Of course the comedy being that the PSX controller is a complete bite on the SNES controller...
Pretty much everything you see in controllers now are based of that general design and with an analog stick tacked on. (another thing Nintendo brought about, though one could argue Saturn's controller for NiGHTS had this a bit sooner than the N64, but it seemed it was in direct response just like the dual shock controller)
Nintendo and SEGA are still innovating (as in unexpected solutions) and pushing the envelope more than anyone else (as far as big players go). Games/Gaming have become too evolutionary, I fear the day that the old beasts Nintendo and SEGA die out. No more Pikmans, Mario Partys, SpaceChannel #5s or ToeJam and Earls.
With Simics Hindsight it is now possible to step back just before the error and then run forward again, providing another opportunity to reproduce the error and look more closely at what occurs in detail, without having to re-launch the program. Simics Hindsight can even unboot an operating system, running the code backwards until it reaches the initial hardware launch instruction after a hardware reset.
That would be quite nice... It almost seems like a shuttle head or what not for programmers... Rewind, play, slow motion and so on... I know they said it's the first complete one, but is there anything else out there like this?
But what if? Just a quick replacement of the company name and viola!
Microsoft Corporation has announced the completion of their latest home entertainment robot, OBIT. OBIT manifests as a human skull 3.1 meters in height, equipped with two stubby robot legs and an extensible fanged proboscis described by surviving journalists as "indescribable", "ravenous", and "obscene".
OBIT is powered by a 500 hp diesel-electric fuel cell located in the area of the cranium traditionally reserved for the medulla oblongata. This configuration allows for extended operation in low-oxygen environments as well as the "silent stalking" behavior demonstrated to such dramatic effect at Tuesday's eventful press conference.
OBIT is also equipped with sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging equipment enabling 98% accurate detection of the presence of an advanced central nervous system in organisms variously defined as "visitor", "prey", "family member", "clergy", or "passer-by". Complex neural-net technology allows all detected instances of CNS regardless of category to be recategorized as "prey". "Prey" instances are greeted with prompt action when target acquisition phase is complete! Graceful proboscis extends rapidly, providing spectator great joy as jaws open wide and gleaming fang extend. Studies show most immediate immobilization benefit in prompt attack to legs; hence OBIT prefer leg-first approach. Quaint antics of disabled prey may be observed by all as limbs are removed, followed by educational vivisection of torso and head accompanied by instructional lecture. Excellent consistency in results is obtained.
Remains of owner and guests to be disposed of at all times in accordance with applicable statutes of local municipality.
Yup, it seems instead of doing things like teaching kids material hard or not it's more about being reassuring and making the kiddies feel good. Don't like math, makes you feel stupid? We'll make it easier.
Then on top of that teachers have had their teeth extracted in the class room. Parents don't care and when you say their children are basically disruptive idiots (said better than that of course) the teacher gets called out because little Jonny's an angel. I have a friend who teached in the inner city for years, and she said it was terrible because you couldn't do a thing to stop the kids from doing what ever they wanted; even in gradeschool. Call their parents, you get met with disinterest or screaming, spank the kid at school and you get fired/sued.
To me a lot of the school's problems are much deeper than just the material (which is dumbed down to the nth degree, heck, I read a 2nd grade primer from the 1800s once and there questions I had a hard time answering in it) being taught, I think there's a problem in society. But don't tell parents or kids they have a problem, you might make them feel bad...
Frankly, for most of the work I do (sysadmin hardware/software, networks, etc) I would rather have someone who had 2 years in CS foundations and 2+ years doing labs with 'standard' stuff like Solaris, Linux, VxVM/VCS, EMC gear, etc. from a legit institution than a newly-minted BSCS or BSEE.
Actually there's programs that address this need now. At the institution I'm at it's called "Computer Technology" and it focuses on application, and existing and emerging technologies. It's lighter on math, lighter on theory, and heavy on applications and administration. Truthfully it could be replaced by a mentoring program, or just some good work experience.
