MS screwed me on "plays for sure" wma files sold by its msn store. The files are all locked out from me listening to them because MS decided to shut down their servers and I've upgraded computers since 2004.
They don't say you can't. According to this introduction to their free library:
"I don't know any author, other than a few who are — to speak bluntly — cretins, who hears about people lending his or her books to their friends, or checking them out of a library, with anything other than pleasure. Because they understand full well that, in the long run, what maintains and (especially) expands a writer's audience base is that mysterious magic we call: word of mouth."
Go with Baen Books (if you like Sci-Fi/Fantasy). There's no DRM and they support multiple formats (and unlimited re-downloads) so you can read the ebooks they offer on any device.
If you like science fiction, I suggest you take a look at Baen Books. There is no DRM at all on any of their ebooks and they even offer a selection of their ebooks completely free of charge. They offer the free library so you can find out for yourself whether or not you'll like a particular author and hopefully buy their other works. It's not completely clear from their website but they keep track of your purchases and let you re-download them whenever you need to. They've clearly got the right policies to earn my business.
Adding foreign talent to the US will not "drown out" homegrown talent. Technology grows on itself and places with a high concentration of STEM people will produce orders of magnitude better STEM jobs.
If you really want to drown out US talent then make all bright foreigners go somewhere else so they can compete directly with us instead of working for us.
California is expensive. Is there a business reason you choose to run your business there as opposed to a less expensive state? Or do you stay in California for personal reasons?
Also, how many of you unqualified candidates would turn into skilled programmers if they were given experience?
I could swear this is something I read about ten years ago. And ten years before that - although, at that time the debate was more along the lines of assembly vs higher level languages. But the concept was the same. Maybe I'm just getting old.
To be fair, if you don't upgrade one or the other on a regular basis you'll likely end up getting both at the same time regardless. I'm not about to use a 2011 cpu with a 2005 gpu or vice versa.
I'm not sure that would work. The new BSG was a great show at the beginning of the series then it turned to crap. I like Firefly too much to see that happen to them.
"Also, doesn't this raise the issue of Netflix both producing and being the main distributor for this series?" You mean like HBO?
"It seems that this show is only going to be offered through Netflix. Having content exclusive not only to their competitors but their suppliers seems foolish." No need to worry. The Wall Street Journal reports:
Under the terms being discussed, Netflix would have the right to distribute the series online before any other outlet carried it. But Media Rights Capital would be free to make arrangements for later broadcast or DVD sales, according to a person familiar with the matter.
I love these types of comments: "If random company spends tons of money doing everything I want, I would consider paying them a small fee." The implication is the poster would also consider not paying for any of it. Not the most persuasive of arguments.
I doubt they could get away with traditional ads that interrupt a show. However, it is quite likely that they would consider product placement advertising in their original programming to help offset the costs of the show's creation.
In regards to your comment about a driving course that teaches you how long it "actually" takes to stop - there are SO many different factors involved in braking that there is no "actual" time / distance it takes to stop from a given speed for cars in general - hell, even ONE car if you change the brake pads, rotors, tires, and suspension can have two dramatically different braking distances.
So what? Of course there will be technical differences in stop times but general rules (heuristics) exist and those are more useful than giving up on safety.
For instance: There is a certain minimum amount of reaction time you need to be able to stop without hitting anything. This is why tailgating is so bad. For most people and cars if you give yourself at least 2 or 3 seconds of space between you and the car in front of you that will be sufficient. Adjust upwards for poor weather or if you're driving a heavier vehicle that can't stop on a dime.
You could respond to posts with "that's a great idea but unfortunately it wouldn't work for us because X, Y, Z" but the problem with that is there will be an infinite stream of bad ideas and counter arguments to your whys. You could spend all of your waking hours responding to forum posts or you could spend your time actually making the game.
I see nothing wrong with learning how to code when you're also learning algorithms. I learned BASIC back in the day and it gave me an avenue to experiment and apply what I learned from other sources.
Kernel protection schemes are a specialized area dealing with operating systems and should not be included in a course teaching first principles.
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MS screwed me on "plays for sure" wma files sold by its msn store. The files are all locked out from me listening to them because MS decided to shut down their servers and I've upgraded computers since 2004.
