Years ago, I used a trackball extensively instead of a mouse. I liked it...preferred it even. But I had to give it up because it gave me serious RSI troubles in my thumb.
I had a Windows PC. It kept breaking. Every time I'd go to run Counterstrike, I'd have to download yet another damn patch. Every once in a while, a game I bought would simply refuse to believe that my DVD drive was valid during the "check copy protection" phase. Lately, it became obvious that my video card wasn't up to all the new games. I decided after twenty years of PC gaming that I was damn sick and tired of all the pain of making everything work. Not to mention all the orphaned titles in my collection that no longer work well on my current machine, for various reasons. It was especially annoying because I use Linux for all my real computing. The Windows box was just for gaming, and I had to go through all the Windows annoyances just to play a damn game.
So about a year ago I bought a console. Now I just put the disk in and it works.
It is likely that their sales figures are already high enough that they don't expect the money they get from ad-driven sales would exceed the cost of the ads.
That's not entirely true. Supposedly, this has always had a set ending. Martin originally said that this was going to be a six book series. (Though the fourth book has since turned into two.)
They are releasing a multiple disk set that includes the original theatrical release, the original "Director's Cut" and this new changed cut. (Much like Criterion did for Brazil, where they give you both Gilliam's original edit and the shitty happy-ending hack-job, so you can see exactly how bad it is.)
Gilliam and Scott, both far better directors than Lucas, aren't afraid of putting everything out there and letting the viewer decide which is best.
Definitely. I sincerely doubt Judge actually believes the plot point. It's merely a convenient way for him to make fun of what's stupid in *this* society.
The language is the best part of the movie. I love the pseudo-"cops" jargon from all the police, and the doctor's speech is one of the funniest things on film.
Rising IQ test scores does not mean that general human intelligence is rising. There are many alternate explanations.
The real question is whether the Turing test is an actual valid test of AI. If a simply programmed chatbot on a relatively average computer can pass it, then that's pretty good evidence that the Turing test isn't testing for actual "intelligence".
A real solution is to create a inverted U-shaped passage out of iron pipe that all vehicular traffic have to pass through that is the size of the largest vehicle that you want to admit. That's what underground garages where I am tend to do. If the lowest point of the roof is ten feet, then they suspend a large iron bar at exactly ten feet at the entrance. That way, if someone is too stupid to read the sign, they damage themselves on something that isn't important.
Yes, and if instead he sued the MPAA and won damages in court, he'd be validating the MPAA tactic of suing individual users for posting copyrighted movies for damages.
DMCA takedown notice is exactly the legal action you are supposed to take in these situations. It is not "social engineering". He has every legal right to do it.
Speaking as a Project Lead in a non-games industry job, you can damn well do that. Then you get told by your boss that there's no time to re-assess, and to just keep going. You can make the attempt, and probably should, but in my experience, and watching other project leads deal with this, you are often SOL, and your only choices are to try to keep juggling the shit and make it slightly less shitty, or quit.
Science News recently reported a study that showed why this is so difficult. They followed kids over thirty years and found that those that were breastfed saw an IQ boost of 6-7 points, but *only* if they had a particular version of a certain gene. That is, to get the boost, both genetics *and* environment had to be right.
I suspect most genes are like that. They are not rigid harbingers of what must be. They are signals of potential. For instance, height is something objective and measurable, and is very obviously inherited. Yet we also know that diet can have a huge effect on height. The gene for height doesn't tell you how tall you will be. It tells you how high you can get with the proper environment.
I suspect most genes for intelligence are like that. Sure, some kids are destined to be smarter than other kids. But *all* kids will be smarter when raised appropriately than the would have had they not been raised appropriately.
Mostly incorrect? There was a recent article in Science News that showed that for people with a certain gene, merely being breastfed raised IQ by 6-7 points. That's pretty malleable.
You are assuming that this didn't already happen when the game was written in the first place. Without contacting the actual author, no one here has a clue if this is the case.
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Years ago, I used a trackball extensively instead of a mouse. I liked it...preferred it even. But I had to give it up because it gave me serious RSI troubles in my thumb.
I did. Yeah, it's substandard. But at least I know the fucking game will work when I put the disk in.
Besides, The PS3 version of UT3 will let you use mouse-and-keyboard, a trend that will hopefully continue.
Yeah. Whatever.
I've been gaming on PCs since 1983. I know what it is like.
