Some games that have, IMO, succeeded in the polish department, have done so because they by design don't require many assets or they can "borrow" from another game (commercial or not), to get them started while new content is generated . If I was to start an amateur OSS game project, I'd try to keep that in mind. A good example of the former is naev, and of the latter, openTTD.
Panguite (IMA 2010-057), (Ti4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3, is a new titania, occurring as fine-grained crystals with Ti-rich davisite in an ultra-refractory inclusion within an amoeboid olivine inclusion from the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite.
A titanium-bearing mineral has been accepted into the International Mineralogical Asoc.'s catalgoue. Chondrites are a class of meteorites, the important part being that they are supposed to have formed as such and were not part of a larger body. (No evidence of impact or melting). Some carbonaceous meteorites have large (several mm diameter) grains of material which were formed in vacuum, in particular those of the CV subtype. This particular meteorite's chrondrules (that's what those grains are called) contain refractory (i.e. heat-resistant) material in the amoeboid (rounded, irregular shape) olvine inclusions. Olivine is a basic ( = low silica content) mineral series common in celestial bodies (also the inner earth) and very suceptible to weathering, that is, exposure to water. Altered olivine has been found in fragments of meteorites from mars, which is the reason it is believed that there once was a water on that planet. But that's another story.
The nova story makes no sense, as an almost native speaker of Spanish, I'd never read "Nova" as "no va", yet alone use "no va" instead on "no marcha" or "no anda" when referring to a car. But I can provide you with an alternative myth: The Mitsubishi Pajero is sold around here as "Montero" (maybe in the US, too?) because "pajero" is a pejorative term that could be translated as "wanker" in Spanish (or at least some dialects thereof).
Meh. Come on, I don't come to slashdot to read comments of people who have some actual experience of the matters discussed. You are ruining all the fun.
Seriously, that used to be my configuration. But now I have ditched that and use a way more mainstream, albeit oldish PC. On neither did the games work very well. Even those that don't seem so demanding in terms of resources. (Samorost 2?)
My bad. Cogs did work on my android phone, not very fluidly, but worked. Didn't try it on the (debian) desktop. And yes, perhaps I am expecting too much from my oldish hardware, but there are many games that I thought should work (notice that those that don't are not necessarily the ones with the fanciest graphics).
That is exactly what I intend to do from now on. Pay $5 to the charities and up the amount if the games work and I feel they are worth it. The thing is, it is not so much about the money as it is about waiting for the download to complete, fiddle around with the installers, browse forums looking for answers, and the general frustration about things not working.
Tempting offer, but past experience indicates (for me, at least) I get only 50% of my games worth: Games that I tried & worked: World of Goo, Lugaru HD, Aquaria, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans, Cortex Command, Frozen Synapse, VVVVVV, Steel Storm, Avadon, Canabalt, Cogs, Darwinina, Multiwinia, Uplink, Dungeons of Dredmor
Games that didn't work, despite my efforts (and sometimes insistence trying to get support): Gish, Penumbra: Overture, Samorost 2, Braid, Machinarium, Trine, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor, Jack Claw, SpaceChem, Trauma, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, Hammerfight, Zen Bound 2
Games that were promised but never actually released: Splot
That said, World of Goo, Frozen Synapse & Dungeons of Dredmor alone were worth all the frustration.
"Proper native Linux port"... maybe but more often its just some flash thingy that runs very poorly. In my experience you have to count on half or more of any given bundle's games not working.* It is really a blind guess, and support is awful. This time I am going to pay $5 or so (to charity) and only up the amount later, if the games run.
*Notable exception: the introversion/dredmor bundle
Because of the thousands of potentially great programmers that are not working in the field? It's like the good male programmers would be displaced if the female-to-male ratio was even, it would (hopefully) be the bad ones, if any.
On a different topic, I see you are currently at "+3, Troll": very, very close to attaining the coveted holy grail of slashdothood, the "+5 Troll". Well done.
Not sure if you are serious, but April != March. And, yeah, it probably has happened before, but the point is, we don't have data on what consequences this will have.
I, for one, would prefer there was an alternative to Android & iOS. Both those systems have a lot of problems, and a little competition could help everyone (the customers, mostly). Nokia's excelent reputation, justified or not, could certainly accomplish that.
What that alternative should be-- not sure. Apparently not WP, but Mer/Tizen, perhaps? Or are those doomed to remain vaporware?
Actually I think the OP has an advantage in comparison to people who just go into CS. He or she could potentially find a niche where cross-field skills and knowledge are needed, i.e. where people with computer-oriented degrees fail to understand the semantics of problems.
