The metaphor refers to an old story about an odd behavior in frogs. If you attempt to place a frog in a pot of hot water it will try to escape, if you place that same frog in a pot of cool water and slowly heat it up to a boil, the frog will supposedly make no attempt to leave.
I enjoyed the original NWN as well as the two expansion packs. While the first expansion (Shadows) pack let you carry over your saved character and all his items, the second (Hordes) stripped you of your possesions while leaving your character intact.
Shadows suffered slightly as most of the new items you came across paled in comparision to your existing wear. Being stripped of all your hard earned loot in Hordes was annoying at first but I found myself having to make due with what was available and started getting caught up in re-equipping my character. Oddly enough this made the game less tedious as I was actively interested in what enemies dropped. It seems like a small thing but it made a huge difference.
Perhaps because if you're able to "regurgitate" solutions you can concentrate on the problem at hand as opposed to making sure your figures are correct?
While it's critical that a student understands the concept of multiplication it is just as important to memorize their times tables.
Calculating in your head that 6x7=42 wastes time and risks error and the only way to 'know' that 6x7=42 is to drill, repeatedly.
It's quite simple really, let's say a thief breaks into a house and in the course of rooting through your belongings finds evidence that you've committed a more serious crime, for the sake of argument lets say copyright infringement:).
Not wanting to be caught he leaves an anonymous tip with a reporter, who reports the story in the local paper.
It's the leaker who's commited a crime, not the journalist.
This is because almost all plane crashes happen either on takeoff, landing or an emergency landing over water/fields. This plane smashed headlong into a large blast resistant building.
A quick google image search on "Wreckage from Flight 77" reveals plenty of smaller pieces clearly from an aeroplane.
Sigh, this has been reported a million times, pre 09/11 Norad had very limited ability to track non transponding aircraft within continental North America. Think of the coverage as a donut, with the most effective sensors on the outside. NORAD was originally designed to track objects trying to enter US airspace, not objects originating from it.
The delay for Smash Bros. may be intentional. This was a 'must have' game for the Cube but as mentioned previously does not really take advantage of the Wii's unique features. Perhaps Nintendo thought it best to launch games that highlight the controller first before bringing in the tried and true favourites.
Is anyone else concerned that your activities are being monitored even in single player games?
The flip side to this reward system is that companies will be able to tell when you most often play games, what games you play and how long you play in one sitting.
No offence to the good people that work at blockbuster, but I'm not handing over my ipod to the people that work there. I can already see the "Blockbuster is not responsible for loss of data, cosmetic or electrical damage caused to your device during transfer" fine print.
Not to mention the Tarintino wannabe desk jockey with a chip on his shoulder after you try to rent Navy Seals or somesuch.....
Before you all go apeshit I just want to let you know that these cans were produced in Sony's pre-evil stage. Sony first made them in 1985 and hasn't seen fit to make any changes since (even brand new models come with the same manual from '85).
They're earmuff style, but they do allow enough ambient noise in that you won't miss much. Just be sure to avoid the MDR-V600s/700s/800s which look almost identical but are a classic example of how quality has slipped at Sony since the 80s.
I had a bit of trouble finding them until I checked Froogle
The Alternative is called picking your battles. The EFF is taking a Hail Mary pass approach to it's lawsuits. Sure taking on AT&T looks great and gets you a lot of press but you're just not going to win unless they make a huge tactical error.
Instead you take a page from the *IAA Big Book o' Lawsuits. Go after the bottom of the food chain (Grokster anyone?). Find cases where smaller independant or regional telecoms/isps have given up data, and go after them, building precedent to use for later cases.
I think you're missing the point, Nintendo wanted to make it as easy as possible to get online and play.
The DS is a portable system. As such if you want it to "work" you appeal to the lowest common denominator. A DS will be up and running automatically on any unsecured AP, which sadly makes up the vast majority.
Currently WPA has at least 5 iterations, while it is undoubtedly more secure than WEP, it is also a nightmare to support.
This sounds like a cheap way to get new ideas, not that there's anything wrong with that. I once went to a job interview and one of the questions was "How would you implement a trackerless bittorrent protocol?" I had to laugh and say "If I knew how to do that I sure as hell wouldn't give it away in an interview"
The practice of red flagging books (no pun intended) has been around for a long time now but as Morgan Freeman said in the movie Seven; "99 times out of a hundred it's a student doing a research paper"
Why would the Dept. of Homeland Security tip their hand in such a visible fashion? Perhaps the agents themselves are uncomfortable with the practice and are seeking to shed light on it?
TFA explains that the particular version he was looking for was not available. So he filled out a request for the inter-library exchange. My local library has a similar feature and the phone number is used to send an automated call when the book/media is available. This is important as if the requested item is not picked up within a day it goes to the next person on the waiting list.
