I read a lot on Nintendo and let me tell you this: it's far from dying out.
Does it have a huge share of the console market? Nope, Sony does. But that doesn't mean it's dying. First of all, Nintendo has A LOT (read: billions) in the bank, and it's still turning in a profit quarter after quarter. Why? Because of the GameBoy. This thing has probably saved the company.
The way I see things, the real fight is going to be between Sony and MS. Nintendo "seems" left out because it's games usually don't look or feel like PS or MS games. (In my opinion, they feel a lot better, but that's another debate entirely). People think they're made for kids. In many regards, they are, but they're still amazingly well designed and enjoyable.
And things can only get better with the GameCube. But I am sad to se Sega go. At least, it seems the games will live on. And if Sega only develops for PS2, then that's going to be a huge advantage for Sony.
You make cell phones and you want to sell more units?
Start a radiation war with other phone companies. Instead of keeping all this juicy information for yourself, publish it! Let us know how dangerous holding an antenna half an inch from your skull really is.
Actually... Publish it just in time for people to panic and buy this NEW LOW POWERED LOW RADIATION LIFE SAVING cell phone.
Why don't I write in French in here? Because most readers of/. probably read English, and a few might read French. I'm not sure why I'd want to post in French on an English site, anyway...
As for the punk argument, I have to agree in most parts. I used to say the same thing about rock and French. There aren't many interesting French (read: from France) rockers. At least, not in the "pure" rock sense.
But Quebec rockers seem more... traditional. I'm thinking about Corbeau, Ofenbach, etc. Quebecers often speak a much harder French than the French do, which sounds better in this musical context.
Then again, someone from France might disagree. Lookup some Quebec rock in MP3 format and I believe you'll agree with me on this point.
French is my native language. I don't feel it is a constipated language. It's the "official overseers" of the language who are constipated, slow and scared. (Sounds like many other techno-socio debates).
The language itself can evolve quickly and correctly, if left to itself. When the elite tries to manipulate it to it's liking, that's when you have problems.
I think this situation is excarbated in France, since it's the capital (so to speak) of French. To me, the situation is much different in my home of Quebec (Canada) where the French language is kind of left to itself and tends to evolve in a more realistic way than in France. But then again, we have our own misunderstanding elite.
Which brings us to the questions: who does the language serve? Who owns a language? The people who speak it, or the people who also master it's finer (and often older) details? I'm not 100% sure myself.
I code in 4th Dimension, which can be purchased in it's original French (or English, or Japanese...)
In this particular case, programming styles don't seem to change from one language to the next (as far as I know). The basic structure of the language sets the style more than the language of the programmer.
I don't think a change in language can bring on huge differences as much as a change in grammatical structure.
Which can bring on the question: are programming languages built on language rules, or various ways of thinking. If the second case is correct, then asking people from various cultures to create programming languages from scratch could help us better understand how people think differently throughout the world.
Then again, these days, you need a progammer to create a new language. And I doubt that many people are capable of forgetting what they learned about programming in order to create something truly original and not inspired by some previous language.
Slashdot Mirror
The last version came out in 1997.
Actually, is it me or does it kind of look like the queen mother from the Aliens movie? Argh.
All right... Anybody have an idea HOW/WHERE I can claim this?
Thanks...
Well, the patent seems to have been filed in 2000. The "Resto" application I wrote for the Newton was doing pretty much the same thing in 1997...
I wonder if I could sue IBM...
Millions here I come!
Really, really cool!
Bravo!
A good parody is hard to write...
Well, back in 1983, I had a Sinclair ZX-81 (also resold in the US by Timex, I believe) with a whopping 1K or RAM.
I purchased a program that did exactly that, but wihth the mother board.
Put a radio next to the ZX and you could hear Jingle Bells. Not great quality, but pretty neat (in those days).
Almost 20 years later, today's computers still can not beat the power of a ZX-81!
>Microsoft has always been open and competitive.
>They encourage competition and thrive on it.
Thrive on it? They EAT IT UP! Literally.
Hmmmm... Tasty competition.
I read a lot on Nintendo and let me tell you this: it's far from dying out.
Does it have a huge share of the console market? Nope, Sony does. But that doesn't mean it's dying. First of all, Nintendo has A LOT (read: billions) in the bank, and it's still turning in a profit quarter after quarter. Why? Because of the GameBoy. This thing has probably saved the company.
The way I see things, the real fight is going to be between Sony and MS. Nintendo "seems" left out because it's games usually don't look or feel like PS or MS games. (In my opinion, they feel a lot better, but that's another debate entirely). People think they're made for kids. In many regards, they are, but they're still amazingly well designed and enjoyable.
And things can only get better with the GameCube. But I am sad to se Sega go. At least, it seems the games will live on. And if Sega only develops for PS2, then that's going to be a huge advantage for Sony.
Anyway, that's just how I see things...
You make cell phones and you want to sell more units?
Start a radiation war with other phone companies. Instead of keeping all this juicy information for yourself, publish it! Let us know how dangerous holding an antenna half an inch from your skull really is.
Actually... Publish it just in time for people to panic and buy this NEW LOW POWERED LOW RADIATION LIFE SAVING cell phone.
Make money. Repeat after one year.
Why don't I write in French in here? Because most readers of /. probably read English, and a few might read French. I'm not sure why I'd want to post in French on an English site, anyway...
As for the punk argument, I have to agree in most parts. I used to say the same thing about rock and French. There aren't many interesting French (read: from France) rockers. At least, not in the "pure" rock sense.
But Quebec rockers seem more... traditional. I'm thinking about Corbeau, Ofenbach, etc. Quebecers often speak a much harder French than the French do, which sounds better in this musical context.
Then again, someone from France might disagree. Lookup some Quebec rock in MP3 format and I believe you'll agree with me on this point.
Just being picky, but...
French is my native language. I don't feel it is a constipated language. It's the "official overseers" of the language who are constipated, slow and scared. (Sounds like many other techno-socio debates).
The language itself can evolve quickly and correctly, if left to itself. When the elite tries to manipulate it to it's liking, that's when you have problems.
I think this situation is excarbated in France, since it's the capital (so to speak) of French. To me, the situation is much different in my home of Quebec (Canada) where the French language is kind of left to itself and tends to evolve in a more realistic way than in France. But then again, we have our own misunderstanding elite.
Which brings us to the questions: who does the language serve? Who owns a language? The people who speak it, or the people who also master it's finer (and often older) details? I'm not 100% sure myself.
4D is a great language. It's not terribly low level, but it expands well and offers adequate flexibility.
Many thousands of programmers use it throughout the world. One of the easiest/best cross platform environments you can hope to find today.
Not for every one. I sure as heck wouldn't code a game in 4D, but for custom development, I find it very impressive.
I guess you can't please everybody.
I code in 4th Dimension, which can be purchased in it's original French (or English, or Japanese...)
In this particular case, programming styles don't seem to change from one language to the next (as far as I know). The basic structure of the language sets the style more than the language of the programmer.
I don't think a change in language can bring on huge differences as much as a change in grammatical structure.
Which can bring on the question: are programming languages built on language rules, or various ways of thinking. If the second case is correct, then asking people from various cultures to create programming languages from scratch could help us better understand how people think differently throughout the world.
Then again, these days, you need a progammer to create a new language. And I doubt that many people are capable of forgetting what they learned about programming in order to create something truly original and not inspired by some previous language.
Oh well...