We don't really want to boost the ego of those jacks, do we?
Frankly, if this is all it takes to boost their ego, then so be it. I'd rather boost some moron's ego and have the privilege to read my daily techno/geeky news than to have it censored so as to not offend anyone.
Quite possibly even an eventual route to the elusive "fountain of youth" once machines can be manufactured to mimic human bodies. Because if you think of it- a human body is nothing more than a fantasticaly complex machine.
Actualy, I believe the "Cyberpunk" genre had it right, no matter how cliché and despised the term "cyberpunk" may be. One day, we'll voluntarily swap human parts for bio-mechanical ones. We'll crave these higher quality eyes, the stronger arms, the faster legs and the more reliable hearts.
More than a fountain of youth that keeps us young, we'll get to upgrade ourselves. Technologies will, as usual, develop and get cheaper everyday. Then, next thing you know, Wal-Mart will sell cyber-penises by the dozen. In my opinion, it simply is the way things will happen, and this article points to the fact that the first steps are already being taken towards this (and have actualy been for quite some time).
It may not be exactly as in the Cyberpunk RPG (which I love), but quite similar I think. "Order our new legs catalog today!" So many people take drugs, have complex surgical operations, undergo diets and train everyday to become nicer, stronger, healthier. The need is there and once the technology gets cheap enough, it'll simply become a common practice to trade artifical, upgraded body parts. "Sheetz, I broke my neck today @ teh sk8 park. Got a nu one, looks so 1337!". Hell... why not?
like the entire information equivalent for our global genome fitting on a 100 pound laptop!
That actualy gave me some sort of crazy idea. Well, I think we could somehow just throw away into space old computer hardware properly modified for long space travels and to be extremely easy to use. Just throw them away in any and all directions. They would contain pictures and data somehow understandable by almost anyone.
Hey, even if some Alien somehow, someday stumble across such a computer, even if he doesn't understand shit about shit, he'll certainly get the idea that this is not a rock and somebody somwhere was intelligent enough to make that.
I know it sounds simple and a tad crazy, but I'm sure the concept could be developped a bit and end up in something realistic. There SO much computer garbage these days, the project (launching aside [maybe X-Prize people could help?]) would be dirt cheap.
Imagine if Doom 3 had been just like the original Doom, but with a better engine.
Honestly, that would've been awesome. I like Doom3, but something from the originals is missing, and it reminds me waaay to much of Half-Life rather than Doom. Actualy, is anybody aware of some group re-creating Doom and Doom2 on Doom3's engine?
And more on-topic now, I think it's good they kept the same maps and guns from the original Counter Strike. For a beta version, it helps to see the differences between the old engine and the new one.
This is not justice. He should get what he deserves, period. Whenever they try to make an example of someone, he or she becomes some marty/icon and the only lesson learnt is: don't get caught doing what you'll do anyway.
I haven't read all previous comments yet, but am I the only one under the impression that id Software actualy released Half-Life 2 before Valve?
I mean... With all due respect, Doom 3 is not Doom. It is Half-Life all the way, from the dying co-workers who use ther last breath to tell you something, to the monsters appearing in a lightning bolt, to the failed-scientific-experiment scenario, to the vending machines in the cafeterias, to the various scientific heavy machinery, and the list could go on...
The more I play (whoops. Yup, go the, erm, "pre-release" from the net. I plan to buy it anyway.), so, the more I play, the less I feel I am actualy playing Doom. It is just like returning to Half-Life, but with better graphics, some new monsters and a brand new PDA.
This sequel is far from the gloomy libraries, the mighty cyber-spiders and the whole "satanic" mood I loved so much in Doom I & II. Somehow, it is more mature, and had Half-Life not been created yet, it would be a great game. But despite the terror I feel in the dark corridors and the stress between each quick-saves, I can't help but think that Valve already came up with that game before.
Actualy, I feel just as if George Lucas had directed Doom 3. I feel betrayed. id don't owe me anything, but what I was yearning for is not what I got while playing Doom 3.
Oh. And whoever at id who got the silly idea of making the flashlight your main and most important weapon should be raped.
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"they expect users to quit Windows cold-turkey and immediately jump head first into Linux"
Actualy, I think they're targetting users who grew tired of spyware/bugs/viruses associated with Windows, people who'd do the jump if only they knew there was an alternative.
I, for exemple, am such a person. I design websites for a living, and I'm looking for sort of a "turn-key" solution to switch to Linux. I need an article that is actualy convincing enough to switch right-fucking-now.
"Maybe, perhaps sometime you may wish to try a bootable CD that'll show you, if it works, how Linux can be relatively OK after all". That won't make anyone swith to Linux, will it? I want to KNOW that Linux IS better, that it WILL work if I do THIS and THAT.
