The difference is that the Great Sea makes up 99.3% of the world area, the rest being stupid tiny islands (or rocks), whereas there are plenty of large and interesting places in OoT.
You have a point though; the vast and boring Hyrule Field is one of Ocarina of Time's (minor) flaws.
I don't care much whether the graphics are "realistic". What worries me about this trailer is that the graphics look crappy. The designers seem to be trying quite hard to create a "beautiful" Hyrule, but the result is artificial. The characters look boring (though a few of the monsters are interesting). The animation is just awful. And I see nothing interesting gameplay-wise.
For reference, I thought A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time were awesome. And I loved Wind Waker's graphical style but hated hated hated the gameplay.
It's about time Nintendo comes up with some interesting new gameplay elements. Fludd (in Super Mario Sunshine) was brilliant, the stupid boat and the boring sea in Wind Waker were not.
Nope, I'm right. (In fact, I've written a program implementing the Miller-Rabin test myself.)
If you read the Wikipedia article, you'll see:
It can be shown that there always exists a strong witness for any odd composite n, and that at least 3/4 of the values for a are strong witnesses for the compositeness of n.
Choose k independent integers a1,...ak which 1 < ar < n - 1. Then if (odd) n passes the Rabin-Miller test for each base ar, the probability that n is composite is no more than 1/4^k.
For larger n, it will never report a composite to be prime, but there is a small (around 10^-20) chance the "prime" number will be composite.
Actually you got that first statement the wrong way around (and the second one right; they're in conflict with each other if you think about it). The Miller-Rabin test may report a composite to be prime, but may never report a prime to be composite.
Also, the chance is (1/4)^n, where n is the number of bases you test the number against. So if you choose more bases, the probability decreases exponentially.
On the other hand, subjecting the donation page to the Slashdot effect seems like a great way to reach the fundraising goal in no time. Assuming of course the page itself stays up.
You do know that Wikipedia receives something like 100 times the traffic Slashdot does, right?
To clarify, the 10% of processor time I got for my game code was enough to do what I wanted. If you use OpenGL, which uses the graphics processor for rendering, you'll instead get 90% of the processor time. That way there will be a bigger relative advantage for C++, but it'll also be even more likely that you'll get enough time to do what you want in Python.
You should definitely get Python and Pygame. Python is both easy to learn and more powerful than most languages. Better yet, there are plenty of example games to study. If you want to do 3D, also get PyOpenGL, and get the started with the NeHe tutorials (Python code available).
The downside with Python is that it can be slow (a fact that can be remedied to some degree, but not entirely, by also installing Psyco). Fortunately, the slowness doesn't matter (unless your aim is to compete with the next id Software engine). I've written a simple engine for a 2D platformer in Python myself, and even with a game logic and collision detection, 90% of the processor time is spent blitting the graphics to the screen. Since Pygame (written in C) does the rendering, using C++ for your game code won't provide any big advantage.
You're confusing microevolution with macroevolution. I want to know who on gods green earth OBSERVED monkeys turning into humans.
A lot of people have, by studying the fossils and genetic make-up of monkeys and humans.
If digesting information encoded in such forms does not qualify as "observation", then digesting information encoded in the electromagnetic waves that interact with one's retina does not count either.
Unfortunately, it isn't even that. First, the moral values expressed in the Bible are outdated at best. Second, its inconsistencies and vagueness provide room for the most bizarre interpretations. One could easily express in one page or less all the moral guidelines you'd need -- explicitly and without internal inconsistencies or contradictions with science.
Sorry to nitpick, but the word you're looking for is "systemic". Systematic failings would be failings planned and executed deliberately and thoughtfully.
One of the places where Communism ultimately failed was that it forced people to work for and share what bureaucrats deemed the common good. On Wikipedia people of all stripes, nations and ages are sharing their own intellectual property as they choose. Thus, Wikipedia is in no way like the economic and political systems of the 20th century called "Communism", but very much like a democracy.
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It makes no sense to say that one amount is "exponentially greater" than another.
"BFG" stands for "Big Fucking Gun" in the original games. See the page 55 of the Doom Bible, Tom Hall's original design document for Doom.
Dark matter would include coal, for example. Or the night sky. Dark energy - forces of evil such as fear, hate, etc.
The difference is that the Great Sea makes up 99.3% of the world area, the rest being stupid tiny islands (or rocks), whereas there are plenty of large and interesting places in OoT.
You have a point though; the vast and boring Hyrule Field is one of Ocarina of Time's (minor) flaws.
I don't care much whether the graphics are "realistic". What worries me about this trailer is that the graphics look crappy. The designers seem to be trying quite hard to create a "beautiful" Hyrule, but the result is artificial. The characters look boring (though a few of the monsters are interesting). The animation is just awful. And I see nothing interesting gameplay-wise.
