Yeah -- *none* of those are the gems. I'd try Square or Riot, or even Monsanto if you can get over their general evilness. I didn't mind BJC Healthcare, either. And keep in mind that while pay is lower than other places, so are all the living expenses.
I don't have a listing, but I've seen the episode twice in the past year or two. KDNL-30 in Saint Louis plays 2-4 simpsons episodes a day, and the showing includes the part with the two guys in towers arguing, that wikipedia claims is edited out.
Of course, like any good slashdotter, I haven't read the article, so I don't know what education level this applies to. But I challenge my four-year-old daily on things she can understand, to see if she has put any thought into what she thinks of as true. I'm not too good at it, by my aim is to be like this guy: http://www.s-anand.net/Calvin_and_Hobbes_Dad_explains_science.html
And if you didn't start hitting div by zero errors in BASIC when you were a youngster, I may have to ask for your nerd credentials back.
Actually, I think those two discussions would make for great mental exercises. Ask the kids what it would take for 2+2=5 or 1+1+1=1 (which another poster even provided a possible answer). Ask what the implications of the universe revolving around the earth would be. Explore the process by which we came to our current understanding, with glass spheres, epicycles, etc.
You may think questioning the fundamentals is a pointless exercise, but there is a lot to be learned by doing it. We'd be doing a disservice to our children by not allowing them this freedom.
When I review games for friends and family, I give two metrics: "How many times would I (re)play it?" and "How much would I pay for it?" Of course, those two numbers are often related, but they provide something tangible.
For example, Project Snowblind was actually a descent game -- for $20. I did play it through one and a half times, to boot, so the experience wasn't all bad. Some games, like Pariah, can provide a descent value if cheap enough, but still fall into the "Do I really have to finish this game?" category -- such games are just tedious.
Tribes rocked, as it was the first game for me that really made team play available and beneficial. Heck, you could just trick out your base with defensive weapons and not go after the other base. It would be a great game to play with people you know, but unfortunately I was alone in the world when I did.
> That said, Halo 1 did have split-screen support in the grand tradition of Goldeneye, > and it did allow multi-box LAN play (up to 16 players, with any number of boxes or > players per boxes, from 4 boxes with 4 players each to 16 boxes with 1 player each).
Actually, you are describing Halo 2 here. Halo 1 was limited to only 4 boxes per game.
> It may have aged more gracefully than some, but it doesn't have one thing that a lot of the games in the article > do: replayability. And a lot of times that will keep a game being played not only for a long time, but also more > often than other games. Zelda? One shot, you're done. And don't tell me about the second quest; it was just a > shell game.
I have to dispute this a bit; Zelda is very replayable. As I've grown older, it is certainly much easier to play, but no less enjoyable. Two obvious ways of mixing things up would be to play the levels out of order and to skip upgrades. Other goals would be speed runs, playing a "perfect" game without losing a life or even getting hit. It's fantastic because it is so open... I could spend an hour or two before ever going into a dungeon to upgrade, or I could delve right in. The post at http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=187458&c id=15474472 has more detail.
> Zelda could go on a classic games list (and has, many a time), but there are many hard core gamers who have > never heard of Zelda, and wouldn't like it even if they did because it's so one-dimensional with no branches in > it's plot.
The first Zelda game had no real plot to speak of -- you were only limited by what you could do. I actually like later zelda games a little less because of the addition of such a plot.
Most people complained that the ending was not satisfying, not that the game wasn't long enough. It was part of larger complaints about not spending enough time on Earth, and about "having" to play as (and end the game as) the Arbiter.
I think the ending is fine, just like I think the grandparent post is fine...
I have to say, though, that Burnout 3 is no mere driving game. The *only* thing wrong with the game is the lack of System Link functionality (ie, requires XBox Live for multi-box playing).
I, too, am more than a little disappointed by the lack of networked co-op. And lack of bots in multiplayer.
Now, I'm consigned to play constant derivations of the same kill your friends games that was in the first one. The multiplayer is fun, no doubt, but not, well, epic, like the single-player/co-op is. Granted, I haven't played with more than 8, but still...
