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And they feel they have to do these "studies" for marketing reasons. Just like Microsoft did "studies" that adoption of Vista was through the roof. This exists for no other reason than to allay the disinterest that everybody has.
why'd you waste your life doing a degree if you didn't attend any of the classes? surely they can't *all* have been programming classes, or you would have quit or failed your degree.
and didn't your "big" university have career/guidance councelors?
didn't your tutors help you when they saw that you sucked at programming?
and how many people, who did previously know about it, are going to buy it now? after a) knowing there's a terrible review out there, and b) given Atari is trying to censor reviewers?
I'm willing to bet my lunch money that the number of potential purchasers has hit rock bottom today.
If this is a "strategy" I vote we henceforth call in the Metallica Strategy or the SCO Strategy (but Metallica did it first, so they should get naming rights). When you're down and out and producing complete and utter garbage, make a big stink and sue someone into oblivion. Then you'll still be in the news.
well, that depends on his promotion and how it can be used to your advantage. that's what you're thinking right?
well, what happens if someone higher than him finds more porn later, and this guy turns around and says "that's ok, the sysadmin will just clean it for me again."
could land you both in the poo. I wouldn't do it for anyone I wasn't getting great sex from. then at least you can justify getting fired.
It's been said before, but I thought I'd spell it out.
TFA has 2 requirements. one is "Not require Wine to run."
EVE Online requires Wine/cider to run. It is a not a native client, so it shouldn't be on the list. That cuts the games down to 41. Any others that shouldn't be there?
the native linux program is a downloader of the Windows Application, and an installer of cider/cedega/whatever it's called.
given TFA's requirement of "Not require Wine to run" this would have to be a fail.
Eve Online is a Windows program requiring Wine or derivative to run. Technically, they could list the Eve INSTALLER on their list, but that's not a game.
who still reads game reviews? we all know that the magazines are all biased. They give good and bad reviews depending on who crosses their palms with more money or more free games.
games that are absolute rubbish get good reviews because the publishers were good to the reviewers or parent company. the number one goal of game review mags and sites is to help sell games.
the only people I still see reading traditional game reviews are kids and n00bs who don't know any better.
I published a magazine a couple of years ago, and in it all game reviews reviewed gameplay from one person's perspective, and would never ever give a score. Because each person is different. If I don't like something about gameplay, you might love it.
in this day and age (with the "help" of blogs), things are getting less structured, and certainly when it comes to game reviews, that's the way I like it. I want someone who is immersed in the game to write from the heart, not some fucking clinical analysis, telling me redundant information like number of polygons, and how many levels of parallax scrolling. maybe give it a quick mention if it's something never before seen in the industry, but don't dwell on it, and certainly don't use it to score the game.
of course, the best policy is to just play the games yourself and make your own decision. stop being a sheep and letting other people's opinions drive yours.
websites like fileshack.com have demo games coming out the wazoo that you can try for yourself.
Fairlight were not just a warez group, but that is what people seem to remember them for now.
In fact, they were one of the greatest demogroups on the planet. They are even still active, having gone from c64, to Amiga, to PC demos. Here's a big list of Fairlight demos.
Perhaps I am an idiot, but those people that deny the fact that C is one of the reasons that IT has huge problems today are also idiots. I think this follows along with...
The reason we have such programs is that C allows for partial functions. ok, so let me get this straight. you believe that a language which allows you to do something retarded is inherently the fault of the language when you actually *do* said retarded thing?
is that what you're saying?
let me make this clear: no language is at fault for anything in the IT industry. that distinction is placed squarely on all the idiot programmers who do stupid things with those languages. it's your job to understand the constraints and abilities of the language and work within that.
or, put another way -- a gun allows me to blow my cock off. Am I going to do that? uh. no.
There are good reasons for introducing higher-level constructs which handle the aspects of programming that humans are bad at (memory management for instance), thus freeing them to handle the aspects of programming that they're actually good at (algorithm design). assuming they are.:)
but I hear you. yes, to a point I agree with you. writing X completely in assembler is something I'd not wish on my worst enemy. High level languages are without a doubt the primary reason computers have shifted from the domain of the ubergeeks, but it's the complacency in those languages I can't abide.
Besides, didn't people say the exact same thing to defend the use of hand-optimized assemblers against such inefficient bloated crap like C, and C against C++ ? well, now that you mention it, let's see.. a stripped binary of cat (written in C) on my current system weighs in at 18,148 bytes.
My version of cat (written in asm) weighs in at 596 bytes.
