Here's the email that CCP sent out to fix the problem. Talk about ugly! They can't even get the details of the email correct and they expect the general users to know how to follow these steps?
Dear customer
Some users may have been inadvertently affected by an error in the install scripts for the Premium Graphics Upgrade process for the new Trinity Expansion.
Only those who meet ALL of the following criteria need to take further steps:
* You started downloading the upgrade from Trinity Classic Graphics Content to Premium Graphics Content BEFORE 04:00 GMT on Dec 6
* You must be using a version of Windows other than Vista.
* You must have Windows installed not on the primary partition.
or
You must have at least 2 hard disks and the OS must be installed NOT on the primary, but the secondary hard disk
If all these apply, you MAY be affected by a known problem with the Graphics Update system. All other users are unaffected by this issue. The Trinity update (including Premium Graphics Content) is now available for all users and this error has been corrected.
If you think you MAY be affected by this issue, please take the following steps (information also available here: http://www.eve-online.com/updates/bootinifix.asp):
Step 1: Verify if you are missing your boot.ini
* Click the "Start" button
* Click "Run..."
* In the input box next to Open: type CMD (click OK)
* At the C: type bootcfg If you are missing your boot.ini you will see the following error: ERROR: ACCESS DENIED. Proceed to the options below.
* If you receive something with Boot Loader Settings with information under it, you are not affected.
Option A: Checking for existing backup files
* Click "Start"
* Select the "Run" option
* Enter "c:\windows\pss" and click "OK"
* If you receive an error file the directory does not exist and you should attempt one of the two other options.
* If the directory opens, you should have a backup copy of the boot.ini file.
* Copy it to the root directory (usually c:\ ) and remove the.backup from the filename so that the filename is boot.ini
* Then retry Step 1
Option B: You have NOT rebooted your system and you have System Restore active (default)
* Click Start
* Click All Programs
* Click Accessories
* Click System Tools
* Click System Restore
* Click the option Restore my computer to an earlier time and click Next
* Choose an available date prior to the install date of the program. (you will not loose any documents you have created)
* Click Next
* Click Next again when it confirms you restore date
* Windows will then log you off and the System Restore Window Box will come up.
* The system will then reboot itself once or twice and then Windows will then restart Once Windows starts up ok, then the system restore screen will appear. Verify this and click OK Windows will finish starting up. Please go back to Step 1 and verify that your boot.ini is OK
Option C: You have a Windows OS CD available
* Place the Windows CD into the CD drive and turn on or reboot the machine
* When you get the message Press any key to boot from cd.... (press any key)
* Windows Setup screen will start and it will start to load needed files
* Once the Welcome to Setup screen appears, choose R to Repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console
* On the Recovery console you will be prompted with the Windows installation you would like to use. Use the correct number for your install and press
* Under Type the Administrator password enter the password and press
* You will then be at a command prompt C:\Windows> type bootcfg/rebuild and press
* You will then be prompted for some information by the machine
So, does this mean that if I build a potato/tennis ball cannon out of soda cans, duct tape, and lighter fluid, that the black vans will show up and take me away?
I use to have a great time with my old chemistry set. I turned my walk-in closet into my lab. I once managed to create something that coagulated ink then spent months trying to recreate that experiment with no success. Thus I learned to take good notes. BTW: I got straight A's in chemistry. I don't make drugs or things that blow up. Not anymore, anyway.;)
Lets also not forget those great glass monitors used in Minority Report. All one has to do is look at how interaction is working with the Wii. The use of gloves with motion detection is already a reality. The only piece left is the see through monitors. I would love to have one of those.
I can relate to Kathy's situation. While I didn't receive death threats, I did receive a LOT of hostile emails. A little over 15 years ago I wrote an article for Computerworld, comparing Windows 95 versus OS/2. In my review, I gave Win 95 a half star lead over OS/2 due to compatibility issues with existing software products. (Yep, that was me!) The day after the article came out, I had over 900 emails in my inbox. Most were from irate OS/2 advocates who questioned my manhood, called me every name in the book, threatened to take me to court, etc.
Needless to say, after a couple thousand emails, with only a couple praising my article, I was a bit shook. That was the last article I wrote for CW.
However, none of the threats came through. And I'm writing again.
