But some nut case actually training/talking to those willing and able to train for violent action, is. So HE will get shoved in the back of a van, and not seen for a while.
Well duh, I mean that seems perfectly logical to me. Do you know how easy it is to get a gun or make explosives in America? If I go to the police and tell them of someone threatening me with violence they will take that person into the back of a vehicle and they won't be seen for a few hours at least. Assault is still a crime, and rightly so (in case you aren't aware assault is threatening someone, and doesn't even have to be vocalized, battery on the other hand is actually attacking someone).
Simulations are far different then games. For vehicles simulators make a hell of a lot of sense, especially for early training (better for a pilot to learn in a simulation then crash a multi-million dollar jet). The simulators can be built to be exact replicas of the desired vehicles with real-world physics and conditions that are manipulable on the fly. Also war-games are many times called simulations, as they simulate battles/events (even though it takes place in the real world, just without live munitions).
Don't you watch Fox and Friends? The congress only allowed torture because of the overwhelming support of the American people for it (as demonstrated by the huge success of the TV show 24). Democrazy in action.
In the case of the X-Box it is more like compatiblilty between 64-bit XP and 32-bit XP, or PowerPC Apple and Intel Apple. You have to remember that the 360 is a new arcutecture, so there has to be a software layer for emulation. Just like how almost every driver has to be rewritten for XP64, the software has to be tweaked for each X-Box game.
*Over elaborate conspiracy time* What about when the suicide bomber is actually a hostage? What if the GPS was to keep track of a hostage - strap a hostage with bombs, tell him he's being tracked and if he doesn't go along or strays from where he should be he goes boom. Set it up so if he is killed (by law enforcement presumably) he goes boom. When he does go boom they know where at so quickly claim unchallenged responsibility. I don't think it is likely, but I think it is possible.
As a person with a couple friends that did the GED thing, the GED is pretty much only good for getting into a community college. However in my area it is very common for people to do a couple years at the community college before transferring to the university, as it saves a ton of money (and the community college has courses mapped out for this that guarantee all credits will transfer and meet the local university degree requirements). If that is the plan, then go ahead. But if you aren't planning on college, or aren't planning on doing at least a year at a community college before transferring to a bigger institution then stay in secondary school and get a diploma.
I used to do that, but now I dropped NPR. I stick to The Daily Show, a local newspaper, and the internet now. I began to feel the spin on NPR and see the effect it was having on me, and decided I didn't like that. While I still give NPR credit for (in my experience) never engaging in sensationalism and hyperbole I feel it is loaded with spin.
I have, my PCI TV tuner (but it is a piece of crap that doesn't even work on 2 of my 3 PCs for no apparent reason, has absolutely no linux drivers of any kind, and it is the reason I will never buy MSI cards ever again, but I stand by that it doesn't work on a mac.
If you like at the title and the games it is with it is most likely a port of the SNES Ultima VII, which sucked bad (the PC Ultima VII is one of my favorite games ever though, and if they do actually update that I may just find myself buying a PSP).
I think that would compare to the Apple Xserve, which can handle 32GB RAM, SAS drives, can be clocked upto 3 GHz, and the price starts at $3,000 (although it isn't available until October). Compare a Dell Precision 490 with two Xeon 1030s (clocked at 2.0 GHz, same as the basic Xserve) is $3,461.
I think Linux on the desktop is finally exciting. I have started using Compiz and Slab, and I now think it is the best choice for any desktop that can't run OS-X. I will concede the Compiz needs a bit more polish before this becomes and option for Joe Sixpack, but Compiz is a very young project and updating rapidly.
openSUSE is the project I want to love, but so far can't. I think if it were the same as the Enterprise version, then I would love it. But since I couldn't get YaST to do almost anything I had to drop it, and now love the Ubuntu set up I have with XGL, Compiz, and Slab. I think one of the most important factors in Ubutuntu is its active forums filled with hacks, scripts, and help.
I think the key point is the tiny amount of people that care about odd first said of the iPod "No wireless. Less Space then a Nomad. Lame." Of the tiny amount that care about ogg, there is an even smaller amount that would actually think about buying an iPod.
youtube has confirmed many times that they are losing money at an extremely rapid pace. Last I heard they were looking for more VP because they estimated their current pool was going to run out in two years. youtube will have to soon find a way to make money, or find a company willing to sponsor (or buy and operate at a loss) in a matter of years if it hopes to continue running.
That and a power supply, or at least you have to pick up a connection converter. (The machine I took stuff from a Dell was basically replacing those three components - motherboard, case, and power supply).
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But some nut case actually training/talking to those willing and able to train for violent action, is. So HE will get shoved in the back of a van, and not seen for a while.
Well duh, I mean that seems perfectly logical to me. Do you know how easy it is to get a gun or make explosives in America? If I go to the police and tell them of someone threatening me with violence they will take that person into the back of a vehicle and they won't be seen for a few hours at least. Assault is still a crime, and rightly so (in case you aren't aware assault is threatening someone, and doesn't even have to be vocalized, battery on the other hand is actually attacking someone).
