He was a huge fan of interactive fiction (as it was known). I think he hoped that it would become much more mainstream than it did.
Its sad to think that computers became too fast too quickly for this rather cool medium to take off. There really is nothing to compare these kinda games with. A lot of the games were really well written, and very funny. A graphic adventure game is a very different kettle of fish, so its almost like comparing a book to a movie.
Anyone who hasn't played the text adventure of HHGTTG should definately do it (its free now).
Getting off topic (even more), its unfortunate that the second coming of low powered computers (like PDAs, mobile phones and the like) didn't help revive the genre.
the big draw to existing rail systems is that they are -standardized-
In australia back somewhere back in the 1800s, three different states started building rail networks (Queensland,NSW and Victoria), Queensland chose a narrow guage , NSW went the standard british guage, and victoria went a wide guage.
Imagine the troubles of trying to connect those 3 networks.
(There is also an even narrower guage used in queenland for Sugar Cane.)
Its argueably one of the most toxic substances around, but its radioactivity probably wouldn't kill you.
So unless you got hit with scrapnel from the lander or say, your sandwich did, you're probably pretty safe.
If the plutonium (which is in the form of plutonium oxide i think), were to get released into the atmosphere due to rocket failure, it'd be a non-event basically. Radioactive fallout from 50s test is probably still far higher than any trace amounts that'd be found after such an event.
You're another one of these people who insists we think of future generations.
Save the forests... for our children's children.
Protect the environment... so that future generations can see what we saw.
Whatever, what have these future generations done for us. Squat all.
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He was a huge fan of interactive fiction (as it was known). I think he hoped that it would become much more mainstream than it did.
:P
Its sad to think that computers became too fast too quickly for this rather cool medium to take off. There really is nothing to compare these kinda games with. A lot of the games were really well written, and very funny. A graphic adventure game is a very different kettle of fish, so its almost like comparing a book to a movie.
Anyone who hasn't played the text adventure of HHGTTG should definately do it (its free now).
Getting off topic (even more), its unfortunate that the second coming of low powered computers (like PDAs, mobile phones and the like) didn't help revive the genre.
*wipes tear*
Just how much debug info could this beast store and/or transmitt live?
At 128kbits (peak) thats what 8 seconds to dump the ram, 16 seconds to dump the flash memory.
It still amazes me that a machine this low speced does what it does.
Have DSLreports.com been mistreating their house elves?
You change channels when an Ad comes on, hows that different to alt-tabbing to a different browser window.
What about remotes?
In australia back somewhere back in the 1800s, three different states started building rail networks (Queensland,NSW and Victoria), Queensland chose a narrow guage , NSW went the standard british guage, and victoria went a wide guage.
Imagine the troubles of trying to connect those 3 networks.
(There is also an even narrower guage used in queenland for Sugar Cane.)
Hubble was originally intended to have a 15 year life span, but not necessarily in space.
The original plan was to return it to earth to make the repairs/upgrades every 5 years probably due to the hazards of space walking (i'd guess).
But even with in orbit repairs its only got a year and a bit left on that initial estimate.
Like Bruce Willis?
Your point about plutonium isn't really relevant.
Its argueably one of the most toxic substances around, but its radioactivity probably wouldn't kill you.
So unless you got hit with scrapnel from the lander or say, your sandwich did, you're probably pretty safe.
If the plutonium (which is in the form of plutonium oxide i think), were to get released into the atmosphere due to rocket failure, it'd be a non-event basically. Radioactive fallout from 50s test is probably still far higher than any trace amounts that'd be found after such an event.
Maybe were listening to the CIA and missed the huge _cyclone_ that was coming their way.
You're another one of these people who insists we think of future generations. Save the forests... for our children's children. Protect the environment ... so that future generations can see what we saw.
Whatever, what have these future generations done for us. Squat all.