Wow 15 seconds is not much time, especially in an arena of that size. I'd be surprised if one of the bots could simply navigate the length of the arena during that period, dodging other bots along way.
So you have about a minute of autonomous robots chasing each others rears while kids lob 9 inch balls at them, followed by a minute of robots being controlled remotely by Counter Strike geeks. And it's slippery.
Don't be shy about storing important bits of information, ideas, notes, etc, externally. I use a cross platform, mobile friendly web application to store information. It has quite literally become an extension of my mind. I do not function properly without it. Also, did you know you can now view Google Calender from your GMail inbox?
Nothing in a game has ever frightened me more than Doom e1m2. Why? Because it was a new (to me). A dark room filled with monsters, periodically illuminated by quick flashes of bright light.
It's not about the graphics, the realism, etc. It's all about throwing players into creepy situations they haven't experienced a thousand times before.
It appears that during this reported outage the (my) iGoogle page layout has changed, and the GMail notifier is not functioning although I have no problem accessing my GMail account.
It looks like there's change in the wind, and those changes didn't roll out as seamlessly as someone hoped.
It's the on the go time that really matters. Generally if I'm in a location where I can plug in my laptop, I'm going to be there for a while. So charge time doesn't matter. Give me long battery life!
Let me just sum up what everyone above has said, and what everyone else will say:
Write code other people can read. This means commenting often, using consistent naming schemes, remembering that white space is your friend, etc.
Above all, do not try to prove your programming chops. We'll assume you know how to code by default, don't try to impress us by condensing a dozen lines of code into two.
Once you conquer this idea that being a geek and an introvert makes it difficult to exercise, you're home free.
Consider an elliptical, they're low impact, compact, and 30mins four days a week does wonders.
Beyond that, Find yourself some open space, a nearby nature preserve or hiking trail for example. It's great for the mind as well as the body.
The mouse and keyboard provide, by accident, the perfect interface for FPS games. I can see the touchscreen as a practical interface for RTS and perhaps other gaming genres.
Yeah that logic works. Hey, I robbed that bank because I really needed the world to know I'd do an awesome job designing vaults. This just in: 18 year old criminals from everywhere flock to New Zealand!
In a Turing test, obviously, a human does the verification. Unless you have an army of extremely low-wage laborers doing the verification, or a machine capable of passing a real Turing test, the CAPTCHA will *never* work.
The only solution for now, I think, would be to force multiple layers of authentication on users. ie, you can have your craigslist account, but you're gonna need to pay 2.95 S&H and wait 5-7 days to get your key chain dongle before you can log in.
Obviously, the average user is not going to be up for that. So you're stuck with spam. It sucks, but there's no way around it.
I'm convinced that WSAD was developed by people with small hands. ESDF places my left hand closer to the middle of the keyboard and puts a greater number of keys within the reach of my left hand.
My house is brown. The south facing side of my house has weathered differently than the north facing side, which has affected not only the color of the paint, but the look of the grain in the siding. Subtle differences like this would add a whole new degree of reality to games. The more memory available for textures the better.
It's pretty clear where they're all going. Have you not seen the lines of laptop toting airport janitors outside the pawnshops? Does it not seem strange to you that 9 out of 10 airport janitors drive BMWs?
So how do you handle backwards compatibility? Let's say I have an application that runs just fun on a single core 1ghz processor. And it's not designed to use multiple cores. Now all the sudden I have 1000 100mhz cores, and my app is only designed to utilize a single core.
Do you obscure parallel processing at the hardware level? ie, provide a logical "primary" processor capable of delegating tasks to it's minions?
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Wow 15 seconds is not much time, especially in an arena of that size. I'd be surprised if one of the bots could simply navigate the length of the arena during that period, dodging other bots along way.
So you have about a minute of autonomous robots chasing each others rears while kids lob 9 inch balls at them, followed by a minute of robots being controlled remotely by Counter Strike geeks. And it's slippery.
It's a neat story. You're so not invited to my birthday party, you party pooper.
