never even saw that system.
Extremely rare. The original Odyssey didn't use cartridges, but rather had all the games built into it. (Various varients on a pong-like theme, but a bit more complex than classic pong.)
1) Write previous posting as an Anonymous Coward. 2) In Soviet Russia, they drive thumbs in with nails! (Eew.) 3) Add Natalie Portman for great justice. 4) ? 5) Profit!!
Oh, anonymous coward #42, you have so much to learn. Douglas Adams references trump RIAA references, and Beowulf Cluster references beat them both. Speaking of which...
IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THOSE THINGS!
Not that it would be of much use of course. The idea behind the concept is that it is small and contains a lot of data. Beowulfing pocket Library of Congresses would just make the whole thing bigger. Faster, yes, but not better.
Maybe he did. But he really didn't wanna bring it up because that might lead over to the subject of Anakin.
I mean, you have this droid (C3P0) which your half-brother makes. Then the half-brother comes back with another droid (R2-D2), and C3P0 then leaves with him. (I think. I don't entirely remember what happens to C3P0 at the end of the movie.) Your half-brother then becomes one of the most powerful and evil men in the Galaxy. Then, whaddaya know, the two droids show up together again.
Better have Luke wipe their memories before they start talking about their pasts!
Or you can just assume that they are both pretty common models, and he didn't make the connection. I like the first theory more though, because it adds character.
Well, I don't know Linux personally but I know that Windows has a little on-screen keyboard which allows the handicapped (or merely those lacking the ability or desire to type) to type with their mouse. I presume that the program isn't such a technological marvel that the Linux guys can't make a copy if they don't already have a similar program.
*nix is the nickname for the family of Operating Systems which are descended from Unix. The term originated because the word Unix was copyrighted under somewhat strict rules. Eventually, unix became free to say, but *nix now meant any kind of 'nix operating system (Minix, Linux, Mac OS X, and classic Unix.) because * traditionally is a wildcard.
I'd say thats half true. The British Empire helped spread the English language, and then America took up the job when the British Empire started to get its independence and stuff. WW2 did, however, (along with WW1) help give America the "in-your-face" attitude which has made it the power it is today.
Assembly is a bit fancier than Basic. As a result, you have to write in on your computer and then send it over to your TI-83+ by means of a link cable.
I've never done it, because my link cable is stupid, but its defitally a good way to get writing programs. TI-BASIC isn't so bad though if you just wanna program little junk programs for fun.
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And you know what is very flammable? Oil! Think about it.
Well, it wasn't exactly two gameboys strapped to your face, but yeah.
The Virtual Boy was originally intended be a helmet and have motion tracking AND have more than one color. But then it turned out to be obscenely expensive and cause severe motion sickness, so they trimmed it down.
I remember playing Virtual Wario at Blockbuster. Good game, although it didn't exactly take advantage of the 3D as much as it should have. I thought it was cool though. (Far cooler than I though the Playstation to be, which, because it was CD based and used shapes instead of letters to identify the letters, I associated with the CD-i, and thusly didn't give much respect to at first.) Maybe a Virtual Boy type product may be reborn in time.
But one part sounded a bit wrong to me. I may be wrong myself, but...
I don't know if thats accurate. I mean, Pajitnov (and the other guy) was in the Soviet Union,[1] after all. I don't know if "selling" computer games would have been so easy. I thought it went that the game was written and then handed around the "Computer Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences." Then it got past the Iron Curtain, and then was distributed as freeware for a while until big companies (Microsoft, Nintendo) realized that they could make big bucks releasing a legal version of the game.--
[1] In SOVIET RUSSIA, Robot controls Tetris! [2]
[2] Shut up. It was revalent. Now, if I had said the Simpsons quote: "In Soviet Russia, stage for actors only!" It would not have been.
