From the link: --- What AGEIA and even game developers envision a PPU will enable for a gamer is a world with physics unlike anything we have seen in a real time game before. We are talking about thousands of rigid bodies, real flowing water, hair simulation, avalanches of rock, clothing simulations and more. Even more impressive is the idea of a universal collision detection system that allows you to interact with absolutely ANYTHING in a game world. All of it calculated in real time with nothing scripted in the game engine.
Sure you might have seen some explosions in a game you have played before, ones that might destroy an entire building. In nearly all cases, those have been scripted, meaning the debris and fire and dust were all created specifically for that explosion scene. Their motions and reactions were probably all scripted so that they went in a particular direction at a particular time and a particular speed. But what if you could have the option of changing that? What if you could have the explostion of a dam on a river be changed in real time depending on YOUR placement of the explosives? You might place them on the very center of the dam, creating a big hole that water rushes through, or instead you might only use a small amount of explosives to destory a small side portion and let water move out more slowly and let the water pressure be the force that eventually destroys the entire dam.
Damn. That would be a cool scene, and I didn't even see a demo of that -- just made it up! --- (end of snip)
If there was ever a clear-cut example of someone in over his head, it's Ballmer. If he hadn't been BG's college buddy, he'd be running a Denny's restaurant somewhere.
NO! Ballmer already proved himself as a WONDERFUL telemarketer! We shouldn't dismiss that possibility!:)
How about a special key (a-la alt-tab) for switching tasks, and a tone (or perhaps sample, like flute / piano / string) to tell you which task you're in?
Of course if you can't understand, press another key and you'll get the same tone/instrument, followed by the task name.
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to DO BODILY HARM... is liable for the resulting acts of BODILY HARM by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses."
You could replace almost ANYTHING. I think they have set a VERY POOR precedent. All IMHO of course...
Actually I think it's a VERY GOOD precedent!
"One who distributes [replacement: A FIREARM] with the object of promoting its use to do BODILY HARM... is liable".
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they could impose a say, 1 or 2 hour limit on the same IP/link... this would be more like a low-pass filter on clicks.
i'ts more about R&D in the spyware area. "Oh, so THAT's how they sneaked into our security!"
:P
If you can't fight them, buy them
for the lazy:
d =140
http://www.pcper.com.nyud.net:8090/article.php?ai
From the link:
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What AGEIA and even game developers envision a PPU will enable for a gamer is a world with physics unlike anything we have seen in a real time game before. We are talking about thousands of rigid bodies, real flowing water, hair simulation, avalanches of rock, clothing simulations and more. Even more impressive is the idea of a universal collision detection system that allows you to interact with absolutely ANYTHING in a game world. All of it calculated in real time with nothing scripted in the game engine.
Sure you might have seen some explosions in a game you have played before, ones that might destroy an entire building. In nearly all cases, those have been scripted, meaning the debris and fire and dust were all created specifically for that explosion scene. Their motions and reactions were probably all scripted so that they went in a particular direction at a particular time and a particular speed. But what if you could have the option of changing that? What if you could have the explostion of a dam on a river be changed in real time depending on YOUR placement of the explosives? You might place them on the very center of the dam, creating a big hole that water rushes through, or instead you might only use a small amount of explosives to destory a small side portion and let water move out more slowly and let the water pressure be the force that eventually destroys the entire dam.
Damn. That would be a cool scene, and I didn't even see a demo of that -- just made it up!
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(end of snip)
Emperor Palpatine wasn't greedy. Neither Vader. They wanted power, not money.
How long before we have a Congressional equivalent?
Oh, but we have. Problem is... they're all Siths. And the greedy kind.
Obviously the mod wasn't paying attention to the article summary when he modded it down.
Gee, what's next? Inserting "in case mods didn't get it" guide after each joke?
+ // Google mods
+ const char* allowed_host = "video.google.com";
+ char * host_found = strstr(p_sys->url.psz_host, allowed_host);
+ if ((host_found == NULL) ||
+ ((host_found + strlen(allowed_host)) !=
+ (p_sys->url.psz_host + strlen(p_sys->url.psz_host)))) {
+ msg_Warn( p_access, "invalid host, only video.google.com is allowed" );
+ goto error;
+ }
+
That's the official part of the google modification (thanks to the guy who pointed to line 389). Now, where was DVD Jon's patch to compare?
If there was ever a clear-cut example of someone in over his head, it's Ballmer. If he hadn't been BG's college buddy, he'd be running a Denny's restaurant somewhere.
:)
NO! Ballmer already proved himself as a WONDERFUL telemarketer! We shouldn't dismiss that possibility!
Sarissa is a cross-platform XML and XSLT library (more like a wrapper actually) for Mozilla and IE.
I'm sure AJAX development can be simplified with sarissa. It won't work with other browsers, of course since not all of them support XSLT.
Does it accept Morse code? :)
Is this more or less what he did?
// if(!running_on_google())
Before:
if(!running_on_google())
After:
"Stupid Process for granting ridiculous patents". I'll become a millionaire! :D
This gives me an idea.
How about a special key (a-la alt-tab) for switching tasks, and a tone (or perhaps sample, like flute / piano / string) to tell you which task you're in?
Of course if you can't understand, press another key and you'll get the same tone/instrument, followed by the task name.
And give up playing Doom 3...???
:)
Heck, with a braille device that would get you REALLY dizzy... unless of course it's designed in MATRIX-style
I thought he wanted his RING back. Oh, wait... he did.
you forgot the (/sarcasm) tag in your post.
:)
-1, troll => +5, funny.
See?
like thru chemical processes store the carbon in the atmosphere?
Or say, *OBEY the Kyoto protocol* in the first place?
A slashdotting?
Bet the radar didn't detect THAT ONE...
Id Software has done this and always takes a bath on the poor sales.
Oh, yeah, Linux users are a MASSIVE representative proportion of PC Gamers. Yeah. Uh huh. *nods* (/sarcasm)
does it make "Nyaaaa!" when stopping?
=^_^=
I know I can't wait to do spreadsheets in 2.8Ghz, 64-bit glory
:)
Yay! At last my genetic spreadsheet won't hang my PC!
. which means that Hollywood should be liable for promoting the use of guns for killing people whenever they show guns being used for killing people ..
not only Hollywood. Videogame makers, too!
Grand Theft Auto, anyone?
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to DO BODILY HARM ... is liable for the resulting acts of BODILY HARM by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses."
... is liable".
You could replace almost ANYTHING. I think they have set a VERY POOR precedent. All IMHO of course...
Actually I think it's a VERY GOOD precedent!
"One who distributes [replacement: A FIREARM] with the object of promoting its use to do BODILY HARM
Think about it.
DR won the case, but the legal fees drove them under.
Shouldn't there be a law where the losing side, if it happens to be a megacorporation, would pay the legal expenses for the small parties if they won?
Don't worry! Solid state hard drives appeared already. Now it's just matter of the price dropping. I give it 5 years.