I think we can look at Skyrim and BF3 as good examples why static hardware is no longer an advantage. Skyrim, one of the most anticipated games in a long time, has really struggled to be cross platform because of the radically different architectures in the consoles that PCs don't have a problem with. PCs have small variances, but thanks to abstraction, largely avoid compatibility issues.
BF3 was released as a cutting edge game, but because game expectations have progressed, but console hardware hase remained dated, Dice was forced to cut down the number of players/match from an epic 64 on PC to a modern-warfare sized 24.
There is a good reason for that. Programming isn't a blue collar profession, you can't expect to walk in to a programming job with language knowledge any more than you can expect to walk into a courtroom as a lawyer with some tax code knowledge.
At one time, this was because the only people allowed to use computers were scientists/engineers. Now its because all the entry-level tasks can be outsourced or automated for much less than 1/5th the cost of employing a body.
This is what is particularly deceiving about what CNN/that site claims. Sure, the medical field might be desperate for people, but they want doctors, not nurses. Same goes for the software development field.
They would say whatever crossed their mind, as long as it supported their sense of superiority and self righteousness, rationality and theology be damned.
I swore that when I get ready to retire and settle down into a teaching position, I will not do what all of my programming teachers did before me, which was present a history of computers in chronological order.
Why? Its boring and irrelevant. It doesn't encourage or excite. It ends up being a waste of the first few classes and its redundant with other classes that do the same thing.
No, instead I will show them Zelda emulated on a microcontroller and a VGA screen, or the desgins of the components they are familiar with. Explain that one that magic/mystery about computing is gone, it allows them to make almost anything they want.
Though, I want to teach the next generation of computer engineers and scientists, not the IT monkeys. Carry on with your methods.
Safety equipment adds weight, weight requires bigger motor. There were cars in the elate 80s/early 90s that could cruise at 100mpg in the city... but they also had 1l engines, about 1/3rd-1/4 the size of engines in most modern small cars and sedans.
I can't play Bad company 2 on Windows 7 because of low framerates, but I can on XP. I have it on steam installed on both OS (tri boot). In my experience, these two setups are equivalent in performance/appearance:
And the opposite, the cheaper/calorie the food is, the less useful nutrients it tends to contain, and the more accessible it is to the poorer (less educated, less intelligent) population.
These APIs have been around at least since the Droid hit the market (which I was developing on). Facebook's Graph API is a newer iteration of their old API, but is at least a year old now.
I don't see how this is news, or how these APIs wiill suddenly make companies rich in 2012... when the APIs have been around since at least 2007.
He didn't say that was an inherent problem with Indians, but that it is an inherent problem with Indian software developers working for an English speaking country.
Trying to maintain source in a language the developer has little control of is a recipe for disaster, let alone expecting them to comprehend the subtleties in software requirements.
Your own post is a great example of the comprehension/expectation disconnect, though probably not because you have trouble with English.
No it wouldn't. If you were comparing a 500hp 2l engine to a 500hp 7l engine, there would probably be a reliability correlation. Remember, # of cylinders != displacement. More cylinders means better throttle response, in general, but LESS reliability because of more moving parts. More displacement generally means more power for less stress. Take a look at some of the 3-4 litre ferrari V12s as an example of a small, high cylinder, high strung engine with the same power outputs as some of the much lower strung 7l V8s of muscle cars like the Ford GT.
Not entirely true. Viruses don't die, but their structure is easily broken down over time by oxidation, UV radiation, and other environmental factors.
You might be able to catch Smallpox from a mummies tomb, but that doesn't mean the virus doesn't break down after a few days in a different set of conditions.
They know they produce an inferior car to most well below their price points in terms of performance, but instead of being honest and working hard to improve the car or lowering the price, they sue those that call them out on it.
As far as I have seen, their strongest ad campaign has been through drag races against the Dodge Viper and the Porsche GT and those are very apples-to-oranges races. The Porsche and Viper are 180mph+ cars and are geared to do so; the Roadster is geared to do about 125mph.
Low gearing will allow many weak cars get to 60 quickly, and the motor's weak performance really shows in the quarter mile (12.7s@104mph <Viper is 12.9s@113mph first gen, 10.92@127mph current gen>).
Its no surprise that the rest of the car is lackluster as well, but a lot of their problems could be solved if they lowered their profit margin a bit (or raised the price) and created a product that stood on its own without the smoke and mirrors tactics.
Being thin-skinned is an understatement. In my opinion, they go out of their way to be liars and cheats and it seems they will do anything to hide that behavior.
I thought that during this period, one of the major sources of lighting came from whale oil and increased as colonies formed in places where whales were abundant. If reforestation on such a small scale affected the environment so dramatically, then surely so would increased CO2 release from the energy required in the progression of imperialism?
I think these theories are simply too human-centric.
As was pointed out above, you have a pretty twisted sense of justice. It would be the same ass me going to your house and pepperspraying you in the face for disagreeiing with me, then justifying it because at least I didnt physically restrain you. Police have no more right to violate the law or human rights than I do.
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I think we can look at Skyrim and BF3 as good examples why static hardware is no longer an advantage. Skyrim, one of the most anticipated games in a long time, has really struggled to be cross platform because of the radically different architectures in the consoles that PCs don't have a problem with. PCs have small variances, but thanks to abstraction, largely avoid compatibility issues.
BF3 was released as a cutting edge game, but because game expectations have progressed, but console hardware hase remained dated, Dice was forced to cut down the number of players/match from an epic 64 on PC to a modern-warfare sized 24.
There is a good reason for that. Programming isn't a blue collar profession, you can't expect to walk in to a programming job with language knowledge any more than you can expect to walk into a courtroom as a lawyer with some tax code knowledge.
