That's percentage of steam users, though. That's not the size of the *potential* market. A bunch of people who are potential gamers could barely care less about their PC and just use their consoles for gaming.
Also of note is the lack of concrete numbers in that survey.
Yeah, no real programmer would use digit_index in a trivial loop. But if that loop becomes nested, or if the variable is used in multiple locations within that loop, it *can* matter.
There's probably something bigger going on here. What do you want to bet that Activision has been making noise behind-the-scenes of either dumping Gibson or making Guitar Hero 4 non-Gibson exclusive?
No doubt this is a marketing coup. I had no idea that they had a Christmas album. I don't know if I'll get it in MP3 format, CD, or USB stick... but I will be buying it for my wife this year. She really enjoys BNL, and we both enjoy hearing unique takes on christmas music.
Yes, and this is true even of simple things like special controllers. The steering wheel controller is a case in point. I can't ever remember a driving game that supported a wheel controller well. It's usually easier to drive with the standard controller - the wheel is just frustrating.
The exception that proves your statement is Gran Turismo 4. That game doesn't come alive until you add the Logitech DFP wheel.
Cheap wheels, though, don't add much. That I'll grant you. You have to get pretty spendy to get performance.
This move isn't about the game player. This is about getting blue-ray into people's houses before HD-DVD. If sony can win *that* war, the console gaming war is secondary.
When you're doing PS2 exclusive stuff (and I mean REALLY PS2 exclusive, not "Renderman on PS2) you can do a lot. See the recent Gran Turismo 4 and Gods of War for examples of what the humble underperformer can do when properly pushed.
Game console programmers still do, for the most part. We're constantly trying to squeeze more data into less space. (Embedded programmers are doing this too, I'm sure, but I'd rather only talk about the environment I know about.)
One thing I'm particularly excited about with the new iBooks is that their maximum RAM is 1.25 GB, instead of 768MB.
This is a HUGE difference for me, since the stuff that I'm most interested in doing isn't so much CPU intensive as RAM intensive. I can live with just about anything, but under 1GB of RAM was a deal-killer on the iBooks.
I have yet to find a language that makes creating a spiffy user interface anywhere *near* so easy.
If you ever have a couple hours free near a modern mac with the developer's toolkit, take a look at Interface Builder/Project Builder. Particularly with Applescript.
It's really easy. Pathetically so. I know that a lot of people won't have the ability to check it out, it being a mac-only app, but it's worth the trouble if you have a chance.
Yeah, it's MUCH more efficient to slog through source code to find out the definition of a function, as opposed to looking in (much more easily read) header files.
I doubt I'd be able to write code anywhere near as efficiently if I had to look up function definitions within the code modules themselves.
Thinking the source would never get released, I just sold off my copy a few days ago. Now I'm gonna have to buy it again to get the data files back!
Darn their hides!
I think Sam is as much the hero as anyone, and who would put him as their first choice?
Actually, I routinely put Sam and Boromir as two of the greatest heroes in the book, though for different reasons.
Sam is the one who gets stuff done. Frodo runs off, but Sam is there saying "No, we'll do it together". When things get rough in Mordor, who ultimately does all the gruntwork without complaining, just because he loves Frodo? Sam.
He may not be the most obviously heroic guy, but when push comes to shove, he puts his back into his work, forgoes food and rest in favor of Frodo getting those things, and when Frodo can't walk up mount Doom, he carries him up! Sam is the character in the book who never suffers from self-doubt, and always does The Right Thing(TM).
Boromir is my favorite character, though, because he's the opposite. He does the wrong thing, but he usually does it for the right reason. In other words, he's screwed from the start. And just as he figures it all out, BOOM! he's out of the story.
I suppose if I didn't have to get back to writing code, I could make this post more coherent. Sorry if my writing lets you down.:-)
I'm not joking. The #1 rule of computer science is that computer scientists are lazy.
Yeah, whatever.
Are you willing to PAY for secure software? How about the average user?
