Where my usage has really changed is when my first choice of keywords for Google leads to too many wrong responses (too much verbiage about Paris Hilton when looking for hotels in Paris). When this happens I now often look for a Wikipedia article to scan for better keywords to feed to Google. This is a very slick way of quickly narrowing the scope of the search.
What happened to your strategy? This is a story based on something a Google executive said... yet, Google isn't in the title! Not only will you lose ad revenue, but just think of all the Google fanbois that will have skimmed right over this story without even *realizing* that an essential bit of Googley goodness lies within!
1. The smallest physically realizable unit of something.
2. The smallest discrete amount of any quantity (plural: quanta)
3. The smallest 'unit' of energy. A quantum of light is called a photon.
Explain to me again why people use a word that is defined as the smallest difference to describe what they think are big changes?
Is no one at all even remotely worried that this hypothetical situation includes all three people in a vehicle looking at a display instead of the road?
Yeah, that was DAMN scary. My first thought on seeing that was, "Oh, Douglas, the end is nigh!! Do something!" And somehow noone else around me noticed as our world crumbled slowly into the abyss...
An excellent article, with a very interesting discussion of the HL2 development of their physics system. My reguards and thanks to Zonk for posting it. The mention of the tools the HL2 development team used to test the system sound quite fun, I wonder if they have any plans of releasing them, perhaps as part of a "Developer's Edition" of the game, as the Unreal Tournament 2k4 team did?
"This is taking the exact opposition approach -- rewarding viewers for taking the time to engage and be interactive with television," said Tom O'Keefe, an executive at Foote Cone & Belding, the advertising agency that created the spot for KFC Corp.
Yet another way in which televisions and all that profit from them are trying *desperately* to become the new interactive medium: GET REAL! People will not go to the trouble of recording a commerical in order to get a single coupon for something that costs $0.99 anyway. If it was a plasma tv, a laptop, something of *value* then people will jump through hoops to get it. Look at freepay.com, people will do all manner of things, even using their valuable sig space on/. but there is a major difference: These things (iPod, Laptop, PS3, etc) are actually worth the effort. If we wanted to play 'fun' games to gain miniscule rewards, we would already be playing an Xbox or PS2. You can get as many marketing guys from your company to say how great and revolutionary and wonderful and effective this is/will be, but it doesn't change the fact of the matter. This simply won't work.
Why is it that all the headlines these days are so violent?
I'm sure that every time something happens in the tech world, the intent is not to kill someone/something. Won't whoever's in charge of the headlines please think of the children!
"Better backups: When Windows 95 first came out, the typical hard disk was, maybe, 300MB in size. Today, desktops routinely ship with 300GB or 400GB hard drives."
What sort of world does this guy live in? 300 or 400 GB hard drives, standard? I've yet to see a popular desktop computer, that isn't a server or a gaming machine, with more than 100 GB... It's possible to get 300 and 400 GB hard drives, certainly, but excepting the more extreme computer applications (i.e. games, server apps, design apps), this space is rarely necessary.
Sounds great for the statisticians and hardcore gamers -- and with no detriments to the casual gamer. Very clever, very simple. This would make competitive gaming much more fun; no longer do you have to compete directly against a player to determine dominance, now one can merely challenge a friend or enemy to a contest: "First to x points in game y wins prize z!" It would also make ranking players much easier, and expand rankings from directly competitive games, like wins/losses/disconnects in RTSs and kills/deaths/suicides in FPSs, to even the most non-violent and relaxed game (side scrollers, turn based strategy, puzzle, etc.). Overall, a great idea, and one that I hope will be integrated not only into Xbox 360 games, but other consoles and the almighty PC as well.
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Darn Tripod's lack of hot-linking! I'll get you some day!!! (HINT: THIS IS NOT A THREAT)
Try searching for paris -hilton...
Ta-Dah!
