I think in general there may be interesting research to be done in the area of mapping/visualization of complex data: for instance this project of mapping the internet.
Does this really help in general? Are there many cases where such visual maps would help understanding of complex data? Think for example, it may be interesting to produce such a map of everything2, which is a sort of hyperlinked online encyclopedia, to see where the clustering is.
In astrophysics, 3D maps of the universe have been produced for some time, and the human-eye understanding of large-scale structure was at first more direct than statistical analysis--for instance, people would see the famous filaments, but stats wouldn't.
A post above quoted the possible use in spotting "usefulness" of code contributions, by looking at their interdependencies for example.
I know Linus will definitely be opposed to such an action by Red Hat. Of course, the whole point of GPL is freedom, but not necessarily the freedom to destroy what the GPL stands for.
I'm sure this will lead to another flamewar between the BSD folks and the GPL folks, but still- the fact that RedHat will have a kernel version not able to be released under the GPL is something to take note of.
But then again, what else could we expect from a partnership of RedHat and Intel? At least they dropped the DRM proposal to compete with MS's plan.
It was a "reinvention" of the original anyway. Which is good, because as far as I remember the original was basically a Laserdisc movie where you moved the joystick in a certain direction at the right time and either died or went on to the next screen - hardly the kind of game you'd want to shell out $50-$60 on for your console:) Looked like some very pretty cel shaded graphics from the screenshots - one of those adventure 3D platformer games like Zelda, Mario Sunshine or Starfox Adventures.
Also, it was planned for Xbox and NGC as well- what happened to that?
How will the RIAA react to this, seeing as this is legitimizing one of the oldest forms of music pirating?
Why would they react badly? Most likely they're getting the typical 90% cut.
Also, what kind of equipment will have to be used to produce these so fast?
Probably CD-R's.
Will the recording process suffer due to the hurry?
Of course, and they'll have to work out the issues of some CD players not reading CD-R's as well. But I'm sure they'll be priced to correctly go along with other concert memoribilia.
How will the RIAA react to this, seeing as this is legitimizing one of the oldest forms of music pirating?
Why would they react badly? Most likely they're getting the typical 90% cut.
Also, what kind of equipment will have to be used to produce these so fast?
Probably CD-R's.
Will the recording process suffer due to the hurry?
Of course, and they'll have to work out the issues of some CD players not reading CD-R's as well. But I'm sure they'll be priced to correctly go along with other concert memoribilia.
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And for domestic stuff, Frida is underrated.
Yes, that is interesting indeed.
I think in general there may be interesting research to be done in the area of mapping/visualization of complex data: for instance this project of mapping the internet.
Does this really help in general? Are there many cases where such visual maps would help understanding of complex data?
Think for example, it may be interesting to produce such a map of everything2, which is a sort of hyperlinked online encyclopedia, to see where the clustering is.
In astrophysics, 3D maps of the universe have been produced for some time, and the human-eye understanding of large-scale structure was at first more direct than statistical analysis--for instance, people would see the famous filaments, but stats wouldn't.
A post above quoted the possible use in spotting "usefulness" of code contributions, by looking at their interdependencies for example.
I know Linus will definitely be opposed to such an action by Red Hat. Of course, the whole point of GPL is freedom, but not necessarily the freedom to destroy what the GPL stands for.
I'm sure this will lead to another flamewar between the BSD folks and the GPL folks, but still- the fact that RedHat will have a kernel version not able to be released under the GPL is something to take note of.
But then again, what else could we expect from a partnership of RedHat and Intel? At least they dropped the DRM proposal to compete with MS's plan.
It was a "reinvention" of the original anyway. Which is good, because as far as I remember the original was basically a Laserdisc movie where you moved the joystick in a certain direction at the right time and either died or went on to the next screen - hardly the kind of game you'd want to shell out $50-$60 on for your console :) Looked like some very pretty cel shaded graphics from the screenshots - one of those adventure 3D platformer games like Zelda, Mario Sunshine or Starfox Adventures.
Also, it was planned for Xbox and NGC as well- what happened to that?
How will the RIAA react to this, seeing as this is legitimizing one of the oldest forms of music pirating?
Why would they react badly? Most likely they're getting the typical 90% cut.
Also, what kind of equipment will have to be used to produce these so fast?
Probably CD-R's.
Will the recording process suffer due to the hurry?
Of course, and they'll have to work out the issues of some CD players not reading CD-R's as well. But I'm sure they'll be priced to correctly go along with other concert memoribilia.
How will the RIAA react to this, seeing as this is legitimizing one of the oldest forms of music pirating?
Why would they react badly? Most likely they're getting the typical 90% cut.
Also, what kind of equipment will have to be used to produce these so fast?
Probably CD-R's.
Will the recording process suffer due to the hurry?
Of course, and they'll have to work out the issues of some CD players not reading CD-R's as well. But I'm sure they'll be priced to correctly go along with other concert memoribilia.
Duh,
Because most hard drives you buy now are empty and some are even *gasp* completely unformatted.