It's funny that you, a christian, say there's no extraterrestrial life to find while I, an atheist, say there is no God to believe in.
I guess you can go to church while I welcome our new alien overlords.
Do you mean results as in having found the grey ones...or results in having found some candidates? As of right now I'm getting a network error trying to access the setiathome site, but I know they've had well over 100 candidates(results that fit the profile of what they're searching for). I wouldn't say they've had zero results thus far.
While it is undoubtedly higher in quality, it also comes laden with galactic DRM courtesy of your favorite Motion Picture Association of the Milky Way (MPAMW) and the RIAMW.
You could have bought a Creative Labs: Zen Vision M(or W) which does all of those things you mentioned. It also supports WMA, divx, and xvid (no ogg or ogm though:-/ can't beat em all).
Oh, it also mounts as a mass storage device so that those of us who actually manage their music instead of dumping it all in one folder have just as easy a time doing the old copy/paste as importing via management software.
I agree that Mozilla is not a monopoly. Microsoft is not a monopoly either, it's just been deemed to be anti-competetive. The only thing Microsoft is guilty of is attempting to provide too many tools for Windows to make the user experience easier. This leads me to my point though...
Why must I install flash to view so many webpages? What is the competition for Flash? Wouldn't we benefit from a competition between Flash and Silverlight?
So when Mozilla does it, it's ok then? When I try to get help in Thunderbird it attemps to open Firefox, which I don't have installed on this computer. Why does it not just open the help file in my default browser? Hmm...they're forcing me to install Firefox! (I'm not installing Firefox for reasons that are beyond the scope of this discussion)
Silverlight is free. Silverlight is multi-platform. If Microsoft wants to use it on their webpage I don't see a problem with it.
Nintendo will be bringing DVD playback at some point. Here's the story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161611.html/
It sounds as if it will not be available for the current iteration of the Wii though due to licensing issues, but who knows.
It's true you can play MP3's in the picture channel, but I would love to see divx, H.264, etc. Those will have to be implemented via the mod scene though.
Hmmm. All my Windows Mobile devices have seemed to figure out that it's 2008.....
It could be because I have an autographed picture of Bill Gates watching over my computer (no seriously).
muahahaha -1 troll me! Happy new year from your pal Bill Gates!
If you haven't seen it, then I'd say you haven't watched enough movies! I don't have the patience right now to go through my collection just to find the ones that do this, but there's more than just a few.
The movie Gattaca deals with the issue of profiling based on DNA. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Does anyone else know of other movies that deal with DNA profiling?
Online multiplayer is not crippled, it's just not being pursued as avidly as the 360/PS3. Nintendo is still working on this area though I will say it's been slow.
Why would you need play-from-SD or USB storage? Some titles support playing MP3's from SD while you're in game (like excite truck) and they've recently done a firmware update to allow storage of savegames on SD as well (which was definitely an oversight).
As for proper calibration...are you trying to play while laying on the floor? The only thing that matters is if the targeting reticle moves up when I move the wiimote up. The rest is all hand-eye coordination. What games are you attempting to play that would require further calibration? I've got Metroid and Zelda (and Zelda does have an in-game calibration tool) that are "shooters" and I have no problem with aiming. Maybe your problem is that you've got Parkinsons. In that case, no calibration will help your game.
A firmware update and 2 new peripherals(the goggles and stationary wiimote) are all you'd really need. This is a simple reversal of the current control scheme already implemented. There are enough 3rd party developers to make a decent game using this. Square-enix, Konami, Hudson Entertainment, EA, Orb, Ubisoft, Activision, and Sega are all current developers on the Wii. Couple that with the fact the development costs on the Wii are about 25% of the 360/PS3.
Your comment that Nintendo doesn't release much interesting stuff doesn't hold true. Take a look at any gaming site and check their top rated games for this year, Wii games have made that list. Let's not forget that the Wii was glossed over initially by developers and they're still scrambling to catch up.
PC games have been tied to the keyboard/mouse/joystick and will be staying that way for the forseeable future. Nintendo, on the other hand, has never been shy about throwing more peripherals out there and putting them to use. Their success hasn't always been great (power glove, virtual boy, Robbie), but the Wii was built around this "motion sensing gimmick" (as it was called when it was released).
