Not only has it turned five, but it also hit 5 million users sometime between yesterday and today. I was on yesterday afternoon, and noticed it was about 400 people away.
Number of users at the time of this writing: 5,000,769
Depends on how you write the software. If you used a pure statstical technique to write software, yes, that could happen. Of course, you need a pretty large number of essays to detect these stastical markers with any accuracy (Of course if they got a copy of the program, they'd have it). On the other hand, you could have the program use different writing styles, or adjust the weights on the words used. You could even have each computer learn to train differently, so the output structure would be based on that instance of the software, not the codebase as a whole.
Want to profit even more? Sell the anti-cheating software to the schools under a different brand name.
Come on Scott! Bring the noise! They didn't defame you, your actions defamed yourself... But, hey, if you want to go that route, try me!
Scott Richter's company is responsible for millions of dollars of lost productivity. Scott Richter's work is unwanted in 99% of the places that it appears. Scott Richter's company is stealing valuable computer resources and is using them for his own profit.
Not only that, but I heard from a guy at work that Scott has to have a dead dog in his bedroom to get off.
Oh, yeah... And all you Daily Show fans out there know that Scott Richter's e-mail address is: scottrichter422@yahoo.com
Sure, if you want to be a DirectX 9.0 video card, then you have to implement the 9.0 specification. However, it is possible to run applications that require the 9.0 library on an 8.0 card so long as DirectX 9.0 is installed on the machine. In almost all cases you just won't get all the new 9.0 features (Such as bump-mapping).
Just because Microsoft comes out with a new version of DirectX, doesn't mean you have to get the latest card. So long as you upgrade your PC to the 9.0 spec, you should be able to run almost all programs well, just without some of the bells and whistles.
This is actually one of the wonders of the way 3d cards are structured. Different graphics cards have different capabilities... Say you buy a card that's DirectX 8 compatible, and bump-mapping comes out in DirectX 9...
You computer must have DirectX 9 library installed, so it knows what to do with the bump mapping instructions, and send the right signals to your card.
The card, on the other hand, is still DirectX 8. Your computer will never send the bump-mapping commands to the card, because it knows the capabilities of the card.
So long as your computer has the right library, it knows what commands it can, and cannot, send to the 3d card. So, while the game requires DirectX 9, you can run it on a DirectX 8 card... You just won't get all of the latest bells and whistles.
It is possible to write software to quit if certain features are not supported. Generally, though, that's pretty rare, because every time you do that, you reduce your potential market.
"Canadian Content" requirements? I'm not familiar with Canadian TV, but that sounds like programming providers are required to air Canadian TV shows...?
It's sad to think that Canadian TV isn't able to stand on it's own and compete with Americans. It's twice as sad that the government recognizes this, and would require that Canadian TV shows must air, even though the populace might not want them.
The whole idea is kinda demented... I'm just not sure how much "Red/Green" and "O Canada" I could take.
Sure, things are cheaper in volume. I honestly don't care about volume though. With my current company, my food choices are: No food One Taco 15 Enchiladas Free reign of the kitchen
There's a big space between one taco and 15 enchiladas.
Right now I get about 60 channels, and I watch ~maybe~ 5 of them. I would happily drop the rest.
If I drop 92% of my cable service, and the price doesn't go down, then something's fucked up.
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Not only has it turned five, but it also hit 5 million users sometime between yesterday and today. I was on yesterday afternoon, and noticed it was about 400 people away.
Number of users at the time of this writing: 5,000,769
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Depends on how you write the software. If you used a pure statstical technique to write software, yes, that could happen. Of course, you need a pretty large number of essays to detect these stastical markers with any accuracy (Of course if they got a copy of the program, they'd have it). On the other hand, you could have the program use different writing styles, or adjust the weights on the words used. You could even have each computer learn to train differently, so the output structure would be based on that instance of the software, not the codebase as a whole.
Want to profit even more? Sell the anti-cheating software to the schools under a different brand name.
Since I know a real person won't be reading the paper, all I need to do is come up with an AI to write the paper.
2: Sell it to my classmates
3: Profit!
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Let's do it. Seriously. Why not? I got some webspace. You can find my contact info at: http://www.dracosoftware.com/
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Well, OK, so the site is disapointing.
One good thing that it DOES have is the musicvine. Shows the relationship between artists in a (not horrible, not great) flash interface.
This sure beats using Amazon to help me find the relationships between artists, and scouting out new sounds for my "distinct" tastes.
