I work in a fairly small company with approximately 35 workstations, and besides that about 100 PCs to do other work on (I'm working in a software/games testing lab). Every night the last person that leaves the building also checks if all PCs and monitors are out, closes all windows, turns off all lights etc. Not for being "green", but just to reduce the unnecessary costs. Seems it saves us quite a big buck every year.
By the way, is there anyone into developing J2ME games or applications? I'm working for a QA company and I have some questions regarding the mobile market...
I work for a games testing company in Europe, and it's true that game publishers always have to move their release dates, since games are ALWAYS buggy (if it's not compatibility issues it will probably be functional issues).
Games for XBOX and PS2 also need to pass the certification at Microsoft and Sony, and they really flag you for the most minor reasons (since no company wants to meet their users in a courtroom etc)...
I can really understand this.
Over here in Belgium, ink is more expensive than buying a new printer. So... You'd better buy a new printer, use it with the ink that comes with the printer, sell the printer after the ink is gone, and buy a new one.
Good for them! But who will first find life in starfield HD70642? Wired.Com has this about life-possibilities in outer space. British astronomers say they found the first sun-like star with a giant gas planet in an orbit similar to Jupiter's, which leaves plenty of room for worlds like Earth and Mars.
Well... All I know is, that a lot of companies do this... This is also the case for CD-R/RW-writers. When using tools like Nero CD-Speed etc, this problem is always solved by 'cheating' on the program. Been there for a while in this sector of hardware testing...
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I work in a fairly small company with approximately 35 workstations, and besides that about 100 PCs to do other work on (I'm working in a software/games testing lab). Every night the last person that leaves the building also checks if all PCs and monitors are out, closes all windows, turns off all lights etc. Not for being "green", but just to reduce the unnecessary costs. Seems it saves us quite a big buck every year.
By the way, is there anyone into developing J2ME games or applications? I'm working for a QA company and I have some questions regarding the mobile market...
I work for a games testing company in Europe, and it's true that game publishers always have to move their release dates, since games are ALWAYS buggy (if it's not compatibility issues it will probably be functional issues). Games for XBOX and PS2 also need to pass the certification at Microsoft and Sony, and they really flag you for the most minor reasons (since no company wants to meet their users in a courtroom etc)... I can really understand this.
Over here in Belgium, ink is more expensive than buying a new printer. So... You'd better buy a new printer, use it with the ink that comes with the printer, sell the printer after the ink is gone, and buy a new one.
Good for them! But who will first find life in starfield HD70642? Wired.Com has this about life-possibilities in outer space. British astronomers say they found the first sun-like star with a giant gas planet in an orbit similar to Jupiter's, which leaves plenty of room for worlds like Earth and Mars.
We had this Slashdot-post yesterday... Maybe it's just DARPA that needs to bring a solution to this!
Who says they aren't already doing so?
The Truman Show?
Well... All I know is, that a lot of companies do this... This is also the case for CD-R/RW-writers. When using tools like Nero CD-Speed etc, this problem is always solved by 'cheating' on the program. Been there for a while in this sector of hardware testing...