You rock anon:) Thanks! I found the other article had some info but it didn't seem to explain much (kept swapping around terms so I didn't know how correct it was, or if it was all still theoretical at time of publishing) and it didn't really indicate that DTN works in between layers 3 and 4. Sounds like it'll be some cool technology.
Ok, dorky question, but what protocols is it using? I mean, how does it make up for the sometimes massive EMD that will be in the way occasionally? A thunderstorm? TCP doesn't seem like it would be enough to handle the interference. Is it a microwave transmission? Are they using blinky lights? Are they using ethernet or some WAN technology? Do they use IPv6?
I don't think that's entirely true. I would never, ever argue anything technical with Andrew Tenenbaum, for instance. If anything, most of the older techs I've had the joy of working with know their stuff extremely well and their experience makes them a tour de force in any sort of technical emergency. However, I think their experience also tends to lead them towards management - if only because young unseasoned techs constantly come to them with questions.
If I remember correctly, this year it went Mac, Windows, Linux as the exploiter made use of an unknown bug in Safari. Point stands, I'm just saying the order was possibly different - I'm feeling a bit too lazy to look it up and check:).
I think that's an important thing to mention though - see, OSX is still based on BSD. However, even the most secure OS on earth can still be compromised if the software it runs is shoddily programmed.
Answer: You and I do with taxes. So use some farking efficient lightbulbs you git, I don't want to have to pay higher taxes because you have an unhealthy fixation with incandescent lightbulb technology. For once this is regulation I agree with. Now if only we could figure out how to make LED's work with a standard light fixture.
Same thoughts here. Grim Fandango is an AMAZING game, quite possibly one of the greatest games ever made. Plus it was one of the very first games to use any sort of hardware acceleration, a pretty big deal in its time. I really hope they consider it.
My thoughts exactly. DHS has shown numerous times that its illegal for a civilian to be on the tarmac by arresting veterans, photographers, off-duty DHS agents, school children, cats, dogs, and other domestic terrorists (I'm only partially joking). Seems strange to me that they make an exception for this gentleman - going so far to allow him to actually work on a plane while off duty.
True. That's the same logic that we had attacking Iraq: "Just because no one has found WMDs yet doesn't mean we won't find them!" I expect your line of thinking to work out as well as it has in other places where it has been employed. I think you utterly miss the point of wikileaks, and am thinking you really need to read the bill of rights (if you're an American) so you can see what many people fought and died to give you, before you pish it away in the name of cited corporate profits that don't even exist. We will have to agree to disagree.
Strange, with a cursory glance at wikileaks I could not find an instance of any private company R&D proposals. Everything on there is something which is in some way public. The closest was Cisco marketing material for the US Government. I pay for the government, so why shouldn't I be able to see what cisco is claiming to sell to the goverment I am paying for? Similarly, people pay for scientology, and its a church. It receives special tax status. So I have a right to see what goes on inside of it. All other items are government based, or otherwise censored. Hell, about the only thing you could even remotely argue from the looks of it would be the leaked rituals of fraternities - and if you really can compare leaking a fraternity's initiation ritual to losing millions on R&D, I think you fail at teh maths. Again, this was a cursory look, but your example seems to be completely off base and unfounded. Unless your R&D proposal is for a government, and remember that we the people ARE the government and therefore have a right to see it, I don't think it will be showing up on wikileaks.
The difference is we're not funding him with our tax money. We fund wikileaks with money, so I expect transparency. As another poster has mentioned, wikileaks financials have been leaked - and they weren't removed. When people are paying for a public organization, they have a right to know where their money is going and what the actions of that organization are. Further, knowledge that information will be brought to light will hopefully end a lot of clandestine things that go on outside of public view. Things like the Contra scandal and General Oliver North's secret wars. US imperialism in Panama and the Philippines. The US's habit of gaining funding from "unsubsidized government revenue streams." When governments are allowed to use dirty business and treat the rest of the world like shit with no accountability, that tends to backfire. Then who gets blown up when a terrorist bomb goes off in retaliation from whoever we've pissed off? 99% of the time, its not government officials - its civilians.
You have no idea how much I could have used that when I was still in the academic arena. The head of our math/comp sci department dictated that all work be produced in LaTeX. Hours of my time wasted. Oh well, at least I know should I find myself in grad school. Thanks for the links!:)
Digipen is actually funded by Nintendo of America and it offers job placement in the industry, at least that's what it claimed when it went live a few years back. However if I remember correctly when they first received their charter they weren't able to grant financial aid to anyone from outside their state... not sure if that still holds true or not. But its an avenue worth exploring.