It IS scarry. When death threats or physical harm is threatened, then yes, the police/fbi should get involved. It is unfortunate that when someone is in the public eye, that a few individuals can ruin a good thing. The Java community has benefited greatly from Kathy's contributions. It's sad that we will not benefit from her knowledge and skill for quite some time, due to these events.
I got my start on the Vic-20 and learned how to write video games using 6502 assembler in just 3.5K of RAM. But I was so enthralled with the Amiga that I spearheaded a plan in Ashton-Tate to port dBASE III Plus over to the Amiga platform. Ed Esber allowed me to put together a full business plan and analysis for getting dBASE onto the Amiga platform. MicroIllusions was going to do the port for us and I was able to show (on paper of course) how we could make our investment back within the first year. But, sorry to say, the project got shot down in the board room. And I got dinged in my employee review for not being more focused on MIS projects. Who knows what could've happened if we had actually been allowed to port the product over.
I used to work for Ashton-Tate before it was bought out by Borland. Though it was very hush hush at the time, I personally built a business plan for porting dBASE III Plus over to the Amiga. We had a group of Amiga developers lined up to do the port. The marketing and business plan showed that there was a profit to be made if the port was done. I managed to get the honchos from Commodore to meet with Ed Esber and with management from the Amiga development company. After a couple months of serious work to pull it all together, it fell apart in the board room. With A-T focused on other platforms, and the mistake they made with dBASE for Mac (which really didn't have anything similarity to dBASE), they decided to not follow the Amiga market. I personally feel that if they had, that the Amiga platform and market would've been a lot different and would have been taken more seriously.
But hey, it was a fun project. (Ah, the good old days.)
JW article on Bloodless Surgery
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If you really want to investigate why bloodless surgery is gaining ground in the medical industry then take a look at this article published by Jehovah's Witnesses. And before you turn up your nose because of the source of the article, you should really give it a read. The JW's have had a major impact on how the medical industry views this topic and many advances have been made because of them.
Here's the article: http://www.watchtower.org/library/hb/index.htm?art icle=article_06.htm
Can you give me a language besides Java, that I can use for developing apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, Web, Palm, and tons of smartphones? If so then show me. Otherwise, quit preaching that java is dead and let me get back to doing real work.
I'm 48 and I've been cranking out code since 1982. I'm self taught - starting with 6502 assembler. Today I currently work with Java for BlackBerry devices, FileMaker Pro, and C++ for Palm OS. I refuse to dive into upper management. I thrive on creativity and learning new technologies. And I believe in the ART of software design and development.
I make my living as a freelance programmer and professional writer. Most of the work that I'm currently involved with is the writing of User Guides and books on computer technology/programming. Plus, I'm developing new products that I plan on bringing to market. My career is based on experience, and I plan on being involved with this industry for many years to come.
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I don't agree. Developers are going to go where the jobs are. If I was doing this for fun then I'd still be writing 6502 Assembler. But if the demand is for Java, Oracle, and C++, then that's where the programmers are going to go. This is not a developer driven market. It is employer driven. Maybe eventually, when the decision makers decide that there's a better approach then we might see a gradual change. But, for business, it cost money to make a major switch over to a new development platform. Especially when the business has already invested a significant amount of time and resources to providing products and services based on a specific technology.
Timothy Trimble
The ART of Software Development
Stats Don't Lie! Java OWNS the current market!
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I've been watching the local So. California programming job market for a while. And as of earlier this year, I started keeping track of the number of jobs available for specific programming languages. Throughout the past 9 months, Java has owned the market on number of available programming job.
Here's the spreadsheet that I put together. It's in no way scientific, but it is a good indicator that Java, C++, and Oracle own the programming jobs market.
If you're a developer on the OO project, and you're writing macros, then yes - you're going to find bugs. Most likely you'll find a bunch of em. That's what you get when you're under the hood, twiddling with the application. However, as an end user, I've yet to encounter any bugs with Open Office. It pains me to no end that I have to use MS Word to write my current book assignment. It is so full of problems that I can't get past 30 pages without encountering major problems. With OO, I can have 100+ page documents, with embedded graphics, and not have any problems at all.
I've seen these same types of issues when I worked for Ashton-Tate. We had 100+ developers working on dBASE IV. And what did we release? A bug filled application that induced the death of the company. Meanwhile, a group of 6 developers worked on a dBASE compiler environment that worked great! Seems the more developers you throw at a project then the less communications between them and the more bugs you end up encountering. I would hate to see this happen with OO. But then, if the project managers keep a good handle on it, then the rest of us "end users" will be quite content and happy to use OO instead of the bloated MSO products.
