Sorry but if I pay full price I want something and I want to play it as long as I want not when the company deems that the game is old or when they quit supporting the hardware.
PCs aren't as bad because I do trust Valve more than the likes of MS and EA but more importantly there is more ability to buy and play games for ages. Consoles generally, at best, last 5 years and after that you don't know what could happen. Sure anti-used games people like Mark Rein would get a hard-on over being able to take your games away after a few years and make you buy the latest sequel but I don't like it.
Yes and decent parents don't leave you in a little locked box away from other ideas. I feel sorry for anyone that had to go to uni to be exposed to new ideas. Don't get me wrong, I do think university can be a very very good thing when you study something you truly love but I also think too many people are going simply because they think they have to and therefore lower the value of degrees.
And at the same time Google does produce some half baked products with their Linux offerings being buggy or in some cases just something that runs in wine. Their search engine is awesome and yes most of their products are useful but they're not perfect and do sometimes deserve the beta tag.
You can be an exceptional programmer without university or you can be an awful programmer with a degree. It depends entirely on how seriously you take it. There isn't any topic within development for which you can't buy an awesome book for. The issue with some non-uni developers is they just read a tutorial on PHP and that's more or less the extent of their learning. Some want more and buy books on design patterns, algorithms or anything. Some of which are used in university courses so they're getting the same information.
Managers just need to do their job and find out how good the person is rather than relying on a piece of paper. Problem is management isn't something you work your way into. It's something you are trained to become and managers are too often detached from the people they're managing.
That's simply not true. Perhaps it was in the 80's and early 90's but a degree is required more now than ever before. Of course they will take people without degrees but that is generally because most game courses in universities are shit. They're trying to help improve that too.
The reason the game industry may produce shit will have more to do with having people working 12+ hours and sleeping in the office on top of being fresh out of university. People fresh out of uni are still dumb enough to think you need to work like that to keep a job and don't have any superiors around to teach them how to use what they've learned in university.
Maybe you've not been fortunate enough to work for a company that cares but even if it is a case they only know the syntax then the company can teach them the rest.
I've worked for a company with an awful manager who didn't care what you did only what degrees and certificates you had but even he was smart enough to take on people who didn't know much and train them up to be exceptional employees. Yes, upon starting there you'd be paid peanuts but by the end you could have moved into a well paid job elsewhere so you do have forgive them for not paying you like a king and giving you loads of free knowledge. Not to mention you didn't always work a full day so it balances out.
By the end of it though you do get a good wage from that employer and people would stay there and probably longer than someone who would come in with just a degree which means less job advertising and recruiting fees so it all balances out.
People can laugh at him for doing this but he has a degree. If a degree means so much then someone who has a PhD and his own company must be a genius and therefore doing the right thing, right? Let's not forget not all development requires as much knowledge as others. A php monkey doesn't necessarily need to be as good as a Linux kernel developer.
That's true but would anyone , degree or not, want to work for someone who has stupid requirements like that? It's a good sign they don't know what to look for and they have attitude issues. Like they think because they have a degree and are so awesome then everyone has to have one.
Sorry, I don't think I would want that. I worked for one of the top universities in the world and they don't even require degrees despite the fact they pump out a big number of good IT students. Why? Because their managers are probably good at their job and won't turn out a decent candidate based on a degree. Quite rightly if you don't have a degree you still have to prove yourself as anyone should and if you do that then who cares how you learned it?
I think it should be a requirement that kids need to live in other countries for awhile to see that living in another country doesn't make you completely different and that we're all pretty much the same (not a surprise all being the same species) and all countries have a mix of good and bad. The grass isn't as green on the US' side even if the US is generally a better place to live.
Of course there are people that like anything. For instance there are guys would would enjoy being shat on by an elderly lady. Probably more than you'd think but that doesn't most people being put in that situation will enjoy it.
But why should somone who chooses not to go to uni or isn't smart enough fund your education?
The argument that everyone benefits from it is utter BS. Also having an army people with stupid degrees just because it's free adds no value to the economy.
I'm fine with the state paying for people's education but the taxes to fund it should only come from those who have taken on further education rather than milking everyone.
I doubt anyone bought it. Seriously, did you hear anyone talking about it as a viable purchase or see anyone with one? It was butt-ugly and usless, imo. I think because it was mainly aimed at kids and I think MS quickly realised that market isn't big enough for their phone especially when kids want iPhones and Android phones just like adults.
Most people only "like" Windows because they only just managed to learn how to use it. Having to re-learn everything when they're scared of their computer as it stands is not something that's likely to happen. A lot of windows users I know bitch and moan about viruses and how slow windows becomes but they won't switch because their games and favourite programs run on Windows. Yes there are good alternatives but again there is the whole fear of having to re-learn. That is why MS can charge an arm and a leg for their OS when free competition exists.
