With no clear advantage over other free unixes, why is this hobbyOS getting so much attention? i tried a beta disc a few months back, and i didn't see anything special...i mean, a one man OS is impressive, but i can't see anyone actually using it...
In the light of some dozen retarded case mod articles each year on Slashdot, this doesn't bother me at all.
The database server is borked, but the rest of the system is OK. Since most of Wikipedia is currently running from cache, a Slashdotting shouldn't have any severe impact.
And yeah, I think Matrix 2 or 3 deserved a nomination. I mean, what on Earth is Pirates of the Caribbean doing in that list? The CGI skeletons were just grotesquely bad. The highway fight in Matrix: Reloaded, on the other hand, was one of the coolest things ever. Sure, the movie was dull, but that's not what the visual effects category is concerned with.
Anyways, I think it's cool they nominated a movie whose visual effects were subtle but convincing.
I strongly agree. The effects in The Return of the King might very well be the most advanced ever shown in cinemas, and look damn good at that, but ultimately they're not 100% convincing. Visual effects are supposed to assist in creating an atmosphere and sense of scale, which ROTK's effects really do, but they're also supposed to suspend any sensation of disbelief, which ROTK's effects don't always.
I definitely think ROTK should get the visual effects Oscar this year, just wanted to state that I agree flashiness isn't everything.
Has nothing to to with zealotry. I'm simply thinking of the fact that all id Software games have had so bad looking explosions that there's just no way anything with Carmack involved could explode in reality.
Sure we still need stuff like C for large projects
No you don't. C is an adequate choice for operating system kernels and isolated performance-critical libraries, but it's really one of the last languages you should look to if you're writing an *application*. XAML is a step in the right direction (out of the C slough), although the implementation may not be the right.
The only release date we've heard from id Software themselves is "when it's done". The "Coming 2003" poster at E3 2002 was Activision's artifice.
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cooling
(insert remark about cooling system needed for one's latest overclocked CPU and how the task of maintining temperature in the Earth's core pales in comparison here)
Physics it the science to end all science. Yes it is chemistry, but it is physics, too.
Of course. Psychology, for instance, is wrapped-up physics, too. But when was the last time you heard someone refer to a psychology joke as a physics joke?
Does this mean I'll have to click through two advertisement pages each time I want to read a review?
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Not Ruby, but I'm working on a Python library for Doom called Omgifol in which I recently implemented a complete API for editing levels (the version on SF is quite outdated, though, nothing to see there).
I don't know how useful the level editing features of the thing will end up being, but I have some ideas of making a random level generator similar to Slige with it. Using a language as powerful as Python, it should hopefully be possible to create stuff more advanced than Slige's linearly arranged square sectors;-)
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With no clear advantage over other free unixes, why is this hobbyOS getting so much attention? i tried a beta disc a few months back, and i didn't see anything special...i mean, a one man OS is impressive, but i can't see anyone actually using it...
In the light of some dozen retarded case mod articles each year on Slashdot, this doesn't bother me at all.
Well considering that the Nintendo 64 only had one stick, I find it hard to see how Rare used two sticks for control...
They used the digital C cross. Not the same as a stick, but same layout.
<insert <insert joke>>
I'd insert a witty remark here, but there's an overhanging risk of infinite recursion.
They may not be great innovators
Bullshit. They invented the entire FPS genre.
Amen.
The database server is borked, but the rest of the system is OK. Since most of Wikipedia is currently running from cache, a Slashdotting shouldn't have any severe impact.
Don't forget Titanic :P
And yeah, I think Matrix 2 or 3 deserved a nomination. I mean, what on Earth is Pirates of the Caribbean doing in that list? The CGI skeletons were just grotesquely bad. The highway fight in Matrix: Reloaded, on the other hand, was one of the coolest things ever. Sure, the movie was dull, but that's not what the visual effects category is concerned with.
Anyways, I think it's cool they nominated a movie whose visual effects were subtle but convincing.
I strongly agree. The effects in The Return of the King might very well be the most advanced ever shown in cinemas, and look damn good at that, but ultimately they're not 100% convincing. Visual effects are supposed to assist in creating an atmosphere and sense of scale, which ROTK's effects really do, but they're also supposed to suspend any sensation of disbelief, which ROTK's effects don't always.
I definitely think ROTK should get the visual effects Oscar this year, just wanted to state that I agree flashiness isn't everything.
Has nothing to to with zealotry. I'm simply thinking of the fact that all id Software games have had so bad looking explosions that there's just no way anything with Carmack involved could explode in reality.
I would practically give my right arm to go on any one of these trips.
I'd happily go in the ship whose computer system was programmed by John Carmack.
The system sponsored by Paul Allen though, hmm...
Am I supposed to AND or OR them? :P
Not thinking it's worthy for an Oscar is not the same thing as hating it, or even thinking that it's bad or unenjoyable.
Not thinking it's worthy for an Oscar is not the same thing as agreeing that two titles someone chose out of nowhere are.
Not finding that you enjoy a particular movie is not the same thing as not enjoying movies.
Tried saving it too, didn't work.
I tried to open the .doc in Wordpad, with the result that Wordpad crashed. Does this happen to anyone else? (I'm on Windows 2000).
Sure we still need stuff like C for large projects
No you don't. C is an adequate choice for operating system kernels and isolated performance-critical libraries, but it's really one of the last languages you should look to if you're writing an *application*. XAML is a step in the right direction (out of the C slough), although the implementation may not be the right.
The only release date we've heard from id Software themselves is "when it's done". The "Coming 2003" poster at E3 2002 was Activision's artifice.
cooling
(insert remark about cooling system needed for one's latest overclocked CPU and how the task of maintining temperature in the Earth's core pales in comparison here)
six minues (600 seconds)
360 seconds.
I tried playing Quake III over this, but the ping time made it rather frustrating :|
There's the PS1 version of Doom, and if you got Linux to run on your PS2 you could play the original game with PrBoom.
If HTML is a programming language then so is ASCII.
Physics it the science to end all science.
Yes it is chemistry, but it is physics, too.
Of course. Psychology, for instance, is wrapped-up physics, too. But when was the last time you heard someone refer to a psychology joke as a physics joke?
That's chemistry, not physics.
Does this mean I'll have to click through two advertisement pages each time I want to read a review?
Not Ruby, but I'm working on a Python library for Doom called Omgifol in which I recently implemented a complete API for editing levels (the version on SF is quite outdated, though, nothing to see there).
;-)
I don't know how useful the level editing features of the thing will end up being, but I have some ideas of making a random level generator similar to Slige with it. Using a language as powerful as Python, it should hopefully be possible to create stuff more advanced than Slige's linearly arranged square sectors