Couldn't it easily be the other way around? That during times that oil prices are increasing the producers, along with the government/public, are more likely to increase their drilling?
I'm assuming you weren't very close to the project, seeing as there is no QNX 5.
Assuming the code was actually from QNX 4, I don't know why you expected it to be a simple recompile. QNX 6 was a completely new operating system rewritten from the ground up. Just imagine getting your old Mac OS9 programs to compile for OSX.
Considering how bigoted the Slashdot hivemind generally is concerning people who use Windows, or oppose OSS, or aren't technically inclined, or some of the rather rough things people here say about the Chinese, or the religious... it's rather hypocritical for Slashdot to be calling anyone else bigoted...
I'm not a really pro-gun person, but really, considering they're selling something that's illegal to make, traffic and sell... I can't see them having a hard time making, trafficking or selling guns either if they were illegal.
Especially with the news of numerous corrupt police and government officials in the whole drug war, I can't see it being too hard for them to 'somehow' get a bunch of military weapons if they needed to.
Interestingly, the province of Ontario sort of has something like this. There's a section on the provincial tax return where you can donate any amount you want to the provincial government, ostensibly going directly towards debt reduction (or you can donate directly if you want). Supposedly it gets about $100,000 a year. Not much, but I guess it's another million less gathering interest.
...uhm, but this has nothing to do with the RIAA or MPAA (not their Canadian counterparts). In fact, he's already raised the ire of the mobile phone companies by letting in foreign investment and opening up the spectrum to smaller players. So far the current government hasn't really seemed very one-sided on the mobile phone front, so I wouldn't be surprised either way if he support it.
That being said, even if Stephen Harper hates the idea, I doubt he'll use up some of his party political capital to whip the vote over something this small. It's almost for sure going to be a free vote, which means it probably won't fit nicely down party lines.
I read somewhere that BPA does delay the onset of puberty... but only in boys, and that it speeds it up in girls. I was under the impression that this was happening, but then again I'm nowhere near that field of work so I could be completely wrong.
It sounds like North Korea is moving into the highly lucrative multi-level marketing system. Along with this drink I'm assuming they'll start a long distance carrier that friends will attempt to get you to sign up for so they can get a commission, a business to sell rubies to friends, and possibly a skin cream to infuse your face with nutrients?
Ontario resident speaking here (Ontario, Canada). I blame a large part of that problem here on the fact that, while I was forced to take 5 English credits in high school (but only 1 math, which kind of shows their priorities...), those English classes dealt very little with spelling, language, grammar, or much related to the actual language. Instead, we were supposed to analyze food imagery in Shakespeare and outline the 'Emotional connotation' of events in short stories.
I'd rather have had the grammar lessons. At least I'd feel like I learned something out of it, aside from it almost destroying my enjoyment of reading, which took years to recover after high school.
Realize, those are provincial taxes. Blame your province.
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Actually, despite its flaws, one of the reasons Canada's health care system works at all I believe is because for the most part the provinces run it and the federal government doesn't try to fiddle too much with specifics. Right now in the US you have this mish-mash of federal and state-level regulations that I'd imagine would be an absolute nightmare to administer (like having two bosses, or something like that.)
I'd imagine bribes like that would be pretty tough considering how restrictive the law is regarding corporate donations. Especially considering Elections Canada is currently browsing over the party's files right now looking for much lesser infractions. About the best they could do is give them a nice meal and some handshaking.
It's probably more like "we'll just stir the issue around so it looks like we're doing something", if the report is true in the first place.
Have you tried QNX? I've found it really nice to use, though you still have to pay for commercial stuff. I've never worked with vxWorks but I've heard it's awful to work with in comparison.
I worked at a restaurant and I remember the bartender getting busted for taking excessively large 'tips' off of people's credit cards. Now she's in jail. Ahahaha, sucker.
