Violent video games are a *symptom* of this - not the *cause*. 'Financial damages' have been perpetrated for as long as there have been finances - it didn't require a video game - just greed. Wars and dehumanizing and demonizing opponents has been the norm long before video games. The Germans didn't need video games to coin the word 'Schadenfreude'.
I also agree that 'every action has an effect, and those effects should be thought about.' - but I think violence in video games is a very minor 'cause' of the 'effects' you mention - and in many (if not most) cases isn't a 'cause' at all - just a symptom of the 'effect'.
Sorry, I haven't used Maestro, but *if* they used Java, the sluggishness most probably comes from a bad design rather than simply using Java.
The biggest contributor to this is probably either using no multithreading in the program, or using it incorrectly.
I also love it when someone complains about how slow their application is in Java compared to 'language X', and when you look at their code it's some weird procedural mishmash of Java with lots of inefficient implementations of things that are already provided by the Java API.
I think you mean Ada... that's her picture on the right of the Ada HBAP site, and the rest of the facts you state are correct. I can't find any information stating who Miranda was named after. (at least through google... so it doesn't exist.:) )
When I lost my cushy day job, three months ago, we had no spare cash reserve, either, no nest-egg (how completely American employee is that). What we did was just to scramble as fast as we could to get business.
Oh, and find the best attorney and accountant your money can buy, first! And by all means write those miles down (I still have a hard time with that, but they do add up so fast).
So, my question is, if you have no reserve cash, where did you find all the 'free-as-in-beer' accountants and attorneys?
I really like to hear arguments about morality from someone named 'Evil Adrian'... Based on your arguments I'd guess you're actually Lawful Evil Adrian.:)
If you see smoke pouring out of someone's window and you kick down the door to put out a fire would you be expected to be charged with 'trespassing' and 'breaking and entering'? Obviously, because it's always wrong...
Just