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    Tom Clancy's The Division

    in General Game Talk

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    I only got 4 hours of play time in during the beta. I can't say it's really like anything we've played before. It's an experience hard to describe. I would go watch some streams on twitch if you want to get a feel for the game play. The beta didn't convince me to spend $60 on it. I'll be waiting for a sale and then make my decision to drop some cash on it.

    NAS options

    in Computer Discussions

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    Well, balling on a budget does limit options some.

     

    1. Utilizing mostly hardware you already have, I would say going with something like "FreeNAS" would keep your price point the lowest. I believe there members here who use and preach this approach.
    2. I personally have a Synology 411j and can't recommend their equipment enough. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want to get with it. Their enclosures can be pricey, though, and they don't come with drives.
    3. There are other vendors in the same realm as Synology that may offer cheaper alternatives. I have heard good things about Drobo and Qnap, but don't have personal experience with them nor about their pricing

    You really have to consider what all capabilities you'd like, how large you want to start, how much future capacity expansion you'd like, and then align those within your budget.

    This is exciting and likely a major discovery.

    in Science & Technology

    Posted · Edited by Hunter~SPARTA~

    Hunter.... I think possibly you do not realize how many assets we have in place already.... that are looking far beyond our solar system. Much of what we need to look at this system is already out there.

    I think you underestimate the amount of data we can collect.

     

    I am fully aware of what collection systems we currently have. My profession in the military is to work with our satellites in orbit. That's all I can really say on that subject.

     

    The amount of data we collect and the quantity of assets is irrelevant. Not only do we not have the technology to clearly see that far into the universe, we do not understand nearly enough about space in general to properly analyze the information we can currently obtain. As you said, our knowledge is simply infantile. Our "best guess" at this point in history is based on fluctuations in light levels. We can't even be certain that our current assumptions and theories about the way light travels through space is concrete enough to base any ideas on what we're observing.

     

     

    Granted, it is data on things that happened 1500 years ago

    This is another extremely valid point that I had intended to make in my last post and forgot. Everything we see today, actually occurred 1500 light years in the past. For all we know, that star has already exploded and completely obliterated any form of life or other evidence of cosmic events that would provide more information on what is causing this 20% light reduction.

     

    As I said before, don't misunderstand me. I do agree that this is certainly an exciting discovery and could very well lead to another break through discovery and maybe even revolutionize our understanding of space. My only point is that I don't understand why everyone is so quick to try and label everything when we just simply cannot possibly know what it is we're really looking at. And as much as I would like the general populace to get excited about space and to further support our scientific community in exploring said space... this trend of calling everything we don't immediately understand "possible alien life or intelligence" is just tiresome.

    This is exciting and likely a major discovery.

    in Science & Technology

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    One thing I disagree with is Hunter's assertion that no one alive today will see anything come from this discovery. With the accelerating pace of our observation equipment and thus of observable features around our galaxy and universe, I would not be surprised if we determine exactly what this is within a few years/decade.

     

    When I say that, I mean it more literally. There will certainly be mounds of theories, assumptions, guesstimates, and probabilities published in regards to what KIC 8462852 might be/could be/probably is. I mean to say that there will be no concrete facts known about this star and/or whatever object or event is causing us to perceive a 20% loss of light.

     

    I just want to put this in perspective for a moment.

     

    Pluto is 0.0004967903919916 light years away from Earth. KIC 8462852 is 1,500 light years. It took New Horizons 9 years, 5 months to reach Pluto and take relatively low quality images that in turn takes an entire hour for each image to be transmitted back to Earth.

     

    Now, even assuming exponential growth in Earth's ability to invent and manufacture orbital telescopes... and also assuming there are no issues with launch vehicles to get said technology into space... I still do not believe we will get any real answers about this discovery in our lifetime or our children's lifetimes.

     

    But hey, I've been wrong before. I wouldn't mind be wrong about this, either.

    I'm baaack

    in General Game Talk

    Posted

    Anyway, tell the wife she has to share and come say hi.

     

    My headset broke before I left, still have yet to pick up a replacement. I'll see if I can find pants sometime this week and make a trip to Best Buy to get a new one.

     

     

    Star Citizen I think is going to be very special. It appears it is going to be a single game, with every type of game play a person could ever want.

     

    Check it out if you have not already! https://robertsspaceindustries.com/

     

    I bought into SC what seems like forever ago, now. I'll have to check out the progress they've made while I was gone. I agree if they manage to pull it off, it will be a superbly fascinating game... but at this point, it's still a big "if". I think they should have focused more on their initial efforts instead of letting feature creep overwhelm them.

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