The world is about to run out of the Internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, the man who co-developed the system has told The Times. Vint Cerf, often called the "father of the Internet" and one of the world's leading computer-networking scientists, said that businesses and consumers needed to act now to switch to the next generation of Internet addresses. Unless preparations were made now, he said, some computers might not be able to go online and the connectivity of the Internet might be damaged.
Cerf said that Internet service providers in particular needed to prepare, and that time was running out for a smooth transition. Every computer and online device is assigned a unique Internet Protocol address ? Windows users can look up theirs by opening a command-prompt window and typing "ipconfig" ? but the pool of unallocated numbers is about to dry up. "This is like the Internet running out of telephone numbers and with no new numbers, you can't have more subscribers," he said.
For the full report, go here: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4819803.ece
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Windows 7 introduction plus some nostalgia back down history lane.Wow,....That was a real history lane treat, nice find satchmo. Man, did you get the part about the source code size difference between Vista and Windows 7? Vista's is like 4 Gigs and Windows 7's is only 25 MB!!! Holy cow, that's a huge strip down from one OS to it's future upgrade!
If Windows 7 is going to be that lean, it should boot up like lightning and run it's built in programs on warp speed, especially on the vastly more powerful future PC's that will be on the market when it finally comes out. Yo satchmo....tell me if I really heard that video right.....
I just downloaded and installed SP1 for Vista on my PC, and to my surprise my computer seems to be a little faster now, and a tad more stable. But still, Vista needs more work on it, it is still far from perfect.
Hey, since we are on the subject of Vista, I am sure some of you know this, Microsoft has already been at work for some time now on the next version of Windows that will replace Vista, code name "Windows 7" (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and later Vienna). Anyway, there is so much on this for me to put it all here, it's better to just go here for the full details: http://windows7news.com/
Also, check out this nifty video on Window 7's touch screen capabilities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDQ0wUcSPQ
Hey, since we are on the subject of Vista, I am sure some of you know this, Microsoft has already been at work for some time now on the next version of Windows that will replace Vista, code name "Windows 7" (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and later Vienna). Anyway, there is so much on this for me to put it all here, it's better to just go here for the full details: http://windows7news.com/
Also, check out this nifty video on Window 7's touch screen capabilities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDQ0wUcSPQ
I don't think graphics can be based on personal opinion... cause if we go by that I may as well say I think Super Mario Brothers had superior graphics to The Conduit.The only way this will be settled would be when the actual game is released to the general public. Seeing early web or printed pictures is one thing, playing the finished game first hand on a Wii is another. Only time will tell (and the gaming community).
There is nothing wrong with 360. FPS's may be better on PC, but not all games are. This is the point of a designed game specific console and it's controller...I never did say there was anything wrong with the Xbox 360, or any other current generation console for that matter. In fact, I do like the Xbox 360, it's one of the very few products from Microsoft that you can say it's good. As for The Conduit's graphics quality, that simply comes down to a matter of one's own personal opinion, besides the game is still in production, therefore not done yet, it would be unfair to compare it to any other finished game.
TBH... I have PS2 games with better graphics by a long shot.Everybody knows that the PS2's graphics were flawed with the infamous "jaggies", heck, even the Dreamcast had superior graphics.
PC ftw, and fuck 360Very intelligent comment.
Nothing can replace the versatility of mouse-keyboard combo for FPS gamesTrue. But remember, we are also talking about the "Wii-mote" here, very different than your average game console controller.
interesting how the least powerful is the most popular, I always thought average idiots preferred "awsum grafix" to gameplay. Anyway I am a proud owned of a Wii.The Wii might not be the most powerfull system, but it can still be made to play and display games with graphics on a next-gen level. Take for example the upcoming Wii game called "The Conduit". This is a sci-fi FPS game slated to come out 1st. quarter of next year. The word on this game is, it will push the Wii's graphical limits to the max, so it should be interesting to see this first hand when it does come out.
Screen shots of The Conduit: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/theconduit/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;img;1
The Conduit YouTube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5EhfHNPA8g
A $299 eMachine computer for your mom? If I ever did that to my mother, I would be executed. Anyway, if you can, try getting your computer parts from Newegg.com or Tigerdirect.com, because the thing is, Best Buy is somewhat expensive for getting your PC stuff there, not to mention their selection of parts is no where as good as Newegg or Tigerdirect. Now, if you really want to save money and go for maximum deals, I then suggest: http://www.pacificgeek.com/index.asp
By the way satchmo, that was really nice of you giving your PC to your mom, way to go.
By the way satchmo, that was really nice of you giving your PC to your mom, way to go.
