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I was confused by that segue too. If anything the game controller that would best fit 3D would be the WIImote on the WII. A clever 3D implementation might even be able to extend the look of the wiimote to show the player where his or her lightsaber would be and you could almost have an immersive experience, coordinated motion and display. Of course, since Nintendo seldom pushes hardware performance, who knows if the box itself is fast enough to do all the calculations required. Still it would be cool to see stuff through my 3D-specs shooting out of my Wiimote and videogame bad guys.
Even better, now that it's wireless and just like my wireless internet, I'll get free TV, maybe even get to watch what they watch from the neighbor's houses!
the further from original research and development a technology becomes, the more likely it is to be opened up to everyone, and by everyone, we mean those able to learn the tech but receive a lower salary. Further, as tools mature, and become more available--especially if there's a free one out there that's easy to use, and readily available, then more poeple can learn that skill on their own. Many of the IT technologies that don't pay well now, are not due to corruption, but simply due to the fact that they've become commonplace skills, or what was once something experts did, now is taught as an entry level skill to undergrads that don't demand as much pay. (Consider how hard it used to be to make a webpage, but now it's not nearly so) Even when an industry suffers from employment migration in the form of fewer grads, it may stimulate demand for that position, but only until someone creates a tool that replaces your job. Because managers would much rather manage tools than people (and often they treat people like a tool.;). Anyhow my point is that it's not necessarily as doom and gloom conspiratorial as all that. Instead it's a process of industry maturation. To make money, you must be in high demand, and you should do something that cannot easily be replaced by a tool. Cuz management loves their tools. If you want to always be in high demand, choose a field that's hard. Therein is a secret to success... because hard things are less likely to lose their demand--at least not until a technology makes the hard thing easy.
Nah, I'm just curious if they'll name the beta version of Natal, "Prenatal". And the "new" version of Natal, could be Neonatal... Their logo could be cute little babies... playing Halo.
Take a lot of math.
If you end up programming a digital filter, you'll be glad you had Taylor Series in your Calculus classes.
If you end up in Computer graphics, then Linear Algebra/Matrix Math is useful.
If you end up doing digital electronics, then Discrete Mathematics/Boolean Algebra is useful.
Heck, just to learn about rounding errors, a good Numerical Methods Course is a great course for computer programmers when you're approximating the analog world with finite floating point values.
There are mathematical simulations for modelling everything from human behavior (Game Theory) to Wave equations, Partial differentials, Statitistics, and Probability.
There's no shortcut. Don't think that because you're taking a math class it has no application. Don't shortchange yourself, get as much math as you can keep up with. Even logical proofs have their place (Formal Verification) in computing.
My kids think the day I came home with office furniture, boxes of office supplies, company teeshirts, and random promotional paraphenalia as one of the best days of Daddy's working life. It was like Christmas to the kids for each of them to get a lucite paperweight with our latest chip in it. Of course, unbeknownst to them, it was the day the company folded, and I was laid off. Still kinda cracks me up... it's all about how you look at things, as to whether they're they end of the world, or just a new world of adventure.:)
You mean like the free Acrobat Reader? No wait, that supports only PDFs.
Really the main advantage of this e-reader is that unlike Kindle, it uses a full sized monitor AND your computer, is NOT portable, and since it's plugged into your wall, will last as long as the power's on in your house, as opposed to that dreadful Kindle that lasts upwards of 10-15 days battery life (when wifi's turned off). So there!
Sounds like this book would make a perfect gift for all those IT people that annoy you. Isn't that the point of most self-help type books anywho--to give them to people other than yourself--cuz they've all got issues that need to be fixed.;)
James Cameron has done this to us before. Titanic had the same effect. Everyone was swooning, until they realized just how vapid the story was... and people started making fun of "I'm the king of the world!" and the old lady who throws away the insanely valuable necklace... [shudder]
So all we need do now is mock Avatar endlessly... and cynicism will win the day.:)
Sometimes when I read the ravings of the original technologists, I think that they saw the computer as something that would define the meaning of their lives and give purpose to all existence. After decades of the other guy getting the credit, and simplistic approaches and technologies winning the public eye over more complicated, while technically superior versions are obsolete, is it any wonder he's jaded? Turns out that technology, humanity and marketting seldom coincide.
