"But I can put my phone down, I can't stop being drunk." Except that people don't put the phone down, they crash.
Exactly. I got rear-ended at two consecutive red lights once, by the same cell-phone-impaired driver. Fortunately, the only damage was a matched set of trailer-hitch prints in his front license plate.
Oh yah.. film speed is another big one. When I crank up my DSLR to 1600ISO it really sucks. Much worse than 1600ISO film. Maybe this is where the film grain comment comes from?
This is because of the difference in how high ISO speeds work in digital vs film. High-ISO film is more sensitive to light because the photosensitive grains are larger -- the digital equivalent would be bigger pixel sensors. Digital cameras implement high-ISO mode by increasing the amplification on the pixel sensors, which makes them more sensitive to light, but also more sensitive to noise. If you were to average adjacent pixels in your digital image, you'd have the effect of high-ISO film: less noise, but lower effective resolution.
And it will stifle innovation? Oh yeah, just like internet innovation was severely stifled as most of the pay-per-bit billing schemes fell over the last 10 years
Wholesale bandwidth (what an ISP or hosting facility buys) is still sold by the bit. It's only at the retail level (ISP customers and some hosting plans) where there's no limit.
It might be nostalga for you. Me, I played FFVII for the first time last month. Other than constantly wondering "couldn't they spare the polygons to give those guys some hands?", it's a pretty good game. Not the best Final Fantasy game -- that goes to FFVI, which I finished a week ago -- but still good.
Short answer: You can't compare them, except on a superficial level. They're two different genres of game.
Oblivion is a classic "western" RPG: "Here's a world. Go forth and do things." FFVII is a classic "eastern" RPG: "Here's a story. Go forth and complete it."
When the price for the PS3 was announced, I specced out the parts for a computer with comperable performance and price. For $700, if you're willing to give up TV-out and go with a wired game controller, you can get a computer that's got the same graphics power as a PS3, and almost the same CPU power.
As for old PSX games, fuck "legal". An emulator means you don't have to worry about making it to the next save point.
Frankly, I cant believe this tech couldnt have been done already, even twenty or thirty years ago. I have to imagine we've had the tech to do adhesiveness on demand based on an external stimuli ( such as electricity ) for many years. We have had the ability when the opposite material is metal since atleast the beginning of the space race, but even sticking to any surface on demand shouldnt be too difficult.
The big problem with gecko gloves or any other application of this principle is keeping them clean. The same force that lets this material stick to glass makes it an absolute magnet for dirt.
But if this thing can take ten snapshots per second, couldn't it take three shots in a third of a second and average the results to reduce noisiness without sacrificing resolution? I don't know much about photography, but it seems like this should be quite effective to me.
If you're shooting a static scene from a tripod, sure. Astronomers do it all the time. But just *try* holding a digital camera perfectly steady for a third of a second, or taking a picture of a flag blowing in the wind.
Everyone also neglects the fact that phone memory is still very small, and high-res desktop monitors hardly bump 2 megapixels, nevermind 8.
My $250 3-megapixel "high-res" desktop monitor is a pretty good match for my 4-megapixel digital camera. I know there are even larger monitors out there with reasonable prices -- did you perhaps forget that CRTs still exist?
Not that I would know from experience, but dildos usually only have one offset weight. The patent covers the use of two offset weights to provide varying levels of feedback.
And what would the modern version have over the old version? Better graphics. See, even you can fall prey to the "graphics are king" fallacy:)
I'm not familiar with the game in question, but there are ways of modernizing that don't involve better graphics. For example, I'm sure there are places where the gameplay would be improved by more memory letting the game keep track of more details.
Simply knowing what a SNES controller looks like (and even more - commenting on its buttons) shows that you are 99% more likley a "gamer" than the typical consumer.
I know what the controller is like because I rented an SNES once, spent half an hour never hitting the correct button in Super Mario World, and I haven't bought a console since.
If you're running Gentoo stable, then you're safe: you've got Xorg 6.8.2, which is not vulnerable.
If you're running ~x86, then you've got the vulnerable version. It's a local exploit, one that is trivially simple for an experienced programmer to use.
I don't know about the GP, but I'm definitely not a "hardcore gamer". I typically buy 4-5 games a year, and I consider the SNES controller to be pushing the limit of 'too many buttons'.
Now that I've established my credentials as "not a hardcore gamer", let me say: "Wii" is a horrible name for a product targeted at the American English-speaking demographic.
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The study's been done, and the answer is "no": the passenger usually has the sense to shut up in dangerous situations.
Exactly. I got rear-ended at two consecutive red lights once, by the same cell-phone-impaired driver. Fortunately, the only damage was a matched set of trailer-hitch prints in his front license plate.
