We used an older version of RT, but recently updated to RT3. We've found a few minor bugs that we were able to fix (yay open source!), but other than that it's been treating us well.
We get a rather low volume though (about 4-6 requests per day), as most of our users we see in person.
I'd create an account on each one of those sites. Whip it up so it looks kind of professional, but not that you're a stiff. List some favorite movies, books, and whatnot so you seem human. Put one of those stupid apps like lolcat or something.
I'd suggest making a page on at least Facebook (that seems to be the biggy these days, MySpace is for preteens and music bands. I haven't heard of LinkedIn before today). The reason being is because ANYONE can create a page, and that could mean someone makes a page of you. It could be your friends, making a stupid joke, or it could be some e-stalker. They could list a few tidbits of your real information, and now all of a sudden this page looks like its yours. By owning the page you'll eliminate that chance, though of course on Facebook if someone else posts a naughty picture of you everyone can still see it if your friends' pictures are unrestricted.
I wouldn't draw a hard and fast line on how much games should cost. If every PC game was $25 new, I still wouldn't buy every game I was interested in on release day.
I bought L4D this past weekend because it was a steal. Great game (all my friends have been raving about it), and I thought I would like it (it reminded me of counters strike a little bit). Would I buy Mirror's Edge for $25? Probably not. Crysis? Maybe once it hit $15-20, but that'll be much faster than starting at $50
Don't forget, it's not unified protest either. There'll be a dozen groups "protesting" the same thing because someone didn't think about using the search feature.
If you don't believe me, look for groups against duplicate groups.
You can make a policy regarding pirated software. Any machine containing pirated software will be wiped immediately, and reinstalled with legitimate software. All costs associated with this action will be immediately deducted from the office where this occurred. Software audits will be done (1-2 months) from now, again at X months, and at random intervals thereafter. If there's some way to automagically over the network audit the software, go ahead and do that on random computers on random days. Failure to comply will have some consequence.
Otherwise, you could just call up the Beijing office (assuming the piracy issue is only here), and make a deal: You front the licenses in exchange for him using the software and keys you provide (on a server or something that he can just grab and install). Reduce his budget appropriately after that to make up for fronting licenses. Problem fixed, and he looks better since he can brag to his friends how his rich American company gives him enough money to have non-pirated software.
Still, I would like to have a variety of advertisers.
You watch a show on a network streaming station and you get 1 ad over and over (whoever the sponsor of the day is). I've watched stuff on Hulu and had an identical commercial for 4 breaks during a show. No I don't want to see how Best Buy made someone's Christmas. Give me a mix so I can't memorize the commercial's lines.
Pandora is a great service. I've only recently jumped on the wagon, but I would definitely not mind a few ads to support it.
I agree that the rating system does put some sort of (increasingly arbitrary) rating on games today. It's good for parents who are interested in what their children are playing without requiring them to know a lot about the upcoming games. (Mild violence, that's fine. Comic mischief? He sees that watching Nickelodeon.
For parents who couldn't care less about raising their children, the ratings system is to blame for all their incompetence.
I hope at least OEM will produce ONLY 64 bit machines, except in the special cases of netbooks and the like. I'd like to see a push for all new machines to be 64bit, with 64bit OS. Microsoft could still sell 32 bit, but leave that for the upgraders.
If I were them I'd market it as Windows 7, and then you'd have Windows 7 32-bit as a special edition (like XP Pro and XP Pro x64, but in the reverse).
Unfortunately, that has happened to me (I work in IT), but only once. I had a dual monitor setup on my box in a temporary location because of some stuff. I came back in the next day and sat down at the computer, saw my hard drive in it (we've got labeled hdd caddies), and the computer was turned on. No display. So of course I try a hard reset, figuring Windows decided to be stupid. It boots up, no display still. It ends up someone needed those 2 monitors to test, so they disconnected my box, used the monitors, and put them back in the same place.
Buying with your debit card may not be the smartest idea unless you've got a damn good bank with great fraud coverage. Personally I have a rewards card and just pay off the balance at the end of the month.
Double manufacturer warranty is a nice card perk to have with any major electronics purchase.
Gaming keyboards typically light up, have the said macro keys, and accept more simultaneous key strokes than a normal keyboard. At least, that's what they're supposed to do over generic keyboards.
How many hours of that require a word processor, spreadsheet maker, or presentation software? I'm betting a good chunk of that 400 just requires a textbook and some notebook paper.
I disagree. My first CS class was in 6th or 7th grade, and it was basically the first true computer learning experience I had. Neither of my parents are computer savvy. It was a great learning experience. The teacher tore apart an old computer in front of us (he had a camera and projector so everyone could see), and passed around some of the parts. Afterwards he put it back together and booted it up. While it seems kind of Mickey Mouse, it educated against the "my CPU broke" type of comments.
Later on in the class we built a webpage using Netscape's WYSIWIG thing, created animated GIFs, and other random stuff like that. We built a basic game (it wasn't programming, it was some application that let you put the pieces together and play). The final project was a web page with 3-5 pages on our favorite book.
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"Regenerate" brings dead cells back to life!
You mean like Bob's Game?
We actually looked at your extension while planning the upgrade to RT3.
Rest assured, people are finding your extension.
We used an older version of RT, but recently updated to RT3. We've found a few minor bugs that we were able to fix (yay open source!), but other than that it's been treating us well.
We get a rather low volume though (about 4-6 requests per day), as most of our users we see in person.
Well maybe those employees shouldn't have suggested not giving out free Bud Light at the meetings.
