Agreed re: the physics of it all. The plot was pretty piss-poor too, though, and honestly I didn't think the animation was all that hot. It looked....dim, somehow.
AC, you're obviously very upset over something. Clearly you seem to know what you're talking about, and it seems you have done a good deal of research on this subject, so let me ask you something: WHY is karma SOOOOOO valuable?! It ain't to make your trolls show up on those who browse at +2 or anything, is it? I mean is that really that important? I browse at -1 all the time just because I think the random "I sucked your mom's dick last night" inserted here and there is absurd and therefore amusing. Anyway, what I'm really trying to ask is - what difference does it make whether someone is a "karma whore?" And how does someone become a karma whore anyway? No one's going to mod you up unless you have something interesting to say!
Moderate the parent AC post of this UP, it's interesting and relevant.
The only question I have about this is the following: how many open source developers do you think there are out there who have a clue how to develop (and SUPPORT, BIG question) telecom apps?
Is THAT what Cerenkov radiation is? I remember reading the Star Trek Technical Manual and tripping over some mention of "Cerenkov radiation" when a ship came out of warp. Just another example of how closely those technical advisors stick to true science:) Does anyone know what Cerenkov radiation itself is? Is it EM, or beta particles, or what?
Interesting. Why are we NOT allowed to see our FBI files? This information is all about US, yes? Isn't it a basic right written down somewhere (or SHOULDN'T it be) that we are all entitled to know as much about ourselves as possible? Is there a justification for this kind of individuality-denying secrecy that I can't think of?
It's like that episode of Seinfeld when Elaine wasn't allowed to look at her own medical chart (I don't <b>think</b> this is based on reality, but it might be). Remember she was running around with it in secret, trying to sneak it out of the hospital, and some doctor or nurse confronted her with this maddened look in their eyes?
Well, yeah. M'point is, how is hiding someone's "file on you" FROM you justified?
He's still going to be in the show for 11 episodes, guys. I doubt they're going to be giving him any competition. The new character will probably be a woman, maybe someone to leave behind to work on the X-Files when Mulder and Scully retire together and marry (has to happen, or something like it anyway). I'm sure that's Mulder's kid in her right now, anyway.
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How close is this DRI system you're talking about to fruition? Think it'll be put into a 4 release or will we be waiting for 5 before this happens?
I still feel it necessary to address this for those of us who don't really understand the situation.
It is illegal to crack software because you don't own the software you buy. In fact, when you buy software, you're not actually purchasing the software. If you did, legally, you'd be purchasing all rights to it, including the right to resell it, copy it and distribute it to your heart's content, claim it is your own product, crack it so that it does things other than what it was supposed to do, etc. Therefore, commercial software companies sell us very specific licenses that allow us to use the software in some manner (usually, install it and use it on one computer, etc.).
However, when you purchase a processor, you're not purchasing something that is easily reverse-engineered or copied. Therefore, you simply purchase the piece of hardware, warrantied to a specific, manufacturer-specified clock rating, after which you can do pretty much whatever the hell you choose with it, including use it as a butter knife - or overclock it. There ARE consequences when you use the product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling - but only insofar as the warranty is concerned (it is voided).
Yes, I know - but I CAN'T use UDP. Our fscking firewall blocks it. I don't suppose there's any kind of TCP wrapper for UDP you've heard of that works with Diablo/II, is there?
Precisely. I seem to remember a plan to do this after having cored deep into the ocean floor, so that the heat from the spent rods would melt the ground around them and ensure a nice, tight seal.
I'm going to be joining the local Amateur radio club soon, and I'm only 21. You're right, it is mostly older guys. But I think packet radio (GPRS) has potential to be explored by a younger, Internet-savvy generation - especially packet radio connected to the Internet. I think the interest pendulum is starting to swing back to peer-to-peer access, with regard to how we do communications. Witness the development of NexTel's "walkie-talkie" feature, and the new Cybiko "organizer" for the teenie-bopper/geek set. Hell, I'd get one of those things if I had a spare $129 or whatever it is:-)
Don't be surprised if China DOES start getting into a political "we can do it better than you can" race with the US. Their economy, despite their (now quasi-)communist setup, is booming, and with all that manpower and expertise at their control (thanks to the recent lack of intellectual purges), I wouldn't be at all shocked if we suddenly discovered that PRCS (that's "People's Republic of China Ship) Yangtze or some such was on it's way one day to Mars.
The moon is NOT without resources. There is one resource it has in abundance which will be of INCALCULABLE value when one technology finally gets off the ground: FUSION. Luna has on its surface a wealth of Helium-3, an isotope of helium which can be used as a very high-energy fusion fuel.
Excellent. Hopefully they'll hurry up with the manned missions, bring back some Helium-3 and scare the living fsck out of our lazy, "shoot-as-low-as-possible" space program.