So, they're not expecting people to do anything -- people expect a sure solution. People just need to KNOW that, yes, you can "quit Windows cold-turkey".
In my case, I want to make sure that Corel Draw Suite 12 will be available and working just like I expect it to, that Macromedia Flash/Dreamweaver will stay the same, and that any other app I regularly use and rely on will be available or that, at the very least, something of equal quality is downloadable somewhere. I don't want someone telling me that maybe I could switch to Linux -- I know that already! I want someone to tell me "do THIS and THAT and quit Windows cold-turkey, dammit!;)
Somehow, there is a good side to all this (the RFID and other various tracking/IDing/syping govt goodies).
When a government/organisation relies totaly and fully trusts a computer system to do its work, then, in the end, it gives us more freedom. Computers can be hacked, cracked and controlled by whoever actualy tries hard enough. A real person cannot be so easily fooled.
There are two types of people who criticize technology: those who understand nothing about it but fear it or want to use it to control everything (like the senators who pass stupid laws), and those who make this technology and don't want it to be used against them. Do the math: WE got them by the balls.
The more society will rely on technology, the more freedom we can get. Freedom will be "underground" though...
Then could I simply carry an invalid/old/unused/false/second license plate in the trunk to confuse the reading device? Or replace the embedded RFID with another one? Or make a portable computer send a false RFID signal and deactivate the real thing?...
I am sure many possibilities remain to drive "freely".
It would really piss me off to find that my career was directly responsible for his condition.
Then you shouldn't blame yourself. Blame civilization, technology, future, computers, damn internet, industries, plastic. Hell! Why not medecine too.
I mean no harm or disrespect. It's just that, you know... your son would probably never have been born if you would not have this job. Or maybe he would be alive, but with lungs cancer instead, because you'd be working in an asbestos mine.
My point is, we cannot blame technology. It's part of our evolution, it is something we created and without it, things would most likely be much worse. Granted, it causes new problems and it is far from perfect. But I doubt we could do without it.
That being said, I find your story very sad. I'm just trying to look at things impartialy, I don't want to be an ass.
And if you happen to opt for PHP, I suggest using EasyPHP to easily install and use (for free) PHP, MySQL and an Apache server on your computer. It's more fun to code in PHP than to spend nights trying to figure out how to install it properly on a Windows box.;)
First, those who voted for that bill most probably can't even turn on a damn computer. Let alone use an email service. The story should end right here. But these technophobic fuckers actualy have some power over what Google can do.
Google is a private company and they offer a free -- FREE -- service to users who agree to some terms and conditions of use. These users will most likely be very happy to use this service.
Now can anyone tell me why should the govt even consider thinking about voting anything concerning Gmail!?
No one is FORCED to use it. It's not like a Govt agency decides to send you spam based on your credit report and your annual income... Google is private and the users are free to use it or not.
I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. I can't. Nothing justifies the intervention of the government in a free, web-based service. Nothing at all. Google does not hide anything and is not violating any law.
The only basis for the vote is that "Google is huge", or something like that. It's just one step away from voting a bill against, say, an automotive email newsletter that contains car ads; or any other free service on the web for that matter.
They just should not have any jurisdiction over the internet... Just screw them. Or better yet: patent the bill and sue them for copyright infringement. I just can't believe those daily stupidities....
I am sorry, but if so is the case, then why aren't scientifics and/or government agencies takinng care of it instead. A private insurance company is not asked to comment on this or that technology. They're simply trying to cover their asses (which is predictable from insurance companies) but they do so by trying to scare the shit out of everybody.
Just like when the pope comments on preservatives or when mormons talk about the internet, they should not be given any credibility...
"Are these invisible particles dangerous to our breathing? What happens if nanotechnologically manufactured products end up on the refuse dump and their particles are released into the environment?"
Are they even aware that Skynet is taken from a movie? Like science needed more technophobic zealots anyway...
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We don't really want to boost the ego of those jacks, do we?
Frankly, if this is all it takes to boost their ego, then so be it. I'd rather boost some moron's ego and have the privilege to read my daily techno/geeky news than to have it censored so as to not offend anyone.
Quite possibly even an eventual route to the elusive "fountain of youth" once machines can be manufactured to mimic human bodies. Because if you think of it- a human body is nothing more than a fantasticaly complex machine.
Actualy, I believe the "Cyberpunk" genre had it right, no matter how cliché and despised the term "cyberpunk" may be. One day, we'll voluntarily swap human parts for bio-mechanical ones. We'll crave these higher quality eyes, the stronger arms, the faster legs and the more reliable hearts.
