Malloc is a function of heap manager, usually a component of C library. Heap manager relies on system calls like sbrk() or others to get pages from operating system.
Yeah, i know, but its part of my work
Youre a vice president in a bank ? Heres another recent comment by you:
I'm sorry, I don't think we've met. Yes, I don't like Vista. But it's not a religious stance against Microsoft. In fact, I hold 4 Microsoft certifications (MCSE, MCSD VB6, MCSD C#.Net, MCDBA) and work on Microsoft products all day every day. In fact, I did a 6 month contract programming job for Microsoft themselves as a side job.
they very specifically state that they dont _modify_ the games RAM, just read it. So again, just where is it OK to read ? What if i read from the frame buffer , which technically does not belong to a game but the video driver?
Ok, if i copy it through the digital->analog->digital as in TV->Camera->image recognition chain its going to be ok ? Only if i make bitwise copy in RAM its violation ? Or.. ?
I i had a real robot ( no i dont mean biped humanoid ) that would be able to play for me using a mouse, screen and a keyboard.. they would sue the company that made the robot ?
And its not that far fetched, as a hardware you need just a camera watching the TV, and two inputs to PS2 and USB ports on my puter..
Just today, to my delight i found out that some chap in australia has patented the wheel back in 2001 and won the prestigious IgNobel Prize for it too.
Oh what other marvellous things have we forgotten to patent still, IBM will you enlighten us ?
Its been demonstrated time and again that battery electrics are way cleaner than even any contemporary hybrid, "well to wheels" even if powered by coal-fired power plants. Go look up Michelin Challenge Bibendum results for instance. As to where did you pull your "toxic lithium", i have no idea, i'd guess you are confusing them with nickel-based batteries. Lithiums, and especially LiFePO4's are practically the most environmentally benign battery type around.
Um sorry, you arent really comparing apples here. SpaceX has done something impressive and well deserve their kudos, but it didnt take Chinese 1.3 billion people and Russian partnership to orbit their first ever orbital payload. Their first satellite was launched back in 1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_1
Even in that interview above, Elon says ( and this guy has got to have some authority on this ) that their major costs are * Engines * Structures * Avionics * Launch operation * Overhead
The fuel cost of launching a person to orbit is on the order of few tens of thousands of dollars.
Nothing but congratulations ! Elon was completely at loss of words in the webcast, and it seemed like the entire gang is going to have one hell of a party ASAP !
Why US first went to the moon is largely irrelevant to why we ought to go. Yes, US went because of national prestige, competition with communists, ordered by a president who didnt give a shit about space, just beating the russians.
But that doesnt mean that other countries couldnt come up for other, more productive uses for the Eighth Continent up there. Theres energy, theres raw materials that are controlled by very few entities on earth ( platinum group metals, Norilsk Nickel ), theres real estate. Im sure the chinese can come up with productive uses for lunar resources, just as long as they build their program in sustainable way, not breaking the bank with big freaking rockets or half-assed "reusables" like Space Shuttle.
Either any embedded linux or winmobile PDA will do the trick, dude. Try one with the full qwerty keyboard like HTC Tytn. Always with you, always good for notes and if you dont want to write just click the voice recorder or take a picture of the sketch u just drew on the whiteboard.
And a logical extension to this is docking these things together with propulsion stages, refuelling the entire stack on orbit and doing lunar and planetary trips with all that. That was the original direction of Gemini program with Gemini-Agena docking and propuslion tests, and this was the most proposed approach by industry partners for the current US Constellation/CEV program as well. Unfortunately, in both cases US went with "WDYM modular and small ? lets build a biiiig frikken rocket!" approach which was and will be unsustainable in the long term.
Spacesim genre on PC has been basically dead since the late great FreeSpace 2. Okay, there was Freelancer which was semi-decent, but nothing compared to the old great hits like Tie Fighter, best of Wing Commander, Privateer, Tachyon, Independence War or even all the way back to Elite series.
Do not even start about recent flops like Tarr Chronicles, SpaceForce : Rogue Universe or even the entire X series. Eye candy and insance technical requirements bundled with unworkable control schemes not a playable game make. ( A side note: EVE is not a space sim, not the kind that im talking about here )
Now Firefly universe would be a perfect setting for Privateer-like game. You dont even have to be goddamn revolutionary game designer to pull a triple-A hit on this. Just use the best gameplay elements of the past, make a good story ( hey its not like good sci-fi writers are hard to come by), half decent graphics and playable controls and you have a sure winner on that currently barren field.
Yes, i we know Elite 4 and Infinity ( infinity-universe.com ) will be ready Real Soon Now (TM) but i dont think advances in life prolonging medicine are happening fast enough to tide all us space simmers over until then.
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This game was called X-COM 2 : Terror from the Deep.
Malloc is a function of heap manager, usually a component of C library. Heap manager relies on system calls like sbrk() or others to get pages from operating system. Yeah, i know, but its part of my work
Youre a vice president in a bank ? Heres another recent comment by you:
I'm sorry, I don't think we've met. Yes, I don't like Vista. But it's not a religious stance against Microsoft. In fact, I hold 4 Microsoft certifications (MCSE, MCSD VB6, MCSD C#.Net, MCDBA) and work on Microsoft products all day every day. In fact, I did a 6 month contract programming job for Microsoft themselves as a side job.
