I took some Java courses back in school. I haven't worked with Java in the field, but I must say..NET is a lot more productive compared to the early days of Java (haven't used it recently, so don't know if it's gotten any better). It seemed like Java constantly made you walk around the block to get next door. With.NET, there is loads of stuff built in so I am not doing a lot of low level coding. That's all the better. Just give me a good solid, well written library and I'll use it rather than roll my own.
Honestly, I was surprised the backlash against this didn't happen sooner. I guess this just confirms western fears that the elections in Iran were indeed a farce.
Honestly, I don't think that kind of UI design is all that critical.
It is critical, now I am not downplaying the other things you said in your post but If you app doesn't look good, users will assume a turd because it looks like one. Developers generally don't notice stuff like margins, spacing, or colors being off since they are not accustomed to looking at those details. When these "details" are off, its akin to publishing something with spelling or punctuation mistakes.
I worked in one shop where the developers output would be reviewed by QA and a UI designer. After a few months, a new developer would be much better at making stuff look the way it was intended to w/out the designer having to go back and do a second pass
A space plane is basically what the White Knight is.
My guess for the reason why they designed it this way is that combining everything into one package would increase the weight of the space vessel, so splitting it up into two separate "stages" if you will, makes good sense.
Disgusting or not, it alters the natural balance. I suppose one way China is dealing with the droves of young, frustrated men is to give them guns and put them in the army.
This also opens up a wide variety of aids for people learning martial arts (practicing a kata for instance), learning to dance, and the applications for hospitals for physical therapy (which is tearfully boring) would aid in what is usually called Occupational Therapy (doing things).
You hit the nail on the head. This type of control is so new no one knows what to do with it yet. It would be a mistake to try retrofitting existing gameplay styles. Take your martial arts sim for example, Imagine if they combined this with "force feedback" bracelets so you could feel your foot hitting the side of someones face. I've always wanted to learn Tai Chi, and I think this type of simulation would be a perfect way for a beginner to learn the basics or a master to go back to the basic motions and mechanics of form.
I believe part of the agreement to license a game for the Wii is that the the developer *has* to use the controller in some unique way. This isn't the case for WiIWare.
I agree with you in that it could potentially be a problem, but it wouldn't be hard to do right. Printing doesn't really cost that much. Spending $10 to print and spiralbind a textbook is a lot cheaper than paying $150 for a hardcover version. Need someone to print and do the binding? Hire students over the summer and on breaks and have them do the work.
I would say the difficult of a two year school compares to the difficultly of the first two years of a four year school. I went to a respected private school and found the quality of some classes to be below that of classes at community colleges and state run schools. It really depends a lot on the teacher and the curriculum in the course.
I found high school to be largely a waste of time. I skipped school as much as possible, and did the bare minimum. For the most part, material was poorly presented by the teachers and seemed irrelevant. I think a lot of kids could probably struggle through at least some college courses and many could excel. I actually found some courses much easier than ones I had taken in highschool. AP courses for example, you not only had to learn the material but take a standardized test. I think when it comes to higher education, it's about discipline. I think kids are generally smarter than we give them credit for.
At 11, the only thing I was disciplined about was making new ANSI screens for my BBS and making sure I had the latest pirated game available for download.
Because you save $5. I'll buy any game used if they show me the CD and manual and it's not scratched up. I don't really care about taking it out of the shrink wrap. Come to think of it, I got my XBOX 360 used. (Saved about $100, and even had 6 months left on warranty) I bought every single game I own for it used, except downloaded titles.
Anyway, yeah. I prefer to buy used especially if it's something that doesn't wear out easily.
Vista isn't that bad on a powerful enough computer. I bought a new laptop with Vista 64 reinstalled. I tried XP on this computer (bad luck with Vista in the past), but some drivers weren't even available so the overall stability of the machine suffered. I don't really have any major complaints, and I think the built in search is pretty great for mp3s. It's two years later now, and most computers are finally powerful enough to run Vista.
