It's a darn good question and i wonder if even the SimCity/Tower/Park suggestions actually fit the bill.
Floating (either the rise or fall) of valuations of a thing, service, etc can be difficult enough in the real world for children to grasp; I can only imagine the difficulities involved with abstracting it to the game level. most likely they would have to learn the new valuation system, etc.
While they have to do this with most games anyway (say the importance of stone in the later stages of age of empires II as opposed to earlier stages) I feel you are looking for a more advance application of valuation.
Not to mention what it would be like to code something like that. woohoo. sign me up.
I just went through a patent filing for a client, I was the brought in to define the technology, and I can tell you there are some serious loopholes for prior art. And in some cases, all that is necessary to route around prior art is a timely filing date (within one year of prior art's development) and a dash of differentiation; such as the wireless aspect provides here.
You would be suprised what is NOT on the books at the patent office and it is all fair game as near as I can tell.
All it takes is a rocking attorney and a bit of cash...
"Linux is not leading anything, it is simply providing a 'free' operating system."
Other than a rather dynamic development community, I would have to agree. I don't really see Linux innovating at any level. The current focus seems to be getting the kernel up to snuff and one could argue that has always been it's "agenda" so to speak.
If all MS did was develop an OS we probably wouldn't know who they are anymore.
Or am I wrong? Does Linux make you fundamentally change the way you develop or deploy a solution and do it for the better? That, in the end, is sustainable competitive advantage that a low sticker price cannot provide.
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It's a darn good question and i wonder if even the SimCity/Tower/Park suggestions actually fit the bill.
Floating (either the rise or fall) of valuations of a thing, service, etc can be difficult enough in the real world for children to grasp; I can only imagine the difficulities involved with abstracting it to the game level. most likely they would have to learn the new valuation system, etc.
While they have to do this with most games anyway (say the importance of stone in the later stages of age of empires II as opposed to earlier stages) I feel you are looking for a more advance application of valuation.
Not to mention what it would be like to code something like that. woohoo. sign me up.
bryan
glad i could add to the discussion...
I just went through a patent filing for a client, I was the brought in to define the technology, and I can tell you there are some serious loopholes for prior art. And in some cases, all that is necessary to route around prior art is a timely filing date (within one year of prior art's development) and a dash of differentiation; such as the wireless aspect provides here.
You would be suprised what is NOT on the books at the patent office and it is all fair game as near as I can tell.
All it takes is a rocking attorney and a bit of cash...
"Linux is not leading anything, it is simply providing a 'free' operating system."
Other than a rather dynamic development community, I would have to agree. I don't really see Linux innovating at any level. The current focus seems to be getting the kernel up to snuff and one could argue that has always been it's "agenda" so to speak.
If all MS did was develop an OS we probably wouldn't know who they are anymore.
Or am I wrong? Does Linux make you fundamentally change the way you develop or deploy a solution and do it for the better? That, in the end, is sustainable competitive advantage that a low sticker price cannot provide.
bryan