Find the newest game on the market. Most are all pretty much the same now-a-days, and if you want to get on a game that has no established game gurus, and no cheats, you need to get the bleeding edge game that no one has had a chance to master and/or crack.
Honestly, any game someone mentions thats a bit older (like Enemy Territory) is a bit too complex for a 'fps newbie'. A fps newbie should get used to playing a standard deathmatch, and learning things like circle strafing... THEN get into a game that requires complex strategies and team play.... that's when things get really fun:-)
I believe he is speaking of the Apollo project, not the "Apollo 11 Launch Tower Construction." I mentioned before of one major apollo capsule already in the smithsonian where our children can learn their plight, I could also mention the apollo/saturn center in the Cape Canaveral tourism center (that has a fully rebuilt saturn V rocket, along with capsules and basically a complete learning center of all the apollo missions). There is even more than that. I think we are honoring those that sacrificed themselves for the project, and not keeping one launch tower isn't going to desecrate their graves.
The capsule is already in the smithsonian, so I think this is a bit overboard. Honestly, what is the advantage in saving the tower? If they pay for removing it and putting it somewhere else, then I say go for it. If it'll cost NASA more to save than destroying it, I say 'bring on the TNT!'
Espresso is fantastic (keep in mind I am Italian and had it pretty much growing up as a kid), so quit knocking it cause you don't have the palette.
Secondly, though, I agree that anyone that claims he is a coffee aficianado that prefers instant coffee to drip is obviously off his gourd, or simply had a couple Starbucks coffees and considers himself a an expert.
But, to be fair to Cliff, the question is about instant coffees, not really about how the poster asked, so lets be helpful and give suggestions instead of railing on cliff (the poster is the only tard, here).
That all being said, I hate instant coffee, so I don't have much of an answer (used to have folgers when nothing else was available, but only decaf).
Umm, that's what people said with the Playstation 2. The X-Box would have no shot, cause the PS2's backward compatability.
Note, GC and XB are still in the hunt. Would it be nice to have backward compatability? Sure. Is it a must have? Not really. Remember, XB made its popularity with a better online gaming scene. Something tells me MS has some more tricks under their sleeves to compete with backward compatability.
The only game to have 3 completely different types of armies, buildings are done completely different, and everything is balanced across the boards? I think you are quite mistaken.
Rushes kinda killed the game, cause its a way for a decent player to discourage those that learn. Experts playing never even rush, cause if your opponent knows how to defend it, you are toast.
Myth was never really fully accepted as a 'real time strategy'. They considered it more a 'real time tactical', because you worked mostly at the tactics of battle, not resource consumption and building, etc...
Again, the shift operators aren't specific to C++.
Actually, my post read: actually, the first thing I thought of was cout >> "blah"; not shift operators. Was a bad example.
Meaning that when I put >> in the example, I was thinking of the cout example, which immediately doesn't bring to mind bit shifting. I wasn't denying that it was a bitshift operator. I've bitshifted before, I just didn't think of it while writing the original post.
Me thinks you haven't messed with C(/C++) EVER, let alone in years.
I wrote a nice long, nasty reply to this, cause you just insulted me for some misunderstanding. In college, I used C++ exclusively. I used C a little on a few co-op jobs, but I'd never call myself a "C Coder". In fact, I'm so attached to object oriented design and development, I don't know if I could go back to something like C. I assure you that I have a Computer Engineering degree, and even used bitshifting on several complex assignments (like forcing alphabetic chars into unsigned longs for a midterm assignment in C++). In fact, I'll even help you out with advanced pointers, linked lists, and trees. I'm just more likely to code those datastructures in C++ instead of C.
Target Microsoft systems and leave Linux machines alone.
I'm no hacker, but I do have a technology background, here. Most worms and virii are windows based. Most exploits that are found are windows based. Making a linux worm is tough and hard, because not many people have the desire to go into the inner workings of the kernel and find exploits, not to mention that most linux users are smart enough to figure out when they have an attachment by a random person not to open it. Windows users could be a software engineer FBI agent... but it could also be grandma melba. Seeing as most virus writers don't use a multiplatform language like java to write their virii, I'm thinking windows is the best option for destruction if you get your kicks off by that.
To say its because he's trying to frame linux users, or is a linux user just cause of it being a windows worm is pretty absurd.
Aye, it was bad to nitpick in a place like this. What you say is correct with the only stipulation being jsps.
