When the B52 carpetbombs you to pieces you surely won't give a damn about winning a "cyberwar". NATO and the rest of the west should work on their peace skills instead of freakin' cyberwar. And if Russian/China doesn't want to play nice, just cut the wire...
Unofrtunatly I can't show my displeasure quite as easily. I don't want to buy the game with that kind of DRM on it, no way no how no never. No game will ever be so good that I will put that kind of crap on my own computer. It's kind of ironic because I've decided to not pirate any games any more. And I buy games online these days (appstore, steam), and I loved GTA 3 so I want to play GTA 4. So now they have made me seriously contemplating getting through other channels. Idiots:( I might get the game at a discount on a console in the future (don't own any current generation ones), but I hardly think they make much on those.
See, no DRM is stopping anything. The reason people buy more of certain games than others is that they are either better, or have more commercials. So, by putting all the efforts into either making actually good games, or marketing it like crazy, they could increase their profit. Adding DRM will cost, piss of people who do buy it, and doesn't stop people from copying their game.
Fuck it, knowing what DRM that's in GTA IV there is no chance in hell that's going on my PC. It is far less of a risk installing the pirated version (in terms of computer security). Unfortunately I can't legally buy the game, throw it in a drawer, and then download the game online and install it without any digital rights-taking malware.
Valve, grow a pair, and end this crap right here and now. I *buy* games over steam. It is actually *easier* and *faster* than the pirated scene. The fact that it costs me some money is so way below the fact that it is a WAY better experience. Valve, I am willing to pay you guys more money, but only, only if you do one thing. Fucking remove the DRM from everything you publish. Don't go snow blind with the lure of cash, because it will wane sooner or later. Grow a pair, and show us the fiber of your fabric!
Just kill patents now, please, they are just in the way and never ever actually protects individuals, only capital, and money should flow to help innovation, not be collected by greedy old men to lure attractive (but oh so dumb) women to be with them.
He's interested in humans. Disconnected, yes, but not really an asshole. He is also freakin' brilliant at what he does, so that would be a huge compliment. He's basically suppose to be Sherlock Holmes. And who wouldn't want to be the Holmes of Software?:)
Make the blu-rays a little bit cheaper than DVDs, now now now. I much rather buy blu-ray, but like most of us I'm not a rich person, can't have those kind of blu-ray prices.
Works wonders! If you are decent to the people you employ and/or manage, they will most often be really nice back. Not rocket science! Social science I guess though.
I'd like to know about the working conditions at the places were someone went haywire, my guess is that there is a very telling correlation. Guess that wouldn't be as newsworthy though:(
China? Easily bullied? A country of that size with their military resources bullied? That's ridiculous! China needs to be serious about the environment like each and every other country on earth. I can understand that very small and weak nations can be exploited by richer ones, and that is the responsibility of the richer/more powerful country to stop. But China? Come on, that is a very very powerful country.
Sounds like a Windows Mobile device with.NET would be a choice then. Haven't ever tried them out myself (I'm very sick of mobile devices so I don't check them out really) and I have heard some bad and some good about WM, but it should be a good fit if you want the MS development suite and languages.
Either start working for a company that do care about software quality, or start your own. I know it is a pretty drastic thing to say, and one I haven't (yet) followed myself, but I do believe that it is the only way.
My hopes would be that the more good engineers that start software companies that care about how things are done (and thus the end result) the less new companies needs to be started because the old ones suck. There are reasons why one sticks around a crappy company that treats you badly in one way or another (which I think is the case in this case), and the best hope for the people who can't leave that easily to form their own company is others doing so and they following when things have stabilized.
Keep in good contact with each and every good engineer you get to know:)
Also, start your own company and show what you can do, let it become a battle on your turf, make it about software and products, not about bottom lines and the bosses fancy yacht and head count. The US was built by entrepreneurs, it's time to start building again!
Same goes for anyone else in any other country where a crap company outsources your job or your mates jobs from a company you helped build. Start up your own company, it's the best way to 1. get back 2. do things your way.
This is just plain silly and useless. If you fail to see why, I am sad for you. Cool software/hardware has its place, but this will just cost consumers more for no gain whatsoever.
What's with the ObjC hate? It is real easy to learn and a very capable language. I fail to see how anyone could consider themselves a professional in the software world and be scared of learning a new language as easy as ObjC. You can learn enough to be productive in one day for sure.
