Indeed, its good to get a Civil Eng article, as I myself am one. I'm suprised to find another Civ Eng here. I was also suprised that concrete roads are so commonplace in the states. I work for the State roads corporation (ie, we run the network) and we avoid concrete roads like the plague, prefering asphalt or similar flexible pavements. How long do these concrete roads last? We use concrete in bridges only, really. Oh, with the exception of tight turning lanes for multi-wheeled trucks so they don't destroy our pavement.
IAACE (I am a civil eng., at least thats what that printout off the 'net tells me) and the vibrations are exactly what causes Concrete to fracture and weaken. Concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension (so much so that in good design, concrete should never be relied on to act in tension, hence steel reinforcing). So, the vibrations cause an oscillating force that creates tension (albeit quick and not strong) that over the length of the bridge and sustained periods of time would literally shake the bridge to pieces.
Still, it would be amusing to see the look on some SysAdmins (or whoevers in charge) face when he tries to work out why a two month old article just got slashdotted. Also, I recommend you read 'page 1' or the first article, its about the guy who invented/co-invented protein and dna sequences. Pretty cool stuff.
Whats wrong with the n-gage? I'm not being critical, but I was contemplating getting one when the come out here in Oz in a few months. I need a new phone, and I thought it'd be cool. So what am I missing? I have to know! Also, I love my x-box. And no, I'm not some nuff-nut gaming retard. I've been playing games at least once a week since 1990. Hmmm 13 years, and what do I have to show for it?
Isn't that what an impotent Bin Laden would suffer? Or is that any impotent person? Maybe its fear of 'flopsy'?
*sigh*
its the end of the week and I'm going home in four minutes. What is this crap? In other news, Germany has built the 90th largest ship in the world, the US has finished construction on the thirteenth smallest... you get the idea.
So what happened with C&C:RA? Or do you mean C&C:RA2?? Red Alert 2 had that dopey lass who played Tanya or someone similar who went on in a condescending tone. A few Westwood games were like that though, notably Tiberian Sun (with James Earl Jones having no idea what the interviewer is talking about, quite amusing). Yeah, the article was quite interesting, also how Stan Lee is interested in getting faithful AND fun movies to the cinema. And hes honest with his knowledge of games, but the cool thing is he treats them like a comic book with more flexiblity in the storytelling. I like the Sgt Fury tale of Lees, where the entire series was a dare. Also very amusing is where the interviewer thinks that he has to state that Ang Lee is no relation to Stan Lee.
Seriously though, at least they haven't come out and said that they'll make us their biotch (JR Style).
I sometimes wonder how good/crap could DNF actually be? I mean they must have spent hundreds of thousands (millions?) for a game that has lost all consumer interest except that which is a morbid case of ("I wonder how bad it could be?"), it has no momentum... Is there any chance this game will be popular? Or better, any good?
They are gonna LTAO...
I wonder if they'll have @$$es in 2880?
Antennas? Appendages?
Laugh their Antennas off?
Still, I digress. Its pretty wacky to think what things will be like in 877 years. I mean, look at what has happened since *gets out calculator, 'cause its late and I'm tired* the year of our Lord 1126? The most sophisticated weapon was the longbow, and the french actually use to put up a fight. The Church reigned supreme etc. So much has changed, and todays world would seem bonkers to folk from back then. Hmm, reading this back, I must be tired. Its all so damn obvious.
I don't care how heavily modified it is, I can't believe people are still using the Unreal Engine, what 6 years later? Or are they using the next engine up? Anyone on thoughts as to why they would use such an old engine?
I noticed that the 'king of gamehackers' nickname is Joolz. What the? Thats my nick! Although I spell it Jools... (after one of the first dudes you get in Cannon Fodder). Its been my nick since '96, and now it has been despoiled! What a 24 hours. My car gets robbed last night (well the contents, not the vehicle), and now my online identity! However, since I suck big time at CS, no one ever accused me of cheating. (past tense = no longer a player, work takes up too much time tragically) But still, I love my nick. It was unique in Oz too.
