Shameless plug, but check out http://www.unicornmedia.com./ They will take content, transcode it to near lossless h.264 quality, and host it on their site for free. As the content owner, you are given the opportunity to place ads, which you get a percentage from. They launch a new front end next month designed entirely in Flex, so as long as the client has Flash, it will play.
Quite a few, actually. While his version of cyberspace wasn't accurate (well, not yet at least), many of the little things in Neuromancer and his follow-up books (Count Zero, Monalisa Overdrive) that at the time seemed quite far out have come to see the light of day in current times. Remember when reading it that it was written in 1984.
Re: C&C3 on an older machine, or laptop?
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I have found that most games have issues with the integrated intel chip. There is a page somewhere on Intel's site that details what games work and what games don't...Here. Think it has something to do with no hardware vertex shader, but I could be mistaken.
I am curious to see what they will do for the people like myself, who bought the console on launch day, and got the 3 ring death after the 1 year warranty expired.
Instead of sending it in and paying $140 to have them fix it, I opened the box up and removed the X bracket on the CPU, and clamped down the heatsink with 4 screws. Turned the system on without the fans running, let it overheat a bit, and tightened down the heatsink, unwarping the MB and reconnecting the pins that had 'warped' out. Has worked perfectly since then.
I would love, though, to send it in and have them fix the problems the 'right' way. Guessing, though, that since I voided the warranty by opening the box, I am SOL. *shrug*
True, according to the law, the old company can't say much. But in reality, you would be suprised at what an old job will say about you to a new one, especially if you left the old job on bad terms.
Yes, you can sue the old company, if you find out that what they said was what led to you not getting hired. Once again, in reality, not alot of places are going to inform you that because your old boss bad mouthed you, you didn't get hired. In fact, an interviewer who hears that you shot smack/coded like a monkey/'stickied' keyboards/etc. is going to be more grateful to the person that gave them that information then to you, who was one of 'the pile of resumes'.
I would love to do that, but the problem is (and I imagine that it affects a great number of people that would love to do this) how to support my family and lifestyle while I go back to school?
Talk about synchronicity, I was just thinking about this exact same question before I sat down and opened up/. I am a consultant,.NET / C# programmer, in Phoenix, AZ. I got bored with what I was doing, and thought that being a consultant and never taking more then a 6 month contract would be the best thing, as I would always have a new challenge on my plate. Been consulting for over 2 years now, programming for over 10. And am really bored with it.
What to do next is a huge question for me. I make > $100k/year, and have no college education. Unfortunately, I have become accustomed to the lifestyle that I lead, and my bills won't go away just because I take a job that pays less. While consulting was a quick 'fix', I find that no matter where I go, it's the same over and over again. *shrug* Just my.02
Ah, the memories that title just invoked. I had forgotten about this game. Trying to shoot the antenni off the ants, trying to bed the girl, driving from point a to point b dodging more ants, and that damn mine!! I owned my Amiga for years, and I think that I may have beaten this game once out of the millions of times I tried. They should make a repeat of this game!
Not to be picky.... but in actuality, the NASCAR rulebook is really no bigger then a checkbook. It leads to a lot of 'grey' areas that the teams attempt to exploit.
Amen to that... first thing when I stumble out of bed is to walk out to the back patio and have a smoke while my dogs relieve themselves, then off to the bathroom for the 3 "S"'s. A short drive to the corner Circle K (or whatever they call themselves this week), for a liter of Mt.Dew and a 24oz coffee (espresso blend with a bit of ice... cools it down just enough to start drinking it right away). On the drive to work, sip the coffee and time it just right so that the coffee is gone when I pull up to work and I am just finishing my second cigarette. Every morning same routine... not the healthiest way to start the morning, but hell, I sit in front of a computer all day long, with the only exercise being the 2 flights of stairs to go outside to smoke. *shrug* Not really planning on an extended life here!
The funny thing about Usenet is that most of the people that don't already know about it (ie anyone in their 20's) don't have the understanding of how it works or the patience. "You mean I have to download all these attachments from these messages, and then somehow decode them, then combine them as well? Heck, I am just going to fire up my torrent program and hope that the file I want is out there."