Check out Jimmy Nilsson: http://jimmynilsson.com/blog/ I often hear him say "You should learn a new language every year". I can't but agree. Heck, I wish I could learn all the ones I am interested in this very year:)
That being said I am hoping that Android will do well, it has potential as a platform and the chance to improve the ratio between shitty devices and good ones. I think that it can complement the iPhone well in the market and shake companies such as RIM, Nokia, etc.
I wonder if RIM is making an Android device. Would be real smart of them actually, but I'll let everyone else figure out why:)
Java/MIDP is far from "one" platform as well. Just the hassle of figuring out what freakin' device an app might work on, and if there is a special version for it, is hell on earth.
Can't stress it enough, the iPhone/iPod Touch platform is golden for developers. Good tools, heterogeneous platform, strong hardware, lots of screen, quite a lot of devices, a huge interest in adding applications, actual performance (most mobile devices have horrid performance, java and native).
I call manager on the whole T-Mobile thing. It really sounds like "they have it, now I wanna have it too" cries from a bunch of babies. I hardly think they know what the heck they are talking about, nor what it takes to bring that to market.
Android could really help here, if they would set the basic specs in a smart way. If they did, they could create a market for apps. An actual market. Not the equivalent of downloading music from Yahoo vs iTunes music store...
Just wanted to point out that people often forget that it's not just the iPhone, but also the iPod Touch. So the market for the Apple Appstore can be both depending on what app you have. Makes the market as a whole larger.
Not that Apple has failed in selling those 10 million iPhones in 2008 yet. I am sure time will answer that one though:)
I'm happy to learn and use new languages (with the exceptions of perl and java which I can't stand myself), in fact, it's fun and interesting. What the hell makes COBOL such a demanding thing??? The one and only thing I can think of is lack of language documentation, but if I have enough of that, it's just go go go.
So if anyone wants to hire me for lots and lots of money for COBOL coding, just email me:)
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When the B52 carpetbombs you to pieces you surely won't give a damn about winning a "cyberwar". NATO and the rest of the west should work on their peace skills instead of freakin' cyberwar. And if Russian/China doesn't want to play nice, just cut the wire...
Sir, I couldn't agree more!
And I think the article got it wrong, it's not safenet, it's SkyNet...
Unofrtunatly I can't show my displeasure quite as easily. I don't want to buy the game with that kind of DRM on it, no way no how no never. No game will ever be so good that I will put that kind of crap on my own computer. It's kind of ironic because I've decided to not pirate any games any more. And I buy games online these days (appstore, steam), and I loved GTA 3 so I want to play GTA 4. So now they have made me seriously contemplating getting through other channels. Idiots :( I might get the game at a discount on a console in the future (don't own any current generation ones), but I hardly think they make much on those.
Feh, just makt them play healers in WoW or Warhammer and there you go, problem solved!
Living will kill you.
What they do that is believable? Go get the facts yourself and you will find out.
It most certainly is *not* stopping piracy. Let me give everyone a hint:
http://www.thepiratebay.org/
See, no DRM is stopping anything. The reason people buy more of certain games than others is that they are either better, or have more commercials. So, by putting all the efforts into either making actually good games, or marketing it like crazy, they could increase their profit. Adding DRM will cost, piss of people who do buy it, and doesn't stop people from copying their game.
Fuck it, knowing what DRM that's in GTA IV there is no chance in hell that's going on my PC. It is far less of a risk installing the pirated version (in terms of computer security). Unfortunately I can't legally buy the game, throw it in a drawer, and then download the game online and install it without any digital rights-taking malware.
Valve, grow a pair, and end this crap right here and now. I *buy* games over steam. It is actually *easier* and *faster* than the pirated scene. The fact that it costs me some money is so way below the fact that it is a WAY better experience. Valve, I am willing to pay you guys more money, but only, only if you do one thing. Fucking remove the DRM from everything you publish. Don't go snow blind with the lure of cash, because it will wane sooner or later. Grow a pair, and show us the fiber of your fabric!
Worst... patent... ever...
Just kill patents now, please, they are just in the way and never ever actually protects individuals, only capital, and money should flow to help innovation, not be collected by greedy old men to lure attractive (but oh so dumb) women to be with them.
He's interested in humans. Disconnected, yes, but not really an asshole. He is also freakin' brilliant at what he does, so that would be a huge compliment. He's basically suppose to be Sherlock Holmes. And who wouldn't want to be the Holmes of Software? :)
Start your own company. Yeah, cop out answer? Sure thing, but it still rings true. That way you hold more of your own destiny.