Before I got into writing video games for the Vic-20, I was running Traveller games (Sci-Fi role playing) out of a game store in Indiana. I actually got paid for coming up with Traveller sessions and then GMing them at the store. Then when I got into programming, a lot of the creativity, randomness, and tree branching logic of role playing applied to what I was doing in programming. I also feel that there's a lot of coorelation between creativive writing and programming.
Timothy Trimble
The ART of Software Devleopment
Being in my late 40's, it's almost impossible for me to find a technology or programming position with an established company. I'm either too old, too set in my ways, will want too much money, over experienced, too primadona, or too close to retirement age to be of any consideration compared to the 20-somethings out there. And since I don't want the headaches or want to play the politics of a management position, I'm basically forced into becoming a freelance consultant. With that in mind - I love it! I make my own hours. True, I usually work 60+ hours a week. But, I get to choose to take a morning off now and then without having to ask anyone for permission. Yes, the financials are a bit of a nightmare, but once you get the hang of it and keep track of every cent made, and every receipt, then it's not so bad. Also, if you have a lot of experience in a specific area of technology, and you have a knack at writing then you could also look at writing articles and books. Between writing and programming, I'm managing to keep pretty busy.
I'm totally looking forward to OpenOffice becoming more of a standard. As a writer, I love using OO for most of my writing. Especially when I'm including a large amount of screen shots into my documents. OO handles the load so much better than MS Word. Try including 10 or more screenshots in a Word document and it chokes. Plus, I hate it when I get an assignment and the client requires the use of a MS Word template file. Now it looks like I may be able to convert these templates over to OO?!? That would be great.
I'm all for it!
Isn't it Yahoo mail that the reporter in China was using? Didn't Yahoo "give" release the reporter's emails to the Chinese government? All for freedom of speech?
Humm. Personally, Google is my choice.
Personally, in the the year and half since I started playing Eve-Online (http://www.eve-online.com/ the only games that I've spent money on have been for PS2 or XBox. For PC gaming, Eve has satisfied all my gaming needs. I can jump for a quick half hour of missions or mining, or spend hours involved with team operations. The only other PC based games that I go to now and then is Flight Simulator or Empire Earth. And Eve is updated enough to keep it challenging and interesting.
Not quite sure I understand why Eve Online http://www.eve-online.com/ keeps getting overlooked. Maybe it's becuase the genre mostly aims toward cut and slash type games, or those that have huge sponsors (Sony, Lucas, etc.)? I think this one deserves a closer look by folks. Just the fact that the Eve universe is a single universe for all players, and not divided into servers or nodes, is very impressive (30,000 + solar systems for over 30,000 players). And another appealing point is the constant improvements and expansions to the game, the most recent being the Exodus expansion.
I just feel that if the topic is going to be how creative and original the development process has been for a specific MMOG then Eve-Online deserves a look.
I've spent the last 2.5 years trying to stay in the software development market. I've been doing it since 1980. But I've given up. Being in my mid-40's I just can compete with the offshoring. I'm now working in Real Estate. And if I could figure out how to earn a living by playing Eve-Online then I would just do that.;) Bye, bye, programming jobs. It's been fun while it lasted.
I'm starting to see this occur with Eve Online as well. Recently, a 3 Account bundle went for over $1200 (US) on eBay. And it appears that ISK (the currency) is averaging 1Mil ISK = $1 US. So, if you're heavily into mining rare ores and can gather 10M worth of minerals in an hour then you're making around $10 an hour. Not bad for playing a game.
Up till the events of 9/11, I was the CEO of a $500K gross software company that specialized in PDA products. I've been doing computers and software for over 20 years and up till last year, I've never had a problem getting work. Now I'm cleaning carpets and fixing PS2's to try and keep food on the table. I've sold just about everything I have on eBay and there's still no hope of seeing the industry turn around. I've even tried to sell the rights to my PDA based software products. Guess what - no takers!
I'm mad, frustrated, depressed, and tired. (My appologies to the/. crowd for my vent!)
At least I still have my music.
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Here's the email that CCP sent out to fix the problem. Talk about ugly! They can't even get the details of the email correct and they expect the general users to know how to follow these steps?