Using most app server default settings (you can set them to precompile the pages when you startup), JSPs are compiled the first time any user hits the page (meaning the first time any person ever hits the page, its compiled, everytime after that, the appserver uses the compiled version unless the jsp code has changed since the last compile). But I'm sure this isn't what he meant when he said java files are compiled on each platform.
C/C++ syntax has something going for it; it's very easy to program once you know the syntax
Umm, I'd say that's a loaded question. Any language is easy to code in once you know the syntax, its the higher thinking that's usually the hurdle, which is why I question why you lumped C and C++ together in your statement. C++ doesn't require you to use objects, but its the reason it was made, right? Someone that knows C and learns some of the C++ syntax and symbols (like the '>>' and such) can program C using C++, but actually writing C++ with classes and objects is much more than throwing code down. Understanding the principles of OO isn't something you just learn through syntax.
I guess we can argue "programming" a language to mean anything from writing a hello world, to designing a million line enterprise-sized suite of applications, so its probably a perspective thing.
Anywho, I find your statements are too broad and actually seem karma hungry or trollish.
Its simple. To start a company you need a business aspect. Most IT people have no business background. That's a HUGE stumbling block for not only starting a company, but keeping it around, and growing it.
Besides, most people would rather create a game, and without the graphical artists and such, you are up a creek.
I'm a bit upset that Sean Astin didn't get nominated for best supporting role (I didn't care if he won or not, but he should have been at least nominated).
On the bright side, RoTK got the Golden Globe for best picture, so maybe the oscars will take not and follow suit?
Since this is an obvious 'spark' for a flamewar (with Mikey, of course, throwing a bit of gasoline on the fire with made up numbers), why not go ahead and throw in a judge says that MS is holding up their end of the antitrust pact. That will not only generate the clicks that you guys want to see, but the incoming flamewar, perhaps, could break a new record on most posts on an article.
Its as simple as a 3 letter acronym:
CYA: Cover Your Arse.
They don't want to be the target of a government investigation if someone starts printing out currency. They aren't treating their customers like criminals, they are trying, themselves, not to be treated like criminals.
I wanted to find an actual post of yours to respond (so this is kinda off topic of the thread).
But what you say about needing hands-on and such is very college like. It isn't until several years after you are out of school do you understand that you use more of the theory you get in school than the specifics. I know people have been going nuts about it, but theory is what you need, because in 10 years, technology changes. Either you have the theory to change with it, learned the theory from application, or are like one of the many COBOL programmers I've worked with... sitting in your job hoping the company doesn't take the initiative to upgrade technologies and making your job obsolete.
Since I've been out of school, I've had to learn 4 different computer languages. But that was no problem, because I had the theory and background in my (computer engineering) coursework and degree.
Honestly, computer languages just come down to syntax[1]. If you have the theory and background to know the "ways to code" (not just "coding in C++"), then languages are just about learning syntax.
Coding in the real work is 30% design, 10% implementation (coding), 10% fixing bugs, and 50% maintainability. If you just know different computer languages, you can handle 10% (even 20%) of the job (implementation and fixing bugs). You need a good theory basis for a good design, and a really good design for good maintainability.
[1] Well, functional, object oriented, and procedural languages types, then syntax. Writing an app in lisp, java, and C are all different style of coding altogether, but you still need to know how to use the theory with these language types.
The idea is obviously to encourage migration from Unix to Windows, but it can just as easily be used to encourage migration in the other direction.
Doubtful. Companies that are already Windows shops have a hard time taking all those windows documents and spreadsheets and power point presentations etc... and switching them over to a *nix equivalent (or standard format). The chances of a backfire are minimal.
The tools that do this were already available in the forms of SAMBA (and others). I'd say this is just a better way to help people switch from *nix environments to Windows (and MS is making it free so it isn't "worse than the open source solution").
Quite an ingenious decision on the part of MS, if I may say so.
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Find the newest game on the market. Most are all pretty much the same now-a-days, and if you want to get on a game that has no established game gurus, and no cheats, you need to get the bleeding edge game that no one has had a chance to master and/or crack.
:-)
Honestly, any game someone mentions thats a bit older (like Enemy Territory) is a bit too complex for a 'fps newbie'. A fps newbie should get used to playing a standard deathmatch, and learning things like circle strafing... THEN get into a game that requires complex strategies and team play.... that's when things get really fun
PHEW! I thought I was going to read a story about symbian without someone 'accidentally' thinking its sybian!