As a Judo practitioner, I can tell you that learning how to fall correctly is the key to not getting hurt. The article describes exactly what a breakfall is. In Judo, you collapse your legs and roll. It would make sense that they program a robot to do the same thing.
It isn't a worthy cause. They are just looking for another way to squeeze even more out of us. NY already has some of the highest taxes in the country. I think by calling it a fat tax they hope to make it seem less egregious.
What they need to do is make serious budget cuts. Cut back on the state government. Unfortunately, the special interests groups are going to keep fighting for their piece of the budget when someone wants to cut it.
I worked with a guy who was THE MAN at "cutting up" as we called it. He had the same title as the rest of the developers, he just didn't write much code. Where it would take me a day or two to do something, he'd have it done in four hours working flawlessly in all the target browsers.
This is what he did all day long, and was very good at it. So I can say that specialization in certain cases makes a lot sense. A guy like this probably isn't the best fit in a company with one or two software products, but for a web consulting company he is a valuable asset.
Who cares how good someone is at this or the other as long as they are turning out quality work and contributing to the team's goals?
There are pros and cons to the electoral college. If it is eliminated, the voting would swing more heavily towards the more densely populated areas of the country.
I like the idea as a concept, but other things would have to change. The states would need to become stronger to balance out the federal government, which might not carrying out the will of the people in a given region.
Honestly, the idea of getting a ham license just for the fun probably isn't going to interest many except the most hardcore geeks.
I am sure it was more interesting back in the old days before the internet where the only thing around was long distance telephone. There is a slew of other technology that is accessible and easy to use for casual communication.
Only reason I am thinking about getting my license is because some of my activities involve the use of radios.
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I took some Java courses back in school. I haven't worked with Java in the field, but I must say. .NET is a lot more productive compared to the early days of Java (haven't used it recently, so don't know if it's gotten any better). It seemed like Java constantly made you walk around the block to get next door. With .NET, there is loads of stuff built in so I am not doing a lot of low level coding. That's all the better. Just give me a good solid, well written library and I'll use it rather than roll my own.
There is actually a crazy guy on YouTube who continued posting videos even while he was homeless.
Honestly, I was surprised the backlash against this didn't happen sooner. I guess this just confirms western fears that the elections in Iran were indeed a farce.
Honestly, I don't think that kind of UI design is all that critical.
It is critical, now I am not downplaying the other things you said in your post but If you app doesn't look good, users will assume a turd because it looks like one. Developers generally don't notice stuff like margins, spacing, or colors being off since they are not accustomed to looking at those details. When these "details" are off, its akin to publishing something with spelling or punctuation mistakes.
I worked in one shop where the developers output would be reviewed by QA and a UI designer. After a few months, a new developer would be much better at making stuff look the way it was intended to w/out the designer having to go back and do a second pass
A space plane is basically what the White Knight is.
My guess for the reason why they designed it this way is that combining everything into one package would increase the weight of the space vessel, so splitting it up into two separate "stages" if you will, makes good sense.
Disgusting or not, it alters the natural balance. I suppose one way China is dealing with the droves of young, frustrated men is to give them guns and put them in the army.
This also opens up a wide variety of aids for people learning martial arts (practicing a kata for instance), learning to dance, and the applications for hospitals for physical therapy (which is tearfully boring) would aid in what is usually called Occupational Therapy (doing things).
You hit the nail on the head. This type of control is so new no one knows what to do with it yet. It would be a mistake to try retrofitting existing gameplay styles. Take your martial arts sim for example, Imagine if they combined this with "force feedback" bracelets so you could feel your foot hitting the side of someones face. I've always wanted to learn Tai Chi, and I think this type of simulation would be a perfect way for a beginner to learn the basics or a master to go back to the basic motions and mechanics of form.
I believe part of the agreement to license a game for the Wii is that the the developer *has* to use the controller in some unique way. This isn't the case for WiIWare.
I agree with you in that it could potentially be a problem, but it wouldn't be hard to do right. Printing doesn't really cost that much. Spending $10 to print and spiralbind a textbook is a lot cheaper than paying $150 for a hardcover version. Need someone to print and do the binding? Hire students over the summer and on breaks and have them do the work.
