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I've used Safari on macs at work (academics often have a mac fetish) and it's okay, but has never struck me as 'great'
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The test is very relevant to the question.
The question "What is the percentage chance you actually have the disease?" is still valid, and still stands. It requires that you think carefully about all the information you have been given though, and not just the question itself, and the initial 1/10000 figure.
The answer is not 1/10000 (0.0001%) because thats just the chance of anyone having the disease.
The very fact that you've taken a test, and it said "YES YOU HAVE THE DISEASE" changes your chances of actually having it.
After all - it's a medical test which requires evidence to be collected showing that you do have the disease before it will give you a positive result.
And If there is actual medical evidence that you have the disease, then you're no longer just a random 1 person in 10,000. You're a person who has had the disease identified (rightly or wrongly) inside them.
Does that make sense to you now?
The question "What is the percentage chance you actually have the disease?" is still valid, and still stands. It requires that you think carefully about all the information you have been given though, and not just the question itself, and the initial 1/10000 figure.
The answer is not 1/10000 (0.0001%) because thats just the chance of anyone having the disease.
The very fact that you've taken a test, and it said "YES YOU HAVE THE DISEASE" changes your chances of actually having it.
After all - it's a medical test which requires evidence to be collected showing that you do have the disease before it will give you a positive result.
And If there is actual medical evidence that you have the disease, then you're no longer just a random 1 person in 10,000. You're a person who has had the disease identified (rightly or wrongly) inside them.
Does that make sense to you now?
Did your D drive start life inside a different PC?
If so, I very likely have the answer you need.
If so, I very likely have the answer you need.
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Ah well. Everyone makes mistakes.
If they didn't, discussion of this sort would be somewhat less fruitful, mmm?
If they didn't, discussion of this sort would be somewhat less fruitful, mmm?
My work desktop. I use two monitors, which is why it's so wide.
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Devin Townsend - Far Beyond Metal (the new re-recorded version)
What could come from all this?Not a great deal, I admit!
Here's a real paradox you can create yourself!
1. Get one piece of card.
2. Write "THE SENTENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD IS TRUE" on one side of the card.
3. On the other side write ""THE SENTENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD IS FALSE"
Paradox in a box! (or on a card, however you see it)
posted by espen180This is the most common, wrong answer.
99%
It works like this:
Your positive test result, with it's 99% accuracy means that either you are one of the 99% that have been correctly told that they have the disease, or that you are one of the other 1% who don't have the disease but have been incorrectly told that they do.
Imagine a million people take the test. Because it affects 1 in 10,000 -100 people out of the million actually have the disease.
Due to the 99% accuracy of the test, 99 of these hundred will be told correctly that they have the disease. On the other hand, the remaining 999,900 people do not have the disease, but 1% (or 9,999) of those are told incorrectly that they do.
So are you one of the 99 who has it, or one of the 9,999 who don't, but have been wrongly told they do?
9999:99
Which translates to 0.98% - the correct answer.
I know I said mcmitcho had got it right before, but he hadn't. I just hadn't done the sum he did (1/10000) correctly in my head at the time.
The test tells you that there is a 99% chance that you have the disease -- IE that you are one the 1 in 10,000.
But it's only 99% accurate - regardless of whether you have the disease or not.
What are the chances that the test is correct? (Maybe that should have been the question from the start)
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Added cos Madcow posted while I was typing.
There are numerous types of paradox. Some are more 'paradoxy' than others, but by the dictionary definition, these maths ones qualify.
But it's only 99% accurate - regardless of whether you have the disease or not.
What are the chances that the test is correct? (Maybe that should have been the question from the start)
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Added cos Madcow posted while I was typing.
There are numerous types of paradox. Some are more 'paradoxy' than others, but by the dictionary definition, these maths ones qualify.
If expressed as a percentage, yes.
Put yourself in that position though. You take a test which is 99% percent accurate, and it says you have the disease. What's your first thought when you get the results?
It's counter-intuitive.
Put yourself in that position though. You take a test which is 99% percent accurate, and it says you have the disease. What's your first thought when you get the results?
It's counter-intuitive.