.backup from the filename so that the filename is boot.ini
/rebuild and press
Dear customer
Some users may have been inadvertently affected by an error in the install scripts for the Premium Graphics Upgrade process for the new Trinity Expansion.
Only those who meet ALL of the following criteria need to take further steps:
* You started downloading the upgrade from Trinity Classic Graphics Content to Premium Graphics Content BEFORE 04:00 GMT on Dec 6
* You must be using a version of Windows other than Vista.
* You must have Windows installed not on the primary partition.
or
You must have at least 2 hard disks and the OS must be installed NOT on the primary, but the secondary hard disk
If all these apply, you MAY be affected by a known problem with the Graphics Update system. All other users are unaffected by this issue. The Trinity update (including Premium Graphics Content) is now available for all users and this error has been corrected.
If you think you MAY be affected by this issue, please take the following steps (information also available here:
http://www.eve-online.com/updates/bootinifix.asp):
Step 1: Verify if you are missing your boot.ini
* Click the "Start" button
* Click "Run..."
* In the input box next to Open: type CMD (click OK)
* At the C: type bootcfg If you are missing your boot.ini you will see the following error: ERROR: ACCESS DENIED. Proceed to the options below.
* If you receive something with Boot Loader Settings with information under it, you are not affected.
Option A: Checking for existing backup files
* Click "Start"
* Select the "Run" option
* Enter "c:\windows\pss" and click "OK"
* If you receive an error file the directory does not exist and you should attempt one of the two other options.
* If the directory opens, you should have a backup copy of the boot.ini file.
* Copy it to the root directory (usually c:\ ) and remove the
* Then retry Step 1
Option B: You have NOT rebooted your system and you have System Restore active (default)
* Click Start
* Click All Programs
* Click Accessories
* Click System Tools
* Click System Restore
* Click the option Restore my computer to an earlier time and click Next
* Choose an available date prior to the install date of the program. (you will not loose any documents you have created)
* Click Next
* Click Next again when it confirms you restore date
* Windows will then log you off and the System Restore Window Box will come up.
* The system will then reboot itself once or twice and then Windows will then restart Once Windows starts up ok, then the system restore screen will appear. Verify this and click OK Windows will finish starting up. Please go back to Step 1 and verify that your boot.ini is OK
Option C: You have a Windows OS CD available
* Place the Windows CD into the CD drive and turn on or reboot the machine
* When you get the message Press any key to boot from cd.... (press any key)
* Windows Setup screen will start and it will start to load needed files
* Once the Welcome to Setup screen appears, choose R to Repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console
* On the Recovery console you will be prompted with the Windows installation you would like to use. Use the correct number for your install and press
* Under Type the Administrator password enter the password and press
* You will then be at a command prompt C:\Windows> type bootcfg
* You will then be prompted for some information by the machine
So, does this mean that if I build a potato/tennis ball cannon out of soda cans, duct tape, and lighter fluid, that the black vans will show up and take me away?
;)
I use to have a great time with my old chemistry set. I turned my walk-in closet into my lab. I once managed to create something that coagulated ink then spent months trying to recreate that experiment with no success. Thus I learned to take good notes. BTW: I got straight A's in chemistry. I don't make drugs or things that blow up. Not anymore, anyway.
Lets also not forget those great glass monitors used in Minority Report. All one has to do is look at how interaction is working with the Wii. The use of gloves with motion detection is already a reality. The only piece left is the see through monitors. I would love to have one of those.
I can relate to Kathy's situation. While I didn't receive death threats, I did receive a LOT of hostile emails. A little over 15 years ago I wrote an article for Computerworld, comparing Windows 95 versus OS/2. In my review, I gave Win 95 a half star lead over OS/2 due to compatibility issues with existing software products. (Yep, that was me!) The day after the article came out, I had over 900 emails in my inbox. Most were from irate OS/2 advocates who questioned my manhood, called me every name in the book, threatened to take me to court, etc.
Needless to say, after a couple thousand emails, with only a couple praising my article, I was a bit shook. That was the last article I wrote for CW.
However, none of the threats came through. And I'm writing again.
It IS scarry. When death threats or physical harm is threatened, then yes, the police/fbi should get involved. It is unfortunate that when someone is in the public eye, that a few individuals can ruin a good thing. The Java community has benefited greatly from Kathy's contributions. It's sad that we will not benefit from her knowledge and skill for quite some time, due to these events.
