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Comment Re:Scary analogy (Score 1) 262

by ddegirmenci (#33431458) Attached to: No More Need To Reboot Fedora w/ Ksplice

Assuming the analogy holds, the kernel being the engine of the car and the installed software being the components that make use of it, would it work backwards? i.e. if it is almost perfectly safe to install a piece of software to one's PC today and not reboot after doing so and before using the software (which it is), is it also safe to remove a component of the car that is not the engine (e.g. the steering wheel, the shift stick, the mirrors, the seats - it's even possible to include the driver and the passengers, considering that they make use of the car and indirectly of the engine to arrive at their destination) and replace it while driving down the highway?

Comment Re:Realism is usefull only to a point (Score 1) 324

by ddegirmenci (#32988094) Attached to: Crytek Dev On Fun vs. Realism In Game Guns

A "realistic" wargame would be one where you rush to get setup and deployed, stand around for weeks waiting for orders, and if you get shot and die you can never play again because you are dead. Perhaps a bit too realistic.

I'm too lazy to look for the link, but there was a parody of MW2 IIRC, where you would do exactly that: The objectives tab would list "Endure tedious smalltalk." :) And then you would go aside to smoke a cig and then get shot from the side: GAME OVER.

In the real world, the US has better weapons. No surprise, they spend a shitload on them. *snip* It isn't trying to accurately simulate a war, it is trying to be a fun game that is loosely based on modern day war devices.

Exactly. In the real world, wars are not about heroes or soldiers, it's about countries and more. If you want full realism in a game, then you should model the effect of a $5 difference in manufacturing costs on the country's economy and therefore the budget allocated to soldiers' food, ammunition etc. On a larger scale, a tank of a country may be weaker than the others', but a, say, $5000 (I have no idea about costs so this is only for exampling purposes) difference per unit may leave the country much more money to fiddle with, so the case would be "lose a few more tanks, win the war through politics/economy". Imagine this being implemented in a game: would the players controlling those lost tanks be happy with the game? Would anybody prefer to play on the side with weaker tools, despite the fact that that side will be the final victor? I think not.
Power

Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum 562

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the new-hotboxing dept.
Many sources are continuing to excitedly report on the latest in a long line of startups chasing the holy grail of power sources. This incarnation, the "Bloom Box" from Bloom Energy, promises a power-plant-in-a-box that you can literally put in your backyard, and has received backing from companies like eBay, Google, Staples, FedEx, and Walmart. CBS recently aired an exclusive interview with K.R. Sridhar about his shiny new box. "So what is a Bloom Box exactly? Well, $700,000 to $800,000 will buy you a 'corporate sized' unit. Inside the box are a unique kind of fuel cell consisting of ceramic disks coated with green and black 'inks.' The inks somehow transform a stream of methane (or other hydrocarbons) and oxygen into power, when the box heats up to its operating temperature of 1,000 degrees Celsius. To get a view of the cost and benefits, eBay installed 5 of the boxes nine months ago. It says it has saved $100,000 USD on energy since."
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Submission + - Geohot Hacks the PS3? (gamerant.com)

Submitted by BooleanMusic
BooleanMusic writes: GameRant has a piece quoting GeoHot's Blog (http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/ ) which states progress towards a viable exploit of the PS3.

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