I always though that some sort of moving tile system with lots of small, tilting variable height tiles would work pretty well for simulating walking on undulating terrain, as well as being able to cover stairs etc.
It was just a first step (yuck-yuck), but I tried the moving tile system you linked to a SIGGRAPH last year, and it was... lame. It didn't feel natural at all, and hard to use; though it was quite cool to watch I have to admit.
Think a sphere with your variable height suggestions on the inside would work better.
Yeah agreed to an extent, but what sounds interesting is if the said large ship could itself be controlled to go wherever you want, ala the old 'Elite' games, but still have the playability of FPS, where you can interact with other players, etc. I.e. some open-endedness that promotes exploration, while being realistic with the technology.
I cannot stand scripted games, and more more can you do with just frag fests?
I'm no gamer, but has there been a FPS game that involves running around a large spacecraft, which is itself moving through space? (I.e. space scenery changes through windows/portholes, etc)
I know this is minor scenario change, but this seems a lot more interesting than all these flat map games...
So what features would entice to stop using Thunderbird and start using Columbba? I don't see it. On computers where I can install programs, I'd use Thunderbird. On others, I'd just be using a some version webmail client.
I'm being a bit of a smart-ass, but what intices me is that, as a Java developer, I could download this and, if I so desire, easily extend and modify my own client. Yes... I know... I've tried as much with Thunderbird, but I couldn't even figure out how to build that behemoth, let alone follow the code, and I'm a fairly bright guy.
Oh please, I'm a developer, and there is NO WAY I could function if I was not allowed to install my own software. Nor would I be willing to keep asking Joe IT install something for me.
I'd pull out the harddrive and do my own OS install if it came down to it. And no - I've not gotten a single virus/worm in the past 8 years...
after all, he is one of those poor fools who insist on living in cold, unenlightened Melbourne, while I live in vastly superior Sydney. On the other hand, how can I dislike a man who manages to place a quote that involves my favourite character, Lady Bracknell. from my favourite comic play, 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' in the first few pages of his book?"
Actaully, yes it probably is worth it - as the commoditization of nearly every manufactured product makes the "race to the bottom" in regards to price harder and harder. I'm guessing Apple's philosophy is to make very high-quality and well-designed products (or at least the appearance of this), so people are willing to pay more.
(Which, personally, is a very good idea, imho. I know I'm personally getting tired of the now-broken crap I bought because of "wow - look how cheap this is". My philosophy now-that-I'm-all-grown-up is: wait until I find something I really want, and then buy the best quality product I can.)
No, he doesn't. He specifically said he wants the "knowledge to see quickly if the standard Java libraries have this structure already built".
Okay I skimmed that part - however I've run into a bunch of newbie grads (myself included) who were all foaming at the mouth to reinvent the wheel when it comes to data structures and sorting algorithms. However, it would be far better in 99.99% of the cases to use the existing implementations (designed by CS brainiacs at Sun) or at least code to an appropriate Collection interface. And as for sorting, implement the Comparator interface, etc.
This is far better than finding some one-off MyDataStructure.java in your product's code-base, no matter how elegant it is.
Professional software engineering != computer science
I find myself trying to create a data structure/tree like a family tree or a directory structure
Do you really need to create your own datastructure? The Java Collections framework has a number of good classes and interfaces that are useful. Anytime I've thought I needed to do this from scratch, I was wrong...
and find the whole idea to be a preposterous example of the excesses of modern living. decadence defined.
I'll bet you a million dollars you have no kids. Otherwise, I'd be surprised if you can afford a mortage or rent on a large enough place close to to work, and not needed a car.
Look - commuting is the last resort for the middle class families in many cases. I think you guys need to lighten the fuck up. It's hardly decadence.
I can only speak from my own experiences, but I felt a Computer Engineering degree (comp. hardware + software) was a well-rounded approach, and still gave me good in roads into the software industry (which I vastly prefer over hardware).
I personally got a lot more out of the programming courses in CompE than my CS courses.
I'm not trolling, and might have just been my school, but the Eng. students were... better than the CS students I ran into. A lot of long-hair computer freaks in CS, and the profs were a pain in the ass to deal with (sort of like the math profs:)
"Young Americans are opting for better paid law and medicine over science and engineering and visa restrictions on bright foreign students further dilute the talent pool"
Well, the more we blame this situation on religious/anti-religous bugaboos and other flamefests, and not on THE WAY WE RAISE OUR KIDS nothing will ever change.
How many of you (or your wives for that matter) get on their childs teacher's case for being "too hard on my kid", "they just aren't good at math" etc. and not the other way around?
Why do you think Asians kick so much ass in the sciences and tech fields? Because they believe in hard work and challenge their kids (granted, maybe too much sometimes)
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I don't think a programmer of an OOP language like Java would be that involved with ICFP (International Conference on Functional Programming)
Check this out, pretty close to the original iPod
Modell T4
Probably more of a coincedence, however.
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Gateway 9000-series Laptop with TV-out is less than $100 on ebay.
Besides spending a few grand on building my own. My rig was pretty cheap, easy to set up, it's small, and works great:
Gateway 9000-series Laptop with TV-out USB2 PCMCIA Card $20
WinTV USB2 MPEG encoder + remote $100 with rebate
SageTV PVR Software $80
USB2 external drive for storage $100
Zap2IT subscription comes free with Sage
So I spent less than $400 without even trying to save cash. I'm certain you can do it for a lot cheaper, especially if you go the MythTV route
That app works awesome on an old laptop I converted into a PVR - BeyondTV choked hard, and MythTV doesn't support my USB2 MPEG encoder.
