What I imagine is that if an engineer could build the bridges he designs by hitting the "Compile Bridge" button, that his design and testing process would be entirely different.
Just imagine nightly builds of bridges. Getting to test your bridges with cars, winds, earthquakes, boats first.
You've obviously never actually built a real world building. You'd be damned surprised at how inexact so many things are. Something may measure 12 feet on the plans, you may take a 12 foot board to place and when you get there, you'll still cut it to fit or hammer it into place. Construction, even of your vaunted bridges is filled with hacks carried out at all levels of the build.
Software development typically isn't engineering. It's usually a business of maximizing productive features versus minimizing cost and time. Rarely is the answer to further investigate working code.
And while you're spending your time figuring out why something that isn't broken works, he is coding something that you aren't coding at all. Sure, coding until it passes isn't the ideal, but it's a whole lot better than not coding at all (you).
I'd love to see the math on this, but it's never forthcoming. Anyone have the proof that doesn't involve a single deck or playing to the end of a stack of decks?
The thing that annoyed me most in Star Trek is the invention of new technology during the show: 1. Ship is in grave condition. 2. Crew member has recently been studying some obscure bit of science and how it went disastrously wrong for the best minds in the universe. 3. Someone says, "what if we do this instead?" 4. Someone counters that it the only mention of doing that was a hypothetical and has never been experimented with. 5. In the next 2 hours of ship time the crew of the Enterprise proceeds to advance the state of the art in both engineering and physics in the same effort on a ship that's getting its ass kicked.
Well done.
We all know it's Science Fiction and that we're going to have to suspend disbelief at some point, but that should be at the onset. The curtain should open with a "What if this universe existed as such?" It should not be introduced as a major plot element unless you are producing farce. An Outer Limits or Twilight Zone might ask, "what if we were the aliens?" and play out the consequences, or "What if all disease were cured?". The viewer suspends disbelief and watches the creator's interpretation of how that plays out. In Star Trek they ask that "What if we can't get out of this bind?" and they ask the viewer to suspend disbelief in the last 5 minutes of the show. It's one step short of having a magic genie show up, wave his hands and fix everything. Oh wait, Q.
The argument is that playing your message on my phone isn't protected speech. What you are saying, how it is recorded is still completely free, of course.
And having the genetic advantage of being male disqualifies those people from women's events. The question is how male does someone have to be in order to be disqualified?
He went and said that useful information came out of the poorly written patrol reports and then says a wiki won't work. Someone doesn't understand how wiki does work. It's not like someone comes along and writes a pristine document. It's a give and take.
If a soldier comes in and writes that a lubricant used in maintenance, "fucking freezes when it's cold", they can ask him when and where and find out of if that corresponds with doctrine.
A soldier with a beef about how the manual is wrong will quite likely want to be heard. And the way I would see it working (through personal experience in the military) is they would pester the guy in their platoon who can write to submit it. Or if this sort of thing is getting tracked, the Lt's will be all over this, soliciting ideas from the troops.
If you're in godmode you aren't playing either. You're just going through the motions, but it is no longer a game. At that point it is interactive fiction very similar to what Nintendo is presenting since in their games you still have to navigate to the boss in the first place.
The fact is that Nintendo has just made a much more elegant godmode that will tailor itself to the particular situation. Their version will play in character instead of breaking character with invincibility.
Why should Nintendo be singled out here? So many PC games over the years have had godmode and other cheats. It doesn't detract at all from your experience if you want to play without it. Some of these companies are spending tens of millions of dollars on game production and people hear that and never get to see the end of the story. One can only wonder about future sales that are lost when someone gets fed up with only ever seeing 2/3's of each story.
And when that resume with the employee currently employed with your "partner" comes across the desk, there won't be any bias, right?
Also, with these companies, a significant number of jobs are unsolicited offers to people who have made accomplishments in some area. This agreement would destroy that employment vector.
If I'm employed by Google and seeking a job at Apple, that agreement is interfering with my negotiations.
If this is true, they are conducting discussions about employment with each other without the affected parties being represented.
If it were two companies conspiring against a third company instead of a just a group of anonymous potential employees, the lawsuits would be measured in the billions.
The key thing to note is that even with no opposition at all, the lawyers fees still amounted to half the judgement and they still probably take a portion of the rest.
They, of course, will get their money first I'm sure. So let's see who really won.
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What I imagine is that if an engineer could build the bridges he designs by hitting the "Compile Bridge" button, that his design and testing process would be entirely different.
Just imagine nightly builds of bridges.
Getting to test your bridges with cars, winds, earthquakes, boats first.
You've obviously never actually built a real world building. You'd be damned surprised at how inexact so many things are. Something may measure 12 feet on the plans, you may take a 12 foot board to place and when you get there, you'll still cut it to fit or hammer it into place. Construction, even of your vaunted bridges is filled with hacks carried out at all levels of the build.
