All I could picture was...
"The Hardly Boys, two young whippersnappers with a knack for solving crimes."
"Tonight's episode...'The Case of the Acrobat-Killer' "
(Now I gotta go check YouTube and see if someone has uploaded this gem. Ah, memories.)
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Until software starts killing people by the thousands, it's "good enough" for now. It's like reading a Stephen King book. You just know it's going to devolve into something ridiculously stupid at some point. But you read it anyway, because it's "good enough" to help you get to sleep. People are used to disappointment. Programmers are just doing their part to maintain this universal truth.
This "study" is based on the assumption that the people grading the essays have any clue what good writing is. After all, Tom Clancy and Stephen King are very rich men, even though I believe they are sucky writers. If I can't agree with millions of people around the globe, why would I agree with the results from a few "professors" in this study?
I don't want my life on a harddrive. I want a harddrive implanted in my head so that I think I've lived someone else's (presumably more exciting) life.
For instance, I want to know what it was like to go through life as Mr. T. (And don't give me no jibba-jabba that it can't be done neither. Those A-Team guys could build *anything!*)
I'm sure some future version of Java will proudly proclaim the "breakthrough" of supporting contracts. In the same way they made a big deal of finally implementing generics.
Eiffel: proof that the best technology doesn't always win.
This'll sound horribly cynical (because it is), but seriously, at least in the U.S., it really doesn't matter *who* is doing the reporting.
Why? Because most people don't care about getting the truth, or holding officials accountable. Yes, we will bitch about "the world" over the water cooler, but nobody actually wants to do anything about it.
Case in point. TV news. It's barely news anymore. Mostly opinion. And yelling. Oh, and cars chases, gotta have those. Why is it this way? Because viewers want it that way, despite what they may say to the contrary.
Journalism *can* have power. But they can only report. They can't make people care.
Ummm, not to be a racist or anything, but wouldn't reading a 100-page instruction book translated from Japanese be considered torture in some countries?
1. Please to put little engine 3X later than subassembly YY.
2. Set us up the arm, but not to be rotated wisely.
After this lawsuit settles, can we then sue the California legislature for all those CO2-eating trees that were killed to support the massive amounts of paper needed to argue this case?
Not to mention all the CO2 expelled by the lawyers and politicians themselves.
Didn't read the article, but after reading the summary, I did get a horrific picture in my head of seeing Starbucks everywhere inside all my favorite MMOs.
Quest giver: "Hello! We're awfully busy today. I was wondering if you could deliver this cappuccino machine to my friend over in the Merchant's District. Your reward will be 500 XP and the recipe for Pumpkin Spice lattes."
Forget about kids, they're *so* yesterday. Aging baby-boomers are where it's at. (Although I have a seething hatred for that demographic.)
Look on T.V. Notice anything lately? You see all those T.V. anchors with grey hair? What about Taylor Hicks from American Idol? Get it? The boomers are getting older, and unfortunately are still the biggest demographic in the U.S.
In addition, MMOs are getting better and better, and bandwidth is increasing. Add in a bunch of retirees who have absolutely *nothing* to do, and all of a sudden we'll be seeing games like "World of Shuffleboardcraft", and "The Sims: Retirement Community"
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All I could picture was... "The Hardly Boys, two young whippersnappers with a knack for solving crimes." "Tonight's episode...'The Case of the Acrobat-Killer' "
I was wondering when he'd get back to his roots http://www.bluntproductions.com/extras/starwars/st arwars.htm
(Now I gotta go check YouTube and see if someone has uploaded this gem. Ah, memories.)
Until software starts killing people by the thousands, it's "good enough" for now. It's like reading a Stephen King book. You just know it's going to devolve into something ridiculously stupid at some point. But you read it anyway, because it's "good enough" to help you get to sleep. People are used to disappointment. Programmers are just doing their part to maintain this universal truth.
This "study" is based on the assumption that the people grading the essays have any clue what good writing is. After all, Tom Clancy and Stephen King are very rich men, even though I believe they are sucky writers. If I can't agree with millions of people around the globe, why would I agree with the results from a few "professors" in this study?
I'm playin' Guild Wars. </Cartman>
I loved that game, and the music. I still have the theme stuck in my head til this very day.