Yeah, I played it last year for a few months, and its good fun. The weapons are cool, and gameplay is easy to pick up. Also its fun to play Rage Against The Machine mp3s in the background at the same time. However, if you play it over a modem, it blows. I could not get it to run well over a modem with my friends.
Just last night, for no particular reason while driving, my mind drifted back to the good ol' days of Stunts, and racing against the losers in the AI and building our own ace tracks... and then I have a glance at games.slashdot this morning and someones making an updated version! Sweet! My brother and I loved this game so much. Played it heaps, then the version on our computer got screwed up (thxs to my brother) and then we discovered the 3.5" disc was stuffed! So, no more stunts... but we loved it with an unnatural desire.
I think (from reading the article strangely enough) that it is only available commercially now... but then there is also a heap of posts around saying that it has been around for a year or so. Does anyone know if it is really new and the other posters are getting old products confused with the older types mentioned or whether it actually has been out for 12mths+ (and if so, what the hell is it doing here?) Oh, and yes, I realise the previous poster read the f-ing article.
I had a look around, and all I can find is that you have to contact Sony themselves to find out. So must be damn expensive -> No longer a concern of mine!
Alright, I'll bite, as in I disagree. Back in the day, Half-life had an amazing and intelligent story line, especially when compared to most games. I mean, the whole problem was more or less caused by yourself (Freeman) and his nutty scientist co-workers meddling with stuff they didn't understand and Freeman shoving in that unusual material that he was testing in too far. For computer games, the story was intelligent. Or are you comparing it with Shakespeare, Twain and other authors of note? But, I digress. You've got the Army, coming in to wipe out the aliens, and scientists alike. You had goofy security guards, who helped/hindered you. You were captured and lost everything... you had the large monster that could hear sound and where ever you walked it would split you in two... then you had the whole g-man x-file"ish" conspiracy. I loved the story, and I thought it was well thought through. Hell, the whole situation was the Freemans fault, and I find that an amusing irony. Which brings this ramble/rant to humour (proper spelling, UK/AU!) which was superb in HL, with the scientists trying to escape into the air duct and then the next thing you see is a couple of bones fly back out, and Barney and his wise-cracks... Half-life was many things, and smart was one of them. Actually if you want to get pseudo-intellectual, the whole scientific dilemma of playing around with things in an unprofessional manner, and the results, as well as the military response to the crisis were intelligent comments relevant in todays society. Man, I feel like I'm writing my honours project again... If I wasn't at work, I'd spend more time. But really.
thing to thank Australia for. Do we rock, or what? For a country with our population, we seriously fight out of our division. Hmm. A little off-topic?
Actually, that the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation) is financially supported mainly (I believe) by the (Australian) federal government to find/discover/create/invent things that benefit Australia. Does this happen in other countries? Quite often I get the impression, especially with the good ol' US of A, that most discoveries/inventions are always by private companies, and little is supported by the Feds. Of course there NASA, but general scientific research?
I'm a self professed 'gadget junkie' and love playing around with robots and stuff, but this idea is just, well lame. And irrelevant. As if you are going to notice that your clock is out by 1/100 of a second. I don't know why you'd even bother. I know this sounds negative et al, but zzZZZzz.
Firstly, I think its so the technically crippled hear/read the phrase '932MB/s' and go.. duuh? Putting it in terms of 'DVD hours' is much more simpler.
Also, I'm in the opinion all that data that was transferred was actually some guys pr0n collection who was moving to Holland... and he didn't want any harm to come to it...
I understand you not wanting to know about it... I waited for years for Command & Conquer:Tiberian Sun to come out, frequented fan boards, downloaded all the movies and screen shots. By the time the game came out (Oct 99 - I remeber cause I was starting exams) it was a huge let down. But, looking back it never could have met those huge expectations that the community put on it. I sort of fear that the same will happen to DNF (Did Not Finish?) where despite being good without hype, results in being crap with the hype.