This type of post is almost as old as *BSD is dying on every BSD article!
People sacrificed their lives for this project
I believe he is speaking of the Apollo project, not the "Apollo 11 Launch Tower Construction." I mentioned before of one major apollo capsule already in the smithsonian where our children can learn their plight, I could also mention the apollo/saturn center in the Cape Canaveral tourism center (that has a fully rebuilt saturn V rocket, along with capsules and basically a complete learning center of all the apollo missions). There is even more than that. I think we are honoring those that sacrificed themselves for the project, and not keeping one launch tower isn't going to desecrate their graves.
The capsule is already in the smithsonian, so I think this is a bit overboard. Honestly, what is the advantage in saving the tower? If they pay for removing it and putting it somewhere else, then I say go for it. If it'll cost NASA more to save than destroying it, I say 'bring on the TNT!'
Espresso is fantastic (keep in mind I am Italian and had it pretty much growing up as a kid), so quit knocking it cause you don't have the palette.
Secondly, though, I agree that anyone that claims he is a coffee aficianado that prefers instant coffee to drip is obviously off his gourd, or simply had a couple Starbucks coffees and considers himself a an expert.
But, to be fair to Cliff, the question is about instant coffees, not really about how the poster asked, so lets be helpful and give suggestions instead of railing on cliff (the poster is the only tard, here).
That all being said, I hate instant coffee, so I don't have much of an answer (used to have folgers when nothing else was available, but only decaf).
Umm, that's what people said with the Playstation 2. The X-Box would have no shot, cause the PS2's backward compatability.
Note, GC and XB are still in the hunt. Would it be nice to have backward compatability? Sure. Is it a must have? Not really. Remember, XB made its popularity with a better online gaming scene. Something tells me MS has some more tricks under their sleeves to compete with backward compatability.
The only game to have 3 completely different types of armies, buildings are done completely different, and everything is balanced across the boards? I think you are quite mistaken.
Rushes kinda killed the game, cause its a way for a decent player to discourage those that learn. Experts playing never even rush, cause if your opponent knows how to defend it, you are toast.
Myth was never really fully accepted as a 'real time strategy'. They considered it more a 'real time tactical', because you worked mostly at the tactics of battle, not resource consumption and building, etc...
Wow! THanks for that link (I'm not the author of this ask/., but that's quite a tool... and open source/free!!).
Again, the shift operators aren't specific to C++.
Actually, my post read:
actually, the first thing I thought of was cout >> "blah"; not shift operators. Was a bad example.
Meaning that when I put >> in the example, I was thinking of the cout example, which immediately doesn't bring to mind bit shifting. I wasn't denying that it was a bitshift operator. I've bitshifted before, I just didn't think of it while writing the original post.
Me thinks you haven't messed with C(/C++) EVER, let alone in years.
I wrote a nice long, nasty reply to this, cause you just insulted me for some misunderstanding. In college, I used C++ exclusively. I used C a little on a few co-op jobs, but I'd never call myself a "C Coder". In fact, I'm so attached to object oriented design and development, I don't know if I could go back to something like C. I assure you that I have a Computer Engineering degree, and even used bitshifting on several complex assignments (like forcing alphabetic chars into unsigned longs for a midterm assignment in C++). In fact, I'll even help you out with advanced pointers, linked lists, and trees. I'm just more likely to code those datastructures in C++ instead of C.
You may have a technology background, but you apparantly failed english
Duh. I'm an engineer, not an english major.
And I just checked it, it is virii.
And don't say "YHBT" cause it just a cover for your own stupidity.
Target Microsoft systems and leave Linux machines alone.
I'm no hacker, but I do have a technology background, here. Most worms and virii are windows based. Most exploits that are found are windows based. Making a linux worm is tough and hard, because not many people have the desire to go into the inner workings of the kernel and find exploits, not to mention that most linux users are smart enough to figure out when they have an attachment by a random person not to open it. Windows users could be a software engineer FBI agent... but it could also be grandma melba. Seeing as most virus writers don't use a multiplatform language like java to write their virii, I'm thinking windows is the best option for destruction if you get your kicks off by that.
To say its because he's trying to frame linux users, or is a linux user just cause of it being a windows worm is pretty absurd.
eh, I always got those wrong. I haven't messed with C++ in years. Sorry for the bad examples.
actually, the first thing I thought of was cout >> "blah"; not shift operators. Was a bad example.
