Number one, your fault for using an easily exploitable system.
But that point aside, that's fine I'm getting paid to work, 40 hours a week. The main reason I can work 60-70 hours is because I can deal with my real life issues while at work quickly and easily through net use. Not to mention that my work is greatly facilitated by the fact that if I need software or information I can quickly and easily obtain it from my desktop.
I see your point, but (tech) companies thrive on a particular type of employee, who if he can't read/. at lunch or pull down a piece of software that he needs is going to experience a decrease in productivity from loss of morale if nothing else.
So wouldn't that enhance his credibility as far as seeing the movie, since that was the question here whether or not he saw a pre-release, or leaked copy?
RE was ok, maybe a 6 or 7 out of 10, but there were some ridiculous plot points not to mention the completely overused loud sound + suddenly appearing something in a lame attempt to make people jump. Note to the director of RE: That trick only works a few times and when not expected, doing it every five minutes does NOT make your movie any scarier.
Ice Age, bleh. Same campy prehistoric cartoon plot. Animated animals find human baby and either a) raise it or b) try and return it to humans. It amazes we'll bitch until we're blue in the face about the need for story line in our games, but are willing to look past horrible plots in CG movies simply because they're CG. I'm no exception, I love to see the well done computer animation, but for christ's sake, how about adding a real plot as well.
I loved the career system, to a point at least. When starting a campaign is was a great way to introduce the characters into into adventuring. I will admit that it wouldn't work as well then you wanted experienced characters who were allready adventurers. At that point as GM I would usually allow players to pick a career and we'd go from there. I was thrilled when Hogshead started republishing WFB. For a while I kept up and collected the books for nostalgia value.
Hehe, it doesn't matter what game we played and what they called the GM, it was always DM to us. No referees, or storytellers, or even keepers. For a while there it seemed like every game had to come out with it's own GM name.
I was all set to flame the original post but I'd rather just support yours. Kudos. To each his own, neither hobby is better than the other (though gaming certainly stimulates brain cells, club going tends to destroy them;) ). Personally, I got out of RPG's, as I got older they started to seem sillier (this is not a condemnation of those who still play I am still nostalgic for a good WFB campaign) to sit around a table telling stories to each other. I started getting more into tabletop minitaure games, and good board games. IMHO it's a hell of a lot of fun to sit around shooting the shit with a bunch of friends and playing Settlers of Cataan or something similar.
That was the point of second edition, to trim up loose ends and streamline the rules. But then they started coming out with the handbooks, oh the fighters, wizards, and thieves books were ok, but then.... I lost track of AD&D (got into the better games) and the next thing I knew there were hundreds of those small brown pleatherbound books. Exactly the thing they wanted to get away from.
(A)D&D was fun, but it wasn't the best system out there. I forget where I read it but there was a good qoute ten or fifteen years ago about monsters in dungeons and dragons: An eco-system could never support that many large predators Yes it is a fantasy game, but gamers tend to like certain levels of realism.
Like I said I moved onto better games (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is still the bar none best rpg out there fatntasy at least), but I'll never forget staying up all night horribly abusing the (A)D&D rules at a friend's house.
And that statement is largely untrue to boot. I don't know any gamers that don't know who Gygax is, or Steve Jackson, or a number of other lesser known designers. Maybe I've been out of it for too long and the current crop of kids don't know these names, but then they don't have proper roleplaying games either;)
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No doubt about that. How many "tech elite's" taught themselves on their own. I know I did, and I'm willing to bet that the majority did learn most of their skills on their own.
I wouldn't say that, he certainly has a point. The reason most of us are so good with computers is because we tinkered with them. When something broke, we dug in and figured out how to fix it. Closed source, and those particular laws try to enforce the idea that you are NOT ALLOWED to tinker. the DMCA in particular attempts to prevent you from reverse engineering, it essentially prevents all of the things that I did to learn about how software worked as a child. Granted, I don't think that this is the primary problem, but it is definitely a contributing factor.
I'd say you were the exception to the norm. Most tech support guys I know aren't that well paid. As far as small companies go, I'd say for the most part they don't have a true tech support team. The ones that are loarge enough to have one, fill the position with those people who aren't good enough to code, or sys admin, and who are generally better with people. Tech Support should be nothing more than a person who knows how to answer common questions, can work through more complex ones, and can go ask the coders and sys admins for the really hard ones. There is a huge difference between Tech Support and System Administration.
