I'm 43, all we got to play with were Hot Wheels and Play-Doh.
I've been pulling stuff out of my ass for years, eventually I graduated to pulling stuff out of my nose. Do you generally believe corporate sales figures and advertising?
If you think that videogames are not primarily marketed towards kids, you'll be in for a big surprise when/if you have some.
But, by then you'll be a good parent and *not* buy the evil spawn what it wants, right?
For the record, I sit and watch my kid when he plays his games (not so much these days, since he's becoming adulty).
Of course, this is just an anecdote, as is your post. You can't rely on them. That's why we have statistics like the one TFA is using.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but "statistics" regarding videogame/machine sales are likely to be highly suspect (no, I don't have data to back that up).
Just the fact that the primary market is kids would indicate that there is manipulation going on, since kids are notoriously indiscriminate when it comes to getting stuff (since they usually don't have to actually pay and want to look cool to their peers).
since we are Americans we HAVE to flaunt technology to make up for our lack of education... Right?
Nice try. America has the same percentage of buffoons (OK, maybe a bit more) as any other country. Most other countries don't try to export their middlebrow culture so forcefully though. Manifest destiny, Right?
Maybe it's a status thing, but my kid and his generation was never big on showing of technology at school. He once brought a CD player and that got stolen - you have to wonder about that, but it's probably a "you got something others don't, so I'll take it from you" high school thing.
Now he's got a cel phone that has tracking built-in (plus, his mom works for the company) so it'll be interesting (to say the least) to see what happens if that gets stolen.
I guess Montreal is the equivalent of a cornfield to some people. Up here, DS is a non-event as far as I can tell. But then again, my kid's now 14 and more interested in his girlfriend and World of Warcraft these days. Plus, we're all French here.
Zonk's game section is dying, I only keep it in my preferences for the occasional good story.
I also agree that he's a neat guy and maybe gay and he sounds cool now that Bill is not usurping his lines. Howard Stern is also cool you can tell that he is COOL because he is getting paid HALF A BILLION dollars, can you argue with THAT? Some people are SO clueless. lol
"Came out of the closet" on Stern's show can mean a lot of things (if he's gay, that's fine). Stern has to justify the piles of cash he's getting, so I wouldn't put it past him to pay people to "be gay" for his show.
Takei has always undertoned his natural voice, all actors can do this, that's why many of them do voices for cartoon shows.
I seem to remember writing this ZBoard thing up in a story submission (that didn't get accepted) a few years ago.
A novice AutoCAD user typically has to wander his/her mouse around the (often very deep) screen menus to find and invoke commands. More experienced users just use customized, typed commands and modify the acad.pgp file to suit their own preferences and typical use of the program (customizing keystrokes now is a lot more complicated so as to further confound longtime AutoCAD users).
I remember the old digitizing tablets that took a lot of focus off the screen.
It is also the operating system that users find the easiest to use, and it is also the operating system that (in my opinion) has the most flexibility for programmers and software corporations of all sizes.
Windows is the OS that most people were *forced* to use at work, so they naturally took that knowledge home with them.
The show has an ongoing storyline, which stars off kind of slow but takes a pretty wild turn late in the season.
This is what is wrong with a lot of science fiction shows today; they are following the soap opera gotcha format. BG is a good example of this.
Science fiction is supposed to challenge viewers' beliefs and make them think, not to rope them into some "story arc" or "backstory" (both are terms which, of course, are bandied-about by those who would like to be screenwriters someday).
I imagine that people that gather and discuss the latest Battlestar Gallactica episode are talking about soap opera-like things, not ideas.
Take the sure thing and use your experience to teach others. You will likely have a lot more free time and a bunch of eager computer people to help you with whatever pet projects you might have in the future.
If you're really good, 10 years from now ex-students will be offering you private sector work anyway. Then you can quit, consult or whatever you want.
I'm not a computer guy, but I see a good thing when it stares me in the face. Oh, wait, I was thinking of naked co-ed boobies because that's open in the next tab. See ya later...
But isn't there already an uneven distribution of money?
If your view of the world is so limited to "having", then you are probably one of those people that are always afraid. Afraid of not having enough, afraid of losing whatever perceived status you have, afraid of not living up to expectations. Living in fear is not good for the psyche.
Am I going back-and-forth with a guy that "needs" 3 or 4 Ferraris?
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Hey, lawyers need to feed their children too!
maybe if people would actually apply the knowledge humans have acquired instead of just doing business as usual we would all be better off.
What are you, some kind of communist?
I'm 43, all we got to play with were Hot Wheels and Play-Doh.
I've been pulling stuff out of my ass for years, eventually I graduated to pulling stuff out of my nose. Do you generally believe corporate sales figures and advertising?
If you think that videogames are not primarily marketed towards kids, you'll be in for a big surprise when/if you have some.
But, by then you'll be a good parent and *not* buy the evil spawn what it wants, right?
For the record, I sit and watch my kid when he plays his games (not so much these days, since he's becoming adulty).
