I think the real problem here is her, not the computer, the school, the operating system, or the internet. She bought something that she did not research, she didn't take the time to learn about it afterward, she panicked, and then she tried to blame everybody else but herself. It happens in every other industry besides computers, making this instance of buyer's remorse nothing special. But since it involves a blonde trying to use a computer, it seems different. Oh well.
Wow. I just realized from elsewhere on this thread that the Eclipse plugin requires a serial number after 30 days. I tried it and confirmed. It looks like they will charge for the IDE. That's a little disappointing, but I guess they have to make their money somehow.
Flex 3 will be open source. Flex 2 was not, but this is version 3, and it will include the SDK and IDE and whatever else falls under the term "Flex". I actually just downloaded it for Eclipse on Windows the other day, and I plan to do so on my Linux box as soon as I get home. Check out this page and the FAQ further down for more answers.
Heh, if they DON'T do dialogue such as this, then I think the game will actually suffer.
I love the nonsensical plots and creatively wacky dialogue, especially in a compilation game such as this. It's not supposed to take itself as seriously as Soul Caliber tried to. It's supposed to be something "fun" to play, just like Monkey Ball. I can't think of anything more fun than watching each character interact in their own stereotypes, apparently oblivious to each other's stereotypes.
But didn't humans come up with the concept of justice? And don't humans exist in reality? Therefore, isn't justice itself part of reality? The very fact that we are talking about it and understanding each other seems to indicate that justice is a part of reality.
We can argue whether or not God exists in reality. It's obvious that he does, at the very least as a concept in everybody's mind. To believe that God - and justice - does not exist as even a concept is pretty ignorant.
But I'm quite certain that Adam and Eve had lots of children...
Quite certain because of DNA evidence? Because of historical records? Because you were there? Or because your religious belief has a couple holes that require convenient filling?
I'm having a hard time finding the direct quote which "confirms" that the Revolution will be under $300. With all the misinformation spreading throughout the video game industry, I'd much rather have that direct quote than hearing about it secondhand via some news outlet. Is there any other source for this information?
I also just bought a Gamecube for my little brother bundled with Mario Party 7. I think they make a Pokemon Gamecube bundle and some others. They are still $99, and the game is $50 alone.
I think this idea is starting to come back, by Nintendo at any rate. And I think it's working, as I had to go to a few stores to find a Gamecube at all.
horrible games are the norm, and they always have been. Its just that as you get older, you notice the horrible games much easier.
Actually, I think it goes more like this: horrible games are the norm, and they always have been. It's just that they usually get forgotten after a month or so. The best games are the only ones that actually get remembered, which makes it seem like there were no horrible games in the first place.
I think it's stretching to say "that makes it OK," and I don't think that's what the GP implied, but the mere fact that humans have generally acted this way for millenia sure lends credence to the argument that we as a matter of fact cannot change. I'm not being cynical, depressed, or aloof. History just seems to prove you wrong.
I was wondering how good looking she was, because that's half the issue here. If she was butt-ugly, I'd guess some guys wouldn't want to answer her questions at all, no matter how intelligent or knowledgeable she seemed.
Though this of course raises the question of why the EB Games guy was so rude...
Sometimes I wish I were a PHB because maybe then projects wouldn't fail as much around here. Instead, I'm just a low-life developer, whose own projects seem to work mainly because I code with change in mind.
Anyway, wouldn't a PHB think oppositely than me? Wouldn't he want rigorous up-front design that won't change at all? Then he could blame me when the project went so far off course? Wouldn't a PHB be opposed to a fundamental concept of Extreme Programming, if only because of that scary name?
Key phrase being "as long as you knew you might from the beginning." The crap software you mention might have been crap only because it wasn't written with change in mind.
I was with you until you drew an analogy between programming and building houses. I think there is a fundamental difference between the two that is often overlooked.
If you mess up building a house (or the requirements change, or whatever), you likely have to tear everything down and start that piece over, no matter how you built it. If you mess up a programming project, as long as you knew you might from the beginning, fixing it should be mostly trivial.
If you embrace the possibility of change and start to expect it, your code will end up easier to change. A house's design can't quite do that.
I think quite the opposite. The competition from the three vendors this current generation has sent the video game industry soaring, and this next gen might be the most important/exciting lineup yet. Sure it's been done on computers before, but consoles are plain more popular. I've always been a console guy myself; I'm pretty excited about it.
Give people more credit than that. You're telling me that 30% of people today haven't seen a picture of the planet from outer space? More like 1%. And that 90% before 1900 is certainly higher than it should be, although I won't make any blanket claims since I was not living at that time.
Aristotle had a three (or more)-tiered proof that the world was round, and he obviously lived long before Columbus. The world knew Earth was round. I think the problem in Columbus' time was whether you could "fall off the bottom" and into the jaw of some dragon.
No... the only reason the NBA made this decision is because otherwise they'd lose money. They didn't do this out of concern for some high ideal. It all comes down to money.
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Ban Microsoft from an entire region with only a year's grace period??? I have heard some crazy things in my time, but this is just...
Oh wait, this is Slashdot. Never mind.
