Y'know, I never got the appeal of Wired Magazine from the get-go. Seemed like entirely too much flash and not enough substance to keep me interested. The whole "oh, we're edgy" thing ran pretty thin rather quickly. I looked at the advert for the ipad app, and concluded that they perfectly captured the feel of the magazine: all show, no substance, and too fat for their own good.
I'm sure there will be a logical and rational explanation for why "Nibiru" didn't arrive until ~100 years too late (assuming it's even aware it has an appointment).:)
Our local library does this. they have XBox 360, PS3, and Wii games available (I think PS2 as well, but not sure). It's definitely a great way to get folks into the library and see what else might be in there.
I once knew a guy who was a contract worker for 11 years. Contract positions can last for quite some time. What I hope New York doesn't do is hire all of their 5-year plan employees and then realize 4 years down the road that they'll have to graduate that class of employee all at once. Or maybe I do; I'm quite conflicted.
In any case, it's yet another indication that IT workers are considered a replaceable, interchangeable cog in the machine. Unfortunately, when your replaceable cogs are essentially your entire infrastructure, you'll have a hard time trying to get the new class of cog to know what the old cog was doing. Add to that a fatalistic sense from the old cog guard, and you have a recipe for one hell of a breakdown when you least can afford it.
There is one assuredly effective way to ensure this DRM scheme doesn't work, and that is to not buy the game. Period. It happened with Spore (although it unfortunately was pirated more than anything), but essentially if enough folks vote with their wallet, companies will stop doing this sort of crap - pure and simple.
Unless you LIKE that sort of thing, in which case, please make sure to pre-order it and buy as many copies as you need for you and your friends.
I'm not sure if anyone else has this problem with their local paper's website, but the advertising on it makes reading any article an exercise in frustration. Hover-ads, banner ads that would make anyone epileptic, links that bring up Netflix popups, and a scrolling ad that takes up half of the page. By the time one navigates the minefield to get to TFA, it's generally not worth the effort invested. If newspapers made their content available with less hassle and irritation, I'm sure more folks would click to read TFA.
After hearing there was a Linux version of EVE online, I decided to try it out using a free 7 day trial I found on PVP. After downloading the client and getting my registration in order, I entered my username and password and waited...... and waited...... and waited...
As far as I could tell, the client never would let me in, so I let my trial expire and moved on. I couldn't be bothered to pony up some cash for a subscription if their client wouldn't let me in. If others had the same experience as me, it's no wonder there weren't that many Linux players. I probably would have gotten my wife hooked on it as well, as she likes sci-fi. Unfortunately there's two less EVE Online customers, all because of a bad trial experience with a client that didn't even give me a taste of what it was about.
Sorry to hear it didn't work out for EVE Online, but not terribly surprised either.
What I'm discounting is the one-size-fits-all mentality that seems to pervade management circles. There's a fine line between preventing things that are unsupportable (MIPS Assembly Language) vs. preventing people from using better tools for the job (Python / Django for a CMS-like application vs. Java and Struts for the same application). It's the myopic pipe-dream of management that by standardizing on "the one true platform", they can hire the same type of programmer, interchange them efficiently between projects, and replace them when they eventually leave that drives me nuts.
This is a false dichotomy at best. Good programmers will bring their own tools for the job. You wouldn't expect a mechanic to use a collective set of tools for a job, would you? You may request that s/he have certain tools for completing a job, but if your mechanic prefers a certain brand of tools, would it make sense to tell them "no"? (If they're really expensive, or horribly inefficient, then that would be a reason to tell him/her no).
Standardizing on a toolset sounds like a seductive way to take care of training issues, but you aren't saving anything by forcing developers that have already invested in their tools to relearn something else (and will likely piss off the developers for the trouble).
I've seen when upper management wants to standardize and treat their developers as interchangeable cogs in the machine that they're planning on exercising that interchangeability. You might want to update your resume, since you'll likely be replaced.
Head of USPTO grows some nads and tells his employees to stop approving said applications. After all, he's the head of the USPTO. Isn't it his leadership responsibility to put a stop to this sort of thing?
