Japan, is surprisingly techo-phobic. A large amount of business is still done on paper. My girlfriend works for the Osaka prefectural government and her pay is calculated by hand. I myself have worked for two medium size software houses and both have done their payrolls by hand.
I personally don't trust companies doing their accounting by hand. It makes it much easier to cook the books and cover their steps.
Perhaps the lack of interest is the lack of Japanes only titles for the XBox. The PS2 has a constant stream of Japanese only titles being released. As bizare as I find some of those games they obviously have a market because they keep putting them out. The Xbox may not be properly targeting their audience.
I see this as a good step for video games, it shows that the legislators are starting to treat video games as a legitimate form of entertainement such as movies.
Since video games core audience are males aged 18-34, there is a market for 'mature' content and should not be held up to different standards than other forms of entertainment (movies, TV, etc..). It will allow for developers to put whatever content they wish into their product providing they are willing to accept the rating it will be given.
Mind you, if I were still a minor I'd be super pissed:)
"Time To Market". For commercial software developers they are always trying to "balance", quality and getting into the market ASAP. Unfortunately MS (and others) have made it acceptable to release service packs after the "final" product has already shipped.
Get it out there now, fix it later is commonplace.
Regardless of the environment you are working in you job is to offer you "expert" opinion. By withholding useful feedback you are _not_ doing your job.
On the other hand there are always the cases where your words just seem to hit a brick wall. Your client is not obliged to take your advice, but as long as you have offered it and made sure they understood your point of view you have done your job. It is your responsibility to give them advice and it is their responsibility to take action on that advice.
May I suggest getting something in writing (such as an email thread) should your advice be ignored showing that your client heard what you had to say but decided to go in a different dierction. This can help you should 'someone' try to blame you if things go wrong.
I for one am glad to see a continued interest in the space program especially after the the recent shuttle disaster. Funding could have easily been reduced out of fear for safety and lack of profitability.
Sorry if this has been mentioned before however this solution does not seem to address the need of data abstraction, a need for any scalable (especially heteogeneous) solution.
I for one would not like to have to rewrite an extra tier of logic for every entry point into the data (i.e. fat client, think client, etc...). It would add a huge amount of time to development and maintenance for a system. This is why we have the concept of abstraction. My thoughts.
I agree about the electronics and the desire to please, however when it comes to software development my expeirience has been terrible. I'm in Osaka, don't the Japanese think of Okinawans as non-japanese anyway:)
This country is indeed a strange strange place, although they have less violent crime than most western countries, they do have crime, and it is usually that 'creepy kind of crime'. I've been here for two years and I'm heading home before it's too late:)
Working in the software industry here in Japan for the last two years I have had my eyes opened to the true state of affairs. Most 'westerners' have an idealogical view of the high-tech world of Japan. This is far from reality.
The fact is that software development here is at best poorly done, little design, short timelines (okay that one is universal), and lack of quality assurance. I can't say why this is the case, but shoddy products are in abundance. It may be trying to shove a relatively new industry into an old style organization, or the lack of individualism, I'm guessing at these.
This story does not surprise me. All I know is I am looking forward to returning to the industry in Canada.
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It is certainely and interesting read but to be quite honest the solution is not ground breaking, it is just a well thought out design. my 2 cents.
Japan, is surprisingly techo-phobic. A large amount of business is still done on paper. My girlfriend works for the Osaka prefectural government and her pay is calculated by hand. I myself have worked for two medium size software houses and both have done their payrolls by hand.
I personally don't trust companies doing their accounting by hand. It makes it much easier to cook the books and cover their steps.
Perhaps the lack of interest is the lack of Japanes only titles for the XBox. The PS2 has a constant stream of Japanese only titles being released. As bizare as I find some of those games they obviously have a market because they keep putting them out. The Xbox may not be properly targeting their audience.
I see this as a good step for video games, it shows that the legislators are starting to treat video games as a legitimate form of entertainement such as movies.
Since video games core audience are males aged 18-34, there is a market for 'mature' content and should not be held up to different standards than other forms of entertainment (movies, TV, etc..). It will allow for developers to put whatever content they wish into their product providing they are willing to accept the rating it will be given.
Mind you, if I were still a minor I'd be super pissed :)
"Time To Market". For commercial software developers they are always trying to "balance", quality and getting into the market ASAP. Unfortunately MS (and others) have made it acceptable to release service packs after the "final" product has already shipped. Get it out there now, fix it later is commonplace.
I can use the hard drives to generate free electricity
If all the machines he tried the CD on did not recognize, load or play it how did he manage to make a copy?
They will be releasing a 'Kung fu' game and a 'window washing' game. Basically just edge and color tracking.
Acclaim has taken great pains in re-enforcing strong role models for young girls especially in BMX XXX :)
Regardless of the environment you are working in you job is to offer you "expert" opinion. By withholding useful feedback you are _not_ doing your job.
On the other hand there are always the cases where your words just seem to hit a brick wall. Your client is not obliged to take your advice, but as long as you have offered it and made sure they understood your point of view you have done your job. It is your responsibility to give them advice and it is their responsibility to take action on that advice.
May I suggest getting something in writing (such as an email thread) should your advice be ignored showing that your client heard what you had to say but decided to go in a different dierction. This can help you should 'someone' try to blame you if things go wrong.
3d pr0n, OMG duck!
Does this mean I'm gonna get screwed on my mortgage and have to settle for an average sized penis?
Are the teachers going to make them wrap up the laptops in brown paper covers?
ahhhhhh....nationalism
I for one am glad to see a continued interest in the space program especially after the the recent shuttle disaster. Funding could have easily been reduced out of fear for safety and lack of profitability.
Sorry if this has been mentioned before however this solution does not seem to address the need of data abstraction, a need for any scalable (especially heteogeneous) solution.
I for one would not like to have to rewrite an extra tier of logic for every entry point into the data (i.e. fat client, think client, etc...). It would add a huge amount of time to development and maintenance for a system. This is why we have the concept of abstraction. My thoughts.
I stand corrected.
Where in Canada are you getting capped on your usuage?
I agree about the electronics and the desire to please, however when it comes to software development my expeirience has been terrible. I'm in Osaka, don't the Japanese think of Okinawans as non-japanese anyway :)
This country is indeed a strange strange place, although they have less violent crime than most western countries, they do have crime, and it is usually that 'creepy kind of crime'. I've been here for two years and I'm heading home before it's too late :)
Working in the software industry here in Japan for the last two years I have had my eyes opened to the true state of affairs. Most 'westerners' have an idealogical view of the high-tech world of Japan. This is far from reality. The fact is that software development here is at best poorly done, little design, short timelines (okay that one is universal), and lack of quality assurance. I can't say why this is the case, but shoddy products are in abundance. It may be trying to shove a relatively new industry into an old style organization, or the lack of individualism, I'm guessing at these. This story does not surprise me. All I know is I am looking forward to returning to the industry in Canada.
Well at least you can technically put off getting older.
oh well
first post!
CRRRRRRAAAAAAKKK! goes the whip! On a more seriosu note, my fiance loves the game, because it is fun, and because she realizes it is just a game.