It is not about learning about a new database. It is learning about ANSI SQL92. Almost all databases under the sun support the main set of functions of SQL92. Even Access out of Office 97 will do.
You don't seem to understand what I mean. I think this guy wants nothing to do with any kind of SQL - I think he wants a UNIX GUI application that allows him to make a databases for keeping track of various things, such as his CD collection, and stuff like that. When he has created his database, he wants to be able to push a button that says "Add record", and it'll present a form that allows him to enter the details of one of his CDs (or whatever). He doesn't care which RDBMS is used by this application. He won't ever see any of the code involved, just the GUI.
There are many Palm applications like this, such as SmartList To Go (formerly ThinkDB), HanDBase, MobileDB, etc.
It is my impression that this guy wants an application with an underlying database, not just a database. I think he wants an application that allows him to make a database for his CD collection (and stuff like that) using a GUI. Learning MySQL isn't the answer here, because that would also require him to code his appliation himself, which he specifically said he didn't want to.
He said Unreal Tournament, not Unreal Tournament 2003. And I can verify that he's correct. There is a setting in Unreal Tournament that you can enable, called "auto-adjust difficulty" or something to that effect.
If you ask me, Eve's realistic economy is by far its strongest point. There is just so many ways you can do business in it. The market works a bit like a stock market, where you can create buy orders for a certain quantity at a certain price. If somebody places a sell order that matches your buy order, the transaction is made. There's much more to it than that, though, but that's the basics of it.
One method of doing business in Eve is trading. Buying where it's cheap, and selling where it's expensive. What I do is I put a region-wide buy order at a cheap price for a certain mineral. Region-wide buy orders allow you to buy stuff "remotely" - I can place a region-wide buy order for a mineral in one system, and that buy order will apply to all systems in that region. When I check back a few hours later, a bunch of people have usually sold me various amounts of mineral in various places in the region. So then I go pick the mineral up, and go somewhere else and put a sell order (at a higher price) for it. A few hours later, people (or NPCs) will usually have bought it.
However, my favourite method of trading was trading without moving around. Instead of flying around picking up the mineral that I bought, I create missions for other people to deliver my recently bought minerals to my home system (the game supports creating delivery missions like this). I pay whoever does the delivery perhaps 30% of the profit I'll get for selling the minerals after they've been delivered to me.
It's also possible to buy stock in player created corporations.
And that's just scratching the surface. I can think of at least 4 or 5 other ways to do business, none of which would be possible with a more simplistic economy. I realise that this is not everybody's cup of tea though, but for those of us who likes this particular brand of tea, this cup is the only one around.
I'd recommend the Sony Clie UX50, or the next version of it when it arrives. It's a PalmOS based PDA with built-in bluetooth and Wifi in a "mini-laptop" form factor with a thumb keyboard that's bigger than that of most other PDAs. There are SSH clients and reasonably good mail clients and web browsers for PalmOS, so you should be OK in that department.
IANAL, but as I understand it, Linden never had copyright of any kind of the stuff you created in the first place. If I'm not mistaken, it takes a signed contract to hand over copyright of your work to someone else, no matter what tools are used in its creation. Just because Second Life's previous TOS said they owned copyright of your stuff, that doesn't change copyright law.
But then again, IANAL, and it's very possible that I'm missing something.
I'm European, and I didn't let that stop me from playing Second Life.
Just as I had entered the world, a Linden (the developer) representative appeared to greet me. I asked him if it was true that they only allow US and Canada citizens, and he said it wasn't, and that he'd make sure the web site is changed to reflect that.
Somebody once said something to the effect of "The fool sees ignorance everywhere. The wise sees ignorance within himself". This basically means that the truly wise concentrate on their own ignorance, instead of spewing off on others'.
I'd agree with you - if playing games was the only thing this device was good for. But a PalmOS PDA with a good processor, 32 MB RAM, 480x320 screen and Bluetooth like this for USD 299 may well be viable even without a single game. Now, add the ability to play good games, and you've got something very interesting.
Granted, I don't think this device will cut into GBA's market segment. I think it will mostly be bought by people who would otherwise had bought some other PalmOS device. And remember, there already are a lot of interesting PalmOS games out there that work on this device too. Many of them are crap, but there are so many to choose from, there's bound to be some good ones around too.
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I Have no idea if you're being serious, or if you're just some kind of pro-Sweden troll, but most North American jurisdictions have notice requirements too (2 weeks where I live), but companies often just give fired employees their salary for the notice period in lieu of notice, again, usually in situations where the presence of the fired employee would be disruptive or present a business risk.
For the record, I'm totally serious, and I didn't mean this as a troll. I was just horrified from reading some of the stories, and happy that we seem to have better employee protection laws over here (employers would never get away with using security guards like that here, if nothing else, the union would have them for breakfast).
What's this talk about security people at layoffs / firings? And getting escorted out of the building right away?
