I know that Stephen Hawking is a remarkable scientist and fellow human, but does this medal reflect any recent breakthrough of his or is this merely a lifetime achievement award?
Judging by relative frequency, a gaming Slashvertisement costs the same as a gaming Colbertisement. We have a nice 1:1 correlation going so far. Or should that be "Wii?"
A painless, seamless, thoughtless data backup system? Easily configurable networked storage solution? The ideas aren't new, the messenger is. Businesses already entrust technology companies with their data. The issue of privacy doesn't exist for the majority of personal and small-business users. The Fortune 500 won't be left out, either. Microsoft and Google are sure to develop versions of their web applications for internal enterprise use, just as they did with their webmail platforms. I see the adoption of such services as an inevitability. It's a smart strategy: if you control the data people create, you control the services people use. Provide at least one useful feature in a web application, permit only the publishing of complete documents, and watch the advertising and partnership revenue roll!
I work tech support for an academic institution that will remain unnamed. A parent called up asking if we had switched to 802.11N yet. I replied that, given its draft status, we had not. He seemed appalled. He demanded to know how we could play fiddle while our network slid into antiquity. His child had to have the best and us be damned if if didn't exist in a functional form.
These companies will continue to manufacture specialty equipment based on draft N specifications for business use-- and there's nothing wrong with that. The problem lies with the Joe-sixpack consumers who don't recognize the technology's proper application.
As he provided seemingly limitless space captured from vulnerable servers throughout the Internet, Irhabi was celebrated by his online followers [From TFA]
That's fascinating and all, but where is the cyber-terrorism we are quivering over? When is it going to be an offensive move rather than mere proselytizing?
This is an interesting case of diversification. Amazon, no longer content to be the middle man e-tailer, is shifting it's weight into Google's territory with a service-based profit model. If this trend continues at Amazon, I have to wonder if Google will make a hostile bid for its newfound competitor.
Here is a Link to EPIC, a speculative piece on the future of media, including the GoogleZon segment.
Change the field of view so it matches what your eyes expect from a 1 foot viewing distance. Your typical FOV is around 120 degrees, in real life. First person shooters often have 90 degree FOVs which are non-proportional to the size that the monitor or television is in your true FOV. Fix it and you should have a virtual, space-accurate, "window" that you look through.
Also, try taking Dramamine about an hour before you begin playing. Seriously.
I understand that a program can be compiled with optimization flags specific to one hardware platform or another. What I'm confused by is the implicit claim made by IBM that the Octopiler does something more than this. I had always assumed that the Cell could interpret a flat program and divy up processing on the fly. That is what one of the cores is for, no? Apparently not. That's what tripped me up. IBM is proud that it has a proprietary compiler preconfigured for development on its Cell chip. Nothing more.
I disagree. I see the driving conditions as being analagous to the data a user provides a program. The car is the architecture. This car must function under the strain of user input. The program's job is to regulate the car in such a way that mileage remains good, regardless of the user's behavior.
isn't this a bit of a pipe dream? A compiler that optimizes a program for multiple processors is a nice idea, but how can you foresee worst-case-scenarios that only emerge with human use? Take driving as a very abstract example. You "write" a car. You want it to both accelerate and brake on a dime while still being fuel efficient. Without knowing the driving conditions, city or country, how can you optimize your driving for efficiency?
See? Duping can be a positive thing! Sure, it can get tiresome, but reviewing "old" stories can foster excellent debate. Every time a topic is re-posted, we/.ers look at it in a new light. That is, we have a different perspective now than we did when the article was first released. Why? Well, for two reasons. First, the story hsa matured. Second, our opinions on it have.
I, for one, welcome our intenionally-duping overlords.
I'm thinking that share ratios could become a kind of online currency once BitTorrent becomes commercially accepted. Seeding a file could earn you points to download other media. For example, sharing an artist's latest music video using the.torrent from her/his site could be rewarded with downloads of free singles or swag.
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Sonny: Hey, whaddya gonna do, nice college boy, eh?
Hack, that's what!
I know that Stephen Hawking is a remarkable scientist and fellow human, but does this medal reflect any recent breakthrough of his or is this merely a lifetime achievement award?
Dare I suggest that the PS3 is more deserving of the "miserable failure" moniker than George W. Bush?
Judging by relative frequency, a gaming Slashvertisement costs the same as a gaming Colbertisement. We have a nice 1:1 correlation going so far. Or should that be "Wii?"
