I just played the PS3 demo of Dante's Inferno, available on PSN and releasing Feb 9th 2010... awesome demo... I highly recommend checking it out if you like button mashers like God of War.
I think religious overtones in the game scripts would and do work well so long as the story is compelling. More often than not the conflict between good and evil is what drives a game's story and religion is certainly filled with lots of that. So the opportunity is there to find great stories to use as an influence... I just don't want to be preached to.
I am however fascinated by space and the science (albeit the layman's view) behind our understanding of it. One thing I have read about is the expansion energy that seems to be pushing the universe apart. If this energy can be found and quantified how plausible is it to create a negative effect, or localized contraction of space, to facilitate a new type of travel?
I don't claim to understand the amount of energy needed but seeing as this energy is dark and pretty much everywhere maybe we don't need black hole-esque power to achieve warping space.
The biggest problem I see is that Guitar Hero is not designed to be played with a real guitar, and the colored buttons do NOT correspond to real string/fret positions, or to real chords.
It goes farther than that. Anyone who plays guitar and has spent some time with GH (any version) knows that the timing of when to play in the games doesn't correspond to the actual timing of the song music. There are quite a few songs in GH that I can play on a real guitar (picture Randy Marsh playing Carry on my wayward son) that I know aren't even close to the strum timing for GH.
This doesn't surprise me... anything utilizing the technology (if you want to call it that) of Silverlight is bound to be a disaster.
Netflix should definitely act appropriately if they're receiving this many complaints or else it will do more harm than good.
The problem isn't the technology, Silverlight plays media very well and if the CONTENT is encoded properly in very high quality. No, the problem here is Netflix and there choice to provide poor content and even poorer customer service.
So don't delete it. Just run msconfig.exe and disable it.
Why MSCONFIG?
QT has an option for load on startup, just uncheck the damn box. I mean yes it is an incidious piece of code but just look at the program options... wondrous things can be found in there maybe?
As long as a corporation can buy the laws it wants others to follow the country is heading for ruin (or already there).
The difference here is that as much as we bitch about it nothing really gets done to change it... it's very much drowned in apathy. Especially when the stigma to the layman is that if you oppose this then you ARE a distributor of illegal "insert whatever here". We seriously need to see forward thinking education to the masses on why this is such a bad idea. Same as the DMCA and other "let's get it through fast" legislation. They introduce these bills & laws without fully understanding what they are doing or the REAL affect it will have on society. We need to reach the layman and let them know WTF is going on. It's great to share bitch-fests with other techies on/. but my mother, cousin Jenny working at the supermarket, and Bob the mailman down the road need to know why we bitch with so much zeal.
When is the time to rise up and to do something for real change? We are the people that have a deep inside knowledge of this matter, maybe it's time to "hack the planet" and get the message out to more than just our own SIGs.
Given how well COD1 did, and the subsequent COD:UO I really hope they do an expansion pack for COD4. Let's see some vehicles and additional game types.
Besides, just wait till the mod teams get at the game! COD:UO "Barbarossa" (f'n massive size for the time) was easily the best map I've ever played for a COD game. I'd love to see that kind of epic battlefront for COD4. Let the snipers actually have a place to snipe!
Great Britain Representative: That "AssMan24" is just a pathetic camper! Look at him! Camper!
Russian Delegate: In Soviet Russia Base Camps You! Hahaha... I AM THE ASSMAN!
US Appointee: Fucking nubs, you better turn on teh ha40rs cuz I'm gunna pwn you all next round!
UN President: Hey! No talk of hacks! I'm demorecording this and it will be reviewed. If I see any sign of cheating your entire team will be banned from competition!
If I don't have encryption enabled in my client I can't download anything, legal or not, via BT. My bandwidth is either throttled or outright disabled (modem needs a reboot).
Just another example of how the one's in charge (ISP and Telecom management) have no real concept of how technology works. We say P2P and they immediately think PIRATE... lamerz.
...but everything to do with getting every cent they can out of law abiding citizens. I say screw 'em and torrent everything and then send the artists $5 directly.
