Guess what? It doesn't really matter, because despite the intuitive belief that the 2009ers profess that it would have worked, the evidence (Rome sacked Syracuse and Archimedes was killed -- some say inadvertently) demonstrates that if it did work, it didn't work well enough.
The GS was basically the successor to the Apple III. The GS OS was basically the same thing as the "SOS" (Sophisticated Operating System) which powered the Apple III.
I'm sorry, but could the Palm, PalmSource, Palm doesn't make PalmPilots situation be *more* confused and fscked up? No. When I need an org chart to figure out who made my PDA, things are bad.
They should just sell EVERYTHING back to US Robotics and be done with it.
FTR, my many-years-old US Robotics branded PalmPilot (Pro, I think... the first one with a backlight) still works fine.
If you have the negatives of 110, disc, etc. just scan them with a good scanner and you're fine. You can then color-correct them and print them on your ink-jet... or send them out to be printed elsewhere, cheaper;)
Well of course, who do you think is constantly advancing the ABC's primacy, and probably scrubbing wikipedia daily? Those people from UoI are like religious freaks when it comes to the ABC. It merely serves to prove my point that wikipedia is easy to manipulate.
There's always a lot of debate about this (I had to do 25 hours of "volunteer" work to graduate high school), but on balance, forced volunteer work does teach youngsters to a) figure out how to volunteer; b) see what help it can do; c) provide unpaid labor to (presumably) good causes.
Are they going to start poisoning the Net Flix packets too? Cause that would suck. "I thought I got the first season of ROME, but teh DVDs are all of The Hitcher!"
Bingo. Wikipedia trends towards -- it isn't always -- but it trends towards the conventional net wisdom on subjects, and on subjects on which I am expert, I have seen it frequently misstate facts, include folklore as truth, etc. (I am too tired right now to site a lot of examples, so you'll either have to trust me or not)(but ok, for instance, in its entry on the ABC it is the garden variety UoI story on how John Atanasoff's computer was the first digital computer, blah blah blah, without at all referencing the fact that what we call a "computer" is typically a multipurpose, reprogrammable device, which the ABC wasn't, so while it was a digital device, it was a modern computer in the sense of the ENIAC, which thus has a much better claim to being the first digital computer. Blah blah blah boring boring nerd nerd argue argue.) Look my point is, and you UoI people can stop modding me down now, is that it's a really nuanced debate and issue, and on Wikipedia you not only fail to find the nuances, you don't even learn that the nuances exist. (By the way, for a fantastic and authoritative book on the subject, check out this . In this way maybe its similar to other encyclopaedias, which tend to be very broad and undetailed.
Yes, I could edit these things, but a) the truth is less good in these instances than the folklore, so I expect it will just get changed back (in the specific instance I cited, ABC fans people probably troll that entry daily to protect their primacy...)and b) I don't have the six-year-old skills in place to be motivated. I like wikipedia as a general overview, but the love of Wiki-fans for "free" as in speech solutions somestimes can't make up for a good fact-checker.
Note: I am on a flaky connect and posting this w/o previewing so apologies if the links are broken.
In the gaming industry, this kind of honest self-evaluation is something that's sorely lacking.
I have to take issue with this. Just because you don't read about it, or it isn't done for public consumption, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Most games I've seen worked on begin with a clear idea of what to do differently from before, what went wrong on past projects, etc. (Which isn't to say that mistakes aren't repeated, even by people who know what they're doing.)
Regarding this specific story, it might be kind of unusual if a member of the development team commented on the game, but in this case it was just someone who happens to work for the same publisher, who specifically disclaims any knowledge of the development of the game or of the development team. So it's basically a game review by someone in the game industry. Without commenting on the specifics of the review or the game, which I haven't played, all I can say is, the Slashdot story about someone reviewing a game doesn't seem as interesting as the headline blurb made it seem.
Yeah I don't see a problem with the lawyer, and since his manager asked him to bring him something, there's no reason not have a lawyer help you out. But it doesn't need to be in legalease; a good lawyer can draft something in plain english pretty well.
