Amen. I've been playing CS since 1.3, and have to say, the amount of skill people show in CS is.. frankly.. scary. These people I know personally and do not hack. A couple are CAL-o, and one is CAL-i. They have to play on certain servers, servers that welcome better players, because on your standard pubbie noob server, they get banned. Interestingly though, their steam_Id's are all 5 digit. They've been playing since the dawn of time. Mine is:)
Solution: proxy. Your computer connects to a proxy, which then disseminates to all of the P2P hosts. That way the ISP only sees one or two connections.
Wait, the ISP would just have to throttle bandwidth to this server. Nevermind. ^H^H^H
Disagreed. Dad surfing porn is not normal. Hard to define what normal is, but I'm pretty sure thats not it. My dad would come home from work, kick the soccer ball around with me, and then help do the dishes after supper. He would watch a little news before going out to the shop and tightening some bolts for the next day before coming in and putting me to sleep and then doing.. uh.. whatever to mom.
I am part of the digital age, my father is not. Dads should not be glued to the intahrweb surfing porn, instead should be "fathers".
Promise me, if you ever produce offspring, you throw your hunk of crap computer out and engage in activities with your son or daughter.
Totally agree. Get this though, I learned more gaming applicable theory from a linear algebra (second year comp sci) course, then in 'Advance Programming 431'. Theory is where its at. Any idjit can program, as is shown by our lovely microsoft application suites, but can you conceptualize normals, matrices etc etc?
I have a CompSci degree myself, and although games are one of my passions, I have never heard of a reputable "gaming college".
I had an offer to work at EA, because I have a couple buddies who work there. All I had to do was pick up DirectX (easy, learn as you go), I coded this ocean simulator with a boat, that fires cannons at icebergs (laughable, it was a demo!) and boom, I was in. I turned it down.
Point being, you don't have to have a "gaming degree" to build games. You have to be smart. Just like working for one of these blue-chip companies. With the right connections/resume, you probably wouldn't even need a degree, if you were smart enough. smrt.
Well, I work on the bottom end of a project (database dev, admin), and while I recognize it is extremely important to have great leaders, spoil them with benefits and trips and free lattes, lets not forget the grunt staff that work ridiculous hours to achieve these sometimes impossible milestone achievements. Its a two way street, and both are equally important.
If it weren't for PM staff, the dev's wouldn't know what to do. If it wasn't for the dev's, nothing the PM's asked would get done.
I shouldn't respond, but I will. The US is the equivalent of Nazi Germany. I don't support them, and I won't support you, and I sure as hell won't hold my tongue. We all know what apathy and silence allowed Hitler to do. You can go fuck yourself, you american dog. I just hope to hell my son doesn't have to storm some american beachfront to stop the evil and terror that is the Unites States of American, but I can see it happening.
I did watch it, and it did open my eyes to what Al Jazeera really is. Its the Fox news of Iraq. And I do recall the heavier reporter arguing that the american people would stop this invasion. Its too bad they didn't. Enjoy your lattes.
Very very true. I look at it a different way; The internet they seek to block isn't truly the internet, its the web. I'm not going to quote a partially correct statistic regarding what the majority of web traffic is, but I bet it has something to do with the sale of something. Fine, the web is moving towards the cableTV model. So be it, I don't watch TV, and I don't browse the web. Except slashdot.
If the web went away tomorrow, I couldn't give a damn. Except slashdot:)
Shouldn't count for much, as I'm not american, but impeaching this president might set a precedent and send a warning to newer presidents to tread lightly or be out of a job.
If your development cost was 10 million dollars, and you sold 10 million copies, you would have to charge at least $10 per disk to break even -- simple math.
*ahem*.. that'd be $1 per disk. Don't worry, I sometimes screw it up too:)
Exactly. Good FPS's involve superior positioning, and the element of surprise. I don't take anything away from games like unreal and quake, where players have to have lightning fast reflexes and the ability to dodge lots of fast projectiles:), but in my old age, I prefer the strategic games like CounterStrike.
Its probably due to the fact that, those people who work terribly long hours, just to advance, and miss the whole point.
I think, the people that advance, are those who solve the tough problems with terribly unique solutions developed from lateral thinking. Sorry kids, I don't care if you put in 15, 18, or 30 hour days, you either got it, or you don't.
Slashdot Mirror
Amen. I've been playing CS since 1.3, and have to say, the amount of skill people show in CS is.. frankly.. scary. These people I know personally and do not hack. A couple are CAL-o, and one is CAL-i. They have to play on certain servers, servers that welcome better players, because on your standard pubbie noob server, they get banned. Interestingly though, their steam_Id's are all 5 digit. They've been playing since the dawn of time. Mine is
The list of which co-incides perfectly with servers I don't play on.
