Kitchen Chemistry, presented by Heston Blumenthal who also runs a restaurant called the Fat Duck which is near(ish) London. Quite expensive but it certainly looks interesting.
Wow. I was reading that thinking that those prices were far too high but then I read the bit about Toronto and it all made sense.
Thankfully it's only about half that price in the UK.
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What stops the bot from pretending to be the swf and just reading the string/images directly from the server side source? The problem with Flash seems to be (in this example) that the obsfucation is done client-side and thus can be easily circumvented. If it was done server-side then what would be the point of using it over an image or a sound file?
Flash is bad from an accessibility point of view because not everyone has it (it might not be available for their platform for example) and even if they did I don't think there are many screen readers/braille interfaces that support it. I admit that I don't know a great deal about development in Flash. What would be the best way to go about making it accessible to those people who are deaf or blind?
My 9600 can play HL: Source at 1600x1200 with full details and max AF/AA. It's a 7 year old game updated with a few shaders and ragdolls. Not too hard to get insane framerates on it.
Also XP (Professional) and 2000 (too young to remember how it was for NT4) allow you to use up to two processors anyway (don't know if they're multicore aware).
Maybe they'll limit the number of cores in Longhorn instead of sockets (especially with this talk of 4 core or more processors).
and they've had this for a while (from at least 2000). All the computers there are old business ones that are now running Red Hat (they even got a little plaque from RH to put up in the lobby) with Citrix connected to Windows NT Terminal Server on top of that.
I used to help out the head IT guy (Tim) at lunch (my nerdishness was secure even back then) by installing RH over the network for the new computers, fixing the mouse if it ever stopped working (by reinstalling the drivers usually) or just copying down the serial numbers of the computer equipment in to the online database they had.
The reviewer complains about the movies chosen but doesn't suggest the clever and deep SF treatments that have appeared. Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf? I mean I love the show and I've read all the authors' books but I'm not so sure about it being clever and deep. Well, maybe the Confidence and Paranoia episode.
This is what I'm doing right now. Well. Should be doing obviously. It's hard work but the company is good and contrary to popular opinion everyone here is pretty much fluent in English. Of course there's the occasional hiccup caused by an over-excited agent or meme that refuses to die ('we will do the needful for you' comes to mind) but it doesn't seem to present much of a barrier to communication. Everyone has extensive V&A training and our calls are regularly monitored by the quality department. Client requirements are very high.
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I believe it has something to do with Google Sitemaps.
Sites that have a sitemap show those links; those that don't, don't.
Call of Cthulhu computer game
Been in development about as long as Duke Nukem Forever.
Kitchen Chemistry, presented by Heston Blumenthal who also runs a restaurant called the Fat Duck which is near(ish) London.
Quite expensive but it certainly looks interesting.
http://www.blogjam.com/2005/07/17/the-fat-duck/
Worth reading lots of the posts there if you like your food. Especially the giant scotch egg and pork pie!
Wow. I was reading that thinking that those prices were far too high but then I read the bit about Toronto and it all made sense.
Thankfully it's only about half that price in the UK.
What stops the bot from pretending to be the swf and just reading the string/images directly from the server side source? The problem with Flash seems to be (in this example) that the obsfucation is done client-side and thus can be easily circumvented. If it was done server-side then what would be the point of using it over an image or a sound file?
Flash is bad from an accessibility point of view because not everyone has it (it might not be available for their platform for example) and even if they did I don't think there are many screen readers/braille interfaces that support it.
I admit that I don't know a great deal about development in Flash. What would be the best way to go about making it accessible to those people who are deaf or blind?
I apologise for taking so long to reply.
You could just write the bot to decompile the .swf file and grab the string (or vector/raster representation of the text) from that.
Flash is a bad format to use for a CAPTCHA from a security and accessibility point of view.
One of my choices...
Oh well. We'll soon see. Sussex looks like it has a good reputation for AI at least.
Which university was that?
I'm starting at Sussex in October and I hope I've made a good choice.
But they've not even released a game using UE3 yet!
Christ...
it cures most deceases
Just like Jesus!
My 9600 can play HL: Source at 1600x1200 with full details and max AF/AA.
It's a 7 year old game updated with a few shaders and ragdolls. Not too hard to get insane framerates on it.
HL2 on the other hand...
First one and then the other.
Don't even get her started on the thong-bikini babes that the male gunmen win as prizes in 'Grand Theft Auto'
You'd think they could find enough sexism in games without making stuff up.
Instead I use a pair of Logitech MX-1000 mice
You must have excellent coordination.
Being a genius doesn't make a person perfect.
It's a good RPG and a solid FPS*.
Depends how you choose to play it.
*Though it runs poorly and has plenty of bugs.
Do you mean this or are you talking about some other vampire based RPG?
Also XP (Professional) and 2000 (too young to remember how it was for NT4) allow you to use up to two processors anyway (don't know if they're multicore aware).
Maybe they'll limit the number of cores in Longhorn instead of sockets (especially with this talk of 4 core or more processors).
and they've had this for a while (from at least 2000).
All the computers there are old business ones that are now running Red Hat (they even got a little plaque from RH to put up in the lobby) with Citrix connected to Windows NT Terminal Server on top of that.
I used to help out the head IT guy (Tim) at lunch (my nerdishness was secure even back then) by installing RH over the network for the new computers, fixing the mouse if it ever stopped working (by reinstalling the drivers usually) or just copying down the serial numbers of the computer equipment in to the online database they had.
Not for too much longer now hopefully.
Nice thing is that the accuracy won't go to crap should another war start.
Fucking hell. If I owned one of those things I'd have nightmares about it.
Can you imagine waking up one night and seeing it skittering under your bed? It'd be just like that bit from Aliens.
It doesn't even work if you browse at -1 like every good mod should do.
Yeah. I guess that's why I'm so looking forward to my flatmate bringing back my Red Dwarf DVD box set. First 4 series baby!
The best comedy they have showing where I'm living is Friends. Yes, it is that bad.
The reviewer complains about the movies chosen but doesn't suggest the clever and deep SF treatments that have appeared. Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf? I mean I love the show and I've read all the authors' books but I'm not so sure about it being clever and deep. Well, maybe the Confidence and Paranoia episode.
This is what I'm doing right now.
Well. Should be doing obviously.
It's hard work but the company is good and contrary to popular opinion everyone here is pretty much fluent in English. Of course there's the occasional hiccup caused by an over-excited agent or meme that refuses to die ('we will do the needful for you' comes to mind) but it doesn't seem to present much of a barrier to communication. Everyone has extensive V&A training and our calls are regularly monitored by the quality department. Client requirements are very high.