I never said it was a sim. I said it moves toward that, more so than MW. And yes, having bullet-drop DOES help. How can you even say that it doesn't? It is one important step towards realism. Another being destructible environments, something MW fails to have (40mm M203 fired at a wall just leaves a stain, whereas in BC2 for example, it makes a hole).
Yeah I understand what he meant now, I just got confused by the wording a little bit. I am familiar with this type of situation, as even when I was in high school (only about 6 years ago) this kind of thing went on. Everyone had broadband internet, but other than using dodgy p2p programs, most people did not know how to use filesharing. When big titles in PC games came out, one or two blokes would often flog pirated copies for a couple of quid here and there. There was also a hacked XboX in the common room filled to the brim with pirated video.
Ah, I see. Another model would be, for example, a shared server or external drive that everyone could rip their (legally purchased) films onto, to share with others in a circle of acquaintances (i.e. school, uni or work).
It does not stop there. The "criminal association" to anything can mean it banned. Flickknives/switchblades are pretty much entirely illegal, both in the UK and US. Are they any more dangerous than any other locking knife, or even a sheath knife? No, but they are (were) largely associated with criminal activity, so they were banned. Take the pitbull. Still legal in the US but not in most parts of Europe. Same reason: most likely than not, associated with criminal activity.
As per your handgun statement; owning a handgun isn't just "not a right" in the UK. It is entirely illegal in every circumstance (excepting Northern Ireland).
Forgive my ignorance, but how is visiting a site via your phone's 3G any different than using a landline? Surely if BT bans access to a site it will be unreachable by any device..?
I just got BF3 and have not even looked at MW3 yet, but I am in the same boat as you. Not as old, but I still have a full time job, a long commute, and something of a "family" which means time for gaming is a lot scarcer that it was in the university days.
My two cents is that these two games, whilst both being modern FPSs released at the same time and "competing" with each other, are apples and oranges. As you have pointed out, MW series is a lone wolf style game where, even if you are on a team, you tend to work alone and there is always one clear winner per match. It also tends to be quite liberal when it comes to things like real-world gravity and physics. Firearms, explosives, and their effect on the world varies greatly to the real world. As such, I would describe the experience of playing it as "action movie, Bruce in Die Hard" style. BF3 (or indeed, the BF series) moves away from this, and more toward a military simulator (I know, it isn't a sim in the strictest sense, there are games out there much more sim-oriented). As you say, it encourages teamwork (though you *can* do allright alone, depending on your skill/experience and situation). The physics are also much more real-world, such as gravity (for example, projectiles drop over a distance, so long sniper kills will need to be adjusted for this). I think this is what attracts the more mature gamer (though as you point out, often it does not. I have been called every name under the rainbow; at this point it's water off a duck's back).
At the end of the day it comes down to what you want from a game. I will probably play both to some extent, since depending on my mood I will be interested in both (and I really want to see the conclusion to the MW storyline).
The well rounded things (literature, writing skills, math, history, etc) should have all been covered in the previous 12 years of your education.
I have never understood this about American higher education. Why is there a need to extend the learning structure already done in normal school? Should the idea of further education not be to focus on one area of interest that (presumably) is the thing you want to do for a living? In the UK and Norway (and likely most of Europe) at University you take one degree course and all the classes (more or less) are directly related to your "major" (to use the American term).
I did Computing, which is a bit of a broad term, but even so all the classes were related to either software development, networking, or some other aspect of "computing" that would be relevant in a professional situation.
Saying that, however, I did do one year at a different University where the idea of "credits" meant you could take an unrelated subject on the side, which I did out of curiosity. I liked the fact that it was an option rather than a requirement, though.
Slightly off-topic but since you are (I think) a university professor/tutor I just felt the need to ask: How do you treat an assignment that you suspect the student did not do by themselves, but that could not have been copied from anywhere? For example, when it is very obvious the student had someone more knowledgeable hold their hand through the whole assignment (obvious because the concepts being used are more advanced that that student should really be able to grasp).
