right there with ya, dude. Not sure if I should be patient and try it again later this evening, or resort to immediate cynicism and trash NIN's site admin on/.
Ummm, you can already make a reasonably complicated firearm on a home CNC mill, or if you are a skilled craftsman, an unguided mill. It just takes a long time and won't be as good as one made in a factory.
As long as there are factories stamping Kalashnikov receivers out of sheet metal for a couple bucks a pop, there won't be a lot of competition in the weapon market from expensive, one-off fabs.
You've been twitch gaming for a couple of hours, you're running low on caffeine in your bloodstream, your eyes are gritty, your hands are shaky, and your pulse is up...
Getting killed is disappointing. But it might also be the first time in 30 minutes you can unclench your sphincter and take a deep breath, maybe lean back in your chair while the respawn counter ticks down.
Why is this even an issue? It's absurd to try and legislate people teasing each other. Think of how many of us would be felons for things we said about Steve Jobs or Ballmer.
Seriously, though, if someone can't handle a very typical teenage prank (whether it was perpetrated by an actual teen is immaterial, it happens all the time) and kills themself... well then, that's just evolution, isn't it?
will be judged by the games for it.
With that in mind, I'd like to nominate the Genesis and the N64 because I think I've whiled away more hours of my life playing games from those 2 consoles than all the others combined.
Runner Up: Neo Geo, but mostly for the Metal Slug series
but I cannot understand what use this sort of light has for civilian usage.
It is far to dangerous to do many of the things that you often do with bright lights
It doesn't need a use, it needs a market. People don't NEED hummers, either, but people buy them all the time. And what do you want to bet that the kinetic energy generated by a hummer at 70mph is more dangerous than a flashlight, no matter how bright?
Though it does say, 15 minute battery life! WTF is the point of it then?
This is not too uncommon for tactical flashlights. Most of mine only get 20-40 minutes of light before they are drained. The idea is to not run it all the time, but in bursts.
if the free market responds correctly, i would expect ibm to lose quite a few employees over this. i know if i was working there i'd be shopping my resume around after a slap in the face like this.
1) end the nanny state. no welfare, no social security, no mecidare/caid, no federal health insurance, etc. if people can't take care of themselves, so be it.
2) the current war is completely unprofitable. the juice just ain't worth the squeeze. we've better things to spend our money on.
3) the DHS is the worst thing to happen to personal liberty in a while. they're out.
4) get out of the UN. they do nothing but hold us back.
5) repeal any legislation counter to the bill of rights in particular and personal liberty in general.
So, it pays to stay sharp. What do I mean by that?
Simple. I got into the software business because I love learning new stuff... and I will spend the rest of my career doing just that. Everything we are doing will be useless 5 years from now, and we will get to learn a new batch of skills. Sounds fun? Then you might have the right stuff to be a developer.
Individual skills are good... but the one defining skill of a good programmer is the ability to learn.
from TFA, emphasis is mine:
Levy spends so much time laying out his logical arguments about how and why we will fall in love with robots that he gives short shrift to the bigger questions of whether we would really want to. I'd have liked a little less gee-whiz, and a little more examination about whether a sexbot in every home, a Kama Sutra on legs that never tires, never says no, and never has needs of its own is what we really want.
well, that's got to be the stupidest question I've ever read. OF COURSE WE DO.
to know I'm not the only one who obsesses about this sort of thing. Makes me feel fairly normal for being upset when my watch gains a second every other week and I worry about not being on time.
+1
I use this method of anger-management frequently, and have found it to be quite effective. Yeah, while you're whaling away on the bag, your heart is pumping and you feel pretty murderous, but once you're done, you settle down and feel calmer. (if a bit sweatier)
I've always thought of FPS games as a sort of virtual punching bag, at least in this context.
That's a pretty big assumption. Even if people are decent, people snap. People get angry and do stupid things. I'm not saying robots are the answer, but consider this, if you will:
2 robots are fighting in an urban environment. Robot1 gets blown up by an IED. Robot2 says "Robot1 is no longer responding to ping. Continuing with mission."
Same thing happens with 2 humans. Human2 says "These bastard people just killed my buddy I am going to go into the next house I find and kill every fucking civilian I see in order to avenge him."
If you think that's unrealistic, you haven't been reading the news. Robots don't get angry, bored, horny, drunk or any of the other things that lead people to commit war crimes. Just a thought.
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right there with ya, dude. Not sure if I should be patient and try it again later this evening, or resort to immediate cynicism and trash NIN's site admin on /.
...maybe I'll do both?
