The Waterfall model works very very well in *cultures* where it fits. In Japan for example time and time again they have used the Waterfall model successfully. Americans with a government contract? Yeah, they don't culturally fit the model and, as it's been pointed out, a government contract will make you money for as long as you can extend it in America.
There's nothing wrong with the Waterfall model - but perhaps the American government should learn no American company bidding for a contract with a Waterfall model based project is going to finish on time, under budget, or even get anything working.
I like how every shot he posted has some sort of stereotypical nature about it. It's like characters in a movie or something. I also find it interesting how many people look angry?
Does anybody know if Skype will be sharing any data with Facebook? You know, because I've been doing my best to make sure Facebook knows absolutely nothing about me and I'm a Skype user.
It's not like I have anything to hide really, but I don't understand why the trend went from the "anonymous" internet to "Hey, everybody can see my personal phone number and address! Look at the fetishes I have and guess who I'm cheating with!" I don't even really see the purpose of putting Skype video chat into Facebook other than mashing together your contact lists - you know so now people you barely know over the internet who once wrote on your wall can just up and video chat with you. Seriously, this whole Facebook thing is beyond me and I can't wait until the trend of letting everybody know everything about you and what you think dies.
It's clear now that Japanese will never dominate science or business.
In denial?
Depending on how you measure either science or business Japan could easily be considered "on top". Even if you don't realize it a significant amount of scientific innovation comes directly from Japan - for example the vast majority of the science and engineering in modern "Green" technology was created in Japan. As for business, I recall reading an article that noted Toyota alone made more money than the entire continent of Africa combined. You don't consider that "dominating" business?
They do, or at least did, pay schools in the same way MS is paying now: as a "grant" or some other form of "you buy our stuff, but we give you all the money you paid us back". Look it up.
While it would seem like a good idea to build a user base I'm not sure it actually really worked for Apple. If you think about it the same time Apple really was faltering would have been about the same time a lot of children would be graduating and buying their own computers. Their recovery with the iPod and iTunes probably had nothing to do with the fact kids used macs in schools.
If you think about it perhaps there was even a negative impact for Apple. If a school had nothing but macs a child would essentially be forced to use them while at school could have developed a negative stigma in and of itself. Children rebel, and children will often dislike what is forced on them.
I work actively on quite a few Open projects, but even small projects tend to quickly become multinational. I really don't see how America would specifically benefit any more than any other country for such a thing.
It looks a lot more like what I'd want if I were to purchase a tablet. It's unfortunate HP's approach to the OS won't get it into everybody-and-their-brothers tablets like free-for-all Android, and HP doesn't have the fanbase of Apple... and it's just another platform to port to with a limited number of users so developers will probably not even bother and the lack of apps will kill it.
Sorry HP, you did a good job but this fight was over before it started.
Music can easily be stolen in a variety of very hard to trace methods. The more expensive and locked down the industry makes music the more likely even honest users are likely to steal it. So, here's a tip to the music industry: stop fucking around, welcome to the future, take what you can get.
The Tunnel was/is on VODO as well. And it was a very good film, I really enjoyed it. Either way I really like what VODO has done and hope it drives a whole new indie industry. I also hope that people who enjoyed the film will actually donate.
1. 'You'll get training.' : I did get training. 2. 'We might hire you after the internship.' : I was offered a job but ended up taking one somewhere else (I wanted to do something a bit different). 3. 'You get to work with an awesome team.' : Worked under a semi-famous designer and with a programmer who taught me some very cool tricks. 4. 'It will look great on your CV.' : It did. 5. 'You'll make great contacts. : I did.
I did not get paid, I got the internship as part of my training from my specialty school. It was a lot of fun and I did learn a lot. It was less than 2 months though, perhaps if it had been a year I would have had issues with it. Other people in my class who went to different places did have less than spectacular experiences that maybe didn't do as much for them but most of them didn't have good enough marks to get into better places for internships. I guess it's all dependent on how much you are willing to learn from the experience as well as where you go and for how long.
The Flash meshing is genuinely impressive. It's a very real implementation and it looks like it really works. The full implementation will be available in 11 - I'm honestly looking forward to it.
I've seen that actually - but it's not like that would help if you actually ran the software. It would seem our OS's have put up multiple hurdles alerting us, "Hey, you're about to do something that may be stupid!" which most of us are more than happy to completely ignore and shoot ourselves in the foot.
And you can sandbox code in a variety of different ways but most of them would take enough extra time and effort even the best of us would no doubt not bother. We're all just Snow Whites waiting to encounter a delicious looking shiny red apple, which we will not hesitate in shoving into our mouths for a big, juicy, poisoned bite.
I get really clean font rendering actually (using Ubuntu and Compiz). There's a tool to change how the fonts are rendered as well but I haven't really touched it - the settings are all defaults. What are you comparing to?
