Parents (and people in general) already seem to have trouble keeping up with the current, simple system. Not to mention, there would be significantly less room on the box for the art.
I am not a biologist, but I do know that traits acquired by the parents, such as the presumed increased intelligence due to cooked food (Which I don't think would actually happen, but who knows?), would not be passed to their children. You could try to sort animals by liking to cooked food, hoping to get the ones with the 'best' genes, but even that would be dubious science at best.
By MMO standards, World of Warcraft was a finished product. You only need to look at other games, like Anarchy Online, or, more recently, Tabula Rasa (Which was so incomplete upon release that they thought it a good idea to start numbering their patch from 0.1 onward), to see that a game that is fully HALF complete really IS a good deal.
The study doesn't say what games they've played, only that it included racing and sports games, the genres most likely to include ads. FPS, action, RTS or RPG games generally don't have ads, and if they do, they'll be either subtle (A can of branded soda on a table) or rare (Billboards).
That being said, I wonder how effective these ads actually are. Billboards on the road might work, but when you're driving at over 200 kph, you have significantly less time to check the scenery.
If you're building boxes for friends or customers, you'll want to consider the fact that Macromedia has not released a 64-bits version of Flash player, meaning users have to use a 32-bits browser to see flash animations. You don't start appreciating having flash around until you load the latest YouTube movie.
Sounds like your current job isn't all that bad; having friends as coworkers really should weight more than the paycut. In the end, though, you're the only one who can decide whether you enjoy life more with the extra cash or the extra challenge.
You need to separate good students from the less intellecual ones, and not just by putting them in different classes (which usually does a great job at keeping the less intelligent students on the bottom). Start making classes adapted to the level of the students, if necessary by creating 'upgraded' and 'dumbed down' classes. Just because someone is less intelligent doesn't mean they have to suffer bad grades; school should instead attempt to find areas where those students are better, and insist teaching in those. This will both make career choosing easier and insure that everyone gets an education that is most adapted to their talent level.
School does not have to be boring - or too hard.
Maybe some of the/. readers can start working on a teaching A.I. around those ideas. Maybe computers ARE the future of education...
I can safely say that MOST programs are translated by people who speak English as a first language - meaning their grasp of whatever language the program is being translated to is less than perfect; and the results are embarrassing more often than amusing.
In my opinion, the real problem is that computers aren't MADE for the average user. An average user should not have to worry about firewalls, security exploits and the like, just like an average driver does not have to worry that his engine or breaks might malfunction.
Maybe you didn't read his message... He says clearly that he will sleep for 15 minutes at a time, and come back refreshed from it; if what he says is true, then he will easilly make up for it with the extra productivity.
A good First-person shooter I would recommand is Wulfram. It's a futuristic, tank-based first-person shooter with fairly realistic movement (i.e. you can't turn around 180 degrees in half a second.)
URL : http://www.wulfram.com/
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Parents (and people in general) already seem to have trouble keeping up with the current, simple system. Not to mention, there would be significantly less room on the box for the art.
I am not a biologist, but I do know that traits acquired by the parents, such as the presumed increased intelligence due to cooked food (Which I don't think would actually happen, but who knows?), would not be passed to their children. You could try to sort animals by liking to cooked food, hoping to get the ones with the 'best' genes, but even that would be dubious science at best.
Why bother? It's not like anything created by the current artists in their teens will still be listened to five years from now, let alone fifty...
The real solution involves finding the domain farmer's home address. The real solution also involves burly men and baseball bats.
By MMO standards, World of Warcraft was a finished product. You only need to look at other games, like Anarchy Online, or, more recently, Tabula Rasa (Which was so incomplete upon release that they thought it a good idea to start numbering their patch from 0.1 onward), to see that a game that is fully HALF complete really IS a good deal.
The study doesn't say what games they've played, only that it included racing and sports games, the genres most likely to include ads. FPS, action, RTS or RPG games generally don't have ads, and if they do, they'll be either subtle (A can of branded soda on a table) or rare (Billboards).
That being said, I wonder how effective these ads actually are. Billboards on the road might work, but when you're driving at over 200 kph, you have significantly less time to check the scenery.
If you're building boxes for friends or customers, you'll want to consider the fact that Macromedia has not released a 64-bits version of Flash player, meaning users have to use a 32-bits browser to see flash animations. You don't start appreciating having flash around until you load the latest YouTube movie.
Player count, refresh button... Why do those changes sound like stuff that should have been in the game to begin with?
Is there a reason why this subject has popped up just when they are about to announce the beta of Savage 2?
Actually, what we might see is shops specializing in mob-selling. Actually, there's probably some of those around.
I think, in this case, the buyers offer to either buy it at a discount, or buy it at a competitor.
And if that's not enough, selling a bunch of items at once with minimal efforts is always interesting too.
And here I was expecting a Spore joke...
Sounds like your current job isn't all that bad; having friends as coworkers really should weight more than the paycut. In the end, though, you're the only one who can decide whether you enjoy life more with the extra cash or the extra challenge.
Now, if only they managed to make a lava lamp case...
You need to separate good students from the less intellecual ones, and not just by putting them in different classes (which usually does a great job at keeping the less intelligent students on the bottom).
/. readers can start working on a teaching A.I. around those ideas. Maybe computers ARE the future of education...
Start making classes adapted to the level of the students, if necessary by creating 'upgraded' and 'dumbed down' classes. Just because someone is less intelligent doesn't mean they have to suffer bad grades; school should instead attempt to find areas where those students are better, and insist teaching in those. This will both make career choosing easier and insure that everyone gets an education that is most adapted to their talent level.
School does not have to be boring - or too hard.
Maybe some of the
I can safely say that MOST programs are translated by people who speak English as a first language - meaning their grasp of whatever language the program is being translated to is less than perfect; and the results are embarrassing more often than amusing.
That only happens in sci-fi movies. The core is much harder to get to than what Dr. Evil let you believe.
In my opinion, the real problem is that computers aren't MADE for the average user. An average user should not have to worry about firewalls, security exploits and the like, just like an average driver does not have to worry that his engine or breaks might malfunction.
Is there anything now to stand in the way of 802.11? It seems to me that it will become The one standard to comply to...
That is, of course, a big 'if'...
Nonetheless, this seems like an interesting technology all in all, one that many people on slashdot will find worthwhile to know about.
Old programs like Click&Play or RPG maker are perfect for true beginners, as they allow very easy programming as well as a few more advanced features.
A good First-person shooter I would recommand is Wulfram. It's a futuristic, tank-based first-person shooter with fairly realistic movement (i.e. you can't turn around 180 degrees in half a second.) URL : http://www.wulfram.com/
Red vs. Blue is a humor serie made with HALO in-game graphics.
Dentists of the world unite! We will not let this offence go unpunished!
... erm, lawyers, at RIAA have no right to compare themselves to you, great practicers of the marvelous world of dentistry!
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