If an author puts out a collection of short stories, why should that author be required to sell them individually? It's just silly to say that music is somehow different.
Yes, I mentioned the lack of multi-threading in my post.
But the point is that even if you made it multi-threaded, and took advantage of the GPU to run some of those threads, there wouldn't be anything left over for graphics. The task it has set about is too great.
I recognize that Civ and BfW are completely different games. I've played most of them, as well as FreeCiv. But the stuff they're pushing for Civ V doesn't sound extremely compelling next to BfW (or the library of Civ games I already play.)
Honestly, if I want to waste time playing Civ, I go with Alpha Centauri.
Gates hasn't actually lost as much money as the article makes out. If you add the assets of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, he still comes out on top.
IMHO, Reaganomics only works if you mandate strong unions and minimum wage laws across the board, including in foreign countries. Of course that would run counter to Reaganomics, because unions are the mob in disguise and minimum wage laws cause inflation.
So no, Reaganomics do not work. It's a lie invented by rich people who want to hoard money (which spurs inflation.) I prefer to believe that most of the politicians in power believe it, because most of them subscribe to a belief system that suggests very bad things will happen to them if they do not.
The interesting thing about dwarf fortress is that despite its primitive appearance, it's actually one of the most advanced games out there.
Aside from the fact that it's an alpha, it partially doesn't have graphics because most hardware can barely handle the game. The only thing that makes graphics feasible is the fact that the game engine is single-threaded.
Point is, the OP was claiming that BASIC and Python are in the same language family, which is just false. And as for BASICs with good data structures, scoping, and real functions, yeah, they're probably fine to use.
But such BASICs have as much in common with the BASIC people talk about when they say BASIC is terrible as Java does with C. Probably less, since C is a well-designed language.
But perhaps the biggest problem is that BASIC doesn't really mean anything because there are so many wildly incompatible, and poor quality implementations. For that alone it doesn't resemble Python at all. You get Python, you basically get Python. BASIC you have to re-learn it every time (and never like what you hear.)
I had one CS class in college where a couple of students famously spent most of their time playing chess. (We never really understood why the prof allowed that.)
While I don't much care for Python, you have never programmed in either BASIC, Python, or both. Comparing BASIC to Python is like comparing the Model T to a Ford Cube. Yes, we get it, you don't like these newfangled languages. But Python is in no way analogous to BASIC.
Python has scoping, functions, good control structures, and a usable set of data structures.
Physical keys are fundamentally broken from a security standpoint. Not only are most trivially bypassed (lockpicks) but they are also trivially duplicated. A high-resolution shot of you taking your keys out of your pocket, snapped from a few hundred meters away, easily allows an attacker to clone your key.
You have far too much faith in old-fashioned keys. Locks are there to keep honest people honest.
The real problem is that this is tied to a device which is designed to be replaced every other year. It's far from durable enough to be used as a house key, or even a car key. I'm carrying a wireless car key in my pocket, but I change the batteries on it maybe once a year, and the batteries cost $10. Not only can you not carry a spare battery for an iPhone, but you have to recharge it daily. Completely impractical for a key.
There was an old game (I won't say it's prior art, but it doesn't sound like Sony's patented anything non-obvious) called Enchantasy, whose demo version allowed only 5 save games. Otherwise it was fully playable.
Actually, the game was even more interesting this way, since I remember trying to beat it before running out of saves many many times.
In order to do any sort of manned space exploration, NASA's budget needs to be doubled, probably tripled. That's why Obama is pushing it over to private industry. He wants it to fail - and he's right to make it fail, given that we're refusing to allocate sufficient funds.
Actually, this is more equivalent to the reason no one uses lasers. It sounds like a nice weapon in theory, but in practice it's completely useless outside of very controlled conditions.
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How else can Pink Floyd punish EMI for acting as a poor steward of Pink Floyd's work? Demand an apology?
Make the bastards pay, it's the only language they understand.
Fucking awesome. First time I've heard a pitch for a Guitar Hero game I might buy.
If an author puts out a collection of short stories, why should that author be required to sell them individually? It's just silly to say that music is somehow different.
Yes, I mentioned the lack of multi-threading in my post.
But the point is that even if you made it multi-threaded, and took advantage of the GPU to run some of those threads, there wouldn't be anything left over for graphics. The task it has set about is too great.