I think the real problem here is her, not the computer, the school, the operating system, or the internet. She bought something that she did not research, she didn't take the time to learn about it afterward, she panicked, and then she tried to blame everybody else but herself. It happens in every other industry besides computers, making this instance of buyer's remorse nothing special. But since it involves a blonde trying to use a computer, it seems different. Oh well.
So wait, if Miles Davis and Charlie Parker aren't jazz..... then what IS, in your opinion?
Wow. I just realized from elsewhere on this thread that the Eclipse plugin requires a serial number after 30 days. I tried it and confirmed. It looks like they will charge for the IDE. That's a little disappointing, but I guess they have to make their money somehow.
Flex 3 will be open source. Flex 2 was not, but this is version 3, and it will include the SDK and IDE and whatever else falls under the term "Flex". I actually just downloaded it for Eclipse on Windows the other day, and I plan to do so on my Linux box as soon as I get home. Check out this page and the FAQ further down for more answers.
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source
Heh, if they DON'T do dialogue such as this, then I think the game will actually suffer.
I love the nonsensical plots and creatively wacky dialogue, especially in a compilation game such as this. It's not supposed to take itself as seriously as Soul Caliber tried to. It's supposed to be something "fun" to play, just like Monkey Ball. I can't think of anything more fun than watching each character interact in their own stereotypes, apparently oblivious to each other's stereotypes.
But didn't humans come up with the concept of justice? And don't humans exist in reality? Therefore, isn't justice itself part of reality? The very fact that we are talking about it and understanding each other seems to indicate that justice is a part of reality.
We can argue whether or not God exists in reality. It's obvious that he does, at the very least as a concept in everybody's mind. To believe that God - and justice - does not exist as even a concept is pretty ignorant.
Most people don't watch TV for extended periods.
You're kiding, right?
I'm having a hard time finding the direct quote which "confirms" that the Revolution will be under $300. With all the misinformation spreading throughout the video game industry, I'd much rather have that direct quote than hearing about it secondhand via some news outlet. Is there any other source for this information?
I also just bought a Gamecube for my little brother bundled with Mario Party 7. I think they make a Pokemon Gamecube bundle and some others. They are still $99, and the game is $50 alone.
I think this idea is starting to come back, by Nintendo at any rate. And I think it's working, as I had to go to a few stores to find a Gamecube at all.
horrible games are the norm, and they always have been. Its just that as you get older, you notice the horrible games much easier.
Actually, I think it goes more like this: horrible games are the norm, and they always have been. It's just that they usually get forgotten after a month or so. The best games are the only ones that actually get remembered, which makes it seem like there were no horrible games in the first place.
I agree with your sentiment though.
I think it's stretching to say "that makes it OK," and I don't think that's what the GP implied, but the mere fact that humans have generally acted this way for millenia sure lends credence to the argument that we as a matter of fact cannot change. I'm not being cynical, depressed, or aloof. History just seems to prove you wrong.
Insightful. Religion will adapt itself as it has done in the past and society will barely notice until 500 years later.
"Brrrrrr... it's freezing down here in Hell. Maybe I'll get a job up in the federal government where I hear they're not outsourcing..."
I was wondering how good looking she was, because that's half the issue here. If she was butt-ugly, I'd guess some guys wouldn't want to answer her questions at all, no matter how intelligent or knowledgeable she seemed.
Though this of course raises the question of why the EB Games guy was so rude...
Hmmm.. OK, looked it up.
Sometimes I wish I were a PHB because maybe then projects wouldn't fail as much around here. Instead, I'm just a low-life developer, whose own projects seem to work mainly because I code with change in mind.
Anyway, wouldn't a PHB think oppositely than me? Wouldn't he want rigorous up-front design that won't change at all? Then he could blame me when the project went so far off course? Wouldn't a PHB be opposed to a fundamental concept of Extreme Programming, if only because of that scary name?
Key phrase being "as long as you knew you might from the beginning." The crap software you mention might have been crap only because it wasn't written with change in mind.
By the way, I apologize, but what's a PHB?
I was with you until you drew an analogy between programming and building houses. I think there is a fundamental difference between the two that is often overlooked.
If you mess up building a house (or the requirements change, or whatever), you likely have to tear everything down and start that piece over, no matter how you built it. If you mess up a programming project, as long as you knew you might from the beginning, fixing it should be mostly trivial.
If you embrace the possibility of change and start to expect it, your code will end up easier to change. A house's design can't quite do that.
I think quite the opposite. The competition from the three vendors this current generation has sent the video game industry soaring, and this next gen might be the most important/exciting lineup yet. Sure it's been done on computers before, but consoles are plain more popular. I've always been a console guy myself; I'm pretty excited about it.
Give people more credit than that. You're telling me that 30% of people today haven't seen a picture of the planet from outer space? More like 1%. And that 90% before 1900 is certainly higher than it should be, although I won't make any blanket claims since I was not living at that time.
Aristotle had a three (or more)-tiered proof that the world was round, and he obviously lived long before Columbus. The world knew Earth was round. I think the problem in Columbus' time was whether you could "fall off the bottom" and into the jaw of some dragon.
Dude, great idea! If only it would actually happen!
i thought it was a book of HISTORY that people later assumed must be a book about THEOLOGY.
No... the only reason the NBA made this decision is because otherwise they'd lose money. They didn't do this out of concern for some high ideal. It all comes down to money.