I'm 20 and my first computer had a 5MB hard disk. And hell, that was huge for the time.:) I'm too young to remember those wacky tape-drive computers, and I never had one of those diskless computers.
Why do artists continue to sign contracts with these people? Can someone tell me that?
Sure. It's the only way to get heard. Like it or not, our society focuses on single-sources. Most people will never really see movies made anywhere other than Hollywood. (How many of you have seen The Seven Samurai? Anything by Fellini? Surprisingly few, I'd guess)
In the same vein, most people are content with music from a single source, that being whatever is played on private radio stations. Given that the majority of young people (who, quite frankly, are the target market) don't listen to public stations like NPR, CBC, etc., it makes sense for artists to sign with whoever controls private radio stations. Now, do you ever hear anything on private stations that isn't from the RIAA? Didn't think so. Artists do what they must to get heard, even if it is to sign with a great tentacled evil.
Okay, so that last metaphor's a little excessive. Cthulhu is marginally more evil than Hilary Rosen.
Nah, the 16-bit systems really didn't start to appear until 1990, 1991 or so. 8-bit systems didn't die the death until 1992 or 1993. There were some damned fine games written for the NES, for example, from 1990 onward (Dragon Warrior IV, etc).
You just have to say, "Okay. I'm serious about winning. No more screwing around." and play with that attitude in mind. That's how I ended up winning in ADOM, though I've still got a ways to go with nethack.
It's possibly the best of the series, vying with Tactics and II (US). It brings the whole fairytale atmosphere back, and there's a load of characters you can't help but get attached to. It's very well done, and I enjoyed it tremendously.
This internet access will allow hobos everywhere to manufacture their own software products. Perhaps a particularly cunning hobo will produce a package named HoboSoft, which will include a free soup kitchen with each license. This will undoubtedly draw in countless hobos, thereby revolutionizing the homeless hobo software industry.
Another triumph for Objectivism! Ayn Rand would be proud.
You're right. It's your opinion. Personally, only one or two of my friends and friends of the family have a DVD player; the rest have VCRs, and a fair number still tape TV shows at least occasionally.
As another example, I work as a cashier at a wholesale store. One of the items that I see coming through a lot are blank videocassettes.
Not proof, I know, but it's at least a counter-example.
I agree with much of what you're saying, but take issue with this:
For programming-based classes (which should be limited to basic web programming (HTML, with intro to JavaScript, DHTML, and possibly XML), Perl and C to cover the basics).
Okay, granted, basic web programming should be taught. But I strongly disagree that C should be taught in high school. Intro Programming classes, for example, will be full of students who don't know how to program. Trying to get them to understand pointers, manual memory allocation, and other low-level computing concepts is just insane. Any programmer's first language should be high level. I'd recommend the following:
Pascal: it was designed as a teaching language, and it excels at that. It's so well designed that years after learning it I can still write Pascal fluently.
Python: this language is elegant and clean with beautiful syntax. I can't recommend it enough.
Eiffel: not as well known as the previous two, but still a well-designed language.
Teaching a high-school student C is, in my opinion, a terrible thing to do. If they have never seen a programming language before, they will most likely be turned off of programming. Perl's not so bad, but it gets ugly quickly. But still, C? Sure, if you're teaching an operating systems class, but that's not going to happen at the high school level.
Just for the record, I know and like C, but I sure wouldn't have wanted to encounter it in grade nine.
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I'm 20 and my first computer had a 5MB hard disk. And hell, that was huge for the time. :) I'm too young to remember those wacky tape-drive computers, and I never had one of those diskless computers.
This is quite possibly the most seriously unfunny thing I have read in a long time.
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Worst episode EVER.
Whoa, you're really trolling for karma, aren't you?
my kidding what?
Actually, he only owns a water heater. No assumptions are made about the inputs.
Excellent. I may now pr0n from work and not have to frantically close windows at the last minute.
