It would seem that they also believe that the singular reason a game is "good" is related to the programmer's understanding of the hardware. This just isn't true.
Okay, so you're saying that the quality of a game is independent of the programmers' understanding of the hardware. Got it.
If programmers spent less time figuring out the hardware, perhaps they could spend more time working on plot, playability, and flow.
You just contradicted yourself. Now you're saying that the quality of a game is dependent on programmers' understanding of hardware?
... just because Sony decide to make it deliberately hard in order to artificially prolong the life of a console.
I don't think the point is that Sony made it deliberately hard. Sony made a system with a lot of longevity, but the price for that longevity is complexity. It's the difference between developing something really easy to use where you'll max out its potential in a short time vs. something that's not very easy to use but you can do just about anything. A simple calculator vs. a reverse polish notation programmable calculator, for example.
Asterisk looks interesting. Can you describe (one more time) your setup?
Here you go:
"I've also had a few simple rules setup. First, I have a white list of close family and friends (those calls always go through, with callerID name re-writing so I see it's Bill and not "Wireless Caller".) Second, local calls are allowed during waking hours to get right through. At night, they have to press 1 to leave a message or press 5 to ring through. Third, tollfree numbers and NO callerID ALWAYS have to press 5 to ring through. Finally, the blacklist which just gives a disconnect tone sequence and phone company like message that the number is disconnected:-)"
Replying to myself (my bad) but the game was Sea Dragon and included a quite clear voice that announced "Attention Captain. Your ship's computer is now ready. Please wait while I initialize the systems".
His boss got approval from the city to use the ditch the cable company used (IIRC) and rented a bobcat for a weekend (mainly to clear the snow). It was like what you'd use for a fish tank, but bigger.
A bobcat for a fish tank? Isn't that a bit overkill?
There's one thing you're not quite taking into consideration: patents. MS can't release anything in any form (including beta) and then file for a patent. They need to file for the patents first, and only once the paperwork hits the US PTO can they release a beta.
Another piece of advice: don't rely on random dudes on slashdot for legal advice, including me:
In order for an invention to be patentable, it must be new as defined in the patent law. This novelty requirement states that an invention cannot be patented if certain public disclosures of the invention have been made. The statute which explains when a public disclosure has been made (35 U.S.C. Section 102) is complicated and often requires a detailed analysis of the facts and the law. The most important rule, however, is that an invention will not normally be patentable if:
the invention was known to the public before it was "invented" by the individual seeking patent protection;
the invention was described in a publication more than one year prior to the filing date; or
the invention was used publicly, or offered for sale to the public more than one year prior to the filing date.
So as long as you file within a year of disclosure, you can still get a patent.
What about running the exhaust into the chimney? That way you could have the generator in your basement rather than an out building.
Either way, you'd need an airtight chimney because you can't count on the exhaust rising. Unless it's perfectly sealed, it's about as safe as running your car indoors.
This guy is going to get a lot of people killed. Mount a generator on a table? High temperature exhaust hose for the generator (actually kind of difficult to come by)
"... a strong table to mount the generator on for maintenance." What wasn't stated -- and shouldn't have been necessary to state -- is that you don't leave the generator running while you're performing maintenance on the generator.
This is a really serious matter. Iran already has highly advanced technology allowing them to photoshop pictures of missiles. Now, thanks to HP, they have the technology needed to print pictures of those photoshopped missiles. Next, they could be photoshopping and then printing pictures of tanks, ships, aircraft... where will it all end?
Postscript is a language, and printers have processors so it's possible to write things like a ray tracer in Postscript. Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of printers being used to do nuclear simulations?
Sure, James Earl Jones is planning to stop by my place tomorrow for coffee. I'm not going to let him leave until he performs all 643 pages in a Darth Vader voice.
I don't see the problem with what Fairpoint is doing. They have every right to filter all communications through their portal if they so wish. I think Fairpoint's upstream providers should do the same so that we'll see this soon:
A spokesperson from Level 3 Communications had the following to say, "We wholeheartedly endorse Fairpoint's limitations they are imposing on their Internet users by requiring them to access common webmail sites through the MyFairPoint.net portal." The spokesperson continued, "Following their example, we are pleased to announce that access to the MyFairPoint.net portal will only be allowed through the MyLevel3.net portal and are working with Fairpoint's other upstream providers to implement similar restrictions."
