What would be really interesting would be to compare IQ of:
A. Females vs Guys w/ IQ gene B. Females vs Guys w/o IQ gene
Then we would know whether 1) the females already have the advantage from some other gene, and so aren't affected by having another instance of that effector, or 2) guys really are the only ones with an IQ gene (that we know about).
Actually, I've played-seen small parts of 3 games: PGR3, Call of Duty 2, and King Kong (1).
PGR3: Now, this one I played on a HD projector with surround sound. Multiplayer looks OK, but when you do cockpit mode on single player, it becomes immersive. And I mean immersive. When my friend was driving through a small arch, and didn't take into account that he was sitting on the right of the car, not the left (it was an Atom 300), he hit the edge of the arch. Both of us, fairly hardcore 10+ year gamers, jumped back in our seats. 'nuff said.
Call of Duty 2: Played at the Wal-mart kiosk when waiting in line. I stood next to a locked door, and one of my AI allies started to kick it down. One kick...two kicks...he gets shot full of lead from behind the closed door, his blood turning my screen a smoky red, splinters of the door flying past my face. Holy crap, that was freaking immersive.
King Kong: There's a section of the game where you're two buds have to get a big wooden door open, and a T-rex is coming. You have to lure the T-rex away from them. You have no weapon. You walk about 6 miles per hour, the T-rex 7. There is an arch and some wall sections, and a cliff and some boulders. Otherwise, it's in the open. This thing is stomping toward you, roaring, with a pretty good musical score in the background. It was then that I noticed my heart was beating faster. And this was watching some kid play at the Target kiosk.
I'm no M$ fanboy, but this console should not be dismissed so easily. Especially if you're trying to judge it by the first round of games. Remember, it's a big learning curve with multiple processors. The 2nd round of games this summer and the 3rd round next fall (Halo 3) will be a more accurate measure of the system. Not that I have one. I got 4 and I'm selling them all. I'll buy one after the price cut and Halo 3 comes out.
The poster said that this is a "pretty stern" letter? Did he even RTFL? Seems downright flowery compared to his brief description. Like Condi was coming on to the guy.
This was a pretty dang complex mission to begin with, but it seems the Japanese just aren't very good at space probes. Isn't this the 3rd or 4th failure they've had in the last several years?
Kind of makes you appreciate NASA a little more.
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I really can't believe that anyone takes panspermia seriously. They are saying it's too hard to believe that life originated here, so let's postulate that there's a more hospital place life could have originated. And that life somehow got ejected from its homeworld without being damaged. Then it traveled through empty, 2.3 kelvin or so space for millions, probably billions of years. It somehow stayed alive, or at least intact enough for its genetic material to survive. Then it entered the earth's atmosphere, necessarily at tens of thousands of miles per hour, and survived that, too. And it survived impact with the ground.
Sounds about as plausible as spontaneous generation to me.
But the possiblility of God actually existing is "ridiculous."
I find it very discouraging that scientists, instead of arguing against Intelligent Design, just dismiss it, oft-times virulently. If it were just a religious doctrine, I would understand. But ID is actually heavily laden with Information Theory, which is science. To say it's just saying "well, we can't figure out how it's done, so God must have done it." There is really science in there.
Either way, it should be discussed as such, not vilified Inquisition-style.
My $0.02.
Good point. Actually, I've just been reading Feynman's account of his time on the Rodger's Commission (see 2nd half of book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" It's fantastic, and fleshes out how he got to the bottom of the things he included in the appendix you linked to above.
One way you calculate it is by measuring the theoretical failure rates of the components and then adding/multiplying them accordingly. It's not simple or straightforward to quantify these component failure probabilities, or the relationships between components, but the math is high school.
Vehicle boarding. Sticky nades. Nade chain reactions. The best AI in any game ever. Unbelievable normal mapping (walk around the MP map Zanzibar for 5 minutes!) Great MP level design. A story that actually makes you use your brain a little. The skulls (see HighImpactHalo.org)
And if you didn't have to use creativity and strategy to get through even the first level, you haven't played the real game - Legendary.
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Finally, I scientist who is willing to say "I don't know" about something that is so basic! Kudos to you, intelligent sir!
Before launch, they fill the aft section of the shuttle with dry nitrogen, purging out all other gases.
Perhaps because of the huge number of patents and other new technological work IBM does.
These weren't videos. They were gameplay, by me or a friend.
