That's probably not a good idea. If you do program the robot to patrol around the mines, it won't take them long to figure out the pattern to walk safely through the mine field (not saying that there is one, but still you don't want to give away the locations of the mines). I know they still have to deal with the robot and that all the noise would basically nullify any attempt to walk south, but why give them any hints?
It's interesting how radically different school programs are, my EE degree was 174 credits... no senior design project tho... I had to do a major designt project for EACH of my core classes. I'm still hard-pressed to find another school in the US that comes close to this requirements.
The Walkman wasn't a format, so that would be relevant only if Sony brought us the audio cassette too.
I agree it wasn't a format but it still innovated in the area of portable audio. The argument is innovation.
And it was Sony who had the vision to invest in the CD and decided to partner with Philips probably because of development costs.
Philips did not come up with the CD, the Original development and prototype was built by James Russel at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory of Battelle Memorial Institute.
Here's the link on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Russell
Cingular became the largest provider via the aquisition of ATT wireless, and still the difference is less than 5 percentage points. If Verizon wireless were to by Sprint, the marketplace would show (as you have interestingly described)belatedly, that CDMA has won.(at least in the US)
I know I'm going off-topic here(please bear with me...)
I agree with the first 2, the third, I'm neutral, but GSM superior to CDMA?? Not really, CDMA is more efficent spectrum-wise, while GSM is more efficient power-wise, this is due to the basic design of the technology, GSM is still based on time segmentation on a fixed bandwith channel (hence the better battery life since the transmitter is switching between on and off), CDMA is adjusting channel bandwith on the fly, but to be able to do this they must have the transmitter on all the time. Because of this, CDMA can actually fit more callers on the assigned spectrum than GSM will ever be able to. (I would say they are even since both have advantages and disadvantages). GSM was chosen because it was a smoother(and cheaper) transition from previous TDMA/Analog systems. Right now the best format would be WCDMA/UMTS which takes the best of both worlds.
Having said that, there's not enough information to determine which is the better format. Until we can find a better testing platform (meaning a dual player) and the discs have the same codecs/contents we cannot make a fair assessment on which one s better. (And it will probably be a subjective decision)
Have we forgotten that Sony was the company who brought us the Walkman? and along with Phillips the CD?(Based on technology developed by Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Sony has a proven track of innovation, however I admit that the have lost their way in the past few years.
NO, we're not concerned about the source code. The concern is that Sourcefire is responsible of providing the IDS signatures for its customers, some of them in the government. Now stop and think a little bit about this... a foreign company is controlling the signatures for our IDS...
Put your black hat on and think, I'm trying to hack X network, but guess what, the Owner of X network contracts me to develop his IDS rules... hmmmm... PWN3d!!
Are you an extraterrestrial being then? As far as I know Arecibo P.R. is still a place in our world, the planet called Earth. (Although I must admit that I don't know your race's language or planet designations...)
Even if you paid in cash, if you filled in the warranty card, they have it.
This implies YOU submitted the information and in this case they keep this information for warranty purposes. Don't want to be in their DB, pay cash and don't send in the warranty card; end of issue!
All these points are based upon assumptions. We don't have enough facts to accurately replicate the situation and conditions. Granted those assumptions are based upon educated guesses but, that's all they are, guesses, we don't know if indeed that was their train of thought. The only real and 100% acceptable answer for this is simple: we don't know. All we can do is speculate based on *our* train of thought.
Don't worry about it, the purpose of the majority of the game designers is to make money. Most of the game/console manufacturers design their ad campaigns to impact the 15-25 age range. In that age group the call to fame amongst gaming friend is "My console/game graphics are better than yours!!" As the age increases you start worrying about gameplay and entertainment value. Historically there's nothing better than a limitation to drive innovation. When photo realism is achieved, they will be forced to innovate on the gameplay side to be able to sell games.
All algorithms are crackable; its just a matter of time. And that's the key word, when you use encryption you are just delaying the time that it will take un-authorized people to access the info. The trick is to extend that time long enough that the information has become unusable or useless. It will be cracked but by the time you do, you have invested 100 times more money in resources that the information is worth.
We just got one step closer to the inevitable merger between consoles and gaming PC's. With HDTV soon to become the dominant TV platform the "advantage" of gaming PC's (graphic-wise at least) will dissapear. Already some consoles are running modified Linux versions, Its just a matter of time for developers to start adapting or creating productivity suites for the consoles.
This would be a great opportunity to address the security concerns over RSS in very big lab. Using Longhorn as a test platform and counting on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop market might provoke positive reactions from AV and seurity software developers.
I agree that the PC games are more than video; but the reality is that consoles are becoming and will become more capable as the years go by, taking away the advantages of the PC. It's only a matter of time for developers to write some application/productivity software for the consoles.
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That's probably not a good idea. If you do program the robot to patrol around the mines, it won't take them long to figure out the pattern to walk safely through the mine field (not saying that there is one, but still you don't want to give away the locations of the mines). I know they still have to deal with the robot and that all the noise would basically nullify any attempt to walk south, but why give them any hints?