Aye, it was bad to nitpick in a place like this. What you say is correct with the only stipulation being jsps.
Using most app server default settings (you can set them to precompile the pages when you startup), JSPs are compiled the first time any user hits the page (meaning the first time any person ever hits the page, its compiled, everytime after that, the appserver uses the compiled version unless the jsp code has changed since the last compile). But I'm sure this isn't what he meant when he said java files are compiled on each platform.
C/C++ syntax has something going for it; it's very easy to program once you know the syntax
Umm, I'd say that's a loaded question. Any language is easy to code in once you know the syntax, its the higher thinking that's usually the hurdle, which is why I question why you lumped C and C++ together in your statement. C++ doesn't require you to use objects, but its the reason it was made, right? Someone that knows C and learns some of the C++ syntax and symbols (like the '>>' and such) can program C using C++, but actually writing C++ with classes and objects is much more than throwing code down. Understanding the principles of OO isn't something you just learn through syntax.
I guess we can argue "programming" a language to mean anything from writing a hello world, to designing a million line enterprise-sized suite of applications, so its probably a perspective thing.
Anywho, I find your statements are too broad and actually seem karma hungry or trollish.
Before Sun monopolized the notion of 'write once, run everywhere,'
This line was put up front for one reason. Kick dirt on java to attempt to get the C++ coders respect up front so they'll read my review.
Notice how Java reviews don't start with "since C++ requires so much double checking and almost certain memory leaks..."
Just another flame war awaiting to happen.
Its simple. To start a company you need a business aspect. Most IT people have no business background. That's a HUGE stumbling block for not only starting a company, but keeping it around, and growing it.
Besides, most people would rather create a game, and without the graphical artists and such, you are up a creek.
I'm a bit upset that Sean Astin didn't get nominated for best supporting role (I didn't care if he won or not, but he should have been at least nominated).
On the bright side, RoTK got the Golden Globe for best picture, so maybe the oscars will take not and follow suit?
Since this is an obvious 'spark' for a flamewar (with Mikey, of course, throwing a bit of gasoline on the fire with made up numbers), why not go ahead and throw in a judge says that MS is holding up their end of the antitrust pact. That will not only generate the clicks that you guys want to see, but the incoming flamewar, perhaps, could break a new record on most posts on an article.
Its as simple as a 3 letter acronym:
CYA:
Cover Your Arse.
They don't want to be the target of a government investigation if someone starts printing out currency. They aren't treating their customers like criminals, they are trying, themselves, not to be treated like criminals.
I wanted to find an actual post of yours to respond (so this is kinda off topic of the thread).
But what you say about needing hands-on and such is very college like. It isn't until several years after you are out of school do you understand that you use more of the theory you get in school than the specifics. I know people have been going nuts about it, but theory is what you need, because in 10 years, technology changes. Either you have the theory to change with it, learned the theory from application, or are like one of the many COBOL programmers I've worked with... sitting in your job hoping the company doesn't take the initiative to upgrade technologies and making your job obsolete.
Since I've been out of school, I've had to learn 4 different computer languages. But that was no problem, because I had the theory and background in my (computer engineering) coursework and degree.
Honestly, computer languages just come down to syntax[1]. If you have the theory and background to know the "ways to code" (not just "coding in C++"), then languages are just about learning syntax.
Coding in the real work is 30% design, 10% implementation (coding), 10% fixing bugs, and 50% maintainability. If you just know different computer languages, you can handle 10% (even 20%) of the job (implementation and fixing bugs). You need a good theory basis for a good design, and a really good design for good maintainability.
[1] Well, functional, object oriented, and procedural languages types, then syntax. Writing an app in lisp, java, and C are all different style of coding altogether, but you still need to know how to use the theory with these language types.
... How can we try to control things with our brain when science doesn't fully understand the brain?
The idea is obviously to encourage migration from Unix to Windows, but it can just as easily be used to encourage migration in the other direction.
Doubtful. Companies that are already Windows shops have a hard time taking all those windows documents and spreadsheets and power point presentations etc... and switching them over to a *nix equivalent (or standard format). The chances of a backfire are minimal.
The tools that do this were already available in the forms of SAMBA (and others). I'd say this is just a better way to help people switch from *nix environments to Windows (and MS is making it free so it isn't "worse than the open source solution").
Quite an ingenious decision on the part of MS, if I may say so.