Hiring a lawyer will scare him. You may want to hire a lawyer to help you draft a plain english agreement, but don't tell him you did so. Basically you need something that says:
"I grant an unrevocable, perpetual license for Company X to do whatever it wants with the stuff I write, and I also retain a license to any code I write, specifically, the shell scripts and whatnots, not the actual company data which remains company owned obviously. If I leave, I can take my tools and technology, and any upgrades, with me, but the company retains a copy which it can do anything it wants with."
We've done similar deals with contractors; they are pretty simple. It doesn't at all sound like your boss is trying to screw you (on the contrary, he sounds pretty cool!), so plain english is fine IMHO. IANAL blah blah blah.
(Actually since you are an employee, the contract should probably read "Company X gives me an unrevocable, perpetual license to any tools and technology which I create, specially shell scripts and whatnot, but specifically excluding any proprietary or non proprietary company data such as blah blah blah. If I leave, I get a copy of all the crap I wrote, blah blah blah.")
I accidently put my nano in a cargo pocket in my shorts with a nickel. It was totally scratched after like 5 minutes. Then I carefull kept it in my shirt pocket where it could touch nothing but fabic... and, oops, the earbuds, now it is scratched to all get out. It's not as bad a PSP screen scratch though, and like, you knew it was going to happen, so I don't really care. But, word of warning to new users:
just leave that awesome scratch guard that it comes with in place.
They smoked at their desks and used really heavy keyboards. And they talked about punch cards all the time. I was all "what was the primordial soup like?"
Step 1: Go to Japan
Step 2: Go to Akihabara (call it "Akiba" if you want to be one of the cool kids)
Step 3: Go to the first game store you see
Step 4: Note the number of amazing, innovative titles (note: these are the same titles that are localized into English)
Step 5: Look at how many titles in the store are unamazing, derivitive, poorly programmed crap. Compare this to the number of awesome, innovative games.
Step 6: Return to the US
Step 7: Laugh at fanboys who think Japanese games are intrinsicly better than US games
If only 16 or 20 US games came out in a year, because someone filtered out every bad game, you'd think US developers were the best on the planet. Look, there are some AWESOME developers in Japan, don't get me wrong. But to imply that Japanese developers are somehow inherently better is ridiculous and demonstrates a profound lack of context.
And don't start bitching about "innovation," where innovation is defined as "a weird, but fun, game." Sure, there are your Katamari Demacies, which are unique and weird and fun, but we have just as many of those in the US, they just come out on PC (BridgeBuilder/Pontifex, Puzzle Pirates, the list goes on).
Digital Cable is expensive, but for ~$60/month I get 12 HD channels, an HD DVR that stores ~20hours and has direct feed firewire outs (nice), 1 premium channel, and 1 minor sports package (SPEED network and couple other things).
Satellite is cheaper, but you have to buy a receiver, pay $12/month for Tivo, and jump throug a million fucking hoops to get any HD reception (add an antenna! buy a new dish! discuss it endlessly at work!), and even then, it's never as much or as good or as easy as just getting cable.
In the end, I'm not sure which has a higher cost of ownership, but cable is a lot freaking easier. And competition from DirecTV has improved customer service immensely.
I was never into the iPod, but the mini almost had me. And the Nano rules. Mine arrived this morning. It's great, although its surface is so fragile you may as well drop yours on cement the moment you get it, simply to get the inevitable over with (mine was pristine for about 6 hours, until it found its way into a pocket with a nickel, for like 1 minute...). Anyway, this thing is everything I wanted in an iPod, they were just too clunky until now. This is smaller than the credit card remote that comes with like teh Bose radios. It's sweet.
I agree. The Nano announcement, thoughtfully timed to be the day before my birthday, got me to get my girlfirend to get me one (say that five times fast). And I can get one that isn't white! I could give a shit about the capacity -- I only have 994 songs total in iTunes anyway -- but the size is what matters to me. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to fit it in my PSP case pretty easily.
