From what I've read recently, so do programmers, we're all crappy: All we have to get right is tens of thousands of lines of code every year or so, while other staff have to contend with such difficulties as how the binding machine works, or where that cupboard should go.
Also, Executives suck (something about hubris). I'm fairly sure Marketing sucks, ask any engineer. Lawyers suck big time. And the legal system. Copyrights. DRM. Politicians. Activist Judges. Religions and religious people. Athiests (take Stalin for example). Porn on the Internet (won't someone think of the children? NO, NOT LIKE THAT!). Oh, and the Internet itself, which is just a series of tubes that are totally unlike a dumptruck.
Nice to see Bomberman in the list, shame the screen shot is of the single player campaign. Anyway, plenty of people have already mentioned Doom, and frankly I don't see why any other FPS should be included. One person was also posted something similar to what I was going to post about MUDs, so that's covered. Anyone remember a text-mode top-down multiplayer unix game called "Hunt"? I reckon that should be in the list somewhere. As should Populous with its two-player null-modem option. That was fun.
If Microsoft really cared about end users, the latest Windows would be a small, tight little GUI shell with the bare essentials that still ran smoothly on 5-10 year old hardware. And IE would still be part of the Plus! pack, along with everything else they currently feel the need to bundle.
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There's the cards as well. Not every card game uses a standard 52-card deck. Then there's a heap of graphical design, getting the cards printed and packaged (including writing and designing what's going to be on the box/packaging) and distributed, writing advertising copy, press releases. And contacting stores and chains to actually sell the thing. Display boxes don't design themselves either. Plus there's the potential for new rules with the existing cards. And I've probably missed at least a dozen other things.
Is says "videogames" right there in the book title, why was it dropped in the Slashdot headline? Last time I checked, you didn't need to consider voice actors for a typical card game. Videogames are a sub-set of games -- not the entire set!
The original N-Gage covered 1, 3(well, MMC), 4 and 6. I can't speak for 5, but basically being a Series 60 meant there was plenty of stuff out there for it.
Software that won't register on-line. False positives that turn on nagware saying that the copy of Windows that came with your Dell is counterfeit. Software that de-registers when you take your laptop out of its docking station. You just know that every company with a Windows PC, and probably quite a number without, will be considered by MS to have some sort of "discrepancy".
eBay gets away with all this crap because its the only game in town. Can anyone point to a viable alternative that you can sell anything through (ie; not Etsy)? (Preferably one that doesn't ban Western Union like eBay have now that they own PayPal.)
And for what it's worth, the China censorship thing was the main reason I "left" Google (as in, closed my gmail account and all my other personalised services).
I still have a 68cm Philips Matchline 4:3 CRT from so far back I can't remember when I bought it. Best input is S-Video. I'm yet to see anything that convinces me to upgrade.
Maybe, just maybe, if I was setting up a new place I might go for a flat panel option that I could hang on the wall. But it would be chosen because it takes up less space, not because of some magical picture quality (that, between DRM/HDMI cock ups and a lack of actual HD digital broadcasts, you might never actually see).
I'm not sure where you are, but this post is on Slashdot, a nerd site. I know the current trend is to basically duplicate the headline and first paragraph and call it a Slashdot article, but it would be nice if when the context changes the headline is revised.
I've been exploring (and promoting) games that aren't video games, and the interest is phenominally low. Out of a typical sample of 100 "gaming" forums or websites, 90 would be about video games, 5 would be about Pen and Paper RPGs, 2 would be about games that use a standard 52-card deck, 1 would be about sudoku, 1 would be about Monopoly or Scrabble and the last one would be about something else. Since my interest lies in the else, and is so obscure that only, say, 1 in 10 elses might cover it, I have to rummage through nearly a thousand "gaming" communities just to find one interested in the same stuff as me. More if I actually want to find an active one.
Business and innovation are getting completely strangled by all this IP rights cr^H^H stuff. Is it actually possible to produce anything without setting yourself up to be sued by someone who better understands how the law "works" than you? It's gotten to the point where any business needs a lawyer first, and accountant second and a functional business model an optional third. Can anyone identify the date that making products ceased to be about how good your product was and became more like a poker game where you win if you can raise the stakes higher than the other players can afford?
Can we please issue a moratorium on linking to these stupid "Top X" lists? They are simply the current flavour of the moment in pages that get you onto del.icio.us, et al. They are deliberately crap in order to generate controversy.
Let's say you initially got two units and sold both of them instantly. How can you tell how more units are likely to sell? You can't. So you guess, and you order 30. They arrive and two more sell. Now your inventory system can kick in and tell you not to bother ordering anymore.
Shipped this early = anticipated demand. Only sold = sold.
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If you're actually poor you wouldn't be able to afford the computer to run it on.
Sounds like blastfeed.
Also, Executives suck (something about hubris). I'm fairly sure Marketing sucks, ask any engineer. Lawyers suck big time. And the legal system. Copyrights. DRM. Politicians. Activist Judges. Religions and religious people. Athiests (take Stalin for example). Porn on the Internet (won't someone think of the children? NO, NOT LIKE THAT!). Oh, and the Internet itself, which is just a series of tubes that are totally unlike a dumptruck.
