It all depends on your point of view. Making and selling mobile apps could be a lot more than a hobby.
Contributing to a FOSS project - is that a hobby? I'd say the number of hours a week put in determine that.
I got to sit and have a long conversation once with Louise Solheim. Her husband was Karsten Solheim. He had passed away by the time we met, but she told my wife and I the story of how he started his business and transitioned from being an engineer to selling golf clubs. A lot of what he did for a very long time could easily be described as a hobby - but it became an incredibly profitable business over time.
write apps, contribute to open projects, write a book and or books, volunteer with a non-profit. Or read reddit a lot and play starcraft or something. So many possibilities.
I don't care what sport it is - when contracts worth millions of dollars are on the line, there will always be talented people willing to do whatever they have to in order to stay competitive and even excel.
If you enjoy reading and want to take a stab at it yourself, it's a lot of fun. And while I bought this book - if you are willing to write reviews a lot of publishers are happy to send you books for free. Something I learned when I commented on a book review here at Slashdot a few years back.
I guess lots of people want the free books but they have a harder time finding folks who will follow through on the review part.
I think it is just the chapters hooked together - though I can't say that for sure as I never read them separately.
Yeah - I wasn't big on the codas either.
The Old Man's War books are all good. Android's Dream is pretty much awesome and might be my favorite of his. Agent to the Stars is pretty good too. I didn't totally buy the end but I really enjoyed the ride. I think you can read that for free. At least you could before when I read it. Yeah - here it is - Agent to the Stars.
I think he has an immense amount of talent and I'm glad he's writing in my favorite genre.
For me the hardcover is $16.71 and the Kindle version is $11.04 - which I think is what I paid. So I would double check that. It wouldn't make sense for it to be more than $13 as there are 13 episodes available at.99 each. They are all drm free so I would think it would be trivial to buy them separately and combine them.
Sorry - Starship Troopers and Forever War on the opposite ends. I don't know how many times I looked at that and missed it. It is late here though so I'll use that as my excuse. Going to bed soon.
If you want to put Old Man's War and The Forever War on opposite ends of an ideological spectrum I'd say that Old Man's war is somewhere between the two - and at various points in the books, depending on your biases you may see it leaning towards one or the other.
I'd say the series as a whole probably is more in line with The Forever War from a philosophical view point and closer in writing style to Starship Troopers. Though as I say, Scalzi really has his own style. But the comparisons between Scalzi and Heinlein come up a lot and I can see it to some extent.
I think Scalzi is a better writer than Heinlein in some regards. He doesn't beat you over the head with his view points as much. He writes better humor I think and has that same pragmatic approach but without so much ideological fervor. I think. This all can get so subjective. I think some of these same strengths give him an edge over Haldeman. I don't think Scalzi feels as preachy.
I liked Forever War but I thought Armor by John Steakley was better military sci-fi with an anti-war message.
I felt like some of the side stuff - or whatever you would call it- didn't necessarily move the plot forward but did really give the characters a lot more depth - so that when things happened later I cared a lot more.
Redshirts didn't work for me because I just don't like that kind of story. I didn't like it when Heinlein did it. I didn't like it when King did it. And I love those guys work, just not that sort of thing. Which I don't want to describe and ruin it for anyone who hasn't read the book.
I still think it was very well written, just not for me.
I do post them to my book review blog too- geekbook.org. Feel free to hop over and experience more disappointment with my sub par writing skills. Though I have to admit I prefer this kind of complaint to the usual slashvertisement drivel.
I did write it without reading any other reviews of the book - so while you may find the quality lacking, it is individual and non regurgitated in its entirety.
Thinking about these: "As for the rest of the astronauts' tools, we were restricted from taking photographs of some because they are export-controlled technology—close-up details of some of the specialized tooling can't be shown to non-US citizens."
On the International Space Station made me chuckle. Government is always there to provide my kind of humor.
If you imagine that - you need to study up on your history. It was known that the earth was round and orbited the sun a long, long time before those two showed up.
I read the question and though, "What? How can it be hard not to succeed? You just switch the license." Then I read the summary and realized the real question was "Can closed source software transition to the gpl profitably?" That is a question I understand a lot better.
I don't know a clear answer. I do know that donations for that kind of product are not too likely to be a good way to bring in income.
I have my shower set to around 35. My wife bumps it up to around 40 but I think she is crazy.
And I'm a mammal. So I also give off heat. I prefer the objects that I allow to come into contact with my skin to be cooler than I am or at the most to come to the same temperature I am.
I've read the Anan review and it mentions pretty much everything that's in the summary. Though he puts a lot of positive spin on some things - the fans and the heat for example. He says you can hear the fans but it is not a problem. And proceeds to say the case hits 40 degrees but that it's not uncomfortable for it to be that hot. I have a hard time believing that.
I think the idea has some promise but a lot of problems in this current form.
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It all depends on your point of view. Making and selling mobile apps could be a lot more than a hobby.
Contributing to a FOSS project - is that a hobby? I'd say the number of hours a week put in determine that.
I got to sit and have a long conversation once with Louise Solheim. Her husband was Karsten Solheim. He had passed away by the time we met, but she told my wife and I the story of how he started his business and transitioned from being an engineer to selling golf clubs. A lot of what he did for a very long time could easily be described as a hobby - but it became an incredibly profitable business over time.
write apps, contribute to open projects, write a book and or books, volunteer with a non-profit. Or read reddit a lot and play starcraft or something. So many possibilities.