I think the point was that Mr. Miyamoto is very focused in his development. He has a solid, but general goal it seems, then fleshes it out over time. Think of how Mario 64 would have been in his head. My guess is it'd be "3D mario game with lots of exploration and stars used to open up new areas". But what made the game was how he got there, such as the puzzles, the mechanics, etc. By staying very focused he reached his goal very well.
Yoshi's Island is an even better example. It's essentially simple at it's core, a platformer where your hit points are time it takes you to rescue mario, and you can shoot eggs. The creativity came along in how he went along the journey. Some of the puzzles were brilliant and the entire feel of the game felt unified.
I think what Mr. Carmack was stating was exactly that. It starts with a direction, less than a total 'game' in mind. The personality of the game is fleshed out during creation. Much like a journey, the general idea is set and over time it is created and certain different paths are taken to get to that final goal, but if you don't have a strong inspiration to always keep going in that direction, it will seem vague and in disarray.
If you take a game like Yoshi's Island and shake it down to a couple bullet points, it'd sound almost exactly the same as any other platform game. But it still stood out.
When programming, a team with drive but constantly changing back-end goals will get nowhere. A strong base goal and open-ended body for it produces the best results. I think of apache, which is only trying to be a solid, stable http server, does it's job very well, but is flexible and the apache team could easily program things the best way for each situation that arose. Whereas IIS is torn between being an http server, an e-commerce centre, and whatever else, and it always seems in constant, utter disarray.
I've spent many an hour on bubblet for my palm III. It's the most addictive game I've ever played. Good way to look like you're doing work while you're not, as with all palm games.
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Couldn't it easily be the other way around? That during times that oil prices are increasing the producers, along with the government/public, are more likely to increase their drilling?
I'm assuming you weren't very close to the project, seeing as there is no QNX 5.
Assuming the code was actually from QNX 4, I don't know why you expected it to be a simple recompile. QNX 6 was a completely new operating system rewritten from the ground up. Just imagine getting your old Mac OS9 programs to compile for OSX.
Considering how bigoted the Slashdot hivemind generally is concerning people who use Windows, or oppose OSS, or aren't technically inclined, or some of the rather rough things people here say about the Chinese, or the religious... it's rather hypocritical for Slashdot to be calling anyone else bigoted...
As usual with the Slashdot editorializing, it botches the facts.
Flanagan hasn't been an adviser to Stephen Harper for a long time, and the government was quick to distance itself from him.
Wait...
so... Johnny is supposed to be giving the toy back... but it's Billy who wants a smack to his head?
I'm not a really pro-gun person, but really, considering they're selling something that's illegal to make, traffic and sell... I can't see them having a hard time making, trafficking or selling guns either if they were illegal.
Especially with the news of numerous corrupt police and government officials in the whole drug war, I can't see it being too hard for them to 'somehow' get a bunch of military weapons if they needed to.
Uhm, not a million. Sorry. I rewrote the previous sentence and forgot to remove the last one.
Interestingly, the province of Ontario sort of has something like this. There's a section on the provincial tax return where you can donate any amount you want to the provincial government, ostensibly going directly towards debt reduction (or you can donate directly if you want). Supposedly it gets about $100,000 a year. Not much, but I guess it's another million less gathering interest.
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/credit/oof/index.html
Uhm, that should say "nor" their Canadian counterparts... sorry...
...uhm, but this has nothing to do with the RIAA or MPAA (not their Canadian counterparts). In fact, he's already raised the ire of the mobile phone companies by letting in foreign investment and opening up the spectrum to smaller players. So far the current government hasn't really seemed very one-sided on the mobile phone front, so I wouldn't be surprised either way if he support it.
That being said, even if Stephen Harper hates the idea, I doubt he'll use up some of his party political capital to whip the vote over something this small. It's almost for sure going to be a free vote, which means it probably won't fit nicely down party lines.
I read somewhere that BPA does delay the onset of puberty... but only in boys, and that it speeds it up in girls. I was under the impression that this was happening, but then again I'm nowhere near that field of work so I could be completely wrong.
