I agree. SC:DA was horrendous on the PC. It was clearly a port from the console version, and the controls on the PC blew goats. I played 2 levels and never touched it again...which sucked because I own all of the previous ones and love that series.
I guess it was made in Shanghai. Over the last 4 in the series, every one made in Montreal was kick ass. The others suck and were plagued with technical issues. There's no way I'll touch Conviction with a 10 foot.
There's a big difference between fine print for "usage" that says "don't do illegal stuff" vs. "P.S. After 3 days of real use, we're charging you even more to just USE what you've already paid for once".
And more to the point. If ATT tried putting a 5G cap on my DSL, I'd drop it in a heart beat. I can get my work done at Starbuck, McDonalds and any other place with free wifi for customers. Let THEM deal with the caps.
I completely believe there is fine print. Regardless, they sold it as "unlimited". Yes, 6M is a peak throughput, but there was no restrictions on WHEN nor HOW LONG I use that 6M peak throughput.
I'm actually ok with caps as long as they're sane. 5GB per month is not sane. 1 Steam game can put you over that quite easily. Caps simply will not be viable in a future where everything moves over the connection; esp when it's the same ISP moving IPTV.
Metered would be ok with me as well. It would be interesting to see what happened if metered billing became the norm. I wonder if AdBlock would become a norm, and if there would be a movement back to more thin looking websites to save the bandwidth for the actual data rather than the look n feel.
Well, my ISP sold me a 6Mb Down connection, the cost of which is charged by month. All day, every day of that month. So why should I not be able to fully utilize that 6Mb speed all day, every day of that month?
Their capacity issues are not my problem. I'm simply using what I have paid for. IF their network can't handle it, only sell 3Mb or 1Mb connections.
This sort of cap and overage shenanigans will not work in the future when EVERYTHING is online.Steam is a valid us of high transfers. So it Netflix, and OS upgrades.
I'm not anti-college. I'm anti you-must-have-a-cs-degree. I agree, having a cs degree is a good indicator, and yes, just like MS certs, doesn't mean they know jack shit either.
"He means he could never be bothered to go to college (or couldn't hack it)"
Hacking it wasn't a problem. I managed two majors in 5 years with 23 credit hours every semester, so I can cope just fine.
What I meant was that if something is broken, and I hand that to one of the numerous of people I've interviewed out of college, they look like a deer in headlights with no clue what to do but ask for the solution. We teach science majors the scientific method but most schools don't teach computer folk how to go about troubleshooting problems in the real world. Deductive reasoning is a lost art in CS now a days it seems.
People always look at me funny when I tell them I have BS degrees in music. Makes some sense to me.
What I always like about programming was that a) I shouldn't even be able to do it, but I could, and b) you get to create solutions. Sometimes those solutions are programs to solve problems. Sometimes they were how to effectively play a piece of complicated music.
I haven't played since college. Two things I really really miss: Steel Drum Band and Drum Corps.
"I have been a programmer and manager. I can tell you that without a formal training in the field I wouldn't even bring you in for an interview."
Then I'd say you're missing out on good talent. I have yet to interview ANYONE just out of school who knew a damn thing aside from how to spell "Java" or point click drag, which tells me formal training is crap.*
*Crap for Web 2.0 Tech, not crap for hardcore stuff like pcb, assembly, medical, science, etc.
They certainly don't teach troubleshooting skills in school.
I was a double music major in college: a BA in Music Ed K-12, and a BA in Music Perf. Percussion. I got my teaching certificate, then promptly went into programming. For me, the key seems to be just programming. All you can. All the time.
My last 2 years of school, I started doing HyperCard scripting, then UserLand scripting, then VB and whatever I could get my hands on, doing whatever departmental projects I could do, like test taking apps, etc. Then I worked my way into web pages, html, and doing the department web site.
I've been at it for 14 years now doing.NET, Perl, SQL, Rails, Catalyst, Django...all without a programming degree or background. So, my advice would be:
1. Don't expect someone to hand you a job by pulling strings 2. Program. If you love it, do it all the time. The best job is one where you get paid to do what you would do as a hobby. 3. Keep at it. Be a sponge, and show you can the job by doing as much as you can outside of that job. Contribute to open source. Work on other projects. Start your own projects. Get yourself noticed.
For the "hiring manager" who say they never hire anyone with o experience on their resume, I'd say we all had none when we started. Conversly, I've seen awesome resumes...by people who can't even tell me how to anything more than MS point and click.
I have a metric crap tonne of music. That 32GB iPod Touch just isn't cutting it at all and I loathe that classic iPod. Hurry up with the 64GB upgrade already.