The reason I ask is, towards the end of my study I had a friend help me with much of my work. He had worked ten years in the industry and was very knowledgeable. He kept offering to just do everything for me, but I wanted to do it myself with his guidance since 1) I genuinely did want to learn, I was just pressed for time, and 2) In all honesty I was afraid of being caught for cheating if it looked too much like it was not my own work.
As a Norwegian, I kind of assumed this. "Bear" does not sound very Nordic, but "Bjørn" is a common name both in Sweden and Norway:)
Another (less common) name in Norway is "Roar". Go figure.
Or for speeding, because clearly they make money on letting you speed.
This is a very good point, and a similarity I often draw when talking about the MAFIAA. Why are car manufacturers not held partially responsible for speeders? After all, they are the ones that make sports cars, that are capable of going twice the maximum speed limit! The police should be funded by GM to help stop speeding! (not really, but that is the point)
C and C++ jobs are very very rare in germany, C is basically only used for embedded programming, C++ is more or less a legacy language meanwhile)
Recent jobhunting in the UK suggests this is the case here, too. I saw maybe 2 or 3 C/++ jobs advertised. If it isn't web development, then Java is the thing to know. If it *is* web development, it is about a 60/40 split between.NET(C#) dev and LAMP-style* dev, respectively.
*What I mean with this is, not just limited to LAMP - often using other tech like jQuery, AJAX, etc. - but with LAMP at the core.
I have been on the receiving end of this bashing, and yet there is some (albeit very little) truth to the notion. "Programming", as I understand it, is different from "scripting" which is what (many people think) web development is. Apart from the HTML and CSS part (which is technically neither...what is it called exactly??) web development revolves around writing scripts to handle events (PHP, for example, to handle an HTML form submission). People seem to think that this development style is not "real programming" because you do not compile anything yourself, you do not allocate memory, you are not making a standalone "program" as such. But then again, this can be said for Perl (by definition a scripting language) or even Java (also, not compiled or native).
This is not to say that web development is easier. On the contrary, people with "web developer" as their job title, as has been already mentioned, tend to need to know quite a wide variety of languages to be very employable, in contrast to someone who is a Java developer, who for the most part only works in Java and can therefore become a guru in this one language.
By the way this is just my very limited perception on this issue, as I am in no way a very experienced programmer, and am just in early stages of a career in development (web or otherwise).
Yup, on my Software Engineering course we learned C with assembly as part of a "computer systems architecture" class.
Additionally, at a different university where I started a CompSci degree, the whole first semester was *only* C programming. Again, the idea was that it was a good language to teach programming basics and principles, getting us into good coding habits (that often go forgotten if starting with, say, an interpreted language) and generally getting us used to native coding as opposed to the more common procedures these days, a la Java (the rest of my degree course was taught in Java).
Three different models, only one of which worked out of box. One was a G500, one was a G9x (the one that worked) and one was an MX Anywhere.
The G500 arrived DOA. Didn't get a replacement, just sent it back and bought a different one. As mentioned the G9x worked. The MX Anywhere kind of worked but the scroll wheel would quit at random times, then start working again (which suggests a software issue but I tried different drivers and different PCs and the problem prevailed. It is a wireless mouse, so possibly some weird comms problem or just a bad sensor.) I am awaiting a replacement from Amazon today, so we shall see if it was just a dud or if it is a common problem. Strange thing is, I cannot see many people on the web having the same error, so possibly I just got a lemon.
No, at least I hope not. I was responding to the "having friends over" comment/situation. Having mates over for multiplayer gaming rarely happens anymore because online gaming is more popular (to me, both have their merits. I hated sharing the screen with 4 people in Goldeneye, and inevitably people would screen-look, but the social element was nice, something I miss when playing online).
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I never said it was a sim. I said it moves toward that, more so than MW. And yes, having bullet-drop DOES help. How can you even say that it doesn't? It is one important step towards realism. Another being destructible environments, something MW fails to have (40mm M203 fired at a wall just leaves a stain, whereas in BC2 for example, it makes a hole).
Because hyperbole is being used humorously.
It's supposed to be my device, HTC.
Cyanogenmod now!
