As someone coming off of 3.5 years of quality IT experience with several very positive references, I still couldn't find even an entry-level job because I didn't have a college degree.
So now I'm doing the debt-to-pay-for-school thing.
I had now idea this contest was going on. I'd have been happy to enter. Throwing together something small, but better than a.Net calculator, for a chance at a free XBox? Absolutely!
That's why I said I didn't disagree with his position that what this kid did was wrong. It was wrong. But the fact that it's illegal is not why it's wrong.
Agreed. I have more important things going on at work, and in my life. I don't have time to care about how much other people are making or who's telling who about whose office romance. The power bestowed upon me as an admin is not the most exciting, fulfilling part of my existence.
To be fair, I've never had a professor outright tell me I could not use an older edition. In my experience they're fine with it when asked and will warn you if there could be issues with an older edition. Very very few professors have that strange adversarial mindset towards their students and are often more than happy to help.
I suggest having some backbone and telling your friends exactly what they're getting for their money. Don't be afraid to say no. If they're decent people they'll understand.
I read that article both when it was originally posted to/. and just now, and I've been to the movie. The Wired piece is a thousand times more fascinating and entertaining than the film.
Everything iD has open sourced was opened WELL after the games had run their course in retail. Them being open had nothing to do with their success.
You mean SDL+OpenGL instead of DirectX. That's a pretty subjective debate, and I have a good feeling neither you nor I are qualified to make any sort of worthwhile statement about it. I would love to see more companies go the open source, cross platform route instead of using MS's stuff, but I'm sure they have their reasons. It'd be interesting to hear them.
It probably isn't too hard to get Spore running under Wine. I like that idea, i think it'd be something great for companies to work towards.
No, not really. Some buyers were committed to buying an HD format and the Warner news caused them to change their mind. Others saw it as a sign of uncertainty and decided to hold off.
As someone who has that experience and is still working on his bachelors, that's certainly not what I've encountered. I was just laid off from my below-market-rate IT position; i knew in advance that it was coming, so i've been looking for a new position for several months. When i am able to get feedback from the places I apply it's almost always "HR said no because you don't have a degree."
If you could point me in the direction of all these positions I could get without a degree, i'd love you forever.
Agreed! Bring back Geeks in Space! Several years ago the reason for not continuing it was that it was too hard to get everyone together to record an episode. With apps like Skype and Ventrillo that's no longer an excuse.
I agree, i think it's just incompetence. Every best buy i've been in has no available internet access on the computers in the store. I'm guessing the intranet site is set up so that employees can check the "online" price, but it isn't properly maintained for one reason or another.
You can't compare the two. It's easy to duplicate the movie and music "experience," with piracy. You easily do the same with a book. Sure you can have it printed, but that's exactly cheap, and reading a book on a computer screen sucks.
I'd rather read a book while holding it in my hands and lying in bed. I'm not so picky about how i watch movies, and even if i was it isn't hard to get a torrented DVD going on my home theater system.
You could say it's both. There are a few steps, and by just looking at the cube you can see what needs to be done for the step you are on (and usually the step after it). Being able to see what needs to be done with those steps isn't too hard with practice, or at least isn't for me- and I'm far from a mathematical genius. The tough part is the finger dexterity to move the cube fast enough.
The first few steps in any method get you to a point where you have 2/3rds of the cube "solved." I can usually see the pieces for each of these steps and do it fairly quickly. With Jessica's method the last 1/3rd of the cube can be solved by using 1 of 40 algorithms, followed by 1 of 13 algorithms. Once you've memorized these algorithms and the orientations in which they must be used, it becomes almost second nature to solve the last step.
I lost my Lexar 1 gig thumbdrive in a snowbank in the middle of January. I found it in june, where the snowbank used to be. After using some naval jelly to clean off the rust on the USB connector it worked perfectly. I use it almost every day.
I was really hoping for an answer with at least SOME information about my question (number 4 on the list if you care). I wanted to know how they handle the balance in their games, they answered with "we care about it a lot.":(
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Anyone wanna guess how much faster would they have been taken down had they been hosting RIAA or MPAA copyrighted works?
As someone coming off of 3.5 years of quality IT experience with several very positive references, I still couldn't find even an entry-level job because I didn't have a college degree. So now I'm doing the debt-to-pay-for-school thing.
I had now idea this contest was going on. I'd have been happy to enter. Throwing together something small, but better than a .Net calculator, for a chance at a free XBox? Absolutely!
Way to go, Microsoft Marketing dept!