PS3 is only a codename. We've decided to rereleas under brandname "Phantom Game Console." It should ship within the year.
Enjoy your Eurotrip DVD!
A painless, seamless, thoughtless data backup system? Easily configurable networked storage solution? The ideas aren't new, the messenger is. Businesses already entrust technology companies with their data. The issue of privacy doesn't exist for the majority of personal and small-business users. The Fortune 500 won't be left out, either. Microsoft and Google are sure to develop versions of their web applications for internal enterprise use, just as they did with their webmail platforms. I see the adoption of such services as an inevitability. It's a smart strategy: if you control the data people create, you control the services people use. Provide at least one useful feature in a web application, permit only the publishing of complete documents, and watch the advertising and partnership revenue roll!
I work tech support for an academic institution that will remain unnamed. A parent called up asking if we had switched to 802.11N yet. I replied that, given its draft status, we had not. He seemed appalled. He demanded to know how we could play fiddle while our network slid into antiquity. His child had to have the best and us be damned if if didn't exist in a functional form.
These companies will continue to manufacture specialty equipment based on draft N specifications for business use-- and there's nothing wrong with that. The problem lies with the Joe-sixpack consumers who don't recognize the technology's proper application.
Does that run Linux?
That's fascinating and all, but where is the cyber-terrorism we are quivering over? When is it going to be an offensive move rather than mere proselytizing?
This is an interesting case of diversification. Amazon, no longer content to be the middle man e-tailer, is shifting it's weight into Google's territory with a service-based profit model. If this trend continues at Amazon, I have to wonder if Google will make a hostile bid for its newfound competitor.
Here is a Link to EPIC, a speculative piece on the future of media, including the GoogleZon segment.
Change the field of view so it matches what your eyes expect from a 1 foot viewing distance. Your typical FOV is around 120 degrees, in real life. First person shooters often have 90 degree FOVs which are non-proportional to the size that the monitor or television is in your true FOV. Fix it and you should have a virtual, space-accurate, "window" that you look through.
Also, try taking Dramamine about an hour before you begin playing. Seriously.
--Best of luck!
Competition is nice, but innovation is far more impressive.
I understand that a program can be compiled with optimization flags specific to one hardware platform or another. What I'm confused by is the implicit claim made by IBM that the Octopiler does something more than this. I had always assumed that the Cell could interpret a flat program and divy up processing on the fly. That is what one of the cores is for, no? Apparently not. That's what tripped me up. IBM is proud that it has a proprietary compiler preconfigured for development on its Cell chip. Nothing more.
I disagree. I see the driving conditions as being analagous to the data a user provides a program. The car is the architecture. This car must function under the strain of user input. The program's job is to regulate the car in such a way that mileage remains good, regardless of the user's behavior.
Very interesting! As I am not a developer, I did not know this feature existed. I should have guessed it, though.
isn't this a bit of a pipe dream? A compiler that optimizes a program for multiple processors is a nice idea, but how can you foresee worst-case-scenarios that only emerge with human use? Take driving as a very abstract example. You "write" a car. You want it to both accelerate and brake on a dime while still being fuel efficient. Without knowing the driving conditions, city or country, how can you optimize your driving for efficiency?
AMD let me be the first to to say "good move." But is this just a short-term success or is AMD a steady horse?
See? Duping can be a positive thing! Sure, it can get tiresome, but reviewing "old" stories can foster excellent debate. Every time a topic is re-posted, we /.ers look at it in a new light. That is, we have a different perspective now than we did when the article was first released. Why? Well, for two reasons. First, the story hsa matured. Second, our opinions on it have.
I, for one, welcome our intenionally-duping overlords.
Can anyone explain what the connection is between the "Princess Bride," and something a typical Slashdot reader would be interested in?
Yes. That would be "The Princess Bride". Next?
(*and be resolved in court-- not settled outside*)
This is why I am waiting for an uploader case to go to COURT. Let's have a martyr ... and watch him live to tell the tale.
I'm thinking that share ratios could become a kind of online currency once BitTorrent becomes commercially accepted. Seeding a file could earn you points to download other media. For example, sharing an artist's latest music video using the .torrent from her/his site could be rewarded with downloads of free singles or swag.
F/OSS games aren't often published and/or marketed. As a result, they get far less Slashdot airtime. Does this seem strange to anyone else?
What button combination and timing rids an ailing chihuahua of its fleas?
Perhaps the best gaming easter eggs aren't in games at all. The Excel flight simulator is an old favorite of mine.