Yep I was thinking a gravitational field might get close to what he wants if it's from a relatively large object acting perpendicular to a relatively small, flat and thin surface, but it still wouldn't be perfect. For *very* strong gravitational fields pulling on objects with irregular densities, surely there is still the potential to get seriously mess yourself up:P And does a change in an object's mass have an immediate effect on the rest of the universe, or does the influence propagate at the speed of light?
70 years ago we didn't pollute ANYWHERE as much as we do today
(citation needed)
(I'm not saying it isn't true, but in the west at least it seems we have been trying to cut down on our emissions, and I don't have any data comparing emissions from power plants, factories, cars, shuttle launches etc etc over the last century).
In the 1940s, air pollution received greater attention in the United States when smog was noticed in Los Angeles. Visibility was only three blocks and people suffered from smarting eyes, respiratory discomfort, nausea, and vomiting. California passed the first state air pollution law in 1947, and the first National Air Pollution Symposium in the United States was held in 1949. Initially, municipal governments were responsible for the passage and enforcement of such legislation.
That sounds really cool, but also rather pricey compared to just standing on a giant trackball and using a screen or headset! The footwork wouldn't be exactly the same as running since it would be on a spherical surface, but if you were harnessed in place and the ball had suitable resistance, or force feedback I think it would take a similar amount of work as real movement.. perhaps an array of smaller trackballs is a better idea after all - unless you have a *lot* of space to accomodate a really large trackball (obviously the larger it gets, the more it approximates a flat surface). Cynics will no doubt point out that you could just use the earth itself to exercise rather than design elaborate simulations, but I believe you tend to get in trouble if you run around the earth shooting and jumping over things, stealing cars etc!
Nah, I'd prefer something with proper leg extension and force, jogging on the spot isn't really my idea of fun, though it does give you a bit of exercise (you can do that already with Wii Fit and the Wiimotes though, no need for a separate pedometer).
As for the other thing, unfortunately I'm in the UK, and it needs to be heavily customised for each game!
I hope someone brings out something similar to my trackball idea, or maybe I should just try building it myself somehow.. one giant trackball would be easier to manufacture than lots of little ones..:)
Definitely, this is the kind of setup I start imagining when I read stories about 3D headsets or new Wii=like control systems. I think the ideal thing would be a sort of bungee harness for your body and some kind of 360 degree treadmill (no idea how such a device would function - perhaps have hundreds of little medium resistance trackballs on it?) below you that can measure the speed and angle of your steps, whether you've just jumped, flipped around etc.:)
It's quite refreshing running in the rain, and the cool air means more oxygen per breath.. plus you really appreciate having a nice warm shower afterwards:P
The point is that with lightsaber battles you can parry and dodge. With phasers you either hit or miss, and you aren't likely to miss at point blank range against a stationary target. You shouldn't have to shoot someone 100 times with a phaser to kill them. If that means that you can't both stand out in the open waiting for your superior stats to grind the other player's health down to 0, so be it. The gaming world would be a much more interesting place if people couldn't rely on the fact that they've played for a zillion hours and collected the superior goat cheese infused medallion of awesomeness to save them from having to actually use their brain and dexterity.
Sometimes turds can have good uses (thinking fuel/fertiliser). I always though the Tomb Raider series was a turd, but I actually enjoyed the first movie. The second one wasn't up to much though.
The action part has been done in a lot of games, and is easy to do right.
If it's so easy, how come there are so many shitty action games out there, with more coming ("WET", I'm looking at you..). And what's with this fad of getting people to time button presses just to progress what is usually a cut-scene? I'd rather watch the cut scene (as opposed to watching the bottom of the screen to make sure I don't miss a button press), or have no cut-scene at all.
I had forgotten that XP was still technically being sold on netbooks (ie not as a downgrade), and I didn't know that they had pledged to patch critical security issues on XP until 2014.
And seriously: "you're ignorant attitude". Hilarious. Using your "think of the innocent people that could get hurt!" tugging at the emotions argument doesn't change the fact that once something is out of warranty then it is basically no longer the manufacturer's problem (plus a quick google tells me manufacturer's recommend replacing airbags every 10 years apparently - that is entirely the owner's responsibility though, not the manufacturer's). But in this case XP is technically in warranty so I have to agree.
