Even if we (legally) do (I doubt it), it is a reprehensible practice. I use an avatar here, but I don't hide my identity, nor should anyone. Hiding behind an electronic curtain while firing live rounds is ridiculous. If you can't say it on a street corner or on television, don't say it. This practice is the genesis of political unrest. We need privacy in some aspects of our lives, political dissent and discourse is NOT one of them. If you can't believe in your views enough to stand by them in public, keep your trap shut.
The manned space program has gained us what, exactly? The strongest argument that the first man on the moon can make is that we might lose our precious bragging rights. I say good riddance to a bad program. Unmanned missions are far less expensive and vastly more useful in obtaining the data we might need. We only need to send men into space to repair the things we sent there, and the fact we sent them there so we wouldn't have to go there is the epitome of irony.
that a company whose products require massive amounts of rare earths and whose manufacturing processes produce noxious effluent would locate in China. Good riddance, but the global effects also need to be taken into consideration.
cloud computing is a very bad idea. The very same things that Ballmer spoke of as being exciting and profitable are the same ones that terrify me for lots of reasons. I'm not paranoid about privacy (that's gone) but it will get worse, and the possibilities for monopolization, piracy, and loss of data integrity increase exponentially. As a small business, it makes no sense for me to embrace the risk, and as a dinosaur in the digital world, I naturally balk at centralization disguised as convenience.
No pun intended, but any shutter-style technique will fail. Too many people suffer ill effects -- headache, nausea, dizziness, etc. The same can happen with polarization techniques but to a far lesser degree.
I'm split on the issue. I love the immersion factor in 3D shooters on PCs, I play them as much for the environment exploration as I do the game play.
On the other hand, Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy has such amazing game play that I ignore the platform's graphic shortcomings.
The Internet is at the mercy of current events. When something of global interest happens, the Internet slows to a crawl internationally. The death of Princess Diana or Jerry Garcia, the tsunamis in Indonesia and other events slowed responses to the point that the mainstream media commented on that topic as much as they did the underlying event.
My community operates a Computers For Classrooms program, a recycling effort driven by an all-volunteer force.
They're partnered with the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program and others, including the IRS (for tax-exempt status).
It is a very successful program, providing not only the hardware to schools but it also serves as a revenue stream for the school district by providing a recycling outlet for tech parts.
http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/Whatdo.htm
I work there a few hours a week, as do many of my peers.
I think it is a great model for other communities.
Just in case the/. entry seemed as ambiguous to you as it did to me, the linked article states "Our investigation has shown that it does not affect customers who have installed the update."
I, too, hire programmers. As Lafe said above, I believe that attitude does make a difference and moreso, a willingness and eagerness to learn.
I do enjoy hiring for temp-to-permanent positions, this is a college town and there is no shortage of applicants.
Unfortunately, I have had to let go many more than I've retained.
The ones I have retained have mostly moved on to bigger and better things with our blessings and best wishes.
You've probably heard me say this before, and it always bears repeating.
I believe programmers are born, not made.
If you experience an epiphany when you discover the joys of coding, then this is the right field for you.
Otherwise, if you struggle with it or don't really love doing it... please find another career.
I've become quite adept at spotting that spark in potential developers, and nurturing it, and I enjoy my role in that process.
IMO, the best developers I've met have been non-traditionally trained.
I have degrees in English and Political Science, and none in IT-related fields.
That was pre-law, and when all of my friends started turning into lawyers I got terrified and bailed out of law school in a big hurry.
As you already know, those who have an affinity for this field experience an epiphany when they discover the joys of code development, and that doesn't always happen with those who choose the career path of IT for reasons other than, well, the love of the art form.
That happened to me over twenty years ago and now I have a very comfortable life.
I have held numerous fascinating jobs and after all this time, I still like what I do for a living, even though I don't have to do it any more.
In the early 1980's I made a nifty implementation of MasterMind, a game invented (sort of) by Mordecai Meirowitz in 1970, sold to Invicta Plastics, who eventually licensed it to Hasbro.
The original board game was based on a pen and paper game, and it has been copied dozens of times in web games and other programs.
Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)
I built the game as a developer's teaching aid for drawing into an off-screen device context and some other techniques, but it became quite popular as a diversion.
Queries both Invicta and Hasbro about permission to use the look and feel were never answered.
I've never asked for nor received any compensation for the game.
I've credited all concerned parties prominently in the game.
A thorough search of Invicta and Hasbro web sites and catalogs have no mention of the game, it has all but evaporated.
When I posted the code on a popular code sharing site (as a teaching aid) I got a very nasty threatening letter from Hasbro.
I had to take it out of public distribution, though I still distribute it privately because the code techniques are very useful.
Hasbro is (technically) within their rights, though I could make a case by pointing out the other clones and the obsoleteness of the license.
The main reason for this post is the tone of the letter -- not professional at all, it was personal, emotional and irrational.
