Wednesday, June 12, 2002

Bleh -- 11:38 pm CST, Update by The Master

Was doing some snooping around on the NASA Human Spaceflight website today, and saw that there was a very good opportunity for me to observe the International Space Station streaking across our evening sky here in Green Bay, WI. Very cool, even though I only got to see a couple seconds of it slipping away. We had 50% cloudcover that blocked most of the later half of the pass, and my eyes just aren't up to seeing that kind of object in the sky. Thankfully I had Eeyore to point out the streaking star in our sky.

Deus Ex 2 Q&A -- 11:35 pm CST, Update by The Master

Gamespot has a Q&A with ION Storm's Harvey Smith reviewing Deus Ex 2: Invisible War. While there's nothing earth-shattering in the review, there are a couple of new screenshots of the game in there, and some discussion of the new physics engine and the completely new attitude towards AI and the player interaction with the environment. Good stuff.

Another MOO3 Interview -- 11:31 pm CST, Update by The Master

Apolyton Civilization has posted an interview with Quicksilver's Rantz Hoseley on the current status of Master of Orion 3. There's a bunch of info on the current status of the game, and all the changes that have been made (no IFP! YEAH!) in the game since they started internal testing.

DOOM III Rendering -- 1:40 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Beyond3D posted a very technical interview with id's John Carmack about the rendering technology of the DOOM III engine. Don't expect to understand a whole lot of it unless you understand the details of a modern 3D renderer. Otherwise, your brain might explode. I know mine did. Thanks Blue.

Monday, June 10, 2002

Thinking Machines(?) -- 9:47 pm CST, Update by The Master

Shacknews linked to a fascinating article on MSNBC about Cyc, a database system that is being taught commen-sense truths about the world, in order to attempt to create a thinking machine. Fascinating article for the computer geeks in the crowd.

Think Tank Talks Marketing Trash -- 7:38 pm CST, Update by The Master

The Register put up an interesting article about a "think tank" called the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, which has released its study of the dangers of open-source software. AdTI is a M$ funded institution, so it's study is a complete pile of B$ filled with Micro$peak. This one comes courtesy of Bearkey Alerts.

No Old News

The Haus is powered by:

All original information on this website is copyright © TheHaus.Net, 1999-2005. The use of original images, text, and/or code from this website without expressed written consent is prohibited. The authors of this site cannot be held responsible for any damage, real or imagined, which comes from the use of information presented on this site. All trademarks used are the properties of their respective owners. This site is not to be used as a floatation device (but if you try, I want a video tape of it).