2006 is shaping up to be the best year in gaming since, well a long time. Rise of Legends in May, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 in June, New Super Mario Bros. sometime in the summer, Nintendo Revolution toward the end of the year and I think the PS3's in there somewhere. Not to metion all the nice games that came out since january. If spore could squeeze it's self in somewhere towards the end, it'd be perfect. Otherwise 2006 and 2007 will be the best two gaming years since, well... a long time.
This Thematic sequence of classes appeared just this year:
Interactive Media Studies-3 Animation and Game Design. Designed to develop a focused expertise in the theory, processes, and production skills involved in the development of 3D environments in a gaming context. Students will be able to understand the basic terminology and processes involved in 3D design, animation, and game design. Students will develop expertise in "state-of-the-art" 3D design and animation tools and be able to present and discuss underlying concepts and techniques in 3D and game design. The will also have a broad understanding of the history and cultural context of 3D game design and development.
Take these three courses:
IMS 319 Foundations in 3D and Animation (3)
ARC/IMS 404.Y Mind and Medium (3)
IMS 445 Game design (3)
While this robot is not essential to our goal of capturing Bin Laden or disabling his networks directly, you must remember that every operation "over there" requires an extremely long logistics line.
Invariably, all operations that this unmanned cargo hauler enhances, speeds up, or makes more reliable will improve the military's overall flexability and move us closer to a totally network-centric wartime solution. A solution that will eventually yeild Bin Laden and combats terrorism much more effectivly than any previous war strategy.
Not to mention the move from military to commercial channels. All military inventions throught history have benefitted society in some way (though it may be obscure) such as the fly-by-wire technology that allows for commercial jets to perform with more percision and more reliability. Imagine for a second that the flying wing shape of the B2 bomber was translated to a commercial jet (once proper methods of pressurizing it is devised) that will allow for greater passenger and cargo capacity, more leg room for you, and it'll still fit in the same wing length of the original jet. While perhaps the previous example is a bit oversimplified and starry-eyed (more weight requires stronger/more engines,) I don't think you can deny the eventual benefit mass automation of US cargo land transport would provide towards lowering costs (and therefore price) and improving overall logistics.
I should have seen it coming, anything that good would eventually be commercial. I guess it won't be so bad, $10 isn't too much. It sounds like the deal will be good for Garry, too. If it keeps the updates coming, recognizing new games and adding its gfc like it says, it'll be worth it.
As much as I hate to say it, I'd have to say I'd buy it.
It's not a cure for old age, its no longer possible after a certain point so you can't reverse an entire lineage back to one cell.
It's not going to reverse cancer either, for the same reason. What it *might* do, if you can determine on a cellular level which cells are cancerous, is halt the growth (assuming it doesn't just start dividing again. It doesn't even say if the DNA recombines, which I doubt it would do.
The real value is that old scientific standby, knowledge. Greater knowledge of what makes a cell tick, what factors trigger when its ready to divide will result in new cures, safer cures, and, of course, new understanding. If we can figure out why a cell divides, we can perhaps block those triggers and stop the division of cells like cancer. Greatly slowing or even stopping cell metabolism and division will be an important part of imposing a long term stasis or hibernation in humans experiencing long space travels to mars and the like. Understanding how to trigger cell reproduction could be one of the most important steps in reviving persons who have cyrogenically frozen themselves, too.
This is nothing new, this kind of thing has been underdevelopment since late in the Cold War. Unlike perceptions in the pentagon, times have changed. These missile systems will not prevent projectiles like rpg fire; we need defense platforms for the present, not the past. There's no point in building an anti-missile laser when Iran or whoever developes a nuke can completly skip the missile. Whose going to build their nuclear weapon onto a missle delivery system if they know we can shoot it down? Not being able to shoot them down was the reason we put nukes on missiles in the first place.
Cut the funding, dump the project and reassign the personel to more useful projects like laser based fusion power, or robotics, or composite smart armor development.
Why build a fancy flight system to be swatted when we could just take a real fly, attach 2 tiny cameras (four if they're small enough, one for each direction) and a little zapper to zap its brain when it goes the wrong direction we want.
Basic Principle of Human success
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Sounds like the basic principle behind all human success.
Our species survived by outsmarting and overwhelming its game. Coming from all directions, cutting off an animals exits except over a cliff or into the spike lined pit. Spears and fire just helped drive the animal. Until those weapons became more advanced.
Today, the military tries to do the same thing; Come from every direction, with so many different weapons, so many different strategies, each co-opted for their strengths that the enemy can't challenge them. Of course when not all the exits are covered, the enemy squeezes itself into whatever style can continue to combat, like terrorism.