It is possible it could consume less power, but that doesn't necessarily mean it always does. Different hardware, specialty drivers, default settings vs tweaked settings - come on?
I was just pointing out it was probably that AutoRun feature or at least the dialog that the test was relying on - and was probably most of the people who actually ran the software ran it through. I also made the point that I would have easily been stupid enough to run it myself even without the AutoRun dialog AND being an informed and generally cautious user. I wasn't trying to badmouth Windows - the AutoRun dialog immediately popped into my mind when I read the article is all. You're free to use whatever you like - and I'll be straight with you when I say I would switch to Windows before OSX. I don't hate Windows I just like Linux better.
Well you can actually sandbox Wine execution. If you had access to quick-spawn or single session VM's you could use those as well. But seriously, even people who know that I doubt would go to the trouble for a simple USB stick they found in a parking lot. Classic curiosity killed the cat situation.
But seriously, I'd check out the data on a stick I picked up. I'm a Linux user so at least I wouldn't have the autorun issue, but a mysterious piece of software I may try running in Wine or a VM so I could just as well have fallen victim.
I have one with a tip that's not much thicker than a standard ball point pen line. Thus far it's never given me a flaky connection but it's not like I'm running 50w through it or drawing traces longer than a few centimeters. I guess this is for people who like to free-hand multi-layered A4 sized PCBs...
There's a lot worse, but you'll note the people who actually enjoy the work of creating a game don't complain. I was in the industry (and still take some subcontracting jobs) for years and really loved it. Many many times I'd spend 2 days straight at the office - napping on a couch occasionally... there was even a shower and I kept a spare set of clothes. A lot of us loved it, and my compatriots have moved on two big industry names while me and a few others went indi to develop some interesting things (most non-game related). Would I go back to the 100+ hour work weeks, hard crunch time, and sometimes mediocre pay (when our games performed well we had awesome bonuses)? If I didn't have a wife and kids now then yes, I would. Simply because I love programming, I love creating, I love working with other creative people to make something awesome and tangible and neat that people will play and feel what we wanted to express and enjoy it. If you aren't that kind of person you have no business in the industry - your crappy attitude and lack of enthusiasm will show through in the finished product.
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The Waterfall model works very very well in *cultures* where it fits. In Japan for example time and time again they have used the Waterfall model successfully. Americans with a government contract? Yeah, they don't culturally fit the model and, as it's been pointed out, a government contract will make you money for as long as you can extend it in America.
There's nothing wrong with the Waterfall model - but perhaps the American government should learn no American company bidding for a contract with a Waterfall model based project is going to finish on time, under budget, or even get anything working.
I like how every shot he posted has some sort of stereotypical nature about it. It's like characters in a movie or something. I also find it interesting how many people look angry?
As a Linux user that values his privacy I really hope it stays that way. This is a feature I do not want or need.
Does anybody know if Skype will be sharing any data with Facebook? You know, because I've been doing my best to make sure Facebook knows absolutely nothing about me and I'm a Skype user.
It's not like I have anything to hide really, but I don't understand why the trend went from the "anonymous" internet to "Hey, everybody can see my personal phone number and address! Look at the fetishes I have and guess who I'm cheating with!" I don't even really see the purpose of putting Skype video chat into Facebook other than mashing together your contact lists - you know so now people you barely know over the internet who once wrote on your wall can just up and video chat with you. Seriously, this whole Facebook thing is beyond me and I can't wait until the trend of letting everybody know everything about you and what you think dies.
It's clear now that Japanese will never dominate science or business.
In denial?
Depending on how you measure either science or business Japan could easily be considered "on top". Even if you don't realize it a significant amount of scientific innovation comes directly from Japan - for example the vast majority of the science and engineering in modern "Green" technology was created in Japan. As for business, I recall reading an article that noted Toyota alone made more money than the entire continent of Africa combined. You don't consider that "dominating" business?
They do, or at least did, pay schools in the same way MS is paying now: as a "grant" or some other form of "you buy our stuff, but we give you all the money you paid us back". Look it up.
While it would seem like a good idea to build a user base I'm not sure it actually really worked for Apple. If you think about it the same time Apple really was faltering would have been about the same time a lot of children would be graduating and buying their own computers. Their recovery with the iPod and iTunes probably had nothing to do with the fact kids used macs in schools.
If you think about it perhaps there was even a negative impact for Apple. If a school had nothing but macs a child would essentially be forced to use them while at school could have developed a negative stigma in and of itself. Children rebel, and children will often dislike what is forced on them.
I work actively on quite a few Open projects, but even small projects tend to quickly become multinational. I really don't see how America would specifically benefit any more than any other country for such a thing.
Open and Distributed just opened up the project to the whole world. That helps America specifically how?