Even if it was true, it didn't really matter, because computers keep on getting faster while humans don't, so moving more and more of the work from the programmer to the programmed is inevitable; ah yes, the old, computers-have-so-much-power-we-don't-need-to-care line. in general, this may not be an issue, but there are some people who take this to the extreme, and some programmers who are either so bullheaded, or so retarded, that if they see any loss of performance, the fault is always that of the hardware. Because computers should be able to cope with their terrible code. I mean, come on, this is the 21st century, right?
You make that sound like it was a bad thing. It isn't. Making coding simpler and thus accessible for larger number of people is a good thing; it makes computers more useful to them. yes, I'm sure the legions of people writing spyware, viruses, and other malware for windows would agree with you.
And of course, the less effort you need to put towards the details, the more you can put to the big picture; consequently, removing the grunt work from programming makes even good programmers more productive, since they'll be using less of their time for said grunt work. absolutely, the virus writers are more productive than ever. back when viruses had to be written in super optimised assembly so that you could jam a couple of bytes into a bootblock to call a nasty wee sub, then continue on as if nothing had happened was a real art.
now what? you can get virus construction kits. why think for yourself when someone else can do that for you?
Besides, having the computer automatically do things like memory management behind the scenes means that you don't have to do them in your code, making it simpler, not bloated. I disagree. your source may not be bloated, but the binary at the end will be.
making programming simpler only means that simpler coders will be coding.
Assuming that Flash is made in C or C++, here is another very vivid example of why these languages should be banned. look, there's really no nice way of saying this, but... well, you're an idiot.
what should be banned are those useless coders who think that a language should do everything for you, thus making you lazy and bloated like your code.
remember: you are in control of the machine, not the other way around.
unlike the pictures you're looking at, space has three dimensions.
what you'll find is that the milky way galaxy is 100,000 light years across (at current estimates); and these new findings refer to its depth, if you will. a point to note is that they seem to be referring to its core, so perhaps the spiral "arms" actually extend farther.
actually, I would argue that it's facile assumptions like yours that are the main reasons why so many software products (commercial or otherwise) are riddled with security holes.
do you make the assumption that because you're using tough encryption algorithms, your software can't be hacked? is all your software free of unchecked buffers? are all the libraries that you bind to? how's your memory allocation and deallocation? do you encrypt end to end, but store encryption keys in plain text? world readable?
somewhere, somehow, every programmer will make a mistake. whether it's bad design or a genuine bug, but there are plenty of dedicated professionals and amateurs who will find it for you.
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And they feel they have to do these "studies" for marketing reasons. Just like Microsoft did "studies" that adoption of Vista was through the roof. This exists for no other reason than to allay the disinterest that everybody has.
GPLv3 = IPv6 = Vista = "wfc";
didn't Heinlein predict dishing out intergalactic real-estate we don't actually own?
why'd you waste your life doing a degree if you didn't attend any of the classes? surely they can't *all* have been programming classes, or you would have quit or failed your degree.
and didn't your "big" university have career/guidance councelors?
didn't your tutors help you when they saw that you sucked at programming?
How the fuck do you get PLO out of Personal Liberation Fonts?
For Dog's sake, sit down you dyslexic bastard.
and are you going to buy a copy?
and how many people, who did previously know about it, are going to buy it now? after a) knowing there's a terrible review out there, and b) given Atari is trying to censor reviewers?
I'm willing to bet my lunch money that the number of potential purchasers has hit rock bottom today.
If this is a "strategy" I vote we henceforth call in the Metallica Strategy or the SCO Strategy (but Metallica did it first, so they should get naming rights). When you're down and out and producing complete and utter garbage, make a big stink and sue someone into oblivion. Then you'll still be in the news.
Thanks. :) Just make sure that when you steal it you credit it appropriately. hehe.
well, that depends on his promotion and how it can be used to your advantage. that's what you're thinking right?
well, what happens if someone higher than him finds more porn later, and this guy turns around and says "that's ok, the sysadmin will just clean it for me again."
could land you both in the poo. I wouldn't do it for anyone I wasn't getting great sex from. then at least you can justify getting fired.
It's been said before, but I thought I'd spell it out.
TFA has 2 requirements. one is "Not require Wine to run."
EVE Online requires Wine/cider to run. It is a not a native client, so it shouldn't be on the list. That cuts the games down to 41. Any others that shouldn't be there?
double wrong. kinda.
the native linux program is a downloader of the Windows Application, and an installer of cider/cedega/whatever it's called.
given TFA's requirement of "Not require Wine to run" this would have to be a fail.
Eve Online is a Windows program requiring Wine or derivative to run. Technically, they could list the Eve INSTALLER on their list, but that's not a game.
