"That's comforting but I doubt Bill Gates will fire himself."
I should have mentioned this in my previous post, but nobody was ever fired over this. I was personally responsible for a couple of screwups and didn't even have a serious talking to about it. The reason? Demos attract gremlins. Deadlines are short. Demos are ambitious. Like I said, shit happens. Ask anybody who's ever wished they had hit preview instead of submit.
Already there are comments alluding to the future stability of this product. Sure sure. I used to work at a company developing new tech. We had embarrasing demo screw-ups too. Most of the time, they were human error, though occasionally the software had an unforseen problem with it. Remember those old bumper stickers that read: "Shit Happens." ?
Alternatively, you couldn't answer what was really being asked? Yeesh. It's not such a self-answering question. Some people have jobs that they cannot stand going to. Heck, that reminds me of most of my time in high school. I remember wishing I'd get a stomach flu because I'd rather have dealt with being sick than being at school. So what do you do when it gets this bad? Organized sport? Allow people to play games without fear of being yelled at? Desginate a day of the week for people to wear ridiculous clothes they wouldn't normally wear to begin with?
Judging from the variety of comments I've seen on this topic, I'd say my point about this question not being so self-answering has been supported. Okay, it wasn't asked as well as it could have been. It was written by the same species that invented the phrase "If I said you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"
"Blender is a great program. It's so good that they made Madagascar with Blender on a Linux system."
Untrue. Madagascar was done with in-house proprietary tools, mainly because they needed custom squash and stretch code to make the characters more cartoony. Blender sounds like a fine tool, but it wasn't used in Madagascar.
Real time graphics have come a long way. However, I'm still watching DVDs that are far more visually stunning than I'm seeing on video game systems. In the mean time, to crank out the higher resolution stuff, you need more memory and more processing power. The result? Well, sure, you're rendering at higher resolutions, but you're not gaining much detail. Just some clarity. (Slower frame rates, to boot.)
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to play in HD, but plain ol broadcast still has a ways to go.
"and I'd wear my shortest skirt and sit the furthest from the door so that when I got done first, I'd have to meander through the tables and chairs to turn in my test."
Sorry I'm late. I'm here about a call to lower the glass cieling a couple of inches.:)
"Gmail could be improved a lot but at least it's going in the right direction. Easy and powerful over flashy."
Funny, it's 'flashiness' is what's driving me nuts about it. Don't get me wrong, I love GMail, but it really irritates me that the nice little coding trick they did to make changes in the screen appear without reloading the page overrides the functionality of the back/forward buttons. (Note: You can switch to basic HTML and rectify this problem, but I haven't been able to work out a way for it to always remember that setting.) Worse, they don't always link back to where you were. Also, for all its flashiness, I cannot even sort by to/from/date/attachment etc.
GMail's useful, and I have no interest in pursuing other webmail apps, but I wouldn't be so quick to rush to Google's defense over the functionality vs. flashiness topic. The 2.5 gig mailbox + google's search features really are triumphing over several D'ohs with the UI.
"heh, wonder how many americans would get a red dwarf joke"
OT. No probemo if modded off-topic:
You'd be surprised. I've made a number of red dwarf references here and most of them have been modded as funny. Okay, I'm not clear on if they were modded up as RD quotes or because they were naturally funny, but it seems as though RD is required viewing on this site. In case you're curious, I'm American. Just recently I put all my RD casettes into a box and left them by the dumpster. They were quickly snatched up by somebody else in the complex. There's a decent possibility a new American fan has entered the mix.:)
Now if they'd only get that damn movie off the ground... Everybody go buy RD DVDs!
"One day, they'll realise the error of their ways and switch back to the less snobby, far superior engines like HotBot and Ask Jeeves."
Make quips if ya like, but consider this:
Google runs on money. Google's getting bigger and bigger. Sooner or later, Google will need more money. Then they'll start considering things like using images for ads.
I've predicted before that it'll become fashionable to hate Google. Looks like that's starting to happen. Am I Nostradamus? Heh, no. I've seen a pattern here over the years. Any time an entity becomes big (especially when it's big because everybody wanted it), there are those that learn to live without it, and they feel superior. They speak out and stand behind some rival product that has benefits but is generally pretty far behind, and others who want to look as smart as they do chime in. Karma flows, and before you know it, the zealousy starts. After a while, those that switched sometimes come to the realization that they were actually better off with the old entity or product, so they switch back, then they're accused of having some sort of vested interest in the success of that entity.