The CS program on the other hand, is pretty much the opposite... It's more science heavy, and math heavy (two classes from a minor in math), and less about applications (though you can use those as electives... well, a few, most don't count for credit in CS).
It's interesting to see all these vocational style programs popping up in academia... But I'm fearing that there's starting to be misconceptions about what a degree means and what a university education means... Personally I never thought it meant being taught Visio or Dreamweaver MX 2004.
I hope that we can have an Apprentence, Journeyman, Master type thing for more grunt-like work where the why doesn't matter in the near future... But while we don't have that I hope that we don't destroy our research and academic infastructure in CS trying to accomodate a lack of good job training, or just a lack of good Techology Associate Degree programs.
I agree very much with your statements... While I fear there'll be a lack of theory taught I also know there's a lack of structured, team based, professional practice classes. A program needs both. In art the first two or so years are all the basics, making us a good artist, and creator, then the next two years are integrating those theory concepts into professional practice with real client, and also developing our ability to research.
I think there's a disconnect somewhere in many CS programs... It's like they want to teach you the flavor of the month languages, but then don't teach you the why and what for... Or how to appropriately work towards a common goal with a team. Or maybe they teach all of these things but don't bring it all together into application, leaving many in their first jobs feeling that theory is crap and useless, or that school is was a waste of time...
I guess what I'm saying is, you need team classes, you need theory, and you need technology classes (languages, programs)... (I'd say technology last as that's going to change the quickest and the most often) But you can't just toss the classes out there and expect that students are going to put it all together on a consistent basis, it needs to be brought together, tightly bonded for maximum results.
Make the classes block classes so you have the same people in each class, work as a team moving from subject to subject, teach the team theory, teach them team management skills, and let them apply all this towards real world goals as well as concept exercises. Make sure the teachers from whatever semester/year they teach are in very good communication with the other teachers from that year/semester so they all know what is being taught and can hook into it in their respective classes.
I'm finding a lot of theory classes are very useful in the Real World because I'm stepping away from my career to study, but I hear other CS students saying things like "Why do we need to do this?" I'd say to some degree it's a failure of CS programs that they don't show you why things are important, you know, show them in application at various corps and institutions. MBA programs do this with Case Studies and what not, why not CS to some degree?
People who know what their doing, and why, instead of, as I said in my post, shoving everything in their Java Box.
Java isn't always the best solution, or even possible, on every platform.
Actually you can say that about every language... But there is one thing that is always true, on every platform, and that's the theories of Computer Science.
I would def agree... Degrees are becoming quickly devalued... More about training tools than developing intellegence. This is esp true in CS and Graphic Design degrees... More and more I'm finding out that a lot of school are focusing more on the tools of the trade, and less on the things that drive those tools; the theory of it all. Which is why I came back to school.
It's really really sad when my minor in CS has A) Taught me more about *why* we do certain things in my profession of the last eight years than all the degree holding people I've worked with and for and B) That the core classes I as a minor must take may actually contain more theory and science than many CS majors in the world right now...
So far we haven't touched Java, have covered Assembly (then built an assembler, and then a compiler), touched on Algorithm analysis (there's an entire class for it if you'd like), Datastructures, and will be going into Discrete Math, and the deeper things of OSes, Languages and datastructures in the future... Then again, maybe this isn't the science many speak of, and I'm clueless... *doh*
We're seeing this in Graphic Design right now too... Because of all the cheap tools and computers there's these Mickey Mouse programs like "New Media" and what not that seem to concentrate more on a specific set of programs than the creativity and good form behind them. So far I've been impressed that my art school forces everyone including Photo Majors to spend a year in Drawing, Color Theory, Design Theory, and 3D Design (think sculptures) as well as a base of Art History. From there the majors start working their specifics. In Visual Communication (graphic design) the last year or so of the program is even medium non-specific. Really what ever solves the problem for the customer you can use - they want us to use the base tools and knowlege to execute the best plan possible, not jam the problem into our Java box, or rather in this case our Dreamweaver box.
