That's a good point - I wonder how long it'll be until we get a standard deathmatch game where each player also has a portal gun? That could really make things interesting.
The immediate problem I see is that this approach requires people to pay money when they don't have to. I admire Radiohead's optimistic view of human nature but I suspect that an awful lot of people will 'contribute' between zero and one pound for the album, probably clustered at the lower end.
"But people know that if they want more music in future they need to spend the money to make this approach work".
Of course they do, but they also know that their individual purchase won't make a difference. It's a selfish attitude but a logical one, and people are often selfish and sometimes logical. Hopefully I'm wrong and this will work beautifully - in any event, I applaud Radiohead for giving it a shot.
Agreed - I'm English and I thought that the IT Crowd was absolutely dreadful. I tried, I really did - particularly since the godly Chris Morris is in it - but for the life of me I couldn't sit through it without wincing. A massive disappointment.
Yes, I can appreciate the difference between being 'pretty good' at guitar hero and knowing how to play a guitar. But having watched a bit of the clip in the GGP it looks as though the guy is 'obsessively good', and given that amount of work and talent I imagine that he could manage the real thing without too much trouble. Perhaps he already has! And I wish him joy and good fortune in the pursuit of whatever guitar-based hobbies he enjoys. I just find it rather odd.
That's definitely impressive. I don't understand why anyone would bother to get that good with the pretend guitar rather than the real guitar, but impressive nonetheless. And slightly disturbing.
"This place is just too darn creepy. I really want out of here...pleeeease?"
"No, Imoen, your bones will rot here for eternity, and I shall wear your wretched tongue as an amulet."
Though I think that the prize has to go to: "You must gather your party before venturing forth". I was about to write a witty response to that line but suppressed rage is bubbling up from seven years ago and I need to lie down before I have one of my little episodes.
No doubt I can play without any voice acting at all and rely on subtitles. If you'd read my original post you might have noticed that I mentioned that bit. You might have subsequently spotted the fact that I like to listen to the good voice acting. And then you may have concluded that I'd prefer not to ignore all voice acting entirely in order to avoid the crap.
And then - O rapturous delight! - you may have been able to make a sensible point without resorting to mindless abuse, you silly cunt.
(Disclaimer: I'm almost certainly a reactionary curmudgeon hell-bent on holding back innovation in gaming.)
I have two major problems with this:
1) I want to know what specifically what I'm going to say before I say it, in case the writers are putting cringe-worthy words into my character's mouth.
2) This sounds horribly as though I'm not going to be able to skip dialogue without adverse consequences.
The second point is the worst in practice. I (in common with most of you, I expect) read quickly. Having to wait for an actor to voice the line often irritates me, so I use the subtitles to skip ahead. If it's a good voice actor I may listen, but......come on, the standard of voice acting in games is largely HORRIBLE. Bioware are better than most but still far from perfect - remember Aribeth in NWN1? Dreadful, appalling acting: an ear-bleeding, schizophrenic mongrel which bred a faux-English accent with a mid-American twang in ever-varying ratios. Or remember that monstrously annoying devil-woman NPC in NWN2? Am I to listen to that, ears bleeding, unable to skip the horror without invoking retaliatory action? Errr, no thanks.
Perhaps it's me; perhaps it's the way of the 21st century. But it sounds as though it's going to suck.
I think you'd also need some means of defining the randomness of distribution in your sequence. For instance, 01010101010101010101010101010101 doesn't look very random.
"For example, if AMD was targeting 32 TB/s of memory bandwith at 2ms latencies for their year 2 target, that would be quite a sensitive strategy. Make Intel, or any number of small semiconductor companies, aware of this, and there is a strong possibility that instead of joining AMD, they'll fight, and damage AMD's market position."
Any sensitive, potentially damaging information isn't going to be released to a bunch of journalists, NDA or not.
I would guess that the navy doesn't particularly care - if this were some ultra-sensitive technology they probably wouldn't have left it lying around in the open. If you can build a bleeding-edge submarine you can build an enclosed space to put it in.
"Thieves should know that law enforcement can surf sites too in investigating crime," the FBI said.
I don't see why. Assuming that things are going to be stolen regardless, it's surely better to let (stupid) criminals believe that they have a secure way to dispose of their loot. It sounds unlikely that there are now loads of thieves thinking "Shit, I was going to nick a load of stuff to sell on eBay, but now I think I'll mow the lawn instead".
Granted, I'm not working in law enforcement and have no idea what I'm talking about, but I've been hanging around here long enough to know that that's not considered a drawback.
