They also had a poll over Englands performance in the Rugby World Cup semi-final against France (days when we beat France at something, unlike this week)... which all the English gatecrashed to skew the poll results. It
was a dull match but it had soared away to more than 128,000, with 82 per cent opting for "scintillating" and 10 per cent for "dull"..
Story here but paper may require registration(ironically!).
A Good Teaching Tool for 3D concepts
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When I had to teach Computer Graphics (circa POV-Ray 3.1) I found it a great way of getting kids to see how all the concepts involved in 3D computing came into being without having to worry too much about those with weak programming skills. (This was an issue at the place I was teaching at).
Each type of concept (eg merging primitive objects/translucency etc) can be introduced one at a time into the text script file with instant pretty pictures to look at as output.
They could also take the program home with them and the nerdier ones could try running it on their linux distros too;-) This was a huge advantage
over any commercial packages.
So is this going to relate to last years story about releasing the BBC back catalog as a public archive? If they are planning to use P2P to distribute their stuff it would make sense to use their own video codec - and by using and Open Standard they can't be accused of backing a private company and limiting distribution of their material. eg TV, radio they broadcast is recievable on standard equipment in the UK - it would fulfil their public mandate to do the same when tey release that.
Once again I am glad we do have the beeb over here;-)
Well it did seven months ago (Windows versions). IICR the main problem I had was being able to delete emails from the server - which given the business of the mailing list I use my IMAP account for is pretty important!
Mozilla has been able to do all I have wanted it to - I use the Mail client in two different ways for different behaviour patterns at work and at home(offline type) and its been fine for both. At least with Mozilla you *know* you're getting a memory hog well in advance.
Granted, I've made a decent amount of cash by being a motivated individual, but it's still irritating that lazy/unmotivated folks will still have a job the next time we downsize because they have seniority.
Yeah I had that as well. Am using Mozilla until Thunderbird 1.0 comes out for that very reason. Hopefully it'll be fixed by then (well it may all be sorted out now but I got fed up of shifting mailboxes over!)
When I visited Japan last year I noticed just the opposite. Although everyone seemed to have phones, and the phones were absolutely great techno wise, on the buses and trains I went on if people were using them it was discreetly (maybe SMS?) and certainly no loud conversations (if any). Though I was only there for a week.
And it just made the first week of bus commutes when I got back to Blighty even more annoying.
"Only Apple can sell consumer electronics at 135% of market value."
But 'brand' and 'aesthetics' are part of what the market value is. Otherwise you'd be paying 10 bucks for Nike trainers, and be getting free bottles of Chanel thrown in for good measure.
I'm not a fan of Apple and have no intention of buying any of their imac/powermac stuff on the basis that it is more expensive - so yeah on the home computer range they may well have messed up on price. Mac owners will no doubt argue - better components and OS which is fair enough. Maybe it is better...its just not better enough for me to spend and extra 500 pounds to get one.
In a capitalist system 'market value' is what people will pay for the product - not what the cost of components + advertising/sales stuff + bit of profit is. So with the iPod and iPod mini they may have actually got the market value bang on the nose. Personally I don't like the all white iPod myself, but am sorely tempted by the minis.
The thing is that _even_ if you did get around patenting that stuff, you would not really stand a chance because just about everyone else will go ahead and use it. What are you going to do? Sue half the population of America for using 7?
No - a la Compuserve and GIFs you would identify and sue/threaten to sue a big customer or facilitator of the patent infringement. Compuserve (owners of the compression algorithm in GIF files) ended up with a deal with graphics program manafacturers and BT (supposed inventors of the hyperlink) were going after an ISP rather than each individual author of a web image/page.
But in the case of the number 7 they'd have to count on 7 really being a lucky number.
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Isn't this a book in the O'Reilly series? I wonder what sort of animal goes on the front cover?
So just turn it upside down then.
Even more suprising England did actually win the final....heartstopper of a match though.