I imagine there'll be some head shaking after my post. That's cool. I just think that within a year or so, there'll be colorful posts about how to live without Google. "I don't use GMail, I use some other new mail app because it supports color in the subjects. (Score:5, Interesting)"
Just so it's clear, it's not my intention to be insulting or 'right'. Mainly, this is curiosity. I'm posting this, then I'm going to bookmark it. In a year or so, I'll check back on it and see if I nailed it, or if I was once again talking out of my booty.
"The de facto topic under discussion in duped articles always reverts to "dupes and the lazy, unprofessional/. editors who post them".
Amusingly, Slashdot's serving a lot of ads because of those dupe stories. Not doing much to discourgae this little behaviour that really really bunches our panties.
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"That's comforting but I doubt Bill Gates will fire himself."
I should have mentioned this in my previous post, but nobody was ever fired over this. I was personally responsible for a couple of screwups and didn't even have a serious talking to about it. The reason? Demos attract gremlins. Deadlines are short. Demos are ambitious. Like I said, shit happens. Ask anybody who's ever wished they had hit preview instead of submit.
Already there are comments alluding to the future stability of this product. Sure sure. I used to work at a company developing new tech. We had embarrasing demo screw-ups too. Most of the time, they were human error, though occasionally the software had an unforseen problem with it. Remember those old bumper stickers that read: "Shit Happens." ?
The demo failed, B.F.D..
"Stay tuned for final episode, "Simpsons Jump the Shark". Bart learns C# and goes to work for an insurance company, and likes it;"
Heh. I think the 365th episode of the Simpons should be Lisa's 11th birthday. (Seriously, Bart should be my age by now.)
Wait, which one of those had the warm pole?
"I'd love to pay money to play an online computer game in which I am put into jail and forbidden to interact with other players."
I'd love to pay money to play a game where people can break the rules without fear of punishment.
"When Microsoft owned software attacked my news server, they were claiming it wasn't their problem because it wasn't their software."
You were attacked by a human that most likely does not work for MS, not the software. (Unless MSSkynet has finally come to fruition.)
"You can answer that for yourself, right?"
Alternatively, you couldn't answer what was really being asked? Yeesh. It's not such a self-answering question. Some people have jobs that they cannot stand going to. Heck, that reminds me of most of my time in high school. I remember wishing I'd get a stomach flu because I'd rather have dealt with being sick than being at school. So what do you do when it gets this bad? Organized sport? Allow people to play games without fear of being yelled at? Desginate a day of the week for people to wear ridiculous clothes they wouldn't normally wear to begin with?
Judging from the variety of comments I've seen on this topic, I'd say my point about this question not being so self-answering has been supported. Okay, it wasn't asked as well as it could have been. It was written by the same species that invented the phrase "If I said you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"
"But if you look at the interfaces, you'll see they look very very familar."
Okay. So why isn't it splashed all over Blender's page?
"Blender is a great program. It's so good that they made Madagascar with Blender on a Linux system."
Untrue. Madagascar was done with in-house proprietary tools, mainly because they needed custom squash and stretch code to make the characters more cartoony. Blender sounds like a fine tool, but it wasn't used in Madagascar.
"Is HD Important To The Future of Gaming?"
Real time graphics have come a long way. However, I'm still watching DVDs that are far more visually stunning than I'm seeing on video game systems. In the mean time, to crank out the higher resolution stuff, you need more memory and more processing power. The result? Well, sure, you're rendering at higher resolutions, but you're not gaining much detail. Just some clarity. (Slower frame rates, to boot.)
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to play in HD, but plain ol broadcast still has a ways to go.
"and I'd wear my shortest skirt and sit the furthest from the door so that when I got done first, I'd have to meander through the tables and chairs to turn in my test."
:)
Sorry I'm late. I'm here about a call to lower the glass cieling a couple of inches.
"And nothing was wrong with my metaphor."
There are two huge gotchas with your metaphor. I'm not kidding when I say they're blatantly obvious.
