The whoosh you mean? Nah, he's on holiday this week. Remember him saying something about having to go to the funeral of some Duke Nukem Forever jokes....
At a guess I'd say you were under 25 years old. When i was growing up everyone was playing games on spectrum 48ks/Commodore 64, and were busy saving their pocket money to buy an Amiga or Atari ST. Consoles really didn't start making inroads into homes until the late 80's early 90's, until that point you had a proper computer (be it a specutrum, BBC, acorn, commodore or an amstrad).
To say that gaming was always focussed on consoles is somewhat wrong - it was the other way around. The gaming industry started on home computers - this is where people like Richard & David Darling, and Peter Molyneaux made their fortunes.
Consoles only really started overtaking home computers for gaming between the late 80's and mid 90's, at a time when there was no cheap home computer available that was worth buying (i.e. Amiga) or the prices of a 'not for games' IBM PC was too high (£2000 for a 486 DX)
For the past 15 years, gaming has been firmly routed in the realm of consoles with sales figures for PS/PS2/PS3/XBox/Wii/360/GC far surpassing any PC game market, and is likely to be the case for the next 10 years. The only difference the industry may face in future, is that casual gamers may migrate away from their Wii's to their iPhones.
verb (used with object)
1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors?
3. to understand. verb (used without object)
4. to understand.
It's a bit like the windows start bar tbh. If you routinely have a tonne of apps open, move the bar to the side (instead of the bottom) - give you readable text for all of those apps. Surely the same could be true of browsing.
If it came from dell it would have had a restore partition (and mine originally had a dell-home partition as well). It might also be something to do with computrace.
As a smoker, maybe you are right about my taste buds - however my non-smoking house mate agreed with my opinion. Taste wise it really is the same as coffee, but with some of the edge smoothed off the normal caffeine kick. Whichever way you look at it, it's too similar to normal coffee to justify the price imho.
Stone henge opens for 1 night a year when you are able to get close enough to the stones to be able to touch them (on the summer solstice) - and that is what this guy is protesting about. English heritage have argued for years that the stones need protection, and to be honest I tend to agree with them (having been there for a solstice before). This has been a long running argument, culminating with the battle of the beanfield in the 1980s. Eventually they relented on their decision regarding the solstice, and ever since it's a massive free party full of drugged up idiots who have zero understanding about the stones. This guy wants English heritage to allow full access to the stones all year round rather than the one day a year currently - which imho, is a really really bad idea.
Yeah woodford is fairly nice as bourbons go, if a little generic. Generally speaking you can't go too wrong with a Woodford, Wild Turkey, Elijah Craig, or Buffalo Trace.
I tend to prefer wild turkey to Woodford, but i think that's more just my personal taste more than anything. If you're willing to spend a little more, an old rip van winkle with a dash of maple syrup stirred with ice is full of win. If you really want to push the boat out, George T Stagg is probably the most interesting I've ever tasted (it's far too string to drink neat though! Definitely one for an old fashioned) - I know in the US it's about $60 (and given that it retails at about $180 in the UK is the reason I buy as many as I can when I'm over there;))
Visual studio -> Right click on any variable -> rename -> type new name -> click ok
Only for managed languages - doesn't work for C++ (though you can buy plug-ins that will do it - i.e. visual assist). I've not yet seen any C++ refactoring tools that work reliably enough trust in a commercial environment.
In my experience the problem is that normally you end up seeing iCount, szName, bEnabled, fPercent, etc. None of those variable names are improved in any way by hungarian notation - you could easily drop the sz from szName and know what type it is.
I worked in a UK university for 4 years, and I can assure you that there is a mad dash in the last 5 years prior to retirement in which academics will take on as many responsibilities as possible in order to boost their final salary. Anyhow, the man in question has posted a note on his blog this morning clarifying his stance.
During that time I rely on cues from the student (or students), many of which are non-verbal. Looks of puzzlement, rolled eyes, pursed lips, glazed eyes, eyebrow furrows, impatient twitches, overall body posture -- take those away and it gets a lot harder to reformulate explanations.
