I'm sure that as soon as it's released that the offending code will be found and patched by someone, or someone will write a program that will fool the program into thinking that it's Intel and not AMD.
If the hospital didn't have their network locked down (and it's in Seattle so they don't have the usual excuses) then they are in for a world of hurt from the state. The HIPPA failures alone for allowing this to happen are mind blogglying bad.
Fairly easy to intercept email- just place a server on the network that reports false routing times and the data will flow (path of least restistance). And if you don't think that's possible, there was a case in MA where a rare book dealer did just that, he was intercepting emails for Amazon.com that where keyworded on certain books.
I think the real problem is that there are Levels. Think about this for a moment, your skill in the game is not directly linked to your real skills and abilities as a player. I see this all the time in ET:RW, where you have 3 star generals who still have no clue to what the objectives are, or how to defend them, who's xp is there just because they've put in the time into the game, and they lose all the time to those people who play for the objectives. It's no fun for either group, really. So back to my point, if the skill of the player was directly converted to the skill of their avatar, I think the games would be much more balanced and there would be less oportunity to game the game.
It was not the Brandeis Librarians, but the Librarians for the City of Newton Public Library that forced the FBI to get a warrant. I should know, that library is about a mile away from where I live.
Well my thoughts on this is that no-one really believe's their opinion anymore- they take sides for the sake of having a point of view to argue from and then to get air time and make money for themselves. Just like in HHGTTG and the whole debate over turning on Deep Thought, ya know.
That you are responible for your own career. If that means that you need to pay for training to learn the things to do your job, then you pay for training.
On the flip side, you owe the company nothing, sans two weeks notice when you get a better job.
If Sony goes one way and MS goes another, then Sony has a very strong selling point to the movie companies- "Look, our product DOES NOT PLAY on the PC, thus is an added level of security. It's that much harder ripe the content and post on the internet." Like tennis, pool or politics- it's all in the spin.
Quite a few things can send a person into a blind rage, even Art.
I hope that the writers for this story had enough sense for our heros to simply pick up a phone and call the game publisher and ask them what the missions where and for any advice when dealing with these kids. If not that, then our hero walks into a game store and buys the guide.
The government bailed out Iriduim (sp?) satellite phone system- it was deemed too useful to let go. So let this be a good leason here- make the government rely on your services and you'll never really go out of business.
Well there was that joke about the SETI processing card [ 1 ]
[ http://web.archive.org/web/20010413215232/http://w ww.krasnoconv.com/index.html [fn1] ], and now there is a company building the general purpose Physics card for games (I wonder what else it would work on?), so taking this to the next step, by having a card filled with FPGAs or the like isn't all that new of an idea.
Seeing someone make some money off of it would be.
[fn1] - Bug in the HTML Format posting ablility-/. doesn't like two http:/// in the herf=URL.
Oh well...
So the author had a few bad jobs and noticed a certain pattern.
Well then, that's a good thing that he's managed to learn something from his experence, but:
Cubicals - Cubes are NOT any indication of the environment. The environment is your co-workers, the company policies, and the culture (DNA) of the company.
Management
Just because you have a new way of doing something does not mean that your boss' view is invalide because it appears to be dated. The Access example given is a good strawman arguement, but in other cases the boss is there to say we don't need a fully fault tolerant tool to count to 10, where a for loop works just as well.
Oftentimes, a non-technical manager, or an "old hand" who's edge is no longer sharp will be impressed enough to listen to your technical advice. If they were smart, they'd actually take it. Learning is a two way street here. Sometimes things need to be done in a way which answers other questions to which you are not even aware of their existance. If your boss asks you to do it in a particual way, pehaps you should ask Why? and see if there is a need or reason from some other requirement that answers that.
Schedule Bullies Okay, I've had one of those. Boss: I need application foo to do x, y, z(prime, delta, gamma...) Me: Okay, sure. 6 Weeks. Boss: 3 Days. Me: !!?!?!
And while I did get the hell out of that job, I did learn that I was pushed to build tools quickly and design application that where able. Plus I learned another lession- build tool kits.
In my current job (4 years and counting), I've built a huge took kit, everything from logging tools, to database handlers, to user sub-systems, and even a complete help system which will taken an entire directory and translate the word files into a help file.
Since 90% of the stuff we're developing is simplely made of problems that we've been solving since our first programming classes, having these toolkits makes life so much easier and less stressful, especially when you do have those insane deadline bosses.
Personal Growth: You are responsible for your own growth. EOD.
If the company is willing to pay for your classes, great, if not, save and pay for your own.