This is something I feel should be emphasised in CS programs, and Knuth had absolutely right. Teach the theory of something, the why and what for and then all the tool make sense and can be used to their best possible end. I'm scared we're losing that, and I too fear for the masters, and phd programs as a result - Even they're starting to look vocational. *sigh*
Except that Namco (who makes Tekken) made Galaga, so they likely saw the splash screen. And when your time runs out in 720 it flashes "Skate or Die!!!" before a hoard of bees chase you...
So I'd say Real.
Though I would have said Bones Brigade 3: Search for Animal Chin @ 11 instead of Gleaming the Cube, but that's just because I loved that video. *grin*
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agreed, when it comes to the GIMP and PSP and pretty much anything else for my graphics work, I need to be able to trust it completely, knowing that my printer (as in a person, not a machine) knows the software and formats I'm dealing with and so on... Basically $650 up front can save you thousands over time allowing you to be absolutely sure your prints are coming out as designed.
Granted, most often I deal with standard formats like tiffs, and what not, but I can't take chances, as it's really costly if your software jacks you somehow (mistakes in printing).
Finally, have you dealt with that UI in GIMP, oi, freaking evil. Adobe products on the other hand have become part of me. The only thing that interests me with GIMP is the scripting part really.
Anyway, this is a best tool for the job thing to me, I don't use Adobe everything. I use Discreet stuff for Compositing (adobe UI is just terrible to me for this), Macromedia for Motion, Emacs for Unix and C/C++ Dev, and Visual Studio for Windows Dev... But for print/web design, it is Adobe... InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
If OSS could become the "best tool" I'd grab it, no doubt.
I guess the concern here has been will the program become tool intensive/obsessive at the cost of the basics and theory of the medium - the very things that drive the tools.
That's my concern; mainly because that's what I'm seeing alot now. Three Graphic Design programs on my campus, two programs have class names like "Photoshop 1", "3D Design with Maya" and so on. They try to focus on theory I hear, but the curiculum is based around tools. The third program has names like "Color and Design Theory", "Life and Object Drawing" and "Typography". These classes, in my experence, greatly demphisize(terrible spelling) the tools used and put greater focus on the process, thoery and result.
So yeah, that's just my concern, because I'm scared we'll start seeing movies written around tools and not tools written around movies.;)
As an art student at an Art School I watch the Computer Graphics Tech kids at the Engineering school learn programs in and out but turn out half as good product as the kids at the art school do with half the knowlege of the tools. The difference is technology can be learned on one's own but the essense of an art form, and the finer points are very very hard to aquire by yourself.
In art school the focus is the creative process, the development of the idea, and building a sense of history in your medium. Finally technique comes in. But once again technique and toolage will come over time, and can be taught fairly easily.
Also a nice thing is the fact that everyone from Paint Majors, to Visual Communication Majors to Photography majors must take the foundation classes of Color and Design Theory, Life and Object Drawing, 3D Design and Art History (from prehistoric, to present). This way no one hits Photoshop/Illustrator before hitting the sketchbook, and hard.
So I agree, more tools, greeeeat. But don't neglect the foundations for the sake of "wiz-bang".
Yet you probably like Army of Darkness or Mony Python's Well, anything... Sure the bad tech contributes to the comedy (less so in Army of Darkness), but really it's the story and execution that's key..
That being said, I agree with the previous poster... You can have lo-tech film with a great story and it'll be fantastic... Ever see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind? Director Michel gondry uses very little tech, most of his effects are done very primitively using things like mirrors and the like... This is the guy who did crazy crazy Bjork videos, Foo Fighters, and a whole lot of White Stripes... Including the lego one...
The point is tech doesn't make the movie... badly executed tech can, but lo-tech most def won't.
It's because if they released some half-assed version of DM there would be giant downside to cover in the reviews... This way they can pour thousands of manhours into the Single Player aspect of the game making sure it's perfect, release, get raving reviews, then later release enable DM and a couple demo levels while asking the community to make hundreds of levels for cash prizes...