More than a fountain of youth that keeps us young, we'll get to upgrade ourselves. Technologies will, as usual, develop and get cheaper everyday. Then, next thing you know, Wal-Mart will sell cyber-penises by the dozen. In my opinion, it simply is the way things will happen, and this article points to the fact that the first steps are already being taken towards this (and have actualy been for quite some time).
It may not be exactly as in the Cyberpunk RPG (which I love), but quite similar I think. "Order our new legs catalog today!" So many people take drugs, have complex surgical operations, undergo diets and train everyday to become nicer, stronger, healthier. The need is there and once the technology gets cheap enough, it'll simply become a common practice to trade artifical, upgraded body parts. "Sheetz, I broke my neck today @ teh sk8 park. Got a nu one, looks so 1337!". Hell... why not?
I was just reading on an online newspaper about the capsule and the stunt NASA was going to perform in order to catch it.
:P
Then, I look at today's userfriendly.org cartoon showing our heroes about to land in the south pole with a ski-less plane.
Then I switch to Slashdot and see the capsule just crashed.
Oh well...
We assume that any sufficiently advanced civilization will attempt to seek other such intelligences
It's very creepy to think we could miss a civilization similar to ours just beacause they're still in Renaissance and don't broadcast TV yet....
like the entire information equivalent for our global genome fitting on a 100 pound laptop!
That actualy gave me some sort of crazy idea. Well, I think we could somehow just throw away into space old computer hardware properly modified for long space travels and to be extremely easy to use. Just throw them away in any and all directions. They would contain pictures and data somehow understandable by almost anyone.
Hey, even if some Alien somehow, someday stumble across such a computer, even if he doesn't understand shit about shit, he'll certainly get the idea that this is not a rock and somebody somwhere was intelligent enough to make that.
I know it sounds simple and a tad crazy, but I'm sure the concept could be developped a bit and end up in something realistic. There SO much computer garbage these days, the project (launching aside [maybe X-Prize people could help?]) would be dirt cheap.
I'm not sure where another 9.5 million could come from
Remixes? Bootlegs? Compilations? Live shows? Demos?... They might help to fill the gap. But still, the numbers seem a bit exagerated.
Imagine if Doom 3 had been just like the original Doom, but with a better engine.
Honestly, that would've been awesome. I like Doom3, but something from the originals is missing, and it reminds me waaay to much of Half-Life rather than Doom. Actualy, is anybody aware of some group re-creating Doom and Doom2 on Doom3's engine?
And more on-topic now, I think it's good they kept the same maps and guns from the original Counter Strike. For a beta version, it helps to see the differences between the old engine and the new one.
... Citizens were upset when Microsoft refered to their planet as "Mostly harmless"
I can't imagine much practical use
You obviously don't work in a cube!
an as yet unidentified developer with 'a name that people recognize' has licensed the Doom 3 engine
Valve?
is on his way to being made an example of
This is not justice. He should get what he deserves, period. Whenever they try to make an example of someone, he or she becomes some marty/icon and the only lesson learnt is: don't get caught doing what you'll do anyway.
I haven't read all previous comments yet, but am I the only one under the impression that id Software actualy released Half-Life 2 before Valve?
I mean... With all due respect, Doom 3 is not Doom. It is Half-Life all the way, from the dying co-workers who use ther last breath to tell you something, to the monsters appearing in a lightning bolt, to the failed-scientific-experiment scenario, to the vending machines in the cafeterias, to the various scientific heavy machinery, and the list could go on...
The more I play (whoops. Yup, go the, erm, "pre-release" from the net. I plan to buy it anyway.), so, the more I play, the less I feel I am actualy playing Doom. It is just like returning to Half-Life, but with better graphics, some new monsters and a brand new PDA.
This sequel is far from the gloomy libraries, the mighty cyber-spiders and the whole "satanic" mood I loved so much in Doom I & II. Somehow, it is more mature, and had Half-Life not been created yet, it would be a great game. But despite the terror I feel in the dark corridors and the stress between each quick-saves, I can't help but think that Valve already came up with that game before.
Actualy, I feel just as if George Lucas had directed Doom 3. I feel betrayed. id don't owe me anything, but what I was yearning for is not what I got while playing Doom 3.
Oh. And whoever at id who got the silly idea of making the flashlight your main and most important weapon should be raped.
"they expect users to quit Windows cold-turkey and immediately jump head first into Linux"
;)
Actualy, I think they're targetting users who grew tired of spyware/bugs/viruses associated with Windows, people who'd do the jump if only they knew there was an alternative.
I, for exemple, am such a person. I design websites for a living, and I'm looking for sort of a "turn-key" solution to switch to Linux. I need an article that is actualy convincing enough to switch right-fucking-now.