Fair enough, if SP2 is still covered then they definitely should be providing support. But I expect some of these nutcases would still be bitching and moaning at MS in 5 or 10 years time if by some fluke XP was still more popular than whatever MS has out at the time, and MS was refusing to provide updates.
Your argument doesn't work either though IMO. For one thing software changes a lot quicker than car technology so I was being pretty kind saying 10 years for the car stuff. You might expect a dealer to service a 30 year old car, but you're probably going to have to pay through the nose for it (and I've read of at least one case where a dealer didn't have the parts to service a car because it was so old).
XP is not the latest software, it is simply the most popular. Even if the majority of people in the world preferred the original VW Beetle from the 30s (or whenever it started production, I think it was in production for something crazy like 50 years), it doesn't mean that VW are still obliged to find and fix design flaws in it. You'd expect a product recall if a large problem was found in the latest incarnation of the Beetle sure - but we're not talking about the latest version, we're simply talking about the most popular version, and it's getting out of its support lifetime. I don't think any other version of Windows has lasted so long.
In this case the WINE team or some group like that could probably produce a replacement version of the TCP/IP stack to stick into Windows, it would be the equivalent of having to buy 3rd party copies of OEM parts for an ancient car. Yes you can "keep it running", but the original manufacturer has stopped supporting it. MS are not shutting down all old copies of XP, they're simply stopping support.
IMO it would be nice of them to keep supporting it, and some companies would do so, but they have no obligation to. And it's definitely not MS's style to be 'nice'.
In that situation I think a better analogy would be that you buy a new car, but get the dealer to install an old engine that is out of production, and still expect it to be covered by your warranty. XP isn't sold as standard anymore AFAIK, it's usually termed as Vista with "downgrade rights" even if XP is preinstalled on the machine. You could probably downgrade to Win95 too, would you still expect MS to support 95?
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That depends entirely on what your work involves. "Most applications" are not necessary for most work.
My post was in response to a comment about general climate change, not just Australia. I'm pretty sure that by "we", the GGP meant "humanity".
I've probably known Sydney was in Australia since I was about 7 years old.
Yep I was thinking a gravitational field might get close to what he wants if it's from a relatively large object acting perpendicular to a relatively small, flat and thin surface, but it still wouldn't be perfect. For *very* strong gravitational fields pulling on objects with irregular densities, surely there is still the potential to get seriously mess yourself up :P And does a change in an object's mass have an immediate effect on the rest of the universe, or does the influence propagate at the speed of light?
Haven't actually tried it (but sounds like I'd enjoy it).
Sure, but I would think it's quite a task to move even a 2D array of atoms "simultaneously and equally", let alone an entire 3D object..
70 years ago we didn't pollute ANYWHERE as much as we do today
(citation needed)
(I'm not saying it isn't true, but in the west at least it seems we have been trying to cut down on our emissions, and I don't have any data comparing emissions from power plants, factories, cars, shuttle launches etc etc over the last century).
In the 1940s, air pollution received greater attention in the United States when smog was noticed in Los Angeles. Visibility was only three blocks and people suffered from smarting eyes, respiratory discomfort, nausea, and vomiting. California passed the first state air pollution law in 1947, and the first National Air Pollution Symposium in the United States was held in 1949. Initially, municipal governments were responsible for the passage and enforcement of such legislation.
(from http://www.epa.gov/apti/course422/apc1.html ).
Might also want to look into the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s (see here for pretty pictures).
More like 20 minutes than 20 miles in my case! ;)
That sounds really cool, but also rather pricey compared to just standing on a giant trackball and using a screen or headset! The footwork wouldn't be exactly the same as running since it would be on a spherical surface, but if you were harnessed in place and the ball had suitable resistance, or force feedback I think it would take a similar amount of work as real movement.. perhaps an array of smaller trackballs is a better idea after all - unless you have a *lot* of space to accomodate a really large trackball (obviously the larger it gets, the more it approximates a flat surface). Cynics will no doubt point out that you could just use the earth itself to exercise rather than design elaborate simulations, but I believe you tend to get in trouble if you run around the earth shooting and jumping over things, stealing cars etc!
Nah, I'd prefer something with proper leg extension and force, jogging on the spot isn't really my idea of fun, though it does give you a bit of exercise (you can do that already with Wii Fit and the Wiimotes though, no need for a separate pedometer).
As for the other thing, unfortunately I'm in the UK, and it needs to be heavily customised for each game!