Not to mention that every Tom, Dick and Stupid is begging for help as soon as they hear that you know computers. Strangers at the bar will ask for help. That's why I wear this shirt
It reminds us that Tech Support is a scandal. It reinforces the notion of tech elites who alone understand how the new tools of the Info Age really work
There's nothing wrong with the concept of tech support. Your average user doesn't NEED to know everything about computing technology, and a place to go to get their answers is a Good Thing. there will lways be tech elites that truly understand how the tools function, there will be a larger number who are power users, there will be an even larger portion that are average users and so forth.
Additionally, tech support people are not usually the ones that fully understand technology. They are trained to answer common questions and to know who to turn to when they need more complicated questions answered.
Nice job Katz, I try not to flame you needlessly, but this particular piece of tripe reads like a fifth grade essay, what grade did your kid get?
I'm not going to flame you, but to compare SF with chess is patently ridiculous. There is a lot more going on in chess that there is in any current game. Chess is played in realtime too, I'm not sure what distinction you're making. I'm the last person to put down video games, they are definitely good for the mind (though I don't usually include fighting games in this), but they aren't nearly the mind challenge that chess is.
When a company wtiches to Linux it's a Big Deal. It's external validation of it's viability in an area where efficiency is key. When a Linux company goes out of business, it's not so unusual. Attempts and failures are made over and over again to start companies, based on Linux or any other OS. Most of them fail. When the big boys who have managed to stay in business by making sound decision decide the Linux is the way to go it's something to be proud of for the people who want Linux to succeed. You need to remember that Linux is incredibly young. Windows wasn't nearly the force Linux is at the same age.
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But that point aside, that's fine I'm getting paid to work, 40 hours a week. The main reason I can work 60-70 hours is because I can deal with my real life issues while at work quickly and easily through net use. Not to mention that my work is greatly facilitated by the fact that if I need software or information I can quickly and easily obtain it from my desktop.
I see your point, but (tech) companies thrive on a particular type of employee, who if he can't read
So wouldn't that enhance his credibility as far as seeing the movie, since that was the question here whether or not he saw a pre-release, or leaked copy?
Ummm, why would Lucas make a good version of the movie to get someone like Knowles to rave about it and then release a shitty one in theatres?
RE was ok, maybe a 6 or 7 out of 10, but there were some ridiculous plot points not to mention the completely overused loud sound + suddenly appearing something in a lame attempt to make people jump. Note to the director of RE: That trick only works a few times and when not expected, doing it every five minutes does NOT make your movie any scarier.
Ice Age, bleh. Same campy prehistoric cartoon plot. Animated animals find human baby and either a) raise it or b) try and return it to humans. It amazes we'll bitch until we're blue in the face about the need for story line in our games, but are willing to look past horrible plots in CG movies simply because they're CG. I'm no exception, I love to see the well done computer animation, but for christ's sake, how about adding a real plot as well.
I forgot some, get a windowed case and tint it, and put neon strips around the bottom.
Think I found a weekend project next time it's raining.
Yes and cigarettes don't kill you quite as fast as the game would lead you to believe.
I loved the career system, to a point at least. When starting a campaign is was a great way to introduce the characters into into adventuring. I will admit that it wouldn't work as well then you wanted experienced characters who were allready adventurers. At that point as GM I would usually allow players to pick a career and we'd go from there. I was thrilled when Hogshead started republishing WFB. For a while I kept up and collected the books for nostalgia value.
Hehe, it doesn't matter what game we played and what they called the GM, it was always DM to us. No referees, or storytellers, or even keepers. For a while there it seemed like every game had to come out with it's own GM name.
I was all set to flame the original post but I'd rather just support yours. Kudos. To each his own, neither hobby is better than the other (though gaming certainly stimulates brain cells, club going tends to destroy them ;) ). Personally, I got out of RPG's, as I got older they started to seem sillier (this is not a condemnation of those who still play I am still nostalgic for a good WFB campaign) to sit around a table telling stories to each other. I started getting more into tabletop minitaure games, and good board games. IMHO it's a hell of a lot of fun to sit around shooting the shit with a bunch of friends and playing Settlers of Cataan or something similar.