Forget about the community that has evolved from Usenet, the history, etc. It is the age of instant gratification. Nevermind that the world wide web as we know it was launched by a post on the Usenet, the Mosaic browser and the introduction of the image tag as well. If you can't click a link and get a file, well, it's too much work;)
When I don't have access to a public news server, I use Easynews.com. There is a nominal charge to use it, (I think $10 a month for 20 gig through HTTP, 40 gig through NNTP), but the nice thing about the HTTP is they combine binaries on their servers, so you can download completed files vs downloading 1000 binaries and combining them yourself. They are based out of Phoenix, AZ, and max my cable bandwidth on downloading.
I have used Newsparrot to find public open servers before, seems to work well.
Bittorent... blah. Usenet is the only way to go. Been around longer then the world wide web, and most ISP's have a news server, so your download speeds are usually as fast as what the ISP supports. alt.binaries.multimedia FTW
I agree... I just had to rebuild a computer due to a motherboard going bad. I run an ATI crossfire setup, and the only board that they had at the local electronic shop (Fry's) that was crossfire ran the new Intel processors. After getting a new processor, new memory (it used DDR2 vs my old boards DDR), and getting it installed, I found that my power supply was lacking (old processor was an AMD64x2, new was an Intel Core Duo). My old power supply ran 500 watts, now I am running 700 watts. While I am not sure that it is actually using all those watts, I am sure that my power bill is going to reflect it.
Fanboism. Let me respond to a couple of your points.
All the add ons for the Xbox360, which, I might add, are not forced upon the consumer. Who cares if it 'matches what the PS3' costs if you get all the add ons. I for one don't care about high-def DVD, and could care less if my console is WiFi enabled. At least with the 360, it is not being forced on me, I can choose to add those items on if I want.
And for all extent and purposes, I can easily put together a PC with the same features for the same price, probably less. It obviously won't have a Cell processor, or blu-ray drive, but the 'features' will be the exact same.
Not being there, I couldn't tell you how the setup was. As you say, common sense would dictate that the everything was setup (shells, ignitor, etc) before the electrical connections were made. He having done this for quite a number of years, I would find it hard to believe that he was dropping shells into a 'live' tube. I would hazard a guess that while the wiring was being connected a spark occured firing the shell into him. (ie the static electricity or bad wiring comment). Not really being savvy to pyrotechnics, I couldn't comment on the setup. But, being a logical programmer, what you mentioned does seem very common sense.
He was killed when he was loading a tube and 'something' (theories abound, from static electricity to a short in the wiring... what caused it was never proven) caused the firework to ignite. These are not your average 'buy at the indian reservation' roman candles. They are class B explosive devices, which require a special permit from ATFE, so yes, what he was doing was mortally dangerous. Fluke? His friends and family think so, as he was known to be very careful on the job. But, when dealing with high explosives, things can happen. Warning: PDF!!! Consumer Protection Safety Commision 2005 fireworks report. He was one of the 4 who died last year. There was an article in the daily rag about it, trying to find it online...
I had a friend who was a professional pyrotechnic for many years. On a job for a small new years eve festival something went wrong with the setup and he was killed. This was someone who had years of experience doing this, and was working with a group of other people who had been doing it for years. If you really don't know exactly what you are doing, the chance of you not only hurting/killing yourself, but others is there.
Re:The rest of the launch lineup can go to hell...
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I wasn't even going to reply to this, you being a 'foe' and all, mainly being that you have proved over and over again that you are a rabbid Sony fanboi. But, here I go...
Not all people buy a system to play 'online' multiplayer. A lot of people have friends that actually come over to their homes, to socialize 'in real life'. Mind you, they probably have more room then your parents basement, so I will forgive you on that. So, great, the PS3 has a FPS, with multiplayer support. What happens when you have a couple friends come over to play? Going to take turns?
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Shameless plug, but check out http://www.unicornmedia.com./ They will take content, transcode it to near lossless h.264 quality, and host it on their site for free. As the content owner, you are given the opportunity to place ads, which you get a percentage from. They launch a new front end next month designed entirely in Flex, so as long as the client has Flash, it will play.