Certainly a very busy man.
Yes, mass exodus ! Here is an artist depiction of the future of ISO
they very specifically state that they dont _modify_ the games RAM, just read it. So again, just where is it OK to read ? What if i read from the frame buffer , which technically does not belong to a game but the video driver?
A123 LiFePO4 batteries have been charged at 10-15 minute rates by RC crowd for a couple years by now.
Have you ever heard of DARPA Grand Challenge perchance ?
Ok, if i copy it through the digital->analog->digital as in TV->Camera->image recognition chain its going to be ok ? Only if i make bitwise copy in RAM its violation ? Or .. ?
I i had a real robot ( no i dont mean biped humanoid ) that would be able to play for me using a mouse, screen and a keyboard .. they would sue the company that made the robot ?
And its not that far fetched, as a hardware you need just a camera watching the TV, and two inputs to PS2 and USB ports on my puter ..
So where do they draw the line ?
Yeah, you could do worse, like go vote on an election or something.
It makes for excellent parodies, though
http://webservices.esa.int/blog/blog/1
Just today, to my delight i found out that some chap in australia has patented the wheel back in 2001 and won the prestigious IgNobel Prize for it too.
Oh what other marvellous things have we forgotten to patent still, IBM will you enlighten us ?
Its been demonstrated time and again that battery electrics are way cleaner than even any contemporary hybrid, "well to wheels" even if powered by coal-fired power plants.
Go look up Michelin Challenge Bibendum results for instance.
As to where did you pull your "toxic lithium", i have no idea, i'd guess you are confusing them with nickel-based batteries. Lithiums, and especially LiFePO4's are practically the most environmentally benign battery type around.
Um sorry, you arent really comparing apples here. SpaceX has done something impressive and well deserve their kudos, but it didnt take Chinese 1.3 billion people and Russian partnership to orbit their first ever orbital payload.
Their first satellite was launched back in 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_1
Even in that interview above, Elon says ( and this guy has got to have some authority on this ) that their major costs are
* Engines
* Structures
* Avionics
* Launch operation
* Overhead
The fuel cost of launching a person to orbit is on the order of few tens of thousands of dollars.
Nothing but congratulations ! Elon was completely at loss of words in the webcast, and it seemed like the entire gang is going to have one hell of a party ASAP !
Why US first went to the moon is largely irrelevant to why we ought to go. Yes, US went because of national prestige, competition with communists, ordered by a president who didnt give a shit about space, just beating the russians. But that doesnt mean that other countries couldnt come up for other, more productive uses for the Eighth Continent up there. Theres energy, theres raw materials that are controlled by very few entities on earth ( platinum group metals, Norilsk Nickel ), theres real estate. Im sure the chinese can come up with productive uses for lunar resources, just as long as they build their program in sustainable way, not breaking the bank with big freaking rockets or half-assed "reusables" like Space Shuttle.
Yeah, it took US exactly four years from first spacewalk ( july 1965 ) to first manned moon landing ( july 1969 ). Indeed, a couple more steps.
We have got something to suit your tastes, sir. Holds up well to all tests of time : http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/35a796d8/5e08eed6
Fake moon walk ? What, you mean like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouUUWpEec0 ?
Either any embedded linux or winmobile PDA will do the trick, dude. Try one with the full qwerty keyboard like HTC Tytn. Always with you, always good for notes and if you dont want to write just click the voice recorder or take a picture of the sketch u just drew on the whiteboard.
And a logical extension to this is docking these things together with propulsion stages, refuelling the entire stack on orbit and doing lunar and planetary trips with all that. That was the original direction of Gemini program with Gemini-Agena docking and propuslion tests, and this was the most proposed approach by industry partners for the current US Constellation/CEV program as well.
Unfortunately, in both cases US went with "WDYM modular and small ? lets build a biiiig frikken rocket!" approach which was and will be unsustainable in the long term.
Dude,
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You may need a bigger brain for that order.
Spacesim genre on PC has been basically dead since the late great FreeSpace 2. Okay, there was Freelancer which was semi-decent, but nothing compared to the old great hits like Tie Fighter, best of Wing Commander, Privateer, Tachyon, Independence War or even all the way back to Elite series.
Do not even start about recent flops like Tarr Chronicles, SpaceForce : Rogue Universe or even the entire X series. Eye candy and insance technical requirements bundled with unworkable control schemes not a playable game make. ( A side note: EVE is not a space sim, not the kind that im talking about here )
Now Firefly universe would be a perfect setting for Privateer-like game. You dont even have to be goddamn revolutionary game designer to pull a triple-A hit on this. Just use the best gameplay elements of the past, make a good story ( hey its not like good sci-fi writers are hard to come by), half decent graphics and playable controls and you have a sure winner on that currently barren field.
Yes, i we know Elite 4 and Infinity ( infinity-universe.com ) will be ready Real Soon Now (TM) but i dont think advances in life prolonging medicine are happening fast enough to tide all us space simmers over until then.