So the premise is that someone came to speak about open source to the EU Parliament, but the are not a respected member of the open source community, as evident by their lack of support for it.
The real question is, who got this guy to speak? He was likely chosen for his viewpoints, regardless of how they represent the whole of the open source community.
As a CS student, I am confident that I can land any job in the software industry, since I was schooled in the behind the scenes theory, and can adapt to IT or SE or database work or systems or anything involving computers and logic.
Don't lose faith, if you're a good worker, you'll do fine.
Once you find the first job, you get the experience all the other jobs want, and a reputation.
I kinda feel that CS, IT, CE, SE, it really doesn't matter to the business, since the companies will just hire the smartest and skilled of these and transform them into what they want.
A well run tournament can be a great thing, but a poorly run one can cause confusion and frustration.
While I'm sure they're professional enough to run a tournament well, here's my experience with game tournaments.
Once I showed up for a tournament, and realized after a few hours that I was supposed to lug my PC with me if I wanted to play! Nevermind the 20 unused computers sitting there. My mistake was thinking they would force others to share for those who didn't feel like dragging their computer from their apartment to the game hall, but I went home unhappy.
I went back to the rules page, and while in the fine print it did say you needed a computer to play, it allowed you to sign up and click the box that said you weren't bringing a computer, which obviously wasn't good news.
The best tournament I went to was well run. Only competitors were allowed in the game area, and the PCs were supplied by the group hosting the tourament. Unfortunatly, I had expected all such events to be well organized...
You have orders to fire at anyone or anything crossing the bridge, unarmed civilians included. (Hint: use your night vision goggles to insure nothing gets by.)
Sorry for the flame, but there's a reason why they don't make games about the Indian wars of the west. Because the U.S. calvary rarely had trouble decimating the native tribes.
The best war games are those were both armies were basically equal strength, and had to rely on tactics instead of raw power.
So I think that the only way to make a gulf war game interesting, is to make it seem like the Iraqis knew how to fight, or that most of those that fought back actually had distinct uniforms, which would be altering history....imho.
Hope that makes sense.
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I work for a major semiconductor company, and they didn't make me take a drug test, so some company's aren't fascist. In fact, I've never been asked to by any employers I've worked for.
It's certainly one of the reasons this company is great, because they treat their employees more like people than assets.
JACK (V.O.) I'm a recall coordinator. My job was to apply the formula. It's simple arithmetic.
TECHNICIAN #1 Here's where the baby went through the window. Three points.
JACK (V.O.) It's a story problem. A new car built by my company leaves Boston traveling at 60 miles per hour. The rear differential locks up.
TECHNICIAN #2 The teenager's braces locked around the backseat ashtray. Kind makes a good "anti-smoking" ad.
JACK (V.O.) The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now: do we initiate a recall?
TECHNICIAN #1 The father must've been obese. See how the fat burned into the driver's seat, mixed with the dye of his shirt? Kind like modern art.
JACK (V.O.) You take the number of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
INT. AIRPLANE CABIN - TAKING OFF - NIGHT
Next to Jack, a chubby, middle-aged LADY gawks at him, appalled.
While I may not play adventure games, this is the same sort of 'shock' journalism that we always see. Someone says something is dead because it's not as popular as it once was, and two years later, it still is alive, just in it's own niche, as it was before.
It's like those guys who keep saying puzzle games are dead, despite the fact that puzzle games may actually be the most popular on the planet with their inclusion into cell phones and whatnot.
I hope you have a large high school, because I know at mine it would have been a fruitless attempt. (People are busy enough usually).
However, there must be some sort of form to fill out, or you can just start a club without the school's permission under your Right to Assemble. Or you can wait for college, which for me is just a giant Computer Club.
(You'd probably get more members if you made it an area club to attract kids from nearby high schools.)
(Oh yea, and don't do drugs. (For at least another two years.))
I sent them a note with their revision thing explaining that your site wasn't porn. Maybe if you bug them enough they'll look at it again. How long have you had this address? Maybe the database is old.
I quite enjoyed the various game types in UT. The one where you have to attack in a certain time limit and then defend for that amount of time makes for a pretty fast paced game.
You speak of UT Assault, one of the best ideas in the gaming world. (I myself still spend way too much time playing it after 3 years) However, it was removed in the new UT, (as well as were sniper rifles), thus perhaps leading to UT's demise as one of the top multiplayer FPS. So staganation can take place in the form of change for the worse. (in favor of better graphics perhaps? Who knows their logic.)
The main reason ads don't work, is because they anger the user by disrupting his web experience. (Like the army ones that send helicopters flying across your broswer so you can't read what you're there for). If the text ads don't impede surfing, then they won't cause the disdain that allows the brain to easily ignore them every time.
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Where they switch the jungle natives for ewoks?
So the premise is that someone came to speak about open source to the EU Parliament, but the are not a respected member of the open source community, as evident by their lack of support for it.
The real question is, who got this guy to speak? He was likely chosen for his viewpoints, regardless of how they represent the whole of the open source community.
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As a CS student, I am confident that I can land any job in the software industry, since I was schooled in the behind the scenes theory, and can adapt to IT or SE or database work or systems or anything involving computers and logic.
Don't lose faith, if you're a good worker, you'll do fine.
Once you find the first job, you get the experience all the other jobs want, and a reputation.
I kinda feel that CS, IT, CE, SE, it really doesn't matter to the business, since the companies will just hire the smartest and skilled of these and transform them into what they want.
Software Industries stun easily, you know. Beautiful plumage.
