Had I known my CS degree would be this useless I would have never even gone to college. Seriously, I have seen too many HR folks hire people who can't code for shit. They are hired strictly as good team players with good communication skills, who are good corporate citizens.
Personally I have been on enough interviews to know that you can put anything down on your resume. If you have the balls to step up to the interview questions, sky's the limit. Companies typically don't like to fire people they just hired 2 weeks ago. That gives you plenty of time to learn whatever you need. I'd rather see hiring based on pure skills, but that's not how U.S IT companies do it.
I am not saying the cleaning doesn't work. I am saying eventually you'll become allergic to just about anything.
I have helped relatives with acne, hives or other allergy problems. As soon as they got rid of their detergent-washed clothes and start using baking soda cleaning methods only with their new clothes, they were allergy free with perfect skin in a month. Oh yeah, get rid of the pillow case and bed sheets too.
I recently experimented with Rhapsody service at $9 a month, you can stream-record anything at CD quality with ID3tags using the software "Replay Music 2.0". This was recommended by someone on slashdot, and there are no laws against how you use your soundcard.
Is it me, or does none of this WinFS make any sense?!
WinFS is supposed to be a journeled filesystem that allows quick searches. Didn't the 2MB google desktop tool allow me to quick search my entire machine?!
It almost sounds like the only benefit left for WinFS is no need to defrag, and avoiding reboot fsck like problems. Which isn't even that big a deal in NTFS anymore.
Your questions are good. But I am convinced there are things way worse for your body than cellphone radiation that the government don't give a shit about. Detergent should be banned for example. It destroys a person's immune system, I swear.
You people are talking about C like it's all under one camp. It's not. If you are not writing basic "Hello World", C is very different off gcc and the visual studio.net for example. The M$ libraries always carry functions and calls that gcc wouldn't have. Vice versa, you can find different gccs #inlude.h from different places. Java has been probably the best in terms of matching up system to system.
I am not saying one language is better than the other at the moment. I am saying it's been like 10 years since java came out, we need another super new language again that takes the best of both world.
Capcom is likely NOT going to put RE4 on Xbox until it has made it's profit share off the PS2 first.
This is a company slow to port games, and when it does... it always look identical to the port off the slowest hardware. Example... Marvel vs Capcom on Dreamcast is identical on the PS2 despite better hardware. So many more examples like it.
I think Linux is hurting the Solaris, AIX, HP crowd more than windows. I can think of many corporate instances where managers had no problem setting for a free linux version. It was a no-brainer decision. Try linux for this specific corporate task, if it doesn't work then consider buying from Sun, IBM etc.
Linux definitely doesn't have this effect at home yet. People know games is a no no. Graphics app aren't quite there. The multimedia side still needs work. And the whole kernel compiling is a horrific concept to non-techies.
Sega Genesis IMHO is the only system to ever specifically target the teenage/older crowd at launch time (golden axe, shinobi, last battle) with kiddier games like sonic later.
Every other console I have seen are launched with play-it-safe, no-controversy 1st generation games.
It's strictly a pricing issue. Apple needs some serious financial analyst to restructure their product prices. $49 for an adapter is crazy. Apple could never be a monopoly since they don't sell to a mass audience. They sell to the rich only.
I can play online games for many more hours on the PS2. I can't do that on the PC since I am not on a couch. Simple things like that prevented me from trying Wow on the PC.
The Boston museums do change, but certainly not on a daily basis. If they have any new exhibits, you'll hear about it in a commercial. Aside from that, the museum prices have skyrocketed in the past 10 years. If you can't get a free pass from the library, it's like robbery.
HP does not innovate. Their slogan is probably the most misfitting. Anyways, the CEO got something like a $10 million compensation package before she exited. The company is nearly identical from the day she started to the day she left. Yeah maybe they OEMed the iPod woooo....
Well software companies always do this. Your software is no good... go merge or buy someone else's software and call it your own.
Companies like sun and intel has a real hard time adopting other company's hardware. Sun taking up AMD was smart, but they interpret it as an ego blow.
I wouldn't say they alienate developers. They alienate 3rd parties purposely with bad timing. Like Earthworm jim, they purposely released Donky Kong on the same weekend to counter it's own 3rd party games on SNES. So many weird instances like this.
There should be a special type of courts dedicated to Corporate issues. A lawyer for a corporate legal system should charge the company by percentage like 10% a year.
If M$ loses 10% of its annual profit on lawyer fees, they wouldn't go to court with everyone everyday for the fun of it. They are abusing the system cause legal fees cost them pocket change at the moment.
I am not even sure why RIAA was brought into this. Technically isn't Record Industry Association of America only effective in America. How the hell does RIAA stretch to the UK?
They are the perfect example of what happens when you don't market. I consider myself a fairly knowledgable video game fan, and I had to dig deep online to find out any info on the system.
This thing is not a regular console, it's something very different requiring some commercial edumacation. To wait this long after the launch to market is committing business suicide.
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Had I known my CS degree would be this useless I would have never even gone to college. Seriously, I have seen too many HR folks hire people who can't code for shit. They are hired strictly as good team players with good communication skills, who are good corporate citizens.
Personally I have been on enough interviews to know that you can put anything down on your resume. If you have the balls to step up to the interview questions, sky's the limit. Companies typically don't like to fire people they just hired 2 weeks ago. That gives you plenty of time to learn whatever you need. I'd rather see hiring based on pure skills, but that's not how U.S IT companies do it.