The Yahoo games site just posted an interesting video report on the current games console market. According to Yahoo, The Wii's demand is still on fire, expect once again shortages this Holiday season. But as for the Xbox 360 and the PS3, there has been a very interesting turn of events between these two consoles. Check out Yahoo's video report: http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-14/1248334
Tito, its most likely that that was a weather balloon with dummy's for a drop test. Your bringing it like its evidence. And if you can tame the dangers of space, then no human build weapon is going to shoot down your spaceship. I don't know where people get the arrogance to think that.Look, the reason on how or why a UFO managed to crashed in the Nevada desert in 1947 does not matter, what matters is one allegedly did. Everybody that's anybody that follows this story from beginning to end knows that the U.S. Air Force story about weather balloon with dummies is complete, utter bullshit. Hell, there's even been a couple of high ranking Air Force officers that have gone on record and with signed testimony saying the weather balloon story is a complete made up story to help deflate the Roswell dilemma. And these two officers were part of the team of "spinners" in charge of coming up with this story. The funny thing is, one of them was found dead with an apparent self inflicting gun shot to the head a few weeks later. The other one went in to hiding and is believed to be in Europe somewhere. That story about the weather balloons and dummies has been discredited time and time again by so many experts and former military people over the years.
well if we shot down their space ship, they probably would be hostile... and if they attack us, well send som dark matter bombs on themActually, the shooting down of their space ship part might have already happened. I am sure some of you here have heard of the "Roswell incident" of 1947. That's where the military recovered not just the UFO wreckage but also the bodies of 6 aliens and at least one live one. This is perhaps the most famous UFO case of all time.
Are you trying to be funny or do you just not realise how offensive that is to some people here?I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one who was a bit disturbed by that comment also.
I have a little question here: Is OpenGL still being updated on a regular basis? The reason I ask, is because according to the official OpenGL website, the last revision (update) was on August 2, 2006.
It's just a matter of time before some of these trashy celebrities like Paris Hilton and others like her start wearing that shit in public, so as to make themselves look cool. I swear, if some punk wearing that thing ever starts a fight with me, I will grab that eyeball thingy and pull on it so hard, his eyeball will end up in my hand.
That's always a possibility.
Look,....I am not going to say anymore on this, it is just beyond stupidity as far as I am concerned. Check it out for your self: http://dvice.com/archives/2008/09/contact_lens_je.php 
I want some solid answersTake a number and stand in line. You are one of the millions who have been saying that for the past 50 years.
Most likely a video was taken by the squad car's dash cam or some other type of video recorder like a cell phone's or even a camcorder, but depending on how good of a quality this video might have been, it might have posted a threat to the government's "status quo" on official denial on these matters, and like such, the video was conveniently "misplaced" by the authorities. I guarantee you that those 5 police officers were told if they expect to keep their jobs and their pensions, they would have to forget everything about the incident and deny that it ever took place on future interviews. The government can't afford this kind of public hysteria on this post 9/11 society we live in, The U.S. Department Of Homeland Security will see to it that people stay in the dark about UFO's.
I think its pretty cool. Obviously its nothing important or essential and you probably won't use it over normal web surfing, but its something awesome to play around in and tell your friends about.I think you hit it right on the nail with that one, aaron_da_killa. It might not be useful or practical, but it still can be interesting to check out.
it looks like such a waste of time.I never did say the video was going to be exiting. I myself did not really like it that much.
Sony are desperate, because they're failing hard with the PS3. Not even a lame Second Life clone will save them.I do agree with you on everything you said about Sony. Now, according to what Sony said on the last E3, Home represents that one big "killer app" that the PS3 needs to help push it pass Microsoft's Xbox360 and it's hyper popular Xbox Live network. This is coming from Sony themselves, not me.
I can't see the appeal of these "3D chat" things. Either play a real MMO (where you do things besides talk) or join an IRC channel.
On a related note, I found this short video on YouTube showcasing 50 of the top 3D chat sites out there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CijdlYOSPc
On that video, it is claimed that there are about 300,000,000 registered 3D chat users world wide!
What the hell? My respect for Sony was demolished by reading this. Come on! You are smarter than this!Well, perhaps Sony is having second thoughts about Home, after all, how many times has Home been delayed now? If I was in charge of Sony, I would order a rebuild of Home, it will still be a 3D chat platform, but it will also have a built in first person shooter game engine. This way, when you are done chatting, you can go to some other "FPS area" and settle the score with a good'ole fashion fragfest. Afterwards, you can go back to chatting to taunt your victims.
Since where're in the subject of 3D chat, I wonder how many of you here that are PS3 owners will be signing up for "Home" when it comes out. I hear that Home is supposed to "blow everything else" out of the water when it makes it's debut.
Well, it's official then, apparently this idea on any website being turned in to 3D is not exactly getting a warm reception here at TWHL, oh well. This is pretty much like everything else in life, you either like it or you don't, simple as that. For the record, Exit Reality's membership growth has taken of like a rocket, it's already bigger than Google's Lively, according to their news board. I wonder if some day it will ever reach Second Life's massive million plus membership.
