It allows for multiple tags on pictures, organized how you want. (eg. All pictures that contain me or my dog at the lake). Very easy to use. My favorite part about it is that it doesn't touch your directory structure and doesn't change any file names. The only thing I'm not sure about is how exportable the tags and other information is... Still, I think it's going to be the closest thing you find to what you're looking for.
It's more fun if you have to work for it. Game developers know this. This is also why people who inheret large amounts of money tend to enjoy it more than those who earned it through hard work.
To teach an engineering student to write a lot, it is important that they write about something that interests them (ie. engineering). Creative writing won't help anything. Emphasize clarity, grammar, and organization. Also, grade papers carefully. Be ruthless about weeding out the BS.
How is a virtual world any different? You are running away from hard times in the real world to start anew (sorta) in a virtual world. What if you also have bad luck in the virtual world? Go to another virtual world? Keep running?
I'm speaking generally. There are always exceptions, but I think at most the virtual world should be a short vacation from life, not a replacement.
Once money is involved, people have a vested interest in doing well within the game. This breeds creativity. Unfortunately, much of this creativity is used toward finding other ways of making money that are easier than actually working for it. This is human nature; it can't be avoided. Now there exist thousands of people trying to make real money in a virtual environment. This is scary.
It is scary because the virtual environment doesn't have the same controls that the real world has (Physics, for instance). And most of the controls that it does have are probably imperfect. The most obvious example is death and physical pain. Think about how many choices are made in the world directly to avoid death or physical pain. This doesn't exist in Second Life. Also, there is law enforcement. If this is truly an anarchistic society, then laws don't exist. That include game rules. If i don't like another player, I should be able to kill him (within the game). The scariest part to me is that there will be these abstract indecisive gods (game moderators/administrators) who actually control everything and stop the society from developing and working on its own.
Also, what if the power goes out and all their servers crash or are destroyed? Playing this game requires A LOT of trust in the people running it. Personally, I think it's a fascinating experiment in human nature and economics (though a flawed one), but there's no way I'm going to give them any of my money.
I agree. There are plenty of occasions when I don't feel like playing a game, but would rather watch. Sometimes I'll host a Warcraft 3 game just to watch others play and learn from their strategy. I think this is a giant untapped market (especially for strategy games).
When you watch football, you are entertained by large men slamming into each other, but what holds your interest is studying the strategy (even if it is only subconciously). The same can be true for video games; but with video games, you can actually try out what you just saw on TV. USA is smart to get in on the action early. Of course, as with any new form of entertainment, there is a lot of potential for them to screw this up. Hopefully they don't.
I've been waiting for a decent iCal calendar app for years (web based or otherwise). After experimenting with Sunbird for a while, I decided that it wasn't quite ready. So far, Google's Calendar is a breath a fresh air.
The ability to share Calendars will prove to be the most powerful feature. However, it is important that sharing permissions are very flexible. This means that for each individual event, you have the option to chose who sees it, not just an "all or none" setting. I haven't experimented with the app enough to know if it can do this yet, but if it can't, I hope Google fixes it soon.
the rising popularity in the United States of 'intelligent design' - a controversial creationist theory of life
This "controverial theory" of intelligent design, was the only theory for thousands of years. It's popularity has been shrinking, not rising in the United States. The actual controversial theory here is evolution, even if only because it's such a new idea.
DISCLAIMER: After studying evolution, I believe that it is supported by enough evidence to be considered true.
Re:Explain the fricken 12,000 bucks for this...
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I would think that the bigger fear for Apple would be getting OSX to run on non-Apple hardware. Why pay for the pretty box if all you care about is what is inside?
The problem is that although the web has evolved to include "web applications" and other form of content, the fundamental unit of the web is still the "page". The back, forward, and stop buttons work off of "pages", not executed Javascript functions or server-side script. So until the web fundamentally changes, AJAX will be a very awkward use of the Web.
Yes, the article is broad and vague, but he has many valid points. Since AJAX is more a combination of old technologies peiced together in new ways, than a new technology, of course it should be experimented with and used in many cases.