This isn't too shocking. With the move of the mem control into the i7, there's an extra latency that has to be programmed for/around in video drivers/cards. I suspect that once updated drivers/cards start flowing, the performance of these games on i& will roll back to the top of the pile.
"I counted three separate "I would want" statements in your request. The problem with your "I want" strategy is that someone else is being compelled to provide it to you by means of taxation. You can't have an "I want" satisfied without taking it from someone else."
Do you now use the fire department? The police department? Drive on roads? Send your kids to schools?
All of things are "I wants" from the people , which in turn are funded by taking money away from others in the form of taxes you are compelled to pay.
I agree what we have now is broken, and even the utopian solution is broken. While you may not want the government having it's hands in the cookie jar, it's also ONLY the government that has enough power to take care of the health care/insurance lobbiest problems, and the overpriced good problems, and the last of being able to shop around for cheaper drugs problems. These problems can't be fixed by you or me, or even at the state level.
I do agree about the local charities/churches, etc. We have long since lost our way in this country of even WANTING to keep an out out for our neighbors/neighborhoods and each other.
"My personal health is my responsibility. If I want to smoke, drink, and eat fatty foods until I die of a massive heart attack, that's my business. Nobody else should be concerned with it. If it can't afford to pay for the health problems I've brought on myself, nobody else should be required to pay one red cent to cover me."
I agree. But what if the heart condition is hereditary and you can't afford to pay? Then you have a serious problem.
Look, I hate the thought I my money going to people who don't want to work, who don't want to take care of themselves, etc. There will always be people gaming the system because they're deadbeats and lazy and scammers, etc.
The the reality is, if I were to become homeless, I would want food, shelter, treatment until I got back on my feet. If I were unemployed, I would want food, shelter, medical treatment until I found a job. If I got some disease and couldn't afford it, I would want treatment. Just because some people refuse to find a job, or pick themselves up by the bootstraps doesn't mean the system is completely out of the question.
That costs money. At some point, you have to suck up the fact that some people game the system and will get my something for their nothing. That's life. That's taxes. That's school levys. That's fire/police. That's Social Security. In the end, YOU will need those things.
This country, including myself, needs to change it's me me me me me me me me attitude, or we're not going to make it long term. I'm a firm believer that karma is one hateful mistress when you ignore her.
I've been to Chicago twice and New Orleans once. All were cheaper than flying. All were completely on time.
The only delays I had was on the Minneapolis trip where we went right through the flooded Dells, WI last month. Compare that to a flight delay because of snow and iced wings (not a problem on a train) and it's about even...sans dealing with the TSA.
Sure it takes longer. For a business trip, that's out of the question. For a vacation, I much prefer having a relaxing trip to the airport insanity.
Notice the part where I said "...this is why I..". Not "You". I didn't say everyone could do it or has to do it. So STFU. Thank you. Drive through. Welcome to Slashdot.
Just grab your shit and get on board. Period. No fuss. No muss. No toothpaste shampoo bullshit. No uniformed fuckers with attitudes. Polite train staff and a nice relaxing experience.
And as a whole, it should've been a No vote. Period.
FISA is not broken. It's still there, and it still works. The government chose to ignore the law and to did the Telcos. Period. FISA did not need updated.
He lost my vote yesterday. Both parties and the congress continue to let the current regime break the law and do nothing about it. They all need to be sacked.
Yes, this is our fault too. When's the last time you same people out in the streets with signs burning cars over loss of liberty and constitutional rapage or corrupt government here in the US? Hell, overseas, you start doing the same thing in France or dicking around with workers rights and the entire system shuts down and people get out and cause complete havoc. That's how it's done.
And this all or nothing shit needs to stop. We need to get back to the time where a bill was one fucking topic, without all of the pork and unrelated shit thrown in because some douchebags assistent slips a piece of paper in the copies.
Catholic school (like 5 days a week school) is one thing. I would expect them to teach both. I mean Sunday school. In your average church basement sunday school.
I hear this excuse for ID all the time. "We need to teach both, for the children to have a well rounded education".
I'll meet them half way. Go ahead teach your ID in schools, For The Children. And because we care so much that the children receive both sides of the story, you start teaching evolution in Sunday School. After all, it's for the sake of the children.
Sure, it's great for the shareholders. Unfortunately, it's a disaster for the internet and its users. Flickr with Silverlight? No thanks. Yahoo Mail -> Live conversion? No thanks. Replacing YUI with.NET AJAX? No thanks.
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I agree. SC:DA was horrendous on the PC. It was clearly a port from the console version, and the controls on the PC blew goats. I played 2 levels and never touched it again...which sucked because I own all of the previous ones and love that series.
