The submit poll link appears to redirect to the same place as you submit articles, so I think just like a regular story but with the selection of Section: Poll and, I would guess, Topic: Slashback (Although, there is a separate topic Slashback, which isn't polls, I don't see one that actually says 'Slashdot Poll' so I guess it is the closest one, considering its a follow-up to an already posted article.)
Imagine a Beowulf of those;) I tried, but the very thought of it very nearly took over my brain. If I hadn't begun to choke on my own drool, I might not have survived to welcome our new 6-core QuickPath Overlords.
Alright, but what happens when something breaks down? With no atmosphere to burn them up, smaller space debris may impact the surface near the telescope (and stirring up the soil) or the device itself. We already have hear of that the extremly abrasive qualities of the lunar soil. That soil that will find its way into the telescope (especially bad for any moving parts.)
I too, however, am optimistic. Not so much about what the telescope will grant us, but rather the challenges to material science. Solutions to those challenges will prove extremly important if we ever want to have a prolonged or perminent presence on the Moon.
Tell me the 60 min of "talk time" doesn't include the wasted time spent waiting for the message to reach the moon, get a response and head back.
I could see it as something of a quarky attraction "talk to the moon: call 2-XXX...) to help fund research. But really what colonist is going to want to be in the middle of digging up dirt only to stop and answer a phone with some silly questions like "what's the weather like up there?"
Well, not to get bogged down in semantics, but I tend to categorize based on goals rather than more specific tactical nuances. Thus, often it comes out, sometimes in a way against me, a bit generalized. I associate insurgents, whom have the goal of demoralizing and terrorizing troops (as in deadly harrasment,) with terrorist, despite the wider range of targets an insurgent will chose (ie. ambushing supply convoys, raiding ammo dumps, rather than just civilian mayhem.) But in general what the gp is saying make sense. Using the patterns to help determine what targets are more susceptible. Maybe not warehouse versus mall, but instead determing some level activty, worth, etc that makes a target appear more worthy of attack.
But the terrorists have to conform to reality, there are conditions that must be met for an attack to be carried out. Resources and weaponry must be aquired transferred or built. Willing persons must be in the area or transported there. The application of these resources, which are valuable even if they are a disposable one-shot sort deal often, so we know they will be trying to maximize effect in minimizing risk. There may be vastly more targets than terrorists, but that does not mean that every target could be targeted at any one time. If anything, the research should be a useful tool in helping predict not randomized attacks, but rather supplies, logistics, idelogical supports; the true treasures of information warfare.
Shortly after the study began however, the patterns began to match-up to something surprisingly familiar. We have determined that the terrorists are using Windows' random number generator to pick their targets.
But what I want to know is why is thin even in? I prefer something sturdy, reliable, and preferably with a battery I can change myself. What is it with the obsession with how the thing looks, if it does so at the cost of utility (64 gigabytes on a 2k+ machine, you've got to be joking!) My tastes prefer a higher utility and durability.
Then again, I must disclaim my statements with the following revelations about my tastes in general. I enjoyed Cloverfield and look forward to purchasing the DVD, I liked the Star Wars prequels (especially the sfx and cgi,) and feel the Sonic CD US soundtrack is better than the Japanese Soundtrack.
My house wouldn't be built around gimmicky crap like auto moodlighting or suggesting recipies. Mine would be more practical innovation. Bathrooms and kitchens coated in titanium dioxide treated to dissapate dirt and mildew. It'll have a 3D fabrication Printer to print out dishes or maybe even chair parts when we have extra company. Automated machines to cut the grass (if I don't go with bio-engineered no-mow grass.) The construction itself will be steel framed and built using modular panels but build to be reconfigurable (relativly.) Replacing drywall with bolted or snap-in-place steel-backed panels (the exposed surface side could be bare steel, have wood glued on, wallpapered, etc.) allowing for me to access the interior portions of the wall with ease. My particular aesthetic would be bare steel panels, with cables run along the outside in bundles, but it would be easy to reconfigure it to appear 'classical' with the wires hidden behind the now covered panels. I want my home of the future to be flexable, low(er) maintenance, and something that will last.
