Yes, but I've never met an absolutely top-notch programmer who didn't have a well-thumbed set --- granted this is a small sample (I've known 3 ``real programmers''), but 100% correlation is a good indicator, no?
I've always regretted that I spent that summer after graduating from high school working --- I'd considered hiking the Appalachian Trail --- which I've finally begun, but I'm reduced to doing it in sections, which is far more expensive and lacks the sense of achievement of doing it all at once.
While I never succeeded in my efforts to learn to memorize who performed what, I did spend a fair bit of time pondering innovative album designs and illustrations (probably a part of why I'm a graphic designer now).
Sad that the faux newspaper of Jethro Tull's album _Thick as a Brick_ was reduced to type sized for a postage stamp for the CD version (and even worse that it retained the cut in the middle which had made it possible to fit on two sides of an album).
Will there be no nifty designs like Alice Cooper's _From the Inside_ (which integrated the album liner w/ the outer jacket via die-cut doors)?
Who will take up the mantle of Frank Frazetta to produce album covers like Molly Hatchett's first three albums?
William (who is still irritated that he had to import the soundtrack CD for _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ since in the U.S. it was an Apple Music Store, online-exclusive)
>Americans ask for more money than they are worth.
No, Americans ask for more money than H1B visa holders are willing to work for. Wages as a share of the GDP peaked in 1972 in the U.S. yet profits over-all are still going up --- H1B visas are a tiny part of how corporations are able to get more work done for less money paid so as to maximize profit.
I've been agonizing over this since Apple bought NeXT.
While I prefer Mac OS X to the old Mac OS, there're a bunch of things which I've had to give up from NeXT/OPENstep:
- repositionable, vertical main menu w/ tear off sub menus (need to access a command frequently? Tear it off and put it in a corner)
- pop-up main menu (used some commands, like ``Punch'' in Altsys Virtuoso, so much they became essentially gestural)
- Top-level Print, Hide, Quit and Services menus
- pervasive Services which ``just work''
- Display PostScript (it kills me that two decades after DPS was created it's still possible to put a graphic on-screen and not have it print to match the on-screen appearance)
- system-wide PANTONE color library license
- skull and crossbones ``Kill'' button
- ``Unix Expert'' checkbox which would show all hidden system directories
- re-sizable ``Shelf'' in the Miller-column browser --- the sidebar is nice, but it lacks the divider bar so that one can hide or show rows as desired
- Altsys Virtuoso --- while FreeHand is nice, it lacks Display PostScript and 10.6.8 is the last OS X version it will be running in (requires Rosetta) --- if Adobe would just recompile it for Intel, I'd pay for an upgrade
It's not _that_ expensive to take up fencing --- my wife has taken it up and just has a couple hundred (big ticket item was a pair of foils wired up for electrical contact so that she could start fencing in tourneys).
Just a matter of finding a local club w/in driving distance.
The problem is, two different sets of interface devices demand two different interfaces.
If one could re-work UI elements via theming so that the system would morph from smart phone to desktop interface and back (throwing in an intermediate Tablet size would be a great bonus) this sort of thing might work.
I've always been faintly surprised Apple hasn't had an option where an iPod could be slotted into a MacBook and used to store the user's home directory (as well as backing it up on the hard drive --- then determine which to boot based on the currently inserted iPod).
They advocated for a dual-boot system which would allow Windows for Pen Computing to co-exist along w/ Go Corporation's PenPoint OS --- then pulled the plug after the first systems were announced.
Jerry Kaplan's _StartUp_ should be required reading for anyone considering doing business w/ Microsoft.
It's ludicrous that one could purchase a system and then not be allowed to install arbitrary software on it --- why can't there be a mechanism for instantiating a particular key on a system which one has physical access to?
The thing is, a fair number of games for the Wii didn't use motion controls --- The Last Story even eschews them when it would make sense (aiming the crossbow begs for it as at least an option).
Similarly, there were a couple of games, which w/ the release of the Motion Plus peripheral / technology showed that motion controls could be done in a far more engaging fashion than the glitchy controls of launch titles like Marvel Ultimate Alliance or Red Steel.