Seriously, I'm sick of this shit. Everyday it is either a new scheme for squeezing money out of customers or falsely blaming piracy for bad sales of even shittier music. We're supposed to have the power since it's our money so let's exercise it! Stop buying legally and just steal it... they're all convinced that's all we do anyways so "When in Rome..."
Like most coders I've been having to do this for some time. My approach seems to allow our customers to easily understand the XML we use:
1. Data Requirements (DB Schema and Expected Values/Ranges)
2. Sample XML Without Data, Just the Schema Values From (1). ie. [FirstName]nVarChar(15)[/FirstName]
3. Then Show the XSD File That Validates the XML.
Then a full description of each element, etc followed by some samples. True this can get lengthy for really complex schemas but even then it makes it pretty easy to read and "understand" WTF is going on.
Put smaller arrays of solar panels on every roof connectable to a grid. No fields of panels, no "solar farms" just another addition to our relatively open rooftops that most people won't even notice after a few weeks.
By supporting the existing power grid the individual saves on their current power and as technology increases we may even get to a point where during the day the power plants aren't generating energy they are storing it for use throughout the night.
They now believe that some asteroids are derived from larger, planet-like bodies? Now the question arises, what happened to these bodies to cause their current state of being?
Does this mean that once the effect shows up in the one light beam, before he does it in the other light beam, he is somehow locked in to his future actions? If not, what happens if he just turns off the device?
Everything that could happen will happen, is happening, and already did happen.
Welcome to parallel universes... we have punch and pie.
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I just played the PS3 demo of Dante's Inferno, available on PSN and releasing Feb 9th 2010... awesome demo... I highly recommend checking it out if you like button mashers like God of War.
I think religious overtones in the game scripts would and do work well so long as the story is compelling. More often than not the conflict between good and evil is what drives a game's story and religion is certainly filled with lots of that. So the opportunity is there to find great stories to use as an influence... I just don't want to be preached to.
IANA-Particle Physicist || Theoretical Astrophysicist.
I am however fascinated by space and the science (albeit the layman's view) behind our understanding of it. One thing I have read about is the expansion energy that seems to be pushing the universe apart. If this energy can be found and quantified how plausible is it to create a negative effect, or localized contraction of space, to facilitate a new type of travel?
I don't claim to understand the amount of energy needed but seeing as this energy is dark and pretty much everywhere maybe we don't need black hole-esque power to achieve warping space.
Ah - these days we have the 'terrorist ghost', earlier we had the 'communist ghost'.
I wonder what's next.
That would be the ghost of common sense. Pretty sure that poor bastard is dead these days.
I was wondering why your lawn doesn't look the same from different sides of the street.
The biggest problem I see is that Guitar Hero is not designed to be played with a real guitar, and the colored buttons do NOT correspond to real string/fret positions, or to real chords.
It goes farther than that. Anyone who plays guitar and has spent some time with GH (any version) knows that the timing of when to play in the games doesn't correspond to the actual timing of the song music. There are quite a few songs in GH that I can play on a real guitar (picture Randy Marsh playing Carry on my wayward son) that I know aren't even close to the strum timing for GH.
This doesn't surprise me... anything utilizing the technology (if you want to call it that) of Silverlight is bound to be a disaster. Netflix should definitely act appropriately if they're receiving this many complaints or else it will do more harm than good.
The problem isn't the technology, Silverlight plays media very well and if the CONTENT is encoded properly in very high quality. No, the problem here is Netflix and there choice to provide poor content and even poorer customer service.
...someone should Da Vinci their Gibson with extreme prejudice.
Scriptkiddies could finally be useful!
So don't delete it. Just run msconfig.exe and disable it.
Why MSCONFIG?
QT has an option for load on startup, just uncheck the damn box. I mean yes it is an incidious piece of code but just look at the program options... wondrous things can be found in there maybe?
Says the AT&T VP: 'In three years' time, 20 typical households will generate more traffic than the entire Internet today
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah right.
Before criticizing that type of technology, you really should read the article, you know. You might learn a thing or two.
RTFA, never! I like my /. bareback!
Is RIAA's MediaSentry Illegal in Your State?
You bet... I'm in a state of denial and that shit just plain ain't allowed here.... respect my Authoriton!
