Wow, guy, you're a bit harsh for an "armchair astronomer". Next time you try sending a satellite to another planet to look under its surface from hundreds of km above, you let me know. 'Til then, why don't you realize that this is science, the first time this has been done, and it took a hell of a long time and a lot of effort by people who aren't "armchair astronomers" to get to where we are today.
-j
I don't think the site says it's windows only specifically, but it mentions windows and nothing else. That's a bummer, but prob'ly a technical issue: you can't run Linux binaries on a windows machine, after all (well, not without some emulator, that is.) Besides, most people still run some version of windows even if they use other OSs, too.
-j
All I know is that these folks are searching for extraterrestrial life, using some serious math, and yet can't send my long-forgotten password because they changed to BOINC. Yikes. What gives?
-j
I have a MicroATX case made by TTGI/SuperFlower, model SF-101S. I think they still have them at Kasecom -- but if they don't have them there, they're out for good, since TTGI said they're not making it any more. I love this case -- solidly made, very nice finish and it just plain looks nice.
When my folks got their computer they not only didn't know that alternatives existed, they thought that IE was "the Internet". I had to explain to them that it's just a program running on their computer that views HTML pages.
It's similar to AOL's recent marketing, where they say that they listen to their users when they have suggestions on how to "improve the Internet".
-j
Go here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/business/yourmon ey/19digi.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5089&en=05ccc9f8cac 34bbd&ex=1261198800&partner=rssyahoo
The 'partner=rssyahoo' does the trick:)
-j
My taxes -do- pay for NASA (well, at least in part) and I'm a little worried, too. O'Keefe was a self-proclaimed bean counter. In my opinion, if you're going to put someone in the seniormost position of ANYthing, make sure he or she is actually interested in the subject and is that thing's greatest proponent. It's no wonder the Hubble servicing missions were going to be scrapped.
But, with O'Keefe gone, there's now the opportunity for Bush to turn NASA into something that works solely for profit or the military, and less for science. There're practical aspects of space exploration, of course, but IMHO humanity (yes, as a whole:) ) fares a lot better when we work on something for less practical reasons. So, yes, I'm a little worried.
-j
I have to agree w/ what was said about simple being better. But, in any case, I'm a lot more impressed with the ai in H2 compared to H1. My favorite example: when you're trying to get to the bomb in the first scene, and you're about to go outside, two of those worker bees (bees - not sure what the h3ll to call them) show up in the doorway. I plasma 'naded the one on the left, and the one on the right said something like, "you have a grenade on you, brother!" Agreed, it's all scripted. Agreed, it's the output of a load of if/then statements (in essense). It's still cool.
Just got done reading an excellent book about AI in games that includes more detail about what was talked about in the interview - look for "Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games" by John David Funge. An excellent, high-level overview.
-j
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Wow, guy, you're a bit harsh for an "armchair astronomer". Next time you try sending a satellite to another planet to look under its surface from hundreds of km above, you let me know. 'Til then, why don't you realize that this is science, the first time this has been done, and it took a hell of a long time and a lot of effort by people who aren't "armchair astronomers" to get to where we are today. -j
I don't think the site says it's windows only specifically, but it mentions windows and nothing else. That's a bummer, but prob'ly a technical issue: you can't run Linux binaries on a windows machine, after all (well, not without some emulator, that is.) Besides, most people still run some version of windows even if they use other OSs, too. -j
All I know is that these folks are searching for extraterrestrial life, using some serious math, and yet can't send my long-forgotten password because they changed to BOINC. Yikes. What gives? -j
I have a MicroATX case made by TTGI/SuperFlower, model SF-101S. I think they still have them at Kasecom -- but if they don't have them there, they're out for good, since TTGI said they're not making it any more. I love this case -- solidly made, very nice finish and it just plain looks nice.
-j
When my folks got their computer they not only didn't know that alternatives existed, they thought that IE was "the Internet". I had to explain to them that it's just a program running on their computer that views HTML pages. It's similar to AOL's recent marketing, where they say that they listen to their users when they have suggestions on how to "improve the Internet". -j
Right HERE ;)
-j
Go here: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/business/yourmon ey/19digi.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5089&en=05ccc9f8cac 34bbd&ex=1261198800&partner=rssyahoo
The 'partner=rssyahoo' does the trick :)
-j
My taxes -do- pay for NASA (well, at least in part) and I'm a little worried, too. O'Keefe was a self-proclaimed bean counter. In my opinion, if you're going to put someone in the seniormost position of ANYthing, make sure he or she is actually interested in the subject and is that thing's greatest proponent. It's no wonder the Hubble servicing missions were going to be scrapped. But, with O'Keefe gone, there's now the opportunity for Bush to turn NASA into something that works solely for profit or the military, and less for science. There're practical aspects of space exploration, of course, but IMHO humanity (yes, as a whole :) ) fares a lot better when we work on something for less practical reasons. So, yes, I'm a little worried.
-j
I have to agree w/ what was said about simple being better. But, in any case, I'm a lot more impressed with the ai in H2 compared to H1. My favorite example: when you're trying to get to the bomb in the first scene, and you're about to go outside, two of those worker bees (bees - not sure what the h3ll to call them) show up in the doorway. I plasma 'naded the one on the left, and the one on the right said something like, "you have a grenade on you, brother!" Agreed, it's all scripted. Agreed, it's the output of a load of if/then statements (in essense). It's still cool.
-j
Just got done reading an excellent book about AI in games that includes more detail about what was talked about in the interview - look for "Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games" by John David Funge. An excellent, high-level overview. -j