Whew! We've got prior art on this. Can you imagine trying to proving to the BSA (Breakfast Systems Alliance) that you've got a license to flip pancakes perfectly.
But how many of those people are going to have heard of OpenCD.org?
Well, now you have. The idea is for YOU to burn it and give to your Joe Beer friends (come-on, admit it, you have a few). This isn't a mutli-million dollar movie release, it needs your support to help it succeed. And success isn't going to mean it will be on every PC in your town, but having it on a few is a great start. And maybe, just maybe, something will click and Open Source will start to make sense.
You've watched Star Trek, you want to assimilate your friends to Open Source. This is a much safer (from their standpoint) way to do it than telling them to reformat and drop Red Hat on their Dell.
Which means that they can market to advertisers nationwide radio coverage. Radio can't say that right now.
Actually radio can deliver nationwide radio coverage...its called Clear Channel and if you don't want their radio, try their concert venues, billboards or whatever other advertising stream they can monopolize.
If you are just curious about math...other suggestions have been made that make a lot of sense...especially auditing a college class and reading old textbooks.
However, if you are thinking on building on this curiousity for a new/expanded degree and need college credit then your choices narrow. If you need a firm understanding of the basics...a community college gives the best "bang for the buck". Around here, the local community college is about one-third the cost of a traditional university.
If you already have a firm understanding of the basics...I highly recommend NetMath at http://netmath.math.uiuc.edu/ . The courses offered are Calculus on up. Its a bit more expensive than attending a traditional university, and substantially more than a community college. And you need to be self-motivated. But there is plenty of help available, through chat hours and an assigned mentor (basically a Teachers Assistant) you share with a few other students. You can work it around your own schedule which, to me, makes up for the higher cost. Its offered through the University of Illinois and thus accepted as "real" college credit. And you use Mathematica in your studies which is really a powerful piece of software.
Since those that are buying the characters don't really care about the development, let them pay Sony or whomever a small fee ($20?) and get a fully decked out level 40 Tiger-Werewolf-Money with the Sword of the Eunuchs. Said character will be very basic looking, armor will be dull gray as will the SotE. A quest SotE will be flashy but act the same as the gray one. Do the same for the other items. A buck or two here and there for a Helmet of Truancy, Breastplate of Huh-Huh, and Boots of Nike. And up dries the market for stuff and characters. Meanwhile, the character development player will want the flesh toned SotE, instead of the gray one. The Power Gamer is happy because he can walk through the adventure and feel big, while the Character Development Gamer gets his way too.
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Pounds? Pounds?!? I thought they were all using Euros these days. My bad...I need to travel more I suppose.
Whew! We've got prior art on this. Can you imagine trying to proving to the BSA (Breakfast Systems Alliance) that you've got a license to flip pancakes perfectly.
At least there's always Lucky Charms.
Well, now you have. The idea is for YOU to burn it and give to your Joe Beer friends (come-on, admit it, you have a few). This isn't a mutli-million dollar movie release, it needs your support to help it succeed. And success isn't going to mean it will be on every PC in your town, but having it on a few is a great start. And maybe, just maybe, something will click and Open Source will start to make sense.
You've watched Star Trek, you want to assimilate your friends to Open Source. This is a much safer (from their standpoint) way to do it than telling them to reformat and drop Red Hat on their Dell.
And I thought the horse in The Ring was creepy.
Actually radio can deliver nationwide radio coverage...its called Clear Channel and if you don't want their radio, try their concert venues, billboards or whatever other advertising stream they can monopolize.
If you are just curious about math...other suggestions have been made that make a lot of sense...especially auditing a college class and reading old textbooks.
However, if you are thinking on building on this curiousity for a new/expanded degree and need college credit then your choices narrow. If you need a firm understanding of the basics...a community college gives the best "bang for the buck". Around here, the local community college is about one-third the cost of a traditional university.
If you already have a firm understanding of the basics...I highly recommend NetMath at http://netmath.math.uiuc.edu/ . The courses offered are Calculus on up. Its a bit more expensive than attending a traditional university, and substantially more than a community college. And you need to be self-motivated. But there is plenty of help available, through chat hours and an assigned mentor (basically a Teachers Assistant) you share with a few other students. You can work it around your own schedule which, to me, makes up for the higher cost. Its offered through the University of Illinois and thus accepted as "real" college credit. And you use Mathematica in your studies which is really a powerful piece of software.
Definitely check it out.
Since those that are buying the characters don't really care about the development, let them pay Sony or whomever a small fee ($20?) and get a fully decked out level 40 Tiger-Werewolf-Money with the Sword of the Eunuchs. Said character will be very basic looking, armor will be dull gray as will the SotE. A quest SotE will be flashy but act the same as the gray one. Do the same for the other items. A buck or two here and there for a Helmet of Truancy, Breastplate of Huh-Huh, and Boots of Nike. And up dries the market for stuff and characters. Meanwhile, the character development player will want the flesh toned SotE, instead of the gray one. The Power Gamer is happy because he can walk through the adventure and feel big, while the Character Development Gamer gets his way too.