Quite a few, actually. While his version of cyberspace wasn't accurate (well, not yet at least), many of the little things in Neuromancer and his follow-up books (Count Zero, Monalisa Overdrive) that at the time seemed quite far out have come to see the light of day in current times. Remember when reading it that it was written in 1984.
I have found that most games have issues with the integrated intel chip. There is a page somewhere on Intel's site that details what games work and what games don't...Here. Think it has something to do with no hardware vertex shader, but I could be mistaken.
I think a better question is how much is Sony paying you for your service?
I am curious to see what they will do for the people like myself, who bought the console on launch day, and got the 3 ring death after the 1 year warranty expired. Instead of sending it in and paying $140 to have them fix it, I opened the box up and removed the X bracket on the CPU, and clamped down the heatsink with 4 screws. Turned the system on without the fans running, let it overheat a bit, and tightened down the heatsink, unwarping the MB and reconnecting the pins that had 'warped' out. Has worked perfectly since then. I would love, though, to send it in and have them fix the problems the 'right' way. Guessing, though, that since I voided the warranty by opening the box, I am SOL. *shrug*
True, according to the law, the old company can't say much. But in reality, you would be suprised at what an old job will say about you to a new one, especially if you left the old job on bad terms.
Yes, you can sue the old company, if you find out that what they said was what led to you not getting hired. Once again, in reality, not alot of places are going to inform you that because your old boss bad mouthed you, you didn't get hired. In fact, an interviewer who hears that you shot smack/coded like a monkey/'stickied' keyboards/etc. is going to be more grateful to the person that gave them that information then to you, who was one of 'the pile of resumes'.
I would love to do that, but the problem is (and I imagine that it affects a great number of people that would love to do this) how to support my family and lifestyle while I go back to school?
Talk about synchronicity, I was just thinking about this exact same question before I sat down and opened up /. I am a consultant, .NET / C# programmer, in Phoenix, AZ. I got bored with what I was doing, and thought that being a consultant and never taking more then a 6 month contract would be the best thing, as I would always have a new challenge on my plate. Been consulting for over 2 years now, programming for over 10. And am really bored with it.
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What to do next is a huge question for me. I make > $100k/year, and have no college education. Unfortunately, I have become accustomed to the lifestyle that I lead, and my bills won't go away just because I take a job that pays less. While consulting was a quick 'fix', I find that no matter where I go, it's the same over and over again. *shrug* Just my
Ah, the memories that title just invoked. I had forgotten about this game. Trying to shoot the antenni off the ants, trying to bed the girl, driving from point a to point b dodging more ants, and that damn mine!! I owned my Amiga for years, and I think that I may have beaten this game once out of the millions of times I tried. They should make a repeat of this game!
Holy syntax nazi Batman!
Not to be picky.... but in actuality, the NASCAR rulebook is really no bigger then a checkbook. It leads to a lot of 'grey' areas that the teams attempt to exploit.
They broke the law, (yes, what they did was illegal). See ART act.
Ah, to only have some mod points today... we really need a +1 Great Reference mod.
Amen to that... first thing when I stumble out of bed is to walk out to the back patio and have a smoke while my dogs relieve themselves, then off to the bathroom for the 3 "S"'s. A short drive to the corner Circle K (or whatever they call themselves this week), for a liter of Mt.Dew and a 24oz coffee (espresso blend with a bit of ice... cools it down just enough to start drinking it right away). On the drive to work, sip the coffee and time it just right so that the coffee is gone when I pull up to work and I am just finishing my second cigarette. Every morning same routine... not the healthiest way to start the morning, but hell, I sit in front of a computer all day long, with the only exercise being the 2 flights of stairs to go outside to smoke. *shrug* Not really planning on an extended life here!
Yeah, we all should know how well great sci-fi authors works translate to the big (or little in this case) screen.... William Gibson for example.
