I'm excited to see a new Wizardry. I haven't played Wizardry since I had my old PCjr years and years ago. But, the screenshots make it look like it's a 2-3 year old game already. Is it just me, or does it look like they really skimped on the graphics?
I haven't seen any problems with DVD's on the PS2. I DID have some problems with some DVD's my old DVD player not being recognized. But actually the PS/2 recognizes everything, and plays flawlessly. It even has this great feature where if there's a scratch or dust on a rented DVD, it skips over the bad part instead of getting hung or trying to play through the garbage.
No, I disagree. For my wife and I, games aren't all about gameplay. If they were, then I'd have a Gameboy with a few pixellated colors moving rapidly around the screen. I actually enjoy a good story, good characters, good scenery, etc. What's the story behind Mario Kart, or hell, Mario*? I guess that the Nintendo games tend to be more pure hand-eye-coordination than have any real depth to them. Or look at the Pokemon stuff. From what I can tell, it's a massive list of made up anime characters that have numerical characteristics. Where's the fun in that? That's the kind of things that younger kids generally go for. I'm just really curoius as to how many grown men really enjoy Nintendo. Or maybe it's just a geek thing, I don't know.
I dunno. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's because I'm older than 12. But do gorwn adults actually enjoy playing all of the damned Mario/Luigi, and Pokemon games that are produced for Nintendo? It seems like all of the games are designed for little kids. On the other hand, PS2 has some incredible graphic, violent, adult games like Resident Evil: Codename Veronica and Silent Hill II. I have no interest at all in even considering a GameCube.
PC's are still too complicated for games. To run most games on PC's, you still have to use a DOS-based OS, (Win 95/98/ME) and deal with all of the headaches that that brings. If I want to play a game, I want to have FUN. Configuring memory access or video drivers, etc. i snot my idea of fun. I like the idea of putting a CD/DVD in the game box, and pressing one buttton. It works first time, every time.
Also, game boxes are MUCH cheaper. I paid $300 for a PS/2. To get the same quality games on a PC, I'd have to buy a P3 something, an expensive video card, a large monitor, a joystick, etc.
And, even better, the new consoles are also DVD players, so with one box in your living room, you can play games, watch movies, and listen to music, and none of the boxes are more complicated than having a "power" and a "reset" button.
it won't improve your career if you burn out or they have lousy OH&S and you get injured, or if they have a reputation of slackass employees that no one else wants to hire
Burn out is a valid concern. Again, a company not hiring someone because of a previous employer makes no sense.
does it pay well? well you need to look at the pay versus the amount of work you do. if the pay looks good, but you're working nearly 24/7, not getting enough sleep and your health is suffering, your personal relationships and friendships are going down the tube because you're not there when it counts.
Very simple. Always work on an hourly basis. Only suckers work IT jobs for salaries.
Money isn't everything. I've worked in hell, and I'm currently in my dream job. If I was offered twice what I'm making, but had to go work at I company I hate, I wouldn't take it.
You're kidding yourself. If course money is important. My goal in life is to retire (mean: spend my days how I want to) as soon as possible. If you want to spend the rest of your life grinding away at some low paying job because they give you M&M's or some silly shit, than that's your problem.
The reputation of the company can affect your future. If you work for a crappy company, with a totally cutthroat reputation and lousy PR, that will follow you to your next job and on your resume for some time.
On what planet is this? A potential employer is interested in what you can do for their company. Why would which company you worked for previously have any impact whatsoever on your ability to get a new job?
You have a unhealthy attitude in this job market. You shouldn't care who you work for. A company is a company. You should care 1. If this job will help you improve your career and 2. IF this job pays well. That's it. Everything else is irrelevant.
What the company's stock does is largely irrelevant as to whether or not the company survives. A company survives by creating a profit through selling good or services and employing people. VA isn't even coming close to producing a profit, so simply put, they're doomed. The stock value FOLLOWS the company, not the other way around. I hope that a lot of people who bought LNUX stock learn their lesson that you shouldn't invest in a company that gives away their product.
Not necessarily. You have control over how/where/when you drive. You have zero control over terrorists getting onto a plane. Averages are not that simple.
FYI: Admin jobs are grunt work. They're generally boring, and you're generally tethered to a pager. They're the grunt jobs of the IT world. I was an admin for a little while before I realized that the good jobs are in development. We have long deadlines (ie: no pagers), we're paid signifcantly more, and we're at the top of the food chain in most any organization. So, if you want to get into tech, start with being an admin, but don't stay there. Admin jobs are good for fresh-faced kids right out of college, but you'll get sick of being a button-pusher very quickly.