(Apparently I'm not the only one who does, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqJoImNTs8I)
Well that's what happens when Google tells their employees to spend 20% of their time doing whatever interests them. Giant, mutant, killer insects.
Damn Ph.D's, with their genome maps and fancy internet tubes.
Google sounds like a stud-farm for PhD's. They can freely roam the pasture, and screw any project that takes their fancy.
Software isn't a pile of components, it's just a bunch of *glue!*
I don't want my life on a harddrive. I want a harddrive implanted in my head so that I think I've lived someone else's (presumably more exciting) life.
For instance, I want to know what it was like to go through life as Mr. T. (And don't give me no jibba-jabba that it can't be done neither. Those A-Team guys could build *anything!*)
Now maybe they can figure out why my scroll-wheel stops working at random times.
Sorry, but until Myspace starts carrying episodes of MST3K and Krofft Superstars, (legally or otherwise), YouTube owns my eyes.
Seriously. You ever see that George Carlin bit about how humans *love* disasters (natural and otherwise), no matter what they may say to the contrary?
It's true. We are naturally self-destructive creatures. Why fight it? Why worry? You're a human. Adapt. Or...do the other thing.
I'm sure some future version of Java will proudly proclaim the "breakthrough" of supporting contracts. In the same way they made a big deal of finally implementing generics.
Eiffel: proof that the best technology doesn't always win.
This'll sound horribly cynical (because it is), but seriously, at least in the U.S., it really doesn't matter *who* is doing the reporting.
Why? Because most people don't care about getting the truth, or holding officials accountable. Yes, we will bitch about "the world" over the water cooler, but nobody actually wants to do anything about it.
Case in point. TV news. It's barely news anymore. Mostly opinion. And yelling. Oh, and cars chases, gotta have those. Why is it this way? Because viewers want it that way, despite what they may say to the contrary.
Journalism *can* have power. But they can only report. They can't make people care.
...they discover that Laura Roselyn has won the election. Then we can accuse them all of being Cylons and shoot them out the airlock. Or something.
Any idea when they will having vending machines that dispense vending machines?
Theoretically, you'd only ever need one at a location, for all of time. (Well that...and a lot of floor space.)
It's pronounced *intra* net. There will be no "inter" about it.
OK, so who volunteers to break the news to Buddy the elf that he won't be able to walk back home?
(I like to whisper too.)
Ummm, not to be a racist or anything, but wouldn't reading a 100-page instruction book translated from Japanese be considered torture in some countries?
1. Please to put little engine 3X later than subassembly YY.
2. Set us up the arm, but not to be rotated wisely.
3. Enjoy super happy fun robot!
After this lawsuit settles, can we then sue the California legislature for all those CO2-eating trees that were killed to support the massive amounts of paper needed to argue this case?
Not to mention all the CO2 expelled by the lawyers and politicians themselves.
I want to read more about it, but my brain is getting stuck on the acronym GPGPU. It just doesn't compute. Norman, coordinate.
Graphics processing is a specific task, with specific math and algorithms. How can it possibly be "general purpose" in any way?
Just sounds like another expensive piece of hardware I don't really need. (Well, until they show me some awesome Quake benchmarks or something.)
Didn't read the article, but after reading the summary, I did get a horrific picture in my head of seeing Starbucks everywhere inside all my favorite MMOs.
Quest giver: "Hello! We're awfully busy today. I was wondering if you could deliver this cappuccino machine to my friend over in the Merchant's District. Your reward will be 500 XP and the recipe for Pumpkin Spice lattes."
What is this "Napster" thing, and is there a torrent available so I can download a "demo" of it?
Forget about kids, they're *so* yesterday. Aging baby-boomers are where it's at. (Although I have a seething hatred for that demographic.)
Look on T.V. Notice anything lately? You see all those T.V. anchors with grey hair? What about Taylor Hicks from American Idol? Get it? The boomers are getting older, and unfortunately are still the biggest demographic in the U.S.
In addition, MMOs are getting better and better, and bandwidth is increasing. Add in a bunch of retirees who have absolutely *nothing* to do, and all of a sudden we'll be seeing games like "World of Shuffleboardcraft", and "The Sims: Retirement Community"
Know it. Fear it.