Software development typically isn't engineering. It's usually a business of maximizing productive features versus minimizing cost and time. Rarely is the answer to further investigate working code.
And while you're spending your time figuring out why something that isn't broken works, he is coding something that you aren't coding at all. Sure, coding until it passes isn't the ideal, but it's a whole lot better than not coding at all (you).
I'd love to see the math on this, but it's never forthcoming. Anyone have the proof that doesn't involve a single deck or playing to the end of a stack of decks?
The thing that annoyed me most in Star Trek is the invention of new technology during the show:
1. Ship is in grave condition.
2. Crew member has recently been studying some obscure bit of science and how it went disastrously wrong for the best minds in the universe.
3. Someone says, "what if we do this instead?"
4. Someone counters that it the only mention of doing that was a hypothetical and has never been experimented with.
5. In the next 2 hours of ship time the crew of the Enterprise proceeds to advance the state of the art in both engineering and physics in the same effort on a ship that's getting its ass kicked.
Well done.
We all know it's Science Fiction and that we're going to have to suspend disbelief at some point, but that should be at the onset. The curtain should open with a "What if this universe existed as such?" It should not be introduced as a major plot element unless you are producing farce. An Outer Limits or Twilight Zone might ask, "what if we were the aliens?" and play out the consequences, or "What if all disease were cured?". The viewer suspends disbelief and watches the creator's interpretation of how that plays out. In Star Trek they ask that "What if we can't get out of this bind?" and they ask the viewer to suspend disbelief in the last 5 minutes of the show. It's one step short of having a magic genie show up, wave his hands and fix everything. Oh wait, Q.
The argument is that playing your message on my phone isn't protected speech. What you are saying, how it is recorded is still completely free, of course.
A planet must orbit the Sun.
And having the genetic advantage of being male disqualifies those people from women's events. The question is how male does someone have to be in order to be disqualified?
He went and said that useful information came out of the poorly written patrol reports and then says a wiki won't work. Someone doesn't understand how wiki does work. It's not like someone comes along and writes a pristine document. It's a give and take.
If a soldier comes in and writes that a lubricant used in maintenance, "fucking freezes when it's cold", they can ask him when and where and find out of if that corresponds with doctrine.
A soldier with a beef about how the manual is wrong will quite likely want to be heard. And the way I would see it working (through personal experience in the military) is they would pester the guy in their platoon who can write to submit it. Or if this sort of thing is getting tracked, the Lt's will be all over this, soliciting ideas from the troops.
Not a planet, it doesn't orbit our Sun. Dumbass IAU.
See Attila read.
Read Attila read.
Nice reading Attila.
I'm not doubting his ability to finish books in 2 hours.
If you're in godmode you aren't playing either. You're just going through the motions, but it is no longer a game. At that point it is interactive fiction very similar to what Nintendo is presenting since in their games you still have to navigate to the boss in the first place.
The fact is that Nintendo has just made a much more elegant godmode that will tailor itself to the particular situation. Their version will play in character instead of breaking character with invincibility.
Why should Nintendo be singled out here? So many PC games over the years have had godmode and other cheats. It doesn't detract at all from your experience if you want to play without it. Some of these companies are spending tens of millions of dollars on game production and people hear that and never get to see the end of the story. One can only wonder about future sales that are lost when someone gets fed up with only ever seeing 2/3's of each story.
Anyone know if it is possible to move from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro with an upgrade, or does that require another full license?
Some people must relieve the boredom of being in their own presence.
And when that resume with the employee currently employed with your "partner" comes across the desk, there won't be any bias, right?
Also, with these companies, a significant number of jobs are unsolicited offers to people who have made accomplishments in some area. This agreement would destroy that employment vector.
If I'm employed by Google and seeking a job at Apple, that agreement is interfering with my negotiations.
If this is true, they are conducting discussions about employment with each other without the affected parties being represented.
If it were two companies conspiring against a third company instead of a just a group of anonymous potential employees, the lawsuits would be measured in the billions.
Or, I can just put my name on someone else's invention because I own the company.
it's all white
While that may not be HDTV, 480x272 is pretty good and a very high resolution for such a small device. It can be HD just not a big screen.
The real math classes didn't have numbers, not those silly engineering classes with real applications.
I had the Advantage that all my crashes were Genuine.
A great list of great books:
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/100-or-so-books-that-shaped-a-century-of-science
Which Geometry book is that. I see some sets of texts, is there a single specific one?
The key thing to note is that even with no opposition at all, the lawyers fees still amounted to half the judgement and they still probably take a portion of the rest.
They, of course, will get their money first I'm sure. So let's see who really won.