I would say the difficult of a two year school compares to the difficultly of the first two years of a four year school. I went to a respected private school and found the quality of some classes to be below that of classes at community colleges and state run schools. It really depends a lot on the teacher and the curriculum in the course.
I found high school to be largely a waste of time. I skipped school as much as possible, and did the bare minimum. For the most part, material was poorly presented by the teachers and seemed irrelevant. I think a lot of kids could probably struggle through at least some college courses and many could excel. I actually found some courses much easier than ones I had taken in highschool. AP courses for example, you not only had to learn the material but take a standardized test. I think when it comes to higher education, it's about discipline. I think kids are generally smarter than we give them credit for.
At 11, the only thing I was disciplined about was making new ANSI screens for my BBS and making sure I had the latest pirated game available for download.
Because you save $5. I'll buy any game used if they show me the CD and manual and it's not scratched up. I don't really care about taking it out of the shrink wrap. Come to think of it, I got my XBOX 360 used. (Saved about $100, and even had 6 months left on warranty) I bought every single game I own for it used, except downloaded titles.
Anyway, yeah. I prefer to buy used especially if it's something that doesn't wear out easily.
There are a bunch of fun games that use it pretty well.
ExciteTruck, Downhill Jam, Super Monkey Ball, Mario Galaxy to name a few
of course, there does seem to be a number of so-so games out that that do use it in a gimmicky sort of way.
"According to LucasArts, these efforts are "just the start of LucasArts' new mission to revitalize its deep portfolio of beloved gaming franchises.""
Come on guys, give us Grim Fandango 2. Seriously, the original is my favorite game of all time.
As much as I loved Grim Fandango, I wouldn't want to see a sequel per-se. I do think a game set in the same universe would work though.
Vista isn't that bad on a powerful enough computer. I bought a new laptop with Vista 64 reinstalled. I tried XP on this computer (bad luck with Vista in the past), but some drivers weren't even available so the overall stability of the machine suffered. I don't really have any major complaints, and I think the built in search is pretty great for mp3s. It's two years later now, and most computers are finally powerful enough to run Vista.
As a Judo practitioner, I can tell you that learning how to fall correctly is the key to not getting hurt. The article describes exactly what a breakfall is. In Judo, you collapse your legs and roll. It would make sense that they program a robot to do the same thing.
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"hey Houston, are you sure you don't need another monitor?"
That's a good one. I am going to have to remember that.
and I said "Good Riddance". Drupal is powerful, but not really that fun to develop with.
It isn't a worthy cause. They are just looking for another way to squeeze even more out of us. NY already has some of the highest taxes in the country. I think by calling it a fat tax they hope to make it seem less egregious. What they need to do is make serious budget cuts. Cut back on the state government. Unfortunately, the special interests groups are going to keep fighting for their piece of the budget when someone wants to cut it.
This is completely typical of NY. Yet another bogus tax.
I worked with a guy who was THE MAN at "cutting up" as we called it. He had the same title as the rest of the developers, he just didn't write much code. Where it would take me a day or two to do something, he'd have it done in four hours working flawlessly in all the target browsers.
This is what he did all day long, and was very good at it. So I can say that specialization in certain cases makes a lot sense. A guy like this probably isn't the best fit in a company with one or two software products, but for a web consulting company he is a valuable asset.
Who cares how good someone is at this or the other as long as they are turning out quality work and contributing to the team's goals?
The whole idea is crazy!
There are pros and cons to the electoral college. If it is eliminated, the voting would swing more heavily towards the more densely populated areas of the country.
I like the idea as a concept, but other things would have to change. The states would need to become stronger to balance out the federal government, which might not carrying out the will of the people in a given region.
Honestly, the idea of getting a ham license just for the fun probably isn't going to interest many except the most hardcore geeks.
I am sure it was more interesting back in the old days before the internet where the only thing around was long distance telephone. There is a slew of other technology that is accessible and easy to use for casual communication.
Only reason I am thinking about getting my license is because some of my activities involve the use of radios.