My own experience is similar: while studying earth sciences, I have being paying the rent programming for prof's scientific projects. They prefer to hire me than a CS student, despite the former's far more advanced technical skills, because I (usually) understand what it is all about.
Forced was used if the guy snatched it out of the paparazzo's hands.
IANAL, but I see three issues here: - The destruction (or damage, at least) of the $500 phone and possibly its contents. - The use of force. - The obstruction of a perfectly lawful action - taking a photograph in a public place.
As a guy who enjoys shooting and looking at street photography, IMO the last one is the most severe offense. A few hundred bucks and a scare is nothing in comparison to the potential erosion to artistic and journalistic freedom if this behaviour is accepted.
There are even less combinations, because the minimum number of dots is, if I remember correctly, 4. Plus, some you can't "skip" dots, e.g. you cant go from the upper left to the lower right without activating the middle dot.
How many combinations exactly are possible is left as an exercise for the reader.
You probably already have decided you want that camera, but if I were you, I would invest in glass first (keeping your current body or getting a cheap one) & only later upgrade the camera. Decent to good lenses might last you many decades, the body will be obsolete in 5 years. A entry level DSLR is as almost as good as the top-tier ones, anyways, barring build quality.
If you can build a laser with enough power, focal distance and cooling to do significant damage at.6 lightseconds you're going to mop the floor with anyone attempting to use kinetics at that range.
That is going to be a major issue in space combat. How do you get rid of the heat? It wouldn't surpise me if it would boil down to who can keep a cool environment the longest. Unless you fit your craft with gigantic radiators. But those would be suceptible to kinetic damage, from torpedos and the like.
Actually, the roadster looked cool (lotus influence?) -- but the Model S ans now X are rather disappointing design-wise. The internal workings may be innovative, but the exterior look is neither groundbreakingly novel nor good looking in a more classical sense, IMO.
Anyways, don't know what the fuzz is about. Neither is a good photo, (Bleargh, selective color) or very original (I am sure there are zillions of pics of London's landmarks).
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Some games that have, IMO, succeeded in the polish department, have done so because they by design don't require many assets or they can "borrow" from another game (commercial or not), to get them started while new content is generated . If I was to start an amateur OSS game project, I'd try to keep that in mind. A good example of the former is naev, and of the latter, openTTD.
Panguite (IMA 2010-057), (Ti4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3, is a new titania, occurring as fine-grained crystals with Ti-rich davisite in an ultra-refractory inclusion within an amoeboid olivine inclusion from the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite.
A titanium-bearing mineral has been accepted into the International Mineralogical Asoc.'s catalgoue. Chondrites are a class of meteorites, the important part being that they are supposed to have formed as such and were not part of a larger body. (No evidence of impact or melting).
Some carbonaceous meteorites have large (several mm diameter) grains of material which were formed in vacuum, in particular those of the CV subtype. This particular meteorite's chrondrules (that's what those grains are called) contain refractory (i.e. heat-resistant) material in the amoeboid (rounded, irregular shape) olvine inclusions. Olivine is a basic ( = low silica content) mineral series common in celestial bodies (also the inner earth) and very suceptible to weathering, that is, exposure to water. Altered olivine has been found in fragments of meteorites from mars, which is the reason it is believed that there once was a water on that planet. But that's another story.
You can check past contests yourself, including solutions.
The nova story makes no sense, as an almost native speaker of Spanish, I'd never read "Nova" as "no va", yet alone use "no va" instead on "no marcha" or "no anda" when referring to a car. But I can provide you with an alternative myth: The Mitsubishi Pajero is sold around here as "Montero" (maybe in the US, too?) because "pajero" is a pejorative term that could be translated as "wanker" in Spanish (or at least some dialects thereof).
Meh. Come on, I don't come to slashdot to read comments of people who have some actual experience of the matters discussed.
You are ruining all the fun.
Dual Opteron 240s ;-)
Seriously, that used to be my configuration. But now I have ditched that and use a way more mainstream, albeit oldish PC. On neither did the games work very well. Even those that don't seem so demanding in terms of resources. (Samorost 2?)
My bad. Cogs did work on my android phone, not very fluidly, but worked. Didn't try it on the (debian) desktop.
And yes, perhaps I am expecting too much from my oldish hardware, but there are many games that I thought should work (notice that those that don't are not necessarily the ones with the fanciest graphics).
That is exactly what I intend to do from now on. Pay $5 to the charities and up the amount if the games work and I feel they are worth it. The thing is, it is not so much about the money as it is about waiting for the download to complete, fiddle around with the installers, browse forums looking for answers, and the general frustration about things not working.