"Maybe, perhaps sometime you may wish to try a bootable CD that'll show you, if it works, how Linux can be relatively OK after all". That won't make anyone swith to Linux, will it? I want to KNOW that Linux IS better, that it WILL work if I do THIS and THAT.
So, they're not expecting people to do anything -- people expect a sure solution. People just need to KNOW that, yes, you can "quit Windows cold-turkey".
In my case, I want to make sure that Corel Draw Suite 12 will be available and working just like I expect it to, that Macromedia Flash/Dreamweaver will stay the same, and that any other app I regularly use and rely on will be available or that, at the very least, something of equal quality is downloadable somewhere. I don't want someone telling me that maybe I could switch to Linux -- I know that already! I want someone to tell me "do THIS and THAT and quit Windows cold-turkey, dammit!
and it still... uh wait...
More information should be available today at http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/SS1_touchdown _040621.html
It's not freedom if not everyone has it.
Since we stopped being apes, when did everyone ever enjoyed freedom?
Somehow, there is a good side to all this (the RFID and other various tracking/IDing/syping govt goodies).
When a government/organisation relies totaly and fully trusts a computer system to do its work, then, in the end, it gives us more freedom. Computers can be hacked, cracked and controlled by whoever actualy tries hard enough. A real person cannot be so easily fooled.
There are two types of people who criticize technology: those who understand nothing about it but fear it or want to use it to control everything (like the senators who pass stupid laws), and those who make this technology and don't want it to be used against them. Do the math: WE got them by the balls.
The more society will rely on technology, the more freedom we can get. Freedom will be "underground" though...
Then could I simply carry an invalid/old/unused/false/second license plate in the trunk to confuse the reading device? Or replace the embedded RFID with another one? Or make a portable computer send a false RFID signal and deactivate the real thing? ...
I am sure many possibilities remain to drive "freely".
It would really piss me off to find that my career was directly responsible for his condition.
Then you shouldn't blame yourself. Blame civilization, technology, future, computers, damn internet, industries, plastic. Hell! Why not medecine too.
I mean no harm or disrespect. It's just that, you know... your son would probably never have been born if you would not have this job. Or maybe he would be alive, but with lungs cancer instead, because you'd be working in an asbestos mine.
My point is, we cannot blame technology. It's part of our evolution, it is something we created and without it, things would most likely be much worse. Granted, it causes new problems and it is far from perfect. But I doubt we could do without it.
That being said, I find your story very sad. I'm just trying to look at things impartialy, I don't want to be an ass.
There's also a web based language, like PHP / ASP
;)
And if you happen to opt for PHP, I suggest using EasyPHP to easily install and use (for free) PHP, MySQL and an Apache server on your computer. It's more fun to code in PHP than to spend nights trying to figure out how to install it properly on a Windows box.
First, those who voted for that bill most probably can't even turn on a damn computer. Let alone use an email service. The story should end right here. But these technophobic fuckers actualy have some power over what Google can do.
Google is a private company and they offer a free -- FREE -- service to users who agree to some terms and conditions of use. These users will most likely be very happy to use this service.
Now can anyone tell me why should the govt even consider thinking about voting anything concerning Gmail!?
No one is FORCED to use it. It's not like a Govt agency decides to send you spam based on your credit report and your annual income... Google is private and the users are free to use it or not.
I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. I can't. Nothing justifies the intervention of the government in a free, web-based service. Nothing at all. Google does not hide anything and is not violating any law.
The only basis for the vote is that "Google is huge", or something like that. It's just one step away from voting a bill against, say, an automotive email newsletter that contains car ads; or any other free service on the web for that matter.
They just should not have any jurisdiction over the internet... Just screw them. Or better yet: patent the bill and sue them for copyright infringement. I just can't believe those daily stupidities....
I am sorry, but if so is the case, then why aren't scientifics and/or government agencies takinng care of it instead. A private insurance company is not asked to comment on this or that technology. They're simply trying to cover their asses (which is predictable from insurance companies) but they do so by trying to scare the shit out of everybody.
Just like when the pope comments on preservatives or when mormons talk about the internet, they should not be given any credibility...
Sorry. I hate to reply to my own posts, but I realised I made I mistake. I think they're actualy refering to medichlorians.
"Are these invisible particles dangerous to our breathing? What happens if nanotechnologically manufactured products end up on the refuse dump and their particles are released into the environment?"
Are they even aware that Skynet is taken from a movie? Like science needed more technophobic zealots anyway...
Linux first appears at the 6th spot and Cray appears at the 19th
The Linux cluster uses 2816 processors, while Cray manages to be 19th with 252 CPUs...
I'm not really making any argument, just throwing some numbers. However, I am sure a 2k+ CPUs computer made by Cray would be impressive.