It's a paradox, just a simple mathematical one.
Much like this -
Imagine there is a disease which affects 1 person out of every 10,000 in the world.
The disease is absolutely fatal. If you've got it, you've got a few months left, and then you'll just suddenly keel over and die suddenly. There is no escape.
There is a medical test which can tell you if you have the disease. The test is 99% accurate, whether you have the disease or not.
Of course, you want to know, so you take the test.
The result comes back POSITIVE (oh noes!)
What is the actual percentage chance that you have the disease?
Logical and moral paradoxes are much more entertaining. The key to this one is "whether you have the disease or not"
Much like this -
Imagine there is a disease which affects 1 person out of every 10,000 in the world.
The disease is absolutely fatal. If you've got it, you've got a few months left, and then you'll just suddenly keel over and die suddenly. There is no escape.
There is a medical test which can tell you if you have the disease. The test is 99% accurate, whether you have the disease or not.
Of course, you want to know, so you take the test.
The result comes back POSITIVE (oh noes!)
What is the actual percentage chance that you have the disease?
Logical and moral paradoxes are much more entertaining. The key to this one is "whether you have the disease or not"
It's best to avoid the carve tool when you're just starting out. It's a great tool but needs to be used in the right way, and it's easy at first to get into very bad habits with it.
Build rooms yourself rather than hollowing them out of cubes. Make the floor. Then each wall. Then stick a ceiling on top. It works out much better in the end.
I've made an example map for you. You can find it at the link below. There are no textures in it, just solids.
http://rapidshare.com/files/36316035/room_and_door.zip.html
Personally, I don't use hollow at all. The way it creates the walls is pretty bad.
Penguinboy's sweeping generalisation about carving is wrong. Carving can be very useful and save you a bit of time, but you have to be very careful to make sure that when you carve something, it only creates 90 degree angles. If you try to carve something like a cylinder, you're going to end up with very messy, and possibly unusable, brushwork. So, if you're cutting a square doorway through a flat, square wall, then carving is fine. That's what I did in the example map. If you're doing anything more complex than that, then you're better off working out how to build the required shapes yourself.
128 units is a good general height for walls.
I like to make my 'average' doorways 56 units wide and 96 units high. The player is 72 units tall and 32 units wide (if I remember correctly) and 48 tall when crouching.
So, look at that example map (it's incredibly simple) and practise by copying and pasting a few copies of the rooms nearby, and try joining them up with corridors and rooms of your own. You should learn a few things from that.
Build rooms yourself rather than hollowing them out of cubes. Make the floor. Then each wall. Then stick a ceiling on top. It works out much better in the end.
I've made an example map for you. You can find it at the link below. There are no textures in it, just solids.
http://rapidshare.com/files/36316035/room_and_door.zip.html
Personally, I don't use hollow at all. The way it creates the walls is pretty bad.
Penguinboy's sweeping generalisation about carving is wrong. Carving can be very useful and save you a bit of time, but you have to be very careful to make sure that when you carve something, it only creates 90 degree angles. If you try to carve something like a cylinder, you're going to end up with very messy, and possibly unusable, brushwork. So, if you're cutting a square doorway through a flat, square wall, then carving is fine. That's what I did in the example map. If you're doing anything more complex than that, then you're better off working out how to build the required shapes yourself.
128 units is a good general height for walls.
I like to make my 'average' doorways 56 units wide and 96 units high. The player is 72 units tall and 32 units wide (if I remember correctly) and 48 tall when crouching.
So, look at that example map (it's incredibly simple) and practise by copying and pasting a few copies of the rooms nearby, and try joining them up with corridors and rooms of your own. You should learn a few things from that.
Yeah I get that too. Because I work for a Uni I'm covered by their licence for any MS product on my home PC
The advantages of pro are only significant in a domain environment.
It's changed! That'll teach me to read before I link to stuff I first read ages ago.
XP Home was originally retired at the end of 2006.
I guess enough people complained about it. Looks like it shares it's graveyard appointment with Pro now then.
I don't often come across XP Home myself now.
Yes Penguinboy you're right.
My mistake. D'oh!
My mistake. D'oh!