1) bill gates claims MS responsibility for the popularity of the IBM-clone (see the post above yours, great job done on that.)
Well, ever heard of MS-DOS? That DID make the PC-clones ubiquitous.
2) he claims people making software for free, then companies stealing it is a 'cycle'. he admits GPL breaks this, but he sees it as a bad thing of course.
It's a very bad thing if you own part of a company that brings in revenue from selling software. In case you didn't get the gist of this article, this IS a shareholders' meeting. And, in case you're still unclear, the shareholders are the ones that own MS.
3) MS is trying to build 'grass roots' support for windows,.. ie, make a site that is to windows as/. (mostly is) to linux
They're just pointing out that there are tons and tons of developers that support Windows. The only difference is that Windows developers don't get religious about it. They develop software for MS. Period. There's no need for grassroots support for the largest software company in the world.
Are you "Super" Dave? That would explain the severe brain damage.
How is this juicy? Gates and Ballmer have been asked by the people who own their company and all of the intellectual property if they have any plans of giving it all away for free. They said essentially "no", because then there'd be no business to speak of and all of your investments would be worthless. This is pretty damn basic. How is this "juicy"??
Wow. I see why this got modded "funny". XP has one of the easiest installations I've ever seen, and no distribution of Linux has ever succesfully installed on my box! hahahaha Jeez, what's with these moderators...?
First off, broadband is only available in urban and suburban areas in the US. Those of us who live in the country don't have any other options.
Secondly, 56K is fine for most things at home. Even if you're working at home, Terminal Services or Telnet work fine over dialup. Even basic streaming radio sounds good enough over a dialup connection.
Thirdly, most of us have broadband at work, so if there's something big we need to dl (like a full Linux distribution), we can do that at work.
Fourth, it's expensive! $50/month plus a few hundred for the equipment? No thank you. It's just not worth it.
So, I'm not planning to get broadband at home any time soon.
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No, I'm not. What's that dude from Plastic's name?
I'm excited to see a new Wizardry. I haven't played Wizardry since I had my old PCjr years and years ago. But, the screenshots make it look like it's a 2-3 year old game already. Is it just me, or does it look like they really skimped on the graphics?
Somebody please mod this up.
I haven't seen any problems with DVD's on the PS2. I DID have some problems with some DVD's my old DVD player not being recognized. But actually the PS/2 recognizes everything, and plays flawlessly. It even has this great feature where if there's a scratch or dust on a rented DVD, it skips over the bad part instead of getting hung or trying to play through the garbage.
No, I disagree. For my wife and I, games aren't all about gameplay. If they were, then I'd have a Gameboy with a few pixellated colors moving rapidly around the screen. I actually enjoy a good story, good characters, good scenery, etc. What's the story behind Mario Kart, or hell, Mario*? I guess that the Nintendo games tend to be more pure hand-eye-coordination than have any real depth to them. Or look at the Pokemon stuff. From what I can tell, it's a massive list of made up anime characters that have numerical characteristics. Where's the fun in that? That's the kind of things that younger kids generally go for. I'm just really curoius as to how many grown men really enjoy Nintendo. Or maybe it's just a geek thing, I don't know.
Really? I've had lots of trouble with Doom, Civilization, etc. I wish they'd work, but I understand why they don't.
I dunno. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's because I'm older than 12. But do gorwn adults actually enjoy playing all of the damned Mario/Luigi, and Pokemon games that are produced for Nintendo? It seems like all of the games are designed for little kids. On the other hand, PS2 has some incredible graphic, violent, adult games like Resident Evil: Codename Veronica and Silent Hill II. I have no interest at all in even considering a GameCube.
PC's are still too complicated for games. To run most games on PC's, you still have to use a DOS-based OS, (Win 95/98/ME) and deal with all of the headaches that that brings. If I want to play a game, I want to have FUN. Configuring memory access or video drivers, etc. i snot my idea of fun. I like the idea of putting a CD/DVD in the game box, and pressing one buttton. It works first time, every time.
Also, game boxes are MUCH cheaper. I paid $300 for a PS/2. To get the same quality games on a PC, I'd have to buy a P3 something, an expensive video card, a large monitor, a joystick, etc.
And, even better, the new consoles are also DVD players, so with one box in your living room, you can play games, watch movies, and listen to music, and none of the boxes are more complicated than having a "power" and a "reset" button.
it won't improve your career if you burn out or they have lousy OH&S and you get injured, or if they have a reputation of slackass employees that no one else wants to hire
Burn out is a valid concern. Again, a company not hiring someone because of a previous employer makes no sense.
does it pay well? well you need to look at the pay versus the amount of work you do. if the pay looks good, but you're working nearly 24/7, not getting enough sleep and your health is suffering, your personal relationships and friendships are going down the tube because you're not there when it counts.
