Not to mention, both the Austin sniper and Lee Harvey Oswald were trained in the military. But throw suspicion at a government agency that trains people to kill? Noooo, the media want scapegoats that the patriotic citizens fear...
Funny thing how they mention anything but the U.S. Army game.
(Note: I realize the vast majority of servicemen are not like Oswald, and are usually nice guys.)
Do not worry, Henry Smith of Liverpool, we will be to flat 23 shortly to have a pleasant chat with you about your interesting ideas. Don't bother getting up, we'll let ourselves in. . . .
Heh, tell me about it. My mom took a flight on a regional jet at 1am, and the *pilot* didn't show up because he was confused about the day/time. It might've been because of the daylight savings time switch, but still... Thankfully only took them a couple of hours to get the pilot there.
So, I guess they can piss off 600 passengers at a time now?:P
You're forgetting the other side of the abortion debate, whose catchphrase is "keep your laws out of my uterus".
I'm on the liberal side, and I support giving this (or any) vaccine to anyone who requests it for themselves or their kids, but I don't support mandating it for every schoolchild. It's like the difference between giving out free contraceptives and requiring it by law. Something this important requires free choice, not the heavy hand of government making the correct choice for you. This is even if you might make the wrong choice.
Seriously, if we really gave a damn about cancer prevention, we'd outlaw all tobbacco first. I doubt Texas would do that, though.
You jest, but in fact North Korea has been reported to have a hacker and cyberwarfare unit with several hundred members, possibly many more. Given that NK has very little in the way of computer infrastructure, it's likely mostly designed for attack of their main enemies, SK, US and Japan.
Now, whether they have any talent is an open question, but the military seems to be about the only thing that works well there...
Agree about Bullfrog. Given the times, we could *really* use a new Syndicate game... and Magic Carpet was one of the coolest games, ever:)
It seems that Theme Park, at least, is getting a modern port for the Nintendo DS. I will definitely be getting that gem when it comes out. I remember playing the demo that came with the first issue of PC Gamer endlessly back in '94:P
Well, I just picked up a copy of Yggdra Union for the GBA, and can report that it's definitely not another iteration of a franchise. It's not an original concept, a tactical RPG with turn-based strategy and cards, but it's a unique combination of those.
Plus, it's got the wierdest name I've ever seen for a game:) It made me think of Yggdrasil Linux, how many other games can do that?
Dude, get a Nintendo DS(Lite) - the platform is getting all the good adventures that are made these days.
Trace Memory - Serious mystery where you're a kid trying to uncover your family's past. Pheonix Wright - Mostly humorous game where you play a defence attorney with 4 or 5 cases to solve. Touch Detective - Cartoonish detective game.
There's also a new Star Trek ship simulator for the DS, too. And the new Mario Vs. Donkey Kong game is a Lemmings-style game, something we haven't seen in a while.
The DS seems to be where all the innovative or gameplay-centered development is taking place these days.
While you do a good overview of the "strict constructionist" viewpoint, you overlook some points.
The constitution has been stretched in its interpretation since its birth, even by the founding fathers themselves. From wikipedia: West Point:George Washington quickly realized the need for a national military academy, but his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson argued that there was no provision in the Constitution which allowed for the creation of a military academy. However, when Jefferson became president, he signed legislation establishing the United States Military Academy on March 16, 1802;
And let's not forget the Whiskey Rebellion, when Washington basically used the federal militia to round up tax evaders.
Face it, it's the goal of every administration to gather up more power; in fact I can't think of any that have given up any significant powers it had. Lincoln and FDR at least had the excuse of a major war and depression to gather their powers.
Woo, another Portlander... Portland State University's had a campus-wide wireless thing for a while now, at least couple of years. It's acceptable - they don't seem to cap even bittorrent, and the bandwidth is good.
OTOH, I hear from my friends in the networking dept. that security on the regualr network in general is a mess outside of the most important stuff like student records and mail. Mostly they have problem with random faculty members putting up their own servers or demanding school servers, and getting them compromised.
Actually, camera phones do have uses beyond taking fuzzy pictures of your drunk friends. Unfortunately they don't seem to be coming over to the states for some reason.
If you've seen any Japanese magazines or websites lately, you'll notice square barcode-type things on some ads or sites. See the bottom left of this site. They allow you to use your phone camera to take a pic, then your camera web browser goes to an address encoded in the pic without having to type in the address. Basically the same thing Cue:Cat did, but on commodity hardware.