Of course, this is just an anecdote, as is your post. You can't rely on them. That's why we have statistics like the one TFA is using.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but "statistics" regarding videogame/machine sales are likely to be highly suspect (no, I don't have data to back that up).
Just the fact that the primary market is kids would indicate that there is manipulation going on, since kids are notoriously indiscriminate when it comes to getting stuff (since they usually don't have to actually pay and want to look cool to their peers).
Be glad you didn't hit a natural gas line. That could be really nasty.
Please explain "taking the piss" with someone. I'd like to know how that phrase originated, as it seems to make no sense.
Today I am a moderator (not in this thread, obviously) and I fail to see the funny.
since we are Americans we HAVE to flaunt technology to make up for our lack of education... Right?
Nice try. America has the same percentage of buffoons (OK, maybe a bit more) as any other country. Most other countries don't try to export their middlebrow culture so forcefully though. Manifest destiny, Right?
Maybe it's a status thing, but my kid and his generation was never big on showing of technology at school. He once brought a CD player and that got stolen - you have to wonder about that, but it's probably a "you got something others don't, so I'll take it from you" high school thing.
Now he's got a cel phone that has tracking built-in (plus, his mom works for the company) so it'll be interesting (to say the least) to see what happens if that gets stolen.
DS, that's that handheld Nintendo thing, right?
I guess Montreal is the equivalent of a cornfield to some people. Up here, DS is a non-event as far as I can tell. But then again, my kid's now 14 and more interested in his girlfriend and World of Warcraft these days. Plus, we're all French here.
Zonk's game section is dying, I only keep it in my preferences for the occasional good story.
The DS is popular? I don't know anyone that has one. I have a kid that doesn't want one. But apparently they are "popular". With whom?
I also agree that he's a neat guy and maybe gay and he sounds cool now that Bill is not usurping his lines. Howard Stern is also cool you can tell that he is COOL because he is getting paid HALF A BILLION dollars, can you argue with THAT? Some people are SO clueless. lol
The first inter-racial kiss no-doubt made the concept of inter-racial relationships a little bit more acceptable.
So many TOS fans cite this as a defining moment. It would have happened anyway.
"Came out of the closet" on Stern's show can mean a lot of things (if he's gay, that's fine). Stern has to justify the piles of cash he's getting, so I wouldn't put it past him to pay people to "be gay" for his show.
Takei has always undertoned his natural voice, all actors can do this, that's why many of them do voices for cartoon shows.
Canada is a nuke-free country as far as you know.
I'm an old-timer that is possibly out-of-date with current lingo.
Can you define "chops" for me as it relates to IT? Is it related to "skillz"?
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It seems a person's accent has a bigger impact. People with american (midwest, southern, whatever), Brittish, Irish, Kiwi or Aussie accent
Come to think of it, OrangeTide's probably exactly right.
I'm a white, North American-born individual and sometimes use recruiters/agencies to find work. I work in non-computer engineering.
Apparently, including a photo with a CV is a bad thing according to an agency I once used, because prospective employers can judge on that.
Where it actually shines is in applications.
I seem to remember writing this ZBoard thing up in a story submission (that didn't get accepted) a few years ago.
A novice AutoCAD user typically has to wander his/her mouse around the (often very deep) screen menus to find and invoke commands. More experienced users just use customized, typed commands and modify the acad.pgp file to suit their own preferences and typical use of the program (customizing keystrokes now is a lot more complicated so as to further confound longtime AutoCAD users).
I remember the old digitizing tablets that took a lot of focus off the screen.
It is also the operating system that users find the easiest to use, and it is also the operating system that (in my opinion) has the most flexibility for programmers and software corporations of all sizes.
Windows is the OS that most people were *forced* to use at work, so they naturally took that knowledge home with them.
The show has an ongoing storyline, which stars off kind of slow but takes a pretty wild turn late in the season.
This is what is wrong with a lot of science fiction shows today; they are following the soap opera gotcha format. BG is a good example of this.
Science fiction is supposed to challenge viewers' beliefs and make them think, not to rope them into some "story arc" or "backstory" (both are terms which, of course, are bandied-about by those who would like to be screenwriters someday).
I imagine that people that gather and discuss the latest Battlestar Gallactica episode are talking about soap opera-like things, not ideas.
This is funny for multiple reasons.
Take the sure thing and use your experience to teach others. You will likely have a lot more free time and a bunch of eager computer people to help you with whatever pet projects you might have in the future.
If you're really good, 10 years from now ex-students will be offering you private sector work anyway. Then you can quit, consult or whatever you want.
I'm not a computer guy, but I see a good thing when it stares me in the face. Oh, wait, I was thinking of naked co-ed boobies because that's open in the next tab. See ya later...
I respect you and I've enjoyed the exchange. Never once did we call each other names and descend into the pit of stupidity. Cheers.
But isn't there already an uneven distribution of money?
If your view of the world is so limited to "having", then you are probably one of those people that are always afraid. Afraid of not having enough, afraid of losing whatever perceived status you have, afraid of not living up to expectations. Living in fear is not good for the psyche.
Am I going back-and-forth with a guy that "needs" 3 or 4 Ferraris?