Such as? The streaming availability of titles is negotiated with the various right-holders of the films. Is there an open DRM platform that would be better than say Moonlight (using drm/proprietary codecs)?
I forgot the 2.0 qualifier. It's a subset (and extension at the same time) of WPF, but what I was getting at is that you can build rich enterprisey type apps with Sliverlight (2.0), which is something that is out of scope for Flash IMHO, although I'm not saying it can't be done.
From a technical side, Silverlight offers them a lot more than the old player. Being able to support Mac and hopefully someday Linux via Moonlight is something that should increase their customer base with their streaming only plan looming.
Netflix has responded to complaints in the past. At one point they were going to ditch multiple profiles/queues per account, but they decided to keep them after the uproar.
Independent music, movies, and "news" are thriving on the internet. Unfortunately only a few people have figured out a way to turn that into real money, but I'm sure that will change as the traditional revenue strategies die off.
I hit $290 for my December energy bill (gas + electricity) In Minnesota. My home is from the 50s and still has the original windows which is probably a big factor. The long stretches of below 0 we've had haven't helped either.
QA can be integrated into the development process so that testing isn't just done once it's "thrown over the wall". Also, a QA department can oversee processes such as build and source control.
Try to build up your programming resume by advocating and implementing the following things in your team: - Automated integration testing - Unit testing - Configuration Management / Source Control - Build automation and continuous integration. - Coding standards and metrics collection and enforcement.
Also, you could advocate and build home grown tooling such as applications to track what is deployed where, machine configuration in each environment etc... Basically any area of the development cycle that could have process improvement is fair game IMHO.
A completely different route to go is to take a really low paying job that no other person would take and work through the pain for a couple years.
Personally I did a combination of the above. I worked as an Associate Quality Engineer (not a papered Engineer) and built up some coding experience under the name of QA. I then took a 50% pay cut and moved out into the middle of nowhere to get that first programming job.
The question is: are people willing to use their imagination when they are force-fed every feature directX 10 has to offer
That's a good point. It's difficult to say. A large section of the gaming market is made up of people playing pretty horrible looking games in their web browser (bedazzle, free MMOs, etc...). However, those games are still graphical in nature. I think Infocom games are a blast, but I must admit that I was playing them in the 80s too, so I can't really gauge what a 20 year old would think of them.
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Define "Progressive"
Is it going to be Geddy Lee?
It survived.
If it makes you feel any better I've been loading it off of an SDHC card that is inside of a cartridge that emulates a 1541 disk drive.
http://www.1541ultimate.net/
Funny... Breadbin64 was not affected by this issue:
http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/
MS has been upfront about this since before they pushed the RC.
Actually you may be right if digital masters continue to be horrible.
Such as? The streaming availability of titles is negotiated with the various right-holders of the films. Is there an open DRM platform that would be better than say Moonlight (using drm/proprietary codecs)?
I forgot the 2.0 qualifier. It's a subset (and extension at the same time) of WPF, but what I was getting at is that you can build rich enterprisey type apps with Sliverlight (2.0), which is something that is out of scope for Flash IMHO, although I'm not saying it can't be done.
That's odd since I currently have three queues on my account.
From a technical side, Silverlight offers them a lot more than the old player. Being able to support Mac and hopefully someday Linux via Moonlight is something that should increase their customer base with their streaming only plan looming.
It's closer to Adobe Air than flash.
Netflix has responded to complaints in the past. At one point they were going to ditch multiple profiles/queues per account, but they decided to keep them after the uproar.
The original player has DRM as well. It uses MS's COPP protection.
Independent music, movies, and "news" are thriving on the internet. Unfortunately only a few people have figured out a way to turn that into real money, but I'm sure that will change as the traditional revenue strategies die off.
I hit $290 for my December energy bill (gas + electricity) In Minnesota. My home is from the 50s and still has the original windows which is probably a big factor. The long stretches of below 0 we've had haven't helped either.
I've purchased a few SACDs, but it seems to be more or less a dead format. Best Buy isn't carrying many SACD players these days.
Perhaps the very small resurgence in LPs is a sign of hope.
We've sent a very powerful message that says the buying public doesn't give a rip about audio fidelity.
QA can be integrated into the development process so that testing isn't just done once it's "thrown over the wall". Also, a QA department can oversee processes such as build and source control.
Try to build up your programming resume by advocating and implementing the following things in your team:
- Automated integration testing
- Unit testing
- Configuration Management / Source Control
- Build automation and continuous integration.
- Coding standards and metrics collection and enforcement.
Also, you could advocate and build home grown tooling such as applications to track what is deployed where, machine configuration in each environment etc... Basically any area of the development cycle that could have process improvement is fair game IMHO.
A completely different route to go is to take a really low paying job that no other person would take and work through the pain for a couple years.
Personally I did a combination of the above. I worked as an Associate Quality Engineer (not a papered Engineer) and built up some coding experience under the name of QA. I then took a 50% pay cut and moved out into the middle of nowhere to get that first programming job.
Dead people vote, so why not?
stackoverflow.com?
The BBC did try this with the original HHGTTG game. Give it a go here
When did play one for the first time? Are they nostalgia for you or are they something new for you?
The question is: are people willing to use their imagination when they are force-fed every feature directX 10 has to offer
That's a good point. It's difficult to say. A large section of the gaming market is made up of people playing pretty horrible looking games in their web browser (bedazzle, free MMOs, etc...). However, those games are still graphical in nature. I think Infocom games are a blast, but I must admit that I was playing them in the 80s too, so I can't really gauge what a 20 year old would think of them.
I'd rather see the Infocom HHGTTG Sequel completed/released.
We'll probably never find out because we won't be able to play the games 20 years from now when the DRM servers are kaput.