Wait, FEET? When I move my mx1000 more than 20cm away from the base I get signal errors like noone's business. Granted, that may be the metal surface it's on but the protocol used is much less fault-tolerant than the one my previous wireless mouse (cheap noname mouse) used. The old mouse sometimes didn't transmit clicks or had the pointer shaking when the signal got bad but the expensive Logitech mouse completely freaks out and moves the pointer into a screen corner or reports all buttons as pressed. The corner moving is especially annoying since in an FPS it'll completely disorient you and in an RTS or when I'm scrolling with the middle mouse button in Opera it scrolls me completely away.
As has been said before, each of the six units gets a different order so TASpring currently wouldn't do that better (though I'd expect Supreme Commander to allow stuff like that, they seem to be intent on improving the controls beyond TA including having attack orders mean "attack the units near this point" and units spreading their shots out so each target only gets as much damage as necessary to kill it, no overkilling a single target). The situation could be improved by making the lockdown command apply to only one unit so you wouldn't need to change selections for locking down multiple targets.
Starcraft's UI deficiencies surface in other areas like attempting to control large numbers of units because of the 12 unit selection limit. Blizzard seems to love it since they kept it from the original Warcraft and merely increased the number of selectable units slightly (4 to 12).
Personally I've bound the side buttons on my mx1000 to keys so I can use them in games, in Opera you can just hold the right mouse button and click the LMB for back or hold LMB, click RMB for forward. I like that, especially since I can input it with my tablet when the mouse is in the charger. Unfortunately it doesn't work in the explorer so if you use that a lot you are probably better off with leaving the default bindings.
Maybe I'm confused but Zelda? AFAIK Phantom Hourglass hasn't been released yet (though it'll run Minish Cap which you should play if you like Zelda). Perhaps you mean New Super Mario Bros?
Pfft. Where cellphones should be and where cellphones are going are two completely different things. These days people want them with flashing neon lights and bling rather than useful functionality.
Well, the PDAs are less controlled platforms than the PSP or DS so software is easier to come by and install (you won't see MS release an update for PocketPC 2003 just to prevent SCUMMVM from running) and their interface is superior for all productive tasks (larger screen, often higher resolution, touchscreen). I think cellphones are going into a similar direction but with added restrictions for applications.
That zeroth law would make the whole idea pointless. I'm sure Hitler thought what he did was for the best of humanity. Introducing an abstract concept open to interpretation to a system of laws means introducing a possible attack vector for someone seeking to compromise the system. Also it'd allow the govt to tell the robot that it's for the best of humanity to report everything you do to the NSA while your root password would be two notches lower in priority.
One problem I have with that term is the definition of what constitutes the "self". Does knowing that you are unhappy when you are hurt constitute awareness of your self? When is the self considered distinct? Is it enough hat you know what part of your physical shape belongs to you and what's "the rest of the world"?
Go to your nearest university, go to the institute for robotics (if not present choose different university) and ask anyone what a "robot" is. They should know, after all they are the ones designing and programming these things.
Because the courts of the EU wouldn't like a single exploit as that'd be fostering monopolies so they'd force everyone to ship the product without exploits and ask the user to get his preferred exploit from a variety of competing vendors.
In other words, the news got a major slashdotting but the internet itself obviously survived. I don't see how reading the news, even frequently, causes higher load than normal browsing. Sure, non-multicasted streams can hurt segments of the net but who needs streams when the TV is running that video every five minutes? I'd say the average eDonkey server population has a greater impact on total net traffic than that.
Well, the difference is that God alledgedly said "thou shalt not kill" but I don't recall the Bible claiming he said "thou shalt not do genetic engineering".
You can only use Einstein's formula for matter-antimatter reactions. Nuclear blasts use fusion or fission, which only releases the mass defect as energy. You could probably blast the atmosphere off Earth with a kilogramm of antimatter.
Some farmers sell their stuff for a premium because they are using "natural" methods for farming (don't recall the English term). They have certificates for that. If cross pollination caused your fields to be "infested" with GMO plants you lose that certificate AND you have to pay the patent holder a license fee for "using" their GMOs (while actually the producer or owner of the GMOs should have to pay you damages).
Here in Germany the conservatives push to broaden patent protection on genetically modified plants and prevent GMO infestations from counting as damage (spewing FUD about alienating the GM crop industry without these changes) while the social democrats push for restrictions on patenting organisms and laws to prevent GMO infestations. The stances on genetic modifications for medical purposes are reversed, the cons want to outlaw that while the dems want to further it. I think the situation is the same in the US. That's one of the things you should factor in when determining who to vote for.
for the article: i have a kitten at home, never seen it having any allergies, got the kitten for free from a neighbour and saved 4k$ appearantly:D
You got it the wrong way around, these kittens won't trigger a cat hair allergy a human may have.
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Wait, FEET? When I move my mx1000 more than 20cm away from the base I get signal errors like noone's business. Granted, that may be the metal surface it's on but the protocol used is much less fault-tolerant than the one my previous wireless mouse (cheap noname mouse) used. The old mouse sometimes didn't transmit clicks or had the pointer shaking when the signal got bad but the expensive Logitech mouse completely freaks out and moves the pointer into a screen corner or reports all buttons as pressed. The corner moving is especially annoying since in an FPS it'll completely disorient you and in an RTS or when I'm scrolling with the middle mouse button in Opera it scrolls me completely away.
