It looks pretty interesting. I would probably buy it too, if it turns out to be as cool as it looks. Except for one thing. It's being put out by EA Games. Remember them?
I found it a bit amusing that when I clicked the story link, the destination site, as well as three other sites, each attempted to save a cookie on my computer. Four cookies. To read a news story. That's necessary.
Does anyone else here remember Pufftris? It was a Tetris clone where the playing field swung back and forth. At first it was just really slight, but as time (or it may have been # of rows) went on, it swung more and more wildly, in all three dimensions. I think that was my favorite Tetris clone. The sad thing is that the only versions I can find won't run on anything other than straight old-school DOS. Nobody here happens to know of a more modern OS-updated version, per chance, do you?
Interestingly, you also get the same result if you actually do a Google search for your original question: "How many heroin addicts are there in Dublin?" In the summary of the first result: "... There are an estimated 13000 heroin users in the Dublin area...." I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume that, as you have supposed, these results have changed since you did your searches.
I have actually found searching for a plain english question to work in a number of other instances, as well. Not always, but sometimes.
I'm sorry, but I call BS. According to the summary: "GM spent more than $1 billion developing and marketing the EV1" according to Wikipedia, 800 were leased.
Yeah. And people won't buy it, because no one wants to be caught in that 1 in 100 time they need to go more than 100 miles between charges.
I'll buy it, and not because I want a fashion statement or whatever nonsense. In fact, here's what my ideal car setup looks like: 1 commuter electric (like the Tango or the Sparrow) for getting me to/from work (36 miles a day), 1 family electric (like the RAV4 EV) for getting me and the family around town, and 1 gas vehicle for long trips. Granted, it is quite a luxury to have three vehicles, and it will probably be a long time before this is viable for me, let alone your every day consumer. But even if just one of my two current vehicles were electric it would be a huge improvement. Why wouldn't people have at least one electric?
"GM spent more than $1 billion developing and marketing the EV1..."
Fair enough, but what percentage of that was marketing? I've seen advertisements for the "new" Chevy Cobalt practically every time I turn on the TV, and yet I can't say I ever saw a single ad for the EV1, nor have I spoken with anyone else who did. $1 billion maybe, but still seemed like quite the half-hearted effort.
I still don't buy that electric isn't a feasible option with a good chance of success, if given a chance. But hey I've got you marked as a friend, so I can't get too upset with you. *grin*
Yes, it's sad to see a symbolic engineering marvel like the EV1 go, but all this does is shift the pollution elsewhere.
Two thoughts: 1 - Even if what you say is true, at least the pollution is moved to a central source, where it is easier to control. 2 - This is all the more reason to move more and more of our electricity generation over to cleaner sources such as nuclear.
Not to mention not being very practical at all.
Is any new technology "very practical" when it first comes out? Also, were you aware that the Toyota RAV4 EV easily attains over 100 miles per charge? Considering that the average person drives less than 40 miles a day, that sounds pretty dang practical to me.
Why not concentrate on GM's current hybrid timeline, or on vehicles that are actually useful and that normal people might buy...
Why not concentrate on something more innovative, like electric cars? They're better than you think. The only reason they're not "actually useful" is because big coporations refuse to throw all their money behind them.
The folks at Pixar et al are great at what they do, and they put in a lot of detail... but the computer rendering is also responsible for a bunch of the look. Here you have straight-up, old-fashioned hard work, care, and love on the part of the animators.
You sound like someone who hasn't watched the "behind the scenes" DVDs from the Lord of the Rings series (particularly ROTK). Holy crap, digital effects take a huge load of hard work, care, and love, too.
Upon further reading, I see that it was inspired by the MIT hack. Also, I nominate this story for the "most error-filled/. post" award:
"A group of anonymous cowards (eningeers) has apparently constructed a four story mural of scenes from the SNES Super Mario games. The best part is, they did the whole thing out of Post-It Notes, recreating the wondeful pixellated goodness we expect from Super Mario. The idea for this mural seems to have originated in the Strong Bad email of the same name."
How about this instead:
"A group of anonymous cowards (engineers) has apparently constructed a four story mural of scenes from the NES Super Mario games. The best part is, they did the whole thing out of Post-It Notes, recreating the wonderful pixellated goodness we expect from Super Mario. The idea for this mural seems to have originated from the Strong Bad email-based MIT hack."
The idea for this mural seems to have originated in the Strong Bad email of the same name.
Um, I've seen all the SBemails, and I don't get this reference. There is no SBemail called "mural" or "Post-it". Post-its are used occasionally , and a mural was mentioned once though. There also was a "hack" at MIT involving a SBemail.
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Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs, which is why making the CD a secure format is of the utmost importance.
I could be off-base here, but if you change the format for whatever purpose, wouldn't it by definition not be a CD anymore?
Dangit guys, how come I only find out about these great torrent sources after they get shut down?
Good luck having a conversation with anyone. Conversations are limited to white-listed words.
It looks pretty interesting. I would probably buy it too, if it turns out to be as cool as it looks. Except for one thing. It's being put out by EA Games. Remember them?
I do.
Or, they could have just created Wired: the Blog, and move all her stories there. Problem solved!
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I found it a bit amusing that when I clicked the story link, the destination site, as well as three other sites, each attempted to save a cookie on my computer. Four cookies. To read a news story. That's necessary.
No, I hadn't, and yes, it works! Thank you!
Ahh, sweet Pufftris insanity.
Does anyone else here remember Pufftris? It was a Tetris clone where the playing field swung back and forth. At first it was just really slight, but as time (or it may have been # of rows) went on, it swung more and more wildly, in all three dimensions. I think that was my favorite Tetris clone. The sad thing is that the only versions I can find won't run on anything other than straight old-school DOS. Nobody here happens to know of a more modern OS-updated version, per chance, do you?