I guess it was made in Shanghai. Over the last 4 in the series, every one made in Montreal was kick ass. The others suck and were plagued with technical issues. There's no way I'll touch Conviction with a 10 foot.
Guy Fleegman :-)
There's a big difference between fine print for "usage" that says "don't do illegal stuff" vs. "P.S. After 3 days of real use, we're charging you even more to just USE what you've already paid for once".
Let me put this another way: I purchased a 6M connection. I did not purchase a 5GB transfer account.
And more to the point. If ATT tried putting a 5G cap on my DSL, I'd drop it in a heart beat. I can get my work done at Starbuck, McDonalds and any other place with free wifi for customers. Let THEM deal with the caps.
I completely believe there is fine print. Regardless, they sold it as "unlimited". Yes, 6M is a peak throughput, but there was no restrictions on WHEN nor HOW LONG I use that 6M peak throughput.
I'm actually ok with caps as long as they're sane. 5GB per month is not sane. 1 Steam game can put you over that quite easily. Caps simply will not be viable in a future where everything moves over the connection; esp when it's the same ISP moving IPTV.
Metered would be ok with me as well. It would be interesting to see what happened if metered billing became the norm. I wonder if AdBlock would become a norm, and if there would be a movement back to more thin looking websites to save the bandwidth for the actual data rather than the look n feel.
Well, my ISP sold me a 6Mb Down connection, the cost of which is charged by month. All day, every day of that month. So why should I not be able to fully utilize that 6Mb speed all day, every day of that month?
Their capacity issues are not my problem. I'm simply using what I have paid for. IF their network can't handle it, only sell 3Mb or 1Mb connections.
This sort of cap and overage shenanigans will not work in the future when EVERYTHING is online.Steam is a valid us of high transfers. So it Netflix, and OS upgrades.
I'm not anti-college. I'm anti you-must-have-a-cs-degree. I agree, having a cs degree is a good indicator, and yes, just like MS certs, doesn't mean they know jack shit either.
"He means he could never be bothered to go to college (or couldn't hack it)"
Hacking it wasn't a problem. I managed two majors in 5 years with 23 credit hours every semester, so I can cope just fine.
What I meant was that if something is broken, and I hand that to one of the numerous of people I've interviewed out of college, they look like a deer in headlights with no clue what to do but ask for the solution. We teach science majors the scientific method but most schools don't teach computer folk how to go about troubleshooting problems in the real world. Deductive reasoning is a lost art in CS now a days it seems.
People always look at me funny when I tell them I have BS degrees in music. Makes some sense to me.
What I always like about programming was that a) I shouldn't even be able to do it, but I could, and b) you get to create solutions. Sometimes those solutions are programs to solve problems. Sometimes they were how to effectively play a piece of complicated music.
I haven't played since college. Two things I really really miss: Steel Drum Band and Drum Corps.
"I have been a programmer and manager. I can tell you that without a formal training in the field I wouldn't even bring you in for an interview."
Then I'd say you're missing out on good talent. I have yet to interview ANYONE just out of school who knew a damn thing aside from how to spell "Java" or point click drag, which tells me formal training is crap.*
*Crap for Web 2.0 Tech, not crap for hardcore stuff like pcb, assembly, medical, science, etc.
They certainly don't teach troubleshooting skills in school.
I was a double music major in college: a BA in Music Ed K-12, and a BA in Music Perf. Percussion. I got my teaching certificate, then promptly went into programming. For me, the key seems to be just programming. All you can. All the time.
My last 2 years of school, I started doing HyperCard scripting, then UserLand scripting, then VB and whatever I could get my hands on, doing whatever departmental projects I could do, like test taking apps, etc. Then I worked my way into web pages, html, and doing the department web site.
I've been at it for 14 years now doing .NET, Perl, SQL, Rails, Catalyst, Django...all without a programming degree or background. So, my advice would be:
1. Don't expect someone to hand you a job by pulling strings
2. Program. If you love it, do it all the time. The best job is one where you get paid to do what you would do as a hobby.
3. Keep at it. Be a sponge, and show you can the job by doing as much as you can outside of that job. Contribute to open source. Work on other projects. Start your own projects. Get yourself noticed.
For the "hiring manager" who say they never hire anyone with o experience on their resume, I'd say we all had none when we started. Conversly, I've seen awesome resumes...by people who can't even tell me how to anything more than MS point and click.
I have a metric crap tonne of music. That 32GB iPod Touch just isn't cutting it at all and I loathe that classic iPod. Hurry up with the 64GB upgrade already.