Compensation and Overtime: Repeat after me- I am new and do have any much or any experience working in a team (small or large) or with poorly thought out design requirements. I am fresh out of college, and while my programming Kung-fu is l33t, I am lacking in other areas and need growth. While I'm not saying that you need to slave away for peanuts (or less), you should realise that your pay is based on the number of years of experience in the real work- 3 years at one job is ideal for getting the most out of the next job. (The 3 years shows future employers that you are willing to stay and make an investment in the work that you are doing).
Overtime is part of the deal when being a full time salary employee- sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I agree with the final thoughts- I will add that figure out what makes you happy, and look for companies that offer things that are close to your goals and then try to get into those companies- and if that means you're going to have to wait a few years for an opening, so be it.
And my very first thought was- This looks like something akin to Dark Crystal, Labrynth, and Neverending Story (orginal, not the sequals). And sure enough, one of the selling points on the trailer was that Jim Henson Company was part of the production. It should be interesting, but sadly I don't think Dark Crystal or Labrynth enjoyed much success at the box office, and I fear that MirrorMask will share the same fate.
I can't think of any other reason why they'd link two front page stories in one day to them. That sound you hear is their servers melting under the stress.
Sorry, but one of the things that schools do try to teach is how to socialize. Now, I'm sorry that you had a class with a student who had a hard time with the course work, but at this point you or some other higher than avg. student should have walked up to her after class and offered to be a study partner. Perhaps you would have learned something too.
The use of the clicker does not show if the student comprehends the subject or wishes to contribute to the class an insight or enquire about a finer point, so to use it as a gauge of studnet understanding is not valid. Smart student do tend to ask more questions than those who are falling behind, at least where I went to school.
If college failed you, perhaps you misunderstood what was being taught?
I too went to a small, private (high) school, and one of the things that they did was plucked 8 to 16 students out at a time and sent us off camping for a long weekend somewhere in the mountains. You learn a lot about yourself and each other on one of those trips.
I actually own one of these- I bought it in a moment of stupidity. Yes, it massively sucked.
While the concept is cool- the excution was very poorly done- there was no way to tell how much force you where applying to the thing in the games that it did work with. This was espically true for the up / down, yaw & pitch movements.
At least he'll be able to get water cooling done on the cheep.
On a serious side, my father teaches at Lafayette U. (PetroChemcial Engineering), and near one of his offices the school is building a state of the art VR system. Very much cutting edge, high tech, and down right cool.
So, while LA has the illusion of being backwater, they do some fairly high tech stuff there. After all, isn't that where id got their start?
Slashdot Mirror
That would be like someone from Japan learning to speak English by listening to rap music non-stop.
While they could express themselves in English, would that be someone that you'd want to talk to?
1st response- who cares?
2nd response- At least they're using their own products, so the short comings will get noticed (hopefully).
I'm sure that as soon as it's released that the offending code will be found and patched by someone, or someone will write a program that will fool the program into thinking that it's Intel and not AMD.
If the hospital didn't have their network locked down (and it's in Seattle so they don't have the usual excuses) then they are in for a world of hurt from the state.
The HIPPA failures alone for allowing this to happen are mind blogglying bad.
Fairly easy to intercept email- just place a server on the network that reports false routing times and the data will flow (path of least restistance).
And if you don't think that's possible, there was a case in MA where a rare book dealer did just that, he was intercepting emails for Amazon.com that where keyworded on certain books.
I think the real problem is that there are Levels.
Think about this for a moment, your skill in the game is not directly linked to your real skills and abilities as a player.
I see this all the time in ET:RW, where you have 3 star generals who still have no clue to what the objectives are, or how to defend them, who's xp is there just because they've put in the time into the game, and they lose all the time to those people who play for the objectives.
It's no fun for either group, really.
So back to my point, if the skill of the player was directly converted to the skill of their avatar, I think the games would be much more balanced and there would be less oportunity to game the game.
I thought I replied to this, but the comment hasn't shown up...
The last time I checked they where white box PCs, and that was a few years ago.
It was not the Brandeis Librarians, but the Librarians for the City of Newton Public Library that forced the FBI to get a warrant.
I should know, that library is about a mile away from where I live.
Well my thoughts on this is that no-one really believe's their opinion anymore- they take sides for the sake of having a point of view to argue from and then to get air time and make money for themselves.
Just like in HHGTTG and the whole debate over turning on Deep Thought, ya know.
That you are responible for your own career. If that means that you need to pay for training to learn the things to do your job, then you pay for training.
On the flip side, you owe the company nothing, sans two weeks notice when you get a better job.
If Sony goes one way and MS goes another, then Sony has a very strong selling point to the movie companies- "Look, our product DOES NOT PLAY on the PC, thus is an added level of security. It's that much harder ripe the content and post on the internet."