And how many people are actually going to use Linux? Let's face it, the thing is free and it still has a tiny market share and this is down to how MS acted and has basically locked people into using windows. Yes Apple is chipping away at that but that is why MS is now planning to rip-off Apple even more.
The reason for this is because men are still expected to earn more. Humans haven't evolved much at all mentally I think you'll find there are still women who would have issue with a man earning less than her and simply the fact she is the one that will get pregnant and most likely be off to raise the kid means it is the guy that will need ot be earning enough to support 3+ people.
IT could be better but most employees aren't bright enough to stand up for themselves and employers enjoy having a younger work force simply because they don't know not to let their boss take advantage of them. When they get older, the sensible ones either move on or start their own business or contract to minimise working with idiots employers.
A car should never be purchased for anything other than getting from point A to point B. Aside from the old classics and thinks like Ferraris, I don't see how anyone could value any car. Most affordable cars aren't even that nice to look at.
If artists opt for copyleft over copyright then it is probably offering them something better than the ASCAP and the old way can. Let them have the freedom of choice and if more people go the free route then the ASCAP is probably doing something wrong and should consider changing rather than turning into a bunch backwards idiots.
Chrome's only real claim to fame is speed. Even now no browser can touch it but you can almost guarantee they are trying. Chrome's market share may not be the biggest but then again neither was the market share for IE or Firefox in their beginnings and Chrome has the backing of one of the biggest companies. It only makes sense for everyone else to be concerned about improving their speed.
As long as it's at the bottom of the page it doesn't really affect you too much and they'll do it because it's a very quick and cheap solution to obtaining loads of good data.
I write all my PHP on one line and use one letter variable / method names so it parses faster. You can't really do that with Java with it's long names and type declarations.
People do actually use PDFs and I rather have Google build a lighter and hopefully more secure PDF viewer rather than me having to taint my system with something from Adobe. Reader has been consistently shit for ages now. The more competition the better.
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Sorry but if I pay full price I want something and I want to play it as long as I want not when the company deems that the game is old or when they quit supporting the hardware.
PCs aren't as bad because I do trust Valve more than the likes of MS and EA but more importantly there is more ability to buy and play games for ages. Consoles generally, at best, last 5 years and after that you don't know what could happen. Sure anti-used games people like Mark Rein would get a hard-on over being able to take your games away after a few years and make you buy the latest sequel but I don't like it.
Yes and decent parents don't leave you in a little locked box away from other ideas. I feel sorry for anyone that had to go to uni to be exposed to new ideas. Don't get me wrong, I do think university can be a very very good thing when you study something you truly love but I also think too many people are going simply because they think they have to and therefore lower the value of degrees.
And at the same time Google does produce some half baked products with their Linux offerings being buggy or in some cases just something that runs in wine. Their search engine is awesome and yes most of their products are useful but they're not perfect and do sometimes deserve the beta tag.
You can be an exceptional programmer without university or you can be an awful programmer with a degree. It depends entirely on how seriously you take it. There isn't any topic within development for which you can't buy an awesome book for. The issue with some non-uni developers is they just read a tutorial on PHP and that's more or less the extent of their learning. Some want more and buy books on design patterns, algorithms or anything. Some of which are used in university courses so they're getting the same information.
Managers just need to do their job and find out how good the person is rather than relying on a piece of paper. Problem is management isn't something you work your way into. It's something you are trained to become and managers are too often detached from the people they're managing.
That's simply not true. Perhaps it was in the 80's and early 90's but a degree is required more now than ever before. Of course they will take people without degrees but that is generally because most game courses in universities are shit. They're trying to help improve that too.
The reason the game industry may produce shit will have more to do with having people working 12+ hours and sleeping in the office on top of being fresh out of university. People fresh out of uni are still dumb enough to think you need to work like that to keep a job and don't have any superiors around to teach them how to use what they've learned in university.
of course they're cheaper. Part of their payment will be the knowledge. That is always the way it works.
Maybe you've not been fortunate enough to work for a company that cares but even if it is a case they only know the syntax then the company can teach them the rest.
I've worked for a company with an awful manager who didn't care what you did only what degrees and certificates you had but even he was smart enough to take on people who didn't know much and train them up to be exceptional employees. Yes, upon starting there you'd be paid peanuts but by the end you could have moved into a well paid job elsewhere so you do have forgive them for not paying you like a king and giving you loads of free knowledge. Not to mention you didn't always work a full day so it balances out.
By the end of it though you do get a good wage from that employer and people would stay there and probably longer than someone who would come in with just a degree which means less job advertising and recruiting fees so it all balances out.