100% agreed penguinboy anybody who would even bother making this tread must be a complete noobshit (looks at tito)Complete noobshit? Look at Tito?.......Try looking more at TheGrimReafer's recent news post, particularly the part on forum etiquette.
For some reason there's a force field blocking me from walking to the rest of my blogs posts :SThat's strange, I just visited your blog website in 3D and was able to roam freely everywhere, no force field. It's possible your avatar got stuck or something. When this happens, just click anywhere on the floor, and try moving again.
put that in hammer and make a mapHehehe....That thought did cross my mind. Hey Rimrook, why don't you see how your website would look in 3D and post a picture here. Oh by the way, remember how I have your Sunden map on my VirtualHL website as a VRML chat world? Well, I went ahead and tested Sunden's full VRML world address, and to my surprise, it did load up on Exit Reality's 3D chat engine! Here's a picture of it, notice the Exit Reality's controls on the bottom of the screen:
it looks cool, but plain old twhl is enough for me.The same with me too. But also, don't forget about the 3D chat aspect of it, something not part of the normal 2D TWHL.
why on earth would anyone possibly want this?Because it can be done? At best, it's an interesting gimmick showcasing where web technology can go.
Like some of you might already know, there is currently a resurgence of on the internet involving these 3D chat websites similar to Second Life. Just to name a few, there's Google Lively, Activeworlds, Outerworlds, Cybertown, 3DXplorer and a whole bunch more, and of course including my very own VirtualHL.info Now, one of the very latest 3D chat platform websites to recently debut is called "Exit Reality" (www.exitreality.com). But unlike all the other ones, this one has a very unique feature where any regular 2D website, and I really mean any website, can be turned in to a full blown 3D website, with multi-user chat with 3D avatars to boot!!! Of course, you would need to download and install a little browser plug-in so you can participate in the Exit Reality 3D network. A word of warning: Exit Reality is still in Beta, so there's bound to still be a few bugs in the system, but nothing big. So as to give you guys here at TWHL an idea on what a 2D website will look like turned 3D, I went ahead and tested TWHL to see what we would get, and here it is:
First, I input TWHL's full URL on to Exit Reality's 3D form:
And here are the results:
This last one here, you can see my personal 3D avatar with my name "Tito" right above it:
Oh, in case you are wondering, all the website's links remain active in the 3D version, so all those floating words and sentences you see in 3D are clickable. Now, I really want to know what kind of mojo-jojo web technology is being employed here to pull this off! Does any body here have any clues?
First, I input TWHL's full URL on to Exit Reality's 3D form:
.. 100$? I'll be damned.Well, what you expect? Some people have no shame. Anyway, for that price, that model character better be animated and do hoola-hoops.
Oh damn, your right!.....That's the Euro being displayed in 3-d-models.com! Well, like Homer Simpson would say.......
Theres models you have to PAY for? That is the most stupid thing ive ever heard. Better to learn and make them yourself.As stupid as it might sound, buying and selling 3d models is actually a very big, lucrative business online. In fact, I myself sold a collection of 5 custom made, animated VRML avatars burned on a cd-rom on eBay about 3 years ago, for $24.95 including shipping. To further make my point and prove to you that selling 3d models is not really out of the ordinary, here is a tiny list of some commercial 3d model retailers:
www.3d02.com/main/home_01.asp
www.top3d.net
www.3-d-models.com (Prices are in British pounds)
www.3dexport.com
www.turbosquid.com (perhaps the biggest one of all)
A pack of little Debbie Swiss cake rolls, followed by a second pack, and then followed by a third pack.Aren't you forgetting the glass of cold milk to go with them cakes?
Because with CGI you can create people who look exactly how you want instead of finding people who fit the bill and dressing them up.Exactly. The one movie that I can think of that got the closest to achievivg this, was last year's "Beowulf":
You have total control.
Site exclusivity would still be nice, thoughThat could be arranged, but in return and as the site's webmaster, you would have to offer some kind of "compensation" to the author of the tutorial. After all, exclusivity is a type of commodity.
Could you please do all the google searching for me?Why? What's wrong with you doing it?
Also, are you willing to pay for the right models you are looking for, or just looking for freebie ones?
This is the Emily video.Damn!.....That's some freaky shit, it's just mind boggling where the state of the art in graphics technology is at right now! So is not just CGI getting incredible, but also motion capture, which is pretty mandatory to have in today's video game industry. I wonder........Will Square Enix be able to make their next Final Fantasy CGI movie look like this? I'm sure the folks at Pixar are contemplating this technology also.
I wonder how Doom 4 will look like.....