Okay, now you're thinking, "So what? I can get ads easier?", but there are other uses for the technology, too. I've heard some European countries have methods of paying for stuff using a cell phone, where you take a pic of a barcode like that, and the price is charged to your cell account.
Basically, don't just think of it as "A crappy camera glued to a cell phone", but as "An optical sensor attached to a pervasivly-networked device". There is a world of possibility in using it as an input device for ubiquitous computing. Where other attempts to make computer interaction seamless in the real world have failed, the camerphone might succeed because it uses technology that is useful for other things (camera + phone, regular printer + ink), and widely adopted by the public already. It's all a matter of software to make it useful, no new harware needed.
As usual, no one bothers to read even the linked page...
The result is that with 8 probes, each with 8 subprobes ~4% of the Galaxy can be explored in 9.57*10^{9} years. Increasing the number of probes to 200, still with 8 subprobes each, reduces the exploration time to 4*10^{8} years.
So, 400,000,000 for 4% of the galaxy.
Second, I'm not sure that even self-replicating probes would solve the problem - you'd have to either: 1) slow down to the speed of whatever you're mining, then make probes and then send them out with enough fuel to speed back up, which is also going to take time, or 2) just try to send probes in ways that match speeds with some matter that happens to be going the same way you are. Either way, I'm not sure the economics (in terms of resources, not money) for self-replicating probes makes them any faster in the long run.
The problem is those are both moral judgements that try to assign blame or innocence.
I think the reality is more basic - humans will take whatever is the easiest path to the most wealth. If society offers a way to do so without violence, they will. If the society is too stratified and rigid, they will step outside the law to do it.
We can judge individuals based on those actions, but we should not be suprised if people with less opurtunities are more likely to turn to crime.
I think bigger problems are:
- How does Vader know Luke is his son? The force? If so, why doesn't he guess about Leia, who he meets before?
- Why no mention of Vader knowing Luke's family?
- Why does Ben leave Luke in Tatooine and Leia with the royal family of Alderaan?
- Why does Ben say that Vader hunted down all the Jedi, when it's clear the Emperor himself was behind it?
- Why doesn't Ben warn Luke that one of the Sith will probobly try to get Luke to join him and betray the other, when it's pretty clear that's what they tend to do?
- Why no mention at all of a trade federation (ok, it was in the Solo & Lando books...), Yoda being a senior council member, Luke & Leia's mom being a princess of Naboo, celibacy requirements of Jedi, and it being a major reason for Anakin's downfall, etc.
The Qui-gon thing is kind of an obvious plot device needed if you need a disposable main character, like Seska from Star Trek VI. When they introduce a new major character like that, it's a dead giveaway that they're not going to last the film.
Hmm, no one seems to have mentioned whether the iPhone can "squirt" anything to the Zune, since they're both wi-fi based. If only we can get iPhone to squirt MP3s to the Zune, we can probobly create some sort of matter-antimatter explosion of cool and uncool, thereby reversing the laws of physics.
Agreed, but I only really wanted a better iPod, to replace the B&W screen 20-gig I have right now. Been waiting for a bigger-screened video iPod, but I guess I won't get one now. I'm not going to switch my phone provider, and pay extra for a feature I don't really want.
The big screen and the touch interface are cool, as is the fact it runs OS X, but the rest are just things you can find in any 3G phone. I thought the virtue of the iPod brand was the simplicity and ease of use it offered, not cramming in features I can find elsewhere (already in my pocket, no less).
I can only hope that this iPhone thing is to limit the consumer crush on their supplies while they work the kinks out and get started, like the first Mac-only iPods. Hopefully within a year they'll release one that doesn't have a phone, and is just a kick-ass iPod.
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Not to mention, both the Austin sniper and Lee Harvey Oswald were trained in the military. But throw suspicion at a government agency that trains people to kill? Noooo, the media want scapegoats that the patriotic citizens fear...
Funny thing how they mention anything but the U.S. Army game.
(Note: I realize the vast majority of servicemen are not like Oswald, and are usually nice guys.)
Do not worry, Henry Smith of Liverpool, we will be to flat 23 shortly to have a pleasant chat with you about your interesting ideas. Don't bother getting up, we'll let ourselves in.
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(I love DNS lookup...)