Here in Sweden where I live, it's not like that at all. First of all, people always get atleast one month's notice. That's required by law. In many cases, you don't even have to show up for work during that month if you don't want to, but you still get full pay. I guess Swedish companies treat their employees so much better they don't feel the need to have security present at layoffs / firing, because they don't feel threatened by us. Last time there were layoffs where I work, the company took the entire department (including those who where laid off) out to lunch to sort of say "thank you for working for us". The company picked up the tab, of course.
How the argument is flawed? The argument isn't about what computers and PS2s can be used for, it's about what it is intended mainly to be used for. The PS2 is mainly intended for games. So are many computers. The potential uses (word processing, etc) is not the issue.
"It is quite clear that [the PS2] is intended mainly to be used to run video games."
Well, so are many computers... so I don't really see the relevance of trying to point that out as a distinction between consoles and computers. That doesn't mean I think of the PS2 as a computer though, only that I think that argument is a bit flawed.
I'm gonna be all nitpicky and point out that, unlike what the article claims, M59 was not the first online game. There have been online games since the 70's. I'm not sure which one was the first, but it may have been Empire. What they really meant to say was that this is the first graphical retail MMORPG.
So I'm a nitpick. Sue me:-)
Anyway, I wish the M59's developers the best of luck (and I'll see you on MUD-dev, hehe).
You make it sound like playing video is all this thing does. It does waaaay more than that. But I'll agree that it's not exactly revolutionary in any way, but it's not crappy either.
You're talking about 3G, the 3rd generation cell phone network. They've got that in Japan already (with video cell phones, etc) and we're supposedly getting it here in Sweden by the end of the year.
I have an old Clie NR70V with a 66 MHz Motorola processor, and it plays video with fair quality at 320x480, so I don't think that'll be a problem with a 200 MHz model.
I'd love to see a remake of Maxis' RoboSport. It was a turn-based combat game, where teams of robots fought eachother. Multiplayer (up to 4 players) was very configurable on my Amiga. There's supposed to be a remake for Mac, but I don't have one, so I'd like to see one made for PC.
Sometimes I'm behind the wheel when I would most likely fail a breathalyzer. However, I am much more careful and much better of a driver than many
No you're not. You're by definition a horrible driver if you drive under the influence from time to time, because that proves you have no judgement, which is critical to be considered a good and careful driver.
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You don't seem to understand what I mean. I think this guy wants nothing to do with any kind of SQL - I think he wants a UNIX GUI application that allows him to make a databases for keeping track of various things, such as his CD collection, and stuff like that. When he has created his database, he wants to be able to push a button that says "Add record", and it'll present a form that allows him to enter the details of one of his CDs (or whatever). He doesn't care which RDBMS is used by this application. He won't ever see any of the code involved, just the GUI.
There are many Palm applications like this, such as SmartList To Go (formerly ThinkDB), HanDBase, MobileDB, etc.
It is my impression that this guy wants an application with an underlying database, not just a database. I think he wants an application that allows him to make a database for his CD collection (and stuff like that) using a GUI. Learning MySQL isn't the answer here, because that would also require him to code his appliation himself, which he specifically said he didn't want to.
He said Unreal Tournament, not Unreal Tournament 2003. And I can verify that he's correct. There is a setting in Unreal Tournament that you can enable, called "auto-adjust difficulty" or something to that effect.
If you ask me, Eve's realistic economy is by far its strongest point. There is just so many ways you can do business in it. The market works a bit like a stock market, where you can create buy orders for a certain quantity at a certain price. If somebody places a sell order that matches your buy order, the transaction is made. There's much more to it than that, though, but that's the basics of it.
One method of doing business in Eve is trading. Buying where it's cheap, and selling where it's expensive. What I do is I put a region-wide buy order at a cheap price for a certain mineral. Region-wide buy orders allow you to buy stuff "remotely" - I can place a region-wide buy order for a mineral in one system, and that buy order will apply to all systems in that region. When I check back a few hours later, a bunch of people have usually sold me various amounts of mineral in various places in the region. So then I go pick the mineral up, and go somewhere else and put a sell order (at a higher price) for it. A few hours later, people (or NPCs) will usually have bought it.
However, my favourite method of trading was trading without moving around. Instead of flying around picking up the mineral that I bought, I create missions for other people to deliver my recently bought minerals to my home system (the game supports creating delivery missions like this). I pay whoever does the delivery perhaps 30% of the profit I'll get for selling the minerals after they've been delivered to me.
It's also possible to buy stock in player created corporations.
And that's just scratching the surface. I can think of at least 4 or 5 other ways to do business, none of which would be possible with a more simplistic economy. I realise that this is not everybody's cup of tea though, but for those of us who likes this particular brand of tea, this cup is the only one around.