Strangely enough, last year I went back to C&C:TS and its not too bad a game, I quite enjoyed it. One thing Westwood always did well was the FMV (Full motion video). And I like the music in it better now, especially since I found a cool little patch that I could import my music into the game. (Insert Rage Against The Machine!)
Dammit, I was going to reference that slashdot article and put in a witty comment. But as a first I decided to first read what other people wrote, then write my witty, easy karma scamming comment. ( a first for/.?) Thanks for nuthin' po boy! /sarcasm /lame knowledge of hmtl
I actually went to the University of Melbourne, finished last year, and I'm wondering if (and yes, I read both articles) they are talking about the student websites that Info Systems students make or the actually mean the networks. The residential colleges affiliated with Uni have there own LAN's set up that are separated from Uni and I know for a fact that there are huge numbers of MP3's stored and shared on those networks. The only things these have in common with Melb Uni is that Uni provides the net access and special access to Uni networks (ECR/Webraft/its etc.) I sincerely doubt that Uni could be liable for this. And how could Melb Uni be liable for something students do that they have signed a contract that they won't do? (before you get an account/login at Uni you have to sign an agreement that you won't look up pr0n/mp3z etc, or participate in illegal file sharing) The students responsible should be punished, not Uni. Man this pisses me off. But then I'm "preaching to the converted" here aren't I /rant
This is more of a comment on politics than physics. Personally, I think that you would want to build the elevator that has a very stable political system, and is not likely to be invaded any time soon. While this statement is a little coarse, Australia does have one of the most stable positions in the world, politically and security wise.
I doubt that the builders of such a facility would want as small a risk as possible of the Elevator being fought over. The subcontinent with all the fun between Pakistan and India and problems with the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka would be causes for concern.
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Indeed, its good to get a Civil Eng article, as I myself am one. I'm suprised to find another Civ Eng here. I was also suprised that concrete roads are so commonplace in the states. I work for the State roads corporation (ie, we run the network) and we avoid concrete roads like the plague, prefering asphalt or similar flexible pavements. How long do these concrete roads last? We use concrete in bridges only, really. Oh, with the exception of tight turning lanes for multi-wheeled trucks so they don't destroy our pavement.
IAACE (I am a civil eng., at least thats what that printout off the 'net tells me) and the vibrations are exactly what causes Concrete to fracture and weaken. Concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension (so much so that in good design, concrete should never be relied on to act in tension, hence steel reinforcing). So, the vibrations cause an oscillating force that creates tension (albeit quick and not strong) that over the length of the bridge and sustained periods of time would literally shake the bridge to pieces.
Still, it would be amusing to see the look on some SysAdmins (or whoevers in charge) face when he tries to work out why a two month old article just got slashdotted. Also, I recommend you read 'page 1' or the first article, its about the guy who invented/co-invented protein and dna sequences. Pretty cool stuff.
Thanks man, I am now 'informed'.
Whats wrong with the n-gage? I'm not being critical, but I was contemplating getting one when the come out here in Oz in a few months. I need a new phone, and I thought it'd be cool. So what am I missing? I have to know!
Also, I love my x-box.
And no, I'm not some nuff-nut gaming retard. I've been playing games at least once a week since 1990. Hmmm 13 years, and what do I have to show for it?
Isn't that what an impotent Bin Laden would suffer? Or is that any impotent person? Maybe its fear of 'flopsy'?
*sigh*
its the end of the week and I'm going home in four minutes. What is this crap? In other news, Germany has built the 90th largest ship in the world, the US has finished construction on the thirteenth smallest... you get the idea.