Reading it, you would think I had taken a toy from under some tot's Christmas tree.
Hasbro sucks.
I prefer the term "developer". It encompasses most of what we do.
Other terms are appropriate; author is as descriptive as programmer, I suppose.
I do shy away from "engineer" or "designer", as those monikers evoke different and more restrictive facets of our profession.
Referring to programming as an art form elicits strong and varied reactions from many people.
Personally, I do see the field as an art form.
A sculptor or painter (for example) has the joy of creation, taking raw materials and creating a (hopefully) pleasing and meaningful result.
They also have the joy of experiencing their work being examined, critiqued, and possibly purchased by total strangers.
And, they have an appreciation for the hidden beauty of the work that the audience never gets to see -- the minute changes in texture of the canvas or the structure of the stone.
Software developers share all of these experiences with other artists.
There is beauty in the finished product (ostensibly) and a hidden beauty in well-turned algorithms and eloquent functions.
Those who would chafe at the notion of software developers as artists usually believe that an artistic bent is an unwholesome trait for a developer, that we need rigidness and structure in our psyche to be able to produce good code. While I wholeheartedly disagree with that belief, I have to acknowledge that it exists.
I certainly don't want to nit-pick, but isn't this already widely known?
I've read dozens of articles about how glass panes in very old buildings have settled to the point where the top is so thin it breaks at the barest touch, while the bottom of the panes have thickened to near-translucence. Even in high school (many moons ago) we were taught that glass is technically a liquid.
I share the author's appreciation and admiration for open-source users and contributers -- for the most part.
In the interest of full disclosure, I have to mention that not all of my experiences with contributors have been completely positive.
In rare cases, I have had to deal with contributors who want to make wholesale style changes, or otherwise ignore the submission guidelines. It has been challenging, at times, to manage that sort of thing.
Those instances are rare, as I mentioned, and I wholeheartedly agree with the author's sentiments and share his experiences.
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http://www.lawyer-jokes.us/
One of my favs: What do you do when you see four lawyers up to the neck in wet cement?
Answer: get more cement!
The point of this post: searching for 'riaa' at that site produces no results. Slackers!!! Get on it!
>Why should your personal judgement override Manhunt 2's intended audience's CHOICE to play it?
Do you think we should allow young sexual predators to view pornography?
The intended audience has violent proclivities. Games with this level of realistic depictions of ultra-violence feeds those neuroses. An AO rating is perfectly appropriate.
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Even if we (legally) do (I doubt it), it is a reprehensible practice. I use an avatar here, but I don't hide my identity, nor should anyone. Hiding behind an electronic curtain while firing live rounds is ridiculous. If you can't say it on a street corner or on television, don't say it. This practice is the genesis of political unrest. We need privacy in some aspects of our lives, political dissent and discourse is NOT one of them. If you can't believe in your views enough to stand by them in public, keep your trap shut.
The manned space program has gained us what, exactly? The strongest argument that the first man on the moon can make is that we might lose our precious bragging rights. I say good riddance to a bad program. Unmanned missions are far less expensive and vastly more useful in obtaining the data we might need. We only need to send men into space to repair the things we sent there, and the fact we sent them there so we wouldn't have to go there is the epitome of irony.
I have absolutely nothing positive to say about Adobe and Flash in particular, any market that excludes it has my support, and my business.
that a company whose products require massive amounts of rare earths and whose manufacturing processes produce noxious effluent would locate in China. Good riddance, but the global effects also need to be taken into consideration.
cloud computing is a very bad idea. The very same things that Ballmer spoke of as being exciting and profitable are the same ones that terrify me for lots of reasons. I'm not paranoid about privacy (that's gone) but it will get worse, and the possibilities for monopolization, piracy, and loss of data integrity increase exponentially. As a small business, it makes no sense for me to embrace the risk, and as a dinosaur in the digital world, I naturally balk at centralization disguised as convenience.
No pun intended, but any shutter-style technique will fail. Too many people suffer ill effects -- headache, nausea, dizziness, etc. The same can happen with polarization techniques but to a far lesser degree.
I'm split on the issue. I love the immersion factor in 3D shooters on PCs, I play them as much for the environment exploration as I do the game play. On the other hand, Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy has such amazing game play that I ignore the platform's graphic shortcomings.
The Internet is at the mercy of current events. When something of global interest happens, the Internet slows to a crawl internationally. The death of Princess Diana or Jerry Garcia, the tsunamis in Indonesia and other events slowed responses to the point that the mainstream media commented on that topic as much as they did the underlying event.
My community operates a Computers For Classrooms program, a recycling effort driven by an all-volunteer force. They're partnered with the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program and others, including the IRS (for tax-exempt status). It is a very successful program, providing not only the hardware to schools but it also serves as a revenue stream for the school district by providing a recycling outlet for tech parts. http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/Whatdo.htm I work there a few hours a week, as do many of my peers. I think it is a great model for other communities.
