i think this could offer a lot of improvement over a wheelchair. think of the ability to interact at eye-level with a standing person. or mobility up and down stairs and other places that would typically require special equipment to be in place. wheelchairs would restrict mobility more than a functional set of robotic legs.
i'm certainly looking forward to Dapper Drake in June, but I bet I'm not alone in being more excited for Edgy. I think a lot of us are looking forward to a stable implementation of XGL to "just work," because we understand this simple and unnecessary eye-candy could be just what we needed to convince some regular people to give Linux a try.
should they get an adrenaline rush? wouldn't that lead to potential panic? I think i'd rather if they were able to calmly react to such situations, knowing that most often it will be a test. i think they'll more likely play by the book in those situations, than do something more emotionally driven.
i do see your point as nintendo does use a lot of their franchises... however, that hasn't stopped them from continuing to innovate. that was my point.
i think the biggest draw honestly is that you want to simulate the game you're following in real life each sunday. If you play as the Dolphins this year, you're going to want to have Daunte Culpepper as your quarterback if you want to simulate the real game. But if you are still using Madden 06, you're going to have to manually redo the roster to get it accurate. And if you just move Culpepper to miami you'll have to redo the Viking's roster in order to balance that team. Which involves more moves, more balancing, until basically, if you would like any semblance of the real players, you have to redo the entire roster of the entire league. We're paying EA for making those decisions. (Plus, typing in the names of all the rookies using a PS2 controller isn't exactly easy). There are people out there providing updated rosters online, but not everybody has a gameshark or whatever other devices can plug your memory card into your pc.
furthermore, playing online basically requires you to have a recent version of the game, because you're just simply not going to be able to find other players who are online with an older version.
it's not a situation i'm exactly happy with, but i don't see it ending anytime soon.
while i dutifully buy an EA football game once a year, i really think EA needs to move away from its dependency on existing franchises and follow Nintendo's lead by innovating into new gameplay ideas. Let's hope it's not just lip service.
so here is my idea for EA. I think they should change madden releases to bi-yearly, with a $5 or so roster update/patch in the off-years. The huge pool of resources poured into madden every year could be directed into these smaller home-grown projects.
Will they lose money? I dunno. They'll make money on their roster update, that's for sure. And if they create a few gems with those reallocated resources, they're opening up loads of future franchise possibilities.
so the choices are to continue to cash-in now, or to plant these seeds for the future.
i had asked this question initially and Dave had thought the was given permission. But I suspected that the proximity of his response challenge to the failure of the original mac mini challenge meant it was done with slightly less than comprehensive permission. woops.
here is the original comment posted by Dave Schroeder about this challenge pretty much posted right after the 30-minute hack article was posted here. I'm actually quite curious whether the University of Wisconsin has approved this whole thing, as I'm not so sure they really wish to have a machine on their networks in the crosshairs.
for more pictures, check this article with pictures of the Opera browser and also the newly announced Nintendo DS TV Tuner. Other announcements are a new Super Mario Brothers being released in May in Japan, and a budget priced Tetris DS.
i'd be interested if google sold an email appliance, similar to their search appliance... so i have a little bit more local control of the data, without it all being hosted on google's site. sell this appliance with a customizable gmail interface for your own organization, and i'm pretty sure it would sell REALLY well.
TFA mentions that the survey was done by Big Champagne, and if i remember correctly, apps such as Peer Guardian, etc, typically block Big Champagne's IP ranges. So this could potentially misrepresent numbers of real-world P2P users. Not sure if that has been factored in, but if not, the reported numbers will definitely be on the conservative side.
so my question is this... if something like this is proven to be safe in humans, allowing large increases in muscle growth, will it ever be available to the public? if not... why not?
Steroids have long been banned in sports because they can have catastrauphic side-effects, and pro atheletes are often seen as role models. however, if a product came out that could dramatically strengthen humans, without nasty side-effects, for what reason shouldn't the average person be able to go out and in two weeks have significantly larger muscles? should it be regulated? and if so, why?
there are ethical implications here... the haves vs. the have-nots... those who can afford to increase their muscle mass using the products would perhaps become a superior segment of the human race. imagine a scenario where western countries and their super-citizens gain a distinct physical advantage over the less wealthy countries.
yet think of the productivity gains that would be possible in manufacturing, construction, or other physically intensive occupations. strengthening your workers could bring huge advantages.
it's a very interesting issue, i'm sure one that we'll see popping up again in the future.
this is stupid. i, for one, take information gathered from wikipedia as i take any other information i gather on the internet: with a grain of salt. however, wikipedia, unlike so many other sources of community action, gives people who disagree with the content a recourse... EDIT IT. If he never was suspected for something, then he should dispute that with factual information, and include it in the wikipedia article.
unlike the complexities of people who complain about missing features or bugs in open source (where the standard 1337 answer of "fix it yourself" requires a vast amount of underlying techinical knowledge), wikipedia is extremely userfriendly and accessable for anybody who finds an error to fix.
should wikipedia be held liable? no. should the ISP? no. is this worth doing a massive manhunt to track down the person who posted it? no.
fix the article, and go about your business. move along. move along.
