2K Studios Battleship Commander: "Picard, we will not stand for this outrage! We acted according to our laws and traditions; the developers that have defected *must* be returned to us so they may be given their exit interviews. Release them to us at once!"
Worf: "Captain, the battleship has powered up their phasers."
We need more requirements. I'd like to submit the following as a starting point:
* Must be usable with respect to the correct chronological context. Consider how the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution have been hashed over, in the last 200+ years. We need to be able to reference the exact version of the language, as used, in any legal script. This will keep lawyers from interpreting version 1.0 laws using version 2.0 rules and definitions. Alternatively, the task is monumental: create a language that will stand as valid speech, *forever.*
* Must be amendable. Amendments to the language must not be permitted to collide with existing definitions. I would go as far as to say that synonyms and homonyms must be strictly prohibited; a side effect here is a relatively pun-free language.
* The definition of anything must be readily quantifiable, without ambiguity, right down to the planck constant if need be. Recommending the strict use of SI measurements for both space and time.
* An improved version of these requirements must be penned in version 1.0 of the language, to be followed immediately by version 2.0
Then that's technically the existing corpus of law in any English speaking country, today.
Over time, the legal system has accrued terminology, jargon, and definition as each case has helped clarify or reinforce the written law. So we have things like "malice aforethought" or "work for hire" that have relatively exact meanings when compared with the use of those phrases in passing.
Yet we know that it's not exact *enough*. It fails as a specification over, and over again.
Another critical difference is a tradeoff between cost of learning and the flexibility of the interface. A CLI is hard/expensive to master, but once you do, you can do a great deal of work as the tools are able to interoperate in unforeseen ways. A GUI is the opposite situation: easier to learn, but overall, a shallower toolset that can only be used in ways that are deliberately designed into the interface.
The only way a GUI can even come close to the flexibility of a CLI, would be to require a radical re-think of the whole thing. For instance: allowing the user to attach objects from any piece of software in the system, to any control, in any interface, at any time. That would be a start, as it still doesn't address things like arbitrary logic, data flow, or automation between tools. From there it becomes obvious why Microsoft is toying with the idea of pushing software vendors to invest in CLI tools: as you say, it's easier to engineer.
That's probably the next step. Powering it would be a bitch, but I'm sure some kind of inductive power via a headband would do the job.
I think an 8x8 sensor is just enough to make this work for an optical prosthetic. The saccading motion of the eye would build up a higher resolution image inside the patient's mind. It would still be low resolution overall, but it would be a huge step over the current prototype.
Fatal Frame followed that advice exceptionally well. Your "weapon" in that game is a camera that eats souls. So not only are you continually faced with the doubt that the silly thing will actually do the job, but you have to get really close and take photographs of malign spirits over and over again. It's very effective at creating fear in the player, beyond what the environment can do.
"they're pissed they're not producing and making the games themselves."
This is too true. And they should be pissed because they failed to see this coming and capitalize on it. But it's not too late.
XBOL completely nailed the distribution details down for content updates, and RockBand and GuitarHero can now use the same controllers. The standards have been set, and the kinks worked out. If there was ever a time for any one of the big five to roll out their own game with regular updates, this would be it.
But no, instead they stammer and stomp their feet. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Van Leuwen: Developers...software engineers. It's what we call a FOSS project. They set up development environments to make the project usable...big job. Takes months. They've already been there over twenty weeks. Peacefully.
Michael, I can only use my popup blocker once per episode...
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"The electric part could actually take it off the line better than a gas engine,"
THIS.
The best part about that is you wouldn't need a bank of batteries to do the job. A large capacitor bank (or super-capacitors once they're available) would work great. Just enough juice to break the inertia of the car and lug it off the line is all you really need.
"Will our daring data-center defy destruction by deluge? Or will the evil BandwidthCzar blow them beyond all believable bounds? Tune in next week, Same GoogleTime, Same GoogleChannel."
I'm no chemist, or physicist, but is it possible that there's some kind of sub-atomic interaction when atoms come to share electron shells.
Perhaps the nucleus gets bounced around every time electrons change energy levels or shells become populated/depopulated due to the change in atomic charge. That would mean that ionizing unstable isotopes would simply "shake them down" and trigger more spontaneous fissions than normal.
As for temperature, it may be a function of the same phenomenon.
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Riker: ::eye roll:: ::sigh::
2K Studios Battleship Commander: "Picard, we will not stand for this outrage! We acted according to our laws and traditions; the developers that have defected *must* be returned to us so they may be given their exit interviews. Release them to us at once!"
Worf: "Captain, the battleship has powered up their phasers."
We need more requirements. I'd like to submit the following as a starting point:
* Must be usable with respect to the correct chronological context. Consider how the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution have been hashed over, in the last 200+ years. We need to be able to reference the exact version of the language, as used, in any legal script. This will keep lawyers from interpreting version 1.0 laws using version 2.0 rules and definitions. Alternatively, the task is monumental: create a language that will stand as valid speech, *forever.*
* Must be amendable. Amendments to the language must not be permitted to collide with existing definitions. I would go as far as to say that synonyms and homonyms must be strictly prohibited; a side effect here is a relatively pun-free language.