Having just rebuilt my PC this summer, for the recent Orange Box (which I hear had its problems on 360 and should not be talked about on the PS3), Crysis (PC only), as well as improving my development environment with a quad core, modern ram, and various other leaps, I can certainly say I feel I get a superior experience on my PC. I suppose genres that translate better on the PC (RTS, FPS, MMO) are shrinking a bit (as your FPS example may well illustrate,) but I would argue that a PC can offer advantages. Although it cost me a pretty penny (at $1300, not including perfectly good hardware I salvaged out of my previous rig,) my rig technically outperforms the PS3. It does not, mind you, outperform it theoretically (ie. merely in every instance of practice has it been compared) but I honor practice above theory anyways. Of course it outperforms the 360 in both theory and practice; though at that price, its not saying much against a console merely a year old.
As I see it, the real problem of the money pit is the long term. However, I think rather than see it as just a money pit, it is part of an opposed point of view. As you point out, in attempting to keep ahead of the consoles (possible, though it is,) the PC becomes a money pit with cost far outweighing the benefits. I don't try to keep up with the consoles; I'm not as big on the best of the best possible graphics or framerates. Instead, I build an advanced PC about half-way in between each console cyle, saving costs by building it myself, careful shopping, and reusing as many pieces as possible. Normally, this means I pay for a nice graphics card for around $300. Every once in a while (as was the case this time) advancement ceases to be a possiblity with a current rig and so I go out and try to build a highly advanced PC (trying to stay under $1500.) Before this once, I had an AMD Socket A cpu with a fsb of 133 MHz! So I don't plan on another upgrade (video card, or perhaps the way things are going, CPU) until 2012 or so. True, it is the more expensive route, but between its dual use (software development) and of course the sheer fun of building/rebuilding the thing I feel its worth it. Of course, not everyone's in this position, so perhaps consoles will be dominate with the majority of people, but I do not think all but low-requirement content will exists soley on the consoles, either.
I assume the controls would present *some* challenge. A controller pad has a more limited controls than a PC; not to say it can't do it, just that it requires more than just a quick function mapping. A large portion of Spore is supposed to be about sharing just about everything, and I'm sure Live presents some challenges and requires a lot of interaction with Microsoft, atleast that's what other developers have said. Furthermore, DS and cellphone versions were said to be limited to a or a few certain "levels" (eg. space/microbial.)
On a side note, as a PC gamer, I still don't feel consoles are quite as good. I do own a Wii, as I feel it best compliments my PC. As for PC gaming being a money pit, I don't know if I can argue against it; consoles are just going to be cheaper because of the model they follow. Still, I prefer building my own PC. If the comment was in reference to the never ceasing harkening of the "death of PC gaming," I would submit that perhaps PC gaming is merely going in a different direction than the stats are looking for. For instance, Steam reached 13 million accounts (not users) in May, only to recently ascend to 15 million accounts. Increasingly popular games are becoming available via Steam as well; just recently the MMO Eve Online accounced it was coming to Steam. Despite a large and growing library of games, services like Steam, or Direct 2 Drive, or Gametap, tend to fall off the rader of PC stats accounting.
Aircraft capable of sustained speeds of Mach 6 doesn't just have to have military purposes. This research could be applicable well beyond, in space exploration and more. As a launch veichle, a reusable hypersonic design is one of NASA's prime goals. Materials capable of withstanding the forces present at Mach 6, and even more so, for sustained periods of time could bring great advances in material sciences and result in stronger commercial airplanes, enhance the durability of electronics, or at the very least provide materials more capable of dealing with extreme friction. Military spending just happens to be one of the easier ways to get approval for a range of applicable technologies.
My biggest problem with this news is the vagueness of the proposal. It states several times "customers suspected of making illegal downloads." I wonder what would constitute activity suspicious enough to trigger a strike. It is no secrete that over here in the states' the *AAs are rather forceful in pursuing "suspected" illegal file-sharers, oft to the point of false accusations and approaching terror tactics (Universities that have stopped nearly all P2P traffic, for example.) Laws with disputable characteristics like this make an excellent foundation for the further legitimization of such tactics.