Heh, tell me about it. My mom took a flight on a regional jet at 1am, and the *pilot* didn't show up because he was confused about the day/time. It might've been because of the daylight savings time switch, but still... Thankfully only took them a couple of hours to get the pilot there.
:P
So, I guess they can piss off 600 passengers at a time now?
That should be every American's solution to DST - Move to Kyushu!
You're forgetting the other side of the abortion debate, whose catchphrase is "keep your laws out of my uterus".
I'm on the liberal side, and I support giving this (or any) vaccine to anyone who requests it for themselves or their kids, but I don't support mandating it for every schoolchild. It's like the difference between giving out free contraceptives and requiring it by law. Something this important requires free choice, not the heavy hand of government making the correct choice for you. This is even if you might make the wrong choice.
Seriously, if we really gave a damn about cancer prevention, we'd outlaw all tobbacco first. I doubt Texas would do that, though.
3% would have compared the phone to a Cadillac Escalade.
How many times do I need to tell people, the iPhone isn't a truck, it's a series of tubes...
Don't worry, despite its scary name, the "Electronic Pearl Harbor" won't ACTUALLY be as bad as the movie.
Don't worry, I'm working on fixing that. - Darl McBride
Geez, is 2002 retro already? That's younger than my Slashdot account!
In 2002...
iPods were hot
Google was cool
Mozilla 1.0 was released
Oh yes, things are *totally* different now.
Now, if only someone would invent a spider that could kill, then you won't be able to escape either on the internet...
"killspider -9 Anonymous Coward"
You jest, but in fact North Korea has been reported to have a hacker and cyberwarfare unit with several hundred members, possibly many more. Given that NK has very little in the way of computer infrastructure, it's likely mostly designed for attack of their main enemies, SK, US and Japan.
Now, whether they have any talent is an open question, but the military seems to be about the only thing that works well there...
Agree about Bullfrog. Given the times, we could *really* use a new Syndicate game... and Magic Carpet was one of the coolest games, ever :)
:P
It seems that Theme Park, at least, is getting a modern port for the Nintendo DS. I will definitely be getting that gem when it comes out. I remember playing the demo that came with the first issue of PC Gamer endlessly back in '94
Well, I just picked up a copy of Yggdra Union for the GBA, and can report that it's definitely not another iteration of a franchise. It's not an original concept, a tactical RPG with turn-based strategy and cards, but it's a unique combination of those.
:) It made me think of Yggdrasil Linux, how many other games can do that?
Plus, it's got the wierdest name I've ever seen for a game
Dude, get a Nintendo DS(Lite) - the platform is getting all the good adventures that are made these days.
Trace Memory - Serious mystery where you're a kid trying to uncover your family's past.
Pheonix Wright - Mostly humorous game where you play a defence attorney with 4 or 5 cases to solve.
Touch Detective - Cartoonish detective game.
There's also a new Star Trek ship simulator for the DS, too. And the new Mario Vs. Donkey Kong game is a Lemmings-style game, something we haven't seen in a while.
The DS seems to be where all the innovative or gameplay-centered development is taking place these days.
While you do a good overview of the "strict constructionist" viewpoint, you overlook some points.
The constitution has been stretched in its interpretation since its birth, even by the founding fathers themselves. From wikipedia: West Point: George Washington quickly realized the need for a national military academy, but his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson argued that there was no provision in the Constitution which allowed for the creation of a military academy. However, when Jefferson became president, he signed legislation establishing the United States Military Academy on March 16, 1802;
And let's not forget the Whiskey Rebellion, when Washington basically used the federal militia to round up tax evaders.
Face it, it's the goal of every administration to gather up more power; in fact I can't think of any that have given up any significant powers it had. Lincoln and FDR at least had the excuse of a major war and depression to gather their powers.
Sex.
;)
But then, some people might not get any
Woo, another Portlander... Portland State University's had a campus-wide wireless thing for a while now, at least couple of years. It's acceptable - they don't seem to cap even bittorrent, and the bandwidth is good.
OTOH, I hear from my friends in the networking dept. that security on the regualr network in general is a mess outside of the most important stuff like student records and mail. Mostly they have problem with random faculty members putting up their own servers or demanding school servers, and getting them compromised.
Anyway, the school is okay, network-wise.
Actually, camera phones do have uses beyond taking fuzzy pictures of your drunk friends. Unfortunately they don't seem to be coming over to the states for some reason.
