Comment Watching TV not Possible (Score 1) 549
Don't install antennae on the TV, or connect them to cable. It will then be impossible to watch TV on them.
Comment Re:No coop or multiplayer? (Score 1) 452
I have played this game, and it's pretty standard Bioware stuff. Bioware has already figured out how to make this kind of RPG work in co-op. If you played Neverwinter Nights 2, for example, you would have seen it work.
Basically, there is one main player who makes the plot decisions. The co-op partners control other members of the party.
Granted, in this game there are parts where you must work alone, but they're relatively short, and I don't mind waiting.
Comment Re:Two Pages (Score 1) 503
On top of that, you get to flip one page while reading another! Does anyone else find the page flip animation to be nasty looking and still slow on the latest E-books?
2008 Turing Award Winners Announced 66
The Association for Computing Machinery has announced the 2008 Turing Award Winners. Edmund M. Clarke, Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis received the award for their work on an automated method for finding design errors in computer hardware and software. "Model Checking is a type of "formal verification" that analyzes the logic underlying a design, much as a mathematician uses a proof to determine that a theorem is correct. Far from hit or miss, Model Checking considers every possible state of a hardware or software design and determines if it is consistent with the designer's specifications. Clarke and Emerson originated the idea of Model Checking at Harvard in 1981. They developed a theoretical technique for determining whether an abstract model of a hardware or software design satisfies a formal specification, given as a formula in Temporal Logic, a notation for describing possible sequences of events. Moreover, when the system fails the specification, it could identify a counterexample to show the source of the problem. Numerous model checking systems have been implemented, such as Spin at Bell Labs."
Submission + - Google to stick it to telcos, bid on 700MHz (arstechnica.com) 1
Seppanen Style writes: The 700MHz spectrum auction looks like it's going to be heated. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has all but confirmed that Google will make a play for the spectrum that will be on offer next January. 'In effect, this could give Google control of the entire pipe between customers and Google servers, a move that could be very good for business strategy, even if the wireless network is not a major profit center. Companies never like to be at the mercy of other companies, and Google is no exception.' If Google ends up with a chunk of prime spectrum, the telcos could be the ones to blame. 'After former SBC chief Ed Whitacre announced that Google shouldn't be able to "use my pipes free," Google saw a potential threat to its existence from the network operators that lay between it and consumers. Whitacre's remarks are sometimes credited with igniting the public debate over network neutrality. Ironically for the telcos who can't be thrilled at the possibility of a bidding war with a cash factory like Google, one of their own may be to thank for the current situation.'
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