Quick, block and ban this article before the boss sees it. If he had his way he will fill the water cooler with vinegar to try to increase our productivity. (If you are working at EA I'm afraid its too late)
It depends upon the nature of the problem and the competency of the developers. If you know enough of the code tree you can tell when first reproducing and examining the failure whether it is a one off mistake or a larger procedural fault.
Single instance stupid errors (doh! moments) can be rectified and put through testing fairly quickly, however if your initial examination uncovered a larger problem then obviously the process will take longer (if at all - consider workarounds).
If the original dev/test team has been replaced over time this becomes a more difficult issue and every bug must go through complete verification simply because the extent or ramifications of the code modification will not be known.
In some instances we have had fixes out of the door the same day an issue was noticed, in others months go by before a final fix is put in place.
I do. There is no rule which says "when jamming, ensure you only jam the frequencies being used by your enemy". You want to stop the signal any way you can, and if a high pitched scream does the job then so be it.
I can see this owrking really nicely with a glass table. Who says you have to aim at the tv? It might work coming to the actual glass surface which means you could lay your arm down and rest it like a mouse but you have the third dimension when you need it.
Don't let being offtopic interrupt. This mod seems good and the best part is it doesn't even need a wii console. If you can lay your hands on a wiimote that will suffice. He wrote the app on a pc using one of the bluetooth interface stacks.
The scariest part of all this is that according to google I died in an industrial accident a few years ago. It was a shock when i discovered this, but thankfully measures have been put in place to ensure it never happens again.
If google cannot find anything about you then you have misspelt your name. If nothing comes up then you were switched at birth and can find information by typing in your correct name.
I only found out about this when I discovered my real birth name is inanimate carbon rod.
I thought the images were of monkeys at first, however when I went to have a look at MRI images of a human head was thankfully proven wrong (some of us have our monkey origins hidden better than others).
So, for comparison here is a page with images of human heads in a normal MRI. (single image here)
I hope they get the focusing better (which is what I understand the power is used for) because this will be a good progression.
What happens if they release it unlocked but with French language update files only? That does not sound too wrong - after all its a version specifically for the French, why would they need to cater for other languages?
In a visionary move microsoft today said every child will get an educational version of Windows Vista capable of displaying one single window at a time.
Their EULA is horrible and long. Its also buried away in a tiny text frame and opens up to a novel size.
however there is one gem which made me smile:
2. Message Features
Participation. The Website may offer opportunities for you to transmit messages in connection with various features including, but not limited to, vanity email, auctions, contests, games, blogs, video submissions message boards and chat features ("Message Features"). You must use Message Features in a responsible manner, and are solely responsible for any content you transmit. You must not transmit any message ("Message") in connection with any Message Feature that: (i) imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website's infrastructure, or otherwise adversely affects, restricts or inhibits any other user from using and enjoying the Website; (ii) is threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent; (iii) constitutes or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law; (iv) violates, plagiarizes or infringes the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right; (v) contains a virus, trojan horse, worm, time bomb, cancelbot or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routine; (vi) contains any information, software or other material of a commercial nature; (vii) contains advertising, promotions or commercial solicitations of any kind; (viii) constitutes or contains false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact; or (ix) contains material irrelevant to the subject matter of the Message Feature. In order to participate in any Message Feature, you may be asked to register by providing certain personal information such as your name and/or email address. (The Website's Privacy Policy explains how such information may be collected and used.) You may also be asked to select a screen name ("Screen Name") for identification purposes. You must not use any Screen Name that violates any term of subsections (i)-(ix) above, or any other operating term set forth by MLBAM.
Thats all well and good, but you just doubled the cost of a mission by requiring it has its own in orbit receiver.
Granted if they get a generic high bandwidth sat in orbit then for all other missions it would work (like Mars Odyssey and MGS do for the rovers when direct connection is not available).
It will be stuck in a chicken and egg situation until then.
Who would have thought that light could travel such a long distance?
In all seriousness, the problem is not the knowledge a laser can travel that far; its whether you can create precise enough targeting equipment. A radio signal might be more of a splatter, but at least if you point it "over there" with enough power behind it, it will get there.
As they say their simple hilltop to hilltop test failed because of weather conditions, whats going to happen when they do put 'scopes at the lagrange points?
"Oh sorry, we can't get the data today because its cloudy"
Back onto the radio front, we have Voyager 1 which is 15 billion miles away, proven with radio, that would seem good enough for me.
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For comparison, the original.
http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2001-000009.jpg
The older image appears to be higher resolution.
hint: an iceman clone created and grown today will know as much about life 5000 years ago as you or I.
However I do see us attempting to clone wooly mammoths and dodos and other extinct animals.
Quick, block and ban this article before the boss sees it.
If he had his way he will fill the water cooler with vinegar to try to increase our productivity.
(If you are working at EA I'm afraid its too late)
It depends upon the nature of the problem and the competency of the developers.
If you know enough of the code tree you can tell when first reproducing and examining the failure whether it is a one off mistake or a larger procedural fault.