The funny thing about Usenet is that most of the people that don't already know about it (ie anyone in their 20's) don't have the understanding of how it works or the patience. "You mean I have to download all these attachments from these messages, and then somehow decode them, then combine them as well? Heck, I am just going to fire up my torrent program and hope that the file I want is out there."
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Forget about the community that has evolved from Usenet, the history, etc. It is the age of instant gratification. Nevermind that the world wide web as we know it was launched by a post on the Usenet, the Mosaic browser and the introduction of the image tag as well. If you can't click a link and get a file, well, it's too much work
When I don't have access to a public news server, I use Easynews.com. There is a nominal charge to use it, (I think $10 a month for 20 gig through HTTP, 40 gig through NNTP), but the nice thing about the HTTP is they combine binaries on their servers, so you can download completed files vs downloading 1000 binaries and combining them yourself. They are based out of Phoenix, AZ, and max my cable bandwidth on downloading.
I have used Newsparrot to find public open servers before, seems to work well.
Bittorent... blah. Usenet is the only way to go. Been around longer then the world wide web, and most ISP's have a news server, so your download speeds are usually as fast as what the ISP supports. alt.binaries.multimedia FTW
I live in AZ, where there are no scalper laws... heck, I have seen police direct traffic around cars that have stopped to buy tickets from a scalper!
I agree... I just had to rebuild a computer due to a motherboard going bad. I run an ATI crossfire setup, and the only board that they had at the local electronic shop (Fry's) that was crossfire ran the new Intel processors. After getting a new processor, new memory (it used DDR2 vs my old boards DDR), and getting it installed, I found that my power supply was lacking (old processor was an AMD64x2, new was an Intel Core Duo). My old power supply ran 500 watts, now I am running 700 watts. While I am not sure that it is actually using all those watts, I am sure that my power bill is going to reflect it.
Fanboism. Let me respond to a couple of your points. All the add ons for the Xbox360, which, I might add, are not forced upon the consumer. Who cares if it 'matches what the PS3' costs if you get all the add ons. I for one don't care about high-def DVD, and could care less if my console is WiFi enabled. At least with the 360, it is not being forced on me, I can choose to add those items on if I want. And for all extent and purposes, I can easily put together a PC with the same features for the same price, probably less. It obviously won't have a Cell processor, or blu-ray drive, but the 'features' will be the exact same.
Not being there, I couldn't tell you how the setup was. As you say, common sense would dictate that the everything was setup (shells, ignitor, etc) before the electrical connections were made. He having done this for quite a number of years, I would find it hard to believe that he was dropping shells into a 'live' tube. I would hazard a guess that while the wiring was being connected a spark occured firing the shell into him. (ie the static electricity or bad wiring comment). Not really being savvy to pyrotechnics, I couldn't comment on the setup. But, being a logical programmer, what you mentioned does seem very common sense.
He was killed when he was loading a tube and 'something' (theories abound, from static electricity to a short in the wiring... what caused it was never proven) caused the firework to ignite. These are not your average 'buy at the indian reservation' roman candles. They are class B explosive devices, which require a special permit from ATFE, so yes, what he was doing was mortally dangerous. Fluke? His friends and family think so, as he was known to be very careful on the job. But, when dealing with high explosives, things can happen. Warning: PDF!!! Consumer Protection Safety Commision 2005 fireworks report. He was one of the 4 who died last year. There was an article in the daily rag about it, trying to find it online...
I had a friend who was a professional pyrotechnic for many years. On a job for a small new years eve festival something went wrong with the setup and he was killed. This was someone who had years of experience doing this, and was working with a group of other people who had been doing it for years. If you really don't know exactly what you are doing, the chance of you not only hurting/killing yourself, but others is there.
I wasn't even going to reply to this, you being a 'foe' and all, mainly being that you have proved over and over again that you are a rabbid Sony fanboi. But, here I go...
Not all people buy a system to play 'online' multiplayer. A lot of people have friends that actually come over to their homes, to socialize 'in real life'. Mind you, they probably have more room then your parents basement, so I will forgive you on that. So, great, the PS3 has a FPS, with multiplayer support. What happens when you have a couple friends come over to play? Going to take turns?