fizban4711 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Explained by a Simple Formula (Score 1) 944

by fizban4711 on Friday October 23, 2009 @01:37PM (#29848337) Attached to: When Libertarians Attack Free Software

>I posit that one of the most prized products of Capitalism and the free market is to reduce the cost for the end consumer and raise the quality of the products and services. Umm no, that is not the aim of capitalism, its a side-effect in some cases but the aim is to earn money, nothing more, nothing less. If capitalism had complete free reign then crappy products sold overpriced would be the norm and consumers would be screwed.

Comment Re:Good point (Score 1) 159

by fizban4711 on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @09:23AM (#29730927) Attached to: Command & Conquer MMO a Possibility?

I think the Matrix world has a lot of potential.

Comment Re:Eh? (Score 1) 159

by fizban4711 on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @09:07AM (#29730801) Attached to: Command & Conquer MMO a Possibility?

I think the creativity went lost the moment when each game requires 100-200 people to create it.

Comment Re:You're doing it wrong... (Score 1) 77

by fizban4711 on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @04:04AM (#25132753) Attached to: Microsoft To Close Halo Wars Studio

to me you sound pretty amateurish. try another profession.

Getting Human Hands Back Into Digital Design 87

Posted by kdawson on Sunday August 17, 2008 @06:12PM from the but-wait-what-if-we-simulate-the-hands dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Using computers to model the physical world has become increasingly common as products as diverse as cars and planes, pharmaceuticals and cellphones are almost entirely conceived, specified, and designed on a computer screen. Typically, only when these creations are nearly ready for mass manufacturing are prototypes made. But the NYTimes is running an interesting essay highlighting a little-noticed movement in the world of professional design and engineering: a renewed appreciation for manual labor, or innovating with the aid of human hands. 'A lot of people get lost in the world of computer simulation,' says Bill Burnett, executive director of the product design program at Stanford. 'You can't simulate everything.' Fifty years ago, tinkering with gadgets was routine for people drawn to engineering and invention, and making refinements with your own hands means 'you have to be extremely self-critical,' says Richard Sennett, whose book The Craftsman examines the importance of skilled manual labor. Even in highly abstract fields, like the design of next-generation electronic circuits, some people believe that hands-on experiences can enhance creativity. 'You need your hands to verify experimentally a technology that doesn't exist,' says Mario Paniccia, director of Intel's photonics technology lab."

Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet 383

Posted by kdawson on Sunday August 17, 2008 @05:00PM from the in-the-limelight dept.

perlow tips his blog entry over at ZDNet on why the Internet didn't melt when millions of users streamed 480i video for a week. The short answer is Limelight Networks of Tempe, Arizona. "[W]hy the Internet didn't 'melt' is quite simple — [Limelight is] completely 'off the cloud.' In other words, unlike Akamai and similar content caching providers, their system isn't deployed over the public Internet... Limelight has partnered with over 800 broadband Internet providers worldwide... so that the content is either co-located in the same facility as your ISP's main communications infrastructure, or it leases a dedicated Optical Carrier line so that it actually appears as part of your ISP's internal network. In most cases, you're never even leaving your Tier 1 provider to get the video."

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