Sadly, that's not far from the truth. There was a fly-by-night operation near me that was reportedly offering the princely sum of $7/hr for C++ programmers.
Also, I am forced to use Vista on my work laptop and it seems that 2 gigs of ram isn't nearly enough to run it well...
I run Vista on my laptop with 2 gigs of ram and it runs fine. I forgot, I'm not allowed to say that here, I'm supposed to pretend that Vista doesn't work!
probably trying to give a visual to "the flesh of fallen angels" which was mentioned several times during the hallucinations when Max had to deal with anyone on V. It looks promising from the trailer. I just hope it gets Remedy to make us a Max Payne 3 already! I loved 1 & 2,in fact I think I still have 2 installed. I may have to dust it off and enjoy some Max goodness.And as always this is my 02c,YMMV
I read that 3 is supposedly coming out in either late this year or early '09.
Even if you look back to the NES where we only had a few major developers there was a lot of quality games made, games that pushed the hardware to the limit. In the SNES/Genesis era things stayed the same. But once we got to the PS1/N64 era, we got flooded with a ton of really crappy games.
I seem to recall plenty of terrible games for the Atari 2600 and NES. It just didn't seem that way at the time.
...then midway into the '90s something started to go terribly, terribly wrong. Every movie had some lame video game tie-in, games started to all be the same, originality seemed to be confined to first-party developers.
Most Pirates I have heard about download it becasue they aren't sure about it
Yeah, that's what they all say. They somehow think if they convince people they're only "trying" it out then somehow they aren't scumbags.
The truth of the matter, of course: they "try" it right till the end, or whatever point they don't feel like playing it anymore. It's just as much bullshit as the "backups" euphemism.
Exactly. It reminds me of the same thing they try to say about stealing mp3s, "if I like it I'll go out and buy the album" or "if I like it I'll graciously and magnanimously go see the band", etc.
I also like your sig about the GNU scene. I'm sure that'll get me branded as flamebait now!
Even after following your link to a conservative website I fail to see how what he said is so unreasonable. He is basically saying that we should be like the rest of the world and have our children learn multiple languages early on. Spanish would be fairly useful since there are many people in the US that speak Spanish.
This is my problem with conservative personalities these days. They try to take these things out of context to make it seem like what Obama says is horrible. But every time I look at the full transcript of what he says, he comes off extremely reasonable. This link didn't even hide the context. So really, what's the big deal?
The big deal is that their target audience will never bother to read the article, and they know it.
"Our war on terror"? Don't you mean "Your government's blatant war profiteering, uncalled for war, and eventual enslavement of the general populous through degraded civil rights?" It's not your war, it's their war.
Or, did you actually want to go out of your way to start shit in the middle east, earn your government millions (probably actually billions) as well as their companies', as well as give up your civil liberties to fight the OH SO INSURGENT terrorists in the homeland?
Yeah, didn't think so.
You forgot to mention that your (Canadian) government is happily participating in that war.
Actually they are not computer savvy. They are web site/portal/messaging/icon clicking savvy.
Exactly. I keep telling people the same thing. The media and people in general, keep hyping up all these kids as being amazingly "savvy" because they can check email, download songs from iTunes, and check email.
Oops! I said "check email.." and "check email.." That must be the sleep-deprivation talking/typing.
Actually they are not computer savvy. They are web site/portal/messaging/icon clicking savvy.
Exactly. I keep telling people the same thing. The media and people in general, keep hyping up all these kids as being amazingly "savvy" because they can check email, download songs from iTunes, and check email.
I would even go as far as to say that they don't even realize it's not Windows initially!
After using it for a few days and wondering why they can't install any of their software, they probably ask "What kind of Windows is this?" Then they probably ask "Where's Word, Excel,etc."
Insofar as engineering/research, I would definitely recommend German.
Ultimately, you'll have to decide for yourself, as most people here are only suggesting the languages they are interested in, regardless of their relevance to your question.
I'm seeing some predictable trends here; people suggesting Spanish (which is not nearly as widespread in the US as people seem to think), Arabic(which is another misguided trend for people to mention; no one here is learning it).
I also found it odd that people are suggesting Esperanto, which definitely will not benefit your career.
Study Latin. You'll learn more about English and other Romantic languages than you could ever learn learning a single one of them. However, if you can't be convinced to take up Latin, but want another language quickly, check out Esperanto. If you want another language with which you can communicate with people immediately, find a large contingent of native something speakers at your school and befriend them, i.e. learn a language which your peers can help you learn and practice. It might even score you a girlfriend/boyfriend.
Yes, that will come in handy with all the research being printed in Latin and Esperanto...
German, beautiful? I mean... yes in a sense, if you want to train Rottweilers it has some charms... But to call it beautiful you probably must be a great fan of Industrial metal.
Long live Rammstein!
If you were to listen to something besides Rammstein, or WWII-era stereotypes, you would realize how ridiculous and xenophobic your post is. Listen to Xavier Naidoo or Juli, then maybe you'll rethink what you're saying.
They could even make it more secure. But that would risk alienating a huge chunk of traditional Windows users (who still want their old stuff to work, will be confused by a modular design, and who *hate* security popups asking for a password every time they install something).
As opposed to Linux, where I have to enter my password about 39,000 times a day?
I forgot, if you don't agree with everyone here, if you *gasp* dare to say anything about Macs/Mac users, then you're "Flamebait" or a "Troll."
Whoever modded me, move out of your parent's basement and attempt to meet a woman sometime.
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Sadly, that's not far from the truth. There was a fly-by-night operation near me that was reportedly offering the princely sum of $7/hr for C++ programmers.
I was wondering the same thing. How is this "news for nerds?" Because it involves that amazing, new-fangled social networking?