So very true. I used to treat lectures as conversations between individuals. Find the student who is obviously struggling, and then maintain a direct conversation with them until its clicked. Look around the room, find the next person who still hasn't got it, and do the same again. I wouldn't be able to teach to anywhere near the same standard without that level of interaction.
My particular experience was teaching computer animation, and as a result I'd frequently be jumping about, waving my arms in the air, running around the classroom in order to demonstrate motion. Sometimes I used to feel like a bit of a performing monkey when I lectured (not in a bad way!), but ultimately if you can master the art of performance, you have the ability to deliver the dullest material in a way that truly engages the students. Imho, that is the true art of being a lecturer, and it is an art form that will be lost if you try to deliver it through a webcam.
It can be done in a strictly online environment, but it's freaking hard. Writing messages online strips away so much of the non-verbal feedback I rely on.
I agree, it can be useful, and it's certainly a valuable addition to teaching, but it can't ever be a replacement. As an example, I used make the rule that I'd never answer student questions outside of a lecture theater. Instead, I set up a forum for the students, and made them aware that I'd only answer questions there. The benefit was pretty obvious, rather than getting 20 e-mails, or 20 knocks at the door all asking the same question. I'd have a single place to help out the entire student body (that or they'd help themselves and answer the forum post before me). As time went by, those questions+answers grew into a useful repository of information for future students.
New tech comes along all the time, and it is fantastic when it enables additional teaching methods, but no amount of technology can ever replace the abilities of a good lecturer in their natural environment - the lecture theater....
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I've got an old 3D labs wildcat which actually looks very similar to that board....
The whoosh you mean? Nah, he's on holiday this week. Remember him saying something about having to go to the funeral of some Duke Nukem Forever jokes....
Pandora handheld
GPX2
X game station
Pandora looks to be the best though.
At a guess I'd say you were under 25 years old. When i was growing up everyone was playing games on spectrum 48ks/Commodore 64, and were busy saving their pocket money to buy an Amiga or Atari ST. Consoles really didn't start making inroads into homes until the late 80's early 90's, until that point you had a proper computer (be it a specutrum, BBC, acorn, commodore or an amstrad).
To say that gaming was always focussed on consoles is somewhat wrong - it was the other way around. The gaming industry started on home computers - this is where people like Richard & David Darling, and Peter Molyneaux made their fortunes.
Consoles only really started overtaking home computers for gaming between the late 80's and mid 90's, at a time when there was no cheap home computer available that was worth buying (i.e. Amiga) or the prices of a 'not for games' IBM PC was too high (£2000 for a 486 DX)
For the past 15 years, gaming has been firmly routed in the realm of consoles with sales figures for PS/PS2/PS3/XBox/Wii/360/GC far surpassing any PC game market, and is likely to be the case for the next 10 years. The only difference the industry may face in future, is that casual gamers may migrate away from their Wii's to their iPhones.
twig, verb, twigged, twig-ging. British
verb (used with object)
1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors?
3. to understand.
verb (used without object)
4. to understand.
It's a bit like the windows start bar tbh. If you routinely have a tonne of apps open, move the bar to the side (instead of the bottom) - give you readable text for all of those apps. Surely the same could be true of browsing.
or a wider monitor...
If it came from dell it would have had a restore partition (and mine originally had a dell-home partition as well). It might also be something to do with computrace.
Would you really consider an Apple II to be a fashion accessory?
definitely. The last time i almost kissed a girl when when i owned one...
get a bike, cycle to the bus station, lock it up, cycle back in the evening. Cuts that 30mins down to about 5mins.
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As a smoker, maybe you are right about my taste buds - however my non-smoking house mate agreed with my opinion. Taste wise it really is the same as coffee, but with some of the edge smoothed off the normal caffeine kick. Whichever way you look at it, it's too similar to normal coffee to justify the price imho.
quite right. piracy is not theft
Civet Coffee
because they are idiots. I tried some once (my housemate got some for Christmas), it tastes exactly the same as weak coffee. Utterly pointless.
