Tell me what, exactly, does Foundation realistically predict? It was a retelling of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire in space with funny maths, glowey nuclear bits and, most importantly, damn good writing.
It was entertaining without being preachy or predictive. Not all sci-fi need tell us what we should develop. In my opinion, that's what's causing so much of the crap sci-fi bulk shit I see in bookstores now: They focus too much on showing us this "cool idea for a toy" the author had instead of trying to tell an engaging story.
Do I need to know how the pocket raygun works? No. Will I be entertained just the same if the author states its use like this:
"Blinded by the flash, [protagonist] waits for his eyes to readjust. 'Dammit....' was the only thing he could think to utter while his mind was tackling the sheer whiteness his eyes continued to show him as well as the hot and cold sensations that followed the initial nova. At last, he could make out a hazy image of his nemesis, still wielding the phasegun and still directing its barrel at what had previously been a quite sturdy wall, the edges of of new hole glowing red hot while frost accumulated on the tip of the pistol."
If you read my comment again, I mention the fact that WinAmp is actively downloading the file as you're listening to it. Some plugins let you keep the file afterwards.
Not saying the Usenet idea isn't also applicable, however.
I distinctly remembered several TV-via-shoutcast stations as well as some radio ones. I listened to the HHG2TG radio play via one of those. If that isn't episodic, I don't know what is.
So:
-Released before 2003 -Allowed episodic media to be downloaded automatically and in order -Subscriptions often involved whitelisting your IP with the main server for infinite streaming at a small cost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast
Originally released in 1999. It could serve audio files in a streaming sense. Also, some plugins for WinAmp would allow you to download each individual files since all shoutcast involved was streaming mp3s across HTTP one after another. Later, video began to show up.
Different strokes for different folks. When your program attains a certain level of complexity, it becomes very hard to keep track of every single thing. Garbage collection helps with that.
Your argument could be used to sell Asm over C. Asm gets you much closer to the metal allowing ridiculous amounts of optimization, but is it worth it considering the additional work involved?
All they're doing is giving yet another justification for people who'll simply download them from torrent sites.
"Hey, while you're waiting for that rental, I watched it last week! On my phone! And my PS3! And my laptop!"
There's a word on the tip of my tongue....meaning when you draw a larger conclusion, regardless of overwhelming external evidence, due to a single event that happened to you once or to one of your friends "that time".
Yes it is.
Unless chimpanzees started a market, the free market is a human invention for humans. If it comes tumbling down due to only a handful of humans, that isn't exactly a reliable model, now is it?
If the free market model lets the less ethical among humans to corrupt it, it's doomed to corruption and thus is a failed model. A 'utopic unrealistic ideal' as has been stated.
Good to know. You must be very happy indeed. Seriously, what's with the caps? Did I offend you?
As for experiencing none of my issues(okay, so that is a little fun), I'm far from the only one running into issues of losing acceleration on hardware shading mode in the Maya OpenGL viewport.
I'm just hoping the horrible issues I've had while playing Steam games(random bouts of lockup for a few seconds while my CPU has a seizure) or the extreme choppiness of the openGL viewport in Maya can be resolved with better drivers from nVidia. If not, I may need to switch back. Yes, it's miles above Vista and Aero Peek is an awesome feature, but still....these better just be growing pains or driver features(which I can understand on a new OS) and not some stupid attempt by Microsoft to screw with OpenGL or non-WinLive games.
Name one case where a completely unfettered free market hasn't ended up being overseen by the government. Government involvement will simply happen so long as a decision maker can get paid by a market beneficiary.
Ahh, Sony took it from both Nintendo and SEGA. Both competing companies had analogue sticks going for them with a release only 1 month apart(N64 controller in June, Saturn analogue stick in July of the same year).
Sony was the odd one out with no analogue input for the PS1 on the regular gamepad. However, they did have a dual analogue joystick system out(the Hackers movie had people playing Wipeout on a set of those).
Seeing themselves as falling behind techwise, they took the thumbstick idea their competitors had and combined it with the dual-stick system the PS1 was already compatible with and had accessories for by simply doubling up the sticks on the gamepad.
John Pescatore makes a good point. AVG, Avast, etc... are all free antivirus. When MS withholds patches, it can lead to stronger botnets and ID theft. However, antivirus applications are plentiful and the money MS will be investing in this thing makes them justified in not wanting to simply give it away.
As much as I hate to say it, I won't blame Microsoft for this move.
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Tell me what, exactly, does Foundation realistically predict? It was a retelling of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire in space with funny maths, glowey nuclear bits and, most importantly, damn good writing.
It was entertaining without being preachy or predictive. Not all sci-fi need tell us what we should develop. In my opinion, that's what's causing so much of the crap sci-fi bulk shit I see in bookstores now: They focus too much on showing us this "cool idea for a toy" the author had instead of trying to tell an engaging story.