It's not just about "do security from the beginning", it also takes a lot more time to properly vett a system if you're going to say it's secure. I doubt the average software customer would be willing to double the amount they'd pay for software just for security. (This obviously would be a place to insert a comment about Free software, but I don't feel like it.)
Unlikely it's cocoa, since that isn't a compiler, but rather a framework for building applications. Itts development environment is ProjectBuilder, which is a front-end for GCC (among other things).
Were I a betting man, I'd say that it's all codewarrior & gcc for compilers.
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Um, I write games for a living. Wouldn't wear a suit to an interview, wouldn't wear a *tie* to an interview. It's just not done.
There's other businesses out there where it's not done, too.
Now to be fair, when I start a new job, I always wear pressed long-sleeve oxfords the first week, because that's as far as you go in this business, and I do try to make a good impression.
My question would be: you didn't look at what your future co-workers were wearing when you toured the office during your interview? That's one of those "office culture" things I'd have checked out right away.
For me, TTT was the most boring book in the trilogy too.
The first time.
When I learned the story, though, and started really grooving on middle earth, it rose quickly in my estimation.
TTT has a lot of character development, as Aragorn finally wises up to the fact that not only is he King, but he'd damn well better start acting like it, or as Gimli and Legolas begin to look past their racial hatreds and know each other as friends, or as Merry and Pippin start to realize that there's a big world outside the shire, and that they're in the thick of things, and that what they do actually matters.
Now, my absolute favorite bits are in RotK, that's for sure. Sam becoming the true hero of the book, Aragorn being recognized as King, and the scouring of the shire and its healing.
But for my nickel, FotR is the snoozefest of them all. Which means that the best is just starting to arrive.
Just because these games are small doesn't diminish their greatness. In my view, which may be a minority view, gameplay is king. You can fit fun in a small space as well as a big one.
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That's percentage of steam users, though. That's not the size of the *potential* market. A bunch of people who are potential gamers could barely care less about their PC and just use their consoles for gaming. Also of note is the lack of concrete numbers in that survey.
Yeah, no real programmer would use digit_index in a trivial loop. But if that loop becomes nested, or if the variable is used in multiple locations within that loop, it *can* matter.
I'm glad SOMEONE else caught this.
There's probably something bigger going on here. What do you want to bet that Activision has been making noise behind-the-scenes of either dumping Gibson or making Guitar Hero 4 non-Gibson exclusive?
That's soooooo OS9 of you.
No doubt this is a marketing coup. I had no idea that they had a Christmas album. I don't know if I'll get it in MP3 format, CD, or USB stick... but I will be buying it for my wife this year. She really enjoys BNL, and we both enjoy hearing unique takes on christmas music.
No discussion of O'Reilly is complete without a link to True in a Nutshell. Enjoy.
The exception that proves your statement is Gran Turismo 4. That game doesn't come alive until you add the Logitech DFP wheel.
Cheap wheels, though, don't add much. That I'll grant you. You have to get pretty spendy to get performance.
This move isn't about the game player. This is about getting blue-ray into people's houses before HD-DVD. If sony can win *that* war, the console gaming war is secondary.
When you're doing PS2 exclusive stuff (and I mean REALLY PS2 exclusive, not "Renderman on PS2) you can do a lot. See the recent Gran Turismo 4 and Gods of War for examples of what the humble underperformer can do when properly pushed.
Game console programmers still do, for the most part. We're constantly trying to squeeze more data into less space. (Embedded programmers are doing this too, I'm sure, but I'd rather only talk about the environment I know about.)
This is a HUGE difference for me, since the stuff that I'm most interested in doing isn't so much CPU intensive as RAM intensive. I can live with just about anything, but under 1GB of RAM was a deal-killer on the iBooks.
For me, this changes everything.
If you ever have a couple hours free near a modern mac with the developer's toolkit, take a look at Interface Builder/Project Builder. Particularly with Applescript.
