Part of what kept West going was the plant, I suspect. It's kind of like the situation in Dodge City, KS. The town's size is buoyed up by two meat packing plants, which employ nearly half the town in some manner.
The problem with the "resisting arrest" is that he is ALLOWED that by law if the LEOs aren't operating in a legal manner- even to the point of using deadly force if needed. See the Supreme Court decision on John Bad Elk v. United States - 177 U.S. 529 (1900) for more details there.
The LEOs violated 18 USC 242 and should be decorating a jail cell awaiting trial for the FELONIES they commited, caught on video. Since we're talking a deprivation of rights involving firearms if it were enforced, they'd be facing up to 10 years in a Fed Pen.
It's too much effort to port all the crapware. Seriously.
The problem with the Nexus lineup is that unless you're on AT&T or T-Mobile, you're SOL. AT&T's mediocre where I mostly use my phone these days. They were that way in prior years in different areas. T-Moble? They'll tell you they've got rocking coverage and blazing "4G" speeds. Maybe. If you're in the downtown area of the major metripolitan markets they're in. If you're in the edges, on the road, etc. you will get decidedly mixed results leaning towards craptastic.
Serious question. Where does that leave nVidia? The market has been shifting toward mobile low-powered devices for a long time.
Heh.. Considering that at least a third or so of those high-end mobile phones and tablets are powered with a Tegra 2, 3, or 4... I think NVidia saw that writing on the wall a while back and already made their move elsewhere.
Heh... Sometimes, the company doesn't learn the lesson. They bring in expensive contractors to fix the mess made- and once fixed, they let the contractor go and go right back to the body shop places and hose themselves yet again.
If you think getting cheaper labor is being globally competitive, you're just lying to yourselves and the world. In most cases, you end up burning 2-4 times what you'd have spent on the local workforce labor.
Bullshit. While not unemployed (Hint: I'm one of the "competent"...), I've gotten the boot on consulting gigs because I'd sorted out the mess they'd made with H1B's and offshoring and they went right back to screwing themselves over with the same because they were "cheaper" than I was. The company is a major player and they've been hosing themselves off and on for a handful of years, chasing that almighty dollar when it'd been cheaper overall to have just hired one stateside dev, even as an "expensive" contractor.
And hiring like a madman is a relative concept. Not everyone can WORK for what the jokers are offering- the statement stands...most employers are unwilling to pay what needs to be paid in order to stay "globally competitive" when in reality they just keep shooting themselves in the foot trying to race to the bottom and blowing through 2-4 times the money they thought they saved in most cases.
This entirely depends on whether the curriculum covered IP networking and whether they were motivated to learn it if it wasn't. I know I didn't care all that much about subnetting and the like until I went to go set up my first IP network of Linux and Windows machines some two and a half decades ago.
Not all CompSci revolves around network engineering. Most of it covers things like algorithms- which is probably the way it should be because it's not the same thing as computer or network engineering though those disciplines are interrelated.
Heh... DRM's not a mandatory thing for Steam use. It's another lego block in the API. At least a good part of the Indie titles don't use that lego block. Personally, I'm not for DRM, mind...but I do hope you're not ever using a gaming console, because by definition, you're using DRMed titles- PERIOD.
The problem with Steambox is going to be at least one of getting studios to port to Linux. It's not hard, but it does have a bunch of unknows to many of the studios regarding development effort and support- which is part of why they kept from doing Linux titles as much as anything else.
If Valve opts for something ARM-centric (Possibly a Cortex-A54 based device?? With the right GPU, it'd be in the "next-gen" space... Of course you could do an X86 machine and reach for the high-end; the problem there is expense and thermal profile on the console...) it's going to have a double problem in that ARM also adds a few additional rules to coding that X86 coding will let you slide on.
Ah, but it's got LOADS of potential as far as I'm concerned... I port games to Linux from Windows for studios...and I know the other gotchas there. >:-D
The Ouya does as well. NDK coding's not QUITE the same as Linux coding... However, I might have answers there as well...just not there enough to announce them yet.
You don't understand what Kickstarter is and I hope this experience teaches you a valuable lesson -- stay off Kickstarter, it's not a goddamn store.
THIS.
Quite simply, if you can't get that you're playing the role of an INVESTOR in the project in question, you really, really ought to NOT be pledging on Kickstarter.
Depends on how fast I can get the Steam releases of the games I'm responsible for the Linux version of out the door- and if Ryan can beat me to the punch... >:-D
Is that all you can manage? I suspect that either Ryan or myself will find the time and make it happen. Right now, I've been kinda...swamped...with real-life concerns (Since, unlike Ryan, it's not my day-job yet...) to be overly active...
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I believe that was the actual intent there...
Not to metion that the plant's probably part of the raison d' etre for the town and the very houses we're talking about.
Zoning restrictions are something the City typically does, not Unions, etc.- and the Town probably didn't think anything OF it.