Simulations are far different then games. For vehicles simulators make a hell of a lot of sense, especially for early training (better for a pilot to learn in a simulation then crash a multi-million dollar jet). The simulators can be built to be exact replicas of the desired vehicles with real-world physics and conditions that are manipulable on the fly. Also war-games are many times called simulations, as they simulate battles/events (even though it takes place in the real world, just without live munitions).
Did you even bother to read the timeline on the page you posted? According to that Luddite was founded in 1995.
That's why we have to be careful what we send! We can't let them know we have Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck!
Come on, this is Slashdot: by now you should know to check with Wikipediea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
The answer is simple: Soylent Green.
Don't you watch Fox and Friends? The congress only allowed torture because of the overwhelming support of the American people for it (as demonstrated by the huge success of the TV show 24). Democrazy in action.
In the case of the X-Box it is more like compatiblilty between 64-bit XP and 32-bit XP, or PowerPC Apple and Intel Apple. You have to remember that the 360 is a new arcutecture, so there has to be a software layer for emulation. Just like how almost every driver has to be rewritten for XP64, the software has to be tweaked for each X-Box game.
You are correct. I decade ago I would have been eleven, and I only ever listened to NPR in my car, which was 5 years away at that point and time.
*Over elaborate conspiracy time* What about when the suicide bomber is actually a hostage? What if the GPS was to keep track of a hostage - strap a hostage with bombs, tell him he's being tracked and if he doesn't go along or strays from where he should be he goes boom. Set it up so if he is killed (by law enforcement presumably) he goes boom. When he does go boom they know where at so quickly claim unchallenged responsibility. I don't think it is likely, but I think it is possible.
We tried that one for a while. We were criticised for being xenophobic and isolationist.
As a person with a couple friends that did the GED thing, the GED is pretty much only good for getting into a community college. However in my area it is very common for people to do a couple years at the community college before transferring to the university, as it saves a ton of money (and the community college has courses mapped out for this that guarantee all credits will transfer and meet the local university degree requirements). If that is the plan, then go ahead. But if you aren't planning on college, or aren't planning on doing at least a year at a community college before transferring to a bigger institution then stay in secondary school and get a diploma.
I used to do that, but now I dropped NPR. I stick to The Daily Show, a local newspaper, and the internet now. I began to feel the spin on NPR and see the effect it was having on me, and decided I didn't like that. While I still give NPR credit for (in my experience) never engaging in sensationalism and hyperbole I feel it is loaded with spin.
I never understood this conjecture. I mean, using this logic shouldn't the Netherlands pretty much never have existed?
Still a Dell win? that is $1,000 more then the Mac Pro! What the hell is your definition of a win? Want to play poker somtime?
I have, my PCI TV tuner (but it is a piece of crap that doesn't even work on 2 of my 3 PCs for no apparent reason, has absolutely no linux drivers of any kind, and it is the reason I will never buy MSI cards ever again, but I stand by that it doesn't work on a mac.
If you like at the title and the games it is with it is most likely a port of the SNES Ultima VII, which sucked bad (the PC Ultima VII is one of my favorite games ever though, and if they do actually update that I may just find myself buying a PSP).
I think that would compare to the Apple Xserve, which can handle 32GB RAM, SAS drives, can be clocked upto 3 GHz, and the price starts at $3,000 (although it isn't available until October). Compare a Dell Precision 490 with two Xeon 1030s (clocked at 2.0 GHz, same as the basic Xserve) is $3,461.
Assuming from the name it is a service for DNS using peer to peer protocol rather then using a central server.
I think Linux on the desktop is finally exciting. I have started using Compiz and Slab, and I now think it is the best choice for any desktop that can't run OS-X. I will concede the Compiz needs a bit more polish before this becomes and option for Joe Sixpack, but Compiz is a very young project and updating rapidly.
openSUSE is the project I want to love, but so far can't. I think if it were the same as the Enterprise version, then I would love it. But since I couldn't get YaST to do almost anything I had to drop it, and now love the Ubuntu set up I have with XGL, Compiz, and Slab. I think one of the most important factors in Ubutuntu is its active forums filled with hacks, scripts, and help.
I think the key point is the tiny amount of people that care about odd first said of the iPod "No wireless. Less Space then a Nomad. Lame." Of the tiny amount that care about ogg, there is an even smaller amount that would actually think about buying an iPod.
youtube has confirmed many times that they are losing money at an extremely rapid pace. Last I heard they were looking for more VP because they estimated their current pool was going to run out in two years. youtube will have to soon find a way to make money, or find a company willing to sponsor (or buy and operate at a loss) in a matter of years if it hopes to continue running.
That and a power supply, or at least you have to pick up a connection converter. (The machine I took stuff from a Dell was basically replacing those three components - motherboard, case, and power supply).
Watch it buddy, there are limits on those educational fair uses. See http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ for more detail.