*dons flameproof suit and blast shield*
And what exactly is wrong with AIR?
Here are the answers I expect to get from the/. crowd:
-It's made by Adobe
-It's not C (or a C derivative, offshoot, distant cousin)
-Isn't that kinda like Flash? Flash is bad cause Steve said so!
-It's interpreted code bundled with a runtime and we don't like that kind here
-It's not my preferred language/runtime/environment/etc therefore it must be bad
youll learn an incredible amount about business (and life), and the experience looks good on a resume. if you succeed- hey youve got a successful business! if you fail- oh well, youre young enough to bounce back and theres some great lessons you can learn even from failing a business
valid point. with very few exceptions, most of the kids ive ever talked to about game design probably couldn't "design" a game though. They have a few abstract ideas, but when i've challenged them to write some things down and make a few sketches (to at least encourage them to think more in depth and flesh those ideas out) they quickly fold. i usually get stuff like "i want to make a game like WoW, but cooler". so i say "what would you do to make it cooler?" and they reply with " i dont know, add more stuff or something".
i thoroughly enjoy crushing teenagers' dreams of being video game designers by showing them the reality of it. i show them some code and start talking about physics or shaders and their little souls just deflate. granted, ill occasionally get one that isnt scared off, but most of them just think that because they play of lot of video games, they could design them.
Maybe a darker and grittier Mario game where the koopahs die violent deaths and at the end you find out exactly what Bowser was doing to the Princess the whole time she was kidnapped?
that slapping some wheels onto a standing desk and pushing it with your elbows while you type would accomplish the task. Not entirely sure what pacing-enabled programming is though.....
and at first glance assumed that it meant that ".word" was gonna be a tld. I got a little excited because I realized that I might be able to buy birdisthe.word, and I then I could put a clip of Peter Griffin singing "Surfin Bird" on repeat and send the link to my friends to annoy them. Then I reread the summary and was very disappointed.
Im reminded of my high school days- I had a laptop with irda (1998'ish) and the printer in our tech lab had irda as well. The printer had a print server attached that would queue up all the print jobs, but the irda port would take priority over anything in the queue. Our teacher had a vendetta against trees and would insist that we print everything, so about 5 minutes before class would end, everyone would start lining up at the printer. About 4 minutes before class would end, I would hit print on a 50-60 page Word doc and gloat to myself as everyone started freaking out. Yeah, i was a techno-douche.
put simply - you don't. i recently bought an ipad and have yet to hook it to my computer (pc or mac) and the only time i ever connect my phone is when im doing development work. anything i buy on itunes is automatically added to my apple account and available on all my devices without ever plugging them in. a year ago, it was a little different, but Apple has figured out how to cut the cord pretty well
oddly enough, i run my business on windows and also dont spend large chunks of our day keeping our systems patched or lose any noticeable amount of clock cycles to anti-virus.
but he did a pretty good job in butterfly effect. he is "capable" of being a good actor with depth, and i think he could pull of a convincing steve jobs. however, i do whole-heartedly agree that he is a giant douche
I have a degree in psych, but realized after I had gotten through a good portion of the degree that I actually couldn't stomach the thought of being a counselor. I had a pretty solid background in IT, knew a couple languages, and had done a bunch of different types of IT work. I started applying to IT jobs, and wound up landing a position pretty quickly. What worked for me was explaining that software development is as much about understanding how a human behaves with a computer as it is about writing code. Because of that, my understanding of human behavior gives me unique insight into the how to build systems that humans will interact with more efficiently/happily/addictively/etc. It's kind of a load of BS, but human resources eats it up- heck, they friggin love it. As long as you can talk the talk to the IT managers (most of whom understand that you can be highly successful without a degree), you're gold. Plus, once you get hired, people will be more likely to listen to you because "you're a psychologist". Drop a few psych terms and even the execs will let you basically call the shots on a lot of things.