Just my $0.02
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It's interesting how radically different school programs are, my EE degree was 174 credits... no senior design project tho... I had to do a major designt project for EACH of my core classes. I'm still hard-pressed to find another school in the US that comes close to this requirements.
I agree it wasn't a format but it still innovated in the area of portable audio. The argument is innovation. And it was Sony who had the vision to invest in the CD and decided to partner with Philips probably because of development costs.
Philips did not come up with the CD, the Original development and prototype was built by James Russel at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory of Battelle Memorial Institute. Here's the link on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Russell
Cingular became the largest provider via the aquisition of ATT wireless, and still the difference is less than 5 percentage points. If Verizon wireless were to by Sprint, the marketplace would show (as you have interestingly described)belatedly, that CDMA has won.(at least in the US)
I know I'm going off-topic here(please bear with me...)
I agree with the first 2, the third, I'm neutral, but GSM superior to CDMA?? Not really, CDMA is more efficent spectrum-wise, while GSM is more efficient power-wise, this is due to the basic design of the technology, GSM is still based on time segmentation on a fixed bandwith channel (hence the better battery life since the transmitter is switching between on and off), CDMA is adjusting channel bandwith on the fly, but to be able to do this they must have the transmitter on all the time. Because of this, CDMA can actually fit more callers on the assigned spectrum than GSM will ever be able to. (I would say they are even since both have advantages and disadvantages). GSM was chosen because it was a smoother(and cheaper) transition from previous TDMA/Analog systems. Right now the best format would be WCDMA/UMTS which takes the best of both worlds.
Having said that, there's not enough information to determine which is the better format. Until we can find a better testing platform (meaning a dual player) and the discs have the same codecs/contents we cannot make a fair assessment on which one s better. (And it will probably be a subjective decision)
Have we forgotten that Sony was the company who brought us the Walkman? and along with Phillips the CD?(Based on technology developed by Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Sony has a proven track of innovation, however I admit that the have lost their way in the past few years.
NO, we're not concerned about the source code. The concern is that Sourcefire is responsible of providing the IDS signatures for its customers, some of them in the government. Now stop and think a little bit about this... a foreign company is controlling the signatures for our IDS...
Put your black hat on and think, I'm trying to hack X network, but guess what, the Owner of X network contracts me to develop his IDS rules... hmmmm... PWN3d!!
Are you an extraterrestrial being then? As far as I know Arecibo P.R. is still a place in our world, the planet called Earth. (Although I must admit that I don't know your race's language or planet designations...)
Or at least until they figure out a way to use the Cisco Trust Agent agent to distribute the virus/worm/trojan or any other kind of malicious code.
Even if you paid in cash, if you filled in the warranty card, they have it.
This implies YOU submitted the information and in this case they keep this information for warranty purposes. Don't want to be in their DB, pay cash and don't send in the warranty card; end of issue!
All these points are based upon assumptions. We don't have enough facts to accurately replicate the situation and conditions. Granted those assumptions are based upon educated guesses but, that's all they are, guesses, we don't know if indeed that was their train of thought. The only real and 100% acceptable answer for this is simple: we don't know. All we can do is speculate based on *our* train of thought.
Don't worry about it, the purpose of the majority of the game designers is to make money. Most of the game/console manufacturers design their ad campaigns to impact the 15-25 age range. In that age group the call to fame amongst gaming friend is "My console/game graphics are better than yours!!" As the age increases you start worrying about gameplay and entertainment value. Historically there's nothing better than a limitation to drive innovation. When photo realism is achieved, they will be forced to innovate on the gameplay side to be able to sell games.
All algorithms are crackable; its just a matter of time. And that's the key word, when you use encryption you are just delaying the time that it will take un-authorized people to access the info. The trick is to extend that time long enough that the information has become unusable or useless. It will be cracked but by the time you do, you have invested 100 times more money in resources that the information is worth.
...with all registered participants singing kumbaya.
I think now is a good time to remind people that sitting down and doing nothing could not have prevented this.
Maybe its not the preferred method but unfortunately its the only language they(terrorists) speak.
We just got one step closer to the inevitable merger between consoles and gaming PC's. With HDTV soon to become the dominant TV platform the "advantage" of gaming PC's (graphic-wise at least) will dissapear. Already some consoles are running modified Linux versions, Its just a matter of time for developers to start adapting or creating productivity suites for the consoles.
This would be a great opportunity to address the security concerns over RSS in very big lab. Using Longhorn as a test platform and counting on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop market might provoke positive reactions from AV and seurity software developers.
is futile; all your devices will be assimilated!!
I guess the device didn't expect the slashdot storm!
I agree that the PC games are more than video; but the reality is that consoles are becoming and will become more capable as the years go by, taking away the advantages of the PC. It's only a matter of time for developers to write some application/productivity software for the consoles. LAS