Computers are tools--even the social networking kind--and won't reveal anything about human nature that we haven't already suspected. They don't generate music that's grossly popular to all humans with ears. They won't make you swoon with passion. No matter how clever the programmer, it will never reveal the purpose of life. That's gotta be found by the individual using the computer.
What if after all is said and done, (brace yourself) it was revealed that (steady, don't let this shock you)Microsoft was a company in it for the money!? (Gasp!)
Actually ressurrecting a goat is not the same as bringing back a T-Rex. But hey, at least we'll be able to feed it, if we ever do bring back the dinosaurs...
It's really tood bad Cameron couldn't resist this little dig at what is called by some "the Bush Doctrine." Because if the movie is ever to be regarded as relevant, it will have the 'preemptive' dialog wart in it forever. It really dates the movie, and in a decade it'll no doubt look as out of place as the use of slang from the seventies looks out of place in B-movies of yesterday. It demonstrates a fundamental lack of vision, and it's nothing new or revelatory. It's not like any of us have never considered the negative consequences of preemption, and since the entire movie is made up--it forces the viewer to jump out of the movie to relate to it. Because the story became so heavy-handed at the end--including the warm-fuzzy-bloodsoaked ending--you really can take NOTHING from this movie, in terms of meaning. I work with military folks, and found myself wincing at the unbridled power the colonel in the movie had at his fingertips to unleash--which was absurd. It was a tired cliche' from the era of folks who still to this day fear that someone in the military is going to decide to go crazy one day and blow up everything--discrediting the discipline and moral courage of those who fight. So while the effects were stunning, the message a bloat of fastfood.
IMO, Cameron is really good at manipulating people's feelings--getting them all worked up into a frenzy of feel-good nonsense, which after a while we look back at it and think, "WTF!?" Case in point, Tit-anic, which, if you think about it, was another "interesting to observe, morally pointless" story that had people crooning over the ridiculous antics of a really stupid girl and boy.
Who does online Christmas Shopping on the 23rd? There's no time for delivery, and it's just mean to do to the poor FedEx/UPS carriers. Give the poor guys a break and order ahead of time. 'Sides, if you're going to give a gift after Christmas, prices are better after the holidays. So you might as well wait...
That's really key. Further, because they used their own money, had they made NOTHING on any of them, they still would've been none the worse for the wear. Kinda goes to show the need to do SOMETHING, even if it's crap. I mean consider if Microsoft had waited 12 years to release the perfect OS, only too... err... um... no wait. Bad example.:)
Newspaper? What is that? Wait a sec, I think I remember those. Newspapers were those paper things that had funnies in them. Yeah. Good thing you saved that newspaper thing so that it could go bankrupt a year or two later... that's practically the same thing as all the hysteria that centered on Y2K.:eyes rolling:
Don't DRIVE A CAR and text/play with your cellphone!!!
PLEAZZZE!
My wife and I have a new game, we count the number of cars we pass or observe toying with their cellphones. Some days it's EVERY OTHER CAR!? Car accidents do kill people. Getting in an accident due to this would ruin your life. Turns out, every accident that occurs... is... accidental--meaning no one planned on doing it. Why take the risk? At least pull over somewhere.
Sigh... I know, I know... offtopic whining.:)
The real problem with testing on animals, and then putting them to death, is that monkeys are cute. Cute animals cannot be subjected to research for the sake of society or even to save the lives of anthrax ridden monkeys. Rats work because most people think of rats as filthy and repugnant creatures. We need an ugly animal that's further up the foodchain--more human. Like say tree-sloths, or grad students... either of which people and professors would have no ethical qualms on experimenting on... or euthanizing.
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I was confused by that segue too. If anything the game controller that would best fit 3D would be the WIImote on the WII. A clever 3D implementation might even be able to extend the look of the wiimote to show the player where his or her lightsaber would be and you could almost have an immersive experience, coordinated motion and display. Of course, since Nintendo seldom pushes hardware performance, who knows if the box itself is fast enough to do all the calculations required. Still it would be cool to see stuff through my 3D-specs shooting out of my Wiimote and videogame bad guys.