Stone henge opens for 1 night a year when you are able to get close enough to the stones to be able to touch them (on the summer solstice) - and that is what this guy is protesting about. English heritage have argued for years that the stones need protection, and to be honest I tend to agree with them (having been there for a solstice before). This has been a long running argument, culminating with the battle of the beanfield in the 1980s. Eventually they relented on their decision regarding the solstice, and ever since it's a massive free party full of drugged up idiots who have zero understanding about the stones. This guy wants English heritage to allow full access to the stones all year round rather than the one day a year currently - which imho, is a really really bad idea.
Yeah woodford is fairly nice as bourbons go, if a little generic. Generally speaking you can't go too wrong with a Woodford, Wild Turkey, Elijah Craig, or Buffalo Trace.
;))
I tend to prefer wild turkey to Woodford, but i think that's more just my personal taste more than anything. If you're willing to spend a little more, an old rip van winkle with a dash of maple syrup stirred with ice is full of win. If you really want to push the boat out, George T Stagg is probably the most interesting I've ever tasted (it's far too string to drink neat though! Definitely one for an old fashioned) - I know in the US it's about $60 (and given that it retails at about $180 in the UK is the reason I buy as many as I can when I'm over there
Visual studio -> Right click on any variable -> rename -> type new name -> click ok
Only for managed languages - doesn't work for C++ (though you can buy plug-ins that will do it - i.e. visual assist). I've not yet seen any C++ refactoring tools that work reliably enough trust in a commercial environment.
In my experience the problem is that normally you end up seeing iCount, szName, bEnabled, fPercent, etc. None of those variable names are improved in any way by hungarian notation - you could easily drop the sz from szName and know what type it is.
Collada. dotXSI. fbx.
the same size or smaller than long.
The army has tanks. Konami has... dance dance revolution.
I worked in a UK university for 4 years, and I can assure you that there is a mad dash in the last 5 years prior to retirement in which academics will take on as many responsibilities as possible in order to boost their final salary. Anyhow, the man in question has posted a note on his blog this morning clarifying his stance.
Well, I actually sent him an e-mail last night, as did a few thousand other lecturers by the sounds of it. Appears the article has misquoted him somewhat.
During that time I rely on cues from the student (or students), many of which are non-verbal. Looks of puzzlement, rolled eyes, pursed lips, glazed eyes, eyebrow furrows, impatient twitches, overall body posture -- take those away and it gets a lot harder to reformulate explanations.
So very true. I used to treat lectures as conversations between individuals. Find the student who is obviously struggling, and then maintain a direct conversation with them until its clicked. Look around the room, find the next person who still hasn't got it, and do the same again. I wouldn't be able to teach to anywhere near the same standard without that level of interaction.
My particular experience was teaching computer animation, and as a result I'd frequently be jumping about, waving my arms in the air, running around the classroom in order to demonstrate motion. Sometimes I used to feel like a bit of a performing monkey when I lectured (not in a bad way!), but ultimately if you can master the art of performance, you have the ability to deliver the dullest material in a way that truly engages the students. Imho, that is the true art of being a lecturer, and it is an art form that will be lost if you try to deliver it through a webcam.
It can be done in a strictly online environment, but it's freaking hard. Writing messages online strips away so much of the non-verbal feedback I rely on.
I agree, it can be useful, and it's certainly a valuable addition to teaching, but it can't ever be a replacement. As an example, I used make the rule that I'd never answer student questions outside of a lecture theater. Instead, I set up a forum for the students, and made them aware that I'd only answer questions there. The benefit was pretty obvious, rather than getting 20 e-mails, or 20 knocks at the door all asking the same question. I'd have a single place to help out the entire student body (that or they'd help themselves and answer the forum post before me). As time went by, those questions+answers grew into a useful repository of information for future students.
New tech comes along all the time, and it is fantastic when it enables additional teaching methods, but no amount of technology can ever replace the abilities of a good lecturer in their natural environment - the lecture theater....