That overwhelmingly loud noise everyone just heard was the sound of every Slashdot reader gasping at the fact that the DMCA just got used for something positive.
Google has financial guns, which in many ways can be far more powerful than physical ones.
That said, I don't blame them for doing it. They would be missing out on one of the biggest potential markets in existence, and who knows - maybe the "your results are being censored" text will wake some people up to the truth when they would have just remained clueless using another search engine.
if filesharing has leveled off, I think it's reasonable to say that the suing is having some effect.
Not necessarily. There are loads of other factors out there, like the growth in popularity of pay-for-download sites and the like.
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Yes! Anyone who has EVER watched TV in Chicago will be able to finish it when you say "588" in the right tone. My consumer education teacher actually used this as an example of great marketing.
But dude! People will be able to tell that you just shopped at The Gap by JUST BEING NEAR YOUR BAG. And if people know that, just WHERE will all your geek-cred go?
Right out the window, that's where.
And don't even get me started on all the poor unskilled walmart cashiers that will lose their jobs because a shopping cart will be able to be read accurately and automatically. They might actually have to learn to do something useful with their lives, and damn it, this is America, and they shouldn't have to do that!
Intro to CompSci is hardly the most difficult thing in the world to pass, regardless of who you are. My girlfriend, an English major who likely has the least-logical thought process possible, passed it with an A. After the first few classes is where it actually gets tough.
Engineers and math majors already have the right way of thinking. I'd say that programming should come pretty easily to them, and writing a yahtzee program in JavaScript shouldn't be an issue.
I guess it depends on the curriculum. When I was in school, we wrote a lot of C++ code, but we did have to take a class that was pure assembly (which would be extremely difficult for someone nontechnical), and another class that was pure prolog (which screwed with even some of the techies, as it requires a different way of thinking).
I think it's a bit different between college and high school, though - in high school, you don't have a choice of what you're going to learn. They tell you, and you comply. If you couldn't care less about history (as much of a shame as it is), you're not going to do the work.
College, though, is supposed to be about choosing something that you WANT to be doing, and actually wanting to learn how to do it. It makes no sense to put time and money forth preparing yourself for a career in something you don't want to be doing. If you don't want to do the work now, what screwed up brain process makes you think you'll want to do it for the rest of your life?
If you don't want to learn anything, forget the degree. It'll be worthless for you anyway when the employer finds out that you don't know anything (even more so in technical fields). Just go get yourself a customer service job and don't bother with college.
Then why not go into a field easier than computer science? Going into something technical when you don't actually want to learn it is the easiest way to get overwhelmed and fail.
A lot of the people that I've run across who buy strategy guides are "completists". People who have some sort of obsession/compulsion to get every single item/spell/power/whatever in the game. The type of person who has to play games multiple times ONLY because a few items are mutually exclusive from each other. If I ever designed a game, I'd make a bunch of different endings and mutually exclusive items just to bother these people;) (That said, I've bought a couple strategy guides myself, but damn it that FFXI guide is just so pretty.)
With homework, it's a little different, as these people are likely to be the ones not only making their project, but making it absolutely perfect.
I think I'd liken it more to cheat codes - an easy out that completely removes any sort of challege from the game (at least with strategy guides, you still have to be somewhat decent at playing).
1) in-class (obviously) 2) a significant portion of the grade (get a low score, and you're screwed) 3) something that can be done in a single class period ONLY because it makes heavy use of the other projects that you've turned in during the year (so people who didn't program them to begin with will have no idea how they work)
Sadly, I've run across a lot of teachers that just don't care enough.
Why even bother getting the degree in something if you don't want to do the work anyway? Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot? Besides the fact that you won't have a clue what you're doing since you'll never have learned anything, if you don't have any desire to do it in the first place, why are you in the field?
If their analysts tell Sony that pricing at $500 will be a disaster then Sony will price at $400. They have deep pockets and are more than willing to take significant losses to ensure market penetration.
ESPECIALLY when this is their chance to get blu-ray players in the homes of the masses. They can take an extra $100 loss on the console since they'll be raking in the licensing fees from blu-ray once it becomes the standard.
I think people underestimate what Sony's persistence will be in this release. There's more riding on the PS3 than just gaming.
The puppy didn't like having a Gameboy in it's butt, though. So he bit Jack Thompson.... yet more proof that video games are a direct cause of violence.
Check out Second Life. Their currency is actually tied into US currency - as much US currency is put in the system, that's how much virtual currency there is. Items there are player made, and not just like normal MMORPG crafting - these are actually modeled and scripted by the players.
and a strong launch will be necessary if they expect to take some wind out MS and their expected Halo 3 blitz on the launch date.
Maybe here, but Halo 3 isn't going to be hugely exciting for the Japanese.
FFXII is a departure, but not a huge one. Have you played the demo that came with DQ8? It can be switched between wait mode (more traditional) and active mode (more like FFXI). It still has a big Final Fantasy feel to me, and from what I've heard from people who have played the demo, the changes are welcome. Final Fantasy is supposed to be a bit progressive to begin with - for classic gaming they have the Dragon Quest series.
Also, many articles link to other, more respected sources. You may not be able to use the wiki article itself, but it does give you a range of other places to look at.
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That overwhelmingly loud noise everyone just heard was the sound of every Slashdot reader gasping at the fact that the DMCA just got used for something positive.
Google has financial guns, which in many ways can be far more powerful than physical ones.
That said, I don't blame them for doing it. They would be missing out on one of the biggest potential markets in existence, and who knows - maybe the "your results are being censored" text will wake some people up to the truth when they would have just remained clueless using another search engine.
Quite obviously, if I enjoy the convenience of turning on electronics remotely, that means I never move from one position.