Finally, Google is (trying) to do the same thing, trying every strategy and good that they can do well, each individually improving and co-opting themselves/each other. Inadvertantly, this also squeezes out Google's competition, giving them even more room to operate.
While eventually the success of so many different strategies will meld into a more singular path, limiting innovation, until it does it will be good.
Treat it for depression, give it plenty of (if its voice command) encouraging words or (if its tap-n-go) a good rub, but be sure to keep an eye on it; its obviously has suicidal tendancies.
Pardon my poor neuro-knowledge, but if you made a cell or a membrane lightsensitive that normally isn't, how would the brain interpret this signal? I don't think that you'd suddenly be able to see out of that area (loosly defining seeing as sensing light, kind of like when you close your eyelids but still can tell lights are moving around outside it.) Wouldn't the brain misinterpret the signals as whatever it normally recieves from that area, just based on the connection history of the neurons? Maybe it would eventually reroute the infromation to the sight portion of the brain.
Reguardless, this could provide a number of interesting research opportunities to further our knowledge of the brain as well as visual systems.
Read you own link, it says Havok worked with Valve for 3 years to bring about Havok 2. Kind of similar to how Half-Life's engine was built off a licensed Quake engine, no?
I tried the same thing, but toss still puts force behind the grenade, it doesn't just let it go. grap a small object like the bucket in the small shack half way through the bridge and repeat. The secondary fire key (or primary, I forget which) will just drop the object. I forget what happens...
No video or audio yet? I loved his speech last year. I'm very interested in hearing about his thoughts on Rare Earth, especially how he related it to Spore in his speech.
Does anyone know of a link to a full write-out or video or other media?
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2006 is shaping up to be the best year in gaming since, well a long time. Rise of Legends in May, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 in June, New Super Mario Bros. sometime in the summer, Nintendo Revolution toward the end of the year and I think the PS3's in there somewhere. Not to metion all the nice games that came out since january. If spore could squeeze it's self in somewhere towards the end, it'd be perfect. Otherwise 2006 and 2007 will be the best two gaming years since, well... a long time.
When I first heard of Blu-Ray I thought: "Gee, they couldn't come up with a dumber name? It sounds as stupid as Betamax!"
Then I found out Sony was making Blu-Ray and had a good laugh.
Then I read "HD-DVD" and fell on the floor laughing.
This Thematic sequence of classes appeared just this year:
Interactive Media Studies-3 Animation and Game Design. Designed to develop a focused expertise in the theory, processes, and production skills involved in the development of 3D environments in a gaming context. Students will be able to understand the basic terminology and processes involved in 3D design, animation, and game design. Students will develop expertise in "state-of-the-art" 3D design and animation tools and be able to present and discuss underlying concepts and techniques in 3D and game design. The will also have a broad understanding of the history and cultural context of 3D game design and development.
Take these three courses:
IMS 319 Foundations in 3D and Animation (3)
ARC/IMS 404.Y Mind and Medium (3)
IMS 445 Game design (3)
I am so taking these classes.
While this robot is not essential to our goal of capturing Bin Laden or disabling his networks directly, you must remember that every operation "over there" requires an extremely long logistics line.
Invariably, all operations that this unmanned cargo hauler enhances, speeds up, or makes more reliable will improve the military's overall flexability and move us closer to a totally network-centric wartime solution. A solution that will eventually yeild Bin Laden and combats terrorism much more effectivly than any previous war strategy.
Not to mention the move from military to commercial channels. All military inventions throught history have benefitted society in some way (though it may be obscure) such as the fly-by-wire technology that allows for commercial jets to perform with more percision and more reliability. Imagine for a second that the flying wing shape of the B2 bomber was translated to a commercial jet (once proper methods of pressurizing it is devised) that will allow for greater passenger and cargo capacity, more leg room for you, and it'll still fit in the same wing length of the original jet. While perhaps the previous example is a bit oversimplified and starry-eyed (more weight requires stronger/more engines,) I don't think you can deny the eventual benefit mass automation of US cargo land transport would provide towards lowering costs (and therefore price) and improving overall logistics.
I should have seen it coming, anything that good would eventually be commercial. I guess it won't be so bad, $10 isn't too much. It sounds like the deal will be good for Garry, too. If it keeps the updates coming, recognizing new games and adding its gfc like it says, it'll be worth it.
As much as I hate to say it, I'd have to say I'd buy it.
It's not a cure for old age, its no longer possible after a certain point so you can't reverse an entire lineage back to one cell.
It's not going to reverse cancer either, for the same reason. What it *might* do, if you can determine on a cellular level which cells are cancerous, is halt the growth (assuming it doesn't just start dividing again. It doesn't even say if the DNA recombines, which I doubt it would do.