I think the bigger thing that component manufacturers are worried about is that Steve Jobs will call up MSI and say "Hey, we'd like to contract with you to develop a Mac netbook based on the Wind to run OS X. Oh, and by the way... don't use any RealTek chips in it."
I am not a lawyer but that sounds like tortious endangerment of interstate commerce to me.
Quite right, you're not. If you're Apple and you approach a manufacturer, nothing prevents you from stating that you don't want to have a particular supplier's products in your custom built product. Now if Apple were to tell MSI that to do business with Apple, they would have to completely drop RealTek as a supplier from all of MSI's products then you might have a point.
I think the bigger thing that component manufacturers are worried about is that Steve Jobs will call up MSI and say "Hey, we'd like to contract with you to develop a Mac netbook based on the Wind to run OS X. Oh, and by the way... don't use any RealTek chips in it."
You shouldn't have posted as AC because that's a great description. I'm sure the WOW-playing mods will likely choose their own punishment because there's no -1 Disagree moderation.
That's why so few people remember it, it was a game that had the makings of a great game, but lacked the polish to be a superstar.
Dune II was one of the few games back in the day that I actually had the interest to finish. I have to say that and Star Control 2 are two of the most memorable games from that era. Yes, C&C did improve on things in a number of areas but they were more of an evolution on Dune II's elements.
And I thought that so few remembered it because they weren't born yet. And with that, my lawn is now fair game for kids to trample...
How far along the chain of command do you want to place the smart guys?
Ideally, you want smart guys throughout the entire chain of command, from way down in the basement all the way up to the ebony tower. Ah, but one can dream...
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Solar wind?
It would seem that they also believe that the singular reason a game is "good" is related to the programmer's understanding of the hardware. This just isn't true.
Okay, so you're saying that the quality of a game is independent of the programmers' understanding of the hardware. Got it.
If programmers spent less time figuring out the hardware, perhaps they could spend more time working on plot, playability, and flow.
You just contradicted yourself. Now you're saying that the quality of a game is dependent on programmers' understanding of hardware?
... just because Sony decide to make it deliberately hard in order to artificially prolong the life of a console.
I don't think the point is that Sony made it deliberately hard. Sony made a system with a lot of longevity, but the price for that longevity is complexity. It's the difference between developing something really easy to use where you'll max out its potential in a short time vs. something that's not very easy to use but you can do just about anything. A simple calculator vs. a reverse polish notation programmable calculator, for example.
EU is the largest economy in the world (2008): $18.9Tn. Second comes US with $14.3Tn, then Japan $4.8Tn. Source: CIA Factbook
Actually the world economy is larger than the EU economy, so there!
They came with cup full
People looked on in horror
Two girls and one cup
Asterisk looks interesting. Can you describe (one more time) your setup?
Here you go:
"I've also had a few simple rules setup. First, I have a white list of close family and friends (those calls always go through, with callerID name re-writing so I see it's Bill and not "Wireless Caller".) Second, local calls are allowed during waking hours to get right through. At night, they have to press 1 to leave a message or press 5 to ring through. Third, tollfree numbers and NO callerID ALWAYS have to press 5 to ring through. Finally, the blacklist which just gives a disconnect tone sequence and phone company like message that the number is disconnected :-)"
Second cousin do President Odama.
(Yes, the "[Search for 'X-Aspnet-Version']" is dead text, not a link to anything...)
Of course it's not a link. It's an instruction that you ought to follow if you're interested in finding it out for yourself.
That's only 72 hours.
Slacker.
You mean 72 half hours.
Replying to myself (my bad) but the game was Sea Dragon and included a quite clear voice that announced "Attention Captain. Your ship's computer is now ready. Please wait while I initialize the systems".
So not having sound is really not a big deal. All it could really do was make beeps and clicks... sounding like a wannabe R2-D2.
Clearly you never played Ghostbusters or that vertical scroller submarine game (anybody remember what I'm talking about?).
His boss got approval from the city to use the ditch the cable company used (IIRC) and rented a bobcat for a weekend (mainly to clear the snow). It was like what you'd use for a fish tank, but bigger.
A bobcat for a fish tank? Isn't that a bit overkill?
