You'd probably be better off modding a DS. They're about the same horsepower, and the DS is portable. Although if you're really jonesing to mod a PS1, I'd think the best you'd be able to do would be to make it portable.
A year out of school and I'd say you can get away with it, but don't keep it up. If you think this next job is someplace you'll be happy, take it. But first take stock of your current job - are you happy there? Could you be? I've hopped jobs for salary increases several times, but I'd gladly drop my salary to work someplace stable where I could also be happy. Lucky for me, I AM happy, and I'm pretty well paid:) But more important than salary is connections, so make sure you make a few good ones wherever you land.
I'm still excited about the potential of the Wii, but all three systems have lost their luster in my eyes. Nothing really exciting is coming out for any of them in the next six months, and pretty much all I play these days is my DS and the occasional Virtual Console game. Not that either is a bad thing!
Where are the system sellers - for any system?
Yes, I would love to see the OS X install methodology on more systems. I dunno what else to say, just that there are at least two people out there who think it's a good idea.
My belief is that the PSP is simply too close to a current-gen console to be an effective handheld game device... the problem is that because it has such horsepower, people expect a console-level experience on it, but because its a portable device development has a portable budget. How can you put a console-style game on a portable system? Ports and sports! On the other hand, the DS is cheaper still to develop for, and you simply can't shoehorn the latest PS2 game onto it, so some actual creativity goes into the development. It certainly doesn't hurt that the DS's form factor and touch screen also encourage creativity. Anyway, its just my theory.
My money is on DS software outselling the PSP, and the PSP floating for a few years on UMDs, primarily competing with the iPod. Maybe the PSP will outsell the DS in terms of hardware, but not games... at least not without a major climate shift.
...Carmack is way over-estimating performance of most phones. Only the highest-end Java phones support 200k jar sizes. The majority of consumer phones are limited to 64k - even many brand new phones have this limitation. On the other hand, he's not being 100% fair with his GBA comparison. Gameboy, GBC, and Gameboy Advance all have tile-based rendering that is easily capable of 60fps, while Java-based (and BREW-based) cell phones have only linear frame buffers that you don't get direct access to (usually). To aggravate things, many Samsung BREW phones have 250ms response rates.
Carmack will also be disappointed when he begins experimenting with BREW. BREW doesn't support threading, globals, or even static variables. I'm not even going to get started on the bizarre latencies of the API.
One of my jobs as a cellphone developer is to port Java games to BREW. Carmack's comments about how fast Java phones play like 4.77MHz IBMs is true, but the same is true for BREW phones as well. I've only managed to squeeze another 10% out of the performance on similar BREW phones. There are a lot of things limiting cellphone performance, but Java isn't one of the main culprits. Bad platform design and slow hardware are what kills it.
The Mozilla Suite may not be disbanded, but how many people even know about it anyway? Its got its little niche, but whether or not it truly "goes away" now seems irrelevant. Firefox is the focus of all the publicity, and the Suite goes on about its business on its own.
My primary work rig is an Athlon 3000+ laptop, and I haven't had an ounce of trouble with it. I've only used it to play HL2 once, other than that its been my trusting code crunching compiling companion - without crashes.
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My tactic is to install stuff from TheOpenCD whenever my friends ask me to pirate Office for them. Simple, legal, and productive!
There should be digital signatures on all voting machines that confirm that the code is the same code as on all other voting machines. Either that or do a binary comparison of the ROM after the fact on machines that are suspected of being tampered with.
"Wireless gaming" typically just means "Games on yo celly telly". Very very few multiplayer "wireless games" exist. Many applications make usage of the wireless networking for scoring, but thats about it. They're simply small form factor games.
Nintendo's press footage at E3 showed the DS being used for many other purposes besides games. People taking notes, people chatting with each other via some kind of whiteboard program, etc. While I still doubt the DS will be able to make VoIP calls for free and all that that entails, I tend to think that the "only about games" attitude is merely Gamecube centric.
I have a 1986 Acura Integra RS (5 door hatch, 5 speed manual), its rated at 26 and 30, but aside from the time when my oxygen sensor died and the car was running overly rich, I've found that I average around 30 city and 36 highway. My all time high was 39 mpg while driving through Idaho, but to be fair, I was coasting downhill most of the time. Despite its age, its a very zippy little car, and the fuel economy is great.
Of course, despite all this, I have to worry whether or not I'll pass smog tests when I move to Cali in August.
I scribble my todo lists in Paint. That way I can draw cartoon characters with it. Its more, I dunno, cheery:)
Todo:
Program vertex shader
Fix bug in network code
Fix 8 bugs reported by bug testers, 2 of which affect game
*picture of smiling bunny*
Put bullet in head
I've been using FF and Mozilla before it, since Mozilla milestone M14, and I can't recall the last time I saw Slashdot render incorrectly. And yet, I always see these posts... is there a bug filed somewhere regarding it, because its always worked for me.
Me! You've listed all my major interests, minus cars. If you have an '86 Integra, then stop stealing my life! Seriously, though, I think I know where you're coming from. My interest in programming is purely artistic... I'm not interested in databases or kernels... I don't even currently use Linux (attn flamers: I used to run Slackware, I just don't have time these days). I do GBA games and artists tools for game companies... you'd probably do well to think about work in games or interface design...