That was my understanding as well. There will always be a lag time between discovering and patching a flaw. Unless Microsoft starts using something like satellite technology and distributes a satellite receiver to every user of Windows, you'll always have to deal with lag for getting patches out.
I wonder where this leaves Fedora in the long term? I can't say I fault them, but honestly I would hope Red Hat would rise to the challenge rather than shrink away from it.
Actually, they spent some serous yen on those ingredients. According to Wikipedia's Iron Chef article:
One of the most expensive battles was Battle Swallow's Nest, which ran over $40,000 solely for that ingredient, not counting large quantities of shark's fin; for the battle, the producers were permitted to return any unused portions to Hattori Nutrition College. They also give a figure of a little over $7million for the whole run of the show. That's one expensive show.:)
This isn't surprising since companies view research (especially scientific research) as a cost-center, then the market for scientists (especially the wide-eyed scientists that television told us we should become because science is cool) is not there. I've heard of people who have several degrees doing plumbing or some other job one wouldn't think a degreed professional would do because they can't find work doing what they wanted to do. When industry wakes up and realizes there is a competitive advantage to having researchers working just for your company.
I save my items internally in ODF format, but if I have to send something to another person without OO.o, I need to save it in.doc format. Honestly, if someone could convince the world that ODF is an acceptable format, I'd love to save the step.
The in-box Linux client of UT2004 made several sales of the game for me and my friends. It's one of the few FPS games we've kept playing, and it's still a fun game. Knowing that Linux is inside the retail box means I'll be picking it up ASAP.
The whole reason why I've shelved Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles is BECAUSE I can't skip the damn cut scenes. Just moving from town to town provokes some silly storytelling nonsense that has nothing to do with the plot, and I can't skip it. After a few minutes, I just wanted to toss the whole damn game out the window. Bad game designer! No cookie!
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Y'know, I never got the appeal of Wired Magazine from the get-go. Seemed like entirely too much flash and not enough substance to keep me interested. The whole "oh, we're edgy" thing ran pretty thin rather quickly. I looked at the advert for the ipad app, and concluded that they perfectly captured the feel of the magazine: all show, no substance, and too fat for their own good.
I'm sure there will be a logical and rational explanation for why "Nibiru" didn't arrive until ~100 years too late (assuming it's even aware it has an appointment). :)
Just waiting for the Nibiru and Planet X quacks to say "See? We told you so!".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_collision
Our local library does this. they have XBox 360, PS3, and Wii games available (I think PS2 as well, but not sure). It's definitely a great way to get folks into the library and see what else might be in there.
I once knew a guy who was a contract worker for 11 years. Contract positions can last for quite some time. What I hope New York doesn't do is hire all of their 5-year plan employees and then realize 4 years down the road that they'll have to graduate that class of employee all at once. Or maybe I do; I'm quite conflicted.
In any case, it's yet another indication that IT workers are considered a replaceable, interchangeable cog in the machine. Unfortunately, when your replaceable cogs are essentially your entire infrastructure, you'll have a hard time trying to get the new class of cog to know what the old cog was doing. Add to that a fatalistic sense from the old cog guard, and you have a recipe for one hell of a breakdown when you least can afford it.
Best of luck, New York; you're gonna need it.
There is one assuredly effective way to ensure this DRM scheme doesn't work, and that is to not buy the game. Period. It happened with Spore (although it unfortunately was pirated more than anything), but essentially if enough folks vote with their wallet, companies will stop doing this sort of crap - pure and simple.
Unless you LIKE that sort of thing, in which case, please make sure to pre-order it and buy as many copies as you need for you and your friends.
I'm not sure if anyone else has this problem with their local paper's website, but the advertising on it makes reading any article an exercise in frustration. Hover-ads, banner ads that would make anyone epileptic, links that bring up Netflix popups, and a scrolling ad that takes up half of the page. By the time one navigates the minefield to get to TFA, it's generally not worth the effort invested. If newspapers made their content available with less hassle and irritation, I'm sure more folks would click to read TFA.
After hearing there was a Linux version of EVE online, I decided to try it out using a free 7 day trial I found on PVP. After downloading the client and getting my registration in order, I entered my username and password and waited... ... and waited... ... and waited...