So what happened with C&C:RA? Or do you mean C&C:RA2?? Red Alert 2 had that dopey lass who played Tanya or someone similar who went on in a condescending tone. A few Westwood games were like that though, notably Tiberian Sun (with James Earl Jones having no idea what the interviewer is talking about, quite amusing). Yeah, the article was quite interesting, also how Stan Lee is interested in getting faithful AND fun movies to the cinema. And hes honest with his knowledge of games, but the cool thing is he treats them like a comic book with more flexiblity in the storytelling. I like the Sgt Fury tale of Lees, where the entire series was a dare. Also very amusing is where the interviewer thinks that he has to state that Ang Lee is no relation to Stan Lee.
Or Duke Nukem Never?
Seriously though, at least they haven't come out and said that they'll make us their biotch (JR Style).
I sometimes wonder how good/crap could DNF actually be? I mean they must have spent hundreds of thousands (millions?) for a game that has lost all consumer interest except that which is a morbid case of ("I wonder how bad it could be?"), it has no momentum... Is there any chance this game will be popular? Or better, any good?
They are gonna LTAO...
I wonder if they'll have @$$es in 2880?
Antennas? Appendages?
Laugh their Antennas off?
Still, I digress. Its pretty wacky to think what things will be like in 877 years. I mean, look at what has happened since
*gets out calculator, 'cause its late and I'm tired*
the year of our Lord 1126? The most sophisticated weapon was the longbow, and the french actually use to put up a fight. The Church reigned supreme etc. So much has changed, and todays world would seem bonkers to folk from back then. Hmm, reading this back, I must be tired. Its all so damn obvious.
Who does the developing? Epic (the original folk) or people who buy the engine for their own use?
I don't care how heavily modified it is, I can't believe people are still using the Unreal Engine, what 6 years later? Or are they using the next engine up? Anyone on thoughts as to why they would use such an old engine?
I noticed that the 'king of gamehackers' nickname is Joolz. What the? Thats my nick! Although I spell it Jools... (after one of the first dudes you get in Cannon Fodder). Its been my nick since '96, and now it has been despoiled! What a 24 hours. My car gets robbed last night (well the contents, not the vehicle), and now my online identity! However, since I suck big time at CS, no one ever accused me of cheating. (past tense = no longer a player, work takes up too much time tragically) But still, I love my nick. It was unique in Oz too.
Yeah, I played it last year for a few months, and its good fun. The weapons are cool, and gameplay is easy to pick up. Also its fun to play Rage Against The Machine mp3s in the background at the same time. However, if you play it over a modem, it blows. I could not get it to run well over a modem with my friends.
(what? I have friends! Good Lord!)
Just last night, for no particular reason while driving, my mind drifted back to the good ol' days of Stunts, and racing against the losers in the AI and building our own ace tracks... and then I have a glance at games.slashdot this morning and someones making an updated version! Sweet! My brother and I loved this game so much. Played it heaps, then the version on our computer got screwed up (thxs to my brother) and then we discovered the 3.5" disc was stuffed! So, no more stunts... but we loved it with an unnatural desire.
I think (from reading the article strangely enough) that it is only available commercially now... but then there is also a heap of posts around saying that it has been around for a year or so. Does anyone know if it is really new and the other posters are getting old products confused with the older types mentioned or whether it actually has been out for 12mths+ (and if so, what the hell is it doing here?)
Oh, and yes, I realise the previous poster read the f-ing article.
I had a look around, and all I can find is that you have to contact Sony themselves to find out. So must be damn expensive -> No longer a concern of mine!
Alright, I'll bite, as in I disagree. Back in the day, Half-life had an amazing and intelligent story line, especially when compared to most games. I mean, the whole problem was more or less caused by yourself (Freeman) and his nutty scientist co-workers meddling with stuff they didn't understand and Freeman shoving in that unusual material that he was testing in too far. For computer games, the story was intelligent. Or are you comparing it with Shakespeare, Twain and other authors of note? But, I digress. You've got the Army, coming in to wipe out the aliens, and scientists alike. You had goofy security guards, who helped/hindered you. You were captured and lost everything... you had the large monster that could hear sound and where ever you walked it would split you in two... then you had the whole g-man x-file"ish" conspiracy. I loved the story, and I thought it was well thought through. Hell, the whole situation was the Freemans fault, and I find that an amusing irony. Which brings this ramble/rant to humour (proper spelling, UK/AU!) which was superb in HL, with the scientists trying to escape into the air duct and then the next thing you see is a couple of bones fly back out, and Barney and his wise-cracks... Half-life was many things, and smart was one of them.