When I had to teach Computer Graphics (circa POV-Ray 3.1) I found it a great way of getting kids to see how all the concepts involved in 3D computing came into being without having to worry too much about those with weak programming skills. (This was an issue at the place I was teaching at).
Each type of concept (eg merging primitive objects/translucency etc) can be introduced one at a time into the text script file with instant pretty pictures to look at as output.
They could also take the program home with them and the nerdier ones could try running it on their linux distros too ;-) This was a huge advantage
over any commercial packages.
And don't actually listen to your iPod so that you can hear the muggers approaching behind you.
Well whether he got his English degree or not - would that affect his employment prospects?
What did you expect - he's an arts student so can't be expected to do any work!!!
If only they'd have had mod points. Negative mod points are far worse than baseball bats to a true geek.
I have yet to buy a DVD player. And I'm not a trekkie. So maybe reading until the end of this thread was a mistake.
Hopefully they'll get to do King Kong with dandruff too!
So is this going to relate to last years story about releasing the BBC back catalog as a public archive? If they are planning to use P2P to distribute their stuff it would make sense to use their own video codec - and by using and Open Standard they can't be accused of backing a private company and limiting distribution of their material. eg TV, radio they broadcast is recievable on standard equipment in the UK - it would fulfil their public mandate to do the same when tey release that.
Once again I am glad we do have the beeb over here;-)
Really? People say "Bloody Wanker" to me all the time.
Who let Dr Evil in????
Well it did seven months ago (Windows versions). IICR the main problem I had was being able to delete emails from the server - which given the business of the mailing list I use my IMAP account for is pretty important!
Mozilla has been able to do all I have wanted it to - I use the Mail client in two different ways for different behaviour patterns at work and at home(offline type) and its been fine for both. At least with Mozilla you *know* you're getting a memory hog well in advance.
Yep - those people are called middle management. Scott Adams writes about it every day.
Yeah I had that as well. Am using Mozilla until Thunderbird 1.0 comes out for that very reason. Hopefully it'll be fixed by then (well it may all be sorted out now but I got fed up of shifting mailboxes over!)
You guys are all behind the times. I'm already on E!
Yeah - turn up that thumping music man!!!
If I had dozens of widows I'd be a dead bigamist.
When I visited Japan last year I noticed just the opposite. Although everyone seemed to have phones, and the phones were absolutely great techno wise, on the buses and trains I went on if people were using them it was discreetly (maybe SMS?) and certainly no loud conversations (if any). Though I was only there for a week.
And it just made the first week of bus commutes when I got back to Blighty even more annoying.
But 'brand' and 'aesthetics' are part of what the market value is. Otherwise you'd be paying 10 bucks for Nike trainers, and be getting free bottles of Chanel thrown in for good measure.
I'm not a fan of Apple and have no intention of buying any of their imac/powermac stuff on the basis that it is more expensive - so yeah on the home computer range they may well have messed up on price. Mac owners will no doubt argue - better components and OS which is fair enough. Maybe it is better...its just not better enough for me to spend and extra 500 pounds to get one.
In a capitalist system 'market value' is what people will pay for the product - not what the cost of components + advertising/sales stuff + bit of profit is. So with the iPod and iPod mini they may have actually got the market value bang on the nose. Personally I don't like the all white iPod myself, but am sorely tempted by the minis.
Well I'm gonna buy one so I can drop it from approximately 1 metre!
I think they should all have completed Descent
The thing is that _even_ if you did get around patenting that stuff, you would not really stand a chance because just about everyone else will go ahead and use it. What are you going to do? Sue half the population of America for using 7?
No - a la Compuserve and GIFs you would identify and sue/threaten to sue a big customer or facilitator of the patent infringement. Compuserve (owners of the compression algorithm in GIF files) ended up with a deal with graphics program manafacturers and BT (supposed inventors of the hyperlink) were going after an ISP rather than each individual author of a web image/page.
But in the case of the number 7 they'd have to count on 7 really being a lucky number.
Premier here is used to refer to Prime Minister hence the confusion!
Was using premier to mean Prime Minister which he became in 1996....