Not to mention the scenes are shot complete out of order. Without a frame of reference for what took place first, it would really be difficult for an outside viewer (or even the actors) to figure out the order of the scenes and the plot of the movie.
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Wow, sounds like it will be an exciting game. Wake someone up, bring in Habitat for Humanity and build a home. Repeat.
postin Slashdot is fine, but come on... couldn't your time be better spent taking a walk or finding a cure for cancer?
Who are you to tell people how to better spend their time?
Re:think inside the box damnit!
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Ion Storm's problems had nothing to do with an office with toys but egos. Not to mention Romero renting office space with HUGE windows that look really cool, but also acted as a nice greenhouse. Creating a very hot environment and a glare off monitors that had to be compensated with blankets over cubicles.
Pixar did more than just rent cool office space and toys, but also made sure it didn't hamper the experience.
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Just learn one more chord...
Re:The description is very vague
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He said "aggressively" not "psychotically", heheh.
Just write "Refused, return to sender" along with a note on the envelope that says something to the effect of "Nothing personal, I'm just boycotting the publishers of this card."
My mom would cry for a day if I returned a card she sent me, no matter my intentions. Thanks for the suggestion!!
Maybe he doesn't have the time/money/equipment/skill/knowledge to do it himself and just would like to play with it. Sounds like a reasonable request to me.
McCarthyism. Blacklisting. These two are related, and should be a single point. Yes, this was a dark time. Civil rights were being trounced upon. However, no one was tortured or sent to forced labor camps. Not to mention that it didn't take long before sanity prevailed and McCarthy was denounced. Unfortunately, many careers were damaged.
Internment camps. This was bad. Plain and simple. You're right. We are just now apologizing about this, and doing what we can to reconcile. This should never have happened.
Murder of civil rights leaders. Are you saying State sponsered murder? If so, give me a break. If not, you can not hold government responsible for the acts of a lunatic.
The U.S. has made many mistakes in it's short history. And yes, you could say that there was "plenty of intolerance, persecution, oppression, and corruption." Nobody ever said that it's a perfect nation. But if you think you'll find any less than ANY other country in the world, you are in for a shock.
You've mentioned isolated occurances that for some reason slipped through the cracks of the safeguards put in place by the constitution. Those occurances are dealt with and measures are taken to make sure that they never happen again. Can you say that for the former Soviet Union?
You have to remember there is a MAJOR problem with focus follows mouse concept in OS X. The menu bar is at the top of the SCREEN not the top of the window. This means if you want to select a menu item, you move to the top of the screen... guess what, the mouse cursor just popped out of the window, and possibly onto another window. And now the menu that you were moving to is no longer the one you want.
Hey, just because your thumbs aren't as dexterous as mine...:)
Personally, I am an avid PC gamer and an avid console gamer. I found it a bit difficult to switch at first, but once I practiced a bit I found I could have just as much (in some cases more, in some cases less) precision using two analogue joysticks as a keyboard and mouse.
The whole argument of less control via console is old, don't get me wrong, I used to say the same thing. However, I remember a similar sentiment switching from DOOM to Quake... i.e. mouse control sucks. Keyboard only is where it's at.
Like anything else, takes some time to get used to, but once you do, it's not as bad as you think.
"She joined DoubleClick in February 2000 after the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into complaints that the company was improperly storing and sharing private user data. DoubleClick also was embroiled in similar investigations by 12 state attorneys general and several class-action lawsuits.
DoubleClick settled most of those lawsuits, and created a division specializing in privacy compliance, which O'Connor Kelly ran. "
Sounds to me like some changes were make by O'Connor Kelly and privacy was improved. I'd say it takes a pretty strong person to go into a company as deep in it as Double Click and improve it.
My intent was to point out what is happening in many cases, I'd say the majority.
I have a software engineering background, so the "boring" process stuff (design, documentation and defect management) something I get into. As it seems you do as well. So, I too would never want to release something that I wouldn't be proud of.
However, I think that attitude is in the minority from the small projects I've seen. Most appear to be hacked together things that would ashame displined programmers. It is these projects that are flooding the OSS community and these that most seem to be the most glaring.
Re:No we do not need ANOTHER mp3 player...
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Exactly! I also think this brings up a major problem with OSS. With commercial software, I am sitting in an office for 9 hours a day, writing software for pay. This means I HAVE to get all the specification requirements complete, have all bugs that the QA guys find fixed, and meet a deadline.
Now, compare that with OSS. I have no constraints, no managing force to keep me on track. I want to do something cool, I want to write a KICK ASS MP3 player. I know that there are thousands out there, but mine is going to be much better. I get the basics finished, it plays mp3s but it's buggy. Guess what... I get bored and move on. Face it fixing bugs is mind numbing. With out a paycheck as incentive to fix them, 99% of the time, you don't. Especially, when your interests have shifted.
It's the mentality of wanting to create something of your own, not fix something of someone elses. The thing that keeps commercial software on track is that paycheck.
I disagree... you are thinking like a petty thief, not a bully. I consider these laptops to be similar to your text book, bullies wouldn't steal your textbook just to sell them. You may have to watch out for one knocking your laptop out of your hand and breaking it, but not stealing it. Now, the crack heads on the way to and from school... that's another story.
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There's a difference between a year and a fiscal year. July 1st is the end of the fiscal year for many businesses.
No, microfries.
False advertising would have been naming it Duke Nukem Now.
Why are Yanks so full of themselves?
Because they have won 26 World Series...
I'm sure that's what you meant, right? I'd hate to think you made a blanket generalization of a people.
Not to mention the scenes are shot complete out of order. Without a frame of reference for what took place first, it would really be difficult for an outside viewer (or even the actors) to figure out the order of the scenes and the plot of the movie.