True, and perhaps this part of the discussion is a bit off topic, but I know I've heard things about how the underlying code generation of the VC++ Compiler was more optimized and blah blah blah... While right now I'm not concerned with optimizations there have been times where I'm working with algorithms that every little tic counts. In that sense I want to know that the compiler that's writing my code is doing a good job for me so I don't have to pop the hood and do it myself. (or rather learn how to do it myself *blush*)
So in that sense, you're right in the IDE I'm mostly concerned with the features you mentioned, but as package I want to know what's under it is writing correct code. Because if it isn't, I want to switch out the compiler underneath it with something I know is generating cleaner ASM for my target hardware.
That being said, does anyone know of a breakdown/comparison of the code generation capibilities of different compilers?
Totally, my father made just under 100k as a Union Factory worker before retiring and I never thought of us as rich. At this point, it was just me and my brother at home but it really was more like we never worried about anything too much more than "Lap O Luxury". The 100k mark isn't a big deal really. Maybe if you're single, but if you have any family really it just means you're living with a little less worry than most. That is unless you go do something stupid like buy a couple BMWs cause you're "rich" now, then you're just down to the same debpt percents as the rest of us proles. *grin*
I agree... Nintendo seems to have a tendency to underquote the actual battery and range of things... Like the wavebird, as mentioned before, they say it has 20 ft of range, in reality it has 90ft... Also they only say something is a feature when it's in there rock solid... Basically they seem to go Worst Case, Sony, in my experience, seems to go Best Case... and then pull back the specs as they can't accomplish certain things...
I'm going with the DS. Nintendo understands the crucial points of this market... Price point, and battery life.
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Of course the comedy being that the PSX controller is a complete bite on the SNES controller...
Pretty much everything you see in controllers now are based of that general design and with an analog stick tacked on. (another thing Nintendo brought about, though one could argue Saturn's controller for NiGHTS had this a bit sooner than the N64, but it seemed it was in direct response just like the dual shock controller)
Nintendo and SEGA are still innovating (as in unexpected solutions) and pushing the envelope more than anyone else (as far as big players go). Games/Gaming have become too evolutionary, I fear the day that the old beasts Nintendo and SEGA die out. No more Pikmans, Mario Partys, SpaceChannel #5s or ToeJam and Earls.
With Simics Hindsight it is now possible to step back just before the error and then run forward again, providing another opportunity to reproduce the error and look more closely at what occurs in detail, without having to re-launch the program. Simics Hindsight can even unboot an operating system, running the code backwards until it reaches the initial hardware launch instruction after a hardware reset.
That would be quite nice... It almost seems like a shuttle head or what not for programmers... Rewind, play, slow motion and so on... I know they said it's the first complete one, but is there anything else out there like this?
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*restricted communication with family and friends
*detachment: sleeping away from home / placed in strange environment
etc...
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Sounds like the office...
But what if? Just a quick replacement of the company name and viola!
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Microsoft Corporation has announced the completion of their latest home entertainment robot, OBIT. OBIT manifests as a human skull 3.1 meters in height, equipped with two stubby robot legs and an extensible fanged proboscis described by surviving journalists as "indescribable", "ravenous", and "obscene".
OBIT is powered by a 500 hp diesel-electric fuel cell located in the area of the cranium traditionally reserved for the medulla oblongata. This configuration allows for extended operation in low-oxygen environments as well as the "silent stalking" behavior demonstrated to such dramatic effect at Tuesday's eventful press conference.
OBIT is also equipped with sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging equipment enabling 98% accurate detection of the presence of an advanced central nervous system in organisms variously defined as "visitor", "prey", "family member", "clergy", or "passer-by". Complex neural-net technology allows all detected instances of CNS regardless of category to be recategorized as "prey". "Prey" instances are greeted with prompt action when target acquisition phase is complete! Graceful proboscis extends rapidly, providing spectator great joy as jaws open wide and gleaming fang extend. Studies show most immediate immobilization benefit in prompt attack to legs; hence OBIT prefer leg-first approach. Quaint antics of disabled prey may be observed by all as limbs are removed, followed by educational vivisection of torso and head accompanied by instructional lecture. Excellent consistency in results is obtained.