The only real problem I see with putting this type of system on the market is that Nintendo would be faced with even more shortages than they already have.
To estimate manhours you'd have to know what type of turbine, if it has magnetic bearings (increasing cost by quite a lot) or standard bearings. If they're standard bearings you're also going to have to maintain a lube oil system. If you've got a lube oil system it's probably a good idea to have some type of purification system for that too. What type of controls are fitted for the turbine? What type of distribution system am I using to get the power to the hospital(or residents)?
If you used the same turbine and controls system I have worked on, the only answer I can give you is "a lot".
Now we're just splitting hairs. It all boils down to what you consider the definition of nuclear power to be. American Heritage Dictionary defines nuclear power to be "Power, especially electricity, the source of which is nuclear fission or fusion." Radioactive decay is neither of those. Of course other sources simply list nuclear power as "power derived from nuclear energy". Everyone I know in the field would not call RTG "nuclear power".
Have I worked on turbines this tiny? In one word, yes. In more words, I mainly worked on the electrical systems of 2 turbines while another group maintained the mechanical portions. The size of the generator was approximately that which would power a small town. I'm sure some advances can be made to make this turbine more self sufficient and self contained, but to my knowledge no such turbine exists.
Whoa, hold on there! RTG is not nuclear power. Using the decay of an isotope to generate heat is all fine and dandy. When you start blasting apart atoms, that's a huge difference. With RTG you can say there is X amount of Y isotope and it's decay rate is Z. With nuclear power you say I have X amount of fissionable material and Y amount of material that absorbs neutrons to stop the reactor from melting down. I understand that this reactor is engineered to be failsafe, and will not overheat. Please define what "overheat" is. In terms of nuclear reactors, this could be on the order of 1000+ F. Not enough to melt down their their design core, but it sure is enough to raise steam pressure and blow apart your boiler.
You also implied that automated means there are no controls. Go re-read the article. Yes, it's automated, but that does not mean there aren't controls. There's plenty of examples of automated systems that still require human interaction.
The article only mentions the reactor, all of the support systems are not mentioned. Sure, you have a guy doing maintenance on your furnace once a year, that's not a generator. Have you worked on turbine-generators? I have! If you're talking about supporting a group of people with this thing you're going to need some kind of maintenance support team. I'm not talking about on-site 24/7 with all of these support people, but regardless you're going to need them. This is inevitably going to drive up the cost of running this "little" guy.
I think you're over-simplifying the entire process.
While this is completely automated, the NRC will never allow a completely automated nuclear reactor to function unattended. I have personally worked in nuclear power for the last 11 years. I can tell you that while many of the systems have automatic controls, there will always be someone there 24/7. So at best, you're going to need at least 1 person there 24/7 to monitor the thing. Then you've got to take into account that there will be maintenance on that turbine. Let's not also forget there are chemistry controls on that water you just dumped in. So add a chemist to that roster we're building. Let's not also forget there is shielding to prevent radiation exposure. Better have a radiologic controls technician on the job too to make sure we're not giving everyone radiation sickness. How about security guards too while we're at it. I'm glossing over many other positions, but you get the point.
You're right about this reactor not being 100% efficient. In terms of efficiency, even on enriched uranium, most plants don't even hit 25%.
You certainly could use the heat to keep your apartments nice and toasty. Please keep in mind though that unless you want to spread contamination everywhere you'll be using a secondary system for steam production. That has it's own chemistry controls as well. Most of your installed piping would have to be upgraded to keep your chemistry on the secondary side of the system in check too. Better keep another chemist on hand just for that.
I'm not up to par on my absorbtion cooler technology, but to run your turbine you're going to need a pretty significant pressure. In saturated systems this also means your temperature is going to be extremely high. Unless you like living in a sauna I'd recommend something like a nice R-12 refrigeration plant or something of the like. Better get a mechanic on site for that too:P
First you must wait for someone to hack the ipod and start doing homebr...oh wait http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=14628
Really, Apple has a nasty habit of holding all of their products with a deathgrip. Only when something has been thoroughly compromised will they....release their own version to kill the competetion. Based on apples unwillingness to share, I don't think you'll be releasing games unless you do it under some ipodlinux release.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/apple/ipod-games-homebrew-practically-impossible-200584.php
I wouldn't listen much to me though, I have never bought an apple product. I'm more of a Creative Labs: Zen Vision M kind of guy.