Nein they can't just stop support for XPOh yes they can. XP Home is no longer supported. XP Pro is still supported for now, because of its widespread business use, but its retirement has already been announced. From the horses mouth:-
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-ca&C2=1173&x=12&y=12
And an article on it.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39246991,00.htm
support for Windows XP Home and Windows XP Media Centre Edition would end on 31 December, 2006.
Windows XP Professional, because it is a business product, will get "extended support" for five additional years following the expiration of mainstream support, which will come two years after Vista's debutWhat do you think extended support means?
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#Extended Support
(you might need to copy and paste that link sorry)
The Extended Support phase follows Mainstream Support for Business and Developer products.Enjoy the Microsoft future!
At the supported service pack level, Extended Support includes:
Paid support
Security update support at no additional cost
Non-security related hotfix support requires a separate Extended Hotfix Support Agreement to be purchased (per-fix fees also apply)
Please note:
Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended Support phase
Extended Support is not available for Consumer, Hardware, Multimedia, and Microsoft Dynamics products
So what exactly happens after rebooting the PC?Well it still boots. But the problem with playing video doesn't go away. I've tried quite a bit, short of re-installing (which is tricky to find time to do to my own pc at work) to fix it, but no luck so far.
Basically, Nero chucks up about 50 errors every time you play a video. You have to click OK on them all. Then the video plays, but sometimes it happens in the middle of videos too.
Uninstalling it doesn't help. I think this might be because MS licenced Nero's software for the inbuilt DVD/CD burning in Vista (and XP too, but its less capable in XP) and they might have a problem with each other.
Still working on fixing it though, so don't know really, yet.
I use Vista at work. I have to get accustomed to it so that when the University switches over, I know how to help all the confused academics.
I wouldn't have it at home.
The fact that MS is almost actively blocking people from using OpenGL is awful.
The User Account Control thing (or whatever it's called, I turned it off after about 8 seconds) is possibly the most annoying thing in the history of the Earth. Good theory - bad implementation.
Some of the DRM features are horrific, even to one who does not pirate at all (anymore)
The system load, especially memory usage, is disgusting. Even at idle. Vista reserves all of your memory for itself as soon as it boots up. All your memory truly are belong to Vista.
It has a fantastic bug that sometimes makes copying files across a network take hours rather than seconds. It's almost even funny, because all of the delay is actually caused by bug in the code which calculates the time remaining. This bug has been christened "The Long Goodbye" by the tech community.
If you have a decent graphics card and a bucket full of RAM, then Vista does look pretty, in my opinion. But the changes are in no way practically useful. Only better looking.
Lots of software simply doesn't like it. For example, DO NOT install Nero Burning ROM unless you've got the very latest new version. Just trust me. You will hate yourself if you do. It doesn't just fail and quit....oh no. Try playing some videos after the installation fails. Then reboot your PC and try again. Yessssssss.........
And did you know Windows Vienna is scheduled to come out in 2009? That's before official support for XP ends.
I wouldn't have it at home.
The fact that MS is almost actively blocking people from using OpenGL is awful.
The User Account Control thing (or whatever it's called, I turned it off after about 8 seconds) is possibly the most annoying thing in the history of the Earth. Good theory - bad implementation.
Some of the DRM features are horrific, even to one who does not pirate at all (anymore)
The system load, especially memory usage, is disgusting. Even at idle. Vista reserves all of your memory for itself as soon as it boots up. All your memory truly are belong to Vista.
It has a fantastic bug that sometimes makes copying files across a network take hours rather than seconds. It's almost even funny, because all of the delay is actually caused by bug in the code which calculates the time remaining. This bug has been christened "The Long Goodbye" by the tech community.
If you have a decent graphics card and a bucket full of RAM, then Vista does look pretty, in my opinion. But the changes are in no way practically useful. Only better looking.
Lots of software simply doesn't like it. For example, DO NOT install Nero Burning ROM unless you've got the very latest new version. Just trust me. You will hate yourself if you do. It doesn't just fail and quit....oh no. Try playing some videos after the installation fails. Then reboot your PC and try again. Yessssssss.........