My recommendation:
Stick with the woman you're already married to and buy her a new dress. = Buy Windowblinds (http://www.stardock.com/), and keep your XP.
I got my start on the Vic-20 and learned how to write video games using 6502 assembler in just 3.5K of RAM. But I was so enthralled with the Amiga that I spearheaded a plan in Ashton-Tate to port dBASE III Plus over to the Amiga platform. Ed Esber allowed me to put together a full business plan and analysis for getting dBASE onto the Amiga platform. MicroIllusions was going to do the port for us and I was able to show (on paper of course) how we could make our investment back within the first year. But, sorry to say, the project got shot down in the board room. And I got dinged in my employee review for not being more focused on MIS projects. Who knows what could've happened if we had actually been allowed to port the product over.
Sigh.
I used to work for Ashton-Tate before it was bought out by Borland. Though it was very hush hush at the time, I personally built a business plan for porting dBASE III Plus over to the Amiga. We had a group of Amiga developers lined up to do the port. The marketing and business plan showed that there was a profit to be made if the port was done. I managed to get the honchos from Commodore to meet with Ed Esber and with management from the Amiga development company. After a couple months of serious work to pull it all together, it fell apart in the board room. With A-T focused on other platforms, and the mistake they made with dBASE for Mac (which really didn't have anything similarity to dBASE), they decided to not follow the Amiga market. I personally feel that if they had, that the Amiga platform and market would've been a lot different and would have been taken more seriously.
But hey, it was a fun project. (Ah, the good old days.)
If you really want to investigate why bloodless surgery is gaining ground in the medical industry then take a look at this article published by Jehovah's Witnesses. And before you turn up your nose because of the source of the article, you should really give it a read. The JW's have had a major impact on how the medical industry views this topic and many advances have been made because of them. Here's the article: http://www.watchtower.org/library/hb/index.htm?art icle=article_06.htm
Can you give me a language besides Java, that I can use for developing apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, Web, Palm, and tons of smartphones? If so then show me. Otherwise, quit preaching that java is dead and let me get back to doing real work.
I'm 48 and I've been cranking out code since 1982. I'm self taught - starting with 6502 assembler. Today I currently work with Java for BlackBerry devices, FileMaker Pro, and C++ for Palm OS. I refuse to dive into upper management. I thrive on creativity and learning new technologies. And I believe in the ART of software design and development.
I make my living as a freelance programmer and professional writer. Most of the work that I'm currently involved with is the writing of User Guides and books on computer technology/programming. Plus, I'm developing new products that I plan on bringing to market. My career is based on experience, and I plan on being involved with this industry for many years to come.
Timothy Trimble
The ART of Software Development
http://www.timothytrimble.info/
I don't agree. Developers are going to go where the jobs are. If I was doing this for fun then I'd still be writing 6502 Assembler. But if the demand is for Java, Oracle, and C++, then that's where the programmers are going to go. This is not a developer driven market. It is employer driven. Maybe eventually, when the decision makers decide that there's a better approach then we might see a gradual change. But, for business, it cost money to make a major switch over to a new development platform. Especially when the business has already invested a significant amount of time and resources to providing products and services based on a specific technology. Timothy Trimble The ART of Software Development
I've been watching the local So. California programming job market for a while. And as of earlier this year, I started keeping track of the number of jobs available for specific programming languages. Throughout the past 9 months, Java has owned the market on number of available programming job.
Here's the spreadsheet that I put together. It's in no way scientific, but it is a good indicator that Java, C++, and Oracle own the programming jobs market.
http://www.timothytrimble.info/ForSlashDot.htm
If you don't believe me, then do the stats yourself. Go to HotJobs, Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder and find out for yourself. The stats don't lie!
Timothy Trimble The ART of Software Development
If you're a developer on the OO project, and you're writing macros, then yes - you're going to find bugs. Most likely you'll find a bunch of em. That's what you get when you're under the hood, twiddling with the application. However, as an end user, I've yet to encounter any bugs with Open Office. It pains me to no end that I have to use MS Word to write my current book assignment. It is so full of problems that I can't get past 30 pages without encountering major problems. With OO, I can have 100+ page documents, with embedded graphics, and not have any problems at all.