Wow, sounds like it will be an exciting game. Wake someone up, bring in Habitat for Humanity and build a home. Repeat.
postin Slashdot is fine, but come on... couldn't your time be better spent taking a walk or finding a cure for cancer?
Who are you to tell people how to better spend their time?
Ion Storm's problems had nothing to do with an office with toys but egos. Not to mention Romero renting office space with HUGE windows that look really cool, but also acted as a nice greenhouse. Creating a very hot environment and a glare off monitors that had to be compensated with blankets over cubicles.
Pixar did more than just rent cool office space and toys, but also made sure it didn't hamper the experience.
Just learn one more chord...
He said "aggressively" not "psychotically", heheh.
I am sorry, but Java is slow, on any JVM I know of.
Define what you mean by slow. That is, what you are using for comparison.
AWT/Swing is unresponsive and not snappy, definately giving the feeling of slow. Use IBM's SWT to remedy this.
I/O operations are more expensive than native apps. Use 1.4's nio package to remedy this.
I'll agree that somethings (maybe even many) it may be slowER, but I wouldn't call it slow.
Just write "Refused, return to sender" along with a note on the envelope that says something to the effect of "Nothing personal, I'm just boycotting the publishers of this card."
My mom would cry for a day if I returned a card she sent me, no matter my intentions. Thanks for the suggestion!!
He was whining?
Maybe he doesn't have the time/money/equipment/skill/knowledge to do it himself and just would like to play with it. Sounds like a reasonable request to me.
McCarthyism.
Blacklisting.
These two are related, and should be a single point. Yes, this was a dark time. Civil rights were being trounced upon. However, no one was tortured or sent to forced labor camps. Not to mention that it didn't take long before sanity prevailed and McCarthy was denounced. Unfortunately, many careers were damaged.
Internment camps.
This was bad. Plain and simple. You're right. We are just now apologizing about this, and doing what we can to reconcile. This should never have happened.
Murder of civil rights leaders.
Are you saying State sponsered murder? If so, give me a break. If not, you can not hold government responsible for the acts of a lunatic.
The U.S. has made many mistakes in it's short history. And yes, you could say that there was "plenty of intolerance, persecution, oppression, and corruption." Nobody ever said that it's a perfect nation. But if you think you'll find any less than ANY other country in the world, you are in for a shock.
You've mentioned isolated occurances that for some reason slipped through the cracks of the safeguards put in place by the constitution. Those occurances are dealt with and measures are taken to make sure that they never happen again. Can you say that for the former Soviet Union?
"Although not really a 'rotary disc'"
You answered your own question.
You have to remember there is a MAJOR problem with focus follows mouse concept in OS X. The menu bar is at the top of the SCREEN not the top of the window. This means if you want to select a menu item, you move to the top of the screen... guess what, the mouse cursor just popped out of the window, and possibly onto another window. And now the menu that you were moving to is no longer the one you want.
Conspiracy theories aside...
Improvements were made, this person made them.
Hey, just because your thumbs aren't as dexterous as mine... :)
Personally, I am an avid PC gamer and an avid console gamer. I found it a bit difficult to switch at first, but once I practiced a bit I found I could have just as much (in some cases more, in some cases less) precision using two analogue joysticks as a keyboard and mouse.
The whole argument of less control via console is old, don't get me wrong, I used to say the same thing. However, I remember a similar sentiment switching from DOOM to Quake... i.e. mouse control sucks. Keyboard only is where it's at.
Like anything else, takes some time to get used to, but once you do, it's not as bad as you think.
From the article:
"She joined DoubleClick in February 2000 after the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into complaints that the company was improperly storing and sharing private user data. DoubleClick also was embroiled in similar investigations by 12 state attorneys general and several class-action lawsuits.
DoubleClick settled most of those lawsuits, and created a division specializing in privacy compliance, which O'Connor Kelly ran. "
Sounds to me like some changes were make by O'Connor Kelly and privacy was improved. I'd say it takes a pretty strong person to go into a company as deep in it as Double Click and improve it.
My intent was to point out what is happening in many cases, I'd say the majority.
I have a software engineering background, so the "boring" process stuff (design, documentation and defect management) something I get into. As it seems you do as well. So, I too would never want to release something that I wouldn't be proud of.
However, I think that attitude is in the minority from the small projects I've seen. Most appear to be hacked together things that would ashame displined programmers. It is these projects that are flooding the OSS community and these that most seem to be the most glaring.
Exactly! I also think this brings up a major problem with OSS. With commercial software, I am sitting in an office for 9 hours a day, writing software for pay. This means I HAVE to get all the specification requirements complete, have all bugs that the QA guys find fixed, and meet a deadline.
Now, compare that with OSS. I have no constraints, no managing force to keep me on track. I want to do something cool, I want to write a KICK ASS MP3 player. I know that there are thousands out there, but mine is going to be much better. I get the basics finished, it plays mp3s but it's buggy. Guess what... I get bored and move on. Face it fixing bugs is mind numbing. With out a paycheck as incentive to fix them, 99% of the time, you don't. Especially, when your interests have shifted.
It's the mentality of wanting to create something of your own, not fix something of someone elses. The thing that keeps commercial software on track is that paycheck.
17" ego? What exactly does that mean?
Too bad I don't have mod points, I'd mod this up to insightful. ESPECIALLY after reading the post directly above it.
I disagree... you are thinking like a petty thief, not a bully. I consider these laptops to be similar to your text book, bullies wouldn't steal your textbook just to sell them. You may have to watch out for one knocking your laptop out of your hand and breaking it, but not stealing it. Now, the crack heads on the way to and from school... that's another story.