Why are we paying for "mass communication officers"? The same reason we paid(and still pay) for photographers and journalists in the military. As part of the government, (nearly) everything you do is subject to public scrutiny. With so much at stake, you've got to have public relations people cleaning up after those who are out to smear your name. What major company doesn't have a PR agent? What stops people from writing flat out lies on wikipedia? I understand it's supposed to be verified, but you've got a lot of people with a lot of different agendas doing the "verifying".
And just so we're clear here you can put away your your tinfoil hat. I am not a mass communications officer. I did however read TFA. Apart from labeling Fidel Castro "an admitted transexual", I don't see any problems with what they were doing. As for the bit about him being a transsexual, I don't know enough about the man to make that kind of call.
Oh, and I almost forgot, yes I do support my tax dollars going to pay for this.
I have a limit on my Satellite ISP. In my case they really do send an email to my real email address. But in my case I don't pay more if I go over my "limit". In my case before I even reach the "limit" my speed is drastically reduced. There are different ways to skin a cat.
This article is probably the best to hit/. in months. This article was an excellent read. I can only hope there will be more articles like this, and not another review of some craptastic PS3/360/wii game. Real news!!
Go and try to play the original Contra with two players. Then you'll see how poorly a 2 player simultaneous game can be. I know it's not the worst 2 player game, but I think it gets the idea across.
If you'd have asked the masses pre launch you know you'd have gotten a resounding "hell no" from the crowd. I still find people that have no clue what's going on in the console market. They're still convinced that the 360 and PS3 are beating out Nintendo.
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It's funny that you, a christian, say there's no extraterrestrial life to find while I, an atheist, say there is no God to believe in. I guess you can go to church while I welcome our new alien overlords.
The resources are mine to do with as I please. For a man who does not have cancer, aliens seem like a better investment.
Do you mean results as in having found the grey ones...or results in having found some candidates? As of right now I'm getting a network error trying to access the setiathome site, but I know they've had well over 100 candidates(results that fit the profile of what they're searching for). I wouldn't say they've had zero results thus far.
While it is undoubtedly higher in quality, it also comes laden with galactic DRM courtesy of your favorite Motion Picture Association of the Milky Way (MPAMW) and the RIAMW.
You could have bought a Creative Labs: Zen Vision M(or W) which does all of those things you mentioned. It also supports WMA, divx, and xvid (no ogg or ogm though:-/ can't beat em all). Oh, it also mounts as a mass storage device so that those of us who actually manage their music instead of dumping it all in one folder have just as easy a time doing the old copy/paste as importing via management software.
I agree that Mozilla is not a monopoly. Microsoft is not a monopoly either, it's just been deemed to be anti-competetive. The only thing Microsoft is guilty of is attempting to provide too many tools for Windows to make the user experience easier. This leads me to my point though... Why must I install flash to view so many webpages? What is the competition for Flash? Wouldn't we benefit from a competition between Flash and Silverlight?
So when Mozilla does it, it's ok then? When I try to get help in Thunderbird it attemps to open Firefox, which I don't have installed on this computer. Why does it not just open the help file in my default browser? Hmm...they're forcing me to install Firefox! (I'm not installing Firefox for reasons that are beyond the scope of this discussion) Silverlight is free. Silverlight is multi-platform. If Microsoft wants to use it on their webpage I don't see a problem with it.
Nintendo will be bringing DVD playback at some point. Here's the story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161611.html/ It sounds as if it will not be available for the current iteration of the Wii though due to licensing issues, but who knows. It's true you can play MP3's in the picture channel, but I would love to see divx, H.264, etc. Those will have to be implemented via the mod scene though.