Do I need to know how the pocket raygun works? No. Will I be entertained just the same if the author states its use like this:
"Blinded by the flash, [protagonist] waits for his eyes to readjust. 'Dammit....' was the only thing he could think to utter while his mind was tackling the sheer whiteness his eyes continued to show him as well as the hot and cold sensations that followed the initial nova. At last, he could make out a hazy image of his nemesis, still wielding the phasegun and still directing its barrel at what had previously been a quite sturdy wall, the edges of of new hole glowing red hot while frost accumulated on the tip of the pistol."
Presumably.
If you read my comment again, I mention the fact that WinAmp is actively downloading the file as you're listening to it. Some plugins let you keep the file afterwards.
Not saying the Usenet idea isn't also applicable, however.
I distinctly remembered several TV-via-shoutcast stations as well as some radio ones. I listened to the HHG2TG radio play via one of those. If that isn't episodic, I don't know what is.
So:
-Released before 2003
-Allowed episodic media to be downloaded automatically and in order
-Subscriptions often involved whitelisting your IP with the main server for infinite streaming at a small cost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast Originally released in 1999. It could serve audio files in a streaming sense. Also, some plugins for WinAmp would allow you to download each individual files since all shoutcast involved was streaming mp3s across HTTP one after another. Later, video began to show up.
"Hello, my name is China and I wish to liquidate all my US Treasury Bonds."
Up here, the termination fee ranged from $650CAD to $900(Telus) CAD after they factor the "data termination fee".
Different strokes for different folks. When your program attains a certain level of complexity, it becomes very hard to keep track of every single thing. Garbage collection helps with that. Your argument could be used to sell Asm over C. Asm gets you much closer to the metal allowing ridiculous amounts of optimization, but is it worth it considering the additional work involved?
It's got garbage collection and limits as to what you can do with pointers for starters.
The dowser explodes, thereby simultaneously indicating where the bomb was and disposing it.
What? Too soon?
Solution: Transcribe it. Have someone rephrase it himself. Or translate it to another language via something like babelfish.
I wonder if an OCR combined with a spellcheck and gramar check run through babelfish would be caught by the watermarker :P
All they're doing is giving yet another justification for people who'll simply download them from torrent sites.
"Hey, while you're waiting for that rental, I watched it last week! On my phone! And my PS3! And my laptop!"
There's a word on the tip of my tongue....meaning when you draw a larger conclusion, regardless of overwhelming external evidence, due to a single event that happened to you once or to one of your friends "that time".
This is R. Daneel Olivaw's hideout
Yes it is. Unless chimpanzees started a market, the free market is a human invention for humans. If it comes tumbling down due to only a handful of humans, that isn't exactly a reliable model, now is it? If the free market model lets the less ethical among humans to corrupt it, it's doomed to corruption and thus is a failed model. A 'utopic unrealistic ideal' as has been stated.
Good to know. You must be very happy indeed. Seriously, what's with the caps? Did I offend you? As for experiencing none of my issues(okay, so that is a little fun), I'm far from the only one running into issues of losing acceleration on hardware shading mode in the Maya OpenGL viewport.
I'm just hoping the horrible issues I've had while playing Steam games(random bouts of lockup for a few seconds while my CPU has a seizure) or the extreme choppiness of the openGL viewport in Maya can be resolved with better drivers from nVidia. If not, I may need to switch back. Yes, it's miles above Vista and Aero Peek is an awesome feature, but still....these better just be growing pains or driver features(which I can understand on a new OS) and not some stupid attempt by Microsoft to screw with OpenGL or non-WinLive games.
Name one case where a completely unfettered free market hasn't ended up being overseen by the government. Government involvement will simply happen so long as a decision maker can get paid by a market beneficiary.
Would be amusing to integrate a D4 with that logic :P
Ahh, Sony took it from both Nintendo and SEGA. Both competing companies had analogue sticks going for them with a release only 1 month apart(N64 controller in June, Saturn analogue stick in July of the same year). Sony was the odd one out with no analogue input for the PS1 on the regular gamepad. However, they did have a dual analogue joystick system out(the Hackers movie had people playing Wipeout on a set of those). Seeing themselves as falling behind techwise, they took the thumbstick idea their competitors had and combined it with the dual-stick system the PS1 was already compatible with and had accessories for by simply doubling up the sticks on the gamepad.
If you want to be uber-pedantic, so did the SEGA Genesis, the SNES, the NES(well...almost), the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision.
Would this infringe?
for(int i = 1; i < y; do_stuffs() && cnt++) { ; }
It's called an "incentive to purchase".
John Pescatore makes a good point. AVG, Avast, etc... are all free antivirus. When MS withholds patches, it can lead to stronger botnets and ID theft. However, antivirus applications are plentiful and the money MS will be investing in this thing makes them justified in not wanting to simply give it away.
As much as I hate to say it, I won't blame Microsoft for this move.
Man defeats "unhackable" computer with $5 hardware store axe.