At one time, this was because the only people allowed to use computers were scientists/engineers. Now its because all the entry-level tasks can be outsourced or automated for much less than 1/5th the cost of employing a body.
This is what is particularly deceiving about what CNN/that site claims. Sure, the medical field might be desperate for people, but they want doctors, not nurses. Same goes for the software development field.
Why? They can just wiggle it back and forth (and around) for as much publicity as they want.
Problem with past tablet PCs is that they were 2.5-3x more expensive than their non-tablet laptop counterparts.
Yet they burn dead animals in their car engines...
They would say whatever crossed their mind, as long as it supported their sense of superiority and self righteousness, rationality and theology be damned.
I swore that when I get ready to retire and settle down into a teaching position, I will not do what all of my programming teachers did before me, which was present a history of computers in chronological order.
Why? Its boring and irrelevant. It doesn't encourage or excite. It ends up being a waste of the first few classes and its redundant with other classes that do the same thing.
No, instead I will show them Zelda emulated on a microcontroller and a VGA screen, or the desgins of the components they are familiar with. Explain that one that magic/mystery about computing is gone, it allows them to make almost anything they want.
Though, I want to teach the next generation of computer engineers and scientists, not the IT monkeys. Carry on with your methods.
Safety equipment adds weight, weight requires bigger motor. There were cars in the elate 80s/early 90s that could cruise at 100mpg in the city... but they also had 1l engines, about 1/3rd-1/4 the size of engines in most modern small cars and sedans.
Except silicon crystals are opaque and metallic in appearance. Besides, computers are already full of silicon crystals.
I don't know where you got your "facts" (from your ass maybe?) But the department of labor and statistics disagrees with you.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm
I can't play Bad company 2 on Windows 7 because of low framerates, but I can on XP.
I have it on steam installed on both OS (tri boot).
In my experience, these two setups are equivalent in performance/appearance:
XP:
Amd 4400+ X2
2 GB DDR
Nvidia 9800 GT
W7:
AMD Phenom II 965
ATI HD 5870
8 GB DDR3
And the opposite, the cheaper/calorie the food is, the less useful nutrients it tends to contain, and the more accessible it is to the poorer (less educated, less intelligent) population.
1. Make Open API that replaces ad-based website functionality.
2. Don't require ads or developer fees
3. ???
4. Profit?
I would have written more, but I think that sums up my point.
These APIs have been around at least since the Droid hit the market (which I was developing on). Facebook's Graph API is a newer iteration of their old API, but is at least a year old now.
I don't see how this is news, or how these APIs wiill suddenly make companies rich in 2012... when the APIs have been around since at least 2007.
Right, let's not talk about these things lest someone overhears and we have to be reconditioned or lose our jobs on the pill production line (1984).
He didn't say that was an inherent problem with Indians, but that it is an inherent problem with Indian software developers working for an English speaking country.
Trying to maintain source in a language the developer has little control of is a recipe for disaster, let alone expecting them to comprehend the subtleties in software requirements.
Your own post is a great example of the comprehension/expectation disconnect, though probably not because you have trouble with English.
No it wouldn't. If you were comparing a 500hp 2l engine to a 500hp 7l engine, there would probably be a reliability correlation. Remember, # of cylinders != displacement. More cylinders means better throttle response, in general, but LESS reliability because of more moving parts. More displacement generally means more power for less stress. Take a look at some of the 3-4 litre ferrari V12s as an example of a small, high cylinder, high strung engine with the same power outputs as some of the much lower strung 7l V8s of muscle cars like the Ford GT.
No, that's 25k, one time fee... for x many years until you commit suicide.
1. Anonymous cowards are in the news all the time.
2. Predicting an anomaly is a feat, predicting normality isn't.
Not entirely true. Viruses don't die, but their structure is easily broken down over time by oxidation, UV radiation, and other environmental factors.
You might be able to catch Smallpox from a mummies tomb, but that doesn't mean the virus doesn't break down after a few days in a different set of conditions.
True scotsman fallacy
I'm convinced that Tesla is run by weasels.
They know they produce an inferior car to most well below their price points in terms of performance, but instead of being honest and working hard to improve the car or lowering the price, they sue those that call them out on it.
As far as I have seen, their strongest ad campaign has been through drag races against the Dodge Viper and the Porsche GT and those are very apples-to-oranges races. The Porsche and Viper are 180mph+ cars and are geared to do so; the Roadster is geared to do about 125mph.
Low gearing will allow many weak cars get to 60 quickly, and the motor's weak performance really shows in the quarter mile (12.7s@104mph <Viper is 12.9s@113mph first gen, 10.92@127mph current gen>).
Its no surprise that the rest of the car is lackluster as well, but a lot of their problems could be solved if they lowered their profit margin a bit (or raised the price) and created a product that stood on its own without the smoke and mirrors tactics.
Being thin-skinned is an understatement. In my opinion, they go out of their way to be liars and cheats and it seems they will do anything to hide that behavior.
I thought that during this period, one of the major sources of lighting came from whale oil and increased as colonies formed in places where whales were abundant. If reforestation on such a small scale affected the environment so dramatically, then surely so would increased CO2 release from the energy required in the progression of imperialism?
I think these theories are simply too human-centric.
As was pointed out above, you have a pretty twisted sense of justice. It would be the same ass me going to your house and pepperspraying you in the face for disagreeiing with me, then justifying it because at least I didnt physically restrain you. Police have no more right to violate the law or human rights than I do.
Except he didn't say he promised to keep a secret and didn't, he said he didn't know (aka, they didn't tell him not to).
A focus group member isn't part of the design or marketing committee after all.