Remains of owner and guests to be disposed of at all times in accordance with applicable statutes of local municipality.
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HS education in US is a JOKE!
Yup, it seems instead of doing things like teaching kids material hard or not it's more about being reassuring and making the kiddies feel good. Don't like math, makes you feel stupid? We'll make it easier.
Then on top of that teachers have had their teeth extracted in the class room. Parents don't care and when you say their children are basically disruptive idiots (said better than that of course) the teacher gets called out because little Jonny's an angel. I have a friend who teached in the inner city for years, and she said it was terrible because you couldn't do a thing to stop the kids from doing what ever they wanted; even in gradeschool. Call their parents, you get met with disinterest or screaming, spank the kid at school and you get fired/sued.
To me a lot of the school's problems are much deeper than just the material (which is dumbed down to the nth degree, heck, I read a 2nd grade primer from the 1800s once and there questions I had a hard time answering in it) being taught, I think there's a problem in society. But don't tell parents or kids they have a problem, you might make them feel bad...
Frankly, for most of the work I do (sysadmin hardware/software, networks, etc) I would rather have someone who had 2 years in CS foundations and 2+ years doing labs with 'standard' stuff like Solaris, Linux, VxVM/VCS, EMC gear, etc. from a legit institution than a newly-minted BSCS or BSEE.
Actually there's programs that address this need now. At the institution I'm at it's called "Computer Technology" and it focuses on application, and existing and emerging technologies. It's lighter on math, lighter on theory, and heavy on applications and administration. Truthfully it could be replaced by a mentoring program, or just some good work experience.
The CS program on the other hand, is pretty much the opposite... It's more science heavy, and math heavy (two classes from a minor in math), and less about applications (though you can use those as electives... well, a few, most don't count for credit in CS).
It's interesting to see all these vocational style programs popping up in academia... But I'm fearing that there's starting to be misconceptions about what a degree means and what a university education means... Personally I never thought it meant being taught Visio or Dreamweaver MX 2004.
I hope that we can have an Apprentence, Journeyman, Master type thing for more grunt-like work where the why doesn't matter in the near future... But while we don't have that I hope that we don't destroy our research and academic infastructure in CS trying to accomodate a lack of good job training, or just a lack of good Techology Associate Degree programs.
I agree very much with your statements... While I fear there'll be a lack of theory taught I also know there's a lack of structured, team based, professional practice classes. A program needs both. In art the first two or so years are all the basics, making us a good artist, and creator, then the next two years are integrating those theory concepts into professional practice with real client, and also developing our ability to research.
I think there's a disconnect somewhere in many CS programs... It's like they want to teach you the flavor of the month languages, but then don't teach you the why and what for... Or how to appropriately work towards a common goal with a team. Or maybe they teach all of these things but don't bring it all together into application, leaving many in their first jobs feeling that theory is crap and useless, or that school is was a waste of time...
I guess what I'm saying is, you need team classes, you need theory, and you need technology classes (languages, programs)... (I'd say technology last as that's going to change the quickest and the most often) But you can't just toss the classes out there and expect that students are going to put it all together on a consistent basis, it needs to be brought together, tightly bonded for maximum results.
Make the classes block classes so you have the same people in each class, work as a team moving from subject to subject, teach the team theory, teach them team management skills, and let them apply all this towards real world goals as well as concept exercises. Make sure the teachers from whatever semester/year they teach are in very good communication with the other teachers from that year/semester so they all know what is being taught and can hook into it in their respective classes.
I'm finding a lot of theory classes are very useful in the Real World because I'm stepping away from my career to study, but I hear other CS students saying things like "Why do we need to do this?" I'd say to some degree it's a failure of CS programs that they don't show you why things are important, you know, show them in application at various corps and institutions. MBA programs do this with Case Studies and what not, why not CS to some degree?
Guess who the real world needs more of?
People who know what their doing, and why, instead of, as I said in my post, shoving everything in their Java Box.
Java isn't always the best solution, or even possible, on every platform.