Don't be shy about storing important bits of information, ideas, notes, etc, externally. I use a cross platform, mobile friendly web application to store information. It has quite literally become an extension of my mind. I do not function properly without it. Also, did you know you can now view Google Calender from your GMail inbox?
the [0,1,4,6] ruler is proven to be the largest perfect optimal ruler (according to the Wikipedia article)
I'm not seeing that on en.wikipepdia, anyone know where I can take a look at that proof? Is it simple enough for someone to explain quickly?
Nothing in a game has ever frightened me more than Doom e1m2. Why? Because it was a new (to me). A dark room filled with monsters, periodically illuminated by quick flashes of bright light. It's not about the graphics, the realism, etc. It's all about throwing players into creepy situations they haven't experienced a thousand times before.
It appears that during this reported outage the (my) iGoogle page layout has changed, and the GMail notifier is not functioning although I have no problem accessing my GMail account. It looks like there's change in the wind, and those changes didn't roll out as seamlessly as someone hoped.
And you thought the "war on drugs" was futile...
...drive at airplane speeds if I want to use my cell phone.
It's the on the go time that really matters. Generally if I'm in a location where I can plug in my laptop, I'm going to be there for a while. So charge time doesn't matter. Give me long battery life!
Let me just sum up what everyone above has said, and what everyone else will say: Write code other people can read. This means commenting often, using consistent naming schemes, remembering that white space is your friend, etc. Above all, do not try to prove your programming chops. We'll assume you know how to code by default, don't try to impress us by condensing a dozen lines of code into two.
...to ensure that your work is quickly forgotten is to write crap. The second easiest way is to attack your fans like this.
Drink less beer. *shudder*
Once you conquer this idea that being a geek and an introvert makes it difficult to exercise, you're home free. Consider an elliptical, they're low impact, compact, and 30mins four days a week does wonders. Beyond that, Find yourself some open space, a nearby nature preserve or hiking trail for example. It's great for the mind as well as the body.
The mouse and keyboard provide, by accident, the perfect interface for FPS games. I can see the touchscreen as a practical interface for RTS and perhaps other gaming genres.
And he was reborn, and he bore a white hat. Are these people serious?
Yeah that logic works. Hey, I robbed that bank because I really needed the world to know I'd do an awesome job designing vaults. This just in: 18 year old criminals from everywhere flock to New Zealand!
Two or three guys with a keg of beer could produce 30 liters a day no problem. I've always wanted to work for NASA...
In a Turing test, obviously, a human does the verification. Unless you have an army of extremely low-wage laborers doing the verification, or a machine capable of passing a real Turing test, the CAPTCHA will *never* work. The only solution for now, I think, would be to force multiple layers of authentication on users. ie, you can have your craigslist account, but you're gonna need to pay 2.95 S&H and wait 5-7 days to get your key chain dongle before you can log in. Obviously, the average user is not going to be up for that. So you're stuck with spam. It sucks, but there's no way around it.
I'm convinced that WSAD was developed by people with small hands. ESDF places my left hand closer to the middle of the keyboard and puts a greater number of keys within the reach of my left hand.
My house is brown. The south facing side of my house has weathered differently than the north facing side, which has affected not only the color of the paint, but the look of the grain in the siding. Subtle differences like this would add a whole new degree of reality to games. The more memory available for textures the better.
It would certainly allow for more texture variety in games. Grey walls and brown paths repeated across a map get really boring, even in modern games.
It's pretty clear where they're all going. Have you not seen the lines of laptop toting airport janitors outside the pawnshops? Does it not seem strange to you that 9 out of 10 airport janitors drive BMWs?
I've eliminated this problem, after years of training I now have ambidextrous feet.
So how do you handle backwards compatibility? Let's say I have an application that runs just fun on a single core 1ghz processor. And it's not designed to use multiple cores. Now all the sudden I have 1000 100mhz cores, and my app is only designed to utilize a single core. Do you obscure parallel processing at the hardware level? ie, provide a logical "primary" processor capable of delegating tasks to it's minions?