I'm seriously considering Star Wars Battlefront for its AI Bots in multiplayer, and Serious Sam for its wave-after-wave of baddies co-op, for this season's xbox lan parties.
My 10-month-old daughter cries loudly if the laptop is open and she can't play with it. Her favorite button is the lid-close button, which blanks the screen when she presses it. My wife is trying to get her to love horses instead, but I think it's too late.
Here's an interesting tidbit: I was driving from Louisville to wherever the big Kentucky Horse Park is (about 90 miles or so, I think). On the way I passed Shelbyville and Simpsonville.
http://s91215199.onlinehome.us/zaurus/ has several resources on developing on the Z, including a couple of compilers for Java. I've used kjc (Kopi Java Compiler) quite a bit with no issues.
As far as I know, all of the Zaurus models have the same Jeode PersonalJava implementation. This equates roughly to JDK1.1. It does have AWT support, and there are plenty of GUI apps written in Java.
The biggest ommisions lacking from modern java implementations are the Collections classes and related files (Comparator, Comparable). There are ways of getting around that...
Also, to compile on the Z itself, be sure to pick up kjc (Kopi Java Compiler).
It makes a huge difference on my 26.4 connection (yes, I'm way out in the boonies). Does hardware compression work for TCP/IP, or just straight xmodem-style text?
Actually, unless things have changed a bunch, downloading an attachment via POP3 will always be much slower than downloading the same file via HTTP. The email spec has certain requirements for formatting of the message, such that all attachments must be encoded as text. This text can be 25-50% larger than the same data in binary.
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Agree that Against was the better story. And don't get me started on the hideous Beyond the Fall of Night by Benford.
No, no, no, you misunderstand -- he's better than other people!
Yeah -- *none* of those are the gems. I'd try Square or Riot, or even Monsanto if you can get over their general evilness. I didn't mind BJC Healthcare, either. And keep in mind that while pay is lower than other places, so are all the living expenses.
I absolutely agree. I've been working through his stuff for a while now (Most is available on Project Gutenburg). It has all aged really well.
Yes it is. And it is also chat (jabber). And some other things.
But in practice, it seems to do best as a wiki-like thing.
Ah, Miracle Max...
I don't have a listing, but I've seen the episode twice in the past year or two. KDNL-30 in Saint Louis plays 2-4 simpsons episodes a day, and the showing includes the part with the two guys in towers arguing, that wikipedia claims is edited out.
Of course, like any good slashdotter, I haven't read the article, so I don't know what education level this applies to. But I challenge my four-year-old daily on things she can understand, to see if she has put any thought into what she thinks of as true. I'm not too good at it, by my aim is to be like this guy: http://www.s-anand.net/Calvin_and_Hobbes_Dad_explains_science.html
And if you didn't start hitting div by zero errors in BASIC when you were a youngster, I may have to ask for your nerd credentials back.
Actually, I think those two discussions would make for great mental exercises. Ask the kids what it would take for 2+2=5 or 1+1+1=1 (which another poster even provided a possible answer). Ask what the implications of the universe revolving around the earth would be. Explore the process by which we came to our current understanding, with glass spheres, epicycles, etc.
You may think questioning the fundamentals is a pointless exercise, but there is a lot to be learned by doing it. We'd be doing a disservice to our children by not allowing them this freedom.
When I review games for friends and family, I give two metrics: "How many times would I (re)play it?" and "How much would I pay for it?" Of course, those two numbers are often related, but they provide something tangible.
For example, Project Snowblind was actually a descent game -- for $20. I did play it through one and a half times, to boot, so the experience wasn't all bad. Some games, like Pariah, can provide a descent value if cheap enough, but still fall into the "Do I really have to finish this game?" category -- such games are just tedious.
Tribes rocked, as it was the first game for me that really made team play available and beneficial. Heck, you could just trick out your base with defensive weapons and not go after the other base. It would be a great game to play with people you know, but unfortunately I was alone in the world when I did.
