Jeez mods... this is too classic of a troll not to notice.
"I was a part of the project" without any backup evidence or really anything to add.... and its modded up to 5? Not to mention this is a troll imposter of bethanie (notice the spelling is 'bethane').
He must be low on karma and needed a boost. Now someone needs to set this straight.
Is it really 'unfair'? One company says they have a valid and legal way to take out the competition... why not fork over some cash to help them out?
Honestly, if Red Hat says they have proof that MS was using copyright code from one of its properitary dlls, and IBM gave them a boatload of cash to help out, would it be 'unfair'?
Always reverse the situation before you guys go foaming at the mouth!
Allow me to use Slashdot as an example. Wednesday nights = push development into production. Anyone on the slashteam want to tell me what regression testing tools and system testers they use? Sure, usually (not always) there isn't a crash-and-burn build, but occasionally there is annoyances and such that are just 'thrown into' the build that people didn't know was coming and other things.
Granted, this is Robs code, let him do what he wants with it, but with a 'QA' step it just makes for a better product.
Lets see... BMX XXX, DOA:Beach Volleyball, 'natural physics' on the latest tomb raider.
It comes down to developers either making a cool game, or a buncha horny techies that use sex to sell to adolescent teenage boys (or both). Those 'horny techies' are juvenilizing the gaming world so that women don't want to be a part of it.
Oh, and to tack on my opinion. I think 'gaming for money' as an occupation is rediculous, and I don't see why companies sponser it (no need to argue this point, its my opinion and I've heard most of the arguements).
I never said finding 'good' people, I just merely said that the internet posting boards is a last attempt at finding someone (and there is no guarantee that the internet is a place to find someoen 'good'... in fact, I'd say, on average, referals produce a better employee than a person hired from the net).
When a job opens up, first they look internally for someone to fill it, then they go off a referal basis (and at this time, who doesn't have a few friends that are unemployed IT workers?), then they look locally in papers and such...
THEN they go out to a place like dice to find a job.
The market isn't "good enough" for them to work well. The market is a lot better than last year, but needs to build back up to happier times before places like monster will get you a job fast.
Of course all this high powered weaponry will NOT MAKE A SOUND IN SPACE (not even cool 'zap' sounds). Perhaps they should put that into the article scifi movie writers will take note.
Note: This is a joke. Everytime I attempt humor on slashdot, the mods get it, but I get about 50 replies explaining why what I wrote is wrong. If you have no sense of humor, get off the net and go find some:-P
The crashing success of iTunes, and iPods? Along with OS X and the resurgence of the iMacs? I don't think its that hard to accept that they are now in the black.
Best learner's C++?
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(This book has been out for a few years; what books would make more sense today for a C++ learner's library?)
Best learner's C++ book has to be "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel. I always touted his "Thinking in Java" as the premier book for the learning java developer, but his success started with TiC++. Best of all? Its available free electronically on his website (but I always went out and spent the $30 for the paperback version to support him).
If you pick up the book, you'll understand the language just a little more. He writes the book just how you'd like to learn, not like some math book that blandly gives out information in a manner that puts you to sleep. You can thank me later after reading it;-)
Seriously, this is similar to faking the landing on the moon. Matching natural language to programming will give us obtuse languages that are difficult to understand and have a HUGE learning curve.
Programming is based on a 'higher understanding' of how to design something, and the only real 'major' difference between the languages should be the syntax. But having a language based on a natural language and a 'normal' computer language would be the difference of VB and lisp. You just can't design an app the same way for both languages.
Visual Basic book, asp.net in C# book... looks like Mr.Jones is up to his ears in non-open source work. I hate having someone that has no background in something condeming it.
Its like someone who is an ASP developer condeming Java before even coding a lick of it.
In other news, by looking at the same day's news from the Netherlands, you'll see they just released "Deus Ex" and "Deus Ex: Invisible War." Conspiracy Theories have quadrupled since.
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I can't BELIEVE the hypocracy of this site. All *nix bigots, but now I see insults on how SCO UNIX isn't stable or isn't secure? Yeah, we all hate SCO and their frivolous lawsuits, but does that mean UNIX isn't stable and secure anymore?
And an insult at a top 5 list which is EXACTLY what PHB's and executives want to hear. I think its time some linux companies made similar top 5 lists. This is a PR gimmic that linux needs if it intends to market with the big-boys.
Re:here comes the over-use of the "funny" mod
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Stop it, with the whos and the has and the GLAVIN!!!
Re:here comes the over-use of the "funny" mod
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Lets not forget the "The Simpsons were funnier when I watched them" and "I hope they use the earlier writers when the Simpsons were funnier"
Alas, I am too late.
FWIW, I think the Simpsons get funnier and funnier the older they get:-P
Enemy Territory would be waaay too much for him. He needs to learn the basics of a standard fps before you add the complexities of teamplay and working on attacking/defending checkpoints.
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Jeez mods... this is too classic of a troll not to notice.
"I was a part of the project" without any backup evidence or really anything to add.... and its modded up to 5? Not to mention this is a troll imposter of bethanie (notice the spelling is 'bethane').
He must be low on karma and needed a boost. Now someone needs to set this straight.
... is slashdot considered a blog?
If so, its quite well known it links to copyrightten articles all the time.
I thought the 'free preview' that paying customers of slashdot use is supposed to cut down on this.