I've seen these same types of issues when I worked for Ashton-Tate. We had 100+ developers working on dBASE IV. And what did we release? A bug filled application that induced the death of the company. Meanwhile, a group of 6 developers worked on a dBASE compiler environment that worked great! Seems the more developers you throw at a project then the less communications between them and the more bugs you end up encountering. I would hate to see this happen with OO. But then, if the project managers keep a good handle on it, then the rest of us "end users" will be quite content and happy to use OO instead of the bloated MSO products.
Tim Trimble
The ART of software Development
Before I got into writing video games for the Vic-20, I was running Traveller games (Sci-Fi role playing) out of a game store in Indiana. I actually got paid for coming up with Traveller sessions and then GMing them at the store. Then when I got into programming, a lot of the creativity, randomness, and tree branching logic of role playing applied to what I was doing in programming. I also feel that there's a lot of coorelation between creativive writing and programming. Timothy Trimble The ART of Software Devleopment
Being in my late 40's, it's almost impossible for me to find a technology or programming position with an established company. I'm either too old, too set in my ways, will want too much money, over experienced, too primadona, or too close to retirement age to be of any consideration compared to the 20-somethings out there. And since I don't want the headaches or want to play the politics of a management position, I'm basically forced into becoming a freelance consultant. With that in mind - I love it! I make my own hours. True, I usually work 60+ hours a week. But, I get to choose to take a morning off now and then without having to ask anyone for permission. Yes, the financials are a bit of a nightmare, but once you get the hang of it and keep track of every cent made, and every receipt, then it's not so bad. Also, if you have a lot of experience in a specific area of technology, and you have a knack at writing then you could also look at writing articles and books. Between writing and programming, I'm managing to keep pretty busy.
I'm totally looking forward to OpenOffice becoming more of a standard. As a writer, I love using OO for most of my writing. Especially when I'm including a large amount of screen shots into my documents. OO handles the load so much better than MS Word. Try including 10 or more screenshots in a Word document and it chokes. Plus, I hate it when I get an assignment and the client requires the use of a MS Word template file. Now it looks like I may be able to convert these templates over to OO?!? That would be great. I'm all for it!
Isn't it Yahoo mail that the reporter in China was using? Didn't Yahoo "give" release the reporter's emails to the Chinese government? All for freedom of speech? Humm. Personally, Google is my choice.
Personally, in the the year and half since I started playing Eve-Online (http://www.eve-online.com/ the only games that I've spent money on have been for PS2 or XBox. For PC gaming, Eve has satisfied all my gaming needs. I can jump for a quick half hour of missions or mining, or spend hours involved with team operations. The only other PC based games that I go to now and then is Flight Simulator or Empire Earth. And Eve is updated enough to keep it challenging and interesting.
Not quite sure I understand why Eve Online http://www.eve-online.com/ keeps getting overlooked. Maybe it's becuase the genre mostly aims toward cut and slash type games, or those that have huge sponsors (Sony, Lucas, etc.)? I think this one deserves a closer look by folks. Just the fact that the Eve universe is a single universe for all players, and not divided into servers or nodes, is very impressive (30,000 + solar systems for over 30,000 players). And another appealing point is the constant improvements and expansions to the game, the most recent being the Exodus expansion. I just feel that if the topic is going to be how creative and original the development process has been for a specific MMOG then Eve-Online deserves a look.
I've spent the last 2.5 years trying to stay in the software development market. I've been doing it since 1980. But I've given up. Being in my mid-40's I just can compete with the offshoring. I'm now working in Real Estate. And if I could figure out how to earn a living by playing Eve-Online then I would just do that. ;) Bye, bye, programming jobs. It's been fun while it lasted.
I'm starting to see this occur with Eve Online as well. Recently, a 3 Account bundle went for over $1200 (US) on eBay. And it appears that ISK (the currency) is averaging 1Mil ISK = $1 US. So, if you're heavily into mining rare ores and can gather 10M worth of minerals in an hour then you're making around $10 an hour. Not bad for playing a game.
Can't we just bring back WordStar? Life was so much better then. (sigh)
Up till the events of 9/11, I was the CEO of a $500K gross software company that specialized in PDA products. I've been doing computers and software for over 20 years and up till last year, I've never had a problem getting work. Now I'm cleaning carpets and fixing PS2's to try and keep food on the table. I've sold just about everything I have on eBay and there's still no hope of seeing the industry turn around. I've even tried to sell the rights to my PDA based software products. Guess what - no takers! I'm mad, frustrated, depressed, and tired. (My appologies to the /. crowd for my vent!)
At least I still have my music.