And did you know Windows Vienna is scheduled to come out in 2009? That's before official support for XP ends.
Many of the same principles still apply for the older engine.
VIS does exactly the same basic thing as it always has.
VIS does exactly the same basic thing as it always has.
It's probably not actually frozen.
It's just very, very slow.
This generally means your map needs optimizing. Read up on what VIS actually does, and learn how to build your maps to make its life easier.
Heres' some info you might find useful.
http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/Levels/performance_and_visibility.html
And this is a very good general guide to optimization.
http://www.student.ru.nl/rvanhoorn/optimization.php
Best of luck.
It's just very, very slow.
This generally means your map needs optimizing. Read up on what VIS actually does, and learn how to build your maps to make its life easier.
Heres' some info you might find useful.
http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/Levels/performance_and_visibility.html
And this is a very good general guide to optimization.
http://www.student.ru.nl/rvanhoorn/optimization.php
Best of luck.
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I've got a program called VTFedit which writed VMT's for you.
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VTFEdit
/edit damn you Penguinboy
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VTFEdit
/edit damn you Penguinboy
ahem so where did you get Hammer 4 from then?
I absolutely love MGS1
MGS2 just annoyed me because of the sheer amount of cutscenes in it. I enjoy watching a story unfold...but jeez
I kinda agree. Farcry's story is a bit dumb.
But I think the AI is absolutely fantastic on the 'realistic' difficulty setting. And good artificial AI is far harder to get right than a storyline.
I really did enjoy finishing the game on realistic.
But I wouldn't do it all again.
That's where HL2 wins. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Farcry the first time. But I can replay it again and again, and still enjoy it as much as the first time.
Thats part of the reason why I map for HL2, and not Farcry, even though Crytek's engine is damn pretty.
But I think the AI is absolutely fantastic on the 'realistic' difficulty setting. And good artificial AI is far harder to get right than a storyline.
I really did enjoy finishing the game on realistic.
But I wouldn't do it all again.
That's where HL2 wins. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Farcry the first time. But I can replay it again and again, and still enjoy it as much as the first time.
Thats part of the reason why I map for HL2, and not Farcry, even though Crytek's engine is damn pretty.
Personally I use vbsp.exe, vvis.exe, and vrad.exe.
They are the default compile tools for Hammer v4.
You are using Hammer 4, right?
They are the default compile tools for Hammer v4.
You are using Hammer 4, right?
For source games, you need to use the source compile tools. Which come with the latest version of Hammer (v4)
Yeah I realised when I read the log properly. I just skimmed it first time and had a guess --- which meant I needed an 'out' in case I was wrong.
I guess I should just be more confident
I guess I should just be more confident
Yup.
Nah doesn't matter if you run VIS and RAD or not (in this case).
You're using the wrong compile tools.
(Either that or you're mapping for HL1 and just posted this in the wrong forum)
You're using the wrong compile tools.
(Either that or you're mapping for HL1 and just posted this in the wrong forum)
Even if theres a lack of source tutorialsMine should be up in a couple of weeks
You all spend so much time on a mapping site for an 8 year old game that nobody cares about!Just because you believe something doesn't make it true. In fact, I'm going to fly against all accepted laws of relativity here and say that - if YOU believe it, it's probably wrong.
And you don't even map anymore!I don't? Shit.
oh to further make you feel bad about your pathetic existences, you all consider these people your friends and you actually snort have arguments about your relationships!Good line? Probably not, good shit is expensive.
AHAHAHA all of you, get a life.This is the number one choice of taunt for those who can't think of anything positive about themselves. - Source: Royal Oxford Study of General Cognitive Function Defecit, 2005. Google it.
I will now repeat 98127918742 times.You didn't even get that right. Either you can't count, or you're untrustworthy. Not the best set of job prospects I've ever seen!
Sick jokes huh?
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I'm sure some of you can fill in the legend....
This is your problem
Look through the Hammer menus and select "Load Default Pointfile" and Hammer will draw a line in the views to show you where it is.
Find it.
Follow it.
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...1There is a gap in your map somewhere which links the map to the void outside.