I hope someone brings out something similar to my trackball idea, or maybe I should just try building it myself somehow.. one giant trackball would be easier to manufacture than lots of little ones.. :)
Definitely, this is the kind of setup I start imagining when I read stories about 3D headsets or new Wii=like control systems. I think the ideal thing would be a sort of bungee harness for your body and some kind of 360 degree treadmill (no idea how such a device would function - perhaps have hundreds of little medium resistance trackballs on it?) below you that can measure the speed and angle of your steps, whether you've just jumped, flipped around etc. :)
It's quite refreshing running in the rain, and the cool air means more oxygen per breath.. plus you really appreciate having a nice warm shower afterwards :P
The point is that with lightsaber battles you can parry and dodge. With phasers you either hit or miss, and you aren't likely to miss at point blank range against a stationary target. You shouldn't have to shoot someone 100 times with a phaser to kill them. If that means that you can't both stand out in the open waiting for your superior stats to grind the other player's health down to 0, so be it. The gaming world would be a much more interesting place if people couldn't rely on the fact that they've played for a zillion hours and collected the superior goat cheese infused medallion of awesomeness to save them from having to actually use their brain and dexterity.
Sometimes turds can have good uses (thinking fuel/fertiliser). I always though the Tomb Raider series was a turd, but I actually enjoyed the first movie. The second one wasn't up to much though.
The action part has been done in a lot of games, and is easy to do right.
If it's so easy, how come there are so many shitty action games out there, with more coming ("WET", I'm looking at you..). And what's with this fad of getting people to time button presses just to progress what is usually a cut-scene? I'd rather watch the cut scene (as opposed to watching the bottom of the screen to make sure I don't miss a button press), or have no cut-scene at all.
Plus a zingy alternative pizza topping!
http://tinyurl.com/nm6jx9
*points to Google*
There's also this thing called Google that happens to index websites like xkcd and allow you to search them.
I used it just now because linking directly to the picture means no alt text, which means you're missing half the fun.
I had forgotten that XP was still technically being sold on netbooks (ie not as a downgrade), and I didn't know that they had pledged to patch critical security issues on XP until 2014.
And seriously: "you're ignorant attitude". Hilarious. Using your "think of the innocent people that could get hurt!" tugging at the emotions argument doesn't change the fact that once something is out of warranty then it is basically no longer the manufacturer's problem (plus a quick google tells me manufacturer's recommend replacing airbags every 10 years apparently - that is entirely the owner's responsibility though, not the manufacturer's). But in this case XP is technically in warranty so I have to agree.
How is shutting them down any better than them not producing patches? Your perspective on this situation seems more than a little warped..
Fair enough, if SP2 is still covered then they definitely should be providing support. But I expect some of these nutcases would still be bitching and moaning at MS in 5 or 10 years time if by some fluke XP was still more popular than whatever MS has out at the time, and MS was refusing to provide updates.
Your argument doesn't work either though IMO. For one thing software changes a lot quicker than car technology so I was being pretty kind saying 10 years for the car stuff. You might expect a dealer to service a 30 year old car, but you're probably going to have to pay through the nose for it (and I've read of at least one case where a dealer didn't have the parts to service a car because it was so old).
XP is not the latest software, it is simply the most popular. Even if the majority of people in the world preferred the original VW Beetle from the 30s (or whenever it started production, I think it was in production for something crazy like 50 years), it doesn't mean that VW are still obliged to find and fix design flaws in it. You'd expect a product recall if a large problem was found in the latest incarnation of the Beetle sure - but we're not talking about the latest version, we're simply talking about the most popular version, and it's getting out of its support lifetime. I don't think any other version of Windows has lasted so long.
In this case the WINE team or some group like that could probably produce a replacement version of the TCP/IP stack to stick into Windows, it would be the equivalent of having to buy 3rd party copies of OEM parts for an ancient car. Yes you can "keep it running", but the original manufacturer has stopped supporting it. MS are not shutting down all old copies of XP, they're simply stopping support.
IMO it would be nice of them to keep supporting it, and some companies would do so, but they have no obligation to. And it's definitely not MS's style to be 'nice'.
In that situation I think a better analogy would be that you buy a new car, but get the dealer to install an old engine that is out of production, and still expect it to be covered by your warranty. XP isn't sold as standard anymore AFAIK, it's usually termed as Vista with "downgrade rights" even if XP is preinstalled on the machine. You could probably downgrade to Win95 too, would you still expect MS to support 95?