People can laugh at him for doing this but he has a degree. If a degree means so much then someone who has a PhD and his own company must be a genius and therefore doing the right thing, right? Let's not forget not all development requires as much knowledge as others. A php monkey doesn't necessarily need to be as good as a Linux kernel developer.
What the hell? You should know how to be a good citizen *long* before you enter university. If not your parents didn't do their job.
It's true some people have a natural knack to learn things quickly but you can teach people how to learn. Imo, it's a fundamental part of any job.
That's true but would anyone , degree or not, want to work for someone who has stupid requirements like that? It's a good sign they don't know what to look for and they have attitude issues. Like they think because they have a degree and are so awesome then everyone has to have one.
Sorry, I don't think I would want that. I worked for one of the top universities in the world and they don't even require degrees despite the fact they pump out a big number of good IT students. Why? Because their managers are probably good at their job and won't turn out a decent candidate based on a degree. Quite rightly if you don't have a degree you still have to prove yourself as anyone should and if you do that then who cares how you learned it?
I think it should be a requirement that kids need to live in other countries for awhile to see that living in another country doesn't make you completely different and that we're all pretty much the same (not a surprise all being the same species) and all countries have a mix of good and bad. The grass isn't as green on the US' side even if the US is generally a better place to live.
Of course there are people that like anything. For instance there are guys would would enjoy being shat on by an elderly lady. Probably more than you'd think but that doesn't most people being put in that situation will enjoy it.
But why should somone who chooses not to go to uni or isn't smart enough fund your education?
The argument that everyone benefits from it is utter BS. Also having an army people with stupid degrees just because it's free adds no value to the economy.
I'm fine with the state paying for people's education but the taxes to fund it should only come from those who have taken on further education rather than milking everyone.
I doubt anyone bought it. Seriously, did you hear anyone talking about it as a viable purchase or see anyone with one? It was butt-ugly and usless, imo. I think because it was mainly aimed at kids and I think MS quickly realised that market isn't big enough for their phone especially when kids want iPhones and Android phones just like adults.
Seriously, this must have be some sort of a record for mobile phone failure.
Is MS going to admit they suck at phones yet?
Most people only "like" Windows because they only just managed to learn how to use it. Having to re-learn everything when they're scared of their computer as it stands is not something that's likely to happen. A lot of windows users I know bitch and moan about viruses and how slow windows becomes but they won't switch because their games and favourite programs run on Windows. Yes there are good alternatives but again there is the whole fear of having to re-learn. That is why MS can charge an arm and a leg for their OS when free competition exists.
And how many people are actually going to use Linux? Let's face it, the thing is free and it still has a tiny market share and this is down to how MS acted and has basically locked people into using windows. Yes Apple is chipping away at that but that is why MS is now planning to rip-off Apple even more.
She is a fat ugly dyke. If anyone is going to be against porn and hate speech it's gonna be a fat ugly dyke.
The reason for this is because men are still expected to earn more. Humans haven't evolved much at all mentally I think you'll find there are still women who would have issue with a man earning less than her and simply the fact she is the one that will get pregnant and most likely be off to raise the kid means it is the guy that will need ot be earning enough to support 3+ people.
IT could be better but most employees aren't bright enough to stand up for themselves and employers enjoy having a younger work force simply because they don't know not to let their boss take advantage of them. When they get older, the sensible ones either move on or start their own business or contract to minimise working with idiots employers.
A car should never be purchased for anything other than getting from point A to point B. Aside from the old classics and thinks like Ferraris, I don't see how anyone could value any car. Most affordable cars aren't even that nice to look at.
If artists opt for copyleft over copyright then it is probably offering them something better than the ASCAP and the old way can. Let them have the freedom of choice and if more people go the free route then the ASCAP is probably doing something wrong and should consider changing rather than turning into a bunch backwards idiots.
Chrome's only real claim to fame is speed. Even now no browser can touch it but you can almost guarantee they are trying. Chrome's market share may not be the biggest but then again neither was the market share for IE or Firefox in their beginnings and Chrome has the backing of one of the biggest companies. It only makes sense for everyone else to be concerned about improving their speed.
As long as it's at the bottom of the page it doesn't really affect you too much and they'll do it because it's a very quick and cheap solution to obtaining loads of good data.
I write all my PHP on one line and use one letter variable / method names so it parses faster. You can't really do that with Java with it's long names and type declarations.
The same thing can pretty much be said about the whole internet to be fair.
People do actually use PDFs and I rather have Google build a lighter and hopefully more secure PDF viewer rather than me having to taint my system with something from Adobe. Reader has been consistently shit for ages now. The more competition the better.