It looks a lot more like what I'd want if I were to purchase a tablet. It's unfortunate HP's approach to the OS won't get it into everybody-and-their-brothers tablets like free-for-all Android, and HP doesn't have the fanbase of Apple... and it's just another platform to port to with a limited number of users so developers will probably not even bother and the lack of apps will kill it.
Sorry HP, you did a good job but this fight was over before it started.
Music can easily be stolen in a variety of very hard to trace methods. The more expensive and locked down the industry makes music the more likely even honest users are likely to steal it. So, here's a tip to the music industry: stop fucking around, welcome to the future, take what you can get.
The Tunnel was/is on VODO as well. And it was a very good film, I really enjoyed it. Either way I really like what VODO has done and hope it drives a whole new indie industry. I also hope that people who enjoyed the film will actually donate.
1. 'You'll get training.' : I did get training.
2. 'We might hire you after the internship.' : I was offered a job but ended up taking one somewhere else (I wanted to do something a bit different).
3. 'You get to work with an awesome team.' : Worked under a semi-famous designer and with a programmer who taught me some very cool tricks.
4. 'It will look great on your CV.' : It did.
5. 'You'll make great contacts. : I did.
I did not get paid, I got the internship as part of my training from my specialty school. It was a lot of fun and I did learn a lot. It was less than 2 months though, perhaps if it had been a year I would have had issues with it. Other people in my class who went to different places did have less than spectacular experiences that maybe didn't do as much for them but most of them didn't have good enough marks to get into better places for internships. I guess it's all dependent on how much you are willing to learn from the experience as well as where you go and for how long.
The Flash meshing is genuinely impressive. It's a very real implementation and it looks like it really works. The full implementation will be available in 11 - I'm honestly looking forward to it.
How you aren't rated 5 at this point is beyond me. There's not even a story here - if you want it and it's open source right now fork it or lose it.
I've seen that actually - but it's not like that would help if you actually ran the software. It would seem our OS's have put up multiple hurdles alerting us, "Hey, you're about to do something that may be stupid!" which most of us are more than happy to completely ignore and shoot ourselves in the foot.
And you can sandbox code in a variety of different ways but most of them would take enough extra time and effort even the best of us would no doubt not bother. We're all just Snow Whites waiting to encounter a delicious looking shiny red apple, which we will not hesitate in shoving into our mouths for a big, juicy, poisoned bite.
I get really clean font rendering actually (using Ubuntu and Compiz). There's a tool to change how the fonts are rendered as well but I haven't really touched it - the settings are all defaults. What are you comparing to?
WinPE? You just taught me something new. Thanks for the heads up.
It is possible it could consume less power, but that doesn't necessarily mean it always does. Different hardware, specialty drivers, default settings vs tweaked settings - come on?
I was just pointing out it was probably that AutoRun feature or at least the dialog that the test was relying on - and was probably most of the people who actually ran the software ran it through. I also made the point that I would have easily been stupid enough to run it myself even without the AutoRun dialog AND being an informed and generally cautious user. I wasn't trying to badmouth Windows - the AutoRun dialog immediately popped into my mind when I read the article is all. You're free to use whatever you like - and I'll be straight with you when I say I would switch to Windows before OSX. I don't hate Windows I just like Linux better.
Well you can actually sandbox Wine execution. If you had access to quick-spawn or single session VM's you could use those as well. But seriously, even people who know that I doubt would go to the trouble for a simple USB stick they found in a parking lot. Classic curiosity killed the cat situation.
AutoRun!
But seriously, I'd check out the data on a stick I picked up. I'm a Linux user so at least I wouldn't have the autorun issue, but a mysterious piece of software I may try running in Wine or a VM so I could just as well have fallen victim.
I have one with a tip that's not much thicker than a standard ball point pen line. Thus far it's never given me a flaky connection but it's not like I'm running 50w through it or drawing traces longer than a few centimeters. I guess this is for people who like to free-hand multi-layered A4 sized PCBs...
I've been using them for almost my entire EE career. I have a small can of conductive paint as well. You can buy conductive fabric and thread too.
There's a lot worse, but you'll note the people who actually enjoy the work of creating a game don't complain. I was in the industry (and still take some subcontracting jobs) for years and really loved it. Many many times I'd spend 2 days straight at the office - napping on a couch occasionally... there was even a shower and I kept a spare set of clothes. A lot of us loved it, and my compatriots have moved on two big industry names while me and a few others went indi to develop some interesting things (most non-game related). Would I go back to the 100+ hour work weeks, hard crunch time, and sometimes mediocre pay (when our games performed well we had awesome bonuses)? If I didn't have a wife and kids now then yes, I would. Simply because I love programming, I love creating, I love working with other creative people to make something awesome and tangible and neat that people will play and feel what we wanted to express and enjoy it. If you aren't that kind of person you have no business in the industry - your crappy attitude and lack of enthusiasm will show through in the finished product.