Actually you can say that about every language... But there is one thing that is always true, on every platform, and that's the theories of Computer Science.
I would def agree... Degrees are becoming quickly devalued... More about training tools than developing intellegence. This is esp true in CS and Graphic Design degrees... More and more I'm finding out that a lot of school are focusing more on the tools of the trade, and less on the things that drive those tools; the theory of it all. Which is why I came back to school.
It's really really sad when my minor in CS has A) Taught me more about *why* we do certain things in my profession of the last eight years than all the degree holding people I've worked with and for and B) That the core classes I as a minor must take may actually contain more theory and science than many CS majors in the world right now...
So far we haven't touched Java, have covered Assembly (then built an assembler, and then a compiler), touched on Algorithm analysis (there's an entire class for it if you'd like), Datastructures, and will be going into Discrete Math, and the deeper things of OSes, Languages and datastructures in the future... Then again, maybe this isn't the science many speak of, and I'm clueless... *doh*
We're seeing this in Graphic Design right now too... Because of all the cheap tools and computers there's these Mickey Mouse programs like "New Media" and what not that seem to concentrate more on a specific set of programs than the creativity and good form behind them. So far I've been impressed that my art school forces everyone including Photo Majors to spend a year in Drawing, Color Theory, Design Theory, and 3D Design (think sculptures) as well as a base of Art History. From there the majors start working their specifics. In Visual Communication (graphic design) the last year or so of the program is even medium non-specific. Really what ever solves the problem for the customer you can use - they want us to use the base tools and knowlege to execute the best plan possible, not jam the problem into our Java box, or rather in this case our Dreamweaver box.
This is something I feel should be emphasised in CS programs, and Knuth had absolutely right. Teach the theory of something, the why and what for and then all the tool make sense and can be used to their best possible end. I'm scared we're losing that, and I too fear for the masters, and phd programs as a result - Even they're starting to look vocational. *sigh*
Ok, now I'm ranting too.. haha..
Except that Namco (who makes Tekken) made Galaga, so they likely saw the splash screen. And when your time runs out in 720 it flashes "Skate or Die!!!" before a hoard of bees chase you...
So I'd say Real.
Though I would have said Bones Brigade 3: Search for Animal Chin @ 11 instead of Gleaming the Cube, but that's just because I loved that video. *grin*
agreed, when it comes to the GIMP and PSP and pretty much anything else for my graphics work, I need to be able to trust it completely, knowing that my printer (as in a person, not a machine) knows the software and formats I'm dealing with and so on... Basically $650 up front can save you thousands over time allowing you to be absolutely sure your prints are coming out as designed.
Granted, most often I deal with standard formats like tiffs, and what not, but I can't take chances, as it's really costly if your software jacks you somehow (mistakes in printing).
Finally, have you dealt with that UI in GIMP, oi, freaking evil. Adobe products on the other hand have become part of me. The only thing that interests me with GIMP is the scripting part really.
Anyway, this is a best tool for the job thing to me, I don't use Adobe everything. I use Discreet stuff for Compositing (adobe UI is just terrible to me for this), Macromedia for Motion, Emacs for Unix and C/C++ Dev, and Visual Studio for Windows Dev... But for print/web design, it is Adobe... InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
If OSS could become the "best tool" I'd grab it, no doubt.
Mistakes can't have a personality. Mistakes can't have intelligence.
Damn. And I thought I was doing so good.
Oh yeah, totally... I agree.
;)
I guess the concern here has been will the program become tool intensive/obsessive at the cost of the basics and theory of the medium - the very things that drive the tools.
That's my concern; mainly because that's what I'm seeing alot now. Three Graphic Design programs on my campus, two programs have class names like "Photoshop 1", "3D Design with Maya" and so on. They try to focus on theory I hear, but the curiculum is based around tools. The third program has names like "Color and Design Theory", "Life and Object Drawing" and "Typography". These classes, in my experence, greatly demphisize(terrible spelling) the tools used and put greater focus on the process, thoery and result.
So yeah, that's just my concern, because I'm scared we'll start seeing movies written around tools and not tools written around movies.