most kids are also not taught how to pay attention. its really not a naturally occurring thing in children. parents need to teach their children, especially at a very young age (2-3 yrs) to pay attention to things, but it doesnt happen much anymore
i currently a) have a sinus infection, b) am taking amoxicillin to treat it, and c) am completely miserable. hey science, thanks for making my day even worse!
why would a thief pay for the security details of a facility when it's guarded by a blind guy, a narcoleptic, and an old guy who may actually be dead? they wouldn't. so why would blackhats shell out the money for the source code when the program is stupidly easy to get around?
there is one - the norton removal tool. removing norton was such a nightmare that symantic realized that norton had essentially become a virus, ie: affects system performance, collects user information, regularly "calls home" to upload undisclosed user details and downloads code without asking for permission, restricts programs from running or accessing system resources, and is nightmarishly hard to get rid of. with the removal tool, its actually quite easy to get rid of though. i used to run a repair shop, and the simple act of removing norton and replacing it with just about any other anti-virus would have a dramatic effect on performance. the down side is that removing norton had a negative effect on repeat business. we would remove it, and put on avast in its place, and never see those customers again for a virus problem.
It adds that all the information the hackers have released, including a 2006 version of Norton Internet Security, is outdated and poses no threat to the company or its customers
Let's be honest - even a 2012 version of Norton Internet Security is outdated. And yes, I realize the context of the quote is referring to customer data, but it had to be said.
but i feel like we're back in the late 90's/early 2000's with all the different web technologies from different companies, almost to the point of having to add the old "best viewed in derp derp browser" messages to websites. i know this sort of thing is necessary to move things along, but i kinda hate this limbo phase where we have all kinds of new/interesting/exciting/annoying technologies, and no standards yet to bring them together. that's my rant, ill be quiet now.
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*dons flameproof suit and blast shield* /. crowd:
And what exactly is wrong with AIR?
Here are the answers I expect to get from the
-It's made by Adobe
-It's not C (or a C derivative, offshoot, distant cousin)
-Isn't that kinda like Flash? Flash is bad cause Steve said so!
-It's interpreted code bundled with a runtime and we don't like that kind here
-It's not my preferred language/runtime/environment/etc therefore it must be bad
youll learn an incredible amount about business (and life), and the experience looks good on a resume. if you succeed- hey youve got a successful business! if you fail- oh well, youre young enough to bounce back and theres some great lessons you can learn even from failing a business
i could not possibly agree with you more. if i had mod points, you would receive them post-haste!
valid point. with very few exceptions, most of the kids ive ever talked to about game design probably couldn't "design" a game though. They have a few abstract ideas, but when i've challenged them to write some things down and make a few sketches (to at least encourage them to think more in depth and flesh those ideas out) they quickly fold. i usually get stuff like "i want to make a game like WoW, but cooler". so i say "what would you do to make it cooler?" and they reply with " i dont know, add more stuff or something".
i thoroughly enjoy crushing teenagers' dreams of being video game designers by showing them the reality of it. i show them some code and start talking about physics or shaders and their little souls just deflate. granted, ill occasionally get one that isnt scared off, but most of them just think that because they play of lot of video games, they could design them.
five want .group, two want .sex, but sadly no one wants .groupsex :(
Maybe a darker and grittier Mario game where the koopahs die violent deaths and at the end you find out exactly what Bowser was doing to the Princess the whole time she was kidnapped?
i would play that game in a heartbeat!
that slapping some wheels onto a standing desk and pushing it with your elbows while you type would accomplish the task. Not entirely sure what pacing-enabled programming is though.....
and at first glance assumed that it meant that ".word" was gonna be a tld. I got a little excited because I realized that I might be able to buy birdisthe.word, and I then I could put a clip of Peter Griffin singing "Surfin Bird" on repeat and send the link to my friends to annoy them. Then I reread the summary and was very disappointed.