(A)D&D was fun, but it wasn't the best system out there. I forget where I read it but there was a good qoute ten or fifteen years ago about monsters in dungeons and dragons: An eco-system could never support that many large predators Yes it is a fantasy game, but gamers tend to like certain levels of realism.
Like I said I moved onto better games (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is still the bar none best rpg out there fatntasy at least), but I'll never forget staying up all night horribly abusing the (A)D&D rules at a friend's house.
And that statement is largely untrue to boot. I don't know any gamers that don't know who Gygax is, or Steve Jackson, or a number of other lesser known designers. Maybe I've been out of it for too long and the current crop of kids don't know these names, but then they don't have proper roleplaying games either ;)
Yep turtles all the way down ;)
No doubt about that. How many "tech elite's" taught themselves on their own. I know I did, and I'm willing to bet that the majority did learn most of their skills on their own.
I wouldn't say that, he certainly has a point. The reason most of us are so good with computers is because we tinkered with them. When something broke, we dug in and figured out how to fix it. Closed source, and those particular laws try to enforce the idea that you are NOT ALLOWED to tinker. the DMCA in particular attempts to prevent you from reverse engineering, it essentially prevents all of the things that I did to learn about how software worked as a child. Granted, I don't think that this is the primary problem, but it is definitely a contributing factor.
I'd say you were the exception to the norm. Most tech support guys I know aren't that well paid. As far as small companies go, I'd say for the most part they don't have a true tech support team. The ones that are loarge enough to have one, fill the position with those people who aren't good enough to code, or sys admin, and who are generally better with people. Tech Support should be nothing more than a person who knows how to answer common questions, can work through more complex ones, and can go ask the coders and sys admins for the really hard ones. There is a huge difference between Tech Support and System Administration.
but I believe that top videogame players are on a par mentally with top chess players.
Then here's what you said:
realize "thinking ahead" in chess requires an incredible amount of mental calculation and is probably more complex than any videogame out there
Contradict yourself much. That's what I was pointing out, it's absolutely ridiculous to make the comparison.
Nah duct tape and WD40 are all you need, duct tape to make things stop, WD40 to make 'em go.
Not to mention that every Tom, Dick and Stupid is begging for help as soon as they hear that you know computers. Strangers at the bar will ask for help. That's why I wear this shirt
It reminds us that Tech Support is a scandal. It reinforces the notion of tech elites who alone understand how the new tools of the Info Age really work
There's nothing wrong with the concept of tech support. Your average user doesn't NEED to know everything about computing technology, and a place to go to get their answers is a Good Thing. there will lways be tech elites that truly understand how the tools function, there will be a larger number who are power users, there will be an even larger portion that are average users and so forth.
Additionally, tech support people are not usually the ones that fully understand technology. They are trained to answer common questions and to know who to turn to when they need more complicated questions answered.
Nice job Katz, I try not to flame you needlessly, but this particular piece of tripe reads like a fifth grade essay, what grade did your kid get?
Nope, I thought it now I gotta say it:
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I think we all know which side of the gap Katz is on
I'm not going to flame you, but to compare SF with chess is patently ridiculous. There is a lot more going on in chess that there is in any current game. Chess is played in realtime too, I'm not sure what distinction you're making. I'm the last person to put down video games, they are definitely good for the mind (though I don't usually include fighting games in this), but they aren't nearly the mind challenge that chess is.
Did you come up with that one? Well put. I may have to make that my sig, I feel the same way, wish I had thought up that one.
I hate to respond to trolls but here goes:
When a company wtiches to Linux it's a Big Deal. It's external validation of it's viability in an area where efficiency is key.
When a Linux company goes out of business, it's not so unusual. Attempts and failures are made over and over again to start companies, based on Linux or any other OS. Most of them fail.
When the big boys who have managed to stay in business by making sound decision decide the Linux is the way to go it's something to be proud of for the people who want Linux to succeed. You need to remember that Linux is incredibly young. Windows wasn't nearly the force Linux is at the same age.