I feel dumber after having read the first few sentences of that.
who still reads game reviews? we all know that the magazines are all biased. They give good and bad reviews depending on who crosses their palms with more money or more free games.
games that are absolute rubbish get good reviews because the publishers were good to the reviewers or parent company. the number one goal of game review mags and sites is to help sell games.
the only people I still see reading traditional game reviews are kids and n00bs who don't know any better.
I published a magazine a couple of years ago, and in it all game reviews reviewed gameplay from one person's perspective, and would never ever give a score. Because each person is different. If I don't like something about gameplay, you might love it.
in this day and age (with the "help" of blogs), things are getting less structured, and certainly when it comes to game reviews, that's the way I like it. I want someone who is immersed in the game to write from the heart, not some fucking clinical analysis, telling me redundant information like number of polygons, and how many levels of parallax scrolling. maybe give it a quick mention if it's something never before seen in the industry, but don't dwell on it, and certainly don't use it to score the game.
of course, the best policy is to just play the games yourself and make your own decision. stop being a sheep and letting other people's opinions drive yours.
websites like fileshack.com have demo games coming out the wazoo that you can try for yourself.
we don't want to upset the poor children or make their lives too difficult. their parents might sue.
Fairlight were not just a warez group, but that is what people seem to remember them for now.
In fact, they were one of the greatest demogroups on the planet. They are even still active, having gone from c64, to Amiga, to PC demos. Here's a big list of Fairlight demos.
is that what you're saying?
let me make this clear: no language is at fault for anything in the IT industry. that distinction is placed squarely on all the idiot programmers who do stupid things with those languages. it's your job to understand the constraints and abilities of the language and work within that.
or, put another way -- a gun allows me to blow my cock off. Am I going to do that? uh. no.
but I hear you. yes, to a point I agree with you. writing X completely in assembler is something I'd not wish on my worst enemy. High level languages are without a doubt the primary reason computers have shifted from the domain of the ubergeeks, but it's the complacency in those languages I can't abide.
My version of cat (written in asm) weighs in at 596 bytes. Even if it was true, it didn't really matter, because computers keep on getting faster while humans don't, so moving more and more of the work from the programmer to the programmed is inevitable; ah yes, the old, computers-have-so-much-power-we-don't-need-to-care line. in general, this may not be an issue, but there are some people who take this to the extreme, and some programmers who are either so bullheaded, or so retarded, that if they see any loss of performance, the fault is always that of the hardware. Because computers should be able to cope with their terrible code. I mean, come on, this is the 21st century, right? You make that sound like it was a bad thing. It isn't. Making coding simpler and thus accessible for larger number of people is a good thing; it makes computers more useful to them. yes, I'm sure the legions of people writing spyware, viruses, and other malware for windows would agree with you. And of course, the less effort you need to put towards the details, the more you can put to the big picture; consequently, removing the grunt work from programming makes even good programmers more productive, since they'll be using less of their time for said grunt work. absolutely, the virus writers are more productive than ever. back when viruses had to be written in super optimised assembly so that you could jam a couple of bytes into a bootblock to call a nasty wee sub, then continue on as if nothing had happened was a real art.
now what? you can get virus construction kits. why think for yourself when someone else can do that for you?
making programming simpler only means that simpler coders will be coding.
what should be banned are those useless coders who think that a language should do everything for you, thus making you lazy and bloated like your code.
remember: you are in control of the machine, not the other way around.
unlike the pictures you're looking at, space has three dimensions.
what you'll find is that the milky way galaxy is 100,000 light years across (at current estimates); and these new findings refer to its depth, if you will. a point to note is that they seem to be referring to its core, so perhaps the spiral "arms" actually extend farther.
the most shocking part of this is that the Village People are still alive.
I mean, what 1 or 2 songs and they can afford to live for decades? they really are creaming the profits.
that's the funniest damn thing I've read since the last funniest thing in the world I read.
actually, I would argue that it's facile assumptions like yours that are the main reasons why so many software products (commercial or otherwise) are riddled with security holes.
do you make the assumption that because you're using tough encryption algorithms, your software can't be hacked? is all your software free of unchecked buffers? are all the libraries that you bind to? how's your memory allocation and deallocation? do you encrypt end to end, but store encryption keys in plain text? world readable?
somewhere, somehow, every programmer will make a mistake. whether it's bad design or a genuine bug, but there are plenty of dedicated professionals and amateurs who will find it for you.
hey don't laugh. while _they_ may not be running an airline, their software most certainly is. And in time, if M$ get their way, all the _planes_ too.
then woe betide anyone living on the sides of mountains. the gates foundation will be relocating thousands of tibetan monks.
or, more appropriately,
pick the answer that is blatantly wrong.