Thank you, Mozilla team. My raging codpiece salutes you.
I believe he's referring to me.
Sure. It's the only way to get heard. Like it or not, our society focuses on single-sources. Most people will never really see movies made anywhere other than Hollywood. (How many of you have seen The Seven Samurai? Anything by Fellini? Surprisingly few, I'd guess)
In the same vein, most people are content with music from a single source, that being whatever is played on private radio stations. Given that the majority of young people (who, quite frankly, are the target market) don't listen to public stations like NPR, CBC, etc., it makes sense for artists to sign with whoever controls private radio stations. Now, do you ever hear anything on private stations that isn't from the RIAA? Didn't think so. Artists do what they must to get heard, even if it is to sign with a great tentacled evil.
Okay, so that last metaphor's a little excessive. Cthulhu is marginally more evil than Hilary Rosen.
Do you think I can still get parts for my Prefect?
Nah, the 16-bit systems really didn't start to appear until 1990, 1991 or so. 8-bit systems didn't die the death until 1992 or 1993. There were some damned fine games written for the NES, for example, from 1990 onward (Dragon Warrior IV, etc).
You have to be the fucking lamest slashdot user I've ever seen. Go get laid, or something.
Who's with me?
Own up, OOG. Iceman took your cave-weed and cave-hookers, so you decided to deal with him in a rather permanent way. Didn't you?
You just have to say, "Okay. I'm serious about winning. No more screwing around." and play with that attitude in mind. That's how I ended up winning in ADOM, though I've still got a ways to go with nethack.
What happened to SUN's OpenLook (sec.)? I used it years ago when I was in collage ...
I hope you weren't an English major.
Are you kidding? Violent protesters of Usenix? They probably couldn't get out of their chairs.
Obviously not, judging by the eight million people who posted this same damn comment before you.
It's possibly the best of the series, vying with Tactics and II (US). It brings the whole fairytale atmosphere back, and there's a load of characters you can't help but get attached to. It's very well done, and I enjoyed it tremendously.
This internet access will allow hobos everywhere to manufacture their own software products. Perhaps a particularly cunning hobo will produce a package named HoboSoft, which will include a free soup kitchen with each license. This will undoubtedly draw in countless hobos, thereby revolutionizing the homeless hobo software industry.
Another triumph for Objectivism! Ayn Rand would be proud.
You're right. It's your opinion. Personally, only one or two of my friends and friends of the family have a DVD player; the rest have VCRs, and a fair number still tape TV shows at least occasionally.
As another example, I work as a cashier at a wholesale store. One of the items that I see coming through a lot are blank videocassettes.
Not proof, I know, but it's at least a counter-example.
It might be with floating point errors. ;)
For programming-based classes (which should be limited to basic web programming (HTML, with intro to JavaScript, DHTML, and possibly XML), Perl and C to cover the basics).
Okay, granted, basic web programming should be taught. But I strongly disagree that C should be taught in high school. Intro Programming classes, for example, will be full of students who don't know how to program. Trying to get them to understand pointers, manual memory allocation, and other low-level computing concepts is just insane. Any programmer's first language should be high level. I'd recommend the following:
Pascal: it was designed as a teaching language, and it excels at that. It's so well designed that years after learning it I can still write Pascal fluently.
Python: this language is elegant and clean with beautiful syntax. I can't recommend it enough.
Eiffel: not as well known as the previous two, but still a well-designed language.
Teaching a high-school student C is, in my opinion, a terrible thing to do. If they have never seen a programming language before, they will most likely be turned off of programming. Perl's not so bad, but it gets ugly quickly. But still, C? Sure, if you're teaching an operating systems class, but that's not going to happen at the high school level.
Just for the record, I know and like C, but I sure wouldn't have wanted to encounter it in grade nine.
Do you need emacs to make a quick change to a dotfile? I know I sure don't. I'll use vim for coding, but for quick changes, pico is king.