Make the blu-rays a little bit cheaper than DVDs, now now now. I much rather buy blu-ray, but like most of us I'm not a rich person, can't have those kind of blu-ray prices.
Works wonders! If you are decent to the people you employ and/or manage, they will most often be really nice back. Not rocket science! Social science I guess though.
I'd like to know about the working conditions at the places were someone went haywire, my guess is that there is a very telling correlation. Guess that wouldn't be as newsworthy though :(
Not unexpected? Why did they make the commercials if they didn't even freakin' expect them to work? That's just amazingly stupid and unprofessional.
China? Easily bullied? A country of that size with their military resources bullied? That's ridiculous! China needs to be serious about the environment like each and every other country on earth. I can understand that very small and weak nations can be exploited by richer ones, and that is the responsibility of the richer/more powerful country to stop. But China? Come on, that is a very very powerful country.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Sounds like a Windows Mobile device with .NET would be a choice then. Haven't ever tried them out myself (I'm very sick of mobile devices so I don't check them out really) and I have heard some bad and some good about WM, but it should be a good fit if you want the MS development suite and languages.
Either start working for a company that do care about software quality, or start your own. I know it is a pretty drastic thing to say, and one I haven't (yet) followed myself, but I do believe that it is the only way.
My hopes would be that the more good engineers that start software companies that care about how things are done (and thus the end result) the less new companies needs to be started because the old ones suck. There are reasons why one sticks around a crappy company that treats you badly in one way or another (which I think is the case in this case), and the best hope for the people who can't leave that easily to form their own company is others doing so and they following when things have stabilized.
Keep in good contact with each and every good engineer you get to know :)
Also, start your own company and show what you can do, let it become a battle on your turf, make it about software and products, not about bottom lines and the bosses fancy yacht and head count. The US was built by entrepreneurs, it's time to start building again!
Same goes for anyone else in any other country where a crap company outsources your job or your mates jobs from a company you helped build. Start up your own company, it's the best way to 1. get back 2. do things your way.
This is just plain silly and useless. If you fail to see why, I am sad for you. Cool software/hardware has its place, but this will just cost consumers more for no gain whatsoever.
What's with the ObjC hate? It is real easy to learn and a very capable language. I fail to see how anyone could consider themselves a professional in the software world and be scared of learning a new language as easy as ObjC. You can learn enough to be productive in one day for sure.
Check out Jimmy Nilsson: http://jimmynilsson.com/blog/ I often hear him say "You should learn a new language every year". I can't but agree. Heck, I wish I could learn all the ones I am interested in this very year:)
That being said I am hoping that Android will do well, it has potential as a platform and the chance to improve the ratio between shitty devices and good ones. I think that it can complement the iPhone well in the market and shake companies such as RIM, Nokia, etc.
I wonder if RIM is making an Android device. Would be real smart of them actually, but I'll let everyone else figure out why :)
Java/MIDP is far from "one" platform as well. Just the hassle of figuring out what freakin' device an app might work on, and if there is a special version for it, is hell on earth.
Can't stress it enough, the iPhone/iPod Touch platform is golden for developers. Good tools, heterogeneous platform, strong hardware, lots of screen, quite a lot of devices, a huge interest in adding applications, actual performance (most mobile devices have horrid performance, java and native).
I call manager on the whole T-Mobile thing. It really sounds like "they have it, now I wanna have it too" cries from a bunch of babies. I hardly think they know what the heck they are talking about, nor what it takes to bring that to market.
Android could really help here, if they would set the basic specs in a smart way. If they did, they could create a market for apps. An actual market. Not the equivalent of downloading music from Yahoo vs iTunes music store...
Just wanted to point out that people often forget that it's not just the iPhone, but also the iPod Touch. So the market for the Apple Appstore can be both depending on what app you have. Makes the market as a whole larger.
Not that Apple has failed in selling those 10 million iPhones in 2008 yet. I am sure time will answer that one though :)
I'm happy to learn and use new languages (with the exceptions of perl and java which I can't stand myself), in fact, it's fun and interesting. What the hell makes COBOL such a demanding thing??? The one and only thing I can think of is lack of language documentation, but if I have enough of that, it's just go go go.
So if anyone wants to hire me for lots and lots of money for COBOL coding, just email me :)
Ah, the wonders of Adobe, always so caring about their customers and into open standards and creating the best software.
I'd love to see a replacement for Framemaker, not made by MS or Adobe thank you very much.
Nuff said!