Defensive tactics are not advised. If they come for the file-sharing users now, what makes you think they will not come for the encryption users later? Better to make our stand here and now, upon this miserable connection and fall as link-dead than to run for higher obscurity against an ever rising invasion of our privacy.
Been awhile since I've heard that word. I forget, is it the transition from summer to fall or just a synonym for fall? Either way, I hope the list does become permanent and remain outraged that the politicians still give themselves the exemption.
See people, we can create freakish nightmares of creation without even using genetic modification! Really, being afraid of the unnatural qualities of "Frankenfood" makes about as much sense as being afraid of "Boo-Berry" cereal.
Why would this be a better option than a regular flight? Aside from being a relatively short trip, I'd still be stuck with 300 people and almost no chance at a window seat (does this thing even have windows, I can't tell.) What about the sonic boom, wasn't flying over populated areas and causing these kinds of noises a big problem for the Air France Supersonic Jet? Where are my Sky Cruisers, I'll take luxury and fine accommodations over speed any day; not every air traveler is a business traveler. But I suppose businesses want speedy and low cost flights, regardless of ones comfort. What things we put ourselves through for our businesses, Oh the humanity!
I know it's up to the party to decide how to run their own primaries and it doesn't even have to be democratic, but doesn't the concept of superdelegates irk anyone else? The idea that you should get special treatment and privileged voting rights just for who you are seems... well, unamerican.
Even more unfortunate, we will soon be left with elections that are exactly as they have been in the past: A choice between the lesser of two evils. Wait, wait, I missed something. When did they removed the 'Write-in' line?
Not quite, although it only seems to be accessable through the "idle" section, from there you can access any other section and article summary, similar in fashion to the firehose. Once you click "read more," however, the articles are presented in the good old fashion, save for 'idle' articles.
Personally, I'd prefer a small electrode or set of electrodes attached to a portion of my brain and a switch to turn it on or off. Oh, and a small LED, too, so I can literally "have a lightbulb go off in my head." But seriously, something portable and fast acting is what I'd like. No sitting around waiting for some herbs or something to work, just a quick zap to the head with the memory-prod and back to whatever I needed it for.
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Ars Technica's article included MP3 Audio clippings of the hearing.
The submit poll link appears to redirect to the same place as you submit articles, so I think just like a regular story but with the selection of Section: Poll and, I would guess, Topic: Slashback (Although, there is a separate topic Slashback, which isn't polls, I don't see one that actually says 'Slashdot Poll' so I guess it is the closest one, considering its a follow-up to an already posted article.)
Why not submit this to the official slashdot poll? With a referencial link to the case/this story, of course.
Also, b. I'm hoping to seem something wacky in d, but I think b.
Alright, but what happens when something breaks down? With no atmosphere to burn them up, smaller space debris may impact the surface near the telescope (and stirring up the soil) or the device itself. We already have hear of that the extremly abrasive qualities of the lunar soil. That soil that will find its way into the telescope (especially bad for any moving parts.)
I too, however, am optimistic. Not so much about what the telescope will grant us, but rather the challenges to material science. Solutions to those challenges will prove extremly important if we ever want to have a prolonged or perminent presence on the Moon.
Tell me the 60 min of "talk time" doesn't include the wasted time spent waiting for the message to reach the moon, get a response and head back.
I could see it as something of a quarky attraction "talk to the moon: call 2-XXX...) to help fund research. But really what colonist is going to want to be in the middle of digging up dirt only to stop and answer a phone with some silly questions like "what's the weather like up there?"
Well, not to get bogged down in semantics, but I tend to categorize based on goals rather than more specific tactical nuances. Thus, often it comes out, sometimes in a way against me, a bit generalized. I associate insurgents, whom have the goal of demoralizing and terrorizing troops (as in deadly harrasment,) with terrorist, despite the wider range of targets an insurgent will chose (ie. ambushing supply convoys, raiding ammo dumps, rather than just civilian mayhem.) But in general what the gp is saying make sense. Using the patterns to help determine what targets are more susceptible. Maybe not warehouse versus mall, but instead determing some level activty, worth, etc that makes a target appear more worthy of attack.