All helping to publicize the fact that in Canada, we FIGHT for our rights! It is the True North, strong and free, after all ;)
Yep, we fight for our rights... unless it's during Hockey Night in Canada.
As long as a corporation can buy the laws it wants others to follow the country is heading for ruin (or already there).
The difference here is that as much as we bitch about it nothing really gets done to change it... it's very much drowned in apathy. Especially when the stigma to the layman is that if you oppose this then you ARE a distributor of illegal "insert whatever here". We seriously need to see forward thinking education to the masses on why this is such a bad idea. Same as the DMCA and other "let's get it through fast" legislation. They introduce these bills & laws without fully understanding what they are doing or the REAL affect it will have on society. We need to reach the layman and let them know WTF is going on. It's great to share bitch-fests with other techies on /. but my mother, cousin Jenny working at the supermarket, and Bob the mailman down the road need to know why we bitch with so much zeal.
When is the time to rise up and to do something for real change? We are the people that have a deep inside knowledge of this matter, maybe it's time to "hack the planet" and get the message out to more than just our own SIGs.
Besides, just wait till the mod teams get at the game! COD:UO "Barbarossa" (f'n massive size for the time) was easily the best map I've ever played for a COD game. I'd love to see that kind of epic battlefront for COD4. Let the snipers actually have a place to snipe!
Great Britain Representative: That "AssMan24" is just a pathetic camper! Look at him! Camper!
Russian Delegate: In Soviet Russia Base Camps You! Hahaha... I AM THE ASSMAN!
US Appointee: Fucking nubs, you better turn on teh ha40rs cuz I'm gunna pwn you all next round!
UN President: Hey! No talk of hacks! I'm demorecording this and it will be reviewed. If I see any sign of cheating your entire team will be banned from competition!
Yep... it's going to happen.
... by my ISP.
If I don't have encryption enabled in my client I can't download anything, legal or not, via BT. My bandwidth is either throttled or outright disabled (modem needs a reboot).
Just another example of how the one's in charge (ISP and Telecom management) have no real concept of how technology works. We say P2P and they immediately think PIRATE... lamerz.
I wouldn't wipe my ass with $15k.
Now that's dirty money!
...but everything to do with getting every cent they can out of law abiding citizens. I say screw 'em and torrent everything and then send the artists $5 directly.
Seriously, I'm sick of this shit. Everyday it is either a new scheme for squeezing money out of customers or falsely blaming piracy for bad sales of even shittier music. We're supposed to have the power since it's our money so let's exercise it! Stop buying legally and just steal it... they're all convinced that's all we do anyways so "When in Rome..."
At least Radiohead has a fucking clue.
Just found this news story reporting 1,000s killed: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/10/01/burma.html?ref=rss
If true, then the bravery of these bloggers, protesters, and monks is simply incredible!
Like most coders I've been having to do this for some time. My approach seems to allow our customers to easily understand the XML we use:
1. Data Requirements (DB Schema and Expected Values/Ranges)
2. Sample XML Without Data, Just the Schema Values From (1). ie. [FirstName]nVarChar(15)[/FirstName]
3. Then Show the XSD File That Validates the XML.
Then a full description of each element, etc followed by some samples. True this can get lengthy for really complex schemas but even then it makes it pretty easy to read and "understand" WTF is going on.
Just my $.02Put smaller arrays of solar panels on every roof connectable to a grid. No fields of panels, no "solar farms" just another addition to our relatively open rooftops that most people won't even notice after a few weeks.
By supporting the existing power grid the individual saves on their current power and as technology increases we may even get to a point where during the day the power plants aren't generating energy they are storing it for use throughout the night.
Dunno... maybe it involved a wafer-thin mint?
... does it run Linux?
Does this mean that once the effect shows up in the one light beam, before he does it in the other light beam, he is somehow locked in to his future actions? If not, what happens if he just turns off the device?
Everything that could happen will happen, is happening, and already did happen.
Welcome to parallel universes... we have punch and pie.
...expiring the song on the recipient's device after three plays, unless the user pays Microsoft a fee in order to continue to listen to the track.
OMG! They have stolen all of my Internats bounty!
I curse ye Blackbeard Balmer and ye dirty band of DEVELOPERSDEVELOPERS Pirates!!!