Im reminded of my high school days- I had a laptop with irda (1998'ish) and the printer in our tech lab had irda as well. The printer had a print server attached that would queue up all the print jobs, but the irda port would take priority over anything in the queue. Our teacher had a vendetta against trees and would insist that we print everything, so about 5 minutes before class would end, everyone would start lining up at the printer. About 4 minutes before class would end, I would hit print on a 50-60 page Word doc and gloat to myself as everyone started freaking out. Yeah, i was a techno-douche.
actually, the problem is that you did install norton
but don't forget, sometimes turbulence causes things to crash. We caused enough "turbulence" to make SOPA/PIPA go sit on a shelf for a while.
put simply - you don't. i recently bought an ipad and have yet to hook it to my computer (pc or mac) and the only time i ever connect my phone is when im doing development work. anything i buy on itunes is automatically added to my apple account and available on all my devices without ever plugging them in. a year ago, it was a little different, but Apple has figured out how to cut the cord pretty well
oddly enough, i run my business on windows and also dont spend large chunks of our day keeping our systems patched or lose any noticeable amount of clock cycles to anti-virus.
but he did a pretty good job in butterfly effect. he is "capable" of being a good actor with depth, and i think he could pull of a convincing steve jobs. however, i do whole-heartedly agree that he is a giant douche
I have a degree in psych, but realized after I had gotten through a good portion of the degree that I actually couldn't stomach the thought of being a counselor. I had a pretty solid background in IT, knew a couple languages, and had done a bunch of different types of IT work. I started applying to IT jobs, and wound up landing a position pretty quickly. What worked for me was explaining that software development is as much about understanding how a human behaves with a computer as it is about writing code. Because of that, my understanding of human behavior gives me unique insight into the how to build systems that humans will interact with more efficiently/happily/addictively/etc. It's kind of a load of BS, but human resources eats it up- heck, they friggin love it. As long as you can talk the talk to the IT managers (most of whom understand that you can be highly successful without a degree), you're gold. Plus, once you get hired, people will be more likely to listen to you because "you're a psychologist". Drop a few psych terms and even the execs will let you basically call the shots on a lot of things.
most kids are also not taught how to pay attention. its really not a naturally occurring thing in children. parents need to teach their children, especially at a very young age (2-3 yrs) to pay attention to things, but it doesnt happen much anymore
Works every time
I currently have a nasty sinus infection that begs to differ
i currently a) have a sinus infection, b) am taking amoxicillin to treat it, and c) am completely miserable. hey science, thanks for making my day even worse!
why would a thief pay for the security details of a facility when it's guarded by a blind guy, a narcoleptic, and an old guy who may actually be dead? they wouldn't. so why would blackhats shell out the money for the source code when the program is stupidly easy to get around?
there is one - the norton removal tool. removing norton was such a nightmare that symantic realized that norton had essentially become a virus, ie: affects system performance, collects user information, regularly "calls home" to upload undisclosed user details and downloads code without asking for permission, restricts programs from running or accessing system resources, and is nightmarishly hard to get rid of. with the removal tool, its actually quite easy to get rid of though. i used to run a repair shop, and the simple act of removing norton and replacing it with just about any other anti-virus would have a dramatic effect on performance. the down side is that removing norton had a negative effect on repeat business. we would remove it, and put on avast in its place, and never see those customers again for a virus problem.
they could have made a hundred times that by selling the source code to a rival
who would actually buy the norton internet security source code?
It adds that all the information the hackers have released, including a 2006 version of Norton Internet Security, is outdated and poses no threat to the company or its customers
Let's be honest - even a 2012 version of Norton Internet Security is outdated. And yes, I realize the context of the quote is referring to customer data, but it had to be said.
if i had seen you comment before i posted, i would have modded you up - you pretty much nailed it there
but i feel like we're back in the late 90's/early 2000's with all the different web technologies from different companies, almost to the point of having to add the old "best viewed in derp derp browser" messages to websites. i know this sort of thing is necessary to move things along, but i kinda hate this limbo phase where we have all kinds of new/interesting/exciting/annoying technologies, and no standards yet to bring them together. that's my rant, ill be quiet now.