But the terrorists have to conform to reality, there are conditions that must be met for an attack to be carried out. Resources and weaponry must be aquired transferred or built. Willing persons must be in the area or transported there. The application of these resources, which are valuable even if they are a disposable one-shot sort deal often, so we know they will be trying to maximize effect in minimizing risk. There may be vastly more targets than terrorists, but that does not mean that every target could be targeted at any one time. If anything, the research should be a useful tool in helping predict not randomized attacks, but rather supplies, logistics, idelogical supports; the true treasures of information warfare.
Shortly after the study began however, the patterns began to match-up to something surprisingly familiar. We have determined that the terrorists are using Windows' random number generator to pick their targets.
But what I want to know is why is thin even in? I prefer something sturdy, reliable, and preferably with a battery I can change myself. What is it with the obsession with how the thing looks, if it does so at the cost of utility (64 gigabytes on a 2k+ machine, you've got to be joking!) My tastes prefer a higher utility and durability.
Then again, I must disclaim my statements with the following revelations about my tastes in general. I enjoyed Cloverfield and look forward to purchasing the DVD, I liked the Star Wars prequels (especially the sfx and cgi,) and feel the Sonic CD US soundtrack is better than the Japanese Soundtrack.
Popsci has another take on the Home of the the Future.
My house wouldn't be built around gimmicky crap like auto moodlighting or suggesting recipies. Mine would be more practical innovation. Bathrooms and kitchens coated in titanium dioxide treated to dissapate dirt and mildew. It'll have a 3D fabrication Printer to print out dishes or maybe even chair parts when we have extra company. Automated machines to cut the grass (if I don't go with bio-engineered no-mow grass.) The construction itself will be steel framed and built using modular panels but build to be reconfigurable (relativly.) Replacing drywall with bolted or snap-in-place steel-backed panels (the exposed surface side could be bare steel, have wood glued on, wallpapered, etc.) allowing for me to access the interior portions of the wall with ease. My particular aesthetic would be bare steel panels, with cables run along the outside in bundles, but it would be easy to reconfigure it to appear 'classical' with the wires hidden behind the now covered panels. I want my home of the future to be flexable, low(er) maintenance, and something that will last.
Having just rebuilt my PC this summer, for the recent Orange Box (which I hear had its problems on 360 and should not be talked about on the PS3), Crysis (PC only), as well as improving my development environment with a quad core, modern ram, and various other leaps, I can certainly say I feel I get a superior experience on my PC. I suppose genres that translate better on the PC (RTS, FPS, MMO) are shrinking a bit (as your FPS example may well illustrate,) but I would argue that a PC can offer advantages. Although it cost me a pretty penny (at $1300, not including perfectly good hardware I salvaged out of my previous rig,) my rig technically outperforms the PS3. It does not, mind you, outperform it theoretically (ie. merely in every instance of practice has it been compared) but I honor practice above theory anyways. Of course it outperforms the 360 in both theory and practice; though at that price, its not saying much against a console merely a year old.
As I see it, the real problem of the money pit is the long term. However, I think rather than see it as just a money pit, it is part of an opposed point of view. As you point out, in attempting to keep ahead of the consoles (possible, though it is,) the PC becomes a money pit with cost far outweighing the benefits. I don't try to keep up with the consoles; I'm not as big on the best of the best possible graphics or framerates. Instead, I build an advanced PC about half-way in between each console cyle, saving costs by building it myself, careful shopping, and reusing as many pieces as possible. Normally, this means I pay for a nice graphics card for around $300. Every once in a while (as was the case this time) advancement ceases to be a possiblity with a current rig and so I go out and try to build a highly advanced PC (trying to stay under $1500.) Before this once, I had an AMD Socket A cpu with a fsb of 133 MHz! So I don't plan on another upgrade (video card, or perhaps the way things are going, CPU) until 2012 or so. True, it is the more expensive route, but between its dual use (software development) and of course the sheer fun of building/rebuilding the thing I feel its worth it. Of course, not everyone's in this position, so perhaps consoles will be dominate with the majority of people, but I do not think all but low-requirement content will exists soley on the consoles, either.
