My regular iPod cord wore through at the connector and I filled out the Apple Support form and the replacement showed up the next day. From the look of things this morning, I'll be looking for another replacement soon. Normally I don't buy extended warranties, but AppleCare for iPod is a must if you get a 40GB one. The iPod is not a disposable item like a Walkman or VCR now is.
I disagree that it is trademark infringement. But I do agree that Microsoft is creating a game (based on a common historical/fantasy theme) to drive Mythic out of a market segment. Mythic doesn't own anything in this case. They didn't create (and claim ownership) of a type of game (massive player game), a theme (norse/nordic/Arthurian), or a name (Myth is a very common word, just like Fantasy). Microsoft (formerly MicroSoft, two common computer words) is just using their marketing power to destroy a rival (sucks, but Microsoft sure doesn't have a monopoly in the game space). Can you point to anything in Dark Age of Camelot that is original? It just happens to be a game that found a user base (congratulations, cause that is a rare thing). Mythic is using litigation to FUD Microsoft in this case (and turnabout is fair play in big business). Good luck to them, but if they win, then they will be just like Microsoft and hiding behind legal tactics instead of just marketing a superior product and letting us peons decide what we will spend our money on.
And didn't Microsoft buy Bungie? Seems Mythic doesn't have a tripod to stand on. Maybe Robert Graves, Edith Hamilton, and a few other authors should sue all us fantasy gamers for stealing their thunderbolts. Anyone remember when you had to name your game X&X (ala D&D) to sell your game at all (oh I guess that would be Dungeon or Adventure to the early video game crowd).
A recruiter mentioned to me a job that I wasn't qualified for, but I asked for some details to get an idea of why she was having problems filling the order. Seems a major clothing retailer was looking for someone who was a DBA (probably Oracle) and had an MBA (of course they wanted a top-5 school). The pay? $90,000. Then I understood why they couldn't get anyone. The going rate for a DBA was about $120K and a newly minted MBA from a lower-tier school was looking at $100K. To match the request the candidate would expect $130 minimum. I explained to her the database programmer I previously worked with (who had almost finished a doctorate, but didn't have MBA skills) was near $200K. Of course the reality of The Bust finally set in and the person who took that job for $90K probably got laid off so it really didn't matter.
Just doesn't sound right if we don't get to voyage back to The Shire and deal with good old Sharkey (in the theater). Will definitely not resolve Sam's "Master Gardener" visions. There is a lot to cover in The Return of the King, so I'm sure the movie will still be great, but for the purists (I got as far as book 7 of 12 in the History of Middle-Earth) this is a disappointment.
Maybe Trotter the Hobbit will come and save the day.
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As someone with a history degree (yes, from that Beserkeley place), I'd have to say stick with the computer part. History majors make just a little more than social science majors (most students get a history degree so they can take the easy path into law school), and we've all seen what CS majors pull coming out of a good school.
There are a couple of good books on the history of computers (I've read most of them, but not all). Start with Campbell-Kelly and see which eras you prefer to dive into. Most of the folks on Slashdot better get out there and get a copy of Peter Wayner's Free For All (good stuff Maynard), put that on the best seller list and Uncle Bill will come out and say that (like Octavian) he doesn't want to be the richest, most powerful man in the world (remember what happens next, hint - Augustus, 1st Roman Emperor).
If you insist in pursuing a history degree, you can always sell games (paper ones) or teach (even funnier), or do some accounting, and hope someone believes enough in you to let you play in their database (that's sort of the path I've gone - not recommended for the faint of heart). But best of luck (maybe someday someone will pull an Atlas Shrugged and we won't have to worry about business and money anymore).
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My regular iPod cord wore through at the connector and I filled out the Apple Support form and the replacement showed up the next day. From the look of things this morning, I'll be looking for another replacement soon. Normally I don't buy extended warranties, but AppleCare for iPod is a must if you get a 40GB one. The iPod is not a disposable item like a Walkman or VCR now is.
I disagree that it is trademark infringement. But I do agree that Microsoft is creating a game (based on a common historical/fantasy theme) to drive Mythic out of a market segment. Mythic doesn't own anything in this case. They didn't create (and claim ownership) of a type of game (massive player game), a theme (norse/nordic/Arthurian), or a name (Myth is a very common word, just like Fantasy). Microsoft (formerly MicroSoft, two common computer words) is just using their marketing power to destroy a rival (sucks, but Microsoft sure doesn't have a monopoly in the game space). Can you point to anything in Dark Age of Camelot that is original? It just happens to be a game that found a user base (congratulations, cause that is a rare thing). Mythic is using litigation to FUD Microsoft in this case (and turnabout is fair play in big business). Good luck to them, but if they win, then they will be just like Microsoft and hiding behind legal tactics instead of just marketing a superior product and letting us peons decide what we will spend our money on.
And didn't Microsoft buy Bungie? Seems Mythic doesn't have a tripod to stand on. Maybe Robert Graves, Edith Hamilton, and a few other authors should sue all us fantasy gamers for stealing their thunderbolts. Anyone remember when you had to name your game X&X (ala D&D) to sell your game at all (oh I guess that would be Dungeon or Adventure to the early video game crowd).
A recruiter mentioned to me a job that I wasn't qualified for, but I asked for some details to get an idea of why she was having problems filling the order. Seems a major clothing retailer was looking for someone who was a DBA (probably Oracle) and had an MBA (of course they wanted a top-5 school). The pay? $90,000. Then I understood why they couldn't get anyone. The going rate for a DBA was about $120K and a newly minted MBA from a lower-tier school was looking at $100K. To match the request the candidate would expect $130 minimum. I explained to her the database programmer I previously worked with (who had almost finished a doctorate, but didn't have MBA skills) was near $200K. Of course the reality of The Bust finally set in and the person who took that job for $90K probably got laid off so it really didn't matter.
Just doesn't sound right if we don't get to voyage back to The Shire and deal with good old Sharkey (in the theater). Will definitely not resolve Sam's "Master Gardener" visions. There is a lot to cover in The Return of the King, so I'm sure the movie will still be great, but for the purists (I got as far as book 7 of 12 in the History of Middle-Earth) this is a disappointment.
Maybe Trotter the Hobbit will come and save the day.
As someone with a history degree (yes, from that Beserkeley place), I'd have to say stick with the computer part. History majors make just a little more than social science majors (most students get a history degree so they can take the easy path into law school), and we've all seen what CS majors pull coming out of a good school. There are a couple of good books on the history of computers (I've read most of them, but not all). Start with Campbell-Kelly and see which eras you prefer to dive into. Most of the folks on Slashdot better get out there and get a copy of Peter Wayner's Free For All (good stuff Maynard), put that on the best seller list and Uncle Bill will come out and say that (like Octavian) he doesn't want to be the richest, most powerful man in the world (remember what happens next, hint - Augustus, 1st Roman Emperor). If you insist in pursuing a history degree, you can always sell games (paper ones) or teach (even funnier), or do some accounting, and hope someone believes enough in you to let you play in their database (that's sort of the path I've gone - not recommended for the faint of heart). But best of luck (maybe someday someone will pull an Atlas Shrugged and we won't have to worry about business and money anymore).