I think the author is focusing on entire applications written in AJAX. Such as Google's new office suite. It is my understanding that the main appeal of AJAX is that since it runs in a browser, it is run remotely, completely cross-platform and requires no installation on the client side. It is hard to ignore the obvious advantages. However, there must be a better medium than a web browser. It's like building a car out of scrap metal.
If you eat before you see the movie, and just smuggle in a bad of skittles, you just saved yourself $18.
The food has always been outrageous. Luckily, you aren't forced to buy it. It's the ticket prices that are getting ridiculous. It's $10.25 i believe to see a movie at a good stadium seating theater in my city.
There is definitely a line though between copying letters and symbols and answering a comprehensive question. For instance, this may limit registration to only people who know how to spell "vegetable", and who can answer that question in the first place. Also, there are different languages to think about. Do you have different questions for Spanish, English, German, etc.?
Incorrect. Google Earth arose from Keyhole, which was purchased by Google over a year before Google maps came to be.
Keyhole inspired Google maps, not the other way around.
You are right. We should be wary of what google has control of. Most of us (myself included) are still in awe of just about everything google does. Though Wikipedia does go along with their "cataloging of all the world's knowledge" goal, they are still a corporation, that will be controlled more and more by the bottom-line. Wikipedia and other public sites like it, should not be backed by a for-profit company.
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The "car obsessed US" IS google's target market, and they have succeeded once again in simplifying another facet of the cluttered internet app market. It it fast, sleek, and effective. And you can bet that Mapquest, Yahoo!, and Microsoft are frantically trying to come up with something similar.
If terrain maps and satelite images are what you are looking for (similar to http://map.search.ch/), try Keyhole. It's wonderful.
If they were smart, they would publicize it. I'm sure in the 30 years between now and when the asteroid hits, the combined brainpower of ever person on earth could develop a way to destroy or deflect the asteroid.
Think if everyone stopped planning for the future and it missed earth after all. Wouldn't we feel stupid then...
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It allows for multiple tags on pictures, organized how you want. (eg. All pictures that contain me or my dog at the lake). Very easy to use. My favorite part about it is that it doesn't touch your directory structure and doesn't change any file names. The only thing I'm not sure about is how exportable the tags and other information is... Still, I think it's going to be the closest thing you find to what you're looking for.
What exactly were they "testing" the DNA for? Down Syndrome?
I'm pretty sure root is disabled by default in ubuntu. So unless they used sudo to run SIGGRAPH, the system should be safe.
It's more fun if you have to work for it. Game developers know this. This is also why people who inheret large amounts of money tend to enjoy it more than those who earned it through hard work.
James Bond would also be cool
My submissions:
Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq Fu)
General Custer (Custer's Revenge)
and the ball from Arkanoid (Arkanoid)
To teach an engineering student to write a lot, it is important that they write about something that interests them (ie. engineering). Creative writing won't help anything. Emphasize clarity, grammar, and organization. Also, grade papers carefully. Be ruthless about weeding out the BS.
It was a joke...
How is a virtual world any different? You are running away from hard times in the real world to start anew (sorta) in a virtual world. What if you also have bad luck in the virtual world? Go to another virtual world? Keep running?
I'm speaking generally. There are always exceptions, but I think at most the virtual world should be a short vacation from life, not a replacement.
Very good point.
Once money is involved, people have a vested interest in doing well within the game. This breeds creativity. Unfortunately, much of this creativity is used toward finding other ways of making money that are easier than actually working for it. This is human nature; it can't be avoided. Now there exist thousands of people trying to make real money in a virtual environment. This is scary.
It is scary because the virtual environment doesn't have the same controls that the real world has (Physics, for instance). And most of the controls that it does have are probably imperfect. The most obvious example is death and physical pain. Think about how many choices are made in the world directly to avoid death or physical pain. This doesn't exist in Second Life. Also, there is law enforcement. If this is truly an anarchistic society, then laws don't exist. That include game rules. If i don't like another player, I should be able to kill him (within the game). The scariest part to me is that there will be these abstract indecisive gods (game moderators/administrators) who actually control everything and stop the society from developing and working on its own.
