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Re:Reserving your Model 3 on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:20PM (#11333719)
It was stated a while ago that the pricing would be $35,000 before incentives. They probably don't want to say a specific price if incentives aren't nailed down yet.
Re:In Flight on Thursday May 14, 2015 @10:19PM (#9548639)
You'd need to be able to ensure that everyone is using GPS altitudes before requiring it, and there are some pretty ancient planes still flying out there. As far as I know, ATC radar doesn't actually measure altitude but rather relies on the plane's transponder to report it.If you have some mix of baro and GPS altitudes, you can no longer safely ensure separation.

There should be enough checks for setting the proper baro setting - both pilots check the setting individually when changing it and it's reported to them a number of times throughout descent. Even if they do manage to get it wrong through all that, the GPWS should notify them if they get too close to any obstacles.

There's a bunch of pieces. The tutorial is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
So do you see the light part of the dress as white? If so, what colors are the cow-print looking clothing just behind this one on the left?
I interpret it as black getting colored colored brownish by the camera/lighting. Specifically, if you look on the left you can see another dress which seems to be black/white. And in that area, the lace appears the same color as the black of that dress.
Re:Long Live Grim Fandango on Thursday January 29, 2015 @09:40PM (#8970186)
They also used the engine for Escape from Monkey Island. What's neat about that is the first 3 games had the SCUMM Bar (SCUMM being the scripting language used for those games), which ends up getting replaced by a tropical-themed Lua Bar in Escape.
Re:Show HN: Axis - a React.js multiplayer math game on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @12:48AM (#8628466)
Yeah, step functions really break this. I think I was in a game with you or some else with the same general idea, they won on the very first turn with the sine wave trick.
Re:Cursors on Sunday October 19, 2014 @02:01AM (#8477365)
Firefox's cursor hiding breaks it, won't let you move the cursor, so don't enable it. Red circled cursor is your actual mouse position, grey circled one is the 'ingame' cursor that's blocked by walls. Move the red onto the grey to start.
Unfortunately, the Oculus has some issues with full flight sims. It's still extremely neat tech, but I don't think I'll be giving up head tracking for it any time soon.

First, there's the resolution issue. I've only used DK2, but its resolution was so low that I was unable to read the dials/HUD without getting my face super close to them, which presents major issues when trying to maintain situational awareness.

Second, no matter how many buttons and switches you have on your HOTAS, you're going to have to manipulate something with your keyboard/mouse at some point. This causes some obvious problems when you have an Oculus strapped to your head.

Re:With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @07:07PM (#8293910)
Similar familial matching happened in the US a few years ago.

http://abcnews.go.com/story?id=11116381

Re:Dwarf Fortress 0.40.01 on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @08:20AM (#8004134)
Some fans decided to try and get accurate densities for as many materials as possible so that their in-game simulations reflect their actual properties.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=80022.0

Re:Game Theory: How 70,000 Pokemon Players Sabotage Themselves on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @03:42PM (#7260898)
The streamer tried that. It would poll for a few seconds, then execute the majority command. A large number of people opposed this and began to spam start in protest, and actually killed all progress until the streamer reverted it. At the moment there's a slider that allows the chat to vote between 'democracy' and 'anarchy'.
Re:Day 180: Finished on Sunday September 29, 2013 @12:25AM (#6464122)
I think that value might be a bit optimistic.

http://i.imgur.com/zYsc6oa.jpg

Re:Problems with the TSA on Sunday March 31, 2013 @12:08AM (#5467670)
It states very specifically in the memo he refers to:

"It is recommended (not required) that passengers bring along any supporting documentation (ID cards, letter from doctor, etc.) regarding their medical needs."

So yeah, it would likely be easier for him if he did have one, but it's certainly not something the TSA can demand.

I'd say that Dungeon Keeper and Evil Genius come pretty close to DF's style of gameplay. But yeah, DF still has far more above what those offer.
Re:College was my biggest mistake (2012) on Monday February 04, 2013 @02:39PM (#5166532)
The school I'm at does 10 week quarters, but I think the typical university uses semesters these days, which would obviously be longer.
Re:Flight Deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on Sunday October 07, 2012 @04:40PM (#4624390)
There's also Orbiter, which is probably even more realistic since its main goal is realistic space flight. http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/
Re:Show HN: Most Wikipedia articles lead to the same loop on Friday August 31, 2012 @02:37PM (#4461047)
Yep, it's seeing the "Coordinates" link at the top right corner of the page.
Re:4chan: Beyond one billion on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @02:58PM (#4351656)