While I’m not sure I agree with all the choices, they all were, well, interesting enough to blow the 15 minutes it takes to actually watch them all.
Most Creative
Here It Goes Again
OKGo
Best Series
Ask A Ninja
digitalfilmmaker
Best Music Video
Say It’s Possible
TerraNaomi
Most Inspirational
Free Hugs Campaign
PeaceOnEarth123
either click the above or head on over to YouTube Video Awards
Enjoy.
Craig
I just got an email from AMD today showing just how bad Intel’s Core 2’s are hurting AMD’s bottom line.
On April 9th 2007 AMD will throw a major price reduction and below is the chart showing just how much.
WOW.
After beta testing for oh I don’t know, about 18 years, one thing has begun to strike such a nerve that I just had to blog it.
I’m in this particular beta from a very large software company, I won’t mention names or say anything that may violate any NDA’s that I may or may not be under, so we will call this "Acme Toaster". On this beta we are testing a new software, it is kinda cool but its really early beta stuff and this is what got me off on this tangent. It is in what is called "Beta 2" cycle which used to mean it is damn near ready to hit the shelves. Beta 2 used to mean "feature complete, now lets fix the bugs". This Acme Toaster is more like EARLY Beta 1 because even in Beta 2 of "Acme Toaster" they are adding some new features that are said to be pretty raw. I was flabbergasted. Beta names used to mean something
Alpha. Concept complete, code sorta working, features and fixes are added.
Beta 1. Code nearly complete, bug fixing to make way for a couple rounds of new features and ballancing. Bug bashing.
Beta 2. Code complete. Find and fix ALL bugs.
Beta 3. If issues found in beta 2 cause core code changes in beta 2 then beta 3 was brought on for feature freeze and finalizing.
RC 1. If it passes this, it is on the shelves in a few months. rarely did they go past this.
RC 2. rarely made it here, but this is the final shoe. Next stop RTM
RTM . Release to manufacturing. This is where the code is sent to the duplicators and the technical reference material is sent out for printing.
This is how it USED to be. Now it is feature change right up to RTM and then we all wonder how there is 957 patches needed over the period of the life of the software.
If for what ever reason the old beta names don’t represent the current "milestone" goals then don’t use them any more, come up with new names.
Craig
Looks like those crazy kids over at DARPA after inventing the internet [sorry Mr. Gore.]
decided that they want robots in space. Now these are designed to repair and refuel
military satilites [now] I can just see a million killer robots in space deciding we are
a plague on the universe. They grab control of our military nuke space launchers
and a few minutes later we are all gone 😦
Ok maybe it is not that bad, and really kind of interesting, head on over to
Robots in Space launch tonight and read away.
Here is a small part:
"Two prototype spacecraft, one wielding its own robotic arm, are poised to launch spaceward late Thursday on a three-month mission to test methods for robotically refueling satellites in Earth orbit.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is slated to launch the two spacecraft, collectively known as Orbital Express, and a clutch of microsatellites at 9:37 p.m. EST (0237 GMT) from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station [image]. The planned flight is part of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Technology Program 1 (STP-1) mission"
See I wasn’t kidding, the end is near!
The Uncharted Territories 