Before you judge the Wii you should take the time to play:
Metroid Prime: Collector's Trilogy --- amazing repacking of 3 classic games w/ new motion controls which add quite a bit of depth to the game The Conduit --- the first person shooter for the Wii Goldeneye --- Amazing remake which is even better for having motion controls and Wii Zapper support Red Steel 2 --- the first game to make use of the Wii Motion Plus and get swordplay as more than a simulation Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- the ultimate action adventure game w/ swordplay, archery and more
There were a lot of other games which I found worth playing (I didn't get around to any of the games on that list):
Metroid Prime: Collector's Trilogy --- amazing repacking of 3 classic games w/ new motion controls which add quite a bit of depth to the game The Conduit --- the first person shooter for the Wii Goldeneye --- Amazing remake which is even better for having motion controls and Wii Zapper support Red Steel 2 --- the first game to make use of the Wii Motion Plus and get swordplay as more than a simulation (I'm looking at you Wii Sports Resort) right Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- the ultimate action adventure game w/ swordplay, archery and more
If Xenoblade Chronicles had been available first quarter in North America, Nintendo probably would've been profitable --- still waiting to see how The Last Story sells (though I'm still raging about the developer not having an option of using IR aiming for the crossbow in that) and really wish Pandora's Tower would come to NA.
No, God specifically noted that Man could be like to God and understand all of Creation (Genesis 11:6 --- The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.) --- it's blasphemous to say that the universe is too complex for humanity to understand its origins.
Yeah, there's a guy on a ``primitive'' archery site whose signature is something along the lines of, ``I don't have weird hobbies, I'm developing a robust, post-apocalyptic skill set.''
Funny thing is, a while back there was a company selling wooden bow staves which were roughed out w/ a CNC laser-cutter.
Somehow that leaves out the State Department blocking the return of WWII-surplus M1 Carbines (the M1 Garands were apparently imported) so that they could be sold by the Civilian Marksmanship Program
Timothy Zahn's Cobra books as well (original short story, ``When Johnny Comes Marching Home'') --- though I prefer his _Blackcollar_ books and find them more likely.
This does come up against something I've been trying to work out the numbers on:
- what's the $ per hour figure for running such a machine?
- how does that balance against the efficiencies of ganging up elements (when possible) for production?
I've begun making wooden cases for my archery gear, and have the tools to do all the cuts efficiently (save for routing out the stopped dado / groove in the end pieces):
It doesn't take long to cut a set of dovetails once one is practiced at it (and one can clamp multiple boards together to cut several sets of tails at a time --- pins need to be referenced off the matching tails and cut individually), and drilling some holes in the right place is just a matter of a template/jig which can be flipped over --- if I get an electric router then each stopped groove is a quick pass w/ the router (once I build a jig to place it in).
Will I be able to make a machine like a Shapeoko pay for itself for straight-forward work like this?
- how long does it take to mount a piece for cutting?
- how long does it take the machine to make the cuts?
- how much clean-up will said cuts require?
I'd love to have a CNC machine to try out, but am still a bit dis-heartened that Shapeoko's envisioned $300 price point comes to $649 for a full kit at www.inventables.com
This also includes some prime U.S. real estate as well --- I for one would be very sad to lose the Outer Banks (North Caroline barrier islands), and losing them would have negative implications for the North Carolina coast during hurricane season.
This does create some interesting questions:
- could one divert water from the outflow of major rivers for and pump it up-hill to a reservoir which would replenish ground water?
- should cooling systems for nuclear power plants, rather than pump all water immediately back into a river pump it into a reservoir?
- should water facilities which take up ground water be required to return said water to a (different) local reservoir instead of putting it into a local river or stream?
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Yes, but I've never met an absolutely top-notch programmer who didn't have a well-thumbed set --- granted this is a small sample (I've known 3 ``real programmers''), but 100% correlation is a good indicator, no?
Perfect reading material for this summer would be a copy of Dr. Donald Ervin Knuth's _The Art of Computer Programming_
Agreed.
I've always regretted that I spent that summer after graduating from high school working --- I'd considered hiking the Appalachian Trail --- which I've finally begun, but I'm reduced to doing it in sections, which is far more expensive and lacks the sense of achievement of doing it all at once.
_not_ Scalzi's reboot.
Charming, stand-alone story which is a part of his ``Terro-Human Future''.
In the public domain, so available from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18137
If you're travelling at some point in the near future, the version on Librivox:
http://librivox.org/little-fuzzy-by-h-beam-piper/
is absolutely professional in its production quality and would make a great story to listen to in the car.
William
(and I second the suggestions of Verne, Ender's Game and the Heinlein juveniles)
While I never succeeded in my efforts to learn to memorize who performed what, I did spend a fair bit of time pondering innovative album designs and illustrations (probably a part of why I'm a graphic designer now).
