I'm confused as to how this series is not making enough money.
The Civ series is making money. That's why they sold it off, they thought they could get plenty of money for the rights...the rights to distribute it.
You've got to remember that the gaming industry is much like the movie or music industry (I'm not talking about the evilness, but not ruling that out as well). At the top, you have the big distributers, the Atari's, Infograme's, EA's, etc. At the bottom, you have the development studios. The development studios will pitch an idea to a distributer and then hopefully get the funding to do it.
This is an overly simplified description, but should give you a good idea. That said, Sid Meier and his studio, Firaxis, will probably keep turning out new titles, but under a different distributer(atleast as far as the Civ series goes), he may still keep future Pirates, Alpha Centari, etc series titles under Infogrames.
What's the best way to organize all of this data so that it's actually usable?
It really depends on your time requirements.
Personally, I hate writing documentation, but if you have time, you really need to write a migration plan. Basically you need to write down what all you have and what you want to do with it.
The migration plan should list all the milestones and even individual steps. This really sounds like a big project, not something you should spend a day or two on by cramming it into your system. This might seem tedious, but if you spend at least a few days organizing your thoughts and planning this, you'll save a lot of time later. The plan should probably also be passed around higher up, which means it should be readable, to make sure you're doing everything with the data and documentation that management wants.
From the story: "The clothing includes an integrated tunnel system which allows you to hide all the wires affiliated with your devices within the lining of the item..."
Quote: Isn't it amazing how technology simplifies our lives?
Oh, I can certainly see how this would simplify my life. Picture this:
Get Vest, Kahkis, Backpack.
Hide mp3 player, digital camera connected to laptop in backpack, etc.
I agree with you to a point. Yes, what I'm about to say is an over generalization, but so what. As a former student(I transferred to UNT) , I think I can validate your point a bit better. Most of the University's population are rich kids that couldn't go anywhere better. The Engineering School was completely different. Most eng. students have scholarships, FinAid, etc. I believe your probably talking about the people that graduated from the business school with a BA or MBA, and now they're your clueless manager.:D
BTW, UNT has HAD a Game Presence for quite a while. Just check out the LARC.
Getting a Darwin award and not having kids are not the same thing. The people doing dumb crap and getting a darwin award could have already had children.
**patches hole**
But still, aren't they legally responsible if they put out a shoddy product?
Let's compare this to cars. But first, I need to clarify your question.
Do you mean that if you buy it and it just breaks, are they responisble for the data? I hope you don't mean that. If a company buys a delivery truck and it just breaks down, the seller doesn't owe what the company is losing while it's getting repaired. The warranty(if within the period) will cover the cost of the labor and/or parts, but it will certainly not cover loss of time.
If you mean that if the HD company produces a bad product, are they liable for it? Let's compare to vehicles again. In the auto business, they're called lemons(among other things). Without getting into the specifics of recalls, etc., the broken vehicle would get repaired like it was under warranty(probably still is), but you still wouldn't expect to receive any compensation for loss of time. The only way to get a possible compensation would be to take legal action, hopefully with other people in the same position.
So basically, sure if they produce a shoddy product, you can surely take legal action to get compensation for the loss of data. To get anything in return, though, you'd better have other people on your side.
Oh yea, you might also want to provide a good reason why it's more cost effective to persue legal action rather than to back up properly in the first place.
Now this seems perfectly legal, what's wrong with this?
The guy living in Italy, owns the domain name(he pays the bill atleast), pays the bill for it to be hosted, etc. If the website is located anywhere, you're still liable because you "own" it.
If I were to be the owner/leader of a South American drug ring, but I lived in the U.S., I would still be liable for running that organization. Even if I didn't take part in any illegal action while living here, I fly down to do business, then come back.
The guy in Italy is in control of the website, he pays for it, he manages it, he's liable for it.
Everything I've been reading says to store binary files in Blobs(Tinyblob, blob, medium and large). Of course this in mysql and I'm not sure about the other db's.
I think a database would be a great place to store mail. Atleast the text portion anyways. AFIK, DB's such as mysql/postgres, are great for storing text, binary formats probably wouldn't be a good idea because you'd have to use something like "blob" which I believe may not be as quickly read as if the binary(picture,.doc,.ppt,.etc) was on the actual disk(on the filesystem). I also love the idea of integrated mail systems, groupware if you will, such as Exchange, and even PHPGroupWareSo what I propose would be a sort of hybrid.
You could have the Database for:
All the mail stuff, subject, addressing, message
Groupware Apps Info(look at phpgroupware, they have a good thing going for them)
For files, such as attachments, a file path would be all that's needed, and it can be abstracted so that if an attachment is sent to 15 people on the server, it's only stored once. When a person removes it, their link in the db is removed, not the file.
Now a simple mail system would only need a few of the DBs/Tables, but you could easily add the other options later without breaking something you already have going. Which wouldn't be the case if you were to move from just about anything To MS Exchange.
This would almost inevitably break any form of backwards compatability, except for some possibility of a wrapper that sat around the database, and pretended like it was another format. But I think the pros out weigh the cons....