No they aren't. With charging kiosks in malls and such, like these or these I would say that they are pretty common.
Annnd... there's a beach ball on the field.......
one of my favorite scenes.
I don't care what sport it is - when contracts worth millions of dollars are on the line, there will always be talented people willing to do whatever they have to in order to stay competitive and even excel.
yeah - I pretty much always go to Amazon through a vpn. So that explains it. Stupid.
When a lot of Penguins are all together in one place does it stink? I would think it does but I've never had a chance to find out.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
If you enjoy reading and want to take a stab at it yourself, it's a lot of fun. And while I bought this book - if you are willing to write reviews a lot of publishers are happy to send you books for free. Something I learned when I commented on a book review here at Slashdot a few years back.
I guess lots of people want the free books but they have a harder time finding folks who will follow through on the review part.
I think it is just the chapters hooked together - though I can't say that for sure as I never read them separately.
Yeah - I wasn't big on the codas either.
The Old Man's War books are all good. Android's Dream is pretty much awesome and might be my favorite of his. Agent to the Stars is pretty good too. I didn't totally buy the end but I really enjoyed the ride. I think you can read that for free. At least you could before when I read it. Yeah - here it is - Agent to the Stars.
I think he has an immense amount of talent and I'm glad he's writing in my favorite genre.
For me the hardcover is $16.71 and the Kindle version is $11.04 - which I think is what I paid. So I would double check that. It wouldn't make sense for it to be more than $13 as there are 13 episodes available at .99 each. They are all drm free so I would think it would be trivial to buy them separately and combine them.
Sorry - Starship Troopers and Forever War on the opposite ends. I don't know how many times I looked at that and missed it. It is late here though so I'll use that as my excuse. Going to bed soon.
If you want to put Old Man's War and The Forever War on opposite ends of an ideological spectrum I'd say that Old Man's war is somewhere between the two - and at various points in the books, depending on your biases you may see it leaning towards one or the other.
I'd say the series as a whole probably is more in line with The Forever War from a philosophical view point and closer in writing style to Starship Troopers. Though as I say, Scalzi really has his own style. But the comparisons between Scalzi and Heinlein come up a lot and I can see it to some extent.
I think Scalzi is a better writer than Heinlein in some regards. He doesn't beat you over the head with his view points as much. He writes better humor I think and has that same pragmatic approach but without so much ideological fervor. I think. This all can get so subjective. I think some of these same strengths give him an edge over Haldeman. I don't think Scalzi feels as preachy.
I liked Forever War but I thought Armor by John Steakley was better military sci-fi with an anti-war message.
I felt like some of the side stuff - or whatever you would call it- didn't necessarily move the plot forward but did really give the characters a lot more depth - so that when things happened later I cared a lot more.
Redshirts didn't work for me because I just don't like that kind of story. I didn't like it when Heinlein did it. I didn't like it when King did it. And I love those guys work, just not that sort of thing. Which I don't want to describe and ruin it for anyone who hasn't read the book.
I still think it was very well written, just not for me.
I do post them to my book review blog too- geekbook.org. Feel free to hop over and experience more disappointment with my sub par writing skills. Though I have to admit I prefer this kind of complaint to the usual slashvertisement drivel.
I did write it without reading any other reviews of the book - so while you may find the quality lacking, it is individual and non regurgitated in its entirety.
losing
http://i.imgur.com/IWPsqOR.png
This is the shot I saw of some of his comments that was posted on Reddit. He seems to be rather out of touch.
Not sure if this one is real (the above I feel pretty confident is untouched) but found it funny:
http://i.imgur.com/rixjoS6.jpg
tooshay
Are we worried about their manned space programs?
Thinking about these:
"As for the rest of the astronauts' tools, we were restricted from taking photographs of some because they are export-controlled technology—close-up details of some of the specialized tooling can't be shown to non-US citizens."
On the International Space Station made me chuckle. Government is always there to provide my kind of humor.
I got it from Reddit - so good call.
But relax - most people will never see it. It's not my fault that I think of Breaking Bad whenever I hear Heisenberg now. :)
Yeah Science!
If you imagine that - you need to study up on your history. It was known that the earth was round and orbited the sun a long, long time before those two showed up.
I read the question and though, "What? How can it be hard not to succeed? You just switch the license." Then I read the summary and realized the real question was "Can closed source software transition to the gpl profitably?" That is a question I understand a lot better.
I don't know a clear answer. I do know that donations for that kind of product are not too likely to be a good way to bring in income.
I have my shower set to around 35. My wife bumps it up to around 40 but I think she is crazy.
And I'm a mammal. So I also give off heat. I prefer the objects that I allow to come into contact with my skin to be cooler than I am or at the most to come to the same temperature I am.
I've read the Anan review and it mentions pretty much everything that's in the summary. Though he puts a lot of positive spin on some things - the fans and the heat for example. He says you can hear the fans but it is not a problem. And proceeds to say the case hits 40 degrees but that it's not uncomfortable for it to be that hot. I have a hard time believing that.
I think the idea has some promise but a lot of problems in this current form.
all the way down.
The turtles are behind it all in the end.