Very simple. Always work on an hourly basis. Only suckers work IT jobs for salaries.
Money isn't everything. I've worked in hell, and I'm currently in my dream job. If I was offered twice what I'm making, but had to go work at I company I hate, I wouldn't take it.
You're kidding yourself. If course money is important. My goal in life is to retire (mean: spend my days how I want to) as soon as possible. If you want to spend the rest of your life grinding away at some low paying job because they give you M&M's or some silly shit, than that's your problem.
The reputation of the company can affect your future. If you work for a crappy company, with a totally cutthroat reputation and lousy PR, that will follow you to your next job and on your resume for some time.
On what planet is this? A potential employer is interested in what you can do for their company. Why would which company you worked for previously have any impact whatsoever on your ability to get a new job?
Obviously you aren't familiar with the term "due diligence". You would be a fool not to do research on a potential employer.
Why would I bother? Considering the length of most IT jobs is just a few months, why does it matter?
You have a unhealthy attitude in this job market. You shouldn't care who you work for. A company is a company. You should care 1. If this job will help you improve your career and 2. IF this job pays well. That's it. Everything else is irrelevant.
What the company's stock does is largely irrelevant as to whether or not the company survives. A company survives by creating a profit through selling good or services and employing people. VA isn't even coming close to producing a profit, so simply put, they're doomed. The stock value FOLLOWS the company, not the other way around. I hope that a lot of people who bought LNUX stock learn their lesson that you shouldn't invest in a company that gives away their product.
Not necessarily. You have control over how/where/when you drive. You have zero control over terrorists getting onto a plane. Averages are not that simple.
FYI: Admin jobs are grunt work. They're generally boring, and you're generally tethered to a pager. They're the grunt jobs of the IT world. I was an admin for a little while before I realized that the good jobs are in development. We have long deadlines (ie: no pagers), we're paid signifcantly more, and we're at the top of the food chain in most any organization. So, if you want to get into tech, start with being an admin, but don't stay there. Admin jobs are good for fresh-faced kids right out of college, but you'll get sick of being a button-pusher very quickly.
Right. So Linux just gets onto those boxes of new users by magic, right?
1) bill gates claims MS responsibility for the popularity of the IBM-clone (see the post above yours, great job done on that.)
/. (mostly is) to linux
Well, ever heard of MS-DOS? That DID make the PC-clones ubiquitous.
2) he claims people making software for free, then companies stealing it is a 'cycle'. he admits GPL breaks this, but he sees it as a bad thing of course.
It's a very bad thing if you own part of a company that brings in revenue from selling software. In case you didn't get the gist of this article, this IS a shareholders' meeting. And, in case you're still unclear, the shareholders are the ones that own MS.
3) MS is trying to build 'grass roots' support for windows,.. ie, make a site that is to windows as
They're just pointing out that there are tons and tons of developers that support Windows. The only difference is that Windows developers don't get religious about it. They develop software for MS. Period. There's no need for grassroots support for the largest software company in the world.
Are you "Super" Dave? That would explain the severe brain damage.
Why do you read slashdot then?
Good question... Very good ques-
How is this juicy? Gates and Ballmer have been asked by the people who own their company and all of the intellectual property if they have any plans of giving it all away for free. They said essentially "no", because then there'd be no business to speak of and all of your investments would be worthless. This is pretty damn basic. How is this "juicy"??
Wow. I see why this got modded "funny". XP has one of the easiest installations I've ever seen, and no distribution of Linux has ever succesfully installed on my box! hahahaha Jeez, what's with these moderators...?
Not really. Most people don't NEED broadband for anything at home unless you play games.
First off, broadband is only available in urban and suburban areas in the US. Those of us who live in the country don't have any other options.
Secondly, 56K is fine for most things at home. Even if you're working at home, Terminal Services or Telnet work fine over dialup. Even basic streaming radio sounds good enough over a dialup connection.
Thirdly, most of us have broadband at work, so if there's something big we need to dl (like a full Linux distribution), we can do that at work.
Fourth, it's expensive! $50/month plus a few hundred for the equipment? No thank you. It's just not worth it.
So, I'm not planning to get broadband at home any time soon.
Girls can code? If this is true, we need a full /. article reporting it. I'm not aware of any female coders.
Amen. I've been using Textpad for many different languages for about 5 years. Hands down, best editor I've ever seen.
Well, actually, you could pay a secretary to do it in VBA in a few hours, our you could hire a Linux geek to do it in a few weeks. Hmmm....