Sad that the faux newspaper of Jethro Tull's album _Thick as a Brick_ was reduced to type sized for a postage stamp for the CD version (and even worse that it retained the cut in the middle which had made it possible to fit on two sides of an album).
Will there be no nifty designs like Alice Cooper's _From the Inside_ (which integrated the album liner w/ the outer jacket via die-cut doors)?
Who will take up the mantle of Frank Frazetta to produce album covers like Molly Hatchett's first three albums?
Even if things like this move on-line (like the liner notes to Jim Croce's _Photographs & Memories_: http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Photographs_and_Memories.html ) it's an extra step, so fewer people will do it.
William
(who is still irritated that he had to import the soundtrack CD for _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ since in the U.S. it was an Apple Music Store, online-exclusive)
AC wrote:
>Americans ask for more money than they are worth.
No, Americans ask for more money than H1B visa holders are willing to work for. Wages as a share of the GDP peaked in 1972 in the U.S. yet profits over-all are still going up --- H1B visas are a tiny part of how corporations are able to get more work done for less money paid so as to maximize profit.
I've been agonizing over this since Apple bought NeXT.
While I prefer Mac OS X to the old Mac OS, there're a bunch of things which I've had to give up from NeXT/OPENstep:
- repositionable, vertical main menu w/ tear off sub menus (need to access a command frequently? Tear it off and put it in a corner)
- pop-up main menu (used some commands, like ``Punch'' in Altsys Virtuoso, so much they became essentially gestural)
- Top-level Print, Hide, Quit and Services menus
- pervasive Services which ``just work''
- Display PostScript (it kills me that two decades after DPS was created it's still possible to put a graphic on-screen and not have it print to match the on-screen appearance)
- system-wide PANTONE color library license
- skull and crossbones ``Kill'' button
- ``Unix Expert'' checkbox which would show all hidden system directories
- re-sizable ``Shelf'' in the Miller-column browser --- the sidebar is nice, but it lacks the divider bar so that one can hide or show rows as desired
- Altsys Virtuoso --- while FreeHand is nice, it lacks Display PostScript and 10.6.8 is the last OS X version it will be running in (requires Rosetta) --- if Adobe would just recompile it for Intel, I'd pay for an upgrade
William
It's not _that_ expensive to take up fencing --- my wife has taken it up and just has a couple hundred (big ticket item was a pair of foils wired up for electrical contact so that she could start fencing in tourneys).
Just a matter of finding a local club w/in driving distance.
William
for the 21st century.
The problem is, two different sets of interface devices demand two different interfaces.
If one could re-work UI elements via theming so that the system would morph from smart phone to desktop interface and back (throwing in an intermediate Tablet size would be a great bonus) this sort of thing might work.
I've always been faintly surprised Apple hasn't had an option where an iPod could be slotted into a MacBook and used to store the user's home directory (as well as backing it up on the hard drive --- then determine which to boot based on the currently inserted iPod).
William
Get the Improvised Munition Handbook (TM 31-210) instead. Much safer, and the stuff in it actually works.
Agreed.
I (should have) written:
``It's ludicrous that one could purchase a _general purpose computer_ system and then not be allowed to install arbitrary software on it.''
for the other side of the house....
They advocated for a dual-boot system which would allow Windows for Pen Computing to co-exist along w/ Go Corporation's PenPoint OS --- then pulled the plug after the first systems were announced.
Jerry Kaplan's _StartUp_ should be required reading for anyone considering doing business w/ Microsoft.
It's ludicrous that one could purchase a system and then not be allowed to install arbitrary software on it --- why can't there be a mechanism for instantiating a particular key on a system which one has physical access to?
William
>Mouse and keyboard is what would make Goldeneye worthwhile.
>In a browser, preferably, with others, because without multiplayer
>it is meh.
Mouse and keyboard as a control scheme don't interest me --- and it has multi-player:
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/19/goldeneye-007-wii-multiplayer-preview/
So I don't understand your point.
>And frankly, it was only amazing because of the lack
>of concurrent competent company on consoles
I really don't care about what else is available when, but the fun value which a game affords, and Goldeneye was a _lot_ of fun.
William
The thing is, a fair number of games for the Wii didn't use motion controls --- The Last Story even eschews them when it would make sense (aiming the crossbow begs for it as at least an option).
Similarly, there were a couple of games, which w/ the release of the Motion Plus peripheral / technology showed that motion controls could be done in a far more engaging fashion than the glitchy controls of launch titles like Marvel Ultimate Alliance or Red Steel.