Just in case the /. entry seemed as ambiguous to you as it did to me, the linked article states "Our investigation has shown that it does not affect customers who have installed the update."
I, too, hire programmers. As Lafe said above, I believe that attitude does make a difference and moreso, a willingness and eagerness to learn. I do enjoy hiring for temp-to-permanent positions, this is a college town and there is no shortage of applicants. Unfortunately, I have had to let go many more than I've retained. The ones I have retained have mostly moved on to bigger and better things with our blessings and best wishes. You've probably heard me say this before, and it always bears repeating. I believe programmers are born, not made. If you experience an epiphany when you discover the joys of coding, then this is the right field for you. Otherwise, if you struggle with it or don't really love doing it... please find another career. I've become quite adept at spotting that spark in potential developers, and nurturing it, and I enjoy my role in that process.
IMO, the best developers I've met have been non-traditionally trained. I have degrees in English and Political Science, and none in IT-related fields. That was pre-law, and when all of my friends started turning into lawyers I got terrified and bailed out of law school in a big hurry. As you already know, those who have an affinity for this field experience an epiphany when they discover the joys of code development, and that doesn't always happen with those who choose the career path of IT for reasons other than, well, the love of the art form. That happened to me over twenty years ago and now I have a very comfortable life. I have held numerous fascinating jobs and after all this time, I still like what I do for a living, even though I don't have to do it any more.
In the early 1980's I made a nifty implementation of MasterMind, a game invented (sort of) by Mordecai Meirowitz in 1970, sold to Invicta Plastics, who eventually licensed it to Hasbro. The original board game was based on a pen and paper game, and it has been copied dozens of times in web games and other programs. Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game) I built the game as a developer's teaching aid for drawing into an off-screen device context and some other techniques, but it became quite popular as a diversion. Queries both Invicta and Hasbro about permission to use the look and feel were never answered. I've never asked for nor received any compensation for the game. I've credited all concerned parties prominently in the game. A thorough search of Invicta and Hasbro web sites and catalogs have no mention of the game, it has all but evaporated. When I posted the code on a popular code sharing site (as a teaching aid) I got a very nasty threatening letter from Hasbro. I had to take it out of public distribution, though I still distribute it privately because the code techniques are very useful. Hasbro is (technically) within their rights, though I could make a case by pointing out the other clones and the obsoleteness of the license. The main reason for this post is the tone of the letter -- not professional at all, it was personal, emotional and irrational. Reading it, you would think I had taken a toy from under some tot's Christmas tree. Hasbro sucks.
I prefer the term "developer". It encompasses most of what we do. Other terms are appropriate; author is as descriptive as programmer, I suppose. I do shy away from "engineer" or "designer", as those monikers evoke different and more restrictive facets of our profession. Referring to programming as an art form elicits strong and varied reactions from many people. Personally, I do see the field as an art form. A sculptor or painter (for example) has the joy of creation, taking raw materials and creating a (hopefully) pleasing and meaningful result. They also have the joy of experiencing their work being examined, critiqued, and possibly purchased by total strangers. And, they have an appreciation for the hidden beauty of the work that the audience never gets to see -- the minute changes in texture of the canvas or the structure of the stone. Software developers share all of these experiences with other artists. There is beauty in the finished product (ostensibly) and a hidden beauty in well-turned algorithms and eloquent functions. Those who would chafe at the notion of software developers as artists usually believe that an artistic bent is an unwholesome trait for a developer, that we need rigidness and structure in our psyche to be able to produce good code. While I wholeheartedly disagree with that belief, I have to acknowledge that it exists.
I certainly don't want to nit-pick, but isn't this already widely known? I've read dozens of articles about how glass panes in very old buildings have settled to the point where the top is so thin it breaks at the barest touch, while the bottom of the panes have thickened to near-translucence. Even in high school (many moons ago) we were taught that glass is technically a liquid.
I share the author's appreciation and admiration for open-source users and contributers -- for the most part. In the interest of full disclosure, I have to mention that not all of my experiences with contributors have been completely positive. In rare cases, I have had to deal with contributors who want to make wholesale style changes, or otherwise ignore the submission guidelines. It has been challenging, at times, to manage that sort of thing. Those instances are rare, as I mentioned, and I wholeheartedly agree with the author's sentiments and share his experiences.
http://www.lawyer-jokes.us/ One of my favs: What do you do when you see four lawyers up to the neck in wet cement? Answer: get more cement! The point of this post: searching for 'riaa' at that site produces no results. Slackers!!! Get on it!
>Why should your personal judgement override Manhunt 2's intended audience's CHOICE to play it? Do you think we should allow young sexual predators to view pornography? The intended audience has violent proclivities. Games with this level of realistic depictions of ultra-violence feeds those neuroses. An AO rating is perfectly appropriate.
This is a non-issue. User-created content cannot and should not be regulated by any agency other than server admins.