...the anecdote about the eldery woman...
This was anticipated in the film "Strange Days" way back in 1995 (produced by James Cameron)
where a VR 'dealer' made a "running on the beach" recording to cheer up a wheelchair bound friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(picture only)
...The cheat won. Not you.
Thank you for expressing that... something that was nagging me as I read the article and these comments.
I understand why people cheat in Vegas: they might walk away with real money.
I understand why athletes take steroids: million dollar contracts, fan adoration, groupies.
But, the point of online gaming is pure competition. It's anonymous, you don't even get the adoration of strangers. (and you're losing money, to boot!)
Cheating online just seems like bringing a pistol to a 1-on-1 basketball game, gunning down your opponent, shooting the ball through the hoop a couple of times; and then telling yourself what a great basketball player you are.
If you cheat, your score will always be a zero.
Those numbers in the corner don't mean anything...
I think basically, he's proposing pay per pixel.
They sort of have this model now (in the disc world.)
A DVD costs less than a Blu-Ray of the same movie.
And this is our cue to get the HELL out of this evil, communist nation and move to Europe!
Yeah, cool! I heard there are no cameras in England.
We all know we only have computers because of NASA and space. Although computers can be used to add and subtract vast reams of numbers, back then governments and corporations were too stupid to see this. Only though space exploration do we have the computers we have today. Charles Babbage? Konrad Zuse? All lies. There were no computers before about 1961.
Alan Turing 1941?
John von Neumann?
ENIAC 1948?
Anything?
No?
The court ruled, "It is concluded that, as Complainant: has not issued an enforceable FAR regulatory rule governing model aircraft operation...
You are correct. There is a difference, a legal difference, between FAA issuing 'policy' and 'position' papers, and passing actual rules.
They tried to fine this poor guy $10,000, and the court tossed it out saying the FAA had not (and still have not) passed a rule that carries the force of law.
The FAA has been overturned by a a federal judge on this, and non-commercial and commercial drone flying are now legal.
" NTSB Administrative Law Judge Patrick Geraghty ruled Thursday that the policy notices the FAA issued as a basis for the ban weren’t enforceable because they hadn’t been written as part of a formal rulemaking process. "
http://www.politico.com/story/...
Decision 3-6-14:
http://www.kramerlevin.com/fil...
Will they kick me off the plane if I lose the game?
No... I believe the gaming all happens at the boarding gate. You're not allowed on the plane until you get a perfect score on the emergency testing.
Of course, if you do TOO well on the First-Person-Shooter part of the testing, the TSA will take you aside for extra screening.
There's a difference between copying a photo and claiming to be the original photographer.
By copying the photo you are getting the benefit of using the photo on your site.
However, by claiming to BE the photographer, you are defrauding EVERY client who ever books with you from that time on, since they expect you to have the skill to shoot that original photo.
Would be cool to have them combined. Flick a switch on your AR headset and the outside world is blocked out (with a change in optics?) turning it into a VR headset.
(Don't know how enough about the implementations. I expect they work very differently. But still, it would be cool if they could be combined.)
Not particularly hard. Flip an opaque sheet down into the field of view. (This could be display tech dependent, of course..)
As Whoever57 pointed out, there are some who will still get support for Microsoft Windows XP pointed out, there are some who will still get support for Microsoft Windows XP pointed out.
Pointed out some who will still get support for Microsoft Windows XP pointed out.
Found the [CTL] V key, did ya?
I'm just curious (no, didn't read your link)...
Does this X-10 thing require special bulbs for setting colouration (RGB, light-temperature etc), or can it do that with regular off-the-shelf bulbs?
No - it's a remote on-off, dimming, relay control, thermostats, PTZ camera control, etc. Sends its signals over the power lines, but can do bi-directional signaling.
You can do timers with it, macros, random lights, alarm sensing and activation.
Why would I want this functionality built into the lightbulb? Wouldn't it make more sense to build it into the fixture itself?
Exactly. Like X-10:
http://www.smarthomediscounts....
...for most people setting up a whole X10 system like tha is a tall order
X-10 is fairly easy to set up and much cheaper.
You set one letter for the house control [A-P] and set each socket, switch or outlet to the same letter, and then one unique number [1-16].
The problem with smart bulbs is, if they fail, you have to pay for a new $30-$60 bulb.
With X-10 you just replace the bulb with another cheap, dumb bulb. No additional programming.
You should've printed out spare 3D printer cartridges first.
What I REALLY should have done was: wish for infinite wishes from the damn Genie when I had the chance...
Software production is assumed to be a line function, but it is run like a staff function. -- Paul Licker
