Getting additional schooling to try and make more money or have a better resume isn't going to work. People with 2 or 3 degrees, post-graduate degrees, don't make more money just for having more degrees. An additional degree may enable you to get a different job, but if the job you want only requires a BS, then don't bother going to school to get an MS. it isn't going to impress anyone. Get a job, get some expereince, and enjoy life. If you like school and you want to stay because of that, do it. If you don't like school, then don't bother with it. I work with guys with MS, BS, PhD, double majors, etc. We get paid on merit, experience, and the type of work we do. Not on the letters after our names.
Why do people have such a hard time separating sex and nudity? A topless female figure? That's "Mature"? That makes no sense, even if it was part of the game and not a 3rd party modification.
Well barring any contracts they made with Nokia, if the game is already finished, i'm guessing they could shop it to another publisher and get an "advance" for porting the game to another system. Anyway, you're probably right about having a contract with Nokia that prevents them from shopping their game around. Which of course begs the question, what the heck were they thinking?!?
Why don't they port this mysterious N-Gage game to another system? Depending on how it was written, this might be more than a small task, but if it means the difference between going under or staying afloat as a company, its got to be worth it. I mean they seem to indicate a major reason their going under is that this game was a flop, and that it was only a flop because the N-Gage was a flop. If the game is so great, they should port it to PSP, DS, or even a console or PC. Or why not just sell this "great" game and let someone else do the port, if its so great, then i'm sure they'll be able to get takers. Selling $50 prints doesn't make much sense to me, how many could they possibly sell? Even if they sold near a thousand is that even to pay the costs of a single employee?
Not being black i can't comment specifically on the word nigger. However, in general racial epithets are more then "just words" They are words that are used to dehumize and oppress whole groups of people. They draw their power from the fact they are more then words. Ignoring this and saying "they're just words they can't hurt anyone" simply blinds us to their oppressive nature and blinds us to the racism and prejudice they represent.
I don't know about that. A friend of mine called a kid in our jr high school a nigger and the kid bit the crap out of him. I'd say swearing can get you hurt pretty bad...;)
Yes and No. The situation you describe is boderline legal at best. The fact that the car is still on the show room floor (it was just sold) is why its not illegal straight up. Laws preventing bait and switch were designed to prevent exactly what you describe from happening. In this case i suppose either no has filed a case with the FTC yet against your employer or your employer is succesfully nagivating the thin line of legality.
In any case, Best Buy can't actually do that as they have no way to even pretend that they just sold out of the lower priced item. And even if they could legally skate the same line, there's no way they would want to in this case due to the PR hit they are taking right now.
Yeah, we banned the Wario track because if anyone didn't make the jump they were out of the race. It wasn't a particular fun game for them at that point.
Yes, of course we have swich boxes. I was just at Fry's (a huge electronics store) a couple of weeks ago and they had half a dozen switches from el cheepo to high def compat. I think the problem is that some people, never leave they're parent's basement so they don't really know what's out there...:)
...charging for developer tools is just another way to make more money.
While MS does charge for Visual Studio, the tools to program the OS, the Windows SDK (compiler, headers, libaries), are a free download from the Microsoft Windows website. And with the release of VS 8.0 you can now download free copies of the IDE as part of Express product line which includes fully featured versions of the compiler, editor, and SQL server.
You're kidding, right? You're recommending to a person who runs a free website with a bias toward free software... that he register his online user name as a trademark? Awsome!
If you had read the article you would have found a link to the advisory which clearly states the following:
Vendor: Mozilla
Versions Affected: Firefox Win32 1.0.6 and prior Firefox Linux 1.0.6 and prior Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (Deer Park Alpha 2)
Overview: A buffer overflow vulnerability exists within Firefox version 1.0.6 and all other prior versions which allows for an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on a affected host.
I prefer the credit card because i don't have to worry how much money is in my checking account at a given time. I simply pay the credit card when i know i have the cash (i.e. after i get paid).