Almost all newer model LG phones come with a rudimentary GPS unit in them. Some models (5550) even allow you to see your co-ordinates. I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes more common, why build up a whole new tracking infrastructure when a proven one already exists.
In only the broadest sense of the term does the U.S. control the internet. They are certainly the country with the most influence, but they have little control over the inner workings. The U.N. might as well be asking the U.S. to relinquish control over the Coca Cola Corporation*.
Also as the recent spats between Tier 1s have shown us, the internet is vulnerable but highly adaptive. Connections were impacted for only a brief time and no long term damage was done. It's not perfect by any means but the U.N. isn't providing any solutions besides "Once we run things it will be better".
*Side note* reading up a little on the relationship between then government and Coca Cola Inc is loads of fun, political intrique, espionage, and killing communism oh my.
My only explanation for the ridiculous price is that they must be looking at the sales of ringtones (which with my carrier can cost up to $3.00 plus download fees). If people are stupid enough to pay that much for a polyphonic midi of a song then they might have a niche business. If they're trying to compete with iTunes they're in for a big surprise. People rarely buy more than a half dozen ringtones whereas ITMS users purchase entire albums at a go.
Is there a music exec sitting in an office somewhere giggling to himself saying "Wait till Apple gets a load of this!!"?
Irreducible Complexity IS an example that something contrary to science should be taught.
The basic premise of the theory is "Here is an example of a simple organ that detects light, here is the human eye. The structures in the human eye are somuch more complex and intermingled with each other that it is impossible for it to have evolved on its own SO STOP TRYING"
Basic science looks at the two organs and wonder "How did one become the other, especially with one subsystem being so dependant on the other?" the difference is that the scientist keeps failing and keeps trying again. If he continues to fail he does not throw up his hands and say "it must have been designed that way". He continues his research.
Forgive my childishness but people that support Irreducible Complexity simply do not have the fortitude for proper research and have constructed a quick fix.
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No string betting sir, player calls.
The metaphor refers to an old story about an odd behavior in frogs. If you attempt to place a frog in a pot of hot water it will try to escape, if you place that same frog in a pot of cool water and slowly heat it up to a boil, the frog will supposedly make no attempt to leave.
I enjoyed the original NWN as well as the two expansion packs. While the first expansion (Shadows) pack let you carry over your saved character and all his items, the second (Hordes) stripped you of your possesions while leaving your character intact.
Shadows suffered slightly as most of the new items you came across paled in comparision to your existing wear. Being stripped of all your hard earned loot in Hordes was annoying at first but I found myself having to make due with what was available and started getting caught up in re-equipping my character. Oddly enough this made the game less tedious as I was actively interested in what enemies dropped. It seems like a small thing but it made a huge difference.
Perhaps because if you're able to "regurgitate" solutions you can concentrate on the problem at hand as opposed to making sure your figures are correct?
While it's critical that a student understands the concept of multiplication it is just as important to memorize their times tables.
Calculating in your head that 6x7=42 wastes time and risks error and the only way to 'know' that 6x7=42 is to drill, repeatedly.
It's quite simple really, let's say a thief breaks into a house and in the course of rooting through your belongings finds evidence that you've committed a more serious crime, for the sake of argument lets say copyright infringement :).
Not wanting to be caught he leaves an anonymous tip with a reporter, who reports the story in the local paper.
It's the leaker who's commited a crime, not the journalist.
This is because almost all plane crashes happen either on takeoff, landing or an emergency landing over water/fields. This plane smashed headlong into a large blast resistant building.
A quick google image search on "Wreckage from Flight 77" reveals plenty of smaller pieces clearly from an aeroplane.
Sigh, this has been reported a million times, pre 09/11 Norad had very limited ability to track non transponding aircraft within continental North America. Think of the coverage as a donut, with the most effective sensors on the outside. NORAD was originally designed to track objects trying to enter US airspace, not objects originating from it.
The delay for Smash Bros. may be intentional. This was a 'must have' game for the Cube but as mentioned previously does not really take advantage of the Wii's unique features. Perhaps Nintendo thought it best to launch games that highlight the controller first before bringing in the tried and true favourites.
You're suggesting that a few questionable comments justify marking the entire posting history of a user to be downmodded?
Insulting an editor magically converts my year old comments on UNIX Scripting from Insightful to Troll?
You control Snake.
Snake Fights Pyscho Mantis.
Psycho Mantis takes over the controller and makes it vibrate
So you're fighting against the controller.
I just had a vision of Balmer searching a large empty room screaming "DEVELOPERS? DEVELOPERS??"
Is anyone else concerned that your activities are being monitored even in single player games?