If you've seen any Japanese magazines or websites lately, you'll notice square barcode-type things on some ads or sites. See the bottom left of this site. They allow you to use your phone camera to take a pic, then your camera web browser goes to an address encoded in the pic without having to type in the address. Basically the same thing Cue:Cat did, but on commodity hardware.
Okay, now you're thinking, "So what? I can get ads easier?", but there are other uses for the technology, too. I've heard some European countries have methods of paying for stuff using a cell phone, where you take a pic of a barcode like that, and the price is charged to your cell account.
Basically, don't just think of it as "A crappy camera glued to a cell phone", but as "An optical sensor attached to a pervasivly-networked device". There is a world of possibility in using it as an input device for ubiquitous computing. Where other attempts to make computer interaction seamless in the real world have failed, the camerphone might succeed because it uses technology that is useful for other things (camera + phone, regular printer + ink), and widely adopted by the public already. It's all a matter of software to make it useful, no new harware needed.
As usual, no one bothers to read even the linked page...
The result is that with 8 probes, each with 8 subprobes ~4% of the Galaxy can be explored in 9.57*10^{9} years. Increasing the number of probes to 200, still with 8 subprobes each, reduces the exploration time to 4*10^{8} years.
So, 400,000,000 for 4% of the galaxy.
Second, I'm not sure that even self-replicating probes would solve the problem - you'd have to either: 1) slow down to the speed of whatever you're mining, then make probes and then send them out with enough fuel to speed back up, which is also going to take time, or 2) just try to send probes in ways that match speeds with some matter that happens to be going the same way you are. Either way, I'm not sure the economics (in terms of resources, not money) for self-replicating probes makes them any faster in the long run.
The problem is those are both moral judgements that try to assign blame or innocence.
I think the reality is more basic - humans will take whatever is the easiest path to the most wealth. If society offers a way to do so without violence, they will. If the society is too stratified and rigid, they will step outside the law to do it.
We can judge individuals based on those actions, but we should not be suprised if people with less opurtunities are more likely to turn to crime.
I think bigger problems are:
- How does Vader know Luke is his son? The force? If so, why doesn't he guess about Leia, who he meets before?
- Why no mention of Vader knowing Luke's family?
- Why does Ben leave Luke in Tatooine and Leia with the royal family of Alderaan?
- Why does Ben say that Vader hunted down all the Jedi, when it's clear the Emperor himself was behind it?
- Why doesn't Ben warn Luke that one of the Sith will probobly try to get Luke to join him and betray the other, when it's pretty clear that's what they tend to do?
- Why no mention at all of a trade federation (ok, it was in the Solo & Lando books...), Yoda being a senior council member, Luke & Leia's mom being a princess of Naboo, celibacy requirements of Jedi, and it being a major reason for Anakin's downfall, etc.
The Qui-gon thing is kind of an obvious plot device needed if you need a disposable main character, like Seska from Star Trek VI. When they introduce a new major character like that, it's a dead giveaway that they're not going to last the film.
Hmm, no one seems to have mentioned whether the iPhone can "squirt" anything to the Zune, since they're both wi-fi based. If only we can get iPhone to squirt MP3s to the Zune, we can probobly create some sort of matter-antimatter explosion of cool and uncool, thereby reversing the laws of physics.
Let's get crackin'!
As for why the 360 isn't doing too well, Nintendo reps were quoted as saying, "Oooh, American controller SO BIG, Japanese wii-mote SO SMALL".
The rep then dropped his pants and displayed his wii-mote.
Oh crap, *I'm* a redheaded teen! *Please* tell me your search included the word "girl".
If not... I'll give you some pix if you send your credit card # to...
Agreed, but I only really wanted a better iPod, to replace the B&W screen 20-gig I have right now. Been waiting for a bigger-screened video iPod, but I guess I won't get one now. I'm not going to switch my phone provider, and pay extra for a feature I don't really want.
The big screen and the touch interface are cool, as is the fact it runs OS X, but the rest are just things you can find in any 3G phone. I thought the virtue of the iPod brand was the simplicity and ease of use it offered, not cramming in features I can find elsewhere (already in my pocket, no less).
I can only hope that this iPhone thing is to limit the consumer crush on their supplies while they work the kinks out and get started, like the first Mac-only iPods. Hopefully within a year they'll release one that doesn't have a phone, and is just a kick-ass iPod.