Please don't flame me about this, I know they've done some fantastic things, including landing many spacecraft on the moon, but come on: 1)The Shuttle sucks. It's worthless. We can do better and cheaper with non-reusables. How messed up is that? Hopefully VentureStar will be a great replacement (or, maybe, Rotary Rocket's Roton). 2)We haven't GONE anywhere since the mid-70's. We're getting lax. Just my 2c....
Resolved, that: 1) No in-vitro changes shall be made to an individual's genome unless they will be made to prevent A) an infirmity B) a life-threatening illness. 2) When an individual reaches the age of 21, he or she then has the right to retroactively "edit" their genome however they see fit with retroviruses, DNA/RNA fragments, etc.
The one thing that has sucked about network gaming for years and years is the dogged persistence programmers seem to have in using UDP for transmitting information. My school (among others, I'm sure) blocks UDP and so I can never, ever, EVER play a network game on the Internet through my BROADBAND connection which is MORE than capable of handling the excess traffic produced by TCP headers. Pisses me off. There should be an option not to use it.
::cracks knuckles:: OOOOOOK. So I imagine there are quite a few engineers of various types who regularly read/., yes? Are you reading this post, guys? Good. Then here's what I've got to say: we will undertake to create the world's first open-source spacecraft. C'mon. You KNOW you want to. I'm sure there are more than enough mechanical, electrical, aerospace, etc. etc. engineers reading this who, together, would be capable of designing something simple & cost-effective which would be able to lift a person to LEO or sub-orbital space. LET'S DO IT! LET'S BUILD THE USS SLASHDOT!!! (or USS Malda, or TCS PenguinPower.... name is up for discussion of course) email me if you're interested: mailto:starkruzr@mail.com
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't "Hail to the king" and "Come get some," along with "groovy" and a bunch of other ripoffs, come from Evil Dead I-III (AKA "Army of Darkness")?!?! Duke Nukem is SUCH a wannabe Ash, everyone knows it. HOW can Apogee trademark something they stole from Sam Raimi?
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Agreed re: the physics of it all. The plot was pretty piss-poor too, though, and honestly I didn't think the animation was all that hot. It looked....dim, somehow.
I was going to mention this. In Homer H. Hickam's "Return to the Moon," they used a line like this for the express purpose of generating electricity.
Who is Richard M. Stallman? His name sounds familiar but I can't remember what he's associated with.
AC, you're obviously very upset over something. Clearly you seem to know what you're talking about, and it seems you have done a good deal of research on this subject, so let me ask you something: WHY is karma SOOOOOO valuable?! It ain't to make your trolls show up on those who browse at +2 or anything, is it? I mean is that really that important? I browse at -1 all the time just because I think the random "I sucked your mom's dick last night" inserted here and there is absurd and therefore amusing.
Anyway, what I'm really trying to ask is - what difference does it make whether someone is a "karma whore?" And how does someone become a karma whore anyway? No one's going to mod you up unless you have something interesting to say!
Confused,
~'Kruzr
How, exactly? Forgive my naivete, but I thought nothing could travel faster than the speed of light? I'm sure I'm being WAY too simplistic here....
This doesn't even deserve the 0 than an AC troll gets.
Aside from that, how is the Freenet project going?
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Moderate the parent AC post of this UP, it's interesting and relevant.
The only question I have about this is the following: how many open source developers do you think there are out there who have a clue how to develop (and SUPPORT, BIG question) telecom apps?
Is THAT what Cerenkov radiation is? I remember reading the Star Trek Technical Manual and tripping over some mention of "Cerenkov radiation" when a ship came out of warp. Just another example of how closely those technical advisors stick to true science :)
Does anyone know what Cerenkov radiation itself is? Is it EM, or beta particles, or what?
Interesting. Why are we NOT allowed to see our FBI files? This information is all about US, yes? Isn't it a basic right written down somewhere (or SHOULDN'T it be) that we are all entitled to know as much about ourselves as possible? Is there a justification for this kind of individuality-denying secrecy that I can't think of?
It's like that episode of Seinfeld when Elaine wasn't allowed to look at her own medical chart (I don't <b>think</b> this is based on reality, but it might be). Remember she was running around with it in secret, trying to sneak it out of the hospital, and some doctor or nurse confronted her with this maddened look in their eyes?
Well, yeah. M'point is, how is hiding someone's "file on you" FROM you justified?
He's still going to be in the show for 11 episodes, guys. I doubt they're going to be giving him any competition. The new character will probably be a woman, maybe someone to leave behind to work on the X-Files when Mulder and Scully retire together and marry (has to happen, or something like it anyway). I'm sure that's Mulder's kid in her right now, anyway.