Like tennis, pool or politics- it's all in the spin.
Quite a few things can send a person into a blind rage, even Art.
I hope that the writers for this story had enough sense for our heros to simply pick up a phone and call the game publisher and ask them what the missions where and for any advice when dealing with these kids. If not that, then our hero walks into a game store and buys the guide.
The government bailed out Iriduim (sp?) satellite phone system- it was deemed too useful to let go.
So let this be a good leason here- make the government rely on your services and you'll never really go out of business.
After watching all the DVDs, does William Shatner appear and tell you to "Get A Life"?
But cut me in for 10% of the sale for general information and see my price list for more detailed data.
If they don't want to cut me in, then they can't sell my data.
Well there was that joke about the SETI processing card [ 1 ] [ http://web.archive.org/web/20010413215232/http://w ww.krasnoconv.com/index.html [fn1] ], and now there is a company building the general purpose Physics card for games (I wonder what else it would work on?), so taking this to the next step, by having a card filled with FPGAs or the like isn't all that new of an idea. /. doesn't like two http:/// in the herf=URL.
Oh well...
Seeing someone make some money off of it would be.
[fn1] - Bug in the HTML Format posting ablility-
Self contained, small, low maintaince, powerful (low end units are about 1800BTUs), includes a drain line, and air filter.
Down side is the price.
It's been know to cause fights and make people's brain hurt.
The Access example given is a good strawman arguement, but in other cases the boss is there to say we don't need a fully fault tolerant tool to count to 10, where a for loop works just as well.
Learning is a two way street here. Sometimes things need to be done in a way which answers other questions to which you are not even aware of their existance. If your boss asks you to do it in a particual way, pehaps you should ask Why? and see if there is a need or reason from some other requirement that answers that.
Boss: I need application foo to do x, y, z(prime, delta, gamma...)
Me: Okay, sure. 6 Weeks.
Boss: 3 Days.
Me: !!?!?!
And while I did get the hell out of that job, I did learn that I was pushed to build tools quickly and design application that where able. Plus I learned another lession- build tool kits. In my current job (4 years and counting), I've built a huge took kit, everything from logging tools, to database handlers, to user sub-systems, and even a complete help system which will taken an entire directory and translate the word files into a help file.
Since 90% of the stuff we're developing is simplely made of problems that we've been solving since our first programming classes, having these toolkits makes life so much easier and less stressful, especially when you do have those insane deadline bosses.
If the company is willing to pay for your classes, great, if not, save and pay for your own.
Overtime is part of the deal when being a full time salary employee- sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I agree with the final thoughts- I will add that figure out what makes you happy, and look for companies that offer things that are close to your goals and then try to get into those companies- and if that means you're going to have to wait a few years for an opening, so be it.
And my very first thought was-
This looks like something akin to Dark Crystal, Labrynth, and Neverending Story (orginal, not the sequals).
And sure enough, one of the selling points on the trailer was that Jim Henson Company was part of the production.
It should be interesting, but sadly I don't think Dark Crystal or Labrynth enjoyed much success at the box office, and I fear that MirrorMask will share the same fate.
I can't think of any other reason why they'd link two front page stories in one day to them.
That sound you hear is their servers melting under the stress.
Funny that!
I had the exact same thought to tell you that if you have nothing to contribute to the conversation, to get out.
Sorry, but one of the things that schools do try to teach is how to socialize.
Now, I'm sorry that you had a class with a student who had a hard time with the course work, but at this point you or some other higher than avg. student should have walked up to her after class and offered to be a study partner. Perhaps you would have learned something too.
The use of the clicker does not show if the student comprehends the subject or wishes to contribute to the class an insight or enquire about a finer point, so to use it as a gauge of studnet understanding is not valid. Smart student do tend to ask more questions than those who are falling behind, at least where I went to school.
If college failed you, perhaps you misunderstood what was being taught?
I too went to a small, private (high) school, and one of the things that they did was plucked 8 to 16 students out at a time and sent us off camping for a long weekend somewhere in the mountains. You learn a lot about yourself and each other on one of those trips.
I actually own one of these- I bought it in a moment of stupidity.
Yes, it massively sucked.
While the concept is cool- the excution was very poorly done- there was no way to tell how much force you where applying to the thing in the games that it did work with.
This was espically true for the up / down, yaw & pitch movements.
eh, I wonder what I did do with that thing...
At least he'll be able to get water cooling done on the cheep.
On a serious side, my father teaches at Lafayette U. (PetroChemcial Engineering), and near one of his offices the school is building a state of the art VR system. Very much cutting edge, high tech, and down right cool.
So, while LA has the illusion of being backwater, they do some fairly high tech stuff there. After all, isn't that where id got their start?