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Ahh, but the freecache link is slashdotted. Will this irony NEVER END??
You could probably pull this off the same way potato clocks work... Make a pickle clock, and then chew off one end of it.
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Spam-kids... What fun!
"D/\ddy?
C a n *I* have a COOK1E?
Camels have said to Romeo that gourd massages are tasty and Eric referral to desk."
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Come on Scott! Bring the noise! They didn't defame you, your actions defamed yourself... But, hey, if you want to go that route, try me!
Scott Richter's company is responsible for millions of dollars of lost productivity. Scott Richter's work is unwanted in 99% of the places that it appears. Scott Richter's company is stealing valuable computer resources and is using them for his own profit.
Not only that, but I heard from a guy at work that Scott has to have a dead dog in his bedroom to get off.
Oh, yeah... And all you Daily Show fans out there know that Scott Richter's e-mail address is: scottrichter422@yahoo.com
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I'd like to see more states inact laws for my right to keep near-viral craptastic shitware off my computer.
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Read the other responses: Blah blah blah... Don't care about peers.
I dunno about where you guys live, but around here (Washington DC area), this is a one-way ticket to violence.
Not only did that prick speed up and make the light turn red... But he's right in front of you where you can do something about it.
Maybe more laid-back areas can do it... But here in prickville, it'll lead to bloodshed.
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Sure, if you want to be a DirectX 9.0 video card, then you have to implement the 9.0 specification. However, it is possible to run applications that require the 9.0 library on an 8.0 card so long as DirectX 9.0 is installed on the machine. In almost all cases you just won't get all the new 9.0 features (Such as bump-mapping).
Just because Microsoft comes out with a new version of DirectX, doesn't mean you have to get the latest card. So long as you upgrade your PC to the 9.0 spec, you should be able to run almost all programs well, just without some of the bells and whistles.
~D
This is actually one of the wonders of the way 3d cards are structured. Different graphics cards have different capabilities... Say you buy a card that's DirectX 8 compatible, and bump-mapping comes out in DirectX 9...
You computer must have DirectX 9 library installed, so it knows what to do with the bump mapping instructions, and send the right signals to your card.
The card, on the other hand, is still DirectX 8. Your computer will never send the bump-mapping commands to the card, because it knows the capabilities of the card.
So long as your computer has the right library, it knows what commands it can, and cannot, send to the 3d card. So, while the game requires DirectX 9, you can run it on a DirectX 8 card... You just won't get all of the latest bells and whistles.
It is possible to write software to quit if certain features are not supported. Generally, though, that's pretty rare, because every time you do that, you reduce your potential market.
~D
Mod parent down (Further)
There is no relationship between the release of graphics libararies and the requirement to purchase video cards.
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Yeah! Let's link directly to a 2 and a half minute spiderman trailer! Next, we'll link to a 30 meg video on how to put Linux in your HEAD!
Are the editors feeling malicious today or something?
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So how soon can my movie theater get these things installed???
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I'm working on a copy/paste hack, if you want in. ;)
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How about "We're fucked"?
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"Canadian Content" requirements? I'm not familiar with Canadian TV, but that sounds like programming providers are required to air Canadian TV shows...?
It's sad to think that Canadian TV isn't able to stand on it's own and compete with Americans. It's twice as sad that the government recognizes this, and would require that Canadian TV shows must air, even though the populace might not want them.
The whole idea is kinda demented... I'm just not sure how much "Red/Green" and "O Canada" I could take.
~D
Sure, things are cheaper in volume. I honestly don't care about volume though. With my current company, my food choices are:
No food
One Taco
15 Enchiladas
Free reign of the kitchen
There's a big space between one taco and 15 enchiladas.
Right now I get about 60 channels, and I watch ~maybe~ 5 of them. I would happily drop the rest.
If I drop 92% of my cable service, and the price doesn't go down, then something's fucked up.
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What other uses? Gaming... DUH! ;)
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Well, if they just released it to the media, it may be a bit premature to put together a paper, get it reviewed and published in a journal.
They better though, or their long-term credibility will surely suffer (At least in the scientific community).
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Mars rover Sprit discovers a small puddle, drives into it, and dies a sad electronic death.
Later reports detail it was in fact George W. Bush who had requested that they let him "Take that moon buggy thing for a spin".
Bush's immidiate response was, "Dad's gonna be piiiised".
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Looks good to me. My new standard is now obsolete. ;)
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Basically a reverse MX record... Who said the answer had to be hard?
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