Part of what kept West going was the plant, I suspect. It's kind of like the situation in Dodge City, KS. The town's size is buoyed up by two meat packing plants, which employ nearly half the town in some manner.
The problem with the "resisting arrest" is that he is ALLOWED that by law if the LEOs aren't operating in a legal manner- even to the point of using deadly force if needed. See the Supreme Court decision on John Bad Elk v. United States - 177 U.S. 529 (1900) for more details there.
The LEOs violated 18 USC 242 and should be decorating a jail cell awaiting trial for the FELONIES they commited, caught on video. Since we're talking a deprivation of rights involving firearms if it were enforced, they'd be facing up to 10 years in a Fed Pen.
It's too much effort to port all the crapware. Seriously.
The problem with the Nexus lineup is that unless you're on AT&T or T-Mobile, you're SOL. AT&T's mediocre where I mostly use my phone these days. They were that way in prior years in different areas. T-Moble? They'll tell you they've got rocking coverage and blazing "4G" speeds. Maybe. If you're in the downtown area of the major metripolitan markets they're in. If you're in the edges, on the road, etc. you will get decidedly mixed results leaning towards craptastic.
Non-spam? Apparently you don't get all that much junk mail...
Oh, and Windows IS irrelevant to the play there unless you're talking Microsoft. SERIOUSLY.
*NOBODY* will base an indie console on the competitors OS. You, sir, are an idiot.
Heh.. Considering that at least a third or so of those high-end mobile phones and tablets are powered with a Tegra 2, 3, or 4... I think NVidia saw that writing on the wall a while back and already made their move elsewhere.
Don't forget the fart pipe... That adds 40 HP in and of itself...
It *IS* EA, after all...
Damn, got beat out...
Standards are so wonderful...they're so many of them to choose from
You presume it will be used properly - which we both know WON'T BE .
Heh... Sometimes, the company doesn't learn the lesson. They bring in expensive contractors to fix the mess made- and once fixed, they let the contractor go and go right back to the body shop places and hose themselves yet again.
If you think getting cheaper labor is being globally competitive, you're just lying to yourselves and the world. In most cases, you end up burning 2-4 times what you'd have spent on the local workforce labor.
Bullshit. While not unemployed (Hint: I'm one of the "competent"...), I've gotten the boot on consulting gigs because I'd sorted out the mess they'd made with H1B's and offshoring and they went right back to screwing themselves over with the same because they were "cheaper" than I was. The company is a major player and they've been hosing themselves off and on for a handful of years, chasing that almighty dollar when it'd been cheaper overall to have just hired one stateside dev, even as an "expensive" contractor.
And hiring like a madman is a relative concept. Not everyone can WORK for what the jokers are offering- the statement stands...most employers are unwilling to pay what needs to be paid in order to stay "globally competitive" when in reality they just keep shooting themselves in the foot trying to race to the bottom and blowing through 2-4 times the money they thought they saved in most cases.
This entirely depends on whether the curriculum covered IP networking and whether they were motivated to learn it if it wasn't. I know I didn't care all that much about subnetting and the like until I went to go set up my first IP network of Linux and Windows machines some two and a half decades ago.
Not all CompSci revolves around network engineering. Most of it covers things like algorithms- which is probably the way it should be because it's not the same thing as computer or network engineering though those disciplines are interrelated.
Heh... DRM's not a mandatory thing for Steam use. It's another lego block in the API. At least a good part of the Indie titles don't use that lego block. Personally, I'm not for DRM, mind...but I do hope you're not ever using a gaming console, because by definition, you're using DRMed titles- PERIOD.
Not to mention there's a bit of a big push to get games out- everyone on Steam's at least passingly interested in Linux versions of their titles now.
We don't need gun or game control...
We need SENATOR control. You're out of control and of your ever loving mind.
The problem with Steambox is going to be at least one of getting studios to port to Linux. It's not hard, but it does have a bunch of unknows to many of the studios regarding development effort and support- which is part of why they kept from doing Linux titles as much as anything else.
If Valve opts for something ARM-centric (Possibly a Cortex-A54 based device?? With the right GPU, it'd be in the "next-gen" space... Of course you could do an X86 machine and reach for the high-end; the problem there is expense and thermal profile on the console...) it's going to have a double problem in that ARM also adds a few additional rules to coding that X86 coding will let you slide on.
Ah, but it's got LOADS of potential as far as I'm concerned... I port games to Linux from Windows for studios...and I know the other gotchas there. >:-D
The Ouya does as well. NDK coding's not QUITE the same as Linux coding... However, I might have answers there as well...just not there enough to announce them yet.
NVidia not a major entrant? Heh...what drugs are you on and why aren't you sharing?
Excellent!
Depends on how fast I can get the Steam releases of the games I'm responsible for the Linux version of out the door- and if Ryan can beat me to the punch... >:-D
Is that all you can manage? I suspect that either Ryan or myself will find the time and make it happen. Right now, I've been kinda...swamped...with real-life concerns (Since, unlike Ryan, it's not my day-job yet...) to be overly active...