Check out Charity Watch . The Red Cross is consistantly one of the best to donate to. United Way is consistantly one of the worse. The religious organizations vary. Charities quickly set up to help one cause, like a specific natural disaster, are usually run by amateurs or scammers, and either way most of the money gets frittered away, either through avarice or incompetance. And, I guess this goes without saying, ever give money to a "charity" that cold-calls you.
Yeah, but you're "boned" if you have to make games you don't like, as well. Putting up some dough gives you more creative control and a bigger piece of the back end.
Thanks to this and the other parents. I actually hadn't considered it, but yeah, dealing with excrutiating waits when switching apps is kind of an XP feature....
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Then you auromatically will win the lottery. Go buy a ticket!
Guess what? It doesn't really matter, because despite the intuitive belief that the 2009ers profess that it would have worked, the evidence (Rome sacked Syracuse and Archimedes was killed -- some say inadvertently) demonstrates that if it did work, it didn't work well enough.
The GS was basically the successor to the Apple III. The GS OS was basically the same thing as the "SOS" (Sophisticated Operating System) which powered the Apple III.
They should just sell EVERYTHING back to US Robotics and be done with it.
FTR, my many-years-old US Robotics branded PalmPilot (Pro, I think... the first one with a backlight) still works fine.
Go to E3. There are beefcakey guys in many of the booths.
If you have the negatives of 110, disc, etc. just scan them with a good scanner and you're fine. You can then color-correct them and print them on your ink-jet... or send them out to be printed elsewhere, cheaper ;)
Well of course, who do you think is constantly advancing the ABC's primacy, and probably scrubbing wikipedia daily? Those people from UoI are like religious freaks when it comes to the ABC. It merely serves to prove my point that wikipedia is easy to manipulate.
There's always a lot of debate about this (I had to do 25 hours of "volunteer" work to graduate high school), but on balance, forced volunteer work does teach youngsters to a) figure out how to volunteer; b) see what help it can do; c) provide unpaid labor to (presumably) good causes.
Are they going to start poisoning the Net Flix packets too? Cause that would suck. "I thought I got the first season of ROME, but teh DVDs are all of The Hitcher!"
Yes, I could edit these things, but a) the truth is less good in these instances than the folklore, so I expect it will just get changed back (in the specific instance I cited, ABC fans people probably troll that entry daily to protect their primacy...)and b) I don't have the six-year-old skills in place to be motivated. I like wikipedia as a general overview, but the love of Wiki-fans for "free" as in speech solutions somestimes can't make up for a good fact-checker.
Note: I am on a flaky connect and posting this w/o previewing so apologies if the links are broken.
I have to take issue with this. Just because you don't read about it, or it isn't done for public consumption, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Most games I've seen worked on begin with a clear idea of what to do differently from before, what went wrong on past projects, etc. (Which isn't to say that mistakes aren't repeated, even by people who know what they're doing.)
Regarding this specific story, it might be kind of unusual if a member of the development team commented on the game, but in this case it was just someone who happens to work for the same publisher, who specifically disclaims any knowledge of the development of the game or of the development team. So it's basically a game review by someone in the game industry. Without commenting on the specifics of the review or the game, which I haven't played, all I can say is, the Slashdot story about someone reviewing a game doesn't seem as interesting as the headline blurb made it seem.
2) Most stuff that the xxIA get upset about you stealing on P2P is very popular music and movies
3) Most popular music and movies are total shit.
4) Thus, capitalism -- the raw pursuit of profit -- is the cause of most art stolen on P2P networks.
5) People who decry capitalism while stealing via P2P should thank it for giving them something to steal
6) My original, great-great-grandparent post was correct.
Capitalism is also what brought you all that content you're stealing.
Yeah I don't see a problem with the lawyer, and since his manager asked him to bring him something, there's no reason not have a lawyer help you out. But it doesn't need to be in legalease; a good lawyer can draft something in plain english pretty well.