Yeah I understand what he meant now, I just got confused by the wording a little bit. I am familiar with this type of situation, as even when I was in high school (only about 6 years ago) this kind of thing went on. Everyone had broadband internet, but other than using dodgy p2p programs, most people did not know how to use filesharing. When big titles in PC games came out, one or two blokes would often flog pirated copies for a couple of quid here and there. There was also a hacked XboX in the common room filled to the brim with pirated video.
Ah, I see. Another model would be, for example, a shared server or external drive that everyone could rip their (legally purchased) films onto, to share with others in a circle of acquaintances (i.e. school, uni or work).
"Afro-american"!?? You raving racist! It is "melanin-endowed", GOD! This isn't 2003 anymore!
It does not stop there. The "criminal association" to anything can mean it banned. Flickknives/switchblades are pretty much entirely illegal, both in the UK and US. Are they any more dangerous than any other locking knife, or even a sheath knife? No, but they are (were) largely associated with criminal activity, so they were banned. Take the pitbull. Still legal in the US but not in most parts of Europe. Same reason: most likely than not, associated with criminal activity.
As per your handgun statement; owning a handgun isn't just "not a right" in the UK. It is entirely illegal in every circumstance (excepting Northern Ireland).
Forgive my ignorance, but how is visiting a site via your phone's 3G any different than using a landline? Surely if BT bans access to a site it will be unreachable by any device..?
Not to nitpick but you also started a new thread to address this instead of just replying to yourself?
Sorry.
Killjoy, can't we just revel in something without looking for the (often obvious) downside?
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Family member was a drug dealer
Not just that, but the man in question bought the vehicle that would later be tracked from the same family member...
I just got BF3 and have not even looked at MW3 yet, but I am in the same boat as you. Not as old, but I still have a full time job, a long commute, and something of a "family" which means time for gaming is a lot scarcer that it was in the university days.
My two cents is that these two games, whilst both being modern FPSs released at the same time and "competing" with each other, are apples and oranges. As you have pointed out, MW series is a lone wolf style game where, even if you are on a team, you tend to work alone and there is always one clear winner per match. It also tends to be quite liberal when it comes to things like real-world gravity and physics. Firearms, explosives, and their effect on the world varies greatly to the real world. As such, I would describe the experience of playing it as "action movie, Bruce in Die Hard" style. BF3 (or indeed, the BF series) moves away from this, and more toward a military simulator (I know, it isn't a sim in the strictest sense, there are games out there much more sim-oriented). As you say, it encourages teamwork (though you *can* do allright alone, depending on your skill/experience and situation). The physics are also much more real-world, such as gravity (for example, projectiles drop over a distance, so long sniper kills will need to be adjusted for this). I think this is what attracts the more mature gamer (though as you point out, often it does not. I have been called every name under the rainbow; at this point it's water off a duck's back).
At the end of the day it comes down to what you want from a game. I will probably play both to some extent, since depending on my mood I will be interested in both (and I really want to see the conclusion to the MW storyline).
Was just about to respond to you again. My replacement MX Anywhere arrived yesterday and it is working fine. So I guess I have just had very bad luck!
The well rounded things (literature, writing skills, math, history, etc) should have all been covered in the previous 12 years of your education.
I have never understood this about American higher education. Why is there a need to extend the learning structure already done in normal school? Should the idea of further education not be to focus on one area of interest that (presumably) is the thing you want to do for a living? In the UK and Norway (and likely most of Europe) at University you take one degree course and all the classes (more or less) are directly related to your "major" (to use the American term).
I did Computing, which is a bit of a broad term, but even so all the classes were related to either software development, networking, or some other aspect of "computing" that would be relevant in a professional situation.
Saying that, however, I did do one year at a different University where the idea of "credits" meant you could take an unrelated subject on the side, which I did out of curiosity. I liked the fact that it was an option rather than a requirement, though.
Some of them were cheating by turning up to lectures, paying attention, and asking intelligent questions...
Those are the worst! Smug assholes, just because they have a foolproof system they do so much better!