Before you judge the Wii you should take the time to play:
Metroid Prime: Collector's Trilogy --- amazing repacking of 3 classic games w/ new motion controls which add quite a bit of depth to the game
The Conduit --- the first person shooter for the Wii
Goldeneye --- Amazing remake which is even better for having motion controls and Wii Zapper support
Red Steel 2 --- the first game to make use of the Wii Motion Plus and get swordplay as more than a simulation
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- the ultimate action adventure game w/ swordplay, archery and more
Nintendo had a large number of 3rd-party developers announcing games for the Wii U at the last E3 --- lots of 3rd party devs:
- Electronic Arts
- Ubisoft
- Vigil Games
- Rocksteady Studios
- Codemasters
- Sega
- Namco Bandai Games
- Team Ninja
- Slightly Mad Studios
Probably there are more --- I only found one title announced at E3 which was withdrawn (Metro: Last Light by THQ)...
Hoping for a version of Rocksmith for the Wii U.
man chmod
or
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=permission+775
There were a lot of other games which I found worth playing (I didn't get around to any of the games on that list):
Metroid Prime: Collector's Trilogy --- amazing repacking of 3 classic games w/ new motion controls which add quite a bit of depth to the game
The Conduit --- the first person shooter for the Wii
Goldeneye --- Amazing remake which is even better for having motion controls and Wii Zapper support
Red Steel 2 --- the first game to make use of the Wii Motion Plus and get swordplay as more than a simulation (I'm looking at you Wii Sports Resort) right
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- the ultimate action adventure game w/ swordplay, archery and more
If Xenoblade Chronicles had been available first quarter in North America, Nintendo probably would've been profitable --- still waiting to see how The Last Story sells (though I'm still raging about the developer not having an option of using IR aiming for the crossbow in that) and really wish Pandora's Tower would come to NA.
William
::applause::
Love the Jack Vance reference.
Because I haven't been able to find a pen computer system which works as nicely as Windows Tablet PC.
No, God specifically noted that Man could be like to God and understand all of Creation (Genesis 11:6 --- The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.) --- it's blasphemous to say that the universe is too complex for humanity to understand its origins.
Yeah, there's a guy on a ``primitive'' archery site whose signature is something along the lines of, ``I don't have weird hobbies, I'm developing a robust, post-apocalyptic skill set.''
Funny thing is, a while back there was a company selling wooden bow staves which were roughed out w/ a CNC laser-cutter.
Somehow that leaves out the State Department blocking the return of WWII-surplus M1 Carbines (the M1 Garands were apparently imported) so that they could be sold by the Civilian Marksmanship Program
Timothy Zahn's Cobra books as well (original short story, ``When Johnny Comes Marching Home'') --- though I prefer his _Blackcollar_ books and find them more likely.
William
This does come up against something I've been trying to work out the numbers on:
- what's the $ per hour figure for running such a machine?
- how does that balance against the efficiencies of ganging up elements (when possible) for production?
I've begun making wooden cases for my archery gear, and have the tools to do all the cuts efficiently (save for routing out the stopped dado / groove in the end pieces):
http://www.3riversarchery.com/images/Contest2010/WilliamAdamsTakeDownCase.jpg
It doesn't take long to cut a set of dovetails once one is practiced at it (and one can clamp multiple boards together to cut several sets of tails at a time --- pins need to be referenced off the matching tails and cut individually), and drilling some holes in the right place is just a matter of a template/jig which can be flipped over --- if I get an electric router then each stopped groove is a quick pass w/ the router (once I build a jig to place it in).
Will I be able to make a machine like a Shapeoko pay for itself for straight-forward work like this?
- how long does it take to mount a piece for cutting?
- how long does it take the machine to make the cuts?
- how much clean-up will said cuts require?
I'd love to have a CNC machine to try out, but am still a bit dis-heartened that Shapeoko's envisioned $300 price point comes to $649 for a full kit at www.inventables.com
William
This also includes some prime U.S. real estate as well --- I for one would be very sad to lose the Outer Banks (North Caroline barrier islands), and losing them would have negative implications for the North Carolina coast during hurricane season.
This does create some interesting questions:
- could one divert water from the outflow of major rivers for and pump it up-hill to a reservoir which would replenish ground water?
- should cooling systems for nuclear power plants, rather than pump all water immediately back into a river pump it into a reservoir?
- should water facilities which take up ground water be required to return said water to a (different) local reservoir instead of putting it into a local river or stream?