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=paris+-hilton&sta rt=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Alright everyone, our goal has been achieved. Take a little break and we'll meet back here for more ozone depletion in a few aeons, mm'kay?
What happened to your strategy? This is a story based on something a Google executive said... yet, Google isn't in the title! Not only will you lose ad revenue, but just think of all the Google fanbois that will have skimmed right over this story without even *realizing* that an essential bit of Googley goodness lies within!
Won't someone think of the Google Fanbois!?!
Google! Okay, next question.
1. The smallest physically realizable unit of something.
2. The smallest discrete amount of any quantity (plural: quanta)
3. The smallest 'unit' of energy. A quantum of light is called a photon.
Explain to me again why people use a word that is defined as the smallest difference to describe what they think are big changes?
Hey! I thought I was the only one who used that joke...
Is no one at all even remotely worried that this hypothetical situation includes all three people in a vehicle looking at a display instead of the road?
Short answer: No Long answer: No, they can't afford a delay like this.
BEST. GAME. EVER.
Well cover me in egg and flour and bake me for 14 minutes!
Yeah, that was DAMN scary. My first thought on seeing that was, "Oh, Douglas, the end is nigh!! Do something!" And somehow noone else around me noticed as our world crumbled slowly into the abyss...
I wonder about the wisdom of putting Microsoft software on cars that have been described as "missiles on wheels."
Short Answer: No
Long Answer: No, it can't make you rich.
If you're going to quote Douglas Adams, please spell him correctly.
It includes these helpful, excellent, and *free* programs:
After that, I'd go with the real advantage of XP: Games!
An excellent article, with a very interesting discussion of the HL2 development of their physics system. My reguards and thanks to Zonk for posting it. The mention of the tools the HL2 development team used to test the system sound quite fun, I wonder if they have any plans of releasing them, perhaps as part of a "Developer's Edition" of the game, as the Unreal Tournament 2k4 team did?
In a related story, the Orange Industry of Florida declared "Oranges More Popular than Apple."
Will it be able to handle Duke Nukem Forever?
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Yet another way in which televisions and all that profit from them are trying *desperately* to become the new interactive medium: GET REAL! People will not go to the trouble of recording a commerical in order to get a single coupon for something that costs $0.99 anyway. If it was a plasma tv, a laptop, something of *value* then people will jump through hoops to get it. Look at freepay.com, people will do all manner of things, even using their valuable sig space on /. but there is a major difference: These things (iPod, Laptop, PS3, etc) are actually worth the effort. If we wanted to play 'fun' games to gain miniscule rewards, we would already be playing an Xbox or PS2. You can get as many marketing guys from your company to say how great and revolutionary and wonderful and effective this is/will be, but it doesn't change the fact of the matter. This simply won't work.
Why is it that all the headlines these days are so violent?
I'm sure that every time something happens in the tech world, the intent is not to kill someone/something. Won't whoever's in charge of the headlines please think of the children!
What sort of world does this guy live in? 300 or 400 GB hard drives, standard? I've yet to see a popular desktop computer, that isn't a server or a gaming machine, with more than 100 GB... It's possible to get 300 and 400 GB hard drives, certainly, but excepting the more extreme computer applications (i.e. games, server apps, design apps), this space is rarely necessary.
Sounds great for the statisticians and hardcore gamers -- and with no detriments to the casual gamer. Very clever, very simple. This would make competitive gaming much more fun; no longer do you have to compete directly against a player to determine dominance, now one can merely challenge a friend or enemy to a contest: "First to x points in game y wins prize z!" It would also make ranking players much easier, and expand rankings from directly competitive games, like wins/losses/disconnects in RTSs and kills/deaths/suicides in FPSs, to even the most non-violent and relaxed game (side scrollers, turn based strategy, puzzle, etc.). Overall, a great idea, and one that I hope will be integrated not only into Xbox 360 games, but other consoles and the almighty PC as well.
It's good to know that Data has enough space to store all of the files shared on Kazaa. Now, if only he had some speakers...