We already have the capability to send audio over the phone. So how come I've just been texting back and forth on my mobile for the last hour? Because that's the only way to contact the yoof of today that's why. I'd rather chat for 3 minutes and get the conversation done in one go.
The scary thing will be when the USA criminalises patent infringement, like it has done recently with copyright infringement.
Couple that with "free-trade" agreements and then you will find that if you are a programmer anywhere in the world who does not have the protection of a large corporation, you could get extradited to hicksville virginia (like Huw Griffiths of Australia) to PMITA federal prison for the crime of being a programmer. Its not that big a step.
Well the US used to have more of a mass-transit infrastructure (e.g. in Los Angeles). But then they sold it to General Motors, who shut it down (surprise surprise). Its The American Way!
Jason Perkins perhaps? Anyway, we NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA Caledonian Road. Oops.
The same announcement that development went down by 6% announced that employment in "the games industry" went up by some amount - I guess they mean retailers. The amount of money spent goes up but employment goes down; why is that? It's because people ignore reviews (according to a recent article in MCV) and just purchase the top few hits (another article) which are mostly sequels (another article, or just look at the top 20 any week and try to find a title that doesn't have a number in it) that marketing tells them to buy.
Australia already comes under US law; no need for a local office. If you as an Australian download copyrighted material without permission then a Grand Jury in Virgina can convict you, and you can be deported to serve your time (5 years or so) in pound-me-in-the-ass US federal prison. A New Zealand lawyer says that probably applies there too.
and then you have to download the cracked version of the game to get around the so-called copy protection that means the game won't work from your CD-ROM drive.
There was this company called "Sega" (ask your parents) who made a machine called the Genesis (68000) which could play the previous (Master System) (Z80) cartridges. IIRC the game gear also could play master system cartridges (with appropriate plastic).
The Game Boy Advance (ARM7) plays Game Boy (Z80) cartridges.
The Pixter colour (ARM7) apparently plays pixter 2.0 (8bit cpu) cartridges (ok its not that mainstream).
And of course there was an upgrade path for home computers (IBM PC, Macintosh, Amiga, C64/C128).
Looking at the SNES (65816) and NES (6502) Nintendo obviously was going to make it backwards compatible but gave up halfway through. The CPU is a superset of the old one, and the video registers look oddly similar. That should have made it easier to write Mario World at least anyway.
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We already have the capability to send audio over the phone. So how come I've just been texting back and forth on my mobile for the last hour? Because that's the only way to contact the yoof of today that's why. I'd rather chat for 3 minutes and get the conversation done in one go.
Couple that with "free-trade" agreements and then you will find that if you are a programmer anywhere in the world who does not have the protection of a large corporation, you could get extradited to hicksville virginia (like Huw Griffiths of Australia) to PMITA federal prison for the crime of being a programmer. Its not that big a step.
And now the movie companies are bringing that sort of insulting trash-talk to the big screen as well. Another incentive to get to your seat late.
"May contain nuts".
They don't like employers pretending people are "contractors" to avoid tax.
Not big fans of anti-biotics or cheese then? Their loss!
Well the US used to have more of a mass-transit infrastructure (e.g. in Los Angeles). But then they sold it to General Motors, who shut it down (surprise surprise). Its The American Way!
The same announcement that development went down by 6% announced that employment in "the games industry" went up by some amount - I guess they mean retailers. The amount of money spent goes up but employment goes down; why is that? It's because people ignore reviews (according to a recent article in MCV) and just purchase the top few hits (another article) which are mostly sequels (another article, or just look at the top 20 any week and try to find a title that doesn't have a number in it) that marketing tells them to buy.
Try playing games, besides Solitaire, on your Windows machine.
Oh sorry you have the wrong brand of CD-ROM for the copy-protection du jour.
Australia already comes under US law; no need for a local office. If you as an Australian download copyrighted material without permission then a Grand Jury in Virgina can convict you, and you can be deported to serve your time (5 years or so) in pound-me-in-the-ass US federal prison. A New Zealand lawyer says that probably applies there too.
Dang, I know the tardis travels in space and time, but I didn't think that meant 19th century south american laws could be applied to it!
Nah, they neglected to sign the articles of confederation on 1st January 1901.
The Delirium Cafe in Brussels has more than 2000 beers in just one pub. Such a pity I'm not a beer drinker.
Hershey tastes bad because they sour the milk and quick roast the beans. The english "Yorkie" bar uses a similar technique but not to that extent.
And I'd pick some fresh French or Belgium local chocolate over mass-produced Lindt any day :-)
So cross the border to Belgium! It's worth a citybreak in Bruges to get *fresh* chocolate :-)
Someone has obviously already patented "deep linking" so the patent office can't provide context-free links :-)
The same way as originally. Tell them to send in a cheque for $1 to the copyright office once every seven years to prove they still exist.
and then you have to download the cracked version of the game to get around the so-called copy protection that means the game won't work from your CD-ROM drive.
The Game Boy Advance (ARM7) plays Game Boy (Z80) cartridges.
The Pixter colour (ARM7) apparently plays pixter 2.0 (8bit cpu) cartridges (ok its not that mainstream).
And of course there was an upgrade path for home computers (IBM PC, Macintosh, Amiga, C64/C128).
Looking at the SNES (65816) and NES (6502) Nintendo obviously was going to make it backwards compatible but gave up halfway through. The CPU is a superset of the old one, and the video registers look oddly similar. That should have made it easier to write Mario World at least anyway.
He is not the president of Nintendo. Satoru Iwata is.
Iwata-san has a credit as (non-lead) programmer on NES Open Tournament Golf, and credits as a producer thereafter.
England sent fewer convicts to Australia than to the colonies that formed the USA.
If they include call centres as "I.T." jobs then offshoring may have had an impact.
Perhaps, but it seems unlikely that most of that investment would be in the USA.
Just move to somewhere you can :-)