Tempting offer, but past experience indicates (for me, at least) I get only 50% of my games worth:
Games that I tried & worked: World of Goo, Lugaru HD, Aquaria, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans, Cortex Command, Frozen Synapse, VVVVVV, Steel Storm, Avadon, Canabalt, Cogs, Darwinina, Multiwinia, Uplink, Dungeons of Dredmor
Games that didn't work, despite my efforts (and sometimes insistence trying to get support): Gish, Penumbra: Overture, Samorost 2, Braid, Machinarium, Trine, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor, Jack Claw, SpaceChem, Trauma, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, Hammerfight, Zen Bound 2
Games that were promised but never actually released: Splot
That said, World of Goo, Frozen Synapse & Dungeons of Dredmor alone were worth all the frustration.
"Proper native Linux port"... maybe but more often its just some flash thingy that runs very poorly. In my experience you have to count on half or more of any given bundle's games not working.* It is really a blind guess, and support is awful. This time I am going to pay $5 or so (to charity) and only up the amount later, if the games run.
*Notable exception: the introversion/dredmor bundle
Even easier: disengage the clutch and hit the brakes!
It needs "fixing" why?
Because of the thousands of potentially great programmers that are not working in the field? It's like the good male programmers would be displaced if the female-to-male ratio was even, it would (hopefully) be the bad ones, if any.
On a different topic, I see you are currently at "+3, Troll": very, very close to attaining the coveted holy grail of slashdothood, the "+5 Troll". Well done.
Not sure if you are serious, but April != March.
And, yeah, it probably has happened before, but the point is, we don't have data on what consequences this will have.
I, for one, would prefer there was an alternative to Android & iOS. Both those systems have a lot of problems, and a little competition could help everyone (the customers, mostly). Nokia's excelent reputation, justified or not, could certainly accomplish that.
What that alternative should be-- not sure. Apparently not WP, but Mer/Tizen, perhaps? Or are those doomed to remain vaporware?
Actually I think the OP has an advantage in comparison to people who just go into CS. He or she could potentially find a niche where cross-field skills and knowledge are needed, i.e. where people with computer-oriented degrees fail to understand the semantics of problems.
My own experience is similar: while studying earth sciences, I have being paying the rent programming for prof's scientific projects. They prefer to hire me than a CS student, despite the former's far more advanced technical skills, because I (usually) understand what it is all about.
Hell, if force is used it becomes robbery.
Forced was used if the guy snatched it out of the paparazzo's hands.
IANAL, but I see three issues here:
- The destruction (or damage, at least) of the $500 phone and possibly its contents.
- The use of force.
- The obstruction of a perfectly lawful action - taking a photograph in a public place.
As a guy who enjoys shooting and looking at street photography, IMO the last one is the most severe offense. A few hundred bucks and a scare is nothing in comparison to the potential erosion to artistic and journalistic freedom if this behaviour is accepted.
While I agree with the overall sentiment of the post, as it partially reflects my own experience.
Enclopaedia Britannica ( == Yes that is the correct spelling)
Are you sure? Or did something just whoosh past me?
There are even less combinations, because the minimum number of dots is, if I remember correctly, 4. Plus, some you can't "skip" dots, e.g. you cant go from the upper left to the lower right without activating the middle dot.
How many combinations exactly are possible is left as an exercise for the reader.
The Zenit/Tair Photosniper was relatively common in the 90s around here. Mostly because people like its looks, I think.
f=8mm
You probably already have decided you want that camera, but if I were you, I would invest in glass first (keeping your current body or getting a cheap one) & only later upgrade the camera. Decent to good lenses might last you many decades, the body will be obsolete in 5 years.
A entry level DSLR is as almost as good as the top-tier ones, anyways, barring build quality.
If you can build a laser with enough power, focal distance and cooling to do significant damage at .6 lightseconds you're going to mop the floor with anyone attempting to use kinetics at that range.
That is going to be a major issue in space combat. How do you get rid of the heat? It wouldn't surpise me if it would boil down to who can keep a cool environment the longest.
Unless you fit your craft with gigantic radiators. But those would be suceptible to kinetic damage, from torpedos and the like.
Actually, the roadster looked cool (lotus influence?) -- but the Model S ans now X are rather disappointing design-wise. The internal workings may be innovative, but the exterior look is neither groundbreakingly novel nor good looking in a more classical sense, IMO.
Also, the second photo was intentionally made to avoid licensing fees from using the original.
original, you say?
+5 Informative?
The shots are in the linked article by TFS, too.
Anyways, don't know what the fuzz is about. Neither is a good photo, (Bleargh, selective color) or very original (I am sure there are zillions of pics of London's landmarks).