I think when we see the tanker truck blow up, the Power Rangers jump-kicking someone in the chest, or Neo fly through the air like Superman, we understand it's fiction. It's called "suspension of disbelief." It's what makes movies enjoyable. No one is really going to think that these things happen as regularly (or at all) in real life as they do in the movies.
But the power rangers were established as having super powers, and superhero stuff generally gets a pass and sits more in the fantasy realm anyway. Neo did most of his tricks inside a virtual reality where the laws of phsycis are defined by the programmer and redefined by the hacker.
Lots of artistic things are done to improve the quality of the movie that don't necessarily translate to real life.
Agreed here. Too many film geeks complain about "innaccuracies" when what really happened was artistic license. The orientation of moon phases is a common one. Even "2001" gets dinged for that.
Most are just Victorian era bullshit that mindlessly criminalizes selected behavior between consenting adults, and gives cops and politicians someplace to get their jollies becuase they just like to mess with people's lives. You think cops would rather bust up violent street gangs or stake out an Asian massage parlor?
Alcohol? That's OK. Mary-Jane? Oh noes! The reefer madness will pwn you! Two adults trading money for sex? Tsk tsk! Add a camera crew and sell the video? Oh, well, it's OK now. Huh?
Go build a road or a bridge or something, G-Man, and leave me and my poker and my pot and my whores alone. It's none of your fartsucking business beyond taxing them.
Human: "Oooh, look at me! I've got an enlarged Broca's region in my frontal lobe! DE-FENSE!" Zuniceratops: "Oh yeah? Well how about this--BAM, the ole' horn in the eye!"
Human: Oh, we have those, too. They're smaller, but they travel faster from these bow things we invented, and we can hit you from 100 feet away. (Arrow "thwip" sound) Zuniceratops: Ow! My eye! (Arrow "thwip" sound) Zuniceratops: Ow! My other eye! Human: Ha ha ha! We're going to eat you! Zuniceratops: Noooooo! Human: And use your balls as an aphrodesiac. Zuniceratops: OK, now that was unnecessary. Human: And *these* are spears! (woosh!) Zuniceratops: Argh!
You get a better, quicker bang for the buck reducing methane. It's a bigger culprit in warming, and cycles out of the environment in less than a decade.
So, I guess you need to build a vegetarian computer.
Here's my appraoch to new Windows versions
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Is Vista a Trap?
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· Score: 2
1. Wait for SP1 2. Wait for SP2... N. Wait for SPN N+1. New version of Windows, GOTO 1
Wonder if that GOTO will give any of the old timers nostalgia attacks
That's why I was thinking the of having it embedded in the kit. A little Virtex-4, EEPROM and a JTAG port with serial cable and you're good to go.
Lantronix sells these neat Ethernet to serial port bridges. The device handles all the Ethernet. You just have to do the serial port stuff, which is trivial in an FPGA. It's not a big pipe, but it's great for control and command stuff. I put them in everything I design now to Ethernet enable them.
The amazon one isn't too bad. The one I used as a kid thousands of years ago had wires you stuck into little springs. This one has a real breadboard area, an LCD and look at that nifty little keyboard!:)
Actually, I could use one of these things at work when I need a quick and dirty test fixture to provide some simple control signals. Cheaper than having our assembly area cobble something together.
They ought to make one with a small FPGA on it. And an Ethernet to serial port bridge to explore networking.
The payout trays are basically large hollow bells, specifically engineered to give the sharpest, clearest, most distinctive sound possible at the drop of every coin.
I think that may be on the way out. I was in Vegas last year, and the slots are almost all paper now. You put in dollars or coins, and, if you win, get paid in a printed receipt that you bring to the cashier. The receipts also have a bar code so you can put it in another machine. Much better for the old biddies instead of lugging around buckets of coins.
I imagine it cuts the costs of dealing with billions of coins every week and it's convenient for the slot players.
I think some use magnetic cards, but didn't see any of those.
...the control system. Based on the reviews I have read, when it's done right, it's wonderful, but if it's done not so right, the game can be nigh unplayable. There's also some emerging quips about the last gen graphics.
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But hey, it's just the potential end of the world, so nothing much to worry about there.
So maybe the rest of the world can chip in?
I think when we see the tanker truck blow up, the Power Rangers jump-kicking someone in the chest, or Neo fly through the air like Superman, we understand it's fiction. It's called "suspension of disbelief." It's what makes movies enjoyable. No one is really going to think that these things happen as regularly (or at all) in real life as they do in the movies.
But the power rangers were established as having super powers, and superhero stuff generally gets a pass and sits more in the fantasy realm anyway. Neo did most of his tricks inside a virtual reality where the laws of phsycis are defined by the programmer and redefined by the hacker.
Lots of artistic things are done to improve the quality of the movie that don't necessarily translate to real life.
Agreed here. Too many film geeks complain about "innaccuracies" when what really happened was artistic license. The orientation of moon phases is a common one. Even "2001" gets dinged for that.