Single instance stupid errors (doh! moments) can be rectified and put through testing fairly quickly, however if your initial examination uncovered a larger problem then obviously the process will take longer (if at all - consider workarounds).
If the original dev/test team has been replaced over time this becomes a more difficult issue and every bug must go through complete verification simply because the extent or ramifications of the code modification will not be known.
In some instances we have had fixes out of the door the same day an issue was noticed, in others months go by before a final fix is put in place.
The system is closed however the heat exchanger unit operates to the (usually) cooler air of the outside world.
Aren't most (all?) air conditioning systems ducted to the outside world?
In winter they do their job more efficiently.
I do.
There is no rule which says "when jamming, ensure you only jam the frequencies being used by your enemy".
You want to stop the signal any way you can, and if a high pitched scream does the job then so be it.
I can see this owrking really nicely with a glass table.
Who says you have to aim at the tv?
It might work coming to the actual glass surface which means you could lay your arm down and rest it like a mouse but you have the third dimension when you need it.
Don't let being offtopic interrupt.
This mod seems good and the best part is it doesn't even need a wii console.
If you can lay your hands on a wiimote that will suffice.
He wrote the app on a pc using one of the bluetooth interface stacks.
I've had one now for coming up to a year?
Are they still in short supply?
stop eating smurfs.
The scariest part of all this is that according to google I died in an industrial accident a few years ago.
It was a shock when i discovered this, but thankfully measures have been put in place to ensure it never happens again.
If google cannot find anything about you then you have misspelt your name.
If nothing comes up then you were switched at birth and can find information by typing in your correct name.
I only found out about this when I discovered my real birth name is inanimate carbon rod.
I thought the images were of monkeys at first, however when I went to have a look at MRI images of a human head was thankfully proven wrong (some of us have our monkey origins hidden better than others).
So, for comparison here is a page with images of human heads in a normal MRI.
(single image here)
I hope they get the focusing better (which is what I understand the power is used for) because this will be a good progression.
Afterall, it might be some of the guests' last night on Earth.
What happens if they release it unlocked but with French language update files only?
That does not sound too wrong - after all its a version specifically for the French, why would they need to cater for other languages?
"glissière pour ouvrir"
Why not just wait until there is a large enough cloud of wifi routers and just go under the radar with real p2p?
"One Window per child"
In a visionary move microsoft today said every child will get an educational version of Windows Vista capable of displaying one single window at a time.
Their EULA is horrible and long.
Its also buried away in a tiny text frame and opens up to a novel size.
however there is one gem which made me smile:
2. Message Features
Participation. The Website may offer opportunities for you to transmit messages in connection with various features including, but not limited to, vanity email, auctions, contests, games, blogs, video submissions message boards and chat features ("Message Features"). You must use Message Features in a responsible manner, and are solely responsible for any content you transmit. You must not transmit any message ("Message") in connection with any Message Feature that: (i) imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website's infrastructure, or otherwise adversely affects, restricts or inhibits any other user from using and enjoying the Website; (ii) is threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent; (iii) constitutes or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law; (iv) violates, plagiarizes or infringes the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right; (v) contains a virus, trojan horse, worm, time bomb, cancelbot or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routine; (vi) contains any information, software or other material of a commercial nature; (vii) contains advertising, promotions or commercial solicitations of any kind; (viii) constitutes or contains false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact; or (ix) contains material irrelevant to the subject matter of the Message Feature. In order to participate in any Message Feature, you may be asked to register by providing certain personal information such as your name and/or email address. (The Website's Privacy Policy explains how such information may be collected and used.) You may also be asked to select a screen name ("Screen Name") for identification purposes. You must not use any Screen Name that violates any term of subsections (i)-(ix) above, or any other operating term set forth by MLBAM.
Thats all well and good, but you just doubled the cost of a mission by requiring it has its own in orbit receiver.
Granted if they get a generic high bandwidth sat in orbit then for all other missions it would work (like Mars Odyssey and MGS do for the rovers when direct connection is not available).
It will be stuck in a chicken and egg situation until then.
Are the scopes going to be sending the data to themselves or will they be expected to transit it back to earth?
Correction:
Voyager is 15 billion kilometres not miles as stated (about 9 billion miles)
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/weekly-reports/index.htm
Who would have thought that light could travel such a long distance?
In all seriousness, the problem is not the knowledge a laser can travel that far; its whether you can create precise enough targeting equipment.
A radio signal might be more of a splatter, but at least if you point it "over there" with enough power behind it, it will get there.
As they say their simple hilltop to hilltop test failed because of weather conditions, whats going to happen when they do put 'scopes at the lagrange points?
"Oh sorry, we can't get the data today because its cloudy"
Back onto the radio front, we have Voyager 1 which is 15 billion miles away, proven with radio, that would seem good enough for me.
Well, what a shame this rule wasn't in place when I was at college.
I changed my grade to an A* grade in cunnilingus.
You youngsters with your electronical modems.
In my day we had to get first post with a mail-in comment.