This really sounds like a short story I read quite some time ago, where this guy that works in his dad's factory, and the factory is about to go under because he's getting the "squeeze" put on him by large corporations. The son invents a lightbulb that uses VERY little electricity, and then also thinks that it can be reversed to where they can create solar panals that are very efficient. They do, but the large corporations close in, and send "mafia guys" to get them, and the only way they can make sure their invention gets released is to opensource it. Kinda cool in a way...now that I think about it...I wasn't even involved in open source when I read it.
The book was "The Man Who Sold the Moon" and the story was "Let There Be Light."
Tabacco makers got their warning put on all Cig Packs years before the lawsuits ever started. People know they're not good for them, but they sill buy Cigs on a massive scale. All the Disclaimer did was to close all avenues of liability.
All this means now is that these companies can do this to all of their cds, and the consumer can only boycott them. Boycotting is good, but if there's no other way to get music, most people will give in, and buy the fscked up cd.
I'm being quite general, but I think there's really a lot of OS books out there. How to run your OS, Securing your OS, Being One With Your OS, etc.
I'm looking for more cutting edge development kind of books. XML-RPC, PHP, PHP-GTK and any other web/internet high level coding language.
Give me something new, something cutting edge, something that I can read/browse through, and will help me pick up new languages quickly and make me more efficient.
Security of the system, in the hands of society is really based on the installation. Sure, a good admin can secure Windows or Linux. The fact is that most people that install either are not good admins. Most people here on/. are.
If linux stopped bundling bind, and other exploit-happy software, or atleast didn't install it by default, we would easily be more secure. The default install of Windows usually doesn't include all sorts of fun exploit happy software(with the exception of IIS).
Plus, what are we talking about here? Are they counting the number of exploits against Windows and trying to compare them to all the different packages in linux? Most people don't install bind and other exploit-happy software by default.
We ought to think about software that goes into default installs, based on their prior exploits, and see if they should be included, or use an alternative.
Yes, web crawlers follow links in html webpages, but some do much more than that. New web crawlers know the difference between websites that have directory listings enabled and disabled. If it is disabled, then it has to follow the html/whatever files that it knows how to index. If it is enabled, then the website is free game to what ever is on the website.
Now wait a minute...If in the public's mind, peer-to-peer technology is all about "stealing" music and "stealing" movies then do we all not know this is stealing? Is she telling us something new or just plastering guilt across the general public?
Slashdot Mirror
Imagine this:
You're in the jungle (US Army) and you're carrying your 500lb base camp on your shoulders. With 30 miles of walking remaining, it starts to rain...
Who the hell cares...you can carry 500lbs!!11
I'm confused as to how this series is not making enough money.
The Civ series is making money. That's why they sold it off, they thought they could get plenty of money for the rights...the rights to distribute it.
You've got to remember that the gaming industry is much like the movie or music industry (I'm not talking about the evilness, but not ruling that out as well). At the top, you have the big distributers, the Atari's, Infograme's, EA's, etc. At the bottom, you have the development studios. The development studios will pitch an idea to a distributer and then hopefully get the funding to do it.
This is an overly simplified description, but should give you a good idea. That said, Sid Meier and his studio, Firaxis, will probably keep turning out new titles, but under a different distributer(atleast as far as the Civ series goes), he may still keep future Pirates, Alpha Centari, etc series titles under Infogrames.
What's the best way to organize all of this data so that it's actually usable?
:)
It really depends on your time requirements.
Personally, I hate writing documentation, but if you have time, you really need to write a migration plan. Basically you need to write down what all you have and what you want to do with it.
The migration plan should list all the milestones and even individual steps. This really sounds like a big project, not something you should spend a day or two on by cramming it into your system. This might seem tedious, but if you spend at least a few days organizing your thoughts and planning this, you'll save a lot of time later. The plan should probably also be passed around higher up, which means it should be readable, to make sure you're doing everything with the data and documentation that management wants.
Sounds like you'll be having fun for a while
Quote: Isn't it amazing how technology simplifies our lives?
Oh, I can certainly see how this would simplify my life. Picture this:
My guess would be "Ximian Desktop 2"
Nope, you're the first loser.
I agree with you to a point. Yes, what I'm about to say is an over generalization, but so what. As a former student(I transferred to UNT) , I think I can validate your point a bit better. Most of the University's population are rich kids that couldn't go anywhere better. The Engineering School was completely different. Most eng. students have scholarships, FinAid, etc. I believe your probably talking about the people that graduated from the business school with a BA or MBA, and now they're your clueless manager. :D
BTW, UNT has HAD a Game Presence for quite a while. Just check out the LARC.
Will Jar Jar be friend or foe?
What the hell do you think?
Getting a Darwin award and not having kids are not the same thing. The people doing dumb crap and getting a darwin award could have already had children. **patches hole**
But still, aren't they legally responsible if they put out a shoddy product?
Let's compare this to cars. But first, I need to clarify your question.