So you like walking up to your TV every time you want to turn it on rather than just hitting "power" on the remote?
if filesharing has leveled off, I think it's reasonable to say that the suing is having some effect.
Not necessarily. There are loads of other factors out there, like the growth in popularity of pay-for-download sites and the like.
Yes! Anyone who has EVER watched TV in Chicago will be able to finish it when you say "588" in the right tone. My consumer education teacher actually used this as an example of great marketing.
But dude! People will be able to tell that you just shopped at The Gap by JUST BEING NEAR YOUR BAG. And if people know that, just WHERE will all your geek-cred go?
Right out the window, that's where.
And don't even get me started on all the poor unskilled walmart cashiers that will lose their jobs because a shopping cart will be able to be read accurately and automatically. They might actually have to learn to do something useful with their lives, and damn it, this is America, and they shouldn't have to do that!
Intro to CompSci is hardly the most difficult thing in the world to pass, regardless of who you are. My girlfriend, an English major who likely has the least-logical thought process possible, passed it with an A. After the first few classes is where it actually gets tough.
Engineers and math majors already have the right way of thinking. I'd say that programming should come pretty easily to them, and writing a yahtzee program in JavaScript shouldn't be an issue.
I guess it depends on the curriculum. When I was in school, we wrote a lot of C++ code, but we did have to take a class that was pure assembly (which would be extremely difficult for someone nontechnical), and another class that was pure prolog (which screwed with even some of the techies, as it requires a different way of thinking).
I think it's a bit different between college and high school, though - in high school, you don't have a choice of what you're going to learn. They tell you, and you comply. If you couldn't care less about history (as much of a shame as it is), you're not going to do the work.
College, though, is supposed to be about choosing something that you WANT to be doing, and actually wanting to learn how to do it. It makes no sense to put time and money forth preparing yourself for a career in something you don't want to be doing. If you don't want to do the work now, what screwed up brain process makes you think you'll want to do it for the rest of your life?
If you don't want to learn anything, forget the degree. It'll be worthless for you anyway when the employer finds out that you don't know anything (even more so in technical fields). Just go get yourself a customer service job and don't bother with college.
Then why not go into a field easier than computer science? Going into something technical when you don't actually want to learn it is the easiest way to get overwhelmed and fail.
A lot of the people that I've run across who buy strategy guides are "completists". People who have some sort of obsession/compulsion to get every single item/spell/power/whatever in the game. The type of person who has to play games multiple times ONLY because a few items are mutually exclusive from each other. If I ever designed a game, I'd make a bunch of different endings and mutually exclusive items just to bother these people ;) (That said, I've bought a couple strategy guides myself, but damn it that FFXI guide is just so pretty.)
With homework, it's a little different, as these people are likely to be the ones not only making their project, but making it absolutely perfect.
I think I'd liken it more to cheat codes - an easy out that completely removes any sort of challege from the game (at least with strategy guides, you still have to be somewhat decent at playing).
Wonderful idea. Especially if it's:
1) in-class (obviously)
2) a significant portion of the grade (get a low score, and you're screwed)
3) something that can be done in a single class period ONLY because it makes heavy use of the other projects that you've turned in during the year (so people who didn't program them to begin with will have no idea how they work)
Sadly, I've run across a lot of teachers that just don't care enough.
Why even bother getting the degree in something if you don't want to do the work anyway? Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot? Besides the fact that you won't have a clue what you're doing since you'll never have learned anything, if you don't have any desire to do it in the first place, why are you in the field?
If their analysts tell Sony that pricing at $500 will be a disaster then Sony will price at $400. They have deep pockets and are more than willing to take significant losses to ensure market penetration.
ESPECIALLY when this is their chance to get blu-ray players in the homes of the masses. They can take an extra $100 loss on the console since they'll be raking in the licensing fees from blu-ray once it becomes the standard.
I think people underestimate what Sony's persistence will be in this release. There's more riding on the PS3 than just gaming.
The puppy didn't like having a Gameboy in it's butt, though. So he bit Jack Thompson. ... yet more proof that video games are a direct cause of violence.
Slashdot users judge dupes within 1/20th of a second!
2 - Pages that don't load - It's usually the page that looks like it has exactly what you were searching for too!
This drives me insane. I notice it the most when doing a Google image search.
"OH! That's exactly what I need!"
(click)
(wait)
"404?! AAAAAH DAMN IT NOT AGAIN"
You do know that it would have been easier to type out "amendment" than "Amd (not the CPU company)", right?
Check out Second Life. Their currency is actually tied into US currency - as much US currency is put in the system, that's how much virtual currency there is. Items there are player made, and not just like normal MMORPG crafting - these are actually modeled and scripted by the players.
Really interesting.
but where are the games specifically marketed to the horndogs?
For that, we go to Japan, and hentai games.
Even if you don't just want the sex, dating sims are decently popular over there.
and a strong launch will be necessary if they expect to take some wind out MS and their expected Halo 3 blitz on the launch date.
Maybe here, but Halo 3 isn't going to be hugely exciting for the Japanese.
FFXII is a departure, but not a huge one. Have you played the demo that came with DQ8? It can be switched between wait mode (more traditional) and active mode (more like FFXI). It still has a big Final Fantasy feel to me, and from what I've heard from people who have played the demo, the changes are welcome. Final Fantasy is supposed to be a bit progressive to begin with - for classic gaming they have the Dragon Quest series.
Sony has Square-Enix in their pockets. Even if that were ALL they had, that is enough for Japan.
Also, many articles link to other, more respected sources. You may not be able to use the wiki article itself, but it does give you a range of other places to look at.
Pfft, everyone knows that evil is subjective! Hitler thought that he was doing The Right Thing, but everyone else thought it was evil.
(yes, Godwin, blah blah blah)