"but it's equally crazy to claim that Apple is in the wrong for not supporting Real's online store."
MMm hmmm. Well I suppose it's okay if their customers are happy about getting screwed.
"Gmail could be improved a lot but at least it's going in the right direction. Easy and powerful over flashy."
Funny, it's 'flashiness' is what's driving me nuts about it. Don't get me wrong, I love GMail, but it really irritates me that the nice little coding trick they did to make changes in the screen appear without reloading the page overrides the functionality of the back/forward buttons. (Note: You can switch to basic HTML and rectify this problem, but I haven't been able to work out a way for it to always remember that setting.) Worse, they don't always link back to where you were. Also, for all its flashiness, I cannot even sort by to/from/date/attachment etc.
GMail's useful, and I have no interest in pursuing other webmail apps, but I wouldn't be so quick to rush to Google's defense over the functionality vs. flashiness topic. The 2.5 gig mailbox + google's search features really are triumphing over several D'ohs with the UI.
"So nothing at all like a real condom then?"
Why are you asking us?!
"heh, wonder how many americans would get a red dwarf joke"
:)
OT. No probemo if modded off-topic:
You'd be surprised. I've made a number of red dwarf references here and most of them have been modded as funny. Okay, I'm not clear on if they were modded up as RD quotes or because they were naturally funny, but it seems as though RD is required viewing on this site. In case you're curious, I'm American. Just recently I put all my RD casettes into a box and left them by the dumpster. They were quickly snatched up by somebody else in the complex. There's a decent possibility a new American fan has entered the mix.
Now if they'd only get that damn movie off the ground... Everybody go buy RD DVDs!
"i think you mean "Scottie question". I mean come on, Scottie can weld! how fricken cool is that? i wonder if she likes perl poems.."
... but I'd be thinking of Kari!
I'd date Scottie...
*whistfully*
"As a mother of three"
Pfft. No longer interested.
That's not much of a spoiler. (Thank goodness.)
Not only was that easy to figure out while you were reading it, but it was an interesting read even knowing that.
"One day, they'll realise the error of their ways and switch back to the less snobby, far superior engines like HotBot and Ask Jeeves."
Make quips if ya like, but consider this:
Google runs on money. Google's getting bigger and bigger. Sooner or later, Google will need more money. Then they'll start considering things like using images for ads.
I've predicted before that it'll become fashionable to hate Google. Looks like that's starting to happen. Am I Nostradamus? Heh, no. I've seen a pattern here over the years. Any time an entity becomes big (especially when it's big because everybody wanted it), there are those that learn to live without it, and they feel superior. They speak out and stand behind some rival product that has benefits but is generally pretty far behind, and others who want to look as smart as they do chime in. Karma flows, and before you know it, the zealousy starts. After a while, those that switched sometimes come to the realization that they were actually better off with the old entity or product, so they switch back, then they're accused of having some sort of vested interest in the success of that entity.
I imagine there'll be some head shaking after my post. That's cool. I just think that within a year or so, there'll be colorful posts about how to live without Google. "I don't use GMail, I use some other new mail app because it supports color in the subjects. (Score:5, Interesting)"
Just so it's clear, it's not my intention to be insulting or 'right'. Mainly, this is curiosity. I'm posting this, then I'm going to bookmark it. In a year or so, I'll check back on it and see if I nailed it, or if I was once again talking out of my booty.
"I Had..... SNOO SNOO"
Sorry to be pedantic, but technically you only had SNOO. There has to be 2 people for it to be SNOO SNOO.
"The de facto topic under discussion in duped articles always reverts to "dupes and the lazy, unprofessional /. editors who post them".
Amusingly, Slashdot's serving a lot of ads because of those dupe stories. Not doing much to discourgae this little behaviour that really really bunches our panties.
"And Narnia. If they actually released some good movies this summer, we might have seen higher P2P usage then, too."
Heh. Kinda reminds me of the old joke about N-Sync having the best anti-piracy protection ever.
"If so, then you can call it a food pyramid! :P"
It's nice to see that graduates of the Bob Saget School of Comedy are still finding time to expand on their art form.
"Sorry for the belated reply."
:)
I really appreciate it. Thank you.