GOOOOONNNNNEEEEE!
This isn't too shocking. With the move of the mem control into the i7, there's an extra latency that has to be programmed for/around in video drivers/cards. I suspect that once updated drivers/cards start flowing, the performance of these games on i& will roll back to the top of the pile.
"I counted three separate "I would want" statements in your request. The problem with your "I want" strategy is that someone else is being compelled to provide it to you by means of taxation. You can't have an "I want" satisfied without taking it from someone else."
Do you now use the fire department? The police department? Drive on roads? Send your kids to schools?
All of things are "I wants" from the people , which in turn are funded by taking money away from others in the form of taxes you are compelled to pay.
I agree what we have now is broken, and even the utopian solution is broken. While you may not want the government having it's hands in the cookie jar, it's also ONLY the government that has enough power to take care of the health care/insurance lobbiest problems, and the overpriced good problems, and the last of being able to shop around for cheaper drugs problems. These problems can't be fixed by you or me, or even at the state level.
I do agree about the local charities/churches, etc. We have long since lost our way in this country of even WANTING to keep an out out for our neighbors/neighborhoods and each other.
"My personal health is my responsibility. If I want to smoke, drink, and eat fatty foods until I die of a massive heart attack, that's my business. Nobody else should be concerned with it. If it can't afford to pay for the health problems I've brought on myself, nobody else should be required to pay one red cent to cover me."
I agree. But what if the heart condition is hereditary and you can't afford to pay? Then you have a serious problem.
Look, I hate the thought I my money going to people who don't want to work, who don't want to take care of themselves, etc. There will always be people gaming the system because they're deadbeats and lazy and scammers, etc.
The the reality is, if I were to become homeless, I would want food, shelter, treatment until I got back on my feet. If I were unemployed, I would want food, shelter, medical treatment until I found a job. If I got some disease and couldn't afford it, I would want treatment. Just because some people refuse to find a job, or pick themselves up by the bootstraps doesn't mean the system is completely out of the question.
That costs money. At some point, you have to suck up the fact that some people game the system and will get my something for their nothing. That's life. That's taxes. That's school levys. That's fire/police. That's Social Security. In the end, YOU will need those things.
This country, including myself, needs to change it's me me me me me me me me attitude, or we're not going to make it long term. I'm a firm believer that karma is one hateful mistress when you ignore her.
Really? The last 3 Ubuntu releases for me worked just find when I plugged my camera into the usb port.
I've been to Chicago twice and New Orleans once. All were cheaper than flying. All were completely on time.
The only delays I had was on the Minneapolis trip where we went right through the flooded Dells, WI last month. Compare that to a flight delay because of snow and iced wings (not a problem on a train) and it's about even...sans dealing with the TSA.
Sure it takes longer. For a business trip, that's out of the question. For a vacation, I much prefer having a relaxing trip to the airport insanity.
Notice the part where I said "...this is why I..". Not "You". I didn't say everyone could do it or has to do it. So STFU. Thank you. Drive through. Welcome to Slashdot.
Just grab your shit and get on board. Period. No fuss. No muss. No toothpaste shampoo bullshit. No uniformed fuckers with attitudes. Polite train staff and a nice relaxing experience.
And as a whole, it should've been a No vote. Period.
FISA is not broken. It's still there, and it still works. The government chose to ignore the law and to did the Telcos. Period. FISA did not need updated.
He lost my vote yesterday. Both parties and the congress continue to let the current regime break the law and do nothing about it. They all need to be sacked.
Yes, this is our fault too. When's the last time you same people out in the streets with signs burning cars over loss of liberty and constitutional rapage or corrupt government here in the US? Hell, overseas, you start doing the same thing in France or dicking around with workers rights and the entire system shuts down and people get out and cause complete havoc. That's how it's done.
And this all or nothing shit needs to stop. We need to get back to the time where a bill was one fucking topic, without all of the pork and unrelated shit thrown in because some douchebags assistent slips a piece of paper in the copies.
Catholic school (like 5 days a week school) is one thing. I would expect them to teach both. I mean Sunday school. In your average church basement sunday school.
I hear this excuse for ID all the time. "We need to teach both, for the children to have a well rounded education".
I'll meet them half way. Go ahead teach your ID in schools, For The Children. And because we care so much that the children receive both sides of the story, you start teaching evolution in Sunday School. After all, it's for the sake of the children.
Sure, it's great for the shareholders. Unfortunately, it's a disaster for the internet and its users. Flickr with Silverlight? No thanks. Yahoo Mail -> Live conversion? No thanks. Replacing YUI with .NET AJAX? No thanks.