* The definition of anything must be readily quantifiable, without ambiguity, right down to the planck constant if need be. Recommending the strict use of SI measurements for both space and time.
* An improved version of these requirements must be penned in version 1.0 of the language, to be followed immediately by version 2.0
Then that's technically the existing corpus of law in any English speaking country, today.
Over time, the legal system has accrued terminology, jargon, and definition as each case has helped clarify or reinforce the written law. So we have things like "malice aforethought" or "work for hire" that have relatively exact meanings when compared with the use of those phrases in passing.
Yet we know that it's not exact *enough*. It fails as a specification over, and over again.
Another critical difference is a tradeoff between cost of learning and the flexibility of the interface. A CLI is hard/expensive to master, but once you do, you can do a great deal of work as the tools are able to interoperate in unforeseen ways. A GUI is the opposite situation: easier to learn, but overall, a shallower toolset that can only be used in ways that are deliberately designed into the interface.
The only way a GUI can even come close to the flexibility of a CLI, would be to require a radical re-think of the whole thing. For instance: allowing the user to attach objects from any piece of software in the system, to any control, in any interface, at any time. That would be a start, as it still doesn't address things like arbitrary logic, data flow, or automation between tools. From there it becomes obvious why Microsoft is toying with the idea of pushing software vendors to invest in CLI tools: as you say, it's easier to engineer.
That's probably the next step. Powering it would be a bitch, but I'm sure some kind of inductive power via a headband would do the job.
I think an 8x8 sensor is just enough to make this work for an optical prosthetic. The saccading motion of the eye would build up a higher resolution image inside the patient's mind. It would still be low resolution overall, but it would be a huge step over the current prototype.
READY.
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Fatal Frame followed that advice exceptionally well. Your "weapon" in that game is a camera that eats souls. So not only are you continually faced with the doubt that the silly thing will actually do the job, but you have to get really close and take photographs of malign spirits over and over again. It's very effective at creating fear in the player, beyond what the environment can do.
"Y'all should get down on your knees "
Yup.
The internet is the hand of change, with consoles that run GuitarHero/RockBand, like XBox and the PS3, are the ring of power that adorns it.
Time to kiss that ring, big five.
"they're pissed they're not producing and making the games themselves."
This is too true. And they should be pissed because they failed to see this coming and capitalize on it. But it's not too late.
XBOL completely nailed the distribution details down for content updates, and RockBand and GuitarHero can now use the same controllers. The standards have been set, and the kinks worked out. If there was ever a time for any one of the big five to roll out their own game with regular updates, this would be it.
But no, instead they stammer and stomp their feet. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
This is excellent news for most slashdotters since the herpes 'cold-sore' virus is typically transmitted by kissing.
"I'm sure grammar/spelling fascists would find it appealing."
So would the porn industry.
I'm actually looking forward to the more creative uses of .tel like "william.tel", "canyou.tel" "icant.tel", "whocan.tel", etc.
Well, at least now you don't have to drive all the way to Toshi Station to pick up Power Converters for one of these.
Python A: Humor, common sense, and a strong affinity for silly things.
Python B: And Cake!
Python A: Oh yes, and cake.
I disagree.
Its life Jim, but not as we know it.
Ripley: What are you talking about? What users?
Van Leuwen: Developers...software engineers. It's what we call a FOSS project. They set up development environments to make the project usable...big job. Takes months. They've already been there over twenty weeks. Peacefully.
Ripley: How many people?
Van Leuwen: Sixty, maybe seventy users.
Ripley: Sweet Jesus.
Van Leuwen: Do you mind?
If only I could mod you "+1 Has a Brain".
Michael, I can only use my popup blocker once per episode...
"The electric part could actually take it off the line better than a gas engine,"
THIS.
The best part about that is you wouldn't need a bank of batteries to do the job. A large capacitor bank (or super-capacitors once they're available) would work great. Just enough juice to break the inertia of the car and lug it off the line is all you really need.
"Will our daring data-center defy destruction by deluge?
Or will the evil BandwidthCzar blow them beyond all believable bounds?
Tune in next week,
Same GoogleTime,
Same GoogleChannel."
Not likely.
Otherwise, he would have asked for your CC number in exchange for a look at the rest of his comment.
"If you look at picture 12, you'll see a plexiglass apparatus designed to keep in 111 screws. "
If there was ever an example of what could be improved for spaceflight, this would be it.
There is a very real need for something along the lines of space-flight worthy Lego for building and repairing stuff in orbit.
I thought it ran on hot grits.
That's an interesting idea.
I'm no chemist, or physicist, but is it possible that there's some kind of sub-atomic interaction when atoms come to share electron shells.
Perhaps the nucleus gets bounced around every time electrons change energy levels or shells become populated/depopulated due to the change in atomic charge. That would mean that ionizing unstable isotopes would simply "shake them down" and trigger more spontaneous fissions than normal.
As for temperature, it may be a function of the same phenomenon.
I was gonna say. Don't you have to get it to aerosol first, before it'll ignite - kind of like gasoline?