Maybe in the artic, it could just display an all white image, like those fatigues the bond bad guys wore in that film(you know the one with the snow and skiing). If it doesn't do white great yet, it could display a completely black image for night ops! the mind boggles at the possibilities
they tended to be formulaic, AI was next to non exsistant so the only way to make a game challenging and fun was to make everything faster, and put more bad guys on the screen. Once you got the timing down the levels were a doddle. I remember being able to pass the first level of super mario brothers 2 with my eyes closed. Anyway bottom line I think that yes the older games were probably more difficult at least the first time you play them, but they didn'hold my interest as much as the newer games do.
I'm probably way off (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing as they say) but as I understand it, most of the money in the comming years will be in mobile technologies. Big improvements in batteries and this move to fuel cells etc will offer more power but efficiency of the processor will still be hugely important. Particularly considering processor tech is at a level that even basic models offer more than enough power for most users. Of course the server market is different I'm sure (and being completely ignorant of it I won't guess at intels future there)
It can't be as simple as population size and loss of electricity, gas and water. Remembering that people had to know help was on the way, however late it happened to be. That would draw a fairly ugly picture of the fundamental nature of humans.
Being from ireland, I'm not exposed (through the media or physically) to anything like the same level of gang activity as ppl are in america. Its simply not the norm so its very difficult for me to imagine the same thing happening here. It's sicking that so many peoples reaction to this disaster was to add to it.
I have to say what shocked me more than the scale of the devastation, was the reports of rioting and looting. Natural disasters are more common than many people think, they're usually not as large of course but they happen every day. I'd just assumed that nothing short of a global disaster would result in the rioting and breakdown of order that followed Katrina, scary stuff..
I love when nasa release pictures like these. As with many of the pictures the rovers have taken the scientific benifit is not very apparent (well to me anyway..) Often they're just cool pictures.
I'm sure they could be taken as simply a successful test of the probes systems, but they also capture peoples imagination and help keep the space program going.
Everyone knows most printers are sold for next to nothing, or free with new computers. Often at a loss for the company. They make their profit by selling printer cartridges. This is just another way for the company to keep its customers. Personally "if" I could get new printer cartridges at a reasonable price, I would be inclined to do it rather than mess about with refilling old ones. Aside from all that, most people probably don't refill cartridges anyway, thay just throw them away. And ink cartridges are among the worst thing you can dump in a landfill. Anything that encourages recycling is a good thing. Even better if big companies can make a profit at it, as it will insure the practice becomes widely accepted.
Simple supply and demand, once there's a demand there'll be a supply. There might be a period of time where people are short handed but I'd say it'd amount to a blip on the radar
Just a thought about the whole mirror defense vs. laser cannon argument. Mirrors have are an extremely mature technology and bar lowering production costs for high efficiency mirrors (enough to make sticking them on missiles cost effective), I don't see any major improvements on the horizon. On the other hand they already have a 1 kw laser, they want to build a new 15 kw and plan a 150 kw for 2007 If they can managed to achieve a 15000% increase in power over a 2 year period surely within 10 years the power outputs obtainable, 300 kw or whatever, would insure that no amount mirrors or fancy flying would protect a missile from getting fried.
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Maybe in the artic, it could just display an all white image, like those fatigues the bond bad guys wore in that film(you know the one with the snow and skiing). If it doesn't do white great yet, it could display a completely black image for night ops! the mind boggles at the possibilities
they tended to be formulaic, AI was next to non exsistant so the only way to make a game challenging and fun was to make everything faster, and put more bad guys on the screen. Once you got the timing down the levels were a doddle. I remember being able to pass the first level of super mario brothers 2 with my eyes closed. Anyway bottom line I think that yes the older games were probably more difficult at least the first time you play them, but they didn'hold my interest as much as the newer games do.
I'm probably way off (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing as they say) but as I understand it, most of the money in the comming years will be in mobile technologies. Big improvements in batteries and this move to fuel cells etc will offer more power but efficiency of the processor will still be hugely important. Particularly considering processor tech is at a level that even basic models offer more than enough power for most users. Of course the server market is different I'm sure (and being completely ignorant of it I won't guess at intels future there)
It can't be as simple as population size and loss of electricity, gas and water. Remembering that people had to know help was on the way, however late it happened to be. That would draw a fairly ugly picture of the fundamental nature of humans.
Being from ireland, I'm not exposed (through the media or physically) to anything like the same level of gang activity as ppl are in america. Its simply not the norm so its very difficult for me to imagine the same thing happening here. It's sicking that so many peoples reaction to this disaster was to add to it.
I have to say what shocked me more than the scale of the devastation, was the reports of rioting and looting. Natural disasters are more common than many people think, they're usually not as large of course but they happen every day. I'd just assumed that nothing short of a global disaster would result in the rioting and breakdown of order that followed Katrina, scary stuff..
I'm sure they could be taken as simply a successful test of the probes systems, but they also capture peoples imagination and help keep the space program going.
Everyone knows most printers are sold for next to nothing, or free with new computers. Often at a loss for the company. They make their profit by selling printer cartridges. This is just another way for the company to keep its customers. Personally "if" I could get new printer cartridges at a reasonable price, I would be inclined to do it rather than mess about with refilling old ones. Aside from all that, most people probably don't refill cartridges anyway, thay just throw them away. And ink cartridges are among the worst thing you can dump in a landfill. Anything that encourages recycling is a good thing. Even better if big companies can make a profit at it, as it will insure the practice becomes widely accepted.
Among them
1. (And this is a good one) Because they can, downloading copyrighted material is illegal.
2. Its easier than going after other areas, dunno about this, I suspect all copyright infringers will eventually come under attack.
I'd like to add a fairly obvious one myself
3. They can probably make a shed load of money suing people.
I agree high demand does not follow high supply. What I'm suggesting however, is that supply tends to follow demand.
I had visions of a laser printer with the laser cranked up so much that it sliced the page to bits. Too much Austin Powers I guess :(
Simple supply and demand, once there's a demand there'll be a supply. There might be a period of time where people are short handed but I'd say it'd amount to a blip on the radar
Just a thought about the whole mirror defense vs. laser cannon argument. Mirrors have are an extremely mature technology and bar lowering production costs for high efficiency mirrors (enough to make sticking them on missiles cost effective), I don't see any major improvements on the horizon. On the other hand they already have a 1 kw laser, they want to build a new 15 kw and plan a 150 kw for 2007 If they can managed to achieve a 15000% increase in power over a 2 year period surely within 10 years the power outputs obtainable, 300 kw or whatever, would insure that no amount mirrors or fancy flying would protect a missile from getting fried.