I think that the difference between orbital and suborbital is one of speed, not altitude. I'll let some one who knows for sure back me up or prove me wrong.
You have taken my meaning out of context and used as fuel for an invalid argument based on the semantics of the word "stealing" to support an out of date and largely ignored point of view that getting things for free helps commerce.
It would have been more productive if you had decided to infer the meaning from my post that I clearly meant to convey.
But since I'm right about the situation, you wouldn't really do that because disagreeing with the fact that breaking intellectual property laws is healthy for commerce would require you to be illogical and therefore irrelavent.
I should point out that a healthy industry is not an excuse for stealing intellectual property.
Cop: "You're under arrest for stealing TV's from Sears!"
Crook: "What? But Sears posted a 13% profit increase in the 3rd quarter! They can afford this!"
That doesn't work.
I don't see why they should be pushed to do anything. NVidia is a company, and thus is interested in making money. There's no money in Linux gaming technology because doing things for free (er..Open Source Development) is not a good business model.
I think this is an oversimplication. Translating your easy to understant english into workable AI code is the inherent challange of AI in the first place. If all programmers had to do was reach your level of logic, they could design the most complicated AI ever just by saying:
1) do whatever me want
For instance, try applying this principle to the 3D engine. You could break down things into something like:
"Duh, 3D engines are simple. Just program it to:
1) perform game logic
2) render scene"
When in reality, it takes months of work to implement those two "simple" ideas.
I thought DOOM was a christian game? I really thought I was helping Jesus by murdering Satan's minions. I was the archangel of righteous shotgun punishment! BOO YA!
In other news, this reader prefers his heavy metal, rock and roll, pornography, junk food, and brutally violent video games.
[/me renews his subscription of playboy]
I was raised in a fundamentalist christian home and didn't manage to throw off that oppressive intellectual yoke until I was 21 years old. My 21 years as a "born again" christian have taught me that Christianity is wrong, it is backwards, it is founded on the worst kinds of mysticism and collectivism, and is no better than Islam or any other religion in any way shape or form. My intimate experience with religion has caused me to now believe that, while people may practice whatever backwards mysticism they want on their own time, religious people should be banned from all forms of government service, religion should be stricken from public influence, and all laws based on a religious principle should be, at the very least, re-examined.
I love my parents, but one I took control of my own brain, I realized they were crazy.
I predict that very few gamers will buy into these games, and that the general christian public does not like games enough in the first place to financially support the genre.
Actually, all of the Wolfenstein games and almost all games dealing with Nazism are or at least were at one time banned in Germany. I read that in Masters of Doom (the story of ID software). They discussed how all of their early work was banned in Germany. It was interesting. I guess Germany has (or had) a law prohibiting Nazi symbolism in the media.
In other news, Satan has filed an official complaint against ID Ssoftware for the unfair and unlicensed portrayal of his dark minions in the DOOM series. ID Software released a brief statement, saying "IDDQD, motherfucker!"
I sort of disagree. While I think soccer is horribly boring, (it looks like a bunch of ants kicking around an aspirin,) and I love playing computer games, I would still rather watch soccer than a Counter-Strike match.
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I buy them if I need to learn about something they cover. I am confident enough in my intelligence not to be put off by a silly book name.;)
Call me old fashioned, but I'm still terribly impressed by the fact that they were travelling faster than an M-16 bullet. God damn, that's pretty sweet.
And like many previous posters stated, I am impressed that they are open about the failures and sucesses of their project. I've never understood the secrecy surrounding science. It's counter productive.
It is great to see private individuals reach for achievements such as this. I hope it goes well for them. Personally, I find the private space race to be quite compelling and inspiring. It is a testament to ingenuity and individualism (i.e. we don't need a big collective or nebulous government agency to achieve somethign great. Rather, just the vision of an intelligent individual and his or her ability to organize and lead a talented team).