Slashdot Mirror
hopefully we will be given theme options even after this redesign, so that people who prefer it can view "slashdot classic" when they are logged in.
i think this could offer a lot of improvement over a wheelchair. think of the ability to interact at eye-level with a standing person. or mobility up and down stairs and other places that would typically require special equipment to be in place. wheelchairs would restrict mobility more than a functional set of robotic legs.
i'm certainly looking forward to Dapper Drake in June, but I bet I'm not alone in being more excited for Edgy. I think a lot of us are looking forward to a stable implementation of XGL to "just work," because we understand this simple and unnecessary eye-candy could be just what we needed to convince some regular people to give Linux a try.
should they get an adrenaline rush? wouldn't that lead to potential panic? I think i'd rather if they were able to calmly react to such situations, knowing that most often it will be a test. i think they'll more likely play by the book in those situations, than do something more emotionally driven.
it's certainly NOT irrelevant.. the fact that ONLY nintendo can provide access to this library is what sets them apart.
then the question becomes, will it be able to interact with MS Exchange or Exchange equivalents? That has got to be a consideration in some cases.
you sir, are in luck ;)
i do see your point as nintendo does use a lot of their franchises... however, that hasn't stopped them from continuing to innovate. that was my point.
furthermore, playing online basically requires you to have a recent version of the game, because you're just simply not going to be able to find other players who are online with an older version.
it's not a situation i'm exactly happy with, but i don't see it ending anytime soon.
so here is my idea for EA. I think they should change madden releases to bi-yearly, with a $5 or so roster update/patch in the off-years. The huge pool of resources poured into madden every year could be directed into these smaller home-grown projects.
Will they lose money? I dunno. They'll make money on their roster update, that's for sure. And if they create a few gems with those reallocated resources, they're opening up loads of future franchise possibilities.
so the choices are to continue to cash-in now, or to plant these seeds for the future.
i don't take any reports of UNIX's death as fact without a Netcraft confirmation.
i had asked this question initially and Dave had thought the was given permission. But I suspected that the proximity of his response challenge to the failure of the original mac mini challenge meant it was done with slightly less than comprehensive permission. woops.
here is the original comment posted by Dave Schroeder about this challenge pretty much posted right after the 30-minute hack article was posted here. I'm actually quite curious whether the University of Wisconsin has approved this whole thing, as I'm not so sure they really wish to have a machine on their networks in the crosshairs.
for more pictures, check this article with pictures of the Opera browser and also the newly announced Nintendo DS TV Tuner. Other announcements are a new Super Mario Brothers being released in May in Japan, and a budget priced Tetris DS.
i'm wondering if that's ONLY in japan....
on a side note, how cool would it be to include skype on that opera cart? or an IM client?
i'd be interested if google sold an email appliance, similar to their search appliance... so i have a little bit more local control of the data, without it all being hosted on google's site. sell this appliance with a customizable gmail interface for your own organization, and i'm pretty sure it would sell REALLY well.
i really do get a kick out of Father Ted. :) reminds me of the Aran Islands!
anybody manage to hear an intel mac startup sound?? just curious if it's something new or if they use the same one as previous macs.
but it's still nice, i think.
TFA mentions that the survey was done by Big Champagne, and if i remember correctly, apps such as Peer Guardian, etc, typically block Big Champagne's IP ranges. So this could potentially misrepresent numbers of real-world P2P users. Not sure if that has been factored in, but if not, the reported numbers will definitely be on the conservative side.
Steroids have long been banned in sports because they can have catastrauphic side-effects, and pro atheletes are often seen as role models. however, if a product came out that could dramatically strengthen humans, without nasty side-effects, for what reason shouldn't the average person be able to go out and in two weeks have significantly larger muscles? should it be regulated? and if so, why?
there are ethical implications here... the haves vs. the have-nots... those who can afford to increase their muscle mass using the products would perhaps become a superior segment of the human race. imagine a scenario where western countries and their super-citizens gain a distinct physical advantage over the less wealthy countries.
yet think of the productivity gains that would be possible in manufacturing, construction, or other physically intensive occupations. strengthening your workers could bring huge advantages.
it's a very interesting issue, i'm sure one that we'll see popping up again in the future.
unlike the complexities of people who complain about missing features or bugs in open source (where the standard 1337 answer of "fix it yourself" requires a vast amount of underlying techinical knowledge), wikipedia is extremely userfriendly and accessable for anybody who finds an error to fix.
should wikipedia be held liable? no. should the ISP? no. is this worth doing a massive manhunt to track down the person who posted it? no.
fix the article, and go about your business. move along. move along.
i've already got one.
awesome, i'm 116023-709194
So zonk, what's YOUR friend code??