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Getting additional schooling to try and make more money or have a better resume isn't going to work. People with 2 or 3 degrees, post-graduate degrees, don't make more money just for having more degrees. An additional degree may enable you to get a different job, but if the job you want only requires a BS, then don't bother going to school to get an MS. it isn't going to impress anyone. Get a job, get some expereince, and enjoy life. If you like school and you want to stay because of that, do it. If you don't like school, then don't bother with it. I work with guys with MS, BS, PhD, double majors, etc. We get paid on merit, experience, and the type of work we do. Not on the letters after our names.
>It'll make gamefaqs runs that much easier - no having to run into the other room everytime I >want to look something up.
That's what wireless internet and laptops are for.
Why do people have such a hard time separating sex and nudity? A topless female figure? That's "Mature"? That makes no sense, even if it was part of the game and not a 3rd party modification.
Well barring any contracts they made with Nokia, if the game is already finished, i'm guessing they could shop it to another publisher and get an "advance" for porting the game to another system. Anyway, you're probably right about having a contract with Nokia that prevents them from shopping their game around. Which of course begs the question, what the heck were they thinking?!?
Why don't they port this mysterious N-Gage game to another system? Depending on how it was written, this might be more than a small task, but if it means the difference between going under or staying afloat as a company, its got to be worth it. I mean they seem to indicate a major reason their going under is that this game was a flop, and that it was only a flop because the N-Gage was a flop. If the game is so great, they should port it to PSP, DS, or even a console or PC. Or why not just sell this "great" game and let someone else do the port, if its so great, then i'm sure they'll be able to get takers. Selling $50 prints doesn't make much sense to me, how many could they possibly sell? Even if they sold near a thousand is that even to pay the costs of a single employee?
Not being black i can't comment specifically on the word nigger. However, in general racial epithets are more then "just words" They are words that are used to dehumize and oppress whole groups of people. They draw their power from the fact they are more then words. Ignoring this and saying "they're just words they can't hurt anyone" simply blinds us to their oppressive nature and blinds us to the racism and prejudice they represent.
I don't know about that. A friend of mine called a kid in our jr high school a nigger and the kid bit the crap out of him. I'd say swearing can get you hurt pretty bad... ;)
Yes and No. The situation you describe is boderline legal at best. The fact that the car is still on the show room floor (it was just sold) is why its not illegal straight up. Laws preventing bait and switch were designed to prevent exactly what you describe from happening. In this case i suppose either no has filed a case with the FTC yet against your employer or your employer is succesfully nagivating the thin line of legality. In any case, Best Buy can't actually do that as they have no way to even pretend that they just sold out of the lower priced item. And even if they could legally skate the same line, there's no way they would want to in this case due to the PR hit they are taking right now.
Yeah, we banned the Wario track because if anyone didn't make the jump they were out of the race. It wasn't a particular fun game for them at that point.
Yes, of course we have swich boxes. I was just at Fry's (a huge electronics store) a couple of weeks ago and they had half a dozen switches from el cheepo to high def compat. I think the problem is that some people, never leave they're parent's basement so they don't really know what's out there... :)
While MS does charge for Visual Studio, the tools to program the OS, the Windows SDK (compiler, headers, libaries), are a free download from the Microsoft Windows website. And with the release of VS 8.0 you can now download free copies of the IDE as part of Express product line which includes fully featured versions of the compiler, editor, and SQL server.
...And the best part is the terrorist with your name has already legally changed his name and continues to fly without being hasled. Hooray!
You're kidding, right? You're recommending to a person who runs a free website with a bias toward free software... that he register his online user name as a trademark? Awsome!
I'd say RTFA, but this is Slashdot after all...
If you had read the article you would have found a link to the advisory which clearly states the following:
Yes, that was very important to me when i was 12 also.
Did you realize that this is Slashdot?
All the good theater's near me converted to digital... No Film For You!
Are we going to do this every month?
Thanks, Linguo, The Grammar Robot!
Actually, what he meant is that you're a moron.
Nah, it just shows that the Creator ran out of ideas...
I prefer the credit card because i don't have to worry how much money is in my checking account at a given time. I simply pay the credit card when i know i have the cash (i.e. after i get paid).