How close is this DRI system you're talking about to fruition? Think it'll be put into a 4 release or will we be waiting for 5 before this happens?
I still feel it necessary to address this for those of us who don't really understand the situation.
It is illegal to crack software because you don't own the software you buy. In fact, when you buy software, you're not actually purchasing the software. If you did, legally, you'd be purchasing all rights to it, including the right to resell it, copy it and distribute it to your heart's content, claim it is your own product, crack it so that it does things other than what it was supposed to do, etc. Therefore, commercial software companies sell us very specific licenses that allow us to use the software in some manner (usually, install it and use it on one computer, etc.).
However, when you purchase a processor, you're not purchasing something that is easily reverse-engineered or copied. Therefore, you simply purchase the piece of hardware, warrantied to a specific, manufacturer-specified clock rating, after which you can do pretty much whatever the hell you choose with it, including use it as a butter knife - or overclock it. There ARE consequences when you use the product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling - but only insofar as the warranty is concerned (it is voided).
~'Kruzr
That's an excellent idea. Do you mind if I email it to them and suggest it?
Yes, I know - but I CAN'T use UDP. Our fscking firewall blocks it. I don't suppose there's any kind of TCP wrapper for UDP you've heard of that works with Diablo/II, is there?
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Precisely. I seem to remember a plan to do this after having cored deep into the ocean floor, so that the heat from the spent rods would melt the ground around them and ensure a nice, tight seal.
I'm going to be joining the local Amateur radio club soon, and I'm only 21. You're right, it is mostly older guys. But I think packet radio (GPRS) has potential to be explored by a younger, Internet-savvy generation - especially packet radio connected to the Internet. :-)
I think the interest pendulum is starting to swing back to peer-to-peer access, with regard to how we do communications. Witness the development of NexTel's "walkie-talkie" feature, and the new Cybiko "organizer" for the teenie-bopper/geek set. Hell, I'd get one of those things if I had a spare $129 or whatever it is
Don't be surprised if China DOES start getting into a political "we can do it better than you can" race with the US. Their economy, despite their (now quasi-)communist setup, is booming, and with all that manpower and expertise at their control (thanks to the recent lack of intellectual purges), I wouldn't be at all shocked if we suddenly discovered that PRCS (that's "People's Republic of China Ship) Yangtze or some such was on it's way one day to Mars.
The moon is NOT without resources. There is one resource it has in abundance which will be of INCALCULABLE value when one technology finally gets off the ground: FUSION. Luna has on its surface a wealth of Helium-3, an isotope of helium which can be used as a very high-energy fusion fuel.
Excellent. Hopefully they'll hurry up with the manned missions, bring back some Helium-3 and scare the living fsck out of our lazy, "shoot-as-low-as-possible" space program.
Please don't flame me about this, I know they've done some fantastic things, including landing many spacecraft on the moon, but come on:
1)The Shuttle sucks. It's worthless. We can do better and cheaper with non-reusables. How messed up is that? Hopefully VentureStar will be a great replacement (or, maybe, Rotary Rocket's Roton).
2)We haven't GONE anywhere since the mid-70's. We're getting lax.
Just my 2c....
Why don't we pass the following law:
Resolved, that:
1) No in-vitro changes shall be made to an individual's genome unless they will be made to prevent A) an infirmity B) a life-threatening illness.
2) When an individual reaches the age of 21, he or she then has the right to retroactively "edit" their genome however they see fit with retroviruses, DNA/RNA fragments, etc.
Does anyone have a problem with that?
The one thing that has sucked about network gaming for years and years is the dogged persistence programmers seem to have in using UDP for transmitting information.
My school (among others, I'm sure) blocks UDP and so I can never, ever, EVER play a network game on the Internet through my BROADBAND connection which is MORE than capable of handling the excess traffic produced by TCP headers. Pisses me off. There should be an option not to use it.
::cracks knuckles:: OOOOOOK. So I imagine there are quite a few engineers of various types who regularly read /., yes? Are you reading this post, guys? Good. Then here's what I've got to say: we will undertake to create the world's first open-source spacecraft. C'mon. You KNOW you want to. I'm sure there are more than enough mechanical, electrical, aerospace, etc. etc. engineers reading this who, together, would be capable of designing something simple & cost-effective which would be able to lift a person to LEO or sub-orbital space. LET'S DO IT! LET'S BUILD THE USS SLASHDOT!!! (or USS Malda, or TCS PenguinPower.... name is up for discussion of course) email me if you're interested: mailto:starkruzr@mail.com
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't "Hail to the king" and "Come get some," along with "groovy" and a bunch of other ripoffs, come from Evil Dead I-III (AKA "Army of Darkness")?!?! Duke Nukem is SUCH a wannabe Ash, everyone knows it. HOW can Apogee trademark something they stole from Sam Raimi?