That's what you get when you charge people to do your work for you, I suppose.
Is it really 'unfair'? One company says they have a valid and legal way to take out the competition... why not fork over some cash to help them out?
Honestly, if Red Hat says they have proof that MS was using copyright code from one of its properitary dlls, and IBM gave them a boatload of cash to help out, would it be 'unfair'?
Always reverse the situation before you guys go foaming at the mouth!
QA? Testing? This is what open source needs!
Allow me to use Slashdot as an example. Wednesday nights = push development into production. Anyone on the slashteam want to tell me what regression testing tools and system testers they use? Sure, usually (not always) there isn't a crash-and-burn build, but occasionally there is annoyances and such that are just 'thrown into' the build that people didn't know was coming and other things.
Granted, this is Robs code, let him do what he wants with it, but with a 'QA' step it just makes for a better product.
except the fact of the matter is that it is rumored someone at ATI leaked it...
If only Bruce Willis had lived back then...
Next game.... SYSTEM SHOCK 3?!?!?!?
;-)
Here's hoping its that and not Diakatana2
Lets see... BMX XXX, DOA:Beach Volleyball, 'natural physics' on the latest tomb raider.
It comes down to developers either making a cool game, or a buncha horny techies that use sex to sell to adolescent teenage boys (or both). Those 'horny techies' are juvenilizing the gaming world so that women don't want to be a part of it.
Oh, and to tack on my opinion. I think 'gaming for money' as an occupation is rediculous, and I don't see why companies sponser it (no need to argue this point, its my opinion and I've heard most of the arguements).
I never said finding 'good' people, I just merely said that the internet posting boards is a last attempt at finding someone (and there is no guarantee that the internet is a place to find someoen 'good'... in fact, I'd say, on average, referals produce a better employee than a person hired from the net).
Its usually used as a last resort.
When a job opens up, first they look internally for someone to fill it, then they go off a referal basis (and at this time, who doesn't have a few friends that are unemployed IT workers?), then they look locally in papers and such...
THEN they go out to a place like dice to find a job.
The market isn't "good enough" for them to work well. The market is a lot better than last year, but needs to build back up to happier times before places like monster will get you a job fast.
touche ;-)
Of course all this high powered weaponry will NOT MAKE A SOUND IN SPACE (not even cool 'zap' sounds). Perhaps they should put that into the article scifi movie writers will take note.
:-P
Note: This is a joke. Everytime I attempt humor on slashdot, the mods get it, but I get about 50 replies explaining why what I wrote is wrong. If you have no sense of humor, get off the net and go find some
Ye old "I worked there, I'll tell you a story with no way you can look it up, get a score:5 without a fact to back it up" troll.
:-P
Mods, YHBT.
Now will someone with half a brain and mod points shoot this sucker down? If you are gonna mod up a troll, mod up an original one, not amateur crap
The crashing success of iTunes, and iPods? Along with OS X and the resurgence of the iMacs? I don't think its that hard to accept that they are now in the black.
(This book has been out for a few years; what books would make more sense today for a C++ learner's library?)
;-)
Best learner's C++ book has to be "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel. I always touted his "Thinking in Java" as the premier book for the learning java developer, but his success started with TiC++. Best of all? Its available free electronically on his website (but I always went out and spent the $30 for the paperback version to support him).
If you pick up the book, you'll understand the language just a little more. He writes the book just how you'd like to learn, not like some math book that blandly gives out information in a manner that puts you to sleep. You can thank me later after reading it
Kill all the Marketing Majors.
Seriously, this is similar to faking the landing on the moon. Matching natural language to programming will give us obtuse languages that are difficult to understand and have a HUGE learning curve.
Programming is based on a 'higher understanding' of how to design something, and the only real 'major' difference between the languages should be the syntax. But having a language based on a natural language and a 'normal' computer language would be the difference of VB and lisp. You just can't design an app the same way for both languages.
Quick, do an Amazon search for "A.Russel Jones" (the author of the devx article).
Visual Basic book, asp.net in C# book... looks like Mr.Jones is up to his ears in non-open source work. I hate having someone that has no background in something condeming it.
Its like someone who is an ASP developer condeming Java before even coding a lick of it.
In other news, by looking at the same day's news from the Netherlands, you'll see they just released "Deus Ex" and "Deus Ex: Invisible War." Conspiracy Theories have quadrupled since.
I can't BELIEVE the hypocracy of this site. All *nix bigots, but now I see insults on how SCO UNIX isn't stable or isn't secure? Yeah, we all hate SCO and their frivolous lawsuits, but does that mean UNIX isn't stable and secure anymore?
And an insult at a top 5 list which is EXACTLY what PHB's and executives want to hear. I think its time some linux companies made similar top 5 lists. This is a PR gimmic that linux needs if it intends to market with the big-boys.
Stop it, with the whos and the has and the GLAVIN!!!
Lets not forget the "The Simpsons were funnier when I watched them" and "I hope they use the earlier writers when the Simpsons were funnier"
:-P
Alas, I am too late.
FWIW, I think the Simpsons get funnier and funnier the older they get
You mean you converted a group of people to Linux without shouting things like "RTFM!!!"???
Maybe we should rethink our strategies...
Umm... he's a newbie to FPS.
Enemy Territory would be waaay too much for him. He needs to learn the basics of a standard fps before you add the complexities of teamplay and working on attacking/defending checkpoints.