Whenever sweat becomes a problem when using a mouse for an extended period, I usally use a handkerchief - I either tie it around my hand or just place it on the mouse. Keeps the mouse nice and dry.
The industry seriously isn't nearly as interesting as it was a few years ago. You go looking for news on the latest technological developments, and you get instead a never ending squabble over 'intellectual property', and endless lawsuits. The internet has proven to not be the big thing that it was supposed to be. In university open days we were shown graphs showing that the industry would keep requiring jobs, and now all we hear about are job cuts.
The industry is in a bit of a rather depressing slump at the minute. There hasn't been any major innovations at all in the past while, and noone seems to be caring much. The current state of the market very nearly put me off going into a CS degree. But I think there is still a lot to be done in the industry, and the industry is very vast. To make CS 'fun', I think you just have to find the one tiny aspect on the industry that interests you the most.
My own area of interest is Human/Computer interaction, and the acceptence of ICT in the household and in everyday use. This is something which will likely not be touched to any great extent in my degree course, but by sticking the course out, I can eventually go out and start working towards the goals I want to see achieved in my area of interest - the removal of those horrible clunky desktop systems currently in use in the home and home computers made more laptop-like, computers that can be activated by voice just like in Star Trek, and a society that doesn't fear computers as much as it does today.
The CS course itself may suck, but it empowers you to be able to go out and work towards what you want to see in the industry.
If the Gamecube isn't exciting the press, how is it meant to excite the home users? How can the console survive if it doesn't get people excited about it?
Nintendo might just push back the launch instead, until they can get a launch lineup and strategy that _will_ make people excited.
If nintendo goes through with producting a console that flops, it could damage them pretty bad. As it stands, they have the Gameboy Advance doing well, and they could get along quite fine on that. Especially if they get another Pokemon title out.
If you like a site, you can pass a few dollars/pounds their way. The better sites have literally hundreds of thousands of readers, and if even 1000 of them pass $2 or so, it could be enough to keep the site going.
But whether it works or not is a different matter. Might be worth keeping track of Penny Arcade to see how they fare
Doesn't that seem a little bit too low? I mean, most users would have A few CDs worth of Music, and I bet the 'Industry' makes far more than $1.67 per buyer per month from CD sales.
I don't think that the 'Industry' will accept this, IMO. They think that Napster is stealing CD sales away from them, and this may not be enough 'compensation' for them.
And where did Napster get that money from anyway?
Wouldn't a driver made for say, Windows specifically run far better than a driver made with cross platform code?
By sticking to one system, the code can be optimised for that system and it's efficiency maxamised.
Of course, this cross platform thing would be useful for making sure there is support for as many possible platforms ASAP, then optimised platform specific ports could come at a later date...
From what I've heard, there is plenty of places for well trained IT professionals. I've heard stories that one year, practically all of the Computer science graduates coming from Queens University Belfast got a job within weeks of getting their degree.
With computing taking over tasks that were previously done by humans, wouldn't that mean more computer professionals are needed to design, install and maintain these systems?
I would also not be surprised if some companies are accepting newly graduated Computing professionals over the older, perhaps more experienced people. For a start, the younger people are going to be more eager to impress, and would also be a bit more energetic(?) than the older people.
I'm certainly hoping that in 5-6 years time, coming out with a masters degree, I have a good job to walk in to.
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Whenever sweat becomes a problem when using a mouse for an extended period, I usally use a handkerchief - I either tie it around my hand or just place it on the mouse. Keeps the mouse nice and dry.
At least it will make a good kids toy :-P
The industry seriously isn't nearly as interesting as it was a few years ago. You go looking for news on the latest technological developments, and you get instead a never ending squabble over 'intellectual property', and endless lawsuits. The internet has proven to not be the big thing that it was supposed to be. In university open days we were shown graphs showing that the industry would keep requiring jobs, and now all we hear about are job cuts.
The industry is in a bit of a rather depressing slump at the minute. There hasn't been any major innovations at all in the past while, and noone seems to be caring much. The current state of the market very nearly put me off going into a CS degree. But I think there is still a lot to be done in the industry, and the industry is very vast. To make CS 'fun', I think you just have to find the one tiny aspect on the industry that interests you the most.
My own area of interest is Human/Computer interaction, and the acceptence of ICT in the household and in everyday use. This is something which will likely not be touched to any great extent in my degree course, but by sticking the course out, I can eventually go out and start working towards the goals I want to see achieved in my area of interest - the removal of those horrible clunky desktop systems currently in use in the home and home computers made more laptop-like, computers that can be activated by voice just like in Star Trek, and a society that doesn't fear computers as much as it does today.
The CS course itself may suck, but it empowers you to be able to go out and work towards what you want to see in the industry.
If the Gamecube isn't exciting the press, how is it meant to excite the home users? How can the console survive if it doesn't get people excited about it? Nintendo might just push back the launch instead, until they can get a launch lineup and strategy that _will_ make people excited. If nintendo goes through with producting a console that flops, it could damage them pretty bad. As it stands, they have the Gameboy Advance doing well, and they could get along quite fine on that. Especially if they get another Pokemon title out.
But whether it works or not is a different matter. Might be worth keeping track of Penny Arcade to see how they fare
Doesn't that seem a little bit too low? I mean, most users would have A few CDs worth of Music, and I bet the 'Industry' makes far more than $1.67 per buyer per month from CD sales. I don't think that the 'Industry' will accept this, IMO. They think that Napster is stealing CD sales away from them, and this may not be enough 'compensation' for them. And where did Napster get that money from anyway?
Otherwise, the cosmic balance is disrupted and we all get sucked into the void.
Wouldn't a driver made for say, Windows specifically run far better than a driver made with cross platform code?
By sticking to one system, the code can be optimised for that system and it's efficiency maxamised.
Of course, this cross platform thing would be useful for making sure there is support for as many possible platforms ASAP, then optimised platform specific ports could come at a later date...
With computing taking over tasks that were previously done by humans, wouldn't that mean more computer professionals are needed to design, install and maintain these systems?
I would also not be surprised if some companies are accepting newly graduated Computing professionals over the older, perhaps more experienced people. For a start, the younger people are going to be more eager to impress, and would also be a bit more energetic(?) than the older people.
I'm certainly hoping that in 5-6 years time, coming out with a masters degree, I have a good job to walk in to.