The real value is that old scientific standby, knowledge. Greater knowledge of what makes a cell tick, what factors trigger when its ready to divide will result in new cures, safer cures, and, of course, new understanding. If we can figure out why a cell divides, we can perhaps block those triggers and stop the division of cells like cancer. Greatly slowing or even stopping cell metabolism and division will be an important part of imposing a long term stasis or hibernation in humans experiencing long space travels to mars and the like. Understanding how to trigger cell reproduction could be one of the most important steps in reviving persons who have cyrogenically frozen themselves, too.
This is nothing new, this kind of thing has been underdevelopment since late in the Cold War. Unlike perceptions in the pentagon, times have changed. These missile systems will not prevent projectiles like rpg fire; we need defense platforms for the present, not the past. There's no point in building an anti-missile laser when Iran or whoever developes a nuke can completly skip the missile. Whose going to build their nuclear weapon onto a missle delivery system if they know we can shoot it down? Not being able to shoot them down was the reason we put nukes on missiles in the first place.
Cut the funding, dump the project and reassign the personel to more useful projects like laser based fusion power, or robotics, or composite smart armor development.
Why build a fancy flight system to be swatted when we could just take a real fly, attach 2 tiny cameras (four if they're small enough, one for each direction) and a little zapper to zap its brain when it goes the wrong direction we want.
Sounds like the basic principle behind all human success.
Our species survived by outsmarting and overwhelming its game. Coming from all directions, cutting off an animals exits except over a cliff or into the spike lined pit. Spears and fire just helped drive the animal. Until those weapons became more advanced.
Today, the military tries to do the same thing; Come from every direction, with so many different weapons, so many different strategies, each co-opted for their strengths that the enemy can't challenge them. Of course when not all the exits are covered, the enemy squeezes itself into whatever style can continue to combat, like terrorism.
Finally, Google is (trying) to do the same thing, trying every strategy and good that they can do well, each individually improving and co-opting themselves/each other. Inadvertantly, this also squeezes out Google's competition, giving them even more room to operate.
While eventually the success of so many different strategies will meld into a more singular path, limiting innovation, until it does it will be good.
On Soviet Mars, Earth invades YOU!
...And how many of them will be tweaked versions of old games on the Virtual Console.
Give me Super Smash Brothers Revolution at launch and between that and a Twilight Princess that uses the Revremote, I'll be satisfied till March!
But now what hordes will I throw at the hero to delay him until I reach my escape pod when my Ultimate Bio-weapon ultimatly fails?
And that's why I don't go anywhere without my mutated anthrax
...for Duck hunting!
Treat it for depression, give it plenty of (if its voice command) encouraging words or (if its tap-n-go) a good rub, but be sure to keep an eye on it; its obviously has suicidal tendancies.
Pardon my poor neuro-knowledge, but if you made a cell or a membrane lightsensitive that normally isn't, how would the brain interpret this signal? I don't think that you'd suddenly be able to see out of that area (loosly defining seeing as sensing light, kind of like when you close your eyelids but still can tell lights are moving around outside it.) Wouldn't the brain misinterpret the signals as whatever it normally recieves from that area, just based on the connection history of the neurons? Maybe it would eventually reroute the infromation to the sight portion of the brain.
Reguardless, this could provide a number of interesting research opportunities to further our knowledge of the brain as well as visual systems.
So sad that massive bureaucracy and misinformation makes this kind of research too difficult and expensive.
Oops, I thought you said "Hillary ensues..."
Read you own link, it says Havok worked with Valve for 3 years to bring about Havok 2. Kind of similar to how Half-Life's engine was built off a licensed Quake engine, no?
Your not:
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http://physx.ageia.com/titles.html
"Warhammer MMORPG"
Its got the MMORPG part, but if you want the magical part you want:
http://www.mightandmagic.com/us/darkmessiah/tease
FPSRPG Might and Magic game powered by an enhanced version of source, anyone?
I tried the same thing, but toss still puts force behind the grenade, it doesn't just let it go. grap a small object like the bucket in the small shack half way through the bridge and repeat. The secondary fire key (or primary, I forget which) will just drop the object. I forget what happens...
Nevermind, I found a transcript off a link from one of the above:
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/keynote/index.php
No video or audio yet? I loved his speech last year. I'm very interested in hearing about his thoughts on Rare Earth, especially how he related it to Spore in his speech. Does anyone know of a link to a full write-out or video or other media?
Are they testing a Scramjet or a new Bunker-buster?
Ehh, some people like dry, fake-math based jokes and some people don't...