Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon 5770 publicly visible posts • joined 29 May 2007
I was ready to build a new rig and get a vive, that is until ps pro and and the psvr came along to delivery the double whammy.
Not having dipped my toe into the current-gen console market (still using my xb360) meant I might as well go for the pro.
So, including all the extras like move controllers and a camera and a charging station etc. I think it's cost me around £800. A LOT less than the £2k I was looking at for a PC setup.
Admittedly the PC setup would have been superior, but it's a lot more outlay for what is effectively an experimental platform at present - even though it has huge potential.
If it all takes off and I'm ok with VR, then I can always sell the PS stuff and head back to the PC side of things - I still like building my own rigs so it isn't like it's a closed door.
Any time I'm presented with a contract that says anything about not working for a competitor or whatever I get it removed or don't sign - they have no right to tell me what to do.
Information gained at that contract is a different kettle of fish though - it would be very unprofessional and very dodgy to use information from a previous contract (that's specific to that company) with another firm - especially if they are competitors.
In fact, I was taken on once and was specifically asked about my previous contract company plans in a particular space - I told them that if I were to do that, what would stop me from doing the same to them later? They stopped asking me at that point.
Even though I'm freelancing and they can ask me to leave tomorrow, they would still have to pay me for a month :)
One job I turned up and they had hired another contractor (cheaper) to replace me so I was out on my ear with immediate effect. Turns out the replacement was someone I knew from a previous contract (who was a permie before and this was his first contract - hence the price difference).
It backfired on them though because we had a chat as I was leaving and he was shocked at the abruptness of my dismissal, even though I was actually in a good mood (it was a bit of a tin-pot shit-hole of a place anyway) as I left. A couple of weeks later he left as well and they were well and truly shafted :) Karma's a bitch.
Oh, and one contract I made the mistake of answering my phone on the way in on the first day - turns out they'd changed their minds and I wasn't needed after all - gits. If only I had ignored the call and actually set foot on the premises I could at least have stitched them for a couple of weeks notice pay :)
@Voyna, I can't be sure whether you are deliberately putting words in my mouth or if you just didn't understand what I posted.
At no point did I say that they didn't have the right to boycott Oculus, I just said I thought that that was worse than supporting a group engaging in political in-fighting.
"walk away from companies which are being arseholes now"
Since we are talking about Oculus, care to mention how they are being arseholes just for having someone in their employ who happens to hold a point of view you don't agree with (or how he expresses it)?
Overreaction, much.
Without taking a stance either way on Luckey's actions, I will say that it is a remarkable demonstration of modern Democracy in Action on behalf of the publishers threatening to boycott Oculus.
Just because someone (who I will admit does happen to be famous and linked to the Oculus brand) supports a particular political view, to respond by threatening to put other people out of work if they don't bow down to their demands is, in my view, worse than donating to a group who are using smear tactics in a US political campaign (as if that's somehow new!?!).
Just as an aside, I wonder if they would be taking this action if the smear campaign was directed against Trump. I'm gonna guess not.
Apparently he is under legal advice not to release his tax returns whilst undergoing an IRS audit (which he claims has been the case every year for the last 15, which seems a bit focused to me).
Whilst the IRS have said that there is no rule that says he can't release his tax returns whilst being audited, I reckon Trump is using this as a way to highlight the fact he has been audited every year for the last 15 years.
Considering the number of bankruptcies he's filed, I can't say I blame them.
I did laugh when he said 'that's all you've done' when Hilary mentioned she had written a book though :)
"Listen guys, nobody mention the downvote."
I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it!
Also, who keeps track of the number of up/down votes and when can we trade them in?I wouldn't mind trading in upvotes for discounts on equipment - Drew - you reading this? :)
Unfortunately this problem is very likely to do with PNP depletion zones in the chips.
When you have PNP material sandwiched together it requires the application of a certain amount of power to overcome the resistance so that electricity flows (for example, 0.7 volts for Silicon).
This forms the basis of the logic gates in the chips. Over time, if those chips haven't been powered up (and thus breaking down the depletion zone where the two materials mix and 'intermingle') then the depletion zone gets larger and larger (one material type 'bleeds' into the other).
Now, when you add power it requires a lot more than 0.7V to break that barrier down and this typically burns out the chip.
I can't imagine some of these chips are easy to replace these days, I may be wrong :)
If only he had used an out of country server to run his browser from, *then* connected to an anonymizing proxy. It would also have helped if he had restricted all outbound access from the server so it could only go to the proxy.
Kids eh? They think they're so clever*.
*I'm not claiming that I am
No contract can remove your rights. That's why there's always another clause that says if any clause is found not to be enforceable then rest is still valid - heaven forbid they would make sure that the clauses are actually legal and enforceable before they make you sign.
There is a playbook in operation which determines that every choice we are *presented* with equates to a win for the elite.
Propaganda isn't just about spin and lies, it's about framing everything in such a way that people don't think of alternatives - aka brainwashing. In a pseudo-democracy the vast majority of the public are totally brainwashed and this leaves no reasonable avenue of response for the enlightened individual.
Seriously, you could take the average voter and explain in detail that they are effectively slaves and it won't make a bit of difference. They'll put you in their little 'nut job' box and move on to their next tweet.
Personally I believe the best that can be achieved right now is to keep the seed of freedom alive and pure in some small way (each of us choosing that way) in the hope that one day the ground will be more fertile for that seed to grow.
I got a letter *telling* me there were coming to fit a smart meter!
I phoned them up, said I didn't want one - they asked why, I said that they weren't secure. He made a note and that was that.
However, if I hadn't already known they weren't compulsory there was nothing in the letter to indicate this - quite the opposite in fact - very shady.
I believe Arthur and Ford once (in one version of HHG2TG that is) managed to hitch a ride through time itself via one Chestfield Sofa if I recall, it was only then that they decided to travel onwards via BistroMaths.
So I suppose we can deduce that Chesterfield Sofa's are the vehicle of choice for really long journeys, whilst your mobile French Cafe would do for a little runabout for the wife?
The EM drive could be tapping into the 'Universal energy', after all, if the fabric of spacetime is like a tablecloth with things with more mass creating a bigger dip in the fabric than others, then doesn't the concept of having the fabric resting on *something* have enough merit to pursue?
What if space-time was held together by a sea of energy, and that there is a potential difference between the sea and the fabric (otherwise it wouldn't float on top of it see) then the EM drive could be tapping into this PD to generate a thrust *seemingly* out of nothing, but is in fact running on dark energy :)
I have always felt that the breakthrough would come when we could create short distance wormholes (think needleships etc.to keep the size down).
If you had a generator on the ship (obviously this would require vast amounts of energy as well as exotic materials and a lot of know-how) you could 'nip' through space. So you would have an absolute speed based on your reaction drive (impulse) and a relativistic speed based on how fast you could run the needle through the fabric of space without disappearing up your own arsehole (warp drive)*.
Still, if you can't think of it in the first place it would take a hell of a lot longer to achieve! Science fiction doesn't predict the future, it creates it.
*and no playing with any naughty bug eyed monsters on the way
If two potential paths to a destination appear in the routing table (such as directly connected) with the same priority then the choice will come down to other parameters, such as icmp response times and wotnot.
You could also do something to nobble the 'other' link if your nefarious one turned out to be too slow to be chosen.
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