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I think that the difference between orbital and suborbital is one of speed, not altitude. I'll let some one who knows for sure back me up or prove me wrong.
You have taken my meaning out of context and used as fuel for an invalid argument based on the semantics of the word "stealing" to support an out of date and largely ignored point of view that getting things for free helps commerce.
It would have been more productive if you had decided to infer the meaning from my post that I clearly meant to convey.
But since I'm right about the situation, you wouldn't really do that because disagreeing with the fact that breaking intellectual property laws is healthy for commerce would require you to be illogical and therefore irrelavent.
I should point out that a healthy industry is not an excuse for stealing intellectual property. Cop: "You're under arrest for stealing TV's from Sears!" Crook: "What? But Sears posted a 13% profit increase in the 3rd quarter! They can afford this!" That doesn't work.
I don't see why they should be pushed to do anything. NVidia is a company, and thus is interested in making money. There's no money in Linux gaming technology because doing things for free (er..Open Source Development) is not a good business model.
I think this is an oversimplication. Translating your easy to understant english into workable AI code is the inherent challange of AI in the first place. If all programmers had to do was reach your level of logic, they could design the most complicated AI ever just by saying: 1) do whatever me want For instance, try applying this principle to the 3D engine. You could break down things into something like: "Duh, 3D engines are simple. Just program it to: 1) perform game logic 2) render scene" When in reality, it takes months of work to implement those two "simple" ideas.
I thought DOOM was a christian game? I really thought I was helping Jesus by murdering Satan's minions. I was the archangel of righteous shotgun punishment! BOO YA! In other news, this reader prefers his heavy metal, rock and roll, pornography, junk food, and brutally violent video games. [/me renews his subscription of playboy] I was raised in a fundamentalist christian home and didn't manage to throw off that oppressive intellectual yoke until I was 21 years old. My 21 years as a "born again" christian have taught me that Christianity is wrong, it is backwards, it is founded on the worst kinds of mysticism and collectivism, and is no better than Islam or any other religion in any way shape or form. My intimate experience with religion has caused me to now believe that, while people may practice whatever backwards mysticism they want on their own time, religious people should be banned from all forms of government service, religion should be stricken from public influence, and all laws based on a religious principle should be, at the very least, re-examined. I love my parents, but one I took control of my own brain, I realized they were crazy. I predict that very few gamers will buy into these games, and that the general christian public does not like games enough in the first place to financially support the genre.
Actually, all of the Wolfenstein games and almost all games dealing with Nazism are or at least were at one time banned in Germany. I read that in Masters of Doom (the story of ID software). They discussed how all of their early work was banned in Germany. It was interesting. I guess Germany has (or had) a law prohibiting Nazi symbolism in the media.
In other news, Satan has filed an official complaint against ID Ssoftware for the unfair and unlicensed portrayal of his dark minions in the DOOM series. ID Software released a brief statement, saying "IDDQD, motherfucker!"
I sort of disagree. While I think soccer is horribly boring, (it looks like a bunch of ants kicking around an aspirin,) and I love playing computer games, I would still rather watch soccer than a Counter-Strike match.
I buy them if I need to learn about something they cover. I am confident enough in my intelligence not to be put off by a silly book name. ;)
Call me old fashioned, but I'm still terribly impressed by the fact that they were travelling faster than an M-16 bullet. God damn, that's pretty sweet. And like many previous posters stated, I am impressed that they are open about the failures and sucesses of their project. I've never understood the secrecy surrounding science. It's counter productive.
It is great to see private individuals reach for achievements such as this. I hope it goes well for them. Personally, I find the private space race to be quite compelling and inspiring. It is a testament to ingenuity and individualism (i.e. we don't need a big collective or nebulous government agency to achieve somethign great. Rather, just the vision of an intelligent individual and his or her ability to organize and lead a talented team).
Microsoft has been kicking a significant amount of ass without following your advice. I think they will survive somehow in the future.