0 (2)
** leaked **
Look through the Hammer menus and select "Load Default Pointfile" and Hammer will draw a line in the views to show you where it is.
Find it.
Follow it.
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So that's what the SDK Base is all about.....
It's ok, I haven't managed to get into a server yet thoughBest review ever.
I've only just started getting good at being the Zombie Master, I've won the last few times, on a server with 16 players
I find all the classes useful for certain things.
I find all the classes useful for certain things.
Though I don't see why Valve would snap this up personally, they're publishing Left 4 DeadOh yeah ... forgot about that.
It's still great, anyway. Been playing it all night.
It was advertised on Steam Update News a little while back, and I gave it a go:-
http://www.zombiemaster.org/about.php
It's still in beta, but I have the feeling Valve might snap this one up before it becomes finished.
It's really, really good. Potentially, it's massive. Even now it's hard to get into servers - simply because they're all constantly packed full. It's got a few bugs and is sometimes horribly laggy.
Basically, there's an objective based map. Probably the first time you play, you'll play the docks where all the players (except one) have to find the parts for and re-assemble a truck to escape. Like CS, when you're dead, you're dead for the round, and there is no health lying around.
One player is chosen at random at the start of each game to be the "Zombie Master" and that person plays the whole round like a RTS game, such as Command and Conquer.
Being Zombie Master is confusing at first, but it's a lot of fun when you get it worked out.
Anyway, the link above will tell you all you need to know. I recommend that you have a go!
I was lucky enough to grab a fleeting space on one of the official servers where the dev team were playing. It was interesting - they were much better than me tho
http://www.zombiemaster.org/about.php
It's still in beta, but I have the feeling Valve might snap this one up before it becomes finished.
It's really, really good. Potentially, it's massive. Even now it's hard to get into servers - simply because they're all constantly packed full. It's got a few bugs and is sometimes horribly laggy.
Basically, there's an objective based map. Probably the first time you play, you'll play the docks where all the players (except one) have to find the parts for and re-assemble a truck to escape. Like CS, when you're dead, you're dead for the round, and there is no health lying around.
One player is chosen at random at the start of each game to be the "Zombie Master" and that person plays the whole round like a RTS game, such as Command and Conquer.
Being Zombie Master is confusing at first, but it's a lot of fun when you get it worked out.
Anyway, the link above will tell you all you need to know. I recommend that you have a go!
I was lucky enough to grab a fleeting space on one of the official servers where the dev team were playing. It was interesting - they were much better than me tho
Try starting a new map, and saving it after making one brush -- somewhere out of the way.
Then copy and paste the entire contents of the problem map into the new one.
Then delete the brush you made at first, and save the file again.
Maybe it will work then?
Then copy and paste the entire contents of the problem map into the new one.
Then delete the brush you made at first, and save the file again.
Maybe it will work then?
There are numerous puzzles and exploration sections (with lots of incidental scenes) .... but there's a couple of other things too ... which I really want to tell you about ... but I won't because the surprise will be so much better when you actually see it yourself without any buildup.....;)
Oooh pretty! I commented on the map vault, before noticing this thread.
I'll have a look when I'm home from work........
I'll have a look when I'm home from work........
I almost fainted with glee when I read that last post.
About the sunlight angles, I want to ask your advice on those, Kasperg but I will do so in the PM which I'll send you this morning. The ones shown in the picture are just from my latest test compile (I have about 10 different versions of that area because lighting is hard for me to visualise in my head and so I do it by trial and error.
Oh yes, I definately would love you to contribute more, Kasperg. If you make something, I'll fit it in there. I'll send you more specific details of how I've set the story up in a PM, and we can talk about it.
Wheee!
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About the sunlight angles, I want to ask your advice on those, Kasperg but I will do so in the PM which I'll send you this morning. The ones shown in the picture are just from my latest test compile (I have about 10 different versions of that area because lighting is hard for me to visualise in my head and so I do it by trial and error.
Oh yes, I definately would love you to contribute more, Kasperg. If you make something, I'll fit it in there. I'll send you more specific details of how I've set the story up in a PM, and we can talk about it.
Wheee!
dances away