Pffft, I try that excuse all the time. "What? I'm too dignified to wash the dishes!" It hasn't worked for me, and I'm damned if I'm going to let that Nimoy bastard get away with it.
In which no process gets any resources at all. I've also been considering a quantum scheduler, in which each CPU cycle is assigned to every process simultaneously.
Shit, I've just figured out why I'm a project manager.
I once read that Nimoy invented the Vulcan neck pinch early on in ToS because he couldn't be bothered filming all the running around and fighting. Perhaps the older Nimoy will come up with a bone-snapping Eyebrow Raise of Doom.
Sure, but my data storage requirements are fairly modest. 6GB is plenty, $20/year is pretty trivial and with a service like this I can forget about the data until I need it. If I had a quarter of a terabyte of important data (and I really can't imagine that happening) I'd probably look for alternatives. As it stands, this suits me nicely.
As an aside, I liked the up-beat end to the article.
"Web search and Internet services company Google Inc. on Friday began selling expanded online storage...blah blah blah...Google shares fell $2.08 to $512.65 in afternoon trading."
I can see myself signing up to something like this: it's basically an inexpensive way to ensure that the stuff I really want to keep is safe and available. I trust Google's back-up processes far more than I trust my own, and this way I don't have to piss about with external storage which can be lost/damaged/stolen.
I must admit that when I think of American crack-pipery I tend to think of rabid southern fundamentalists. There are other types of idiot, certainly, but those of a religious bent tend to be the ones which annoy me the most. And since the south apparently has more hard-core religious people it presumably has a greater number of insane hard-core religious people, other things being equal.
I have no idea whether or not the south actually has a higher proportion of lunatics than the rest of the country. I get that impression, possibly unfairly, but I'm not sure that there's an accurate measure of religious insanity.
I saw that documentary. They also mentioned that there was a positive correlation between getting out alive and watching the pre-flight demo by the flight attendants. In particular, it seems that a significant minority of people inflate their life jacket as soon as they pull it on, and are subsequently unable to make it through a submerged exit.
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If you think that changing the gravitational constant of the universe would help, I'm willing to give it a shot!
That sounds expensive. We should probably just increase the speed of light instead.
Rubbish!
0 = one bit
( = half a bit
1 = one bit
' = half a bit
You need to use an appropriate font, obviously.
I don't know what you people would do without me to solve these little problems for you.
That's a good point - I wonder how long it'll be until we get a standard deathmatch game where each player also has a portal gun? That could really make things interesting.
The immediate problem I see is that this approach requires people to pay money when they don't have to. I admire Radiohead's optimistic view of human nature but I suspect that an awful lot of people will 'contribute' between zero and one pound for the album, probably clustered at the lower end.
"But people know that if they want more music in future they need to spend the money to make this approach work".
Of course they do, but they also know that their individual purchase won't make a difference. It's a selfish attitude but a logical one, and people are often selfish and sometimes logical. Hopefully I'm wrong and this will work beautifully - in any event, I applaud Radiohead for giving it a shot.
Agreed - I'm English and I thought that the IT Crowd was absolutely dreadful. I tried, I really did - particularly since the godly Chris Morris is in it - but for the life of me I couldn't sit through it without wincing. A massive disappointment.
Yes, I can appreciate the difference between being 'pretty good' at guitar hero and knowing how to play a guitar. But having watched a bit of the clip in the GGP it looks as though the guy is 'obsessively good', and given that amount of work and talent I imagine that he could manage the real thing without too much trouble. Perhaps he already has! And I wish him joy and good fortune in the pursuit of whatever guitar-based hobbies he enjoys. I just find it rather odd.
That's definitely impressive. I don't understand why anyone would bother to get that good with the pretend guitar rather than the real guitar, but impressive nonetheless. And slightly disturbing.
I'm a native English speaker, in that I'm an English native and can speak. I say "maths", as does everyone else around here.
Carry on!
Oh, good lord, yes.
"This place is just too darn creepy. I really want out of here...pleeeease?"
"No, Imoen, your bones will rot here for eternity, and I shall wear your wretched tongue as an amulet."
Though I think that the prize has to go to: "You must gather your party before venturing forth". I was about to write a witty response to that line but suppressed rage is bubbling up from seven years ago and I need to lie down before I have one of my little episodes.
No doubt I can play without any voice acting at all and rely on subtitles. If you'd read my original post you might have noticed that I mentioned that bit. You might have subsequently spotted the fact that I like to listen to the good voice acting. And then you may have concluded that I'd prefer not to ignore all voice acting entirely in order to avoid the crap.
And then - O rapturous delight! - you may have been able to make a sensible point without resorting to mindless abuse, you silly cunt.
