Aside from the original.plan update from Carmack, there's been at least one official press release announcing Doom III before. This is just one of those "it's getting closer to release date so let's announce it again to make sure people haven't forgotten about us" press releases.
So basically you would have been satisfied with the more thickly veiled version, when it in reality doesn't promise anything more or less than the first one?
The pay cut itself is the problem here, not the lack of veil on their message; although I do think they could have at least tried to appear less cruel.
I could list some of the conditions I prefer when I'm in the zone (some good loud music in my headphones, a bottle of caffeinated beverage nearby, etc). But none of that matters. The short story is: When I'm in the zone, I could be outside in cold weather with poor lighting conditions and on a crappy laptop, and it wouldn't stop me from doing some great work. If I'm having trouble reaching the zone, no amount of external stimuli is going to bring me there.
"The zone" is in your head. For me what brings me there is usually motivation of some kind. It can be money (as in salary), but it usually isn't. Most of the time I'm just excited to see how it's going to turn out when I'm done; once I'm in the zone and start coding, I'm not going to stop until I can see some sort of tangible result.
When I'm having problems reaching the zone it's usually because that tangible result is too far away in time. What really causes problems is if a part of a project is so big it's going to take two days of coding before I'll produce anything useful; I try to avoid those.
Just show them the beauty of ssh and X-forwarding. It never fails to impress my Win/Mac-using friends when I run the latest version of our Java project application directly from the unix server at school.
I was going to say "this is the sort of thing that makes me glad I don't live in the US". But then I realized it would be much more efficient to list the sort of things that make me wish I did live in the US:
...well, I can't think of any just now, I'll let you know when I do.
What I don't get is the use of the word "devices". I thought you could put like 10 devices on a single USB port, assuming there's enough juice to power them all?
What's the big fuzz about here? As far as I can tell, and quite amazingly, it seems that the big form factor is what makes the Treo and similar devices so sought after. I mean, my cell phone can do everything the Treo can; the only difference is that PDA functions are more handy on the Treo because of the larger screen and friendlier keypad.
For me, the whole point of a mobile device is its portability. If I want something which can display large amounts of information and which is easy to type on, I'll use my laptop. It's a case of balancing portability and usability, and on that scale the whole Treo/PDA class of products just seems to fall between two chairs for me.
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Oh, I see. But what exactly do you mean by "first"? Couldn't he just go back in time a bit further and beat you to the patent office?
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A much simpler explanation for why he hasn't gone back in time to tell himself: If he's able to succeed on his own (that is, without interference from himself), he wouldn't need to. If he isn't, he would never be able to.
Rather than post my agreement, I'd like to declare my endless admiration for the incredible intellect and foresight displayed by Robert Novak in this combined money-making scheme and marketing ploy. Please excuse me while I go buy a thousand of his best aquatic plants...
(Whatever you do, don't mention the word sarcasm, I don't want to get sued.)
IIRC back when they first announced this technology, there was a quote on their web site about the human eye being able to sustain a continuous beam for 8 hours without taking any sort of damage. It wasn't clear from their wording, but I'm guessing that means *much* more than 8 hours of continuous use (since the beam itself is never continuously on the same spot).
Realize that this thing is pretty far from fitting in your palm; it's four times as heavy as normal handhelds. You'll see why if you turn to the second page of the PDF; the picture on the first page makes it look nice and tiny, but the other pictures reveal its true thickness.
Your question is a good one, but I really don't think their estimate is far off. Note that what they're talking about here is identification and classification, theyre not saying there are between 10 and 100 million species which have never been laid eyes upon by a human being.
I'll bet you that right this moment, an "undiscovered" species of insect is being squished by some annoyed guy in Africa.
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You're probably right. I blame the mistake on gamers.com.
The Activision deal should not be a surprise since they also published RtCW.
..and Doom II, and Quake, and Quake II, and Quake III, and..
Aside from the original .plan update from Carmack, there's been at least one official press release announcing Doom III before. This is just one of those "it's getting closer to release date so let's announce it again to make sure people haven't forgotten about us" press releases.