I run Vista on my laptop with 2 gigs of ram and it runs fine. I forgot, I'm not allowed to say that here, I'm supposed to pretend that Vista doesn't work!
probably trying to give a visual to "the flesh of fallen angels" which was mentioned several times during the hallucinations when Max had to deal with anyone on V. It looks promising from the trailer. I just hope it gets Remedy to make us a Max Payne 3 already! I loved 1 & 2,in fact I think I still have 2 installed. I may have to dust it off and enjoy some Max goodness.And as always this is my 02c,YMMV
I read that 3 is supposedly coming out in either late this year or early '09.
If you want a term to replace piracy.
Stallman sounds like a demented Mr. Rogers. "Sharing with your neighbor."
I seem to recall plenty of terrible games for the Atari 2600 and NES. It just didn't seem that way at the time.
Remember ET for the 2600?
Yeah, that's what they all say. They somehow think if they convince people they're only "trying" it out then somehow they aren't scumbags.
The truth of the matter, of course: they "try" it right till the end, or whatever point they don't feel like playing it anymore. It's just as much bullshit as the "backups" euphemism.
Exactly. It reminds me of the same thing they try to say about stealing mp3s, "if I like it I'll go out and buy the album" or "if I like it I'll graciously and magnanimously go see the band", etc. I also like your sig about the GNU scene. I'm sure that'll get me branded as flamebait now!
Canada did not and is not participating in the Iraq invasion. To do so would be a colossal moral failure.
They are participating in Afghanistan.
As far as I know, no one mentioned Iraq by name. As far as I know.
I suppose writing my local MPs isn't counted as actually trying to change your government now adays... hey?
Yeah, that's what we do, we write our MPs.
Now I've done it, I've gone and fed the trolls! They keep coming back!
Good luck with that. Your tireless blogging and /. posting will change the world!
I suppose you're against free speech then, hmmmm?
I suggest you learn about reading comprehension...
Even after following your link to a conservative website I fail to see how what he said is so unreasonable. He is basically saying that we should be like the rest of the world and have our children learn multiple languages early on. Spanish would be fairly useful since there are many people in the US that speak Spanish. This is my problem with conservative personalities these days. They try to take these things out of context to make it seem like what Obama says is horrible. But every time I look at the full transcript of what he says, he comes off extremely reasonable. This link didn't even hide the context. So really, what's the big deal?
The big deal is that their target audience will never bother to read the article, and they know it.
I will mention that I am using all means available to me to oppose this war.
Yes, my government isn't a prize pig either, but I'm trying to change that. What are you doing?
Good luck with that. Your tireless blogging and /. posting will change the world!
"Our war on terror"? Don't you mean "Your government's blatant war profiteering, uncalled for war, and eventual enslavement of the general populous through degraded civil rights?" It's not your war, it's their war.
Or, did you actually want to go out of your way to start shit in the middle east, earn your government millions (probably actually billions) as well as their companies', as well as give up your civil liberties to fight the OH SO INSURGENT terrorists in the homeland?
Yeah, didn't think so.
You forgot to mention that your (Canadian) government is happily participating in that war.
Exactly. I keep telling people the same thing. The media and people in general, keep hyping up all these kids as being amazingly "savvy" because they can check email, download songs from iTunes, and check email.
Oops! I said "check email.." and "check email.." That must be the sleep-deprivation talking/typing.
Exactly. I keep telling people the same thing. The media and people in general, keep hyping up all these kids as being amazingly "savvy" because they can check email, download songs from iTunes, and check email.
They would do that because they are used to using Windows, and its specific programs, for everything. I thought that was fairly obvious.
I would even go as far as to say that they don't even realize it's not Windows initially! After using it for a few days and wondering why they can't install any of their software, they probably ask "What kind of Windows is this?" Then they probably ask "Where's Word, Excel,etc."
Ok, the world will wait anxiously to read that!
Going by that rationale, he should learn German, since it's the 2nd most-used language on the Web.
Insofar as engineering/research, I would definitely recommend German. Ultimately, you'll have to decide for yourself, as most people here are only suggesting the languages they are interested in, regardless of their relevance to your question. I'm seeing some predictable trends here; people suggesting Spanish (which is not nearly as widespread in the US as people seem to think), Arabic(which is another misguided trend for people to mention; no one here is learning it). I also found it odd that people are suggesting Esperanto, which definitely will not benefit your career.
Study Latin. You'll learn more about English and other Romantic languages than you could ever learn learning a single one of them. However, if you can't be convinced to take up Latin, but want another language quickly, check out Esperanto. If you want another language with which you can communicate with people immediately, find a large contingent of native something speakers at your school and befriend them, i.e. learn a language which your peers can help you learn and practice. It might even score you a girlfriend/boyfriend.
Yes, that will come in handy with all the research being printed in Latin and Esperanto...
German, beautiful? I mean... yes in a sense, if you want to train Rottweilers it has some charms... But to call it beautiful you probably must be a great fan of Industrial metal. Long live Rammstein!
If you were to listen to something besides Rammstein, or WWII-era stereotypes, you would realize how ridiculous and xenophobic your post is. Listen to Xavier Naidoo or Juli, then maybe you'll rethink what you're saying.
As opposed to Linux, where I have to enter my password about 39,000 times a day?
Huh? Can you explain what you are talking about?
Sure; I'm referring to the numerous times I need to enter my password; to use Synaptic, access Lokkit, to download anything, etc.
As opposed to Linux, where I have to enter my password about 39,000 times a day?
I forgot, if you don't agree with everyone here, if you *gasp* dare to say anything about Macs/Mac users, then you're "Flamebait" or a "Troll." Whoever modded me, move out of your parent's basement and attempt to meet a woman sometime.