Also, what if the power goes out and all their servers crash or are destroyed? Playing this game requires A LOT of trust in the people running it. Personally, I think it's a fascinating experiment in human nature and economics (though a flawed one), but there's no way I'm going to give them any of my money.
I agree. There are plenty of occasions when I don't feel like playing a game, but would rather watch. Sometimes I'll host a Warcraft 3 game just to watch others play and learn from their strategy. I think this is a giant untapped market (especially for strategy games).
When you watch football, you are entertained by large men slamming into each other, but what holds your interest is studying the strategy (even if it is only subconciously). The same can be true for video games; but with video games, you can actually try out what you just saw on TV. USA is smart to get in on the action early. Of course, as with any new form of entertainment, there is a lot of potential for them to screw this up. Hopefully they don't.
I've been waiting for a decent iCal calendar app for years (web based or otherwise). After experimenting with Sunbird for a while, I decided that it wasn't quite ready. So far, Google's Calendar is a breath a fresh air.
The ability to share Calendars will prove to be the most powerful feature. However, it is important that sharing permissions are very flexible. This means that for each individual event, you have the option to chose who sees it, not just an "all or none" setting. I haven't experimented with the app enough to know if it can do this yet, but if it can't, I hope Google fixes it soon.
This "controverial theory" of intelligent design, was the only theory for thousands of years. It's popularity has been shrinking, not rising in the United States. The actual controversial theory here is evolution, even if only because it's such a new idea.
DISCLAIMER: After studying evolution, I believe that it is supported by enough evidence to be considered true.
I would think that the bigger fear for Apple would be getting OSX to run on non-Apple hardware. Why pay for the pretty box if all you care about is what is inside?
The problem is that although the web has evolved to include "web applications" and other form of content, the fundamental unit of the web is still the "page". The back, forward, and stop buttons work off of "pages", not executed Javascript functions or server-side script. So until the web fundamentally changes, AJAX will be a very awkward use of the Web.
Yes, the article is broad and vague, but he has many valid points. Since AJAX is more a combination of old technologies peiced together in new ways, than a new technology, of course it should be experimented with and used in many cases.
I think the author is focusing on entire applications written in AJAX. Such as Google's new office suite. It is my understanding that the main appeal of AJAX is that since it runs in a browser, it is run remotely, completely cross-platform and requires no installation on the client side. It is hard to ignore the obvious advantages. However, there must be a better medium than a web browser. It's like building a car out of scrap metal.
What is 6 x 9?
If you eat before you see the movie, and just smuggle in a bad of skittles, you just saved yourself $18. The food has always been outrageous. Luckily, you aren't forced to buy it. It's the ticket prices that are getting ridiculous. It's $10.25 i believe to see a movie at a good stadium seating theater in my city.
In other words.... RTFP
Incorrect. Google Earth arose from Keyhole, which was purchased by Google over a year before Google maps came to be. Keyhole inspired Google maps, not the other way around.
or straight to dreamweaver (code view)
You are right. We should be wary of what google has control of. Most of us (myself included) are still in awe of just about everything google does. Though Wikipedia does go along with their "cataloging of all the world's knowledge" goal, they are still a corporation, that will be controlled more and more by the bottom-line. Wikipedia and other public sites like it, should not be backed by a for-profit company.
The "car obsessed US" IS google's target market, and they have succeeded once again in simplifying another facet of the cluttered internet app market. It it fast, sleek, and effective. And you can bet that Mapquest, Yahoo!, and Microsoft are frantically trying to come up with something similar.
If terrain maps and satelite images are what you are looking for (similar to http://map.search.ch/), try Keyhole. It's wonderful.
If they were smart, they would publicize it. I'm sure in the 30 years between now and when the asteroid hits, the combined brainpower of ever person on earth could develop a way to destroy or deflect the asteroid.
Think if everyone stopped planning for the future and it missed earth after all. Wouldn't we feel stupid then...