I'd recommend the Sony Clie UX50, or the next version of it when it arrives. It's a PalmOS based PDA with built-in bluetooth and Wifi in a "mini-laptop" form factor with a thumb keyboard that's bigger than that of most other PDAs. There are SSH clients and reasonably good mail clients and web browsers for PalmOS, so you should be OK in that department.
IANAL, but as I understand it, Linden never had copyright of any kind of the stuff you created in the first place. If I'm not mistaken, it takes a signed contract to hand over copyright of your work to someone else, no matter what tools are used in its creation. Just because Second Life's previous TOS said they owned copyright of your stuff, that doesn't change copyright law.
But then again, IANAL, and it's very possible that I'm missing something.
I'm European, and I didn't let that stop me from playing Second Life.
Just as I had entered the world, a Linden (the developer) representative appeared to greet me. I asked him if it was true that they only allow US and Canada citizens, and he said it wasn't, and that he'd make sure the web site is changed to reflect that.
Somebody once said something to the effect of "The fool sees ignorance everywhere. The wise sees ignorance within himself". This basically means that the truly wise concentrate on their own ignorance, instead of spewing off on others'.
I'd agree with you - if playing games was the only thing this device was good for. But a PalmOS PDA with a good processor, 32 MB RAM, 480x320 screen and Bluetooth like this for USD 299 may well be viable even without a single game. Now, add the ability to play good games, and you've got something very interesting.
Granted, I don't think this device will cut into GBA's market segment. I think it will mostly be bought by people who would otherwise had bought some other PalmOS device. And remember, there already are a lot of interesting PalmOS games out there that work on this device too. Many of them are crap, but there are so many to choose from, there's bound to be some good ones around too.
For the record, I'm totally serious, and I didn't mean this as a troll. I was just horrified from reading some of the stories, and happy that we seem to have better employee protection laws over here (employers would never get away with using security guards like that here, if nothing else, the union would have them for breakfast).
What's this talk about security people at layoffs / firings? And getting escorted out of the building right away?
Here in Sweden where I live, it's not like that at all. First of all, people always get atleast one month's notice. That's required by law. In many cases, you don't even have to show up for work during that month if you don't want to, but you still get full pay. I guess Swedish companies treat their employees so much better they don't feel the need to have security present at layoffs / firing, because they don't feel threatened by us. Last time there were layoffs where I work, the company took the entire department (including those who where laid off) out to lunch to sort of say "thank you for working for us". The company picked up the tab, of course.
How the argument is flawed? The argument isn't about what computers and PS2s can be used for, it's about what it is intended mainly to be used for. The PS2 is mainly intended for games. So are many computers. The potential uses (word processing, etc) is not the issue.
"It is quite clear that [the PS2] is intended mainly to be used to run video games."
Well, so are many computers... so I don't really see the relevance of trying to point that out as a distinction between consoles and computers. That doesn't mean I think of the PS2 as a computer though, only that I think that argument is a bit flawed.
I'm gonna be all nitpicky and point out that, unlike what the article claims, M59 was not the first online game. There have been online games since the 70's. I'm not sure which one was the first, but it may have been Empire. What they really meant to say was that this is the first graphical retail MMORPG.
:-)
So I'm a nitpick. Sue me
Anyway, I wish the M59's developers the best of luck (and I'll see you on MUD-dev, hehe).
"but it needs a CF slot. What are they thinking?"
They are thinking "If we put a CF slot on this thing, we will sell less of our memory sticks. So, let's not put a CF slot on it."
It records at 160x112 (with audio). Not much, I know. And I don't think it stores it as MPEG either.
You make it sound like playing video is all this thing does. It does waaaay more than that. But I'll agree that it's not exactly revolutionary in any way, but it's not crappy either.
You're talking about 3G, the 3rd generation cell phone network. They've got that in Japan already (with video cell phones, etc) and we're supposedly getting it here in Sweden by the end of the year.
SonyStyle says the Clié has a"High Performance CPU (200 MHz);" Is that really enough for video?
I have an old Clie NR70V with a 66 MHz Motorola processor, and it plays video with fair quality at 320x480, so I don't think that'll be a problem with a 200 MHz model.
It has a memory stick slot, which supports Memory Stick Pro, meaning it can store 1 GB of MP3s and videos.
I'd love to see a remake of Maxis' RoboSport. It was a turn-based combat game, where teams of robots fought eachother. Multiplayer (up to 4 players) was very configurable on my Amiga. There's supposed to be a remake for Mac, but I don't have one, so I'd like to see one made for PC.
It's for Windows, but check out http://www.eve-online.com. Elite-style MMOG.
Sometimes I'm behind the wheel when I would most likely fail a breathalyzer. However, I am much more careful and much better of a driver than many
No you're not. You're by definition a horrible driver if you drive under the influence from time to time, because that proves you have no judgement, which is critical to be considered a good and careful driver.
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How does one do that?
There are wars in the world, and you call having to do your homework "living hell"?