Really? It's on Channel 4 (definately not BBC) back here in the UK. I guess they don't mind licensing it to a rival network, provided it's only shown where it can't dent their ratings...
Hey, could you clarify this? I read somewhere on the nvidia site that their Linux blob is exactly the same as their Windows blob, just with a different kernel-linking bit.
I'm guessing this means the blob is executed independant of the operating system? If that's the case, will a Windows/Linux blob work on an x86 Mac?
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Yay, malware!
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So far, the high-profile attacks on Western soil have been centres of commerce (WTC) and mass transport infrastructure (Madrid/London train bombings). Even if a space elevator gets built, it'll take a long time before it becomes one of those. This is where comparisons with the shuttle becomes viable - only now are the first tenuous steps being taken into space by civilians, despite the fact that the technology's existed for decades. It'll be another few before it becomes a target for terrorism.
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I had a go at BASIC when I was small, on a friend's old greenscale Amstrad machine. Seems fun to play around in, but I think it'd be more responsible to teach them something closer to a more modern, widespread language...
Also, effortless graphics handling is so very important. Can BASIC do that? I'm talking sprites here, not just drawing to the screen.
I'm interested in how you'd handle graphics in a Python program. Forgive my ignorance, (I've never tried it), but is it not the same type of language as PHP, except a bit more generalised? If it has simple-to-use GUI bindings then that's prefect, but as a starting language I'd suggest something more visual - HyperCard was great partly because to draw something, you simply used the lanuage to take control of the tools you'd use anyway. It couldn't have been more intuitive. It seems to me that for a lanuage like Python, (great as it may be), graphics are more of an add-on than something that's fully integrated - and graphics are dead important.
A game is a fantastic idea though - just as long as they're up to coding it. Competition is good too, but you need to bear in mind that some kids'll want to go off and do their own thing rather than write something to the specifications laid down by the teacher. MindStorms is good for that - I went to a workshop a few years back, and a lot of it was "who can build the fastest/strongest/cleverest robot to do such-and-such?"
Kids'll become bored after they've exhasted the options of the various regular polyhedrons you can make with a "repeat" instruction, and only the mega-geeky will have the patience needed to plug in the instructions for something that actually looks interesting.
Then again, if you can buy up a lot (a LOT) of paper and plaster the school hall with it... I think one of those real-life "turtles" (with a pen in the middle) would be a lot more fun!
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Hahaha - "How many AOL marketing executives does it take to change a lightbulb?"
It gets better, you know - its power output is almost exactly one order of magnitude away from... you guessed it, 1.21 Jiggowatts!
I would like to offer you my most enthusiastic contrafibularities for that excellent collection of Simpsons quotes.
I'm frasmotic to say though, that it's getting late and I shall have to retire to bed. I shall return... interfrastically.
It's not a trick.
IT'S A TRAP!
Really? It's on Channel 4 (definately not BBC) back here in the UK. I guess they don't mind licensing it to a rival network, provided it's only shown where it can't dent their ratings...
Hey, could you clarify this? I read somewhere on the nvidia site that their Linux blob is exactly the same as their Windows blob, just with a different kernel-linking bit.
I'm guessing this means the blob is executed independant of the operating system? If that's the case, will a Windows/Linux blob work on an x86 Mac?
Yay, malware!
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Is it me, or is that not the job of a codec?
Curses, beaten to it! Whatheifer next?
Nah. It's an udder waste of time. I cud have designed it in my sleep!
Also, why would a terrorist want to attack it?
So far, the high-profile attacks on Western soil have been centres of commerce (WTC) and mass transport infrastructure (Madrid/London train bombings). Even if a space elevator gets built, it'll take a long time before it becomes one of those. This is where comparisons with the shuttle becomes viable - only now are the first tenuous steps being taken into space by civilians, despite the fact that the technology's existed for decades. It'll be another few before it becomes a target for terrorism.
I don't know, Gmail's pretty good.
wine + firefox.exe + flashplayer.xpt
Works like a charm. But I know what you mean.
I submitted this story, as its original article from the BBC, 5 days ago.
This is old news.
No, Christianity is a branch of Judaism (albeit a very old one which has evolved into a separate religion).
In simplest terms, (back in the day), the Christians were the Jews who believed that Jesus was the messiah, rather than just an ordinary prophet.
Or something like that.
Umm... what's a wocket?
I understand that there's a growing movement among MPs to make living a criminal offense.
After all, every single person who's ever commited a crime has been alive at the time. There's a clear link here!
Most people not only don't know about it, they wouldn't even understand what it means if you told them.
Ask the average guy on the street what source code is and he'll give you a blank stare.
A $30 gigabyte of RAM will cause lots of crashing. Don't buy it.
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(Says the guy with the $150(ish) gigabyte of ram
I mean route the exhaust into the building's air ducts when it's cold, thus saving on heating bills.
Obviously you'd route the exhaust directly out of the building when it's hot.
...or possibly to supplement the heating system during cold months?
Seriously, has anyone thought of doing this?
Hahaha, +1 Funny :)
One of these days the powers that be will bestow some mod points on me...
I had a go at BASIC when I was small, on a friend's old greenscale Amstrad machine. Seems fun to play around in, but I think it'd be more responsible to teach them something closer to a more modern, widespread language...
Also, effortless graphics handling is so very important. Can BASIC do that? I'm talking sprites here, not just drawing to the screen.
I'm interested in how you'd handle graphics in a Python program. Forgive my ignorance, (I've never tried it), but is it not the same type of language as PHP, except a bit more generalised? If it has simple-to-use GUI bindings then that's prefect, but as a starting language I'd suggest something more visual - HyperCard was great partly because to draw something, you simply used the lanuage to take control of the tools you'd use anyway. It couldn't have been more intuitive. It seems to me that for a lanuage like Python, (great as it may be), graphics are more of an add-on than something that's fully integrated - and graphics are dead important.
A game is a fantastic idea though - just as long as they're up to coding it. Competition is good too, but you need to bear in mind that some kids'll want to go off and do their own thing rather than write something to the specifications laid down by the teacher.
MindStorms is good for that - I went to a workshop a few years back, and a lot of it was "who can build the fastest/strongest/cleverest robot to do such-and-such?"
That's fun, but limited.
Kids'll become bored after they've exhasted the options of the various regular polyhedrons you can make with a "repeat" instruction, and only the mega-geeky will have the patience needed to plug in the instructions for something that actually looks interesting.
Then again, if you can buy up a lot (a LOT) of paper and plaster the school hall with it... I think one of those real-life "turtles" (with a pen in the middle) would be a lot more fun!