I'd create an account on each one of those sites. Whip it up so it looks kind of professional, but not that you're a stiff. List some favorite movies, books, and whatnot so you seem human. Put one of those stupid apps like lolcat or something.
I'd suggest making a page on at least Facebook (that seems to be the biggy these days, MySpace is for preteens and music bands. I haven't heard of LinkedIn before today). The reason being is because ANYONE can create a page, and that could mean someone makes a page of you. It could be your friends, making a stupid joke, or it could be some e-stalker. They could list a few tidbits of your real information, and now all of a sudden this page looks like its yours. By owning the page you'll eliminate that chance, though of course on Facebook if someone else posts a naughty picture of you everyone can still see it if your friends' pictures are unrestricted.
Ah, I'm sorry. Yes, links aren't followed, but text is still indexed.
Wrong. Comments are indexed by google. http://www.google.com/search?q=JonesDay.com+sacrifices+Chinese+babies+in+the+name+of+Satan&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Someone made a reference up where JonesDay.com Sacrifices Chinese babies in the name of Satan and it's already been indexed.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1136379&cid=26946099
I wouldn't draw a hard and fast line on how much games should cost. If every PC game was $25 new, I still wouldn't buy every game I was interested in on release day.
I bought L4D this past weekend because it was a steal. Great game (all my friends have been raving about it), and I thought I would like it (it reminded me of counters strike a little bit). Would I buy Mirror's Edge for $25? Probably not. Crysis? Maybe once it hit $15-20, but that'll be much faster than starting at $50
Don't forget, it's not unified protest either. There'll be a dozen groups "protesting" the same thing because someone didn't think about using the search feature.
If you don't believe me, look for groups against duplicate groups.
You can make a policy regarding pirated software. Any machine containing pirated software will be wiped immediately, and reinstalled with legitimate software. All costs associated with this action will be immediately deducted from the office where this occurred. Software audits will be done (1-2 months) from now, again at X months, and at random intervals thereafter. If there's some way to automagically over the network audit the software, go ahead and do that on random computers on random days. Failure to comply will have some consequence.
Otherwise, you could just call up the Beijing office (assuming the piracy issue is only here), and make a deal: You front the licenses in exchange for him using the software and keys you provide (on a server or something that he can just grab and install). Reduce his budget appropriately after that to make up for fronting licenses. Problem fixed, and he looks better since he can brag to his friends how his rich American company gives him enough money to have non-pirated software.
Because we all know if it's not on google it doesn't exist in the world.
Better get started on that rule 34 and rule 35.
Still, I would like to have a variety of advertisers.
You watch a show on a network streaming station and you get 1 ad over and over (whoever the sponsor of the day is). I've watched stuff on Hulu and had an identical commercial for 4 breaks during a show. No I don't want to see how Best Buy made someone's Christmas. Give me a mix so I can't memorize the commercial's lines.
Pandora is a great service. I've only recently jumped on the wagon, but I would definitely not mind a few ads to support it.
I agree that the rating system does put some sort of (increasingly arbitrary) rating on games today. It's good for parents who are interested in what their children are playing without requiring them to know a lot about the upcoming games. (Mild violence, that's fine. Comic mischief? He sees that watching Nickelodeon.
For parents who couldn't care less about raising their children, the ratings system is to blame for all their incompetence.
I feel sorry for you. Most kids are just brats, but you've got a barbarian on your hands.
Oh but the trees! They should be warned they're going to be cut down.
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I hope at least OEM will produce ONLY 64 bit machines, except in the special cases of netbooks and the like. I'd like to see a push for all new machines to be 64bit, with 64bit OS. Microsoft could still sell 32 bit, but leave that for the upgraders.
If I were them I'd market it as Windows 7, and then you'd have Windows 7 32-bit as a special edition (like XP Pro and XP Pro x64, but in the reverse).
Unfortunately, that has happened to me (I work in IT), but only once. I had a dual monitor setup on my box in a temporary location because of some stuff. I came back in the next day and sat down at the computer, saw my hard drive in it (we've got labeled hdd caddies), and the computer was turned on. No display. So of course I try a hard reset, figuring Windows decided to be stupid. It boots up, no display still. It ends up someone needed those 2 monitors to test, so they disconnected my box, used the monitors, and put them back in the same place.
You just lost The Game.
Buying with your debit card may not be the smartest idea unless you've got a damn good bank with great fraud coverage. Personally I have a rewards card and just pay off the balance at the end of the month.
Double manufacturer warranty is a nice card perk to have with any major electronics purchase.
Gaming keyboards typically light up, have the said macro keys, and accept more simultaneous key strokes than a normal keyboard. At least, that's what they're supposed to do over generic keyboards.
Of when we'll be nickled and dimed for text messages instead of quartered.
How many hours of that require a word processor, spreadsheet maker, or presentation software? I'm betting a good chunk of that 400 just requires a textbook and some notebook paper.
I disagree. My first CS class was in 6th or 7th grade, and it was basically the first true computer learning experience I had. Neither of my parents are computer savvy. It was a great learning experience. The teacher tore apart an old computer in front of us (he had a camera and projector so everyone could see), and passed around some of the parts. Afterwards he put it back together and booted it up. While it seems kind of Mickey Mouse, it educated against the "my CPU broke" type of comments.
Later on in the class we built a webpage using Netscape's WYSIWIG thing, created animated GIFs, and other random stuff like that. We built a basic game (it wasn't programming, it was some application that let you put the pieces together and play). The final project was a web page with 3-5 pages on our favorite book.