It's really easy. Pathetically so. I know that a lot of people won't have the ability to check it out, it being a mac-only app, but it's worth the trouble if you have a chance.
"The low bottom end is not there..."-- there is a difference between low bottoms, mid bottoms, and high bottoms. Perfectly feasible.
"The Equilibre ($8,475) - nominally a 60-watt stereo amp."-- yes, power ratings are nominal. What's the problem here?
"Each tube brand seems to have a unique flavor of its own."-- the only problem here is "seems to have". Every tube brand DOES sound different.
Sure, there are a few mixed metaphors in there. So what?
Yeah, it's MUCH more efficient to slog through source code to find out the definition of a function, as opposed to looking in (much more easily read) header files. I doubt I'd be able to write code anywhere near as efficiently if I had to look up function definitions within the code modules themselves.
Thinking the source would never get released, I just sold off my copy a few days ago. Now I'm gonna have to buy it again to get the data files back! Darn their hides!
Sorry, man.
I'm not interested in a threeway with a dude who uses all caps. Or with any dude, for that matter, but especially not a caps abuser.
Actually, I routinely put Sam and Boromir as two of the greatest heroes in the book, though for different reasons.
Sam is the one who gets stuff done. Frodo runs off, but Sam is there saying "No, we'll do it together". When things get rough in Mordor, who ultimately does all the gruntwork without complaining, just because he loves Frodo? Sam.
He may not be the most obviously heroic guy, but when push comes to shove, he puts his back into his work, forgoes food and rest in favor of Frodo getting those things, and when Frodo can't walk up mount Doom, he carries him up! Sam is the character in the book who never suffers from self-doubt, and always does The Right Thing(TM).
Boromir is my favorite character, though, because he's the opposite. He does the wrong thing, but he usually does it for the right reason. In other words, he's screwed from the start. And just as he figures it all out, BOOM! he's out of the story.
I suppose if I didn't have to get back to writing code, I could make this post more coherent. Sorry if my writing lets you down. :-)
Yeah, whatever.
Are you willing to PAY for secure software? How about the average user?
It's not just about "do security from the beginning", it also takes a lot more time to properly vett a system if you're going to say it's secure. I doubt the average software customer would be willing to double the amount they'd pay for software just for security. (This obviously would be a place to insert a comment about Free software, but I don't feel like it.)
Unlikely it's cocoa, since that isn't a compiler, but rather a framework for building applications. Itts development environment is ProjectBuilder, which is a front-end for GCC (among other things). Were I a betting man, I'd say that it's all codewarrior & gcc for compilers.
Um, I write games for a living. Wouldn't wear a suit to an interview, wouldn't wear a *tie* to an interview. It's just not done. There's other businesses out there where it's not done, too. Now to be fair, when I start a new job, I always wear pressed long-sleeve oxfords the first week, because that's as far as you go in this business, and I do try to make a good impression. My question would be: you didn't look at what your future co-workers were wearing when you toured the office during your interview? That's one of those "office culture" things I'd have checked out right away.
I'm not dead yet!
What is your name?
What is your quest?
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
For me, TTT was the most boring book in the trilogy too. The first time. When I learned the story, though, and started really grooving on middle earth, it rose quickly in my estimation. TTT has a lot of character development, as Aragorn finally wises up to the fact that not only is he King, but he'd damn well better start acting like it, or as Gimli and Legolas begin to look past their racial hatreds and know each other as friends, or as Merry and Pippin start to realize that there's a big world outside the shire, and that they're in the thick of things, and that what they do actually matters. Now, my absolute favorite bits are in RotK, that's for sure. Sam becoming the true hero of the book, Aragorn being recognized as King, and the scouring of the shire and its healing. But for my nickel, FotR is the snoozefest of them all. Which means that the best is just starting to arrive.
Just because these games are small doesn't diminish their greatness. In my view, which may be a minority view, gameplay is king. You can fit fun in a small space as well as a big one.