I don't think there really is any administration who can do it under the current structure. If we want someone to have our best interest in mind then we need tech people, people who aren't just looking at numbers and understand what they mean. I don't think that the patent office has enough people to meet the needs of the people applying for patenets, in reality there are so many patents being applied for, that they are incredibly backed up.
You sometimes have to wonder if a techiein the patent is going to the one to look at your patented "News site for nerds" complete with its own karma infused comment system.
Note: Answer for non-counterstrike players:
Yes, most any "pro" gaming match has a demo, which you need counter-strike to watch, but is also incredible because you can rewind and watch shots and strategies over and over again, more in depth than any professional sport, as there are an infinate number of angles. You are even able to watch in first person, to see exactly where they were aiming (think helmet cam).
In most big name pro competitions, people flock to get as many demos as possible and make movies out of them, which end up as avi's. There are already a couple here (ampednews.com)
Interesting note about this year's competition:
team 3d (who is sponsored by both Subway and Geforce) was talked about as one of the best clans, but finished in a dismal 13-16th
last year 3d and sK (this year's runner up) fought it in the finals with sK winning
I find it strange that everyone needs all these "amazing new features" etc. etc. but 99% of the time it won't change how the music sounds at all. I don't see the point of buying a new VCR because mine still works,
I agree, if somebody listens to Britney Spears it's still going to sound like trash, no matter how many "new features" are added, and porn doesn't need the best quality VCR to still look good.
You should probably do a little bit more research before you post, considering how offbase you are.
In response to:
1) The first 15 seconds of every match the operators do absolutely nothing, the robots are run with a C++ program (upgraded from BASIC used last year).
2) It has nothing to do with the school, nor how inner-city it is considering ever school has a sponsor, this can be Fairchild Semiconductor (my sponsor when I was a student), LEGO, or even the 100+ teams that NASA sponsors.
3) Some sponsors give more than "some mentoring". Most sponsors have a large engineering aspect, there are some that don't admittingly, and a lot of the times these are bigger corporations that can afford to pay an engineering firm to do it.
-Side note-
My school gave us $0 dollars, and Farichild gave us less than $20,000 but we managed to win the New Hampshire regional (Granite State Regional), with a 9-1 record, bottle drives and jazz got us through the rest of it.
4) FIRST may have made their own, but just by going to the sites you can see who LEGO is behind, or at least who mentions LEGO on their site (opening sites at least). There's a difference between a $15K entrance fee and a $15k budget. It varies depending on material used. I can tell you the base price is $1000 for the control system (FIRST's system), which you get to keep (a new one every year). $4000 a regional and $5000 for Nationals.
On #3 I will agree that sometimes kids are just "joystick operators". Every school works differently, depending on the number of kids a team has and their dedication this can swing both ways. My team was small my senior year and I drove, and two of my friends were on the 4 person team. We worked our asses off to get where we were, and didn't think of ourselves as "joystick operators".
I guess you can't completely understand it until they annouce your name, it's projected on a huge screen and the word "WIN" is right next to it. Once you see that, or hear a story about yourself told by an MIT professor, or hear your team name announced by a rich inventor, maybe then you may realize the spirit of FIRST.
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I don't think there really is any administration who can do it under the current structure. If we want someone to have our best interest in mind then we need tech people, people who aren't just looking at numbers and understand what they mean. I don't think that the patent office has enough people to meet the needs of the people applying for patenets, in reality there are so many patents being applied for, that they are incredibly backed up.
You sometimes have to wonder if a techiein the patent is going to the one to look at your patented "News site for nerds" complete with its own karma infused comment system.
You'll never have to turn on the backlight, it'll always have a pretty glow to it.
Why bring an ipod when you can bring a laptop with one of the new batteries, so instead of your ear falling off, well...you know.
And their listed release date is Feb. '05
Note: Answer for non-counterstrike players: Yes, most any "pro" gaming match has a demo, which you need counter-strike to watch, but is
also incredible because you can rewind and watch shots and strategies over and over
again, more in depth than any professional sport, as there are an infinate number of
angles. You are even able to watch in first person, to see exactly where they were aiming (think helmet cam).
In most big name pro competitions, people flock to get as many demos as possible and make movies
out of them, which end up as avi's. There are already a couple here (ampednews.com)
Interesting note about this year's competition:
team 3d (who is sponsored by both Subway and Geforce) was talked about as one of the best clans, but finished in a dismal 13-16th
last year 3d and sK (this year's runner up) fought it in the finals with sK winning
Nothing can stop the iPod!
Makes me want to get a purple one and name it 'Grimace'.
I find it strange that everyone needs all these "amazing new features" etc. etc. but 99% of the time it won't change how the music sounds at all. I don't see the point of buying a new VCR because mine still works,
I agree, if somebody listens to Britney Spears it's still going to sound like trash, no matter how many "new features" are added, and porn doesn't need the best quality VCR to still look good.
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You should probably do a little bit more research before you post, considering how offbase you are. In response to: 1) The first 15 seconds of every match the operators do absolutely nothing, the robots are run with a C++ program (upgraded from BASIC used last year). 2) It has nothing to do with the school, nor how inner-city it is considering ever school has a sponsor, this can be Fairchild Semiconductor (my sponsor when I was a student), LEGO, or even the 100+ teams that NASA sponsors. 3) Some sponsors give more than "some mentoring". Most sponsors have a large engineering aspect, there are some that don't admittingly, and a lot of the times these are bigger corporations that can afford to pay an engineering firm to do it. -Side note- My school gave us $0 dollars, and Farichild gave us less than $20,000 but we managed to win the New Hampshire regional (Granite State Regional), with a 9-1 record, bottle drives and jazz got us through the rest of it. 4) FIRST may have made their own, but just by going to the sites you can see who LEGO is behind, or at least who mentions LEGO on their site (opening sites at least). There's a difference between a $15K entrance fee and a $15k budget. It varies depending on material used. I can tell you the base price is $1000 for the control system (FIRST's system), which you get to keep (a new one every year). $4000 a regional and $5000 for Nationals. On #3 I will agree that sometimes kids are just "joystick operators". Every school works differently, depending on the number of kids a team has and their dedication this can swing both ways. My team was small my senior year and I drove, and two of my friends were on the 4 person team. We worked our asses off to get where we were, and didn't think of ourselves as "joystick operators". I guess you can't completely understand it until they annouce your name, it's projected on a huge screen and the word "WIN" is right next to it. Once you see that, or hear a story about yourself told by an MIT professor, or hear your team name announced by a rich inventor, maybe then you may realize the spirit of FIRST.