Seriously, Moore is a nice guy, who just asks tough questions.
I don't see why the Right has to search for 'inaccuracies' and then claim he's worthless because some facts or assumptions may be off.
He's ideas are still correct, and if you are trying to disprove him, you're missing the point of what he does.
But then, if someone challenges your ideas, it's best to try and discredit them or shut them up isn't it?
A well run tournament can be a great thing, but a poorly run one can cause confusion and frustration.
While I'm sure they're professional enough to run a tournament well, here's my experience with game tournaments.
Once I showed up for a tournament, and realized after a few hours that I was supposed to lug my PC with me if I wanted to play! Nevermind the 20 unused computers sitting there. My mistake was thinking they would force others to share for those who didn't feel like dragging their computer from their apartment to the game hall, but I went home unhappy.
I went back to the rules page, and while in the fine print it did say you needed a computer to play, it allowed you to sign up and click the box that said you weren't bringing a computer, which obviously wasn't good news.
The best tournament I went to was well run. Only competitors were allowed in the game area, and the PCs were supplied by the group hosting the tourament. Unfortunatly, I had expected all such events to be well organized...
it would have to be a slaughter...
Misson 3. Hold the bridge.
You have orders to fire at anyone or anything crossing the bridge, unarmed civilians included.
(Hint: use your night vision goggles to insure nothing gets by.)
Sorry for the flame, but there's a reason why they don't make games about the Indian wars of the west. Because the U.S. calvary rarely had trouble decimating the native tribes.
The best war games are those were both armies were basically equal strength, and had to rely on tactics instead of raw power.
So I think that the only way to make a gulf war game interesting, is to make it seem like the Iraqis knew how to fight, or that most of those that fought back actually had distinct uniforms, which would be altering history....imho.
Hope that makes sense.
I work for a major semiconductor company, and they didn't make me take a drug test, so some company's aren't fascist. In fact, I've never been asked to by any employers I've worked for.
It's certainly one of the reasons this company is great, because they treat their employees more like people than assets.
Somehow reminds me of this scene...
... Which ... car company do you work for?
JACK (V.O.)
I'm a recall coordinator. My job was to apply the formula. It's
simple arithmetic.
TECHNICIAN #1
Here's where the baby went through the window. Three points.
JACK (V.O.)
It's a story problem. A new car built by my company leaves Boston
traveling at 60 miles per hour. The rear differential locks up.
TECHNICIAN #2
The teenager's braces locked around the backseat ashtray. Kind makes a
good "anti-smoking" ad.
JACK (V.O.)
The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now: do we
initiate a recall?
TECHNICIAN #1
The father must've been obese. See how the fat burned into the
driver's seat, mixed with the dye of his shirt? Kind like modern art.
JACK (V.O.)
You take the number of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the
probable rate of failure (B), multiply the result by the average
out-of-court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X. If X is less
than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
INT. AIRPLANE CABIN - TAKING OFF - NIGHT
Next to Jack, a chubby, middle-aged LADY gawks at him, appalled.
LADY
JACK
A major one.
What is a VIC 20 cartridge? A game system I don't know about?
are far cheaper to produce: 50 cents each compared to US$300
Of course, whoever patents this will sell them for 50 bucks at least.
Could soldiers be screened for homosexuality?
I always find it ironic that technologies created by open-mindedness have to ability to empower the narrow-minded.
They'll be used for the new hit sexy movie, The Real London Mayday Parade.
While I may not play adventure games, this is the same sort of 'shock' journalism that we always see. Someone says something is dead because it's not as popular as it once was, and two years later, it still is alive, just in it's own niche, as it was before.
It's like those guys who keep saying puzzle games are dead, despite the fact that puzzle games may actually be the most popular on the planet with their inclusion into cell phones and whatnot.
I hope you have a large high school, because I know at mine it would have been a fruitless attempt. (People are busy enough usually).
However, there must be some sort of form to fill out, or you can just start a club without the school's permission under your Right to Assemble. Or you can wait for college, which for me is just a giant Computer Club.
(You'd probably get more members if you made it an area club to attract kids from nearby high schools.)
(Oh yea, and don't do drugs. (For at least another two years.))
I imagine if she had sold them her image, Ulala would look a lot more like her.
Anyways, I doubt any normal person will mistake the two, so how can this damage her.
If you're in the area, torch their headquarters at:
Unicast Communications Corp.
160 Varick Street 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
(It's funny. Laugh)
I used to like this site until they started redirecting me to ads that weren't exactly popups.
All I can say is, man, we've come a long way from Contra.
I sent them a note with their revision thing explaining that your site wasn't porn. Maybe if you bug them enough they'll look at it again. How long have you had this address? Maybe the database is old.
I quite enjoyed the various game types in UT. The one where you have to attack in a certain time limit and then defend for that amount of time makes for a pretty fast paced game.
You speak of UT Assault, one of the best ideas in the gaming world. (I myself still spend way too much time playing it after 3 years) However, it was removed in the new UT, (as well as were sniper rifles), thus perhaps leading to UT's demise as one of the top multiplayer FPS. So staganation can take place in the form of change for the worse. (in favor of better graphics perhaps? Who knows their logic.)
If you eat McDonalds food in the Sims, do you get sick like in RL?
The main reason ads don't work, is because they anger the user by disrupting his web experience. (Like the army ones that send helicopters flying across your broswer so you can't read what you're there for). If the text ads don't impede surfing, then they won't cause the disdain that allows the brain to easily ignore them every time.
'Welcome to the Rock.'