It sounds awful, doesn't it?
...come on, the standard of voice acting in games is largely HORRIBLE. Bioware are better than most but still far from perfect - remember Aribeth in NWN1? Dreadful, appalling acting: an ear-bleeding, schizophrenic mongrel which bred a faux-English accent with a mid-American twang in ever-varying ratios. Or remember that monstrously annoying devil-woman NPC in NWN2? Am I to listen to that, ears bleeding, unable to skip the horror without invoking retaliatory action? Errr, no thanks.
(Disclaimer: I'm almost certainly a reactionary curmudgeon hell-bent on holding back innovation in gaming.)
I have two major problems with this:
1) I want to know what specifically what I'm going to say before I say it, in case the writers are putting cringe-worthy words into my character's mouth.
2) This sounds horribly as though I'm not going to be able to skip dialogue without adverse consequences.
The second point is the worst in practice. I (in common with most of you, I expect) read quickly. Having to wait for an actor to voice the line often irritates me, so I use the subtitles to skip ahead. If it's a good voice actor I may listen, but...
Perhaps it's me; perhaps it's the way of the 21st century. But it sounds as though it's going to suck.
I think you'd also need some means of defining the randomness of distribution in your sequence. For instance, 01010101010101010101010101010101 doesn't look very random.
If you have all that new-fangled Ajaxy stuff enabled (checkbox at top of page) the moderation happens immediately, which is very handy.
"For example, if AMD was targeting 32 TB/s of memory bandwith at 2ms latencies for their year 2 target, that would be quite a sensitive strategy. Make Intel, or any number of small semiconductor companies, aware of this, and there is a strong possibility that instead of joining AMD, they'll fight, and damage AMD's market position."
Any sensitive, potentially damaging information isn't going to be released to a bunch of journalists, NDA or not.
I would guess that the navy doesn't particularly care - if this were some ultra-sensitive technology they probably wouldn't have left it lying around in the open. If you can build a bleeding-edge submarine you can build an enclosed space to put it in.
"Thieves should know that law enforcement can surf sites too in investigating crime," the FBI said.
I don't see why. Assuming that things are going to be stolen regardless, it's surely better to let (stupid) criminals believe that they have a secure way to dispose of their loot. It sounds unlikely that there are now loads of thieves thinking "Shit, I was going to nick a load of stuff to sell on eBay, but now I think I'll mow the lawn instead".
Granted, I'm not working in law enforcement and have no idea what I'm talking about, but I've been hanging around here long enough to know that that's not considered a drawback.
Pffft, I try that excuse all the time. "What? I'm too dignified to wash the dishes!" It hasn't worked for me, and I'm damned if I'm going to let that Nimoy bastard get away with it.
In which no process gets any resources at all. I've also been considering a quantum scheduler, in which each CPU cycle is assigned to every process simultaneously.
Shit, I've just figured out why I'm a project manager.
I once read that Nimoy invented the Vulcan neck pinch early on in ToS because he couldn't be bothered filming all the running around and fighting. Perhaps the older Nimoy will come up with a bone-snapping Eyebrow Raise of Doom.
Sure, but my data storage requirements are fairly modest. 6GB is plenty, $20/year is pretty trivial and with a service like this I can forget about the data until I need it. If I had a quarter of a terabyte of important data (and I really can't imagine that happening) I'd probably look for alternatives. As it stands, this suits me nicely.
As an aside, I liked the up-beat end to the article.
...blah blah blah...Google shares fell $2.08 to $512.65 in afternoon trading."
"Web search and Internet services company Google Inc. on Friday began selling expanded online storage
I can see myself signing up to something like this: it's basically an inexpensive way to ensure that the stuff I really want to keep is safe and available. I trust Google's back-up processes far more than I trust my own, and this way I don't have to piss about with external storage which can be lost/damaged/stolen.
I must admit that when I think of American crack-pipery I tend to think of rabid southern fundamentalists. There are other types of idiot, certainly, but those of a religious bent tend to be the ones which annoy me the most. And since the south apparently has more hard-core religious people it presumably has a greater number of insane hard-core religious people, other things being equal.
I have no idea whether or not the south actually has a higher proportion of lunatics than the rest of the country. I get that impression, possibly unfairly, but I'm not sure that there's an accurate measure of religious insanity.
I saw that documentary. They also mentioned that there was a positive correlation between getting out alive and watching the pre-flight demo by the flight attendants. In particular, it seems that a significant minority of people inflate their life jacket as soon as they pull it on, and are subsequently unable to make it through a submerged exit.