Pat.
> That said, Halo 1 did have split-screen support in the grand tradition of Goldeneye,
> and it did allow multi-box LAN play (up to 16 players, with any number of boxes or
> players per boxes, from 4 boxes with 4 players each to 16 boxes with 1 player each).
Actually, you are describing Halo 2 here. Halo 1 was limited to only 4 boxes per game.
Pat.
> It may have aged more gracefully than some, but it doesn't have one thing that a lot of the games in the article
c id=15474472 has more detail.
> do: replayability. And a lot of times that will keep a game being played not only for a long time, but also more
> often than other games. Zelda? One shot, you're done. And don't tell me about the second quest; it was just a
> shell game.
I have to dispute this a bit; Zelda is very replayable. As I've grown older, it is certainly much easier to play, but no less enjoyable. Two obvious ways of mixing things up would be to play the levels out of order and to skip upgrades. Other goals would be speed runs, playing a "perfect" game without losing a life or even getting hit. It's fantastic because it is so open... I could spend an hour or two before ever going into a dungeon to upgrade, or I could delve right in. The post at http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=187458&
> Zelda could go on a classic games list (and has, many a time), but there are many hard core gamers who have
> never heard of Zelda, and wouldn't like it even if they did because it's so one-dimensional with no branches in
> it's plot.
The first Zelda game had no real plot to speak of -- you were only limited by what you could do. I actually like later zelda games a little less because of the addition of such a plot.
Low latency... for gaming? Does it work well? What kinds of pings can you get outside the phone's network?
Tolkien rings can be quite hobbit forming.
Most people complained that the ending was not satisfying, not that the game wasn't long enough. It was part of larger complaints about not spending enough time on Earth, and about "having" to play as (and end the game as) the Arbiter.
I think the ending is fine, just like I think the grandparent post is fine...
I have to say, though, that Burnout 3 is no mere driving game. The *only* thing wrong with the game is the lack of System Link functionality (ie, requires XBox Live for multi-box playing).
I, too, am more than a little disappointed by the lack of networked co-op. And lack of bots in multiplayer.
Now, I'm consigned to play constant derivations of the same kill your friends games that was in the first one. The multiplayer is fun, no doubt, but not, well, epic, like the single-player/co-op is. Granted, I haven't played with more than 8, but still...
I'm seriously considering Star Wars Battlefront for its AI Bots in multiplayer, and Serious Sam for its wave-after-wave of baddies co-op, for this season's xbox lan parties.
My 10-month-old daughter cries loudly if the laptop is open and she can't play with it. Her favorite button is the lid-close button, which blanks the screen when she presses it. My wife is trying to get her to love horses instead, but I think it's too late.
Here's an interesting tidbit: I was driving from Louisville to wherever the big Kentucky Horse Park is (about 90 miles or so, I think). On the way I passed Shelbyville and Simpsonville.
Coincidence? Perhaps.
Pat.
http://s91215199.onlinehome.us/zaurus/ has several resources on developing on the Z, including a couple of compilers for Java. I've used kjc (Kopi Java Compiler) quite a bit with no issues.
As far as I know, all of the Zaurus models have the same Jeode PersonalJava implementation. This equates roughly to JDK1.1. It does have AWT support, and there are plenty of GUI apps written in Java.
The biggest ommisions lacking from modern java implementations are the Collections classes and related files (Comparator, Comparable). There are ways of getting around that...
Also, to compile on the Z itself, be sure to pick up kjc (Kopi Java Compiler).
Agreed. The sound is just not at a consistent volume. I was constantly having to adjust volume to keep things pretty level.
It makes a huge difference on my 26.4 connection (yes, I'm way out in the boonies). Does hardware compression work for TCP/IP, or just straight xmodem-style text?
Actually, unless things have changed a bunch, downloading an attachment via POP3 will always be much slower than downloading the same file via HTTP. The email spec has certain requirements for formatting of the message, such that all attachments must be encoded as text. This text can be 25-50% larger than the same data in binary.