So WRONG! No. For slashdotters, it would be for scientific research into the daily life of the female species.
Even better, now that it's wireless and just like my wireless internet, I'll get free TV, maybe even get to watch what they watch from the neighbor's houses!
the further from original research and development a technology becomes, the more likely it is to be opened up to everyone, and by everyone, we mean those able to learn the tech but receive a lower salary. Further, as tools mature, and become more available--especially if there's a free one out there that's easy to use, and readily available, then more poeple can learn that skill on their own. Many of the IT technologies that don't pay well now, are not due to corruption, but simply due to the fact that they've become commonplace skills, or what was once something experts did, now is taught as an entry level skill to undergrads that don't demand as much pay. (Consider how hard it used to be to make a webpage, but now it's not nearly so) Even when an industry suffers from employment migration in the form of fewer grads, it may stimulate demand for that position, but only until someone creates a tool that replaces your job. Because managers would much rather manage tools than people (and often they treat people like a tool. ;). Anyhow my point is that it's not necessarily as doom and gloom conspiratorial as all that. Instead it's a process of industry maturation. To make money, you must be in high demand, and you should do something that cannot easily be replaced by a tool. Cuz management loves their tools. If you want to always be in high demand, choose a field that's hard. Therein is a secret to success... because hard things are less likely to lose their demand--at least not until a technology makes the hard thing easy.
Nah, I'm just curious if they'll name the beta version of Natal, "Prenatal". And the "new" version of Natal, could be Neonatal... Their logo could be cute little babies... playing Halo.
Take a lot of math. If you end up programming a digital filter, you'll be glad you had Taylor Series in your Calculus classes. If you end up in Computer graphics, then Linear Algebra/Matrix Math is useful. If you end up doing digital electronics, then Discrete Mathematics/Boolean Algebra is useful. Heck, just to learn about rounding errors, a good Numerical Methods Course is a great course for computer programmers when you're approximating the analog world with finite floating point values. There are mathematical simulations for modelling everything from human behavior (Game Theory) to Wave equations, Partial differentials, Statitistics, and Probability. There's no shortcut. Don't think that because you're taking a math class it has no application. Don't shortchange yourself, get as much math as you can keep up with. Even logical proofs have their place (Formal Verification) in computing.
My kids think the day I came home with office furniture, boxes of office supplies, company teeshirts, and random promotional paraphenalia as one of the best days of Daddy's working life. It was like Christmas to the kids for each of them to get a lucite paperweight with our latest chip in it. Of course, unbeknownst to them, it was the day the company folded, and I was laid off. Still kinda cracks me up... it's all about how you look at things, as to whether they're they end of the world, or just a new world of adventure. :)
You mean like the free Acrobat Reader? No wait, that supports only PDFs. Really the main advantage of this e-reader is that unlike Kindle, it uses a full sized monitor AND your computer, is NOT portable, and since it's plugged into your wall, will last as long as the power's on in your house, as opposed to that dreadful Kindle that lasts upwards of 10-15 days battery life (when wifi's turned off). So there!
Sounds like this book would make a perfect gift for all those IT people that annoy you. Isn't that the point of most self-help type books anywho--to give them to people other than yourself--cuz they've all got issues that need to be fixed. ;)
James Cameron has done this to us before. Titanic had the same effect. Everyone was swooning, until they realized just how vapid the story was... and people started making fun of "I'm the king of the world!" and the old lady who throws away the insanely valuable necklace... [shudder] So all we need do now is mock Avatar endlessly... and cynicism will win the day. :)
Sometimes when I read the ravings of the original technologists, I think that they saw the computer as something that would define the meaning of their lives and give purpose to all existence. After decades of the other guy getting the credit, and simplistic approaches and technologies winning the public eye over more complicated, while technically superior versions are obsolete, is it any wonder he's jaded? Turns out that technology, humanity and marketting seldom coincide.