There's one thing you're not quite taking into consideration: patents. MS can't release anything in any form (including beta) and then file for a patent. They need to file for the patents first, and only once the paperwork hits the US PTO can they release a beta.
Another piece of advice: don't rely on random dudes on slashdot for legal advice, including me:
From http://www.bitlaw.com/patent/requirements.html:
In order for an invention to be patentable, it must be new as defined in the patent law. This novelty requirement states that an invention cannot be patented if certain public disclosures of the invention have been made. The statute which explains when a public disclosure has been made (35 U.S.C. Section 102) is complicated and often requires a detailed analysis of the facts and the law. The most important rule, however, is that an invention will not normally be patentable if:
So as long as you file within a year of disclosure, you can still get a patent.
What about running the exhaust into the chimney? That way you could have the generator in your basement rather than an out building.
Either way, you'd need an airtight chimney because you can't count on the exhaust rising. Unless it's perfectly sealed, it's about as safe as running your car indoors.
This guy is going to get a lot of people killed. Mount a generator on a table? High temperature exhaust hose for the generator (actually kind of difficult to come by)
"... a strong table to mount the generator on for maintenance." What wasn't stated -- and shouldn't have been necessary to state -- is that you don't leave the generator running while you're performing maintenance on the generator.
Get rid of silverlight and I will view it... I refuse to install that crap.. just MS latest attempt to control the web.
I'm sure Steve Ballmer is reading your comment right now and is preparing to abandon Silverlight and let Adobe continue to control the web with Flash.
This is a really serious matter. Iran already has highly advanced technology allowing them to photoshop pictures of missiles. Now, thanks to HP, they have the technology needed to print pictures of those photoshopped missiles. Next, they could be photoshopping and then printing pictures of tanks, ships, aircraft... where will it all end?
Postscript is a language, and printers have processors so it's possible to write things like a ray tracer in Postscript. Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of printers being used to do nuclear simulations?
Sure, James Earl Jones is planning to stop by my place tomorrow for coffee. I'm not going to let him leave until he performs all 643 pages in a Darth Vader voice.
I don't see the problem with what Fairpoint is doing. They have every right to filter all communications through their portal if they so wish. I think Fairpoint's upstream providers should do the same so that we'll see this soon:
A spokesperson from Level 3 Communications had the following to say, "We wholeheartedly endorse Fairpoint's limitations they are imposing on their Internet users by requiring them to access common webmail sites through the MyFairPoint.net portal." The spokesperson continued, "Following their example, we are pleased to announce that access to the MyFairPoint.net portal will only be allowed through the MyLevel3.net portal and are working with Fairpoint's other upstream providers to implement similar restrictions."
But why would he do that if there is a RealTek driver already?
As retribution for encouraging running OS X on non-Apple brand hardware.
I think the bigger thing that component manufacturers are worried about is that Steve Jobs will call up MSI and say "Hey, we'd like to contract with you to develop a Mac netbook based on the Wind to run OS X. Oh, and by the way... don't use any RealTek chips in it."
I am not a lawyer but that sounds like tortious endangerment of interstate commerce to me.
Quite right, you're not. If you're Apple and you approach a manufacturer, nothing prevents you from stating that you don't want to have a particular supplier's products in your custom built product. Now if Apple were to tell MSI that to do business with Apple, they would have to completely drop RealTek as a supplier from all of MSI's products then you might have a point.
I think the bigger thing that component manufacturers are worried about is that Steve Jobs will call up MSI and say "Hey, we'd like to contract with you to develop a Mac netbook based on the Wind to run OS X. Oh, and by the way... don't use any RealTek chips in it."
You shouldn't have posted as AC because that's a great description. I'm sure the WOW-playing mods will likely choose their own punishment because there's no -1 Disagree moderation.
That's why so few people remember it, it was a game that had the makings of a great game, but lacked the polish to be a superstar.
Dune II was one of the few games back in the day that I actually had the interest to finish. I have to say that and Star Control 2 are two of the most memorable games from that era. Yes, C&C did improve on things in a number of areas but they were more of an evolution on Dune II's elements.
And I thought that so few remembered it because they weren't born yet. And with that, my lawn is now fair game for kids to trample...
How far along the chain of command do you want to place the smart guys?
Ideally, you want smart guys throughout the entire chain of command, from way down in the basement all the way up to the ebony tower. Ah, but one can dream...