I always though that some sort of moving tile system with lots of small, tilting variable height tiles would work pretty well for simulating walking on undulating terrain, as well as being able to cover stairs etc.
It was just a first step (yuck-yuck), but I tried the moving tile system you linked to a SIGGRAPH last year, and it was... lame. It didn't feel natural at all, and hard to use; though it was quite cool to watch I have to admit.
Think a sphere with your variable height suggestions on the inside would work better.
Yeah agreed to an extent, but what sounds interesting is if the said large ship could itself be controlled to go wherever you want, ala the old 'Elite' games, but still have the playability of FPS, where you can interact with other players, etc. I.e. some open-endedness that promotes exploration, while being realistic with the technology.
I cannot stand scripted games, and more more can you do with just frag fests?
I'm no gamer, but has there been a FPS game that involves running around a large spacecraft, which is itself moving through space? (I.e. space scenery changes through windows/portholes, etc)
I know this is minor scenario change, but this seems a lot more interesting than all these flat map games...
So what features would entice to stop using Thunderbird and start using Columbba? I don't see it. On computers where I can install programs, I'd use Thunderbird. On others, I'd just be using a some version webmail client.
I'm being a bit of a smart-ass, but what intices me is that, as a Java developer, I could download this and, if I so desire, easily extend and modify my own client. Yes... I know... I've tried as much with Thunderbird, but I couldn't even figure out how to build that behemoth, let alone follow the code, and I'm a fairly bright guy.
Oh please, I'm a developer, and there is NO WAY I could function if I was not allowed to install my own software. Nor would I be willing to keep asking Joe IT install something for me.
I'd pull out the harddrive and do my own OS install if it came down to it. And no - I've not gotten a single virus/worm in the past 8 years...
after all, he is one of those poor fools who insist on living in cold, unenlightened Melbourne, while I live in vastly superior Sydney. On the other hand, how can I dislike a man who manages to place a quote that involves my favourite character, Lady Bracknell. from my favourite comic play, 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' in the first few pages of his book?"
Oh, you do slay me, mate.
Is this like http://slashdot.co.au/ or something?
Actaully, yes it probably is worth it - as the commoditization of nearly every manufactured product makes the "race to the bottom" in regards to price harder and harder. I'm guessing Apple's philosophy is to make very high-quality and well-designed products (or at least the appearance of this), so people are willing to pay more.
(Which, personally, is a very good idea, imho. I know I'm personally getting tired of the now-broken crap I bought because of "wow - look how cheap this is".
My philosophy now-that-I'm-all-grown-up is: wait until I find something I really want, and then buy the best quality product I can.)
Geez, relax Mr. CS..
No, he doesn't. He specifically said he wants the "knowledge to see quickly if the standard Java libraries have this structure already built".
Okay I skimmed that part - however I've run into a bunch of newbie grads (myself included) who were all foaming at the mouth to reinvent the wheel when it comes to data structures and sorting algorithms. However, it would be far better in 99.99% of the cases to use the existing implementations (designed by CS brainiacs at Sun) or at least code to an appropriate Collection interface. And as for sorting, implement the Comparator interface, etc.
This is far better than finding some one-off MyDataStructure.java in your product's code-base, no matter how elegant it is.
Professional software engineering != computer science
I find myself trying to create a data structure/tree like a family tree or a directory structure
Do you really need to create your own datastructure? The Java Collections framework has a number of good classes and interfaces that are useful. Anytime I've thought I needed to do this from scratch, I was wrong...
It's probably a fair price with US labor. We are doomed.
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) kicks in below a certain amount, our buddies in the gov't want their cash.
The mortgage deduction is not a slam-dumk by any means. I know some folks in CA who got slammed by this, with their mega-mortgage payments.
and find the whole idea to be a preposterous example of the excesses of modern living. decadence defined.
I'll bet you a million dollars you have no kids. Otherwise, I'd be surprised if you can afford a mortage or rent on a large enough place close to to work, and not needed a car.
Look - commuting is the last resort for the middle class families in many cases. I think you guys need to lighten the fuck up. It's hardly decadence.
I dig XML as much as the next guy, and use it in a number of my software projects, BUT ONLY WHEN IT MATTERS
I keep hearing this vague shit about markup for mobile devices, etc. But, really, HTML 3/4 works fine, it's easy to code by hand, etc.
XHTML is dead, good riddance.
JBoss includes Tomcat AFAIK, so I think you may be comparing apples to oranges. What are you trying to do with the tech?
I can only speak from my own experiences, but I felt a Computer Engineering degree (comp. hardware + software) was a well-rounded approach, and still gave me good in roads into the software industry (which I vastly prefer over hardware).
:)
I personally got a lot more out of the programming courses in CompE than my CS courses.
I'm not trolling, and might have just been my school, but the Eng. students were... better than the CS students I ran into. A lot of long-hair computer freaks in CS, and the profs were a pain in the ass to deal with (sort of like the math profs
"Young Americans are opting for better paid law and medicine over science and engineering and visa restrictions on bright foreign students further dilute the talent pool"
Well, the more we blame this situation on religious/anti-religous bugaboos and other flamefests, and not on THE WAY WE RAISE OUR KIDS nothing will ever change.
How many of you (or your wives for that matter) get on their childs teacher's case for being "too hard on my kid", "they just aren't good at math" etc. and not the other way around?
Why do you think Asians kick so much ass in the sciences and tech fields? Because they believe in hard work and challenge their kids (granted, maybe too much sometimes)
lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lameness filter, oh how I hate thee.
"I'll try for FP also."
And I'm post 59... gotta love slashcode
You know it's true people.
I'll try for FP also.
I have just integrated an asterix into "GSM":
GS*M