Slightly off-topic but since you are (I think) a university professor/tutor I just felt the need to ask: How do you treat an assignment that you suspect the student did not do by themselves, but that could not have been copied from anywhere? For example, when it is very obvious the student had someone more knowledgeable hold their hand through the whole assignment (obvious because the concepts being used are more advanced that that student should really be able to grasp).
The reason I ask is, towards the end of my study I had a friend help me with much of my work. He had worked ten years in the industry and was very knowledgeable. He kept offering to just do everything for me, but I wanted to do it myself with his guidance since 1) I genuinely did want to learn, I was just pressed for time, and 2) In all honesty I was afraid of being caught for cheating if it looked too much like it was not my own work.
As a Norwegian, I kind of assumed this. "Bear" does not sound very Nordic, but "Bjørn" is a common name both in Sweden and Norway :)
Another (less common) name in Norway is "Roar". Go figure.
Or for speeding, because clearly they make money on letting you speed.
This is a very good point, and a similarity I often draw when talking about the MAFIAA. Why are car manufacturers not held partially responsible for speeders? After all, they are the ones that make sports cars, that are capable of going twice the maximum speed limit! The police should be funded by GM to help stop speeding! (not really, but that is the point)
C and C++ jobs are very very rare in germany, C is basically only used for embedded programming, C++ is more or less a legacy language meanwhile)
Recent jobhunting in the UK suggests this is the case here, too. I saw maybe 2 or 3 C/++ jobs advertised. If it isn't web development, then Java is the thing to know. If it *is* web development, it is about a 60/40 split between .NET(C#) dev and LAMP-style* dev, respectively.
*What I mean with this is, not just limited to LAMP - often using other tech like jQuery, AJAX, etc. - but with LAMP at the core.
I'm stealing that, even if I'm not a C programmer!
I have been on the receiving end of this bashing, and yet there is some (albeit very little) truth to the notion. "Programming", as I understand it, is different from "scripting" which is what (many people think) web development is. Apart from the HTML and CSS part (which is technically neither...what is it called exactly??) web development revolves around writing scripts to handle events (PHP, for example, to handle an HTML form submission). People seem to think that this development style is not "real programming" because you do not compile anything yourself, you do not allocate memory, you are not making a standalone "program" as such. But then again, this can be said for Perl (by definition a scripting language) or even Java (also, not compiled or native).
This is not to say that web development is easier. On the contrary, people with "web developer" as their job title, as has been already mentioned, tend to need to know quite a wide variety of languages to be very employable, in contrast to someone who is a Java developer, who for the most part only works in Java and can therefore become a guru in this one language.
By the way this is just my very limited perception on this issue, as I am in no way a very experienced programmer, and am just in early stages of a career in development (web or otherwise).
Yup, on my Software Engineering course we learned C with assembly as part of a "computer systems architecture" class.
Additionally, at a different university where I started a CompSci degree, the whole first semester was *only* C programming. Again, the idea was that it was a good language to teach programming basics and principles, getting us into good coding habits (that often go forgotten if starting with, say, an interpreted language) and generally getting us used to native coding as opposed to the more common procedures these days, a la Java (the rest of my degree course was taught in Java).
Three different models, only one of which worked out of box. One was a G500, one was a G9x (the one that worked) and one was an MX Anywhere.
The G500 arrived DOA. Didn't get a replacement, just sent it back and bought a different one. As mentioned the G9x worked. The MX Anywhere kind of worked but the scroll wheel would quit at random times, then start working again (which suggests a software issue but I tried different drivers and different PCs and the problem prevailed. It is a wireless mouse, so possibly some weird comms problem or just a bad sensor.) I am awaiting a replacement from Amazon today, so we shall see if it was just a dud or if it is a common problem. Strange thing is, I cannot see many people on the web having the same error, so possibly I just got a lemon.
No, at least I hope not. I was responding to the "having friends over" comment/situation. Having mates over for multiplayer gaming rarely happens anymore because online gaming is more popular (to me, both have their merits. I hated sharing the screen with 4 people in Goldeneye, and inevitably people would screen-look, but the social element was nice, something I miss when playing online).