And that would be true until you got 5-10 cores.
I recognize that Civ and BfW are completely different games. I've played most of them, as well as FreeCiv. But the stuff they're pushing for Civ V doesn't sound extremely compelling next to BfW (or the library of Civ games I already play.)
Honestly, if I want to waste time playing Civ, I go with Alpha Centauri.
Gates hasn't actually lost as much money as the article makes out. If you add the assets of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, he still comes out on top.
IMHO, Reaganomics only works if you mandate strong unions and minimum wage laws across the board, including in foreign countries. Of course that would run counter to Reaganomics, because unions are the mob in disguise and minimum wage laws cause inflation.
So no, Reaganomics do not work. It's a lie invented by rich people who want to hoard money (which spurs inflation.) I prefer to believe that most of the politicians in power believe it, because most of them subscribe to a belief system that suggests very bad things will happen to them if they do not.
For me it's the "why should I pay $60 when I could just play Westnoth for free with no DRM" trap.
The interesting thing about dwarf fortress is that despite its primitive appearance, it's actually one of the most advanced games out there.
Aside from the fact that it's an alpha, it partially doesn't have graphics because most hardware can barely handle the game. The only thing that makes graphics feasible is the fact that the game engine is single-threaded.
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Point is, the OP was claiming that BASIC and Python are in the same language family, which is just false. And as for BASICs with good data structures, scoping, and real functions, yeah, they're probably fine to use.
But such BASICs have as much in common with the BASIC people talk about when they say BASIC is terrible as Java does with C. Probably less, since C is a well-designed language.
Excellent troll. A+.
Not the one I use at work.
And VB .Net doesn't count as a BASIC.
But perhaps the biggest problem is that BASIC doesn't really mean anything because there are so many wildly incompatible, and poor quality implementations. For that alone it doesn't resemble Python at all. You get Python, you basically get Python. BASIC you have to re-learn it every time (and never like what you hear.)
I had one CS class in college where a couple of students famously spent most of their time playing chess. (We never really understood why the prof allowed that.)
The conventions in C are for the most part design choices used to encourage you to program in an efficient manner.
I assure you, BASIC is not easy. But that's also why comparing it to Python is beyond stupid.
While I don't much care for Python, you have never programmed in either BASIC, Python, or both. Comparing BASIC to Python is like comparing the Model T to a Ford Cube. Yes, we get it, you don't like these newfangled languages. But Python is in no way analogous to BASIC.
Python has scoping, functions, good control structures, and a usable set of data structures.
And there's a plug for the AGPL.
It's more like "If you work on our cars, you may not under any circumstances use parts from another manufacturer, nor alter any parts we have sold."
Most auto mechanics would not work under such absurd restrictions. It's amazing that computer developers do.
Really, you're probably not going to break even that way.
But give away bags, and provide a receptacle, that could do it.
Physical keys are fundamentally broken from a security standpoint. Not only are most trivially bypassed (lockpicks) but they are also trivially duplicated. A high-resolution shot of you taking your keys out of your pocket, snapped from a few hundred meters away, easily allows an attacker to clone your key.
You have far too much faith in old-fashioned keys. Locks are there to keep honest people honest.
The real problem is that this is tied to a device which is designed to be replaced every other year. It's far from durable enough to be used as a house key, or even a car key. I'm carrying a wireless car key in my pocket, but I change the batteries on it maybe once a year, and the batteries cost $10. Not only can you not carry a spare battery for an iPhone, but you have to recharge it daily. Completely impractical for a key.
Facebook apps scare me more than Facebook ads. With Facebook ads I know there's a solid paper trail.
There was an old game (I won't say it's prior art, but it doesn't sound like Sony's patented anything non-obvious) called Enchantasy, whose demo version allowed only 5 save games. Otherwise it was fully playable.
Actually, the game was even more interesting this way, since I remember trying to beat it before running out of saves many many times.
In order to do any sort of manned space exploration, NASA's budget needs to be doubled, probably tripled. That's why Obama is pushing it over to private industry. He wants it to fail - and he's right to make it fail, given that we're refusing to allocate sufficient funds.
Actually, this is more equivalent to the reason no one uses lasers. It sounds like a nice weapon in theory, but in practice it's completely useless outside of very controlled conditions.