As has been said before, each of the six units gets a different order so TASpring currently wouldn't do that better (though I'd expect Supreme Commander to allow stuff like that, they seem to be intent on improving the controls beyond TA including having attack orders mean "attack the units near this point" and units spreading their shots out so each target only gets as much damage as necessary to kill it, no overkilling a single target). The situation could be improved by making the lockdown command apply to only one unit so you wouldn't need to change selections for locking down multiple targets.
Starcraft's UI deficiencies surface in other areas like attempting to control large numbers of units because of the 12 unit selection limit. Blizzard seems to love it since they kept it from the original Warcraft and merely increased the number of selectable units slightly (4 to 12).
Personally I've bound the side buttons on my mx1000 to keys so I can use them in games, in Opera you can just hold the right mouse button and click the LMB for back or hold LMB, click RMB for forward. I like that, especially since I can input it with my tablet when the mouse is in the charger. Unfortunately it doesn't work in the explorer so if you use that a lot you are probably better off with leaving the default bindings.
I could actually play a fighting game on the new model! And lets not forget about the resin molding on the new model.
Interesting. I can play Bleach DS fairly well with my old DS.
Maybe I'm confused but Zelda? AFAIK Phantom Hourglass hasn't been released yet (though it'll run Minish Cap which you should play if you like Zelda). Perhaps you mean New Super Mario Bros?
Not really that strange, Europe had more colors for the GBASP, too.
No, it's evidence that Australia doesn't give a shit about Nintendo. But considering NoAus's behaviour that feeling seems to be mutual.
Pfft. Where cellphones should be and where cellphones are going are two completely different things. These days people want them with flashing neon lights and bling rather than useful functionality.
Well, the PDAs are less controlled platforms than the PSP or DS so software is easier to come by and install (you won't see MS release an update for PocketPC 2003 just to prevent SCUMMVM from running) and their interface is superior for all productive tasks (larger screen, often higher resolution, touchscreen). I think cellphones are going into a similar direction but with added restrictions for applications.
Interesting. I thought that's what PDAs are good for.
As long as they follow a strictly controlled pattern, they are only a threat to foolish people.
So as long as we define weeding out the fools as good for the human race that complies with Asimov's zeroth law?
That zeroth law would make the whole idea pointless. I'm sure Hitler thought what he did was for the best of humanity. Introducing an abstract concept open to interpretation to a system of laws means introducing a possible attack vector for someone seeking to compromise the system. Also it'd allow the govt to tell the robot that it's for the best of humanity to report everything you do to the NSA while your root password would be two notches lower in priority.
One problem I have with that term is the definition of what constitutes the "self". Does knowing that you are unhappy when you are hurt constitute awareness of your self? When is the self considered distinct? Is it enough hat you know what part of your physical shape belongs to you and what's "the rest of the world"?
Go to your nearest university, go to the institute for robotics (if not present choose different university) and ask anyone what a "robot" is. They should know, after all they are the ones designing and programming these things.
Eh, you do know about these (obviously NSFW), right?
Well, I'm glad the IEEE isn't a government, then.
Because the courts of the EU wouldn't like a single exploit as that'd be fostering monopolies so they'd force everyone to ship the product without exploits and ask the user to get his preferred exploit from a variety of competing vendors.
I thought that's what you guys defend that second amendment for?
In other words, the news got a major slashdotting but the internet itself obviously survived. I don't see how reading the news, even frequently, causes higher load than normal browsing. Sure, non-multicasted streams can hurt segments of the net but who needs streams when the TV is running that video every five minutes? I'd say the average eDonkey server population has a greater impact on total net traffic than that.
Well, the difference is that God alledgedly said "thou shalt not kill" but I don't recall the Bible claiming he said "thou shalt not do genetic engineering".
You can only use Einstein's formula for matter-antimatter reactions. Nuclear blasts use fusion or fission, which only releases the mass defect as energy. You could probably blast the atmosphere off Earth with a kilogramm of antimatter.
Had too much Øl lately?
God created us in his image. If he didn't want us to act like him he wouldn't have made us able to.
Aboriginals would disagree, cats make a good meal.
Some farmers sell their stuff for a premium because they are using "natural" methods for farming (don't recall the English term). They have certificates for that. If cross pollination caused your fields to be "infested" with GMO plants you lose that certificate AND you have to pay the patent holder a license fee for "using" their GMOs (while actually the producer or owner of the GMOs should have to pay you damages).
:D
Here in Germany the conservatives push to broaden patent protection on genetically modified plants and prevent GMO infestations from counting as damage (spewing FUD about alienating the GM crop industry without these changes) while the social democrats push for restrictions on patenting organisms and laws to prevent GMO infestations. The stances on genetic modifications for medical purposes are reversed, the cons want to outlaw that while the dems want to further it. I think the situation is the same in the US. That's one of the things you should factor in when determining who to vote for.
for the article: i have a kitten at home, never seen it having any allergies, got the kitten
for free from a neighbour and saved 4k$ appearantly
You got it the wrong way around, these kittens won't trigger a cat hair allergy a human may have.