I had a Windows PC. It kept breaking. Every time I'd go to run Counterstrike, I'd have to download yet another damn patch. Every once in a while, a game I bought would simply refuse to believe that my DVD drive was valid during the "check copy protection" phase. Lately, it became obvious that my video card wasn't up to all the new games. I decided after twenty years of PC gaming that I was damn sick and tired of all the pain of making everything work. Not to mention all the orphaned titles in my collection that no longer work well on my current machine, for various reasons. It was especially annoying because I use Linux for all my real computing. The Windows box was just for gaming, and I had to go through all the Windows annoyances just to play a damn game.
So about a year ago I bought a console. Now I just put the disk in and it works.
It is likely that their sales figures are already high enough that they don't expect the money they get from ad-driven sales would exceed the cost of the ads.
That's not entirely true. Supposedly, this has always had a set ending. Martin originally said that this was going to be a six book series. (Though the fourth book has since turned into two.)
They are releasing a multiple disk set that includes the original theatrical release, the original "Director's Cut" and this new changed cut. (Much like Criterion did for Brazil, where they give you both Gilliam's original edit and the shitty happy-ending hack-job, so you can see exactly how bad it is.)
Gilliam and Scott, both far better directors than Lucas, aren't afraid of putting everything out there and letting the viewer decide which is best.
Definitely. I sincerely doubt Judge actually believes the plot point. It's merely a convenient way for him to make fun of what's stupid in *this* society.
The language is the best part of the movie. I love the pseudo-"cops" jargon from all the police, and the doctor's speech is one of the funniest things on film.
Down boy! Sit!
Having everyone refer to normal relatively intelligently spoken English as "talking faggy" was part of the social commentary.
Just browse at -1 here to see what it refers to.
Rising IQ test scores does not mean that general human intelligence is rising. There are many alternate explanations.
The real question is whether the Turing test is an actual valid test of AI. If a simply programmed chatbot on a relatively average computer can pass it, then that's pretty good evidence that the Turing test isn't testing for actual "intelligence".
It's a huge move in the right direction. The Aibo failed on the market place despite its appeal because it was $3500.
It was just a joke.
A real solution is to create a inverted U-shaped passage out of iron pipe that all vehicular traffic have to pass through that is the size of the largest vehicle that you want to admit. That's what underground garages where I am tend to do. If the lowest point of the roof is ten feet, then they suspend a large iron bar at exactly ten feet at the entrance. That way, if someone is too stupid to read the sign, they damage themselves on something that isn't important.
So they have created a method for creating hard to crack passwords while simultaneously collecting the data to more easily crack them?
1. Post sign at entrance to turn off that says "trucks over X lbs subject to 500 fine"
2. Station police officer 100 yards past sign.
3. Profit!
You should talk to a third grade teacher. You'd be shocked what parents let their kids watch.
Yes, and once we can stop drugs from being profitable, we will see them go away too.
Oh, and prostitution, too. And identity theft. And insurance fraud. Yup, it's simple to fix. Just make it unprofitable! Simplicity itself!
Yes, and if instead he sued the MPAA and won damages in court, he'd be validating the MPAA tactic of suing individual users for posting copyrighted movies for damages.
DMCA takedown notice is exactly the legal action you are supposed to take in these situations. It is not "social engineering". He has every legal right to do it.
Speaking as a Project Lead in a non-games industry job, you can damn well do that. Then you get told by your boss that there's no time to re-assess, and to just keep going. You can make the attempt, and probably should, but in my experience, and watching other project leads deal with this, you are often SOL, and your only choices are to try to keep juggling the shit and make it slightly less shitty, or quit.
I suspect most genes are like that. They are not rigid harbingers of what must be. They are signals of potential. For instance, height is something objective and measurable, and is very obviously inherited. Yet we also know that diet can have a huge effect on height. The gene for height doesn't tell you how tall you will be. It tells you how high you can get with the proper environment.
I suspect most genes for intelligence are like that. Sure, some kids are destined to be smarter than other kids. But *all* kids will be smarter when raised appropriately than the would have had they not been raised appropriately.
Mostly incorrect? There was a recent article in Science News that showed that for people with a certain gene, merely being breastfed raised IQ by 6-7 points. That's pretty malleable.
Exactly! You need to train your kids to *expect* to make mistakes, to take mistakes in stride, and to *learn* from their mistakes.
It is unsurprising, and yet I see many parents acting as if it is.
You are assuming that this didn't already happen when the game was written in the first place. Without contacting the actual author, no one here has a clue if this is the case.