Actually if you want to get pseudo-intellectual, the whole scientific dilemma of playing around with things in an unprofessional manner, and the results, as well as the military response to the crisis were intelligent comments relevant in todays society.
Man, I feel like I'm writing my honours project again... If I wasn't at work, I'd spend more time. But really.
Cool Thanks. (Especially since this is pretty much dead... )
thing to thank Australia for. Do we rock, or what? For a country with our population, we seriously fight out of our division.
Hmm. A little off-topic?
Actually, that the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation) is financially supported mainly (I believe) by the (Australian) federal government to find/discover/create/invent things that benefit Australia. Does this happen in other countries? Quite often I get the impression, especially with the good ol' US of A, that most discoveries/inventions are always by private companies, and little is supported by the Feds. Of course there NASA, but general scientific research?
Enlighten me, I say.
I'm a self professed 'gadget junkie' and love playing around with robots and stuff, but this idea is just, well lame. And irrelevant. As if you are going to notice that your clock is out by 1/100 of a second. I don't know why you'd even bother. I know this sounds negative et al, but zzZZZzz.
Firstly, I think its so the technically crippled hear/read the phrase '932MB/s' and go.. duuh? Putting it in terms of 'DVD hours' is much more simpler.
Also, I'm in the opinion all that data that was transferred was actually some guys pr0n collection who was moving to Holland... and he didn't want any harm to come to it...
I understand you not wanting to know about it... I waited for years for Command & Conquer:Tiberian Sun to come out, frequented fan boards, downloaded all the movies and screen shots. By the time the game came out (Oct 99 - I remeber cause I was starting exams) it was a huge let down. But, looking back it never could have met those huge expectations that the community put on it. I sort of fear that the same will happen to DNF (Did Not Finish?) where despite being good without hype, results in being crap with the hype.
/ramble
Strangely enough, last year I went back to C&C:TS and its not too bad a game, I quite enjoyed it. One thing Westwood always did well was the FMV (Full motion video). And I like the music in it better now, especially since I found a cool little patch that I could import my music into the game. (Insert Rage Against The Machine!)
Dammit, I was going to reference that slashdot article and put in a witty comment. But as a first I decided to first read what other people wrote, then write my witty, easy karma scamming comment. ( a first for /.?) Thanks for nuthin' po boy!
/sarcasm
/lame knowledge of hmtl
I actually went to the University of Melbourne, finished last year, and I'm wondering if (and yes, I read both articles) they are talking about the student websites that Info Systems students make or the actually mean the networks. The residential colleges affiliated with Uni have there own LAN's set up that are separated from Uni and I know for a fact that there are huge numbers of MP3's stored and shared on those networks. The only things these have in common with Melb Uni is that Uni provides the net access and special access to Uni networks (ECR/Webraft/its etc.) I sincerely doubt that Uni could be liable for this. And how could Melb Uni be liable for something students do that they have signed a contract that they won't do? (before you get an account/login at Uni you have to sign an agreement that you won't look up pr0n/mp3z etc, or participate in illegal file sharing) The students responsible should be punished, not Uni. Man this pisses me off. But then I'm "preaching to the converted" here aren't I
/rant
This is more of a comment on politics than physics. Personally, I think that you would want to build the elevator that has a very stable political system, and is not likely to be invaded any time soon. While this statement is a little coarse, Australia does have one of the most stable positions in the world, politically and security wise.
I doubt that the builders of such a facility would want as small a risk as possible of the Elevator being fought over. The subcontinent with all the fun between Pakistan and India and problems with the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka would be causes for concern.