I think a full computer science course would work better, however if he is going for game design I think Digipen might be up his alley. However if you can't find a job in the field, you may have some tough times. Think liberal arts degree.
No offense, but if we keep chalking up video games to being the realm of "pre-pubescent boys" we're going to keep seeing our rights eroded away in the name of "protecting the children." Comments like that are the reason why entire nations are banning video games deemed "dangerous."
To the OP, if you want to program video games, then start programming them. Get together a portfolio, and save your cash. Digipen institute would be your dream school, because its entirely dedicated to the development of video games. Full sail institute in florida has a number of simulation programs. Most trade schools offer interactive simulation and design specializations now as well. However if you have no portfolio to show potential employers, you're never going to get anywhere. Also, bookmark gamasutra, there are always jobs posted on there from video game companies looking for employees.
Adding to the water thing, drink ice water if you can get it. The colder the water, the better. Your body has to expend energy to raise the water to body temperature, in fact, the definition of calorie (little c) is the amount of energy required to raise one ml of water by one degree celsius. Granted, you're trying to burn Calories (big C, 1000 little c's), but every little bit helps. If you drank a gallon of ice water a day, you could burn more than 200 Calories from that alone. Explanation and mathematics here.
Seriously, walk around. Get up, and stretch. Take a walk at lunch. Take the long way through the halls. Eat properly - high fiber, high protein. Sneak into a side room and do wall pushups. Use your imagination - imagination and intelligence is what makes geeks awesome. Use your gifts.
Did he work alone? Ever? I remember trying to single handedly round up cattle for transport, even to fairs, back when I was growing up. No way in hell I could get them in a wagon by myself, let alone scan them while trying to keep them loading on. Plus then of course you have to take into account the cost of the scanner, internet connectivity, consumables (tags), it IS a lot of administrative burden. A lot of farmers in our area have themselves, maybe one kid helping them, and that's it.
Very, very, very sad. So what do you think the next step will be? Turning TPB into a CDN? Using advertising revenue to pay for files shared? What are your thoughts?
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You rock anon :) Thanks! I found the other article had some info but it didn't seem to explain much (kept swapping around terms so I didn't know how correct it was, or if it was all still theoretical at time of publishing) and it didn't really indicate that DTN works in between layers 3 and 4. Sounds like it'll be some cool technology.
Ok, dorky question, but what protocols is it using? I mean, how does it make up for the sometimes massive EMD that will be in the way occasionally? A thunderstorm? TCP doesn't seem like it would be enough to handle the interference. Is it a microwave transmission? Are they using blinky lights? Are they using ethernet or some WAN technology? Do they use IPv6?
You ask to be a reviewer. You don't ask for jury duty. There is a big difference between volunteering and civic duty.
I don't think that's entirely true. I would never, ever argue anything technical with Andrew Tenenbaum, for instance. If anything, most of the older techs I've had the joy of working with know their stuff extremely well and their experience makes them a tour de force in any sort of technical emergency. However, I think their experience also tends to lead them towards management - if only because young unseasoned techs constantly come to them with questions.
I think that's an important thing to mention though - see, OSX is still based on BSD. However, even the most secure OS on earth can still be compromised if the software it runs is shoddily programmed.
...that America and Russia don't want to set the world on fire - they just want to start a flame in your heart?
Answer: You and I do with taxes. So use some farking efficient lightbulbs you git, I don't want to have to pay higher taxes because you have an unhealthy fixation with incandescent lightbulb technology. For once this is regulation I agree with. Now if only we could figure out how to make LED's work with a standard light fixture.
Same thoughts here. Grim Fandango is an AMAZING game, quite possibly one of the greatest games ever made. Plus it was one of the very first games to use any sort of hardware acceleration, a pretty big deal in its time. I really hope they consider it.
Noted. Still strange in this day and age!
My thoughts exactly. DHS has shown numerous times that its illegal for a civilian to be on the tarmac by arresting veterans, photographers, off-duty DHS agents, school children, cats, dogs, and other domestic terrorists (I'm only partially joking). Seems strange to me that they make an exception for this gentleman - going so far to allow him to actually work on a plane while off duty.