In theory, if a room were to be coated with this material,
Any woman you brought home would pull out her mace and back slowly out the door.
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What's a comcas tissue? Is that a pr0n thing?
Most are just Victorian era bullshit that mindlessly criminalizes selected behavior between consenting adults, and gives cops and politicians someplace to get their jollies becuase they just like to mess with people's lives. You think cops would rather bust up violent street gangs or stake out an Asian massage parlor?
Alcohol? That's OK. Mary-Jane? Oh noes! The reefer madness will pwn you! Two adults trading money for sex? Tsk tsk! Add a camera crew and sell the video? Oh, well, it's OK now. Huh?
Go build a road or a bridge or something, G-Man, and leave me and my poker and my pot and my whores alone. It's none of your fartsucking business beyond taxing them.
Human: "Oooh, look at me! I've got an enlarged Broca's region in my frontal lobe! DE-FENSE!"
Zuniceratops: "Oh yeah? Well how about this--BAM, the ole' horn in the eye!"
Human: Oh, we have those, too. They're smaller, but they travel faster from these bow things we invented, and we can hit you from 100 feet away.
(Arrow "thwip" sound)
Zuniceratops: Ow! My eye!
(Arrow "thwip" sound)
Zuniceratops: Ow! My other eye!
Human: Ha ha ha! We're going to eat you!
Zuniceratops: Noooooo!
Human: And use your balls as an aphrodesiac.
Zuniceratops: OK, now that was unnecessary.
Human: And *these* are spears!
(woosh!)
Zuniceratops: Argh!
You get a better, quicker bang for the buck reducing methane. It's a bigger culprit in warming, and cycles out of the environment in less than a decade.
So, I guess you need to build a vegetarian computer.
1. Wait for SP1 ...
2. Wait for SP2
N. Wait for SPN
N+1. New version of Windows, GOTO 1
Wonder if that GOTO will give any of the old timers nostalgia attacks
I add that many many many people don't actually want to live in West Gopher.
Are you posting that as a downside or an upside? ;-)
The problem with places like Sioux Falls, SD or Graham, NC is that there's nothing there.
Sounds glorious. :)
That's why I was thinking the of having it embedded in the kit. A little Virtex-4, EEPROM and a JTAG port with serial cable and you're good to go.
Lantronix sells these neat Ethernet to serial port bridges. The device handles all the Ethernet. You just have to do the serial port stuff, which is trivial in an FPGA. It's not a big pipe, but it's great for control and command stuff. I put them in everything I design now to Ethernet enable them.
The amazon one isn't too bad. The one I used as a kid thousands of years ago had wires you stuck into little springs. This one has a real breadboard area, an LCD and look at that nifty little keyboard! :)
Actually, I could use one of these things at work when I need a quick and dirty test fixture to provide some simple control signals. Cheaper than having our assembly area cobble something together.
They ought to make one with a small FPGA on it. And an Ethernet to serial port bridge to explore networking.
The payout trays are basically large hollow bells, specifically engineered to give the sharpest, clearest, most distinctive sound possible at the drop of every coin.
I think that may be on the way out. I was in Vegas last year, and the slots are almost all paper now. You put in dollars or coins, and, if you win, get paid in a printed receipt that you bring to the cashier. The receipts also have a bar code so you can put it in another machine. Much better for the old biddies instead of lugging around buckets of coins.
I imagine it cuts the costs of dealing with billions of coins every week and it's convenient for the slot players.
I think some use magnetic cards, but didn't see any of those.
Have you seen the state of some of our cities? West Gopher Hole doesn't sound so bad sometimes.
If they say it is all for peaceful use, I believe them until the contrary appears.
Yeah, well, remember to "duck and cover" when that contrarian moment happens.
Our (United States) government does nothing for us (the people).
For fuck's sake, most of the federal budget is entitlements and crap. What more do you want?
http://nationalpriorities.org/images/stories/chart spage/TotalOutlaysFY2006.gif
I got Linux running on a motorized abacus powered by squirrels.
Then I got Windows CE running on an ancient Mayan claendar.
Then, utilizing quantum states, I got Mac OS 9 running on a single electron.
I rule! Bow to me! Argh!
It was also in the The Beyond where FTL worked, thus eliminating the delay issue.
but then again, there are a ton of pianists out there.
Wait... so there are only between 10 and 20 pianists out there?
Looker is an old movie about digitizing actors and then killing them. It is finally becoming technically possible.
Nonsense. It's been possible to kill actors for years.
To be honest, this might be preferred to the overpaid, pampered meat sacks we have now. Maybe movies would become an artform again.
Anyone that has deep moral qualms over digital movie effects has absolutely no sense of perspective.
Why NOT be green?
Because, as a great philosopher once said, it's not easy being green.
...the control system. Based on the reviews I have read, when it's done right, it's wonderful, but if it's done not so right, the game can be nigh unplayable. There's also some emerging quips about the last gen graphics.
Or even worse, the hacker cuts into your porn with some boring conversation.