...here is a recording of the lyrics I wrote to the original Super Mario Brothers main theme. Enjoy.
C'mon, /. .. I rely on you people!
You must be new here.
I've always been a fan of Scott Pakin's automatic complaint-letter generator. When I was in college, we used this all the time, including for submitting letters to the editor of our school paper. Letters that were actually printed. (Guess which one).
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Oh, that's what it is! One of the local headline writers made it sound a little different.
Interestingly, you also get the same result if you actually do a Google search for your original question: "How many heroin addicts are there in Dublin?" In the summary of the first result: "... There are an estimated 13000 heroin users in the Dublin area. ..." I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume that, as you have supposed, these results have changed since you did your searches.
I have actually found searching for a plain english question to work in a number of other instances, as well. Not always, but sometimes.
the details of the next PhotoShop version due on Friday... The new version is due in May...
So, wait. Is the new version due on Friday, or is it due in May? I'm seriously confused by this poorly worded sentence.
Will someone remind me what it is the Slashdot editors do?
LA LA LA... Not listening!
*grin*
a car that cost nearly 1.5 million each to build.
I'm sorry, but I call BS. According to the summary: "GM spent more than $1 billion developing and marketing the EV1" according to Wikipedia, 800 were leased.
$1,000,000,000 / 800 = $1,250,000 --> 1.25 million.
So sure, they cost over a million bucks each to build, if you figure in all the development and marketing costs into the build cost for each vehicle.
That's the kind of math that people use when they want to justify a pre-existing decision. Just sayin'.
Yeah. And people won't buy it, because no one wants to be caught in that 1 in 100 time they need to go more than 100 miles between charges.
I'll buy it, and not because I want a fashion statement or whatever nonsense. In fact, here's what my ideal car setup looks like: 1 commuter electric (like the Tango or the Sparrow) for getting me to/from work (36 miles a day), 1 family electric (like the RAV4 EV) for getting me and the family around town, and 1 gas vehicle for long trips. Granted, it is quite a luxury to have three vehicles, and it will probably be a long time before this is viable for me, let alone your every day consumer. But even if just one of my two current vehicles were electric it would be a huge improvement. Why wouldn't people have at least one electric?
"GM spent more than $1 billion developing and marketing the EV1..."
Fair enough, but what percentage of that was marketing? I've seen advertisements for the "new" Chevy Cobalt practically every time I turn on the TV, and yet I can't say I ever saw a single ad for the EV1, nor have I spoken with anyone else who did. $1 billion maybe, but still seemed like quite the half-hearted effort.
I still don't buy that electric isn't a feasible option with a good chance of success, if given a chance. But hey I've got you marked as a friend, so I can't get too upset with you. *grin*
Yes, it's sad to see a symbolic engineering marvel like the EV1 go, but all this does is shift the pollution elsewhere.
Two thoughts: 1 - Even if what you say is true, at least the pollution is moved to a central source, where it is easier to control. 2 - This is all the more reason to move more and more of our electricity generation over to cleaner sources such as nuclear.
Not to mention not being very practical at all.
Is any new technology "very practical" when it first comes out? Also, were you aware that the Toyota RAV4 EV easily attains over 100 miles per charge? Considering that the average person drives less than 40 miles a day, that sounds pretty dang practical to me.
Why not concentrate on GM's current hybrid timeline, or on vehicles that are actually useful and that normal people might buy...
Why not concentrate on something more innovative, like electric cars? They're better than you think. The only reason they're not "actually useful" is because big coporations refuse to throw all their money behind them.
And no, in fact my electricity does not come from fossil fuels.
The folks at Pixar et al are great at what they do, and they put in a lot of detail... but the computer rendering is also responsible for a bunch of the look. Here you have straight-up, old-fashioned hard work, care, and love on the part of the animators.
You sound like someone who hasn't watched the "behind the scenes" DVDs from the Lord of the Rings series (particularly ROTK). Holy crap, digital effects take a huge load of hard work, care, and love, too.
just my $0.02.
Cheapskate.
and as such, should be protected by the courts, the FCC, or by new telecom regulation that ensures free and open access over the Internet.
Wait, so do is VOIP regulation a good thing, or is it a bad thing?
I'm confused.
Ah, finally a story where a post about Natalie Portman will actually be on topic...
Wait, they don't mean that kind of internet body?
Drat.
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Upon further reading, I see that it was inspired by the MIT hack. Also, I nominate this story for the "most error-filled /. post" award:
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"A group of anonymous cowards (eningeers) has apparently constructed a four story mural of scenes from the SNES Super Mario games. The best part is, they did the whole thing out of Post-It Notes, recreating the wondeful pixellated goodness we expect from Super Mario. The idea for this mural seems to have originated in the Strong Bad email of the same name."
How about this instead:
"A group of anonymous cowards (engineers) has apparently constructed a four story mural of scenes from the NES Super Mario games. The best part is, they did the whole thing out of Post-It Notes, recreating the wonderful pixellated goodness we expect from Super Mario. The idea for this mural seems to have originated from the Strong Bad email-based MIT hack
What do the Slashdot "editors" do, again?
The idea for this mural seems to have originated in the Strong Bad email of the same name.
Um, I've seen all the SBemails, and I don't get this reference. There is no SBemail called "mural" or "Post-it". Post-its are used occasionally , and a mural was mentioned once though. There also was a "hack" at MIT involving a SBemail.
Anyone care to explain that reference?
And here is the link to that cache. The pictures are even still working.
For now.