"Green Goblin's Last Stand" works just fine with MPlayer, provided you download the .asf file from its actual URL first.
So basically you would have been satisfied with the more thickly veiled version, when it in reality doesn't promise anything more or less than the first one?
The pay cut itself is the problem here, not the lack of veil on their message; although I do think they could have at least tried to appear less cruel.
...from outer space?
I could list some of the conditions I prefer when I'm in the zone (some good loud music in my headphones, a bottle of caffeinated beverage nearby, etc). But none of that matters. The short story is: When I'm in the zone, I could be outside in cold weather with poor lighting conditions and on a crappy laptop, and it wouldn't stop me from doing some great work. If I'm having trouble reaching the zone, no amount of external stimuli is going to bring me there.
"The zone" is in your head. For me what brings me there is usually motivation of some kind. It can be money (as in salary), but it usually isn't. Most of the time I'm just excited to see how it's going to turn out when I'm done; once I'm in the zone and start coding, I'm not going to stop until I can see some sort of tangible result.
When I'm having problems reaching the zone it's usually because that tangible result is too far away in time. What really causes problems is if a part of a project is so big it's going to take two days of coding before I'll produce anything useful; I try to avoid those.
Just show them the beauty of ssh and X-forwarding. It never fails to impress my Win/Mac-using friends when I run the latest version of our Java project application directly from the unix server at school.
I was going to say "this is the sort of thing that makes me glad I don't live in the US". But then I realized it would be much more efficient to list the sort of things that make me wish I did live in the US:
...well, I can't think of any just now, I'll let you know when I do.
What I don't get is the use of the word "devices". I thought you could put like 10 devices on a single USB port, assuming there's enough juice to power them all?
Was of course supposed to be: This.
What, you mean like this?
What's the big fuzz about here? As far as I can tell, and quite amazingly, it seems that the big form factor is what makes the Treo and similar devices so sought after. I mean, my cell phone can do everything the Treo can; the only difference is that PDA functions are more handy on the Treo because of the larger screen and friendlier keypad.
For me, the whole point of a mobile device is its portability. If I want something which can display large amounts of information and which is easy to type on, I'll use my laptop. It's a case of balancing portability and usability, and on that scale the whole Treo/PDA class of products just seems to fall between two chairs for me.
Oh, I see. But what exactly do you mean by "first"? Couldn't he just go back in time a bit further and beat you to the patent office?
A much simpler explanation for why he hasn't gone back in time to tell himself: If he's able to succeed on his own (that is, without interference from himself), he wouldn't need to. If he isn't, he would never be able to.
Rather than post my agreement, I'd like to declare my endless admiration for the incredible intellect and foresight displayed by Robert Novak in this combined money-making scheme and marketing ploy. Please excuse me while I go buy a thousand of his best aquatic plants...
(Whatever you do, don't mention the word sarcasm, I don't want to get sued.)
Someone's concept of the meaning of the word "ironic" is even worse than Alanis Morissette's.
I think the word you're looking for is reborn, not "rebirthed".
IIRC back when they first announced this technology, there was a quote on their web site about the human eye being able to sustain a continuous beam for 8 hours without taking any sort of damage. It wasn't clear from their wording, but I'm guessing that means *much* more than 8 hours of continuous use (since the beam itself is never continuously on the same spot).
MPlayer plays this file just fine under Linux.
You realize they currently bundle real CD's with magazines, right? I can't imagine an adapter would be much (or any) bigger than a real CD.
Yo. Look at the bottom half of the page. Those are the pictures I'm referring to... they're a bit slimmer than the first generation, but not much.
Realize that this thing is pretty far from fitting in your palm; it's four times as heavy as normal handhelds. You'll see why if you turn to the second page of the PDF; the picture on the first page makes it look nice and tiny, but the other pictures reveal its true thickness.
Your question is a good one, but I really don't think their estimate is far off. Note that what they're talking about here is identification and classification, theyre not saying there are between 10 and 100 million species which have never been laid eyes upon by a human being.
I'll bet you that right this moment, an "undiscovered" species of insect is being squished by some annoyed guy in Africa.