If the visas are as bad as some people have commented, and it lowers the industry wages to a global standard, then it just might reduce the brain drain in Canada.
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I started learning programming on the apple IIe, which had a basic interpreter in rom.
The only way I managed to learn C was by making a conscious effort to forget my basic knowledge.
The very fact that I had known basic before learning C made it take about 3 months longer to learn C than it really should have.
I code in Java and C++ at work now, and I'm a VERY strong believer in OOP.
Deathmatch is fun because you are solving patterns in how people act.
Counter-Strike is more popular than DM because the patterns you recognise are necessary for your survival, and therefore you get bigger rewards for learning a pattern.
All information is contained in a pattern. I think the same pleasure you get from playing games is the same pleasure you get from learning.
"Astro-3D" isn't anywhere near a direct clone of asteroids. It's a first person asteroids game, where you are an intersteller garbage collector.
Now if that isn't stretching it I don't know what is.
I think that eventually trading music will cease to become economically viable. It's only vaible now because they control distribution. You cannot control distribution over the internet.
Musicians are not special people. If they cannot make money making music then they're going to have to find something else to do. There are plenty of good independant artists on mp3.com if you search for them.
This is kind of like the free barcode scanner thing. If it's a flawed business model it will fail over time.
Music and software are kind of similar. They are both very easy to distribute and can be created only by a small portion of the population, and people want both. Music and software both have their inherent problems (RIAA, IP, M$FT), both of which will need a solution. Opensource solves software's problems. What's the solution for music?
The sony manager said a while ago about how "they will not lose their revenue streams" when speaking about music piracy over the internet. That's kind of like "refusing to lose the revenue stream from recalled firestone tires". Natural selection will take place.
I don't think this would do wonders for the porn industry. It would be like feeling somebody's breast through the block of plywood you're holding.
It may help a lot with navigating the desktop however. After a little use you should be able to do many tasks (like re-sizing your window) without paying close attention to the mouse cursor on the screen.
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If the visas are as bad as some people have commented, and it lowers the industry wages to a global standard, then it just might reduce the brain drain in Canada.
I started learning programming on the apple IIe, which had a basic interpreter in rom.
The only way I managed to learn C was by making a conscious effort to forget my basic knowledge.
The very fact that I had known basic before learning C made it take about 3 months longer to learn C than it really should have.
I code in Java and C++ at work now, and I'm a VERY strong believer in OOP.
All games are fun because you solve a puzzle.
Deathmatch is fun because you are solving patterns in how people act.
Counter-Strike is more popular than DM because the patterns you recognise are necessary for your survival, and therefore you get bigger rewards for learning a pattern.
All information is contained in a pattern. I think the same pleasure you get from playing games is the same pleasure you get from learning.
"Astro-3D" isn't anywhere near a direct clone of asteroids. It's a first person asteroids game, where you are an intersteller garbage collector. Now if that isn't stretching it I don't know what is.
quicktime may suck, but have you seen media player 7?
My god talk about bloatware. It's worse than icq now.
I'll enter if I don't have to purchase a thing from apple.
I think that eventually trading music will cease to become economically viable. It's only vaible now because they control distribution. You cannot control distribution over the internet.
Musicians are not special people. If they cannot make money making music then they're going to have to find something else to do. There are plenty of good independant artists on mp3.com if you search for them.
This is kind of like the free barcode scanner thing. If it's a flawed business model it will fail over time.
Music and software are kind of similar. They are both very easy to distribute and can be created only by a small portion of the population, and people want both. Music and software both have their inherent problems (RIAA, IP, M$FT), both of which will need a solution. Opensource solves software's problems. What's the solution for music?
The sony manager said a while ago about how "they will not lose their revenue streams" when speaking about music piracy over the internet. That's kind of like "refusing to lose the revenue stream from recalled firestone tires". Natural selection will take place.
I don't think this would do wonders for the porn industry. It would be like feeling somebody's breast through the block of plywood you're holding.
It may help a lot with navigating the desktop however. After a little use you should be able to do many tasks (like re-sizing your window) without paying close attention to the mouse cursor on the screen.