The flip side to this reward system is that companies will be able to tell when you most often play games, what games you play and how long you play in one sitting.
As a Canadian I totally agree with NHL players being allowed to play in the Olympics.
As a Canadian I am totally opposed to NBA players being allowed to play in the Olympics.
No offence to the good people that work at blockbuster, but I'm not handing over my ipod to the people that work there. I can already see the "Blockbuster is not responsible for loss of data, cosmetic or electrical damage caused to your device during transfer" fine print.
Not to mention the Tarintino wannabe desk jockey with a chip on his shoulder after you try to rent Navy Seals or somesuch.....
Before you all go apeshit I just want to let you know that these cans were produced in Sony's pre-evil stage. Sony first made them in 1985 and hasn't seen fit to make any changes since (even brand new models come with the same manual from '85).
They're earmuff style, but they do allow enough ambient noise in that you won't miss much. Just be sure to avoid the MDR-V600s/700s/800s which look almost identical but are a classic example of how quality has slipped at Sony since the 80s.
I had a bit of trouble finding them until I checked Froogle
The Alternative is called picking your battles. The EFF is taking a Hail Mary pass approach to it's lawsuits. Sure taking on AT&T looks great and gets you a lot of press but you're just not going to win unless they make a huge tactical error.
Instead you take a page from the *IAA Big Book o' Lawsuits. Go after the bottom of the food chain (Grokster anyone?). Find cases where smaller independant or regional telecoms/isps have given up data, and go after them, building precedent to use for later cases.
I think you're missing the point, Nintendo wanted to make it as easy as possible to get online and play.
The DS is a portable system. As such if you want it to "work" you appeal to the lowest common denominator. A DS will be up and running automatically on any unsecured AP, which sadly makes up the vast majority.
Currently WPA has at least 5 iterations, while it is undoubtedly more secure than WEP, it is also a nightmare to support.
This sounds like a cheap way to get new ideas, not that there's anything wrong with that. I once went to a job interview and one of the questions was "How would you implement a trackerless bittorrent protocol?" I had to laugh and say "If I knew how to do that I sure as hell wouldn't give it away in an interview"
Needless to say I didn't hear from them.
The practice of red flagging books (no pun intended) has been around for a long time now but as Morgan Freeman said in the movie Seven; "99 times out of a hundred it's a student doing a research paper"
Why would the Dept. of Homeland Security tip their hand in such a visible fashion? Perhaps the agents themselves are uncomfortable with the practice and are seeking to shed light on it?
TFA explains that the particular version he was looking for was not available. So he filled out a request for the inter-library exchange. My local library has a similar feature and the phone number is used to send an automated call when the book/media is available. This is important as if the requested item is not picked up within a day it goes to the next person on the waiting list.
Almost all newer model LG phones come with a rudimentary GPS unit in them. Some models (5550) even allow you to see your co-ordinates. I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes more common, why build up a whole new tracking infrastructure when a proven one already exists.
In only the broadest sense of the term does the U.S. control the internet. They are certainly the country with the most influence, but they have little control over the inner workings. The U.N. might as well be asking the U.S. to relinquish control over the Coca Cola Corporation*.
Also as the recent spats between Tier 1s have shown us, the internet is vulnerable but highly adaptive. Connections were impacted for only a brief time and no long term damage was done. It's not perfect by any means but the U.N. isn't providing any solutions besides "Once we run things it will be better".
*Side note* reading up a little on the relationship between then government and Coca Cola Inc is loads of fun, political intrique, espionage, and killing communism oh my.
I do believe HAL 9000's tamper resistant code kicked into high gear around hour 2 of 2001.
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that"
My only explanation for the ridiculous price is that they must be looking at the sales of ringtones (which with my carrier can cost up to $3.00 plus download fees). If people are stupid enough to pay that much for a polyphonic midi of a song then they might have a niche business. If they're trying to compete with iTunes they're in for a big surprise. People rarely buy more than a half dozen ringtones whereas ITMS users purchase entire albums at a go.
Is there a music exec sitting in an office somewhere giggling to himself saying "Wait till Apple gets a load of this!!"?
Irreducible Complexity IS an example that something contrary to science should be taught.
The basic premise of the theory is "Here is an example of a simple organ that detects light, here is the human eye. The structures in the human eye are somuch more complex and intermingled with each other that it is impossible for it to have evolved on its own SO STOP TRYING"
Basic science looks at the two organs and wonder "How did one become the other, especially with one subsystem being so dependant on the other?" the difference is that the scientist keeps failing and keeps trying again. If he continues to fail he does not throw up his hands and say "it must have been designed that way". He continues his research.
Forgive my childishness but people that support Irreducible Complexity simply do not have the fortitude for proper research and have constructed a quick fix.