__aatzdk8508 - Slashdot User

Comment So it has to be GPL'd code? (Score 0, Flamebait) 145

by __aatzdk8508 on Sunday August 16, 2009 @04:05PM (#29085829) Attached to: Simple, Portable Physics Simulations

I really hate when politics is used to endanger education.

What if a better package is available that is not GPL? They do not get a science/physics backing from you? What is more important?

Dell's Rugged Laptop Doesn't Quite Pass 4-Foot Drop Test 113

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @10:49AM from the pretty-toughbook dept.

narramissic writes "Dell's new Latitude E6400 XFR laptop is designed to withstand drops, dust and high pressure water spray. The company claims the laptop, which is intended for military use, can withstand rain and wind gusts of up 70 mph, and can work in temperatures from -20 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. It can also work for an hour at an altitude of 15,000 feet and is designed to withstand drops of around 4 feet (48 inches) when not operating and 36 inches when operational. The LCD screen floats a little bit within the LCD cover so it can take impacts and shock, said Jeremy Bolen, a Dell spokesman. But watch as the laptop that Dell used to show these features wasn't able to withstand the rough treatment that was part of the company's demonstration."

Comment When did TV die exactly? (Score 1) 576

by __aatzdk8508 on Sunday March 08, 2009 @09:32AM (#27111877) Attached to: Why TV Lost

I think this may be true for a small segment of folks, mostly found here on /., but until things like live sports can be delivered in a better medium than cable or sat dish, I do not see it 'dying' for a long time.

I have yet to find any reasonable quality sports delivery on the Internet other than scores, unless you like those tiny, incredibly poor quality, jumpy 'live' broadcasts

News of the demise of TV is somewhat premature

A Look At the AI of Empire: Total War and F.E.A.R. 2 58

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 06, 2009 @04:33AM from the entertainingly-foolish dept.

mr_sifter writes "The newly released Empire: Total War and F.E.A.R. 2 have both been praised for their excellent AI. In this feature, Bit-Tech talks to the developers behind these games about how they handled the challenges of creating Empire's armies of thousands of AI soldiers and F.E.A.R. 2's aggressive teams of military operatives. The discussion also talks about how game AI is 'smoke and mirrors' compared to research AI, and looks at the difficulty of improving the quality of game AI." We talked about F.E.A.R. 2's engine and AI back in December as well.

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