Also, googol.com has been taken for a pretty long time. That might be a factor. I invented a binary googol. I call it Bigol. (Rhymes with Smeagol, although Bye-gol would make more sense.) It's 1 with 256 0's after it in binary, or 2^256, or about 1 with 77 zeroes after it in decimal. I figure Slashdot is as good a place as any to premier it on the world. ~User "Yes, I am the User number Googol" Googol~
If writing something original was so great, than why do so many people write realistic fiction? When you're doing that, you're copying the Real World, when there are thousands of innovative Worlds to be created. Also, a well written story will inspire future stories. A good story creates a Universe, in which future stories can take place. People, after all, write Realistic and Historic fiction, (the latter is a better example) because they have found an interesting Universe (a real one, admittingly) in which they can put good stories. All the old works were derivative and group projects. Mythology and fairy tales work by this principle. You take a story world, and build upon it. As for Doujinshi and the equivalent, fanfics, fans of a certian art become deeply entwined in a universe, in a similar fashion to people of yore may have gotten involved in mythology (less so of course, because people actually believed in mythology, whereas the modern stuff is merely enjoyed deeply by their fans) and their imaginations thusly work in that universe as much as possible. Tolkien and those who followed him created a universe, and then filled it with stories. The universe-driven story, in my opinion, is one of very interesting importance. (Of course character-driven parts of the plot are important, but universe-driven plotlines allow an entire world to be unvealed.) But by revealing their universe to others, others will be compelled to respond with new stories. I think perhaps the right for someone to restrict what is published in their universe to some degree is a sane use of copyright, but I still think that the compulsion to write in someone elses universe is a key desire, especially as we can not all write universes by ourselves.
You could just make the pipe longer so it reaches out to your window instead of your walls.
My quick analysis of the new formula is that E=mc2 is true except for extremely massive objects (or, by virtue of E=mc2..., maybe very energetic objects. I'm not so sure.) (Because in order for the formula to be very close to the current formula in normal situations, E[p] would have to be very very high. Which my memories seem to indicate. Thusly, in order for the formula to be effected, m has to be very large.)
1) Write previous posting as an Anonymous Coward.
2) In Soviet Russia, they drive thumbs in with nails! (Eew.)
3) Add Natalie Portman for great justice.
4) ?
5) Profit!!
Oh, anonymous coward #42, you have so much to learn. Douglas Adams references trump RIAA references, and Beowulf Cluster references beat them both. Speaking of which...
IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THOSE THINGS!
Not that it would be of much use of course. The idea behind the concept is that it is small and contains a lot of data. Beowulfing pocket Library of Congresses would just make the whole thing bigger. Faster, yes, but not better.
Maybe he did. But he really didn't wanna bring it up because that might lead over to the subject of Anakin.
I mean, you have this droid (C3P0) which your half-brother makes. Then the half-brother comes back with another droid (R2-D2), and C3P0 then leaves with him. (I think. I don't entirely remember what happens to C3P0 at the end of the movie.) Your half-brother then becomes one of the most powerful and evil men in the Galaxy. Then, whaddaya know, the two droids show up together again.
Better have Luke wipe their memories before they start talking about their pasts!
Or you can just assume that they are both pretty common models, and he didn't make the connection. I like the first theory more though, because it adds character.
Only if you want to use good style. If you wanna be stupid, than having main return a void is perfectly accetable, and usually compiles okay.
Well, I don't know Linux personally but I know that Windows has a little on-screen keyboard which allows the handicapped (or merely those lacking the ability or desire to type) to type with their mouse. I presume that the program isn't such a technological marvel that the Linux guys can't make a copy if they don't already have a similar program.
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those things!
:)
No wait.
Hmm... maybe I should learn what a Beowulf Cluster is before I start making these jokes.
His Tower of Hanoi thingy sounds better.
I'd say thats half true. The British Empire helped spread the English language, and then America took up the job when the British Empire started to get its independence and stuff. WW2 did, however, (along with WW1) help give America the "in-your-face" attitude which has made it the power it is today.
Assembly is a bit fancier than Basic. As a result, you have to write in on your computer and then send it over to your TI-83+ by means of a link cable. I've never done it, because my link cable is stupid, but its defitally a good way to get writing programs. TI-BASIC isn't so bad though if you just wanna program little junk programs for fun.