This is because of the difference in how high ISO speeds work in digital vs film. High-ISO film is more sensitive to light because the photosensitive grains are larger -- the digital equivalent would be bigger pixel sensors. Digital cameras implement high-ISO mode by increasing the amplification on the pixel sensors, which makes them more sensitive to light, but also more sensitive to noise. If you were to average adjacent pixels in your digital image, you'd have the effect of high-ISO film: less noise, but lower effective resolution.
And it will stifle innovation? Oh yeah, just like internet innovation was severely stifled as most of the pay-per-bit billing schemes fell over the last 10 years
Wholesale bandwidth (what an ISP or hosting facility buys) is still sold by the bit. It's only at the retail level (ISP customers and some hosting plans) where there's no limit.
It might be nostalga for you. Me, I played FFVII for the first time last month. Other than constantly wondering "couldn't they spare the polygons to give those guys some hands?", it's a pretty good game. Not the best Final Fantasy game -- that goes to FFVI, which I finished a week ago -- but still good.
Short answer: You can't compare them, except on a superficial level. They're two different genres of game.
Oblivion is a classic "western" RPG: "Here's a world. Go forth and do things."
FFVII is a classic "eastern" RPG: "Here's a story. Go forth and complete it."
When the price for the PS3 was announced, I specced out the parts for a computer with comperable performance and price. For $700, if you're willing to give up TV-out and go with a wired game controller, you can get a computer that's got the same graphics power as a PS3, and almost the same CPU power.
As for old PSX games, fuck "legal". An emulator means you don't have to worry about making it to the next save point.
The problem with the Wii is input devices: there's no easy way for an emulator to fake the Wiimote.
If it can't survive falling down a 50-foot cliff into a mountain stream, I'm not interested.
I know what the national security level is at all times.
It's yellow. Always has been, always will be.
Frankly, I cant believe this tech couldnt have been done already, even twenty or thirty years ago. I have to imagine we've had the tech to do adhesiveness on demand based on an external stimuli ( such as electricity ) for many years. We have had the ability when the opposite material is metal since atleast the beginning of the space race, but even sticking to any surface on demand shouldnt be too difficult.
The big problem with gecko gloves or any other application of this principle is keeping them clean. The same force that lets this material stick to glass makes it an absolute magnet for dirt.
I would have one of these reactors in my backyard (well, if I wasn't in an apartment right now, anyway) with no reservation whatsoever.
I wouldn't. A containment failure might catch the grass on fire, if it happened during the dry part of summer.
Shoot. I guess that means I can't find out if my Win98SE box can be downgraded to Vista.
But if this thing can take ten snapshots per second, couldn't it take three shots in a third of a second and average the results to reduce noisiness without sacrificing resolution? I don't know much about photography, but it seems like this should be quite effective to me.
If you're shooting a static scene from a tripod, sure. Astronomers do it all the time. But just *try* holding a digital camera perfectly steady for a third of a second, or taking a picture of a flag blowing in the wind.
Everyone also neglects the fact that phone memory is still very small, and high-res desktop monitors hardly bump 2 megapixels, nevermind 8.
My $250 3-megapixel "high-res" desktop monitor is a pretty good match for my 4-megapixel digital camera. I know there are even larger monitors out there with reasonable prices -- did you perhaps forget that CRTs still exist?
Not that I would know from experience, but dildos usually only have one offset weight. The patent covers the use of two offset weights to provide varying levels of feedback.
It is very easy and fairly inexpensive to get a HDMI to DVI coupler.
But can you get an HDCP to DVI coupler? If not, you might as well just stick with component input.
And what would the modern version have over the old version? Better graphics. See, even you can fall prey to the "graphics are king" fallacy :)
I'm not familiar with the game in question, but there are ways of modernizing that don't involve better graphics. For example, I'm sure there are places where the gameplay would be improved by more memory letting the game keep track of more details.
Is it an actual fork of cn.wikipedia.org, or are they starting their encyclopedia from scratch?
Union? I suppose Jeff and I could form a union, and picket Mick's office for higher wages, but we'd feel rather silly doing it.
All of a sudden, the Wii-volution looks a lot better.
I know what the controller is like because I rented an SNES once, spent half an hour never hitting the correct button in Super Mario World, and I haven't bought a console since.
OSX ships XFree86 4.3.0, which is not vulnerable.
If you're running Gentoo stable, then you're safe: you've got Xorg 6.8.2, which is not vulnerable.
If you're running ~x86, then you've got the vulnerable version. It's a local exploit, one that is trivially simple for an experienced programmer to use.
I don't know about the GP, but I'm definitely not a "hardcore gamer". I typically buy 4-5 games a year, and I consider the SNES controller to be pushing the limit of 'too many buttons'.
Now that I've established my credentials as "not a hardcore gamer", let me say: "Wii" is a horrible name for a product targeted at the American English-speaking demographic.