That's why I said I didn't disagree with his position that what this kid did was wrong. It was wrong. But the fact that it's illegal is not why it's wrong.
If he technically did the right thing, he wouldn't be technically looking at jail time.
Not that I disagree with your overall position, but, just because it's illegal, doesn't mean it's wrong.
Agreed. I have more important things going on at work, and in my life. I don't have time to care about how much other people are making or who's telling who about whose office romance. The power bestowed upon me as an admin is not the most exciting, fulfilling part of my existence.
To be fair, I've never had a professor outright tell me I could not use an older edition. In my experience they're fine with it when asked and will warn you if there could be issues with an older edition. Very very few professors have that strange adversarial mindset towards their students and are often more than happy to help.
Totally not true. Just slice the screen into N parts, where N is the number of cores you have. Ta-da, problem solved.
I suggest having some backbone and telling your friends exactly what they're getting for their money. Don't be afraid to say no. If they're decent people they'll understand.
I read that article both when it was originally posted to /. and just now, and I've been to the movie. The Wired piece is a thousand times more fascinating and entertaining than the film.
Everything iD has open sourced was opened WELL after the games had run their course in retail. Them being open had nothing to do with their success.
You mean SDL+OpenGL instead of DirectX. That's a pretty subjective debate, and I have a good feeling neither you nor I are qualified to make any sort of worthwhile statement about it. I would love to see more companies go the open source, cross platform route instead of using MS's stuff, but I'm sure they have their reasons. It'd be interesting to hear them.
It probably isn't too hard to get Spore running under Wine. I like that idea, i think it'd be something great for companies to work towards.
No, not really. Some buyers were committed to buying an HD format and the Warner news caused them to change their mind. Others saw it as a sign of uncertainty and decided to hold off.
As someone who has that experience and is still working on his bachelors, that's certainly not what I've encountered. I was just laid off from my below-market-rate IT position; i knew in advance that it was coming, so i've been looking for a new position for several months. When i am able to get feedback from the places I apply it's almost always "HR said no because you don't have a degree."
If you could point me in the direction of all these positions I could get without a degree, i'd love you forever.
I don't do that, but I think I'll start once this software is out there :D
The raw materials for those probes need to be placed in orbit in the first place. I don't see how building them out there helps.
Agreed! Bring back Geeks in Space! Several years ago the reason for not continuing it was that it was too hard to get everyone together to record an episode. With apps like Skype and Ventrillo that's no longer an excuse.
I agree, i think it's just incompetence. Every best buy i've been in has no available internet access on the computers in the store. I'm guessing the intranet site is set up so that employees can check the "online" price, but it isn't properly maintained for one reason or another.
Actually, not every college student can. Undergrads at even the very highly-respected university in my area will cite Wikipedia all the time.
What's worse is their professors don't mark them down for it.
You can't compare the two. It's easy to duplicate the movie and music "experience," with piracy. You easily do the same with a book. Sure you can have it printed, but that's exactly cheap, and reading a book on a computer screen sucks.
I'd rather read a book while holding it in my hands and lying in bed. I'm not so picky about how i watch movies, and even if i was it isn't hard to get a torrented DVD going on my home theater system.
As someone that also works in hospital IT: I agree!
You could say it's both. There are a few steps, and by just looking at the cube you can see what needs to be done for the step you are on (and usually the step after it). Being able to see what needs to be done with those steps isn't too hard with practice, or at least isn't for me- and I'm far from a mathematical genius. The tough part is the finger dexterity to move the cube fast enough.
Currently the fastest method I'm aware of is Jessica Fridrich's.
The first few steps in any method get you to a point where you have 2/3rds of the cube "solved." I can usually see the pieces for each of these steps and do it fairly quickly. With Jessica's method the last 1/3rd of the cube can be solved by using 1 of 40 algorithms, followed by 1 of 13 algorithms. Once you've memorized these algorithms and the orientations in which they must be used, it becomes almost second nature to solve the last step.
Or maybe they are talking about mysterious out-of-place big cats that alternate between two shapes :-?
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It was actually a night elf druid
I lost my Lexar 1 gig thumbdrive in a snowbank in the middle of January. I found it in june, where the snowbank used to be. After using some naval jelly to clean off the rust on the USB connector it worked perfectly. I use it almost every day.
Hell, I wish I had a hand in making something that millions of people all over the world wanted to watch. That alone is fucking awesome.
I was really hoping for an answer with at least SOME information about my question (number 4 on the list if you care). I wanted to know how they handle the balance in their games, they answered with "we care about it a lot." :(