Finding internships is a total pain in the ass, especially if you are looking in a particular location. The best way I've found is to look-up a bunch of local companies that look interesting (using Google, Yahoo, etc.) and research a bit about them. Then, even if they don't specifically mention an intern program, send them a company-tailored cover letter and resume via e-mail. Don't send it to the HR people though because they'll just file your resume away somewhere and you will never get a response. Instead, see if you can figure out the names and e-mail addresses of some of the top people at the company, like the CEO and a couple VPs. Pick the person you think gives you the best shot at a job and send the resume and cover letter to them. If you make a good impression, that CEO or whoever will forward it down to someone below them. At that point you look really good since you just got recommended by some big-shot at the company. Even if your resume ends up on the desk of an HR person, they will consider you much more seriously.
I bought the 30hour Tivo/direct tv combo unit for my parents about a year ago. My mom can't use a computer at all, except for solitaire, and she has no problems using Tivo. Along with soap operas, she has it setup to record every Shirley Temple movie that happens to be playing on any one of the several hundred directv channels. They really like the device, however there's no way they would've bought one for themselves. It's just one of those things that you have to use for a while to fully appreciate if you're not a techie who can see the benefits from the outset. That being said, introduce your non techie friends and family to these devices and they'll realize they can't live without them.
Ahh, but you're missing the point. Nobody cares about Single-player quake. Quake was the first multiplayer game (besides text-based muds) to really be popular on the internet. QuakeWorld is actually playable on a modem, and people still play it to this day.
Quake also featured its own programming language allowing people to totally customize it, which I believe was a first at the time of its release. This allowed Quake to spawn a vast community of high-quality user-created mods such as Team Fortress, Future vs. Fantasy, Capture the Flag, Clan Arena, etc. Quake really laid the foundation for the popular online games of today, such as uber-popular Counterstrike.
The optimization necessary to ensure good modem play require the client to assume a lot about the gamestate that isn't true. This means the game feels much more unresponsive and in general doesn't have a good "feel" to it.
Honestly, I don't really care about modem gamers anymore. Enough people have quality connections that I'd rather have the games be designed and optimized for them. It just isn't possible to get the same level of quality on low end connections, no matter how optimizations are done. I have my cable modem, and I want fast games!
Robert Connelly, one of the mathematicians that proved this, happens to be my linear algebra professor here at Cornell. His homepage is here. It contains a few of his publishings and other interesting bits.
On a more personal note the guy is a total hippy, and seems quite intelligent.
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People are missing the point here. Now with comcast you can get an affordable HDTV DVR (as opposed to the $1000 diretivo model).
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Check it out:
http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/dct6412.a
That's pretty good for $10/month.
so basically everything apple releases is going to be a hit then? They will never ever fail again? You're stupid.
That's funny, WMP10 played the music I bought from walmart and napster just fine. My guess is the WSJ isn't doing everything right.
Finding internships is a total pain in the ass, especially if you are looking in a particular location. The best way I've found is to look-up a bunch of local companies that look interesting (using Google, Yahoo, etc.) and research a bit about them. Then, even if they don't specifically mention an intern program, send them a company-tailored cover letter and resume via e-mail. Don't send it to the HR people though because they'll just file your resume away somewhere and you will never get a response. Instead, see if you can figure out the names and e-mail addresses of some of the top people at the company, like the CEO and a couple VPs. Pick the person you think gives you the best shot at a job and send the resume and cover letter to them. If you make a good impression, that CEO or whoever will forward it down to someone below them. At that point you look really good since you just got recommended by some big-shot at the company. Even if your resume ends up on the desk of an HR person, they will consider you much more seriously.
Damn, everything you touch seems to die.
spent 6 years as an administrator on Dalnet
Those that used BBS's in the day
Avid BeOS User.
Considering the person who originally hacked X-Box is a college (albeit graduate) at MIT, I don't see why you find this so surprising.
I bought the 30hour Tivo/direct tv combo unit for my parents about a year ago. My mom can't use a computer at all, except for solitaire, and she has no problems using Tivo. Along with soap operas, she has it setup to record every Shirley Temple movie that happens to be playing on any one of the several hundred directv channels. They really like the device, however there's no way they would've bought one for themselves. It's just one of those things that you have to use for a while to fully appreciate if you're not a techie who can see the benefits from the outset. That being said, introduce your non techie friends and family to these devices and they'll realize they can't live without them.
Ahh, but you're missing the point. Nobody cares about Single-player quake. Quake was the first multiplayer game (besides text-based muds) to really be popular on the internet. QuakeWorld is actually playable on a modem, and people still play it to this day. Quake also featured its own programming language allowing people to totally customize it, which I believe was a first at the time of its release. This allowed Quake to spawn a vast community of high-quality user-created mods such as Team Fortress, Future vs. Fantasy, Capture the Flag, Clan Arena, etc. Quake really laid the foundation for the popular online games of today, such as uber-popular Counterstrike.
The optimization necessary to ensure good modem play require the client to assume a lot about the gamestate that isn't true. This means the game feels much more unresponsive and in general doesn't have a good "feel" to it.
Honestly, I don't really care about modem gamers anymore. Enough people have quality connections that I'd rather have the games be designed and optimized for them. It just isn't possible to get the same level of quality on low end connections, no matter how optimizations are done. I have my cable modem, and I want fast games!
On a more personal note the guy is a total hippy, and seems quite intelligent.