Alright noob, here it is: In a nut shell, Cinema 2.0 is just simply a graphics chip similar to ones found on game consoles, but in this case, Cinema 2.0 is far, far more powerful and advance than anything else in the market. It is made by AMD, which normally only do PC processors, like for example the Athlon 64. This Cinema 2.0 chip will be used to power the newest PC graphics cards (ATI Radeon HD 4800 series), and perhaps maybe game consoles in the future (Xbox720 or PS4?).
I supposed if some time in the near future, Half Life 3 were to be released supporting Cinema 2.0, two bad things would happen: First, your PC rig would most likely will have to be an expensive machine equipped to the max with the latest of everything, which could cost somewhere between $2,500 and $3,500 or more, just to play the game with all effects turned on. Second, for all the map makers out there, a whole new map editor would have to be invented, supporting Cinema 2.0. Yep, this sure sounds like the future to me. But I do agree with most of you that's against this, the PC gaming world might not be ready for this just yet.
In the video game world, either it be PC gaming or game consoles, there always comes that special moment where everything changes, and in this case, it comes from the world's 2nd largest chip maker, AMD. After reading and seeing with my own eyes on where the next generation gaming is headed with AMD's new graphics engine, called "Cinema 2.0" I believe this is the future that all gamers are clamoring for.
Just to give you a little taste of the power of Cinema 2.0 can do, check the following picture out, it is not a photograph of a real person, it is pure CGI, powered by Cinema 2.0, in REAL TIME, mind you, not pre-rendered!:
For more on AMD's Cinema 2.0, I strongly suggest to you: http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24211764-5014239,00.html
Official AMD page on Cinema 2.0: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52_15438_15106,00.html?redir=cin01
Just to give you a little taste of the power of Cinema 2.0 can do, check the following picture out, it is not a photograph of a real person, it is pure CGI, powered by Cinema 2.0, in REAL TIME, mind you, not pre-rendered!:
Official AMD page on Cinema 2.0: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52_15438_15106,00.html?redir=cin01
This makes you an ass for reasons I care not to explain, as it's pretty much self explanatory.Oh come on, do explain! I could always use a good laugh. Anyway, regardless of what you say, it was he who unnecessarily took it personal by being the first one to post a negative reply without no real reason. My question was innocent and honest, and yet I got some grief over it, which was something I did not expect. I swear,....some people really need to chill out!
How do you know shit doesn't taste good? Have you tried it?Hey satchmo,....Uhmmm.... that's a bit gross, even for the TWHL audience's standards, or at least I hope it is. All I know, that's too much info for me.
careful, guys.I'm cool....
You're obviously long lost in Urb's sarcasm, and the fact that he has DPG...Let me get this straight,....Urbanebula hasn't replied to my question yet, which is no big deal to me, really. But yet, you still feel the need to speak for him anyway? What are you, his lawyer? And another thing, that comment "I have nothing else to say to you", sure sounds like what a damn woman would say to a man. Oh my,....not very manly, I'm afraid.
How do you know my name!? That potatis_invalid is a SPY!What the heck you are talking about?
All anybody has to do is to click on anybody's else username link, and that person's members page will load up, containing not just the real name, but where he is from and a few other personal things. I have a little question for you, Urbanebula: What's this thing about your occupation being "Demonic Puppy Games" all about?
guys, wtf is arena 51 ?Hey Skals, I strongly recommend you refer to potatis_invalid's Wikipedia link, I just finished reading it and it sounds pretty accurate. Oh by the way, to prove that Area 51 is a real place, Popular Mechanics, one of the greatest and most respected science and technology magazines around, has Area 51 as a cover story (for the 2nd time) on their August 2008 issue:
but it probably have nothing to do with aliens or flying saucers.I like how you say "probably",....He,he,he. I suppose nobody outside the government is really sure.
Source:TFW2005 September 10, 2008
New update on Transformers 2! Devastator confirmed!
TFW2005 has received word that the combiner Devastator will appear in the Michael Bay sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The site says it has confirmed the following:
New update on Transformers 2! Devastator confirmed!
TFW2005 has received word that the combiner Devastator will appear in the Michael Bay sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The site says it has confirmed the following:
- Seven construction vehicles merge to form Devastator
- Devastator has lots of upper body strength, like a gorilla
- Not just green, some of the vehicles are red and yellow
- The previously Long Haul concept art by Josh Nizzi is legit
Area 51 is fiction.Well, Tosse....I guess this satellite photo of Area 51 showing what amounts to, the world's longest runway must be a fake then. Man, it's incredible how something this big that can be seen from orbit, somehow does not exists.
You know, as amazing as the LHC sounds, we all know the real hard core stuff is at Area 51. If faster than light travel is really possible, it's here where it's being tested at. Of course, as far as the government is concerned, Area 51 does not exist.