Did I miss anything?
Nice to see Bomberman in the list, shame the screen shot is of the single player campaign. Anyway, plenty of people have already mentioned Doom, and frankly I don't see why any other FPS should be included. One person was also posted something similar to what I was going to post about MUDs, so that's covered. Anyone remember a text-mode top-down multiplayer unix game called "Hunt"? I reckon that should be in the list somewhere. As should Populous with its two-player null-modem option. That was fun.
What's ruining companies is upper management's pathological inability to make a fucking decision.
Uh-huh, because no Mac user has ever waited for a native port of their favourite application.
Because, or course, clueless users only need help installing a web browser, but not setting up any other part of a computer of Internet connection.
If Microsoft really cared about end users, the latest Windows would be a small, tight little GUI shell with the bare essentials that still ran smoothly on 5-10 year old hardware. And IE would still be part of the Plus! pack, along with everything else they currently feel the need to bundle.
There's the cards as well. Not every card game uses a standard 52-card deck. Then there's a heap of graphical design, getting the cards printed and packaged (including writing and designing what's going to be on the box/packaging) and distributed, writing advertising copy, press releases. And contacting stores and chains to actually sell the thing. Display boxes don't design themselves either. Plus there's the potential for new rules with the existing cards. And I've probably missed at least a dozen other things.
Is says "videogames" right there in the book title, why was it dropped in the Slashdot headline? Last time I checked, you didn't need to consider voice actors for a typical card game. Videogames are a sub-set of games -- not the entire set!
The original N-Gage covered 1, 3(well, MMC), 4 and 6. I can't speak for 5, but basically being a Series 60 meant there was plenty of stuff out there for it.
Software that won't register on-line. False positives that turn on nagware saying that the copy of Windows that came with your Dell is counterfeit. Software that de-registers when you take your laptop out of its docking station. You just know that every company with a Windows PC, and probably quite a number without, will be considered by MS to have some sort of "discrepancy".
#include(monopoly.h)
#include(paypal.h)
#include(snipers.h)
#include(nonpayingbidders.h)
#include(fakebids.h)
#include(brick_in_a_box.h)
eBay gets away with all this crap because its the only game in town. Can anyone point to a viable alternative that you can sell anything through (ie; not Etsy)? (Preferably one that doesn't ban Western Union like eBay have now that they own PayPal.)
Mod parent up.
And for what it's worth, the China censorship thing was the main reason I "left" Google (as in, closed my gmail account and all my other personalised services).
/applause
I still have a 68cm Philips Matchline 4:3 CRT from so far back I can't remember when I bought it. Best input is S-Video. I'm yet to see anything that convinces me to upgrade.
Maybe, just maybe, if I was setting up a new place I might go for a flat panel option that I could hang on the wall. But it would be chosen because it takes up less space, not because of some magical picture quality (that, between DRM/HDMI cock ups and a lack of actual HD digital broadcasts, you might never actually see).
Is condemning it for its price and the DRM-riddled disc drive condemning it for the console itself or the company who made it?
Despite all the problems with WoW that caused me to leave, if Blizzard's new MMO is a single world, rather than 100+ realms, I might just sign up.
I'm not sure where you are, but this post is on Slashdot, a nerd site. I know the current trend is to basically duplicate the headline and first paragraph and call it a Slashdot article, but it would be nice if when the context changes the headline is revised.
Can we please at least try to acknowledge there is gaming in the world other than video gaming?
That's one.
Already have, several in fact.
I've been exploring (and promoting) games that aren't video games, and the interest is phenominally low. Out of a typical sample of 100 "gaming" forums or websites, 90 would be about video games, 5 would be about Pen and Paper RPGs, 2 would be about games that use a standard 52-card deck, 1 would be about sudoku, 1 would be about Monopoly or Scrabble and the last one would be about something else. Since my interest lies in the else, and is so obscure that only, say, 1 in 10 elses might cover it, I have to rummage through nearly a thousand "gaming" communities just to find one interested in the same stuff as me. More if I actually want to find an active one.
Business and innovation are getting completely strangled by all this IP rights cr^H^H stuff. Is it actually possible to produce anything without setting yourself up to be sued by someone who better understands how the law "works" than you? It's gotten to the point where any business needs a lawyer first, and accountant second and a functional business model an optional third. Can anyone identify the date that making products ceased to be about how good your product was and became more like a poker game where you win if you can raise the stakes higher than the other players can afford?
Can we please issue a moratorium on linking to these stupid "Top X" lists? They are simply the current flavour of the moment in pages that get you onto del.icio.us, et al. They are deliberately crap in order to generate controversy.
Let's say you initially got two units and sold both of them instantly. How can you tell how more units are likely to sell? You can't. So you guess, and you order 30. They arrive and two more sell. Now your inventory system can kick in and tell you not to bother ordering anymore.
Shipped this early = anticipated demand. Only sold = sold.