Comment: Dr. Miles Hawkins made a much better model... (Score 1) 135
back in 1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.N.T.I.S.
And his had awesome darts and a cool helmet.
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Comment: We should be talking about fusion. (Score 2, Interesting) 262
I think an osmotic power plant is the lamest type of power i can think of.
Fusion is the only way i can see it going, really if we are going to be great conquerers of the galaxy, and fly around in Millennium Falcon type spaceships.
Anyway, Fusion is the only way to go because, we will either fix the problem, or maybe blow ourselves up.
It will be a race between ITER and the LHC.
Between explosion and implosion.
Maybe we should hook.. them,. together?..
^mtrl drtw
Comment: No matey, I havn't seen your sub... (Score 1) 107
But i do have one for sale just like it.
Geeyarr harr harr..
StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 453
Posted
by
Soulskill
from the nobody-likes-a-rush dept.
from the nobody-likes-a-rush dept.
Blizzard has just announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty won't be released this year. From their announcement: "Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded Battle.net is an integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward. This extra development time will be critical to help us realize our vision for the service. ... As we work to make Battle.net the premier online gaming destination, we'll also continue to polish and refine StarCraft II, and we look forward to delivering a real-time strategy gaming experience worthy of the series' legacy in the first half of 2010."
Comment: Materials (Score 1) 491
Materials engineering is the best because most current technologies are limited only by the material properties of their components.
These engineers seek to enhance the properties of alloys, semi/super-conductors, and other advanced engineering materials.
Also, materials engineers are responsible for the refinement and processing of concentrated ores, which allow us to extract and utilize selected earth elements for, well, everything.
You have to make everything our of something.
"What are you made of?" -UBC MTRL
Comment: Bite my shiny metal track. (Score 1) 72
If it is able to fly by magnetic lift, then this is nont a technology worthy of easy field application.
unless; you feel like carrying around a magnetic carpet. it seems they require a pre-installed infrastructure of repulsive material...
just wait until we teach them how to build themselves.....
*by your command*
Comment: Easy.. (Score 1) 260
Microsoft should finish what they started,
or at least, try again;
Allegiance~2
I believe the original cross-class, fps/sim/rt.strat game could expand to cross platform, massive multiplayer, etc,
check out Alleg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance_(computer_game)]
and the community [http://www.freeallegiance.org/]
however, this would ruin the best thing alleg' has going for it; the fact no one knows about it.
Be Warned; the learning curve in this game is tough. dont expect to even know what's going on, even after a month of daily play.
Comment: the way it goes. (Score 3, Interesting) 485
you cant be right once and be believed,
you have to be right twice.
i look forward to any future seismic prediction technology.
complete with references.
of which this event will most likely be a hard data point.
Comment: I'm still waiting for my mini9.... (Score 1) 337
that i bought online on boxing day.
jerks.
don't buy dell.
Comment: Conveniently posted. (Score 2, Funny) 821
It is interesting how this post came directly after the one about US UAV flight control.
cough.. cough... windows7 mobile: seek and destroy
cough...
Comment: Re:I worked 9/80 for 4 summers (Score 2, Insightful) 1055
Extra days are for golf, biking, rest and friends/family.
extra hour each day not a problem.
Efficiency of work-group, same.
[Teh company i worked for still laid-off ~1500 engineers, in these times.]
I say, take the work where you can, and do the best with your days off.
Comment: It's A Good Thing (Score 1) 174
That I Didn't Buy A Squeezebox...