As far as I could tell, the client never would let me in, so I let my trial expire and moved on. I couldn't be bothered to pony up some cash for a subscription if their client wouldn't let me in. If others had the same experience as me, it's no wonder there weren't that many Linux players. I probably would have gotten my wife hooked on it as well, as she likes sci-fi. Unfortunately there's two less EVE Online customers, all because of a bad trial experience with a client that didn't even give me a taste of what it was about.
Sorry to hear it didn't work out for EVE Online, but not terribly surprised either.
What I'm discounting is the one-size-fits-all mentality that seems to pervade management circles. There's a fine line between preventing things that are unsupportable (MIPS Assembly Language) vs. preventing people from using better tools for the job (Python / Django for a CMS-like application vs. Java and Struts for the same application). It's the myopic pipe-dream of management that by standardizing on "the one true platform", they can hire the same type of programmer, interchange them efficiently between projects, and replace them when they eventually leave that drives me nuts.
A programmer that brings his own tools is a cowboy at best, especially where I work...
Agreed, but who drives the decisions for what software to buy at the shop? If it's anyone but the programmers, you're in trouble already.
This is a false dichotomy at best. Good programmers will bring their own tools for the job. You wouldn't expect a mechanic to use a collective set of tools for a job, would you? You may request that s/he have certain tools for completing a job, but if your mechanic prefers a certain brand of tools, would it make sense to tell them "no"? (If they're really expensive, or horribly inefficient, then that would be a reason to tell him/her no).
Standardizing on a toolset sounds like a seductive way to take care of training issues, but you aren't saving anything by forcing developers that have already invested in their tools to relearn something else (and will likely piss off the developers for the trouble).
I believe you'll have a great career in upper management. :)
I've seen when upper management wants to standardize and treat their developers as interchangeable cogs in the machine that they're planning on exercising that interchangeability. You might want to update your resume, since you'll likely be replaced.
Head of USPTO grows some nads and tells his employees to stop approving said applications. After all, he's the head of the USPTO. Isn't it his leadership responsibility to put a stop to this sort of thing?
Be a leader, quit whining and do your job.
That was my understanding as well. There will always be a lag time between discovering and patching a flaw. Unless Microsoft starts using something like satellite technology and distributes a satellite receiver to every user of Windows, you'll always have to deal with lag for getting patches out.
I wonder where this leaves Fedora in the long term? I can't say I fault them, but honestly I would hope Red Hat would rise to the challenge rather than shrink away from it.
Except AFAIK, Speakeasy resells DSL, which is under the auspices of AT&T. So, you're still on AT&T's wires.
Well, there was the Iron Chef: Virtual Kitchen Stadium game for the Sega Saturn, but it's more a museum tour than a game.
That said, I too would love the original Japanese show to come out with more material in the US. Sadly, I can't see Fuji TV allowing that.
I'm sure they're planning to apologize to the viewers of the Spike VGAs as well... all two of them.
In other news, McDonalds has decided to stop selling the Whopper, opting instead for the Big Boy Classic.
This isn't surprising since companies view research (especially scientific research) as a cost-center, then the market for scientists (especially the wide-eyed scientists that television told us we should become because science is cool) is not there. I've heard of people who have several degrees doing plumbing or some other job one wouldn't think a degreed professional would do because they can't find work doing what they wanted to do. When industry wakes up and realizes there is a competitive advantage to having researchers working just for your company.
I save my items internally in ODF format, but if I have to send something to another person without OO.o, I need to save it in .doc format. Honestly, if someone could convince the world that ODF is an acceptable format, I'd love to save the step.
The in-box Linux client of UT2004 made several sales of the game for me and my friends. It's one of the few FPS games we've kept playing, and it's still a fun game. Knowing that Linux is inside the retail box means I'll be picking it up ASAP.
Thank you EPIC!
The whole reason why I've shelved Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles is BECAUSE I can't skip the damn cut scenes. Just moving from town to town provokes some silly storytelling nonsense that has nothing to do with the plot, and I can't skip it. After a few minutes, I just wanted to toss the whole damn game out the window. Bad game designer! No cookie!