I am not saying the cleaning doesn't work. I am saying eventually you'll become allergic to just about anything.
I have helped relatives with acne, hives or other allergy problems. As soon as they got rid of their detergent-washed clothes and start using baking soda cleaning methods only with their new clothes, they were allergy free with perfect skin in a month. Oh yeah, get rid of the pillow case and bed sheets too.
I recently experimented with Rhapsody service at $9 a month, you can stream-record anything at CD quality with ID3tags using the software "Replay Music 2.0". This was recommended by someone on slashdot, and there are no laws against how you use your soundcard.
Yeah I remember reading about terrorist handbook 101, first thing they teach you is how to play Grand Theft Auto.
Is it me, or does none of this WinFS make any sense?!
WinFS is supposed to be a journeled filesystem that allows quick searches. Didn't the 2MB google desktop tool allow me to quick search my entire machine?!
It almost sounds like the only benefit left for WinFS is no need to defrag, and avoiding reboot fsck like problems. Which isn't even that big a deal in NTFS anymore.
Your questions are good. But I am convinced there are things way worse for your body than cellphone radiation that the government don't give a shit about. Detergent should be banned for example. It destroys a person's immune system, I swear.
You people are talking about C like it's all under one camp. It's not. If you are not writing basic "Hello World", C is very different off gcc and the visual studio.net for example. The M$ libraries always carry functions and calls that gcc wouldn't have. Vice versa, you can find different gccs #inlude .h from different places. Java has been probably the best in terms of matching up system to system.
I am not saying one language is better than the other at the moment. I am saying it's been like 10 years since java came out, we need another super new language again that takes the best of both world.
Capcom is likely NOT going to put RE4 on Xbox until it has made it's profit share off the PS2 first.
This is a company slow to port games, and when it does... it always look identical to the port off the slowest hardware. Example... Marvel vs Capcom on Dreamcast is identical on the PS2 despite better hardware. So many more examples like it.
I think Linux is hurting the Solaris, AIX, HP crowd more than windows. I can think of many corporate instances where managers had no problem setting for a free linux version. It was a no-brainer decision. Try linux for this specific corporate task, if it doesn't work then consider buying from Sun, IBM etc.
Linux definitely doesn't have this effect at home yet. People know games is a no no. Graphics app aren't quite there. The multimedia side still needs work. And the whole kernel compiling is a horrific concept to non-techies.
Sega Genesis IMHO is the only system to ever specifically target the teenage/older crowd at launch time (golden axe, shinobi, last battle) with kiddier games like sonic later.
Every other console I have seen are launched with play-it-safe, no-controversy 1st generation games.
It's strictly a pricing issue. Apple needs some serious financial analyst to restructure their product prices. $49 for an adapter is crazy. Apple could never be a monopoly since they don't sell to a mass audience. They sell to the rich only.
I can play online games for many more hours on the PS2. I can't do that on the PC since I am not on a couch. Simple things like that prevented me from trying Wow on the PC.
The Boston museums do change, but certainly not on a daily basis. If they have any new exhibits, you'll hear about it in a commercial. Aside from that, the museum prices have skyrocketed in the past 10 years. If you can't get a free pass from the library, it's like robbery.
HP does not innovate. Their slogan is probably the most misfitting. Anyways, the CEO got something like a $10 million compensation package before she exited. The company is nearly identical from the day she started to the day she left. Yeah maybe they OEMed the iPod woooo....
Yeah management jobs are always a win-win situation in the U.S.
1.) They can do a good job and get paid x number of dollars.
2.) They do a bad job and get axed. But rewarded with a massive severance package.
It's unfair in every way to the share holders.
Well software companies always do this. Your software is no good... go merge or buy someone else's software and call it your own.
Companies like sun and intel has a real hard time adopting other company's hardware. Sun taking up AMD was smart, but they interpret it as an ego blow.
I wouldn't say they alienate developers. They alienate 3rd parties purposely with bad timing. Like Earthworm jim, they purposely released Donky Kong on the same weekend to counter it's own 3rd party games on SNES. So many weird instances like this.
Since when is maintaining a development tree and branch enjoyable?
There should be a special type of courts dedicated to Corporate issues. A lawyer for a corporate legal system should charge the company by percentage like 10% a year.
If M$ loses 10% of its annual profit on lawyer fees, they wouldn't go to court with everyone everyday for the fun of it. They are abusing the system cause legal fees cost them pocket change at the moment.
Wait the sec, my comcast mail filters out 70 a day, 2 sneaks by. I don't consider that a success. It's good, but not 100% success.
I am not even sure why RIAA was brought into this. Technically isn't Record Industry Association of America only effective in America. How the hell does RIAA stretch to the UK?
I am wondering why these studies are not done in Japan? A place with zero crime rate and an overwhelming dose of video games.
Ooops... could it throw off their theory/lame hypothesis etc etc.
They are the perfect example of what happens when you don't market. I consider myself a fairly knowledgable video game fan, and I had to dig deep online to find out any info on the system.
This thing is not a regular console, it's something very different requiring some commercial edumacation. To wait this long after the launch to market is committing business suicide.
I swear not every kernel is suitable with every distro. We need to start calling the source 2.6.x.x_redhat, 2.6.x.x_debian or something.
This is great. Except there is no recommendation for what graphics card to use in conjunction with your TV tuner.
WHAT PC graphics nowadays doesn't overheat in a tight beige box if left on 24x7?