Their code-sharing initiative is all about winning hearts-and-minds at the university level, where Linux and open-source rule the day
Yeah, I used Unix (not Linux) in programming courses when I was in college, but most colleges now-a-days use Win2K labs and are phasing out their Unix labs (same programming courses in my college are using Visual Studio's version of C++).
Sorry to burst your bubble, but lately Linux and open source aren't "ruling" at the university level.
I've toyed with the idea of creating an open source J2EE webportaling/weblogger program. Does Python have the persistance caching and other advantages J2EE has?
Honestly, I don't think CS will be considered "mature" just by the number of complex algorithms it has.
There's more to CS than algorithms.
And, I always thought algorithms were grouped into "Discrete Mathematics" not "Computer Science" (granted, there is overlap, but isn't there overlap in most sciences??).
First thing I'd do to investigate this "tech boom" is look inward. Yeah, the company that you are employed by.
If they anticipate a tech boom, then why bring in the "giant ads" or this??
Can I get links next time? Cause I know you are just quoting stock brokers (that trade tech stocks). They need you to start buying tech again....
Rob Owens, a tech industry analyst at Pacific Crest Securities Owens and other analysts point to these factors
Yeah, these analysts need your income. They can come up with stats till there blue in the face, but tech companies aren't employing. You will need employees for a boom, right? Well, as soon as I see these tech companies hiring like wildfire, I'll still be worried if I have a job tomorrow...
Hearing this from an employed person just makes it worse.
Hey Jon, try and look for a job, then come back and write how the jobs are about to "boom".
I know my company (consulting firm) thought things would turn around by Q1, and there were layoffs in Q1. Sorry, but things aren't turning around like planned. The only people anticipating a hiring "boom" in the computer industry is investors and stock brokers that work in tech stocks. They *NEED* a boom, so they are trying to make one.
Jump in and get yourself a small degree (like InfoSystems in the Business College). Most business courses (if not all) are probably available at night school or saturdays/weekends. Not only this, but most companies pay for your school if you do well. After about 5-10 years on the job, school no longer matters (if you don't have a degree), only experience matters.
As a side note, I'm a firm believer in college educations. I'd be very hard pressed to hire someone without a degree. And in an economical drought of the IT industries, a CS degree won't get you far if you are up against good CompEng canidates (with similar experience, of course).
If you are geared more towards management, go ahead and try to grab an MBA while you are used to going to school, and you should be set and well paid for the next 5-10 years (MBA's usually give you a jump on pay your first 5-10 years).
Last time I played starcraft, it was impossible to play terrans, cause if the opponent played Zerg, with the appropriate build order, he could bring in 6 zerglings into your base before you even built a barracks. Also, I'm a defense oriented person, so I lose all the time, unless the game lasts long enough for me to build a good defense and expand (I love playing the waiting game for them to run out of resourses).
And I'm no fan of micromanagement. That's why I like Conquest (if you do like micromanagement, UbiSoft also made an RTS thats wonderful, called BattleRealms. Give the demo a shot).
When I think micromanagement, I think of games like Myth, which is a "tactical" game. "Strategy" doesn't come with pointing each individual trooper and telling him where to shoot. Its about having a good plan in a "general" sense. I want to tell my admiral to flank my opponents from the high ground, as a main gruntforce approaches from the valley, and to get archers prepared before the initial rush, and horsement to come in from the rear.
Sorry, but I don't have the mouse skill or speed to do that on my own. My job, then, would be the "strategist", and the "admiral's" job would be the "tactician".
So, in my humble opinion, strategy games can't have micromanagment... tactical games do.
I think FPS are the ones that will start innovating, now. The mod community is very large, and "adding another feature" is being done faster than game producers can think them up.
Modding is our friend in video games. It requires that the next game you sell needs innovation. Otherwise, you'll just be beat-out by a mod.
I'm surprised Wolfenstein and Metal of Honor are selling copies with mods like Day of Defeat for halflife. Same "general" idea, but the mod is free if you own halflife (if you don't its only like $5.00!).
The focus is on micromanagement more than ever, not rushing.
That's just as bad. Micromanagement means the person that knows the hotkeys better, and is quicker with the mouse wins. That isn't strategy.
And by your reasoning, isn't FPS dead as well? Quake 3 is merely an upgrade of Quake 2. Its all about the 1337 D00D who memorizes item placement and map layout, right?
I haven't played Quake since Quake1. I play games like Halflife mod Day of Defeat (and Halflife itself), and System Shock2, Thief, and Deus Ex. There are innovations in FPS.
Most important, if you're looking forward to the game, be assured: the gameplay is cool. This time you have a choice between four races: Human, Undead, Orc, or Dark Elf. Your race really doesn't matter in multiplayer mode; winning basically comes down to building everything up quickly and creating a massive army with which to crush your opponents. Or in my case, getting crushed.
