I remember reading (here it is) that the army had made Ender's Game required reading.
When the Marine University at Quantico required students in one class to read Ender's Game, it wasn't for the strategy -- tactics in 3D space aren't really a big deal for the Marines. Rather, it was because Ender's Game is virtually a textbook in how to develop a strong relationship between a commander and his troops -- with plenty of examples also in how to fail as a commander.
In Ender's Shadow it's said that Bean is actually more technically gifted then Ender but Ender is the perfect commander.
Author sees release of Safari. Author extrapolates that since Apple is releasing own web browser, Apple can't get decent third party software support.
--Actually, author sees that Apple can't get decent third-party support, considers Safari evidence that Apple sees same problem.
Regardless of the fact that Apple has exactly the same third-party support as Windows. If Mac OS doesn't have any decent web-browers, guess what, nether does Windows. They're the same. Apple has seen an area, in computing in general, on which it can improve. How is this a criticism again?
textfiles.com is a good repository of "BBS era" text files. Specifically a good selection of ASCII art. (Be nice and don't all hit the the same page, the main site has mirrors)
Re:What are you guys trying to do today?
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Well, this reporter was...possibly a little hasty earlier and would like
to...reaffirm his allegiance to this country and its human president.
May not be perfect, but it's still the best government we have. For
now.
[notices "HAIL ANTS" sign taped up, tears it down]
Oh, yes, by the way, the spacecraft still in extreme danger, may not
make it back, attempting risky reentry, bla bla bla bla bla bla. We'll
see you after the movie.
After all, who could resist attacking another country to show off our nice Blueberry bombers, using our new Raspberry radar technology...
Radar Operator: Sir. The radar, sir. It appears to be... Jammed! Dark Helmet: Jammed.... Raspberry. There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry. LONE STAR!
I'd much rather see an award go to a well polished, well designed, well tested game that works like a champ on one platform, than look at a game which is ok-looking, fairly well designed, and somewhat tested on all platforms.
Yes, the award should go to a good game that works on one platform over a mediocre game that works on all. No one's saying it shouldn't. But, all things being equal, a game should NOT lose points for going through the trouble of perfecting it on multiple platforms. Sorta seems like a straw-man.
Working with one set platform has a way of allowing designers to be more expressive. I mean, if it's a problem for you, go buy that console. You obviously really don't want to play those games if you haven't bought the consoles that will play those games. And a PS2, Xbox, and GameCube all together still costs less than a Radeon 9700 and new mobo/Athlon CPU to run UT2K3.
Yes, I can just buy a console if I really want to play those games, but no, they shouldn't get extra points for it. And what about the console owners who want to play the PC single-platform games? He never said games should be only PC, just the opposite!
I believe ESR did a rant somewhere on how to become a real programmer or something along those lines. Google could probably dig it up rather quickly. It's worth a read as he outlines languages to learn to explore the various development methodologies(functional, OOP, procedural, etc).
That would be this. Excellent guide to becoming a hacker (hacker, as he explains it, in the sense of: "hackers build things, crackers break them."). Among other things , he does talk about the importance of learning multiple languages:
But be aware that you won't reach the skill level of a hacker or even merely a programmer if you only know one or two languages -- you need to learn how to think about programming problems in a general way, independent of any one language. To be a real hacker, you need to get to the point where you can learn a new language in days by relating what's in the manual to what you already know. This means you should learn several very different languages.
And specifically recommends learning Python, Java, C/C++, Perl, and LISP. (His comments about the enlightenment you get when you finally understand LISP are right on).
Slashdot Mirror
To summarise the summary: People are a problem
It is so, idiot! You have no idea what you're talking about!!! And... wait.. you were being reasonable. Dude, you must be on the wrong site :-)
I'm starting to think this "evil bit" is all hype. If there was anything to it I'm sure slashdot would have had an article on it.
Hate to be argumentive, but the US goverment disagrees with you. Legally, Microsoft is a monopoly.
Maybe someone hacked the Gibson?
--Actually, author sees that Apple can't get decent third-party support, considers Safari evidence that Apple sees same problem.
Regardless of the fact that Apple has exactly the same third-party support as Windows. If Mac OS doesn't have any decent web-browers, guess what, nether does Windows. They're the same. Apple has seen an area, in computing in general, on which it can improve. How is this a criticism again?
Whereas berating people anonymously on slashdot is a sure sign of good social-skills/grasp-on-reality
No no, tomorrow Slashdot will have an article saying that Dragon's Lair 3D isn't worth the effort
textfiles.com is a good repository of "BBS era" text files. Specifically a good selection of ASCII art. (Be nice and don't all hit the the same page, the main site has mirrors)
Well, this reporter was...possibly a little hasty earlier and would like to...reaffirm his allegiance to this country and its human president. May not be perfect, but it's still the best government we have. For now. [notices "HAIL ANTS" sign taped up, tears it down] Oh, yes, by the way, the spacecraft still in extreme danger, may not make it back, attempting risky reentry, bla bla bla bla bla bla. We'll see you after the movie.
Dude, now we actually can HACK THE GIBSON!
Ah, that's why it lost the first one. It was distracted by all the porn that seems to be on its harddrive.
Man, you just posted it to slashdot. It is no longer hypothetical.
Radar Operator: Sir. The radar, sir. It appears to be ... Jammed! ... Raspberry. There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry. LONE STAR!
Dark Helmet: Jammed.
You'd enjoy that, wouldn't you?
Wow, there's one way of getting people to read the article.
Absolutely. I eagerly await your 3D game written entirely in binary, although your 2056 target-date seems a tad optimistic.
Not likely!
Yes, the award should go to a good game that works on one platform over a mediocre game that works on all. No one's saying it shouldn't. But, all things being equal, a game should NOT lose points for going through the trouble of perfecting it on multiple platforms. Sorta seems like a straw-man.
Working with one set platform has a way of allowing designers to be more expressive. I mean, if it's a problem for you, go buy that console. You obviously really don't want to play those games if you haven't bought the consoles that will play those games. And a PS2, Xbox, and GameCube all together still costs less than a Radeon 9700 and new mobo/Athlon CPU to run UT2K3.
Yes, I can just buy a console if I really want to play those games, but no, they shouldn't get extra points for it. And what about the console owners who want to play the PC single-platform games? He never said games should be only PC, just the opposite!
Hmm, netcraft says www.idontgiveashit.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000. Seems appropriate somehow.
That would be this. Excellent guide to becoming a hacker (hacker, as he explains it, in the sense of: "hackers build things, crackers break them."). Among other things , he does talk about the importance of learning multiple languages:
And specifically recommends learning Python, Java, C/C++, Perl, and LISP. (His comments about the enlightenment you get when you finally understand LISP are right on).Like a splinter in your mind... driving you mad.