I assume the controls would present *some* challenge. A controller pad has a more limited controls than a PC; not to say it can't do it, just that it requires more than just a quick function mapping. A large portion of Spore is supposed to be about sharing just about everything, and I'm sure Live presents some challenges and requires a lot of interaction with Microsoft, atleast that's what other developers have said. Furthermore, DS and cellphone versions were said to be limited to a or a few certain "levels" (eg. space/microbial.)
On a side note, as a PC gamer, I still don't feel consoles are quite as good. I do own a Wii, as I feel it best compliments my PC. As for PC gaming being a money pit, I don't know if I can argue against it; consoles are just going to be cheaper because of the model they follow. Still, I prefer building my own PC. If the comment was in reference to the never ceasing harkening of the "death of PC gaming," I would submit that perhaps PC gaming is merely going in a different direction than the stats are looking for. For instance, Steam reached 13 million accounts (not users) in May, only to recently ascend to 15 million accounts. Increasingly popular games are becoming available via Steam as well; just recently the MMO Eve Online accounced it was coming to Steam. Despite a large and growing library of games, services like Steam, or Direct 2 Drive, or Gametap, tend to fall off the rader of PC stats accounting.
Aircraft capable of sustained speeds of Mach 6 doesn't just have to have military purposes. This research could be applicable well beyond, in space exploration and more. As a launch veichle, a reusable hypersonic design is one of NASA's prime goals. Materials capable of withstanding the forces present at Mach 6, and even more so, for sustained periods of time could bring great advances in material sciences and result in stronger commercial airplanes, enhance the durability of electronics, or at the very least provide materials more capable of dealing with extreme friction. Military spending just happens to be one of the easier ways to get approval for a range of applicable technologies.
Well I don't! He ruins my world-domination schemes enough without going into super form, let alone hyper!
My biggest problem with this news is the vagueness of the proposal. It states several times "customers suspected of making illegal downloads." I wonder what would constitute activity suspicious enough to trigger a strike. It is no secrete that over here in the states' the *AAs are rather forceful in pursuing "suspected" illegal file-sharers, oft to the point of false accusations and approaching terror tactics (Universities that have stopped nearly all P2P traffic, for example.) Laws with disputable characteristics like this make an excellent foundation for the further legitimization of such tactics.
Defensive tactics are not advised. If they come for the file-sharing users now, what makes you think they will not come for the encryption users later? Better to make our stand here and now, upon this miserable connection and fall as link-dead than to run for higher obscurity against an ever rising invasion of our privacy.
Oops... *hehe* Lousy handwriting recognition software. I was too distracted by bigger foul-ups.
Been awhile since I've heard that word. I forget, is it the transition from summer to fall or just a synonym for fall? Either way, I hope the list does become permanent and remain outraged that the politicians still give themselves the exemption.
See people, we can create freakish nightmares of creation without even using genetic modification! Really, being afraid of the unnatural qualities of "Frankenfood" makes about as much sense as being afraid of "Boo-Berry" cereal.
Why would this be a better option than a regular flight? Aside from being a relatively short trip, I'd still be stuck with 300 people and almost no chance at a window seat (does this thing even have windows, I can't tell.) What about the sonic boom, wasn't flying over populated areas and causing these kinds of noises a big problem for the Air France Supersonic Jet? Where are my Sky Cruisers, I'll take luxury and fine accommodations over speed any day; not every air traveler is a business traveler. But I suppose businesses want speedy and low cost flights, regardless of ones comfort. What things we put ourselves through for our businesses, Oh the humanity!
I know it's up to the party to decide how to run their own primaries and it doesn't even have to be democratic, but doesn't the concept of superdelegates irk anyone else? The idea that you should get special treatment and privileged voting rights just for who you are seems... well, unamerican.
Not quite, although it only seems to be accessable through the "idle" section, from there you can access any other section and article summary, similar in fashion to the firehose. Once you click "read more," however, the articles are presented in the good old fashion, save for 'idle' articles.
Personally, I'd prefer a small electrode or set of electrodes attached to a portion of my brain and a switch to turn it on or off. Oh, and a small LED, too, so I can literally "have a lightbulb go off in my head." But seriously, something portable and fast acting is what I'd like. No sitting around waiting for some herbs or something to work, just a quick zap to the head with the memory-prod and back to whatever I needed it for.