F*** you Microsoft Music!
They don't say you can't. According to this introduction to their free library:
Go with Baen Books (if you like Sci-Fi/Fantasy). There's no DRM and they support multiple formats (and unlimited re-downloads) so you can read the ebooks they offer on any device.
If you like science fiction, I suggest you take a look at Baen Books. There is no DRM at all on any of their ebooks and they even offer a selection of their ebooks completely free of charge. They offer the free library so you can find out for yourself whether or not you'll like a particular author and hopefully buy their other works. It's not completely clear from their website but they keep track of your purchases and let you re-download them whenever you need to. They've clearly got the right policies to earn my business.
Are you claiming our economy hasn't grown since the eighties or our technology hasn't advance since the 80s?
Adding foreign talent to the US will not "drown out" homegrown talent. Technology grows on itself and places with a high concentration of STEM people will produce orders of magnitude better STEM jobs.
If you really want to drown out US talent then make all bright foreigners go somewhere else so they can compete directly with us instead of working for us.
California is expensive. Is there a business reason you choose to run your business there as opposed to a less expensive state? Or do you stay in California for personal reasons?
Also, how many of you unqualified candidates would turn into skilled programmers if they were given experience?
I could swear this is something I read about ten years ago. And ten years before that - although, at that time the debate was more along the lines of assembly vs higher level languages. But the concept was the same. Maybe I'm just getting old.
I'm excluding audiophiles. They'll pay extra because they think digital bits going over gold sound better than digital bits going over copper.
To be fair, if you don't upgrade one or the other on a regular basis you'll likely end up getting both at the same time regardless. I'm not about to use a 2011 cpu with a 2005 gpu or vice versa.
At one point most gamers had dedicated sound cards. Eventually the technology caught up and almost every gamer now uses integrated sound.
Graphics will eventually get that way. It won't be this year but that is the trend.
The new BSG had the same cast and director from beginning to end.
I'm not sure that would work. The new BSG was a great show at the beginning of the series then it turned to crap. I like Firefly too much to see that happen to them.
"Also, doesn't this raise the issue of Netflix both producing and being the main distributor for this series?"
You mean like HBO?
"It seems that this show is only going to be offered through Netflix. Having content exclusive not only to their competitors but their suppliers seems foolish."
No need to worry. The Wall Street Journal reports:
"Consider" is the word you used. Perhaps I was wrong to assume you knew what it meant.
Are you a Hulu watcher? They've got ads. You'd love it.
That would be pretty cool. If I had mod points I'd +1 insightful you instead of writing this response.
I love these types of comments: "If random company spends tons of money doing everything I want, I would consider paying them a small fee." The implication is the poster would also consider not paying for any of it. Not the most persuasive of arguments.
I doubt they could get away with traditional ads that interrupt a show. However, it is quite likely that they would consider product placement advertising in their original programming to help offset the costs of the show's creation.
If you want you printer drivers written by criminals or spies this would work well.
So what? Of course there will be technical differences in stop times but general rules (heuristics) exist and those are more useful than giving up on safety.
For instance: There is a certain minimum amount of reaction time you need to be able to stop without hitting anything. This is why tailgating is so bad. For most people and cars if you give yourself at least 2 or 3 seconds of space between you and the car in front of you that will be sufficient. Adjust upwards for poor weather or if you're driving a heavier vehicle that can't stop on a dime.
I wish I had mod points now.
You could respond to posts with "that's a great idea but unfortunately it wouldn't work for us because X, Y, Z" but the problem with that is there will be an infinite stream of bad ideas and counter arguments to your whys. You could spend all of your waking hours responding to forum posts or you could spend your time actually making the game.
I see nothing wrong with learning how to code when you're also learning algorithms. I learned BASIC back in the day and it gave me an avenue to experiment and apply what I learned from other sources.
Kernel protection schemes are a specialized area dealing with operating systems and should not be included in a course teaching first principles.
A proper language would let you put more than one thing in the same logical group without needing to fall through.
For example in Ada you could have (case is Ada's version of a switch, it doesn't fall through) :
CASE letter IS
WHEN 'a' | 'e' | 'i' | 'o' | 'u' =>
vowel_processing;
WHEN OTHERS =>
consonant_processing;
END CASE;