RTS is dead. Its all about who's the 1337 D00D that can build up his army faster and rush the enemy. Adding 3D and new races isn't helping. You need to force strategy on the opponent. Games like Conquest:Frontier Wars is a game thatforces stratgy on the player, and removes the micromanagement. That needs to be done to bring RTS back to life.
I'm afraid WarCraft3 is nothing more than an upgrade of Warcraft2. Sure, its pretty, and will entertain for about a week, but it'll all come down to who can rush faster.
True, RMS' crusade involves a wonderful ideology that is utopian in theory. But so was Marx with Communism. Some things in theory aren't necessarily the best in practice.
Now, I know that the Free Software Movement is working well, but RMS is always moaning about how some things aren't "free enough", or how the "proprietary" software is "evil", regardless of form. Being a purist in his thoughts is almost fanatical. There needs to be a balance in his crusade. I'm just glad most believers in the FSM know the balance, and don't follow RMS entirely.
I know quite a few Canadians. Yeah, they hardly say "eh" (but I've caught them on it a couple times). The "aboot" is definitly a Canadian thing, although its subtle, and you have to pay attention to notice it.
And how they call "Advertisements" (read: ad-ver-tize-ments) as "ad ver tis ments".
And I did apologize, it was a joke:-P
BTW - I'm an east coast italian, feel free to put me in a Brooklyn accent, I don't mind a bit.
The honeymooners did not make the trip, but other couples, also believing that the location nurtures fertility, have chartered small planes to the forbidden spot, set up tents on the ice and conducted their business.
Its a wonder you don't find slummy hotels with free porno channels at the spot...
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Roger Ebert has weighed in...
What a great way to start a story!
Why not just use the microsoft spam solution??
the guy who was grading couldn't get it to compile under Visual C++.
How can you be a CS GRAD student and not know how to use gcc/g++/make?!?!? Honestly!
Maybe a CS undergrad can slip by with VC++ but a grad?!?!?
Wait... maybe I'm just assuming too much. All our stuff was graded by cs/compeng grad students... maybe your college uses psycology grad students?
Their code-sharing initiative is all about winning hearts-and-minds at the university level, where Linux and open-source rule the day
Yeah, I used Unix (not Linux) in programming courses when I was in college, but most colleges now-a-days use Win2K labs and are phasing out their Unix labs (same programming courses in my college are using Visual Studio's version of C++).
Sorry to burst your bubble, but lately Linux and open source aren't "ruling" at the university level.
Everything is an object
Wow, an OO webportal! I've been waiting for this.
I've toyed with the idea of creating an open source J2EE webportaling/weblogger program. Does Python have the persistance caching and other advantages J2EE has?
There's always Arwen/Lix ;-)
ROFL!!
I think it was the bypass line....
What's your name?
Fletch
Your FULL Name?
Fletch F Fletch
Occupation?
I'm a shepard...
touche. Good point.
...into the firey pits of latency hell.... ;-)
Algorithms? Its all about PATTERNS now-a-days!
Honestly, I don't think CS will be considered "mature" just by the number of complex algorithms it has.
There's more to CS than algorithms.
And, I always thought algorithms were grouped into "Discrete Mathematics" not "Computer Science" (granted, there is overlap, but isn't there overlap in most sciences??).
Tech boom?
First thing I'd do to investigate this "tech boom" is look inward. Yeah, the company that you are employed by.
If they anticipate a tech boom, then why bring in the "giant ads" or this??
Can I get links next time? Cause I know you are just quoting stock brokers (that trade tech stocks). They need you to start buying tech again....
Rob Owens, a tech industry analyst at Pacific Crest Securities
Owens and other analysts point to these factors
Yeah, these analysts need your income. They can come up with stats till there blue in the face, but tech companies aren't employing. You will need employees for a boom, right? Well, as soon as I see these tech companies hiring like wildfire, I'll still be worried if I have a job tomorrow...
I completely agree.
Hearing this from an employed person just makes it worse.
Hey Jon, try and look for a job, then come back and write how the jobs are about to "boom".
I know my company (consulting firm) thought things would turn around by Q1, and there were layoffs in Q1. Sorry, but things aren't turning around like planned. The only people anticipating a hiring "boom" in the computer industry is investors and stock brokers that work in tech stocks. They *NEED* a boom, so they are trying to make one.
Jump in and get yourself a small degree (like InfoSystems in the Business College). Most business courses (if not all) are probably available at night school or saturdays/weekends. Not only this, but most companies pay for your school if you do well.
After about 5-10 years on the job, school no longer matters (if you don't have a degree), only experience matters.
As a side note, I'm a firm believer in college educations. I'd be very hard pressed to hire someone without a degree. And in an economical drought of the IT industries, a CS degree won't get you far if you are up against good CompEng canidates (with similar experience, of course).