Doh, that last line should have been:
The point is tech doesn't *break* the movie... badly executed tech can, but lo-tech/no-tech most def won't.
Couldn't agree more...
As an art student at an Art School I watch the Computer Graphics Tech kids at the Engineering school learn programs in and out but turn out half as good product as the kids at the art school do with half the knowlege of the tools. The difference is technology can be learned on one's own but the essense of an art form, and the finer points are very very hard to aquire by yourself.
In art school the focus is the creative process, the development of the idea, and building a sense of history in your medium. Finally technique comes in. But once again technique and toolage will come over time, and can be taught fairly easily.
Also a nice thing is the fact that everyone from Paint Majors, to Visual Communication Majors to Photography majors must take the foundation classes of Color and Design Theory, Life and Object Drawing, 3D Design and Art History (from prehistoric, to present). This way no one hits Photoshop/Illustrator before hitting the sketchbook, and hard.
So I agree, more tools, greeeeat. But don't neglect the foundations for the sake of "wiz-bang".
Yet you probably like Army of Darkness or Mony Python's Well, anything... Sure the bad tech contributes to the comedy (less so in Army of Darkness), but really it's the story and execution that's key..
That being said, I agree with the previous poster... You can have lo-tech film with a great story and it'll be fantastic... Ever see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind? Director Michel gondry uses very little tech, most of his effects are done very primitively using things like mirrors and the like... This is the guy who did crazy crazy Bjork videos, Foo Fighters, and a whole lot of White Stripes... Including the lego one...
The point is tech doesn't make the movie... badly executed tech can, but lo-tech most def won't.
It's because if they released some half-assed version of DM there would be giant downside to cover in the reviews... This way they can pour thousands of manhours into the Single Player aspect of the game making sure it's perfect, release, get raving reviews, then later release enable DM and a couple demo levels while asking the community to make hundreds of levels for cash prizes...
Brilliant if you ask me.
True, and perhaps this part of the discussion is a bit off topic, but I know I've heard things about how the underlying code generation of the VC++ Compiler was more optimized and blah blah blah... While right now I'm not concerned with optimizations there have been times where I'm working with algorithms that every little tic counts. In that sense I want to know that the compiler that's writing my code is doing a good job for me so I don't have to pop the hood and do it myself. (or rather learn how to do it myself *blush*)
So in that sense, you're right in the IDE I'm mostly concerned with the features you mentioned, but as package I want to know what's under it is writing correct code. Because if it isn't, I want to switch out the compiler underneath it with something I know is generating cleaner ASM for my target hardware.
That being said, does anyone know of a breakdown/comparison of the code generation capibilities of different compilers?
That's just the sort of thing a Zombie Bot would say!
Running on Butane, all lubed up with Safflower oil...
Totally, my father made just under 100k as a Union Factory worker before retiring and I never thought of us as rich. At this point, it was just me and my brother at home but it really was more like we never worried about anything too much more than "Lap O Luxury". The 100k mark isn't a big deal really. Maybe if you're single, but if you have any family really it just means you're living with a little less worry than most. That is unless you go do something stupid like buy a couple BMWs cause you're "rich" now, then you're just down to the same debpt percents as the rest of us proles. *grin*
But then all soy products and corn products would become crazy expensive due to lack of farmers and it'd be *ALL BUSH'S FAULT*
you know, for umm existing and causing you to poison the farmers...
*grin*
right.
A surefire 5 words to get a +5 post: You're new here aren't you?
And you just found the second 5 words:
John Katz? Is that you?
I agree... Nintendo seems to have a tendency to underquote the actual battery and range of things... Like the wavebird, as mentioned before, they say it has 20 ft of range, in reality it has 90ft... Also they only say something is a feature when it's in there rock solid... Basically they seem to go Worst Case, Sony, in my experience, seems to go Best Case... and then pull back the specs as they can't accomplish certain things...
I'm going with the DS. Nintendo understands the crucial points of this market... Price point, and battery life.
I'd drink the water.
Ewwww, it seems you're already on Zee Weed.