Solution: proxy. Your computer connects to a proxy, which then disseminates to all of the P2P hosts. That way the ISP only sees one or two connections.
Wait, the ISP would just have to throttle bandwidth to this server. Nevermind. ^H^H^H
Disagreed. Dad surfing porn is not normal. Hard to define what normal is, but I'm pretty sure thats not it. My dad would come home from work, kick the soccer ball around with me, and then help do the dishes after supper. He would watch a little news before going out to the shop and tightening some bolts for the next day before coming in and putting me to sleep and then doing.. uh.. whatever to mom.
I am part of the digital age, my father is not. Dads should not be glued to the intahrweb surfing porn, instead should be "fathers".
Promise me, if you ever produce offspring, you throw your hunk of crap computer out and engage in activities with your son or daughter.
I've used Vista. Its a complete disaster.
I wanted to be a log-driver, burlin down and down white waters...
*Nods in agreement as I munch on my apple.
Totally agree. Get this though, I learned more gaming applicable theory from a linear algebra (second year comp sci) course, then in 'Advance Programming 431'. Theory is where its at. Any idjit can program, as is shown by our lovely microsoft application suites, but can you conceptualize normals, matrices etc etc?
I have a CompSci degree myself, and although games are one of my passions, I have never heard of a reputable "gaming college".
I had an offer to work at EA, because I have a couple buddies who work there. All I had to do was pick up DirectX (easy, learn as you go), I coded this ocean simulator with a boat, that fires cannons at icebergs (laughable, it was a demo!) and boom, I was in. I turned it down.
Point being, you don't have to have a "gaming degree" to build games. You have to be smart. Just like working for one of these blue-chip companies. With the right connections/resume, you probably wouldn't even need a degree, if you were smart enough. smrt.
Well worded, space brother.
Sounds to me, like the company was just dying for any lame-ass excuse to fire him. If he was a valuable employee, it may have been overlooked.
This is because of the requirement of having a fscking graphics card to run an OS.
Historically, its been the other way around
don't forget, the chessboard must stretch out into infinite!
Well, I work on the bottom end of a project (database dev, admin), and while I recognize it is extremely important to have great leaders, spoil them with benefits and trips and free lattes, lets not forget the grunt staff that work ridiculous hours to achieve these sometimes impossible milestone achievements. Its a two way street, and both are equally important.
If it weren't for PM staff, the dev's wouldn't know what to do. If it wasn't for the dev's, nothing the PM's asked would get done.
Furthermore, 79% of people make up statistics as they go along..
I shouldn't respond, but I will. The US is the equivalent of Nazi Germany. I don't support them, and I won't support you, and I sure as hell won't hold my tongue. We all know what apathy and silence allowed Hitler to do. You can go fuck yourself, you american dog. I just hope to hell my son doesn't have to storm some american beachfront to stop the evil and terror that is the Unites States of American, but I can see it happening.
I did watch it, and it did open my eyes to what Al Jazeera really is. Its the Fox news of Iraq. And I do recall the heavier reporter arguing that the american people would stop this invasion. Its too bad they didn't. Enjoy your lattes.
Very very true. I look at it a different way; The internet they seek to block isn't truly the internet, its the web. I'm not going to quote a partially correct statistic regarding what the majority of web traffic is, but I bet it has something to do with the sale of something. Fine, the web is moving towards the cableTV model. So be it, I don't watch TV, and I don't browse the web. Except slashdot.
If the web went away tomorrow, I couldn't give a damn. Except slashdot
Shouldn't count for much, as I'm not american, but impeaching this president might set a precedent and send a warning to newer presidents to tread lightly or be out of a job.
*waves hand* I walk to work.
they want our recipe for poutine...
If your development cost was 10 million dollars, and you sold 10 million copies, you would have to charge at least $10 per disk to break even -- simple math.
*ahem*.. that'd be $1 per disk. Don't worry, I sometimes screw it up too
This can't be.
Exactly. Good FPS's involve superior positioning, and the element of surprise. I don't take anything away from games like unreal and quake, where players have to have lightning fast reflexes and the ability to dodge lots of fast projectiles
Its probably due to the fact that, those people who work terribly long hours, just to advance, and miss the whole point.
I think, the people that advance, are those who solve the tough problems with terribly unique solutions developed from lateral thinking. Sorry kids, I don't care if you put in 15, 18, or 30 hour days, you either got it, or you don't.