For reference, I thought A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time were awesome. And I loved Wind Waker's graphical style but hated hated hated the gameplay.
It's about time Nintendo comes up with some interesting new gameplay elements. Fludd (in Super Mario Sunshine) was brilliant, the stupid boat and the boring sea in Wind Waker were not.
45 hours a day -- I take it you're an astronaut?
Python doesn't require newlines.
exec "if foo:\n print bar()\nelse: print baz()"
etc
Nope, I'm right. (In fact, I've written a program implementing the Miller-Rabin test myself.)
If you read the Wikipedia article, you'll see:
It can be shown that there always exists a strong witness for any odd composite n, and that at least 3/4 of the values for a are strong witnesses for the compositeness of n.
Also Mathworld says:
If N multiple independent tests are performed on a composite number, then the probability that it passes each test is 1/4^N or less.
And according to this page:
Choose k independent integers a1,...ak which 1 < ar < n - 1. Then if (odd) n passes the Rabin-Miller test for each base ar, the probability that n is composite is no more than 1/4^k.
For larger n, it will never report a composite to be prime, but there is a small (around 10^-20) chance the "prime" number will be composite.
Actually you got that first statement the wrong way around (and the second one right; they're in conflict with each other if you think about it). The Miller-Rabin test may report a composite to be prime, but may never report a prime to be composite.
Also, the chance is (1/4)^n, where n is the number of bases you test the number against. So if you choose more bases, the probability decreases exponentially.
These are extremely obviously fakes.
On the other hand, subjecting the donation page to the Slashdot effect seems like a great way to reach the fundraising goal in no time. Assuming of course the page itself stays up.
You do know that Wikipedia receives something like 100 times the traffic Slashdot does, right?
Publishing the photos like that is blatant infringement of the child pornographers' copyright!
Looks like a Doom 3 screenshot to me.
I needed scrolling, so I had to blit the whole screen. Got around ~150 fps in 320x200, which was good enough.
If you want scrolling graphics with a higher resolution though, OpenGL is pretty much the only option.
To clarify, the 10% of processor time I got for my game code was enough to do what I wanted. If you use OpenGL, which uses the graphics processor for rendering, you'll instead get 90% of the processor time. That way there will be a bigger relative advantage for C++, but it'll also be even more likely that you'll get enough time to do what you want in Python.
You should definitely get Python and Pygame. Python is both easy to learn and more powerful than most languages. Better yet, there are plenty of example games to study. If you want to do 3D, also get PyOpenGL, and get the started with the NeHe tutorials (Python code available).
The downside with Python is that it can be slow (a fact that can be remedied to some degree, but not entirely, by also installing Psyco). Fortunately, the slowness doesn't matter (unless your aim is to compete with the next id Software engine). I've written a simple engine for a 2D platformer in Python myself, and even with a game logic and collision detection, 90% of the processor time is spent blitting the graphics to the screen. Since Pygame (written in C) does the rendering, using C++ for your game code won't provide any big advantage.
Good luck!
I have approximated pi to 3.14159265358979 since high school. I know I should better, but I always forget what comes next.
Flamebait, huh? No, I'm right, and I motivated why in as plain language as possible. If you think I'm wrong, why don't you reply and tell me why?
You're confusing microevolution with macroevolution. I want to know who on gods green earth OBSERVED monkeys turning into humans.
A lot of people have, by studying the fossils and genetic make-up of monkeys and humans.
If digesting information encoded in such forms does not qualify as "observation", then digesting information encoded in the electromagnetic waves that interact with one's retina does not count either.
Anyway, who created God then, smarty?
No one created God. He spontaneously expanded into infinity out of an initially infinitesimal lump of potency.
while the Bible is great for moral guidance
Unfortunately, it isn't even that. First, the moral values expressed in the Bible are outdated at best. Second, its inconsistencies and vagueness provide room for the most bizarre interpretations. One could easily express in one page or less all the moral guidelines you'd need -- explicitly and without internal inconsistencies or contradictions with science.
Just type "google porn" in the URL text box and hit enter.
If you like, you can even modify the Google quicksearch bookmark so you only have to type "g porn".
systematic failings in the current Wikipedia
Sorry to nitpick, but the word you're looking for is "systemic". Systematic failings would be failings planned and executed deliberately and thoughtfully.
Wikipedia is not Communism. See Replies to common objections: Communism:
One of the places where Communism ultimately failed was that it forced people to work for and share what bureaucrats deemed the common good. On Wikipedia people of all stripes, nations and ages are sharing their own intellectual property as they choose. Thus, Wikipedia is in no way like the economic and political systems of the 20th century called "Communism", but very much like a democracy.
A good compromise would be to allow anonymous editing, but as policy entirely disregard the opinions of anonymous editors in case of conflicts.