Hmmm. All my Windows Mobile devices have seemed to figure out that it's 2008..... It could be because I have an autographed picture of Bill Gates watching over my computer (no seriously). muahahaha -1 troll me! Happy new year from your pal Bill Gates!
If you haven't seen it, then I'd say you haven't watched enough movies! I don't have the patience right now to go through my collection just to find the ones that do this, but there's more than just a few.
The movie Gattaca deals with the issue of profiling based on DNA. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Does anyone else know of other movies that deal with DNA profiling?
Online multiplayer is not crippled, it's just not being pursued as avidly as the 360/PS3. Nintendo is still working on this area though I will say it's been slow. Why would you need play-from-SD or USB storage? Some titles support playing MP3's from SD while you're in game (like excite truck) and they've recently done a firmware update to allow storage of savegames on SD as well (which was definitely an oversight). As for proper calibration...are you trying to play while laying on the floor? The only thing that matters is if the targeting reticle moves up when I move the wiimote up. The rest is all hand-eye coordination. What games are you attempting to play that would require further calibration? I've got Metroid and Zelda (and Zelda does have an in-game calibration tool) that are "shooters" and I have no problem with aiming. Maybe your problem is that you've got Parkinsons. In that case, no calibration will help your game.
A firmware update and 2 new peripherals(the goggles and stationary wiimote) are all you'd really need. This is a simple reversal of the current control scheme already implemented. There are enough 3rd party developers to make a decent game using this. Square-enix, Konami, Hudson Entertainment, EA, Orb, Ubisoft, Activision, and Sega are all current developers on the Wii. Couple that with the fact the development costs on the Wii are about 25% of the 360/PS3. Your comment that Nintendo doesn't release much interesting stuff doesn't hold true. Take a look at any gaming site and check their top rated games for this year, Wii games have made that list. Let's not forget that the Wii was glossed over initially by developers and they're still scrambling to catch up. PC games have been tied to the keyboard/mouse/joystick and will be staying that way for the forseeable future. Nintendo, on the other hand, has never been shy about throwing more peripherals out there and putting them to use. Their success hasn't always been great (power glove, virtual boy, Robbie), but the Wii was built around this "motion sensing gimmick" (as it was called when it was released). The only real problem I see with putting this type of system on the market is that Nintendo would be faced with even more shortages than they already have.
To estimate manhours you'd have to know what type of turbine, if it has magnetic bearings (increasing cost by quite a lot) or standard bearings. If they're standard bearings you're also going to have to maintain a lube oil system. If you've got a lube oil system it's probably a good idea to have some type of purification system for that too. What type of controls are fitted for the turbine? What type of distribution system am I using to get the power to the hospital(or residents)? If you used the same turbine and controls system I have worked on, the only answer I can give you is "a lot".
Now we're just splitting hairs. It all boils down to what you consider the definition of nuclear power to be. American Heritage Dictionary defines nuclear power to be "Power, especially electricity, the source of which is nuclear fission or fusion." Radioactive decay is neither of those. Of course other sources simply list nuclear power as "power derived from nuclear energy". Everyone I know in the field would not call RTG "nuclear power". Have I worked on turbines this tiny? In one word, yes. In more words, I mainly worked on the electrical systems of 2 turbines while another group maintained the mechanical portions. The size of the generator was approximately that which would power a small town. I'm sure some advances can be made to make this turbine more self sufficient and self contained, but to my knowledge no such turbine exists.
Whoa, hold on there! RTG is not nuclear power. Using the decay of an isotope to generate heat is all fine and dandy. When you start blasting apart atoms, that's a huge difference. With RTG you can say there is X amount of Y isotope and it's decay rate is Z. With nuclear power you say I have X amount of fissionable material and Y amount of material that absorbs neutrons to stop the reactor from melting down. I understand that this reactor is engineered to be failsafe, and will not overheat. Please define what "overheat" is. In terms of nuclear reactors, this could be on the order of 1000+ F. Not enough to melt down their their design core, but it sure is enough to raise steam pressure and blow apart your boiler. You also implied that automated means there are no controls. Go re-read the article. Yes, it's automated, but that does not mean there aren't controls. There's plenty of examples of automated systems that still require human interaction. The article only mentions the reactor, all of the support systems are not mentioned. Sure, you have a guy doing maintenance on your furnace once a year, that's not a generator. Have you worked on turbine-generators? I have! If you're talking about supporting a group of people with this thing you're going to need some kind of maintenance support team. I'm not talking about on-site 24/7 with all of these support people, but regardless you're going to need them. This is inevitably going to drive up the cost of running this "little" guy. I think you're over-simplifying the entire process.
