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Carmack: Lord of the Games
seer writes: "This article on Red Herring is a nice look at the interworkings of id software, most specifically their famous employee John Carmack. It delves deeply into the fact that id has stayed a very small company and dabbles with other topics such as Carmack's tendency to stay away from Microsoft 'standards' and the whole DooM ]I[ debacle. An interesting read."
Mr. Gates sent a video with congratulations that teased, "I just want you to know that I can write slicker and tighter code than John."
This is the funniest thing Bill Gates has EVER said.
he is a god amoung men and is the main contributing reason as to why i no longer have a social life.. long live john carmack
... are you still dating him ?? :)
so
Please, somebody, mod this as funny for the first time on my life !!!!
Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Shrek was always the same
I think that you're confusing Shrek-the-movie with Shrek-the-poster.
From what I hear, the last piece of code Bill Gates wrote was gorilla.bas .. I don't know about you, but I think that's MUCH slicker code than any of John Carmack's inventions...
But as the article stated, Id makes roughly $1 million per employee... hell, at that clip, Carmack can buy back John Romero's car.
I'd have a personalized plate on my car, but "toxic bachelor" won't fit into 7 letters.
I quote, "Thanks to profit sharing, some employees make $450,000 to $600,000 in a good year. With such pay, the company expects employees to put in long, hard hours, says Todd Hollenshead." That's why no one ever wonders why John Romero no longer works at id.
Carmack and Torvalds should have a child...
"Mr. Evil..."
"Dr. Evil. I didn't spend four years in evil medical school to be called Mr., thank you very much."
^_^
N4st0r, trixx0r h0bb1tz0rz! Th3y st0l3 0ur pr3c10uzz!
Althought, it may be more accurate to say "he programs governments now."
The new Doom likely will require a no less powerful chip than the soon-to-be-released Nvidia GeForce3.
Did they mean GeForce4 or are all the GeForce3 cards on the market right now fakes?
And so the poor man who just wants to be left alone, and not a cult icon...
... is written about, and posted on slashdot.
George B here from 3DRealms. John listen, were having a hell of a time with Duke using the Unreal engine and see no end in sight. Is there any way I can convince you to let us use the Doom3 technology with DukeForever? Im willing to was and wax your car for the next year if that helps sweeten the pot. Let me know
Your porkrib eating buddy,
George