True. That's the same logic that we had attacking Iraq: "Just because no one has found WMDs yet doesn't mean we won't find them!" I expect your line of thinking to work out as well as it has in other places where it has been employed. I think you utterly miss the point of wikileaks, and am thinking you really need to read the bill of rights (if you're an American) so you can see what many people fought and died to give you, before you pish it away in the name of cited corporate profits that don't even exist. We will have to agree to disagree.
Strange, with a cursory glance at wikileaks I could not find an instance of any private company R&D proposals. Everything on there is something which is in some way public. The closest was Cisco marketing material for the US Government. I pay for the government, so why shouldn't I be able to see what cisco is claiming to sell to the goverment I am paying for? Similarly, people pay for scientology, and its a church. It receives special tax status. So I have a right to see what goes on inside of it. All other items are government based, or otherwise censored. Hell, about the only thing you could even remotely argue from the looks of it would be the leaked rituals of fraternities - and if you really can compare leaking a fraternity's initiation ritual to losing millions on R&D, I think you fail at teh maths. Again, this was a cursory look, but your example seems to be completely off base and unfounded. Unless your R&D proposal is for a government, and remember that we the people ARE the government and therefore have a right to see it, I don't think it will be showing up on wikileaks.
The difference is we're not funding him with our tax money. We fund wikileaks with money, so I expect transparency. As another poster has mentioned, wikileaks financials have been leaked - and they weren't removed. When people are paying for a public organization, they have a right to know where their money is going and what the actions of that organization are. Further, knowledge that information will be brought to light will hopefully end a lot of clandestine things that go on outside of public view. Things like the Contra scandal and General Oliver North's secret wars. US imperialism in Panama and the Philippines. The US's habit of gaining funding from "unsubsidized government revenue streams." When governments are allowed to use dirty business and treat the rest of the world like shit with no accountability, that tends to backfire. Then who gets blown up when a terrorist bomb goes off in retaliation from whoever we've pissed off? 99% of the time, its not government officials - its civilians.
You have no idea how much I could have used that when I was still in the academic arena. The head of our math/comp sci department dictated that all work be produced in LaTeX. Hours of my time wasted. Oh well, at least I know should I find myself in grad school. Thanks for the links! :)
I think a full computer science course would work better, however if he is going for game design I think Digipen might be up his alley. However if you can't find a job in the field, you may have some tough times. Think liberal arts degree.
LaTeX works. It's about as enjoyable as a proctological exam being performed by a porcupine, but it does work.
Nah, unicorn farts are handled by IEEE RFC's. W3C has no control over that.
To the OP, if you want to program video games, then start programming them. Get together a portfolio, and save your cash. Digipen institute would be your dream school, because its entirely dedicated to the development of video games. Full sail institute in florida has a number of simulation programs. Most trade schools offer interactive simulation and design specializations now as well. However if you have no portfolio to show potential employers, you're never going to get anywhere. Also, bookmark gamasutra, there are always jobs posted on there from video game companies looking for employees.
Adding to the water thing, drink ice water if you can get it. The colder the water, the better. Your body has to expend energy to raise the water to body temperature, in fact, the definition of calorie (little c) is the amount of energy required to raise one ml of water by one degree celsius. Granted, you're trying to burn Calories (big C, 1000 little c's), but every little bit helps. If you drank a gallon of ice water a day, you could burn more than 200 Calories from that alone. Explanation and mathematics here.
Seriously, walk around. Get up, and stretch. Take a walk at lunch. Take the long way through the halls. Eat properly - high fiber, high protein. Sneak into a side room and do wall pushups. Use your imagination - imagination and intelligence is what makes geeks awesome. Use your gifts.
Honestly, I think that's pretty funny. I had no idea neopets still existed.
You've never been to Korea, have you.
Did he work alone? Ever? I remember trying to single handedly round up cattle for transport, even to fairs, back when I was growing up. No way in hell I could get them in a wagon by myself, let alone scan them while trying to keep them loading on. Plus then of course you have to take into account the cost of the scanner, internet connectivity, consumables (tags), it IS a lot of administrative burden. A lot of farmers in our area have themselves, maybe one kid helping them, and that's it.
You're an idiot if you think all ranchers have "those giant farms."
Very, very, very sad. So what do you think the next step will be? Turning TPB into a CDN? Using advertising revenue to pay for files shared? What are your thoughts?