"I grant an unrevocable, perpetual license for Company X to do whatever it wants with the stuff I write, and I also retain a license to any code I write, specifically, the shell scripts and whatnots, not the actual company data which remains company owned obviously. If I leave, I can take my tools and technology, and any upgrades, with me, but the company retains a copy which it can do anything it wants with."
We've done similar deals with contractors; they are pretty simple. It doesn't at all sound like your boss is trying to screw you (on the contrary, he sounds pretty cool!), so plain english is fine IMHO. IANAL blah blah blah.
(Actually since you are an employee, the contract should probably read "Company X gives me an unrevocable, perpetual license to any tools and technology which I create, specially shell scripts and whatnot, but specifically excluding any proprietary or non proprietary company data such as blah blah blah. If I leave, I get a copy of all the crap I wrote, blah blah blah.")
just leave that awesome scratch guard that it comes with in place.
They smoked at their desks and used really heavy keyboards. And they talked about punch cards all the time. I was all "what was the primordial soup like?"
Step 2: Go to Akihabara (call it "Akiba" if you want to be one of the cool kids)
Step 3: Go to the first game store you see
Step 4: Note the number of amazing, innovative titles (note: these are the same titles that are localized into English)
Step 5: Look at how many titles in the store are unamazing, derivitive, poorly programmed crap. Compare this to the number of awesome, innovative games.
Step 6: Return to the US
Step 7: Laugh at fanboys who think Japanese games are intrinsicly better than US games
If only 16 or 20 US games came out in a year, because someone filtered out every bad game, you'd think US developers were the best on the planet. Look, there are some AWESOME developers in Japan, don't get me wrong. But to imply that Japanese developers are somehow inherently better is ridiculous and demonstrates a profound lack of context.
And don't start bitching about "innovation," where innovation is defined as "a weird, but fun, game." Sure, there are your Katamari Demacies, which are unique and weird and fun, but we have just as many of those in the US, they just come out on PC (BridgeBuilder/Pontifex, Puzzle Pirates, the list goes on).
Satellite is cheaper, but you have to buy a receiver, pay $12/month for Tivo, and jump throug a million fucking hoops to get any HD reception (add an antenna! buy a new dish! discuss it endlessly at work!), and even then, it's never as much or as good or as easy as just getting cable.
In the end, I'm not sure which has a higher cost of ownership, but cable is a lot freaking easier. And competition from DirecTV has improved customer service immensely.
Anyone have any idea of the COG on a 4GB nano?
I was never into the iPod, but the mini almost had me. And the Nano rules. Mine arrived this morning. It's great, although its surface is so fragile you may as well drop yours on cement the moment you get it, simply to get the inevitable over with (mine was pristine for about 6 hours, until it found its way into a pocket with a nickel, for like 1 minute...). Anyway, this thing is everything I wanted in an iPod, they were just too clunky until now. This is smaller than the credit card remote that comes with like teh Bose radios. It's sweet.
I agree. The Nano announcement, thoughtfully timed to be the day before my birthday, got me to get my girlfirend to get me one (say that five times fast). And I can get one that isn't white! I could give a shit about the capacity -- I only have 994 songs total in iTunes anyway -- but the size is what matters to me. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to fit it in my PSP case pretty easily.
Check out Charity Watch . The Red Cross is consistantly one of the best to donate to. United Way is consistantly one of the worse. The religious organizations vary. Charities quickly set up to help one cause, like a specific natural disaster, are usually run by amateurs or scammers, and either way most of the money gets frittered away, either through avarice or incompetance. And, I guess this goes without saying, ever give money to a "charity" that cold-calls you.
Yeah, but you're "boned" if you have to make games you don't like, as well. Putting up some dough gives you more creative control and a bigger piece of the back end.
Thanks to this and the other parents. I actually hadn't considered it, but yeah, dealing with excrutiating waits when switching apps is kind of an XP feature....