Do you mean that if you buy it and it just breaks, are they responisble for the data? I hope you don't mean that. If a company buys a delivery truck and it just breaks down, the seller doesn't owe what the company is losing while it's getting repaired. The warranty(if within the period) will cover the cost of the labor and/or parts, but it will certainly not cover loss of time.
If you mean that if the HD company produces a bad product, are they liable for it? Let's compare to vehicles again. In the auto business, they're called lemons(among other things). Without getting into the specifics of recalls, etc., the broken vehicle would get repaired like it was under warranty(probably still is), but you still wouldn't expect to receive any compensation for loss of time. The only way to get a possible compensation would be to take legal action, hopefully with other people in the same position.
So basically, sure if they produce a shoddy product, you can surely take legal action to get compensation for the loss of data. To get anything in return, though, you'd better have other people on your side.
Oh yea, you might also want to provide a good reason why it's more cost effective to persue legal action rather than to back up properly in the first place.
Now this seems perfectly legal, what's wrong with this?
The guy living in Italy, owns the domain name(he pays the bill atleast), pays the bill for it to be hosted, etc. If the website is located anywhere, you're still liable because you "own" it.
If I were to be the owner/leader of a South American drug ring, but I lived in the U.S., I would still be liable for running that organization. Even if I didn't take part in any illegal action while living here, I fly down to do business, then come back.
The guy in Italy is in control of the website, he pays for it, he manages it, he's liable for it.
Everything I've been reading says to store binary files in Blobs(Tinyblob, blob, medium and large). Of course this in mysql and I'm not sure about the other db's.
Storing mail in a Postgres DB is actually at Mail2DB
You can find it by searching the Qmail Site
You could have the Database for:
Now a simple mail system would only need a few of the DBs/Tables, but you could easily add the other options later without breaking something you already have going. Which wouldn't be the case if you were to move from just about anything To MS Exchange.
This would almost inevitably break any form of backwards compatability, except for some possibility of a wrapper that sat around the database, and pretended like it was another format. But I think the pros out weigh the cons....
Or would that be a "steriod."
Would you be tested before a lan party?
Sorry bud, but I'm currently looking at the book, and it does seem to say "Robert A. Heinlein" on the cover.
It's my birthday damnit, give me a break!!!!!1111111
This really sounds like a short story I read quite some time ago, where this guy that works in his dad's factory, and the factory is about to go under because he's getting the "squeeze" put on him by large corporations. The son invents a lightbulb that uses VERY little electricity, and then also thinks that it can be reversed to where they can create solar panals that are very efficient. They do, but the large corporations close in, and send "mafia guys" to get them, and the only way they can make sure their invention gets released is to opensource it. Kinda cool in a way...now that I think about it...I wasn't even involved in open source when I read it.
The book was "The Man Who Sold the Moon" and the story was "Let There Be Light."
The story mentions having "tags" on every possible item
Doesn't this even sort of sound like the CueCat? I just thought it was strange....
is like asking which overalls you should wear on a date to get you laid
You wear overalls on dates?!?!?!
Tabacco makers got their warning put on all Cig Packs years before the lawsuits ever started. People know they're not good for them, but they sill buy Cigs on a massive scale. All the Disclaimer did was to close all avenues of liability.
All this means now is that these companies can do this to all of their cds, and the consumer can only boycott them. Boycotting is good, but if there's no other way to get music, most people will give in, and buy the fscked up cd.
I'm being quite general, but I think there's really a lot of OS books out there. How to run your OS, Securing your OS, Being One With Your OS, etc.
I'm looking for more cutting edge development kind of books. XML-RPC, PHP, PHP-GTK and any other web/internet high level coding language.
Give me something new, something cutting edge, something that I can read/browse through, and will help me pick up new languages quickly and make me more efficient.
Security of the system, in the hands of society is really based on the installation. Sure, a good admin can secure Windows or Linux. The fact is that most people that install either are not good admins. Most people here on /. are.
If linux stopped bundling bind, and other exploit-happy software, or atleast didn't install it by default, we would easily be more secure. The default install of Windows usually doesn't include all sorts of fun exploit happy software(with the exception of IIS).
Plus, what are we talking about here? Are they counting the number of exploits against Windows and trying to compare them to all the different packages in linux? Most people don't install bind and other exploit-happy software by default.
We ought to think about software that goes into default installs, based on their prior exploits, and see if they should be included, or use an alternative.
*Shameless Plug*
I am currently helping out on a project that is very comparable to Exchange. It's PHPGroupWare and it's evolving quite quickly.
It is all web-based for now(some people are working on xml-rpc).
It supports:
The applications are all modular, so they can be added and removed, and it's a very cool project. Check it out.
Yes, web crawlers follow links in html webpages, but some do much more than that. New web crawlers know the difference between websites that have directory listings enabled and disabled. If it is disabled, then it has to follow the html/whatever files that it knows how to index. If it is enabled, then the website is free game to what ever is on the website.
Now wait a minute...If in the public's mind, peer-to-peer technology is all about "stealing" music and "stealing" movies then do we all not know this is stealing? Is she telling us something new or just plastering guilt across the general public?