Particularly if you're a Linux geek! PLEASE do something about the various user interfaces!
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You'd probably be better off modding a DS. They're about the same horsepower, and the DS is portable. Although if you're really jonesing to mod a PS1, I'd think the best you'd be able to do would be to make it portable.
As a former Missoulian, I can absolutely guarantee the officials that the people of Missoula did NOT misinterpret the language on the ballot :)
It's not like there is really there much else to do in Montana, anyway.
A year out of school and I'd say you can get away with it, but don't keep it up. If you think this next job is someplace you'll be happy, take it. But first take stock of your current job - are you happy there? Could you be? I've hopped jobs for salary increases several times, but I'd gladly drop my salary to work someplace stable where I could also be happy. Lucky for me, I AM happy, and I'm pretty well paid :) But more important than salary is connections, so make sure you make a few good ones wherever you land.
I'm still excited about the potential of the Wii, but all three systems have lost their luster in my eyes. Nothing really exciting is coming out for any of them in the next six months, and pretty much all I play these days is my DS and the occasional Virtual Console game. Not that either is a bad thing! Where are the system sellers - for any system?
Yes, I would love to see the OS X install methodology on more systems. I dunno what else to say, just that there are at least two people out there who think it's a good idea.
My belief is that the PSP is simply too close to a current-gen console to be an effective handheld game device... the problem is that because it has such horsepower, people expect a console-level experience on it, but because its a portable device development has a portable budget. How can you put a console-style game on a portable system? Ports and sports! On the other hand, the DS is cheaper still to develop for, and you simply can't shoehorn the latest PS2 game onto it, so some actual creativity goes into the development. It certainly doesn't hurt that the DS's form factor and touch screen also encourage creativity. Anyway, its just my theory.
My money is on DS software outselling the PSP, and the PSP floating for a few years on UMDs, primarily competing with the iPod. Maybe the PSP will outsell the DS in terms of hardware, but not games... at least not without a major climate shift.
Skynet. Oh wait...
...Carmack is way over-estimating performance of most phones. Only the highest-end Java phones support 200k jar sizes. The majority of consumer phones are limited to 64k - even many brand new phones have this limitation. On the other hand, he's not being 100% fair with his GBA comparison. Gameboy, GBC, and Gameboy Advance all have tile-based rendering that is easily capable of 60fps, while Java-based (and BREW-based) cell phones have only linear frame buffers that you don't get direct access to (usually). To aggravate things, many Samsung BREW phones have 250ms response rates.
Carmack will also be disappointed when he begins experimenting with BREW. BREW doesn't support threading, globals, or even static variables. I'm not even going to get started on the bizarre latencies of the API.
One of my jobs as a cellphone developer is to port Java games to BREW. Carmack's comments about how fast Java phones play like 4.77MHz IBMs is true, but the same is true for BREW phones as well. I've only managed to squeeze another 10% out of the performance on similar BREW phones. There are a lot of things limiting cellphone performance, but Java isn't one of the main culprits. Bad platform design and slow hardware are what kills it.
The Mozilla Suite may not be disbanded, but how many people even know about it anyway? Its got its little niche, but whether or not it truly "goes away" now seems irrelevant. Firefox is the focus of all the publicity, and the Suite goes on about its business on its own.
My primary work rig is an Athlon 3000+ laptop, and I haven't had an ounce of trouble with it. I've only used it to play HL2 once, other than that its been my trusting code crunching compiling companion - without crashes.
My tactic is to install stuff from TheOpenCD whenever my friends ask me to pirate Office for them. Simple, legal, and productive!
How could you leave that out? It fits with the theme!
I too read it like that. Although, wouldn't scrotum protection rather be a load of ball-locks?
There should be digital signatures on all voting machines that confirm that the code is the same code as on all other voting machines. Either that or do a binary comparison of the ROM after the fact on machines that are suspected of being tampered with.
You mean like my Sager NP4750?
Well, not quite, but its an Athlon 64 with Radeon Mobility 9700, and oh boy do I love it dearly. I chose it over a Dell so I could get the Athlon.
"Wireless gaming" typically just means "Games on yo celly telly". Very very few multiplayer "wireless games" exist. Many applications make usage of the wireless networking for scoring, but thats about it. They're simply small form factor games.
Chris Farley is an obvious replacement! Oh... wait...
3..2..1..? Isn't there a fourth one too?
Nintendo's press footage at E3 showed the DS being used for many other purposes besides games. People taking notes, people chatting with each other via some kind of whiteboard program, etc. While I still doubt the DS will be able to make VoIP calls for free and all that that entails, I tend to think that the "only about games" attitude is merely Gamecube centric.
...since when do we listen to the French?
Of course, despite all this, I have to worry whether or not I'll pass smog tests when I move to Cali in August.
Todo:
Program vertex shader
Fix bug in network code
Fix 8 bugs reported by bug testers, 2 of which affect game
*picture of smiling bunny*
Put bullet in head
I wonder if its because of short names...? Thank you for clueing (sp?) me in, though.
I've been using FF and Mozilla before it, since Mozilla milestone M14, and I can't recall the last time I saw Slashdot render incorrectly. And yet, I always see these posts... is there a bug filed somewhere regarding it, because its always worked for me.
Particularly if you're a Linux geek! PLEASE do something about the various user interfaces!