While this is completely automated, the NRC will never allow a completely automated nuclear reactor to function unattended. I have personally worked in nuclear power for the last 11 years. I can tell you that while many of the systems have automatic controls, there will always be someone there 24/7. So at best, you're going to need at least 1 person there 24/7 to monitor the thing. Then you've got to take into account that there will be maintenance on that turbine. Let's not also forget there are chemistry controls on that water you just dumped in. So add a chemist to that roster we're building. Let's not also forget there is shielding to prevent radiation exposure. Better have a radiologic controls technician on the job too to make sure we're not giving everyone radiation sickness. How about security guards too while we're at it. I'm glossing over many other positions, but you get the point. You're right about this reactor not being 100% efficient. In terms of efficiency, even on enriched uranium, most plants don't even hit 25%. You certainly could use the heat to keep your apartments nice and toasty. Please keep in mind though that unless you want to spread contamination everywhere you'll be using a secondary system for steam production. That has it's own chemistry controls as well. Most of your installed piping would have to be upgraded to keep your chemistry on the secondary side of the system in check too. Better keep another chemist on hand just for that. I'm not up to par on my absorbtion cooler technology, but to run your turbine you're going to need a pretty significant pressure. In saturated systems this also means your temperature is going to be extremely high. Unless you like living in a sauna I'd recommend something like a nice R-12 refrigeration plant or something of the like. Better get a mechanic on site for that too :P
First you must wait for someone to hack the ipod and start doing homebr...oh wait http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=14628 Really, Apple has a nasty habit of holding all of their products with a deathgrip. Only when something has been thoroughly compromised will they....release their own version to kill the competetion. Based on apples unwillingness to share, I don't think you'll be releasing games unless you do it under some ipodlinux release. http://kotaku.com/gaming/apple/ipod-games-homebrew-practically-impossible-200584.php I wouldn't listen much to me though, I have never bought an apple product. I'm more of a Creative Labs: Zen Vision M kind of guy.
Why are we paying for "mass communication officers"? The same reason we paid(and still pay) for photographers and journalists in the military. As part of the government, (nearly) everything you do is subject to public scrutiny. With so much at stake, you've got to have public relations people cleaning up after those who are out to smear your name. What major company doesn't have a PR agent? What stops people from writing flat out lies on wikipedia? I understand it's supposed to be verified, but you've got a lot of people with a lot of different agendas doing the "verifying". And just so we're clear here you can put away your your tinfoil hat. I am not a mass communications officer. I did however read TFA. Apart from labeling Fidel Castro "an admitted transexual", I don't see any problems with what they were doing. As for the bit about him being a transsexual, I don't know enough about the man to make that kind of call. Oh, and I almost forgot, yes I do support my tax dollars going to pay for this.
I have a limit on my Satellite ISP. In my case they really do send an email to my real email address. But in my case I don't pay more if I go over my "limit". In my case before I even reach the "limit" my speed is drastically reduced. There are different ways to skin a cat.
This article is probably the best to hit /. in months. This article was an excellent read. I can only hope there will be more articles like this, and not another review of some craptastic PS3/360/wii game. Real news!!
Go and try to play the original Contra with two players. Then you'll see how poorly a 2 player simultaneous game can be. I know it's not the worst 2 player game, but I think it gets the idea across.
Maybe it's your diplay but I see these fonts just fine at 1280x1024 on my 21" CRT
I find it funny that the same arguement that was used for the Wii is now being applied to the 360. Of course everyone now knows that the Wii is king.
If you'd have asked the masses pre launch you know you'd have gotten a resounding "hell no" from the crowd. I still find people that have no clue what's going on in the console market. They're still convinced that the 360 and PS3 are beating out Nintendo.