Computers are tools--even the social networking kind--and won't reveal anything about human nature that we haven't already suspected. They don't generate music that's grossly popular to all humans with ears. They won't make you swoon with passion. No matter how clever the programmer, it will never reveal the purpose of life. That's gotta be found by the individual using the computer.
You know this is just a stunt to get someone to read his article. Well, we of the internet generation will not be duped so easily!!!
What if after all is said and done, (brace yourself) it was revealed that (steady, don't let this shock you)Microsoft was a company in it for the money!? (Gasp!)
Yes, the US is to blame for Chinese human rights abuses... and I bet your wife's to blame for forcing you to beat her. Um. Yeah.
Actually ressurrecting a goat is not the same as bringing back a T-Rex. But hey, at least we'll be able to feed it, if we ever do bring back the dinosaurs...
It's really tood bad Cameron couldn't resist this little dig at what is called by some "the Bush Doctrine." Because if the movie is ever to be regarded as relevant, it will have the 'preemptive' dialog wart in it forever. It really dates the movie, and in a decade it'll no doubt look as out of place as the use of slang from the seventies looks out of place in B-movies of yesterday. It demonstrates a fundamental lack of vision, and it's nothing new or revelatory. It's not like any of us have never considered the negative consequences of preemption, and since the entire movie is made up--it forces the viewer to jump out of the movie to relate to it. Because the story became so heavy-handed at the end--including the warm-fuzzy-bloodsoaked ending--you really can take NOTHING from this movie, in terms of meaning. I work with military folks, and found myself wincing at the unbridled power the colonel in the movie had at his fingertips to unleash--which was absurd. It was a tired cliche' from the era of folks who still to this day fear that someone in the military is going to decide to go crazy one day and blow up everything--discrediting the discipline and moral courage of those who fight. So while the effects were stunning, the message a bloat of fastfood. IMO, Cameron is really good at manipulating people's feelings--getting them all worked up into a frenzy of feel-good nonsense, which after a while we look back at it and think, "WTF!?" Case in point, Tit-anic, which, if you think about it, was another "interesting to observe, morally pointless" story that had people crooning over the ridiculous antics of a really stupid girl and boy.
Who does online Christmas Shopping on the 23rd? There's no time for delivery, and it's just mean to do to the poor FedEx/UPS carriers. Give the poor guys a break and order ahead of time. 'Sides, if you're going to give a gift after Christmas, prices are better after the holidays. So you might as well wait...
That's really key. Further, because they used their own money, had they made NOTHING on any of them, they still would've been none the worse for the wear. Kinda goes to show the need to do SOMETHING, even if it's crap. I mean consider if Microsoft had waited 12 years to release the perfect OS, only too... err... um... no wait. Bad example. :)
So your basis of a moral country is their promotion of homosexuality?
Newspaper? What is that? Wait a sec, I think I remember those. Newspapers were those paper things that had funnies in them. Yeah. Good thing you saved that newspaper thing so that it could go bankrupt a year or two later... that's practically the same thing as all the hysteria that centered on Y2K. :eyes rolling:
Don't DRIVE A CAR and text/play with your cellphone!!! PLEAZZZE! My wife and I have a new game, we count the number of cars we pass or observe toying with their cellphones. Some days it's EVERY OTHER CAR!? Car accidents do kill people. Getting in an accident due to this would ruin your life. Turns out, every accident that occurs... is... accidental--meaning no one planned on doing it. Why take the risk? At least pull over somewhere. Sigh... I know, I know... offtopic whining. :)
Perl
The real problem with testing on animals, and then putting them to death, is that monkeys are cute. Cute animals cannot be subjected to research for the sake of society or even to save the lives of anthrax ridden monkeys. Rats work because most people think of rats as filthy and repugnant creatures. We need an ugly animal that's further up the foodchain--more human. Like say tree-sloths, or grad students... either of which people and professors would have no ethical qualms on experimenting on... or euthanizing.
Is it possible to put a transmitter relay in Titan orbit so that the probe doesn't have to work so hard?
presumption of innocence? In science? Isn't that the opposite of the scientific method?