It sounds like North Korea is moving into the highly lucrative multi-level marketing system. Along with this drink I'm assuming they'll start a long distance carrier that friends will attempt to get you to sign up for so they can get a commission, a business to sell rubies to friends, and possibly a skin cream to infuse your face with nutrients?
Ontario resident speaking here (Ontario, Canada). I blame a large part of that problem here on the fact that, while I was forced to take 5 English credits in high school (but only 1 math, which kind of shows their priorities...), those English classes dealt very little with spelling, language, grammar, or much related to the actual language. Instead, we were supposed to analyze food imagery in Shakespeare and outline the 'Emotional connotation' of events in short stories.
I'd rather have had the grammar lessons. At least I'd feel like I learned something out of it, aside from it almost destroying my enjoyment of reading, which took years to recover after high school.
Realize, those are provincial taxes. Blame your province.
Actually, despite its flaws, one of the reasons Canada's health care system works at all I believe is because for the most part the provinces run it and the federal government doesn't try to fiddle too much with specifics. Right now in the US you have this mish-mash of federal and state-level regulations that I'd imagine would be an absolute nightmare to administer (like having two bosses, or something like that.)
Reminds me of this comic:
http://www.filibustercartoons.com/index.php/2007/10/14/steady-decline/
I'd imagine bribes like that would be pretty tough considering how restrictive the law is regarding corporate donations. Especially considering Elections Canada is currently browsing over the party's files right now looking for much lesser infractions. About the best they could do is give them a nice meal and some handshaking.
It's probably more like "we'll just stir the issue around so it looks like we're doing something", if the report is true in the first place.
You know... this isn't even worth thinking about until there's a little bit more proof than "Some people in France said it was so!"
Signed,
A Canadian
QNX used to be intel-only, but has been ported over to other chipsets. I know I've used it on an arm and some ppc before.
Have you tried QNX? I've found it really nice to use, though you still have to pay for commercial stuff. I've never worked with vxWorks but I've heard it's awful to work with in comparison.
I think this election will be characterized by its blandness.
Of course, Canada has it's own election fixing problems. We really need set election dates.
I worked at a restaurant and I remember the bartender getting busted for taking excessively large 'tips' off of people's credit cards. Now she's in jail. Ahahaha, sucker.
I DEMAND we be punished too! ... OH CRAP! NO WAIT!
I think the point was that Mr. Miyamoto is very focused in his development. He has a solid, but general goal it seems, then fleshes it out over time. Think of how Mario 64 would have been in his head. My guess is it'd be "3D mario game with lots of exploration and stars used to open up new areas". But what made the game was how he got there, such as the puzzles, the mechanics, etc. By staying very focused he reached his goal very well.
Yoshi's Island is an even better example. It's essentially simple at it's core, a platformer where your hit points are time it takes you to rescue mario, and you can shoot eggs. The creativity came along in how he went along the journey. Some of the puzzles were brilliant and the entire feel of the game felt unified.
I think what Mr. Carmack was stating was exactly that. It starts with a direction, less than a total 'game' in mind. The personality of the game is fleshed out during creation. Much like a journey, the general idea is set and over time it is created and certain different paths are taken to get to that final goal, but if you don't have a strong inspiration to always keep going in that direction, it will seem vague and in disarray.
If you take a game like Yoshi's Island and shake it down to a couple bullet points, it'd sound almost exactly the same as any other platform game. But it still stood out.
When programming, a team with drive but constantly changing back-end goals will get nowhere. A strong base goal and open-ended body for it produces the best results. I think of apache, which is only trying to be a solid, stable http server, does it's job very well, but is flexible and the apache team could easily program things the best way for each situation that arose. Whereas IIS is torn between being an http server, an e-commerce centre, and whatever else, and it always seems in constant, utter disarray.
I've spent many an hour on bubblet for my palm III. It's the most addictive game I've ever played. Good way to look like you're doing work while you're not, as with all palm games.