What would be really interesting would be to compare IQ of:
A. Females vs Guys w/ IQ gene
B. Females vs Guys w/o IQ gene
Then we would know whether 1) the females already have the advantage from some other gene, and so aren't affected by having another instance of that effector, or 2) guys really are the only ones with an IQ gene (that we know about).
Actually, I've played-seen small parts of 3 games: PGR3, Call of Duty 2, and King Kong (1).
PGR3: Now, this one I played on a HD projector with surround sound. Multiplayer looks OK, but when you do cockpit mode on single player, it becomes immersive. And I mean immersive. When my friend was driving through a small arch, and didn't take into account that he was sitting on the right of the car, not the left (it was an Atom 300), he hit the edge of the arch. Both of us, fairly hardcore 10+ year gamers, jumped back in our seats. 'nuff said.
Call of Duty 2: Played at the Wal-mart kiosk when waiting in line. I stood next to a locked door, and one of my AI allies started to kick it down. One kick...two kicks...he gets shot full of lead from behind the closed door, his blood turning my screen a smoky red, splinters of the door flying past my face. Holy crap, that was freaking immersive.
King Kong: There's a section of the game where you're two buds have to get a big wooden door open, and a T-rex is coming. You have to lure the T-rex away from them. You have no weapon. You walk about 6 miles per hour, the T-rex 7. There is an arch and some wall sections, and a cliff and some boulders. Otherwise, it's in the open. This thing is stomping toward you, roaring, with a pretty good musical score in the background. It was then that I noticed my heart was beating faster. And this was watching some kid play at the Target kiosk.
I'm no M$ fanboy, but this console should not be dismissed so easily. Especially if you're trying to judge it by the first round of games. Remember, it's a big learning curve with multiple processors. The 2nd round of games this summer and the 3rd round next fall (Halo 3) will be a more accurate measure of the system. Not that I have one. I got 4 and I'm selling them all. I'll buy one after the price cut and Halo 3 comes out.
global warming.
(ducks)
The poster said that this is a "pretty stern" letter? Did he even RTFL? Seems downright flowery compared to his brief description. Like Condi was coming on to the guy.
I am so thankful that we have network TV to show us the true path to enlightenment. CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox, what would we do without you?
{shuts off TV and walks out into sunshine, rubs eyes, and smiles}
It also separates the wheat from the chaff.
This was a pretty dang complex mission to begin with, but it seems the Japanese just aren't very good at space probes. Isn't this the 3rd or 4th failure they've had in the last several years?
Kind of makes you appreciate NASA a little more.
I really can't believe that anyone takes panspermia seriously. They are saying it's too hard to believe that life originated here, so let's postulate that there's a more hospital place life could have originated. And that life somehow got ejected from its homeworld without being damaged. Then it traveled through empty, 2.3 kelvin or so space for millions, probably billions of years. It somehow stayed alive, or at least intact enough for its genetic material to survive. Then it entered the earth's atmosphere, necessarily at tens of thousands of miles per hour, and survived that, too. And it survived impact with the ground. Sounds about as plausible as spontaneous generation to me. But the possiblility of God actually existing is "ridiculous."
I find it very discouraging that scientists, instead of arguing against Intelligent Design, just dismiss it, oft-times virulently. If it were just a religious doctrine, I would understand. But ID is actually heavily laden with Information Theory, which is science. To say it's just saying "well, we can't figure out how it's done, so God must have done it." There is really science in there. Either way, it should be discussed as such, not vilified Inquisition-style. My $0.02.
You are, quite possibly, the most paranoid person that I have ever thought was after me.
Holy crap, they just forgot to carry the two...
Good point. Actually, I've just been reading Feynman's account of his time on the Rodger's Commission (see 2nd half of book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" It's fantastic, and fleshes out how he got to the bottom of the things he included in the appendix you linked to above.
One way you calculate it is by measuring the theoretical failure rates of the components and then adding/multiplying them accordingly. It's not simple or straightforward to quantify these component failure probabilities, or the relationships between components, but the math is high school.
Yeah! Let's make a rocketship with the same efficiency and effectiveness as the U.N.!
Haha! That's right, our school is now famous for more than just Dante Culpepper.! W00T!
Vehicle boarding.
Sticky nades.
Nade chain reactions.
The best AI in any game ever.
Unbelievable normal mapping (walk around the MP map Zanzibar for 5 minutes!)
Great MP level design.
A story that actually makes you use your brain a little.
The skulls (see HighImpactHalo.org)
And if you didn't have to use creativity and strategy to get through even the first level, you haven't played the real game - Legendary.
It's Congress that can't accept failure. The public understands. NASA sure as heck understands. Congress is the issue.