Ummm, you can already make a reasonably complicated firearm on a home CNC mill, or if you are a skilled craftsman, an unguided mill. It just takes a long time and won't be as good as one made in a factory. As long as there are factories stamping Kalashnikov receivers out of sheet metal for a couple bucks a pop, there won't be a lot of competition in the weapon market from expensive, one-off fabs.
You've been twitch gaming for a couple of hours, you're running low on caffeine in your bloodstream, your eyes are gritty, your hands are shaky, and your pulse is up...
Getting killed is disappointing. But it might also be the first time in 30 minutes you can unclench your sphincter and take a deep breath, maybe lean back in your chair while the respawn counter ticks down.
Why is this even an issue? It's absurd to try and legislate people teasing each other. Think of how many of us would be felons for things we said about Steve Jobs or Ballmer.
Seriously, though, if someone can't handle a very typical teenage prank (whether it was perpetrated by an actual teen is immaterial, it happens all the time) and kills themself... well then, that's just evolution, isn't it?
Actually, that exact thing happens in "Gone in 60 Seconds" Vinnie Jones does this to a gang member's car.
Bravo! Had I mod points, to you they would go.
will be judged by the games for it.
With that in mind, I'd like to nominate the Genesis and the N64 because I think I've whiled away more hours of my life playing games from those 2 consoles than all the others combined.
Runner Up: Neo Geo, but mostly for the Metal Slug series
It doesn't need a use, it needs a market. People don't NEED hummers, either, but people buy them all the time. And what do you want to bet that the kinetic energy generated by a hummer at 70mph is more dangerous than a flashlight, no matter how bright?
Though it does say, 15 minute battery life! WTF is the point of it then?
This is not too uncommon for tactical flashlights. Most of mine only get 20-40 minutes of light before they are drained. The idea is to not run it all the time, but in bursts.
Do these killbots have a preset kill limit? Can they be defeated by sending wave after wave of your own men at them?
if the free market responds correctly, i would expect ibm to lose quite a few employees over this. i know if i was working there i'd be shopping my resume around after a slap in the face like this.
A fine example of the free market adjusting itself.
Adapt and overcome: evolution works for business models, too.
Gertrude's Chase on a monochrome Apple IIGS
1) end the nanny state. no welfare, no social security, no mecidare/caid, no federal health insurance, etc. if people can't take care of themselves, so be it.
2) the current war is completely unprofitable. the juice just ain't worth the squeeze. we've better things to spend our money on.
3) the DHS is the worst thing to happen to personal liberty in a while. they're out.
4) get out of the UN. they do nothing but hold us back.
5) repeal any legislation counter to the bill of rights in particular and personal liberty in general.
for more info, check out The Libertarian Party
So, it pays to stay sharp. What do I mean by that?
Simple. I got into the software business because I love learning new stuff... and I will spend the rest of my career doing just that. Everything we are doing will be useless 5 years from now, and we will get to learn a new batch of skills. Sounds fun? Then you might have the right stuff to be a developer.
Individual skills are good... but the one defining skill of a good programmer is the ability to learn.
Us doing it to them doesn't really make them doing it to us and less wrong.
The medicine is still nasty underneath all that sugar.
well, that's got to be the stupidest question I've ever read. OF COURSE WE DO.
performance characteristics remind me of ultracapacitor technology. Makes me wonder how the two technologies will compete, price-wise.
to know I'm not the only one who obsesses about this sort of thing. Makes me feel fairly normal for being upset when my watch gains a second every other week and I worry about not being on time.
+1 I use this method of anger-management frequently, and have found it to be quite effective. Yeah, while you're whaling away on the bag, your heart is pumping and you feel pretty murderous, but once you're done, you settle down and feel calmer. (if a bit sweatier) I've always thought of FPS games as a sort of virtual punching bag, at least in this context.
This just in: YouTube users are dumb. Film at 11.
Well spoken.
I'm only 15% !sure that you are correct...
85% of all educational statistics are made up on the spot.
That's a pretty big assumption. Even if people are decent, people snap. People get angry and do stupid things. I'm not saying robots are the answer, but consider this, if you will:
2 robots are fighting in an urban environment. Robot1 gets blown up by an IED. Robot2 says "Robot1 is no longer responding to ping. Continuing with mission."
Same thing happens with 2 humans. Human2 says "These bastard people just killed my buddy I am going to go into the next house I find and kill every fucking civilian I see in order to avenge him."
If you think that's unrealistic, you haven't been reading the news. Robots don't get angry, bored, horny, drunk or any of the other things that lead people to commit war crimes. Just a thought.
Well spoken, sir. Had I the mod points to put you +1 insightful, I surely would.