If you are geared more towards management, go ahead and try to grab an MBA while you are used to going to school, and you should be set and well paid for the next 5-10 years (MBA's usually give you a jump on pay your first 5-10 years).
Last time I played starcraft, it was impossible to play terrans, cause if the opponent played Zerg, with the appropriate build order, he could bring in 6 zerglings into your base before you even built a barracks. Also, I'm a defense oriented person, so I lose all the time, unless the game lasts long enough for me to build a good defense and expand (I love playing the waiting game for them to run out of resourses).
And I'm no fan of micromanagement. That's why I like Conquest (if you do like micromanagement, UbiSoft also made an RTS thats wonderful, called BattleRealms. Give the demo a shot).
When I think micromanagement, I think of games like Myth, which is a "tactical" game. "Strategy" doesn't come with pointing each individual trooper and telling him where to shoot. Its about having a good plan in a "general" sense. I want to tell my admiral to flank my opponents from the high ground, as a main gruntforce approaches from the valley, and to get archers prepared before the initial rush, and horsement to come in from the rear.
Sorry, but I don't have the mouse skill or speed to do that on my own. My job, then, would be the "strategist", and the "admiral's" job would be the "tactician".
So, in my humble opinion, strategy games can't have micromanagment... tactical games do.
LMAO!
What a great game that was!
Just what we need a World Wide Public Access channel.... its bad enough that cincy has 4 of them locally!
I think FPS are the ones that will start innovating, now. The mod community is very large, and "adding another feature" is being done faster than game producers can think them up.
Modding is our friend in video games. It requires that the next game you sell needs innovation. Otherwise, you'll just be beat-out by a mod.
I'm surprised Wolfenstein and Metal of Honor are selling copies with mods like Day of Defeat for halflife. Same "general" idea, but the mod is free if you own halflife (if you don't its only like $5.00!).
The focus is on micromanagement more than ever, not rushing.
That's just as bad. Micromanagement means the person that knows the hotkeys better, and is quicker with the mouse wins. That isn't strategy.
And by your reasoning, isn't FPS dead as well? Quake 3 is merely an upgrade of Quake 2. Its all about the 1337 D00D who memorizes item placement and map layout, right?
I haven't played Quake since Quake1. I play games like Halflife mod Day of Defeat (and Halflife itself), and System Shock2, Thief, and Deus Ex. There are innovations in FPS.
Most important, if you're looking forward to the game, be assured: the gameplay is cool. This time you have a choice between four races: Human, Undead, Orc, or Dark Elf. Your race really doesn't matter in multiplayer mode; winning basically comes down to building everything up quickly and creating a massive army with which to crush your opponents. Or in my case, getting crushed.
RTS is dead. Its all about who's the 1337 D00D that can build up his army faster and rush the enemy. Adding 3D and new races isn't helping. You need to force strategy on the opponent. Games like Conquest:Frontier Wars is a game thatforces stratgy on the player, and removes the micromanagement. That needs to be done to bring RTS back to life.
I'm afraid WarCraft3 is nothing more than an upgrade of Warcraft2. Sure, its pretty, and will entertain for about a week, but it'll all come down to who can rush faster.
If they request a return reciept, just click "no" to giving them one (requires little configuration).
Welp, that solves that problem.
Or is it just a "boring news day"?
Spam sucks, we all know. All this spam news is making me sleepy.
True, RMS' crusade involves a wonderful ideology that is utopian in theory. But so was Marx with Communism. Some things in theory aren't necessarily the best in practice.
Now, I know that the Free Software Movement is working well, but RMS is always moaning about how some things aren't "free enough", or how the "proprietary" software is "evil", regardless of form. Being a purist in his thoughts is almost fanatical. There needs to be a balance in his crusade. I'm just glad most believers in the FSM know the balance, and don't follow RMS entirely.
I know quite a few Canadians. Yeah, they hardly say "eh" (but I've caught them on it a couple times). The "aboot" is definitly a Canadian thing, although its subtle, and you have to pay attention to notice it.
:-P
And how they call "Advertisements" (read: ad-ver-tize-ments) as "ad ver tis ments".
And I did apologize, it was a joke
BTW - I'm an east coast italian, feel free to put me in a Brooklyn accent, I don't mind a bit.
"Please, don't shift to Siberia, we can offer you a great benefits package and a signing bonus if you stay"
;-)
Never been to Canada, right? Allow me to fix up your statement:
"What's this all aboot? Please don't shift to Siberia, eh! We can offer you a great hockey team and Molson, if you stay, eh!"
My apologies to all Canadians
The honeymooners did not make the trip, but other couples, also believing that the location nurtures fertility, have chartered small planes to the forbidden spot, set up tents on the ice and conducted their business.
Its a wonder you don't find slummy hotels with free porno channels at the spot...