Well, if it's any consolation, having China host the Olympics is probably going to bring change one way or another. Bringing journalists from every other country in the world to China doesn't sound like something a government that likes to control everything wants. There may be an international media backlash at China's state censorship as a result of the games.
Seriously, Blizzard did this 10 years ago. If you have neat stuff online that pirates can't get to, there's more incentive to buy the game. LAN games aren't effected, (we're not going to buy 8 copies for one LAN party) but there's much incentive to buy, even if you're buying Bnet more than the game.
You really can't stop local piracy, but you can require online accounts to require genuine CD keys to create.
"Sticking to that strategy is what gives us the financial resources and flexibility to take risks on new projects."
It's strategies like this that ensure we have such original games from EA like [Famous Person] [Sport] 200X.
Well in that day and age video games were a new and much smaller market. The NES came out and saved us from the video game crash. As a new product in a market that had just crashed, they had a lot more to lose. Video games were getting enough flak from politicians as it was, they didn't even want to risk something like cannibalism being inferred. (This predates the ESRB and whatnot) Nowadays the market is much more mature and more graphic things are being tolerated.
It's funny how cell phones are banned in planes, where they've never caused a serious wreck, but in the US are allowed in cars, where they've caused a bunch of wrecks.
I'm currently attending a liberal arts college, but with a major in Computer Science. The general requirements are balanced, but I still take lots of CS courses.
Would a master's at a game school (say DigiPen for example) be a good choice after college? or would it be a waste of time and money for a piece of paper? Can anyone in a similar type of situation comment on this?
This is still only partially true. Large web places such as TigerDirect and Newegg can buy from Intel and other manufacturers. Processors are sold in quantities of 1000, so having a physical shop can sometimes be a liability. 1 web site can easily manage a large stock in a central warehouse where it is harder to do this with a chain of stores.
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I wonder if Google will still deny they are working on a phone.
9) All of the above.
Probably at least 10 years, by which I mean 5 months tops.
Well, if it's any consolation, having China host the Olympics is probably going to bring change one way or another. Bringing journalists from every other country in the world to China doesn't sound like something a government that likes to control everything wants. There may be an international media backlash at China's state censorship as a result of the games.
Seriously, Blizzard did this 10 years ago. If you have neat stuff online that pirates can't get to, there's more incentive to buy the game. LAN games aren't effected, (we're not going to buy 8 copies for one LAN party) but there's much incentive to buy, even if you're buying Bnet more than the game. You really can't stop local piracy, but you can require online accounts to require genuine CD keys to create.
An abstract shape is more inspiring than letters that are seen 1000s of times a day. Next they'll study whether Apple's icon is more iconic.
I for one welcome our new Cow-whale overlords.
Well it doesn't sound like you've had much programming experience and this would be the biggest obstacle to being a CS major.
Programming to CS is like Algebra to Calculus, it's not always the focal point, but you're pretty shafted without a solid understanding of it.
I for one will display the required advertisements from a menu item selected by the user. It's not my fault that users don't click it.
Youtube needs something for better framerate for some videos. Twitch game replays do terrible on YouTube.
Is this the first step to building Google's moon base?
Didn't they predict the same thing 21 years ago?
"Sticking to that strategy is what gives us the financial resources and flexibility to take risks on new projects." It's strategies like this that ensure we have such original games from EA like [Famous Person] [Sport] 200X.
Well in that day and age video games were a new and much smaller market. The NES came out and saved us from the video game crash. As a new product in a market that had just crashed, they had a lot more to lose. Video games were getting enough flak from politicians as it was, they didn't even want to risk something like cannibalism being inferred. (This predates the ESRB and whatnot) Nowadays the market is much more mature and more graphic things are being tolerated.
"Gates and Jobs...ought to be disemboweled -- yes, on the internet.""
Isn't that what we have Slashdot for?
It's funny how cell phones are banned in planes, where they've never caused a serious wreck, but in the US are allowed in cars, where they've caused a bunch of wrecks.
So, what's the windows equivalent of rm -rf /
Psst.... Do I model the penis?
I was also pleased with the result. But it's not on freaking Slashdot. What makes Google's opinions newsworthy?
I'm currently attending a liberal arts college, but with a major in Computer Science. The general requirements are balanced, but I still take lots of CS courses. Would a master's at a game school (say DigiPen for example) be a good choice after college? or would it be a waste of time and money for a piece of paper? Can anyone in a similar type of situation comment on this?
Free Pascal is now the first and only free software compiler that targets 64-bit Windows.
Sure, but then you have to write it in Pascal!
That's ok, we'll just develop another addon to circumvent the blocking... Oh wait...
Screw your site. I'll go build my own website! With Blackjack and hookers!
I'm sure the two developers using DX10 are gonna be pissed.
"All for less than competing BluRay players." That statement alone is troubling in more than one way.
This is still only partially true. Large web places such as TigerDirect and Newegg can buy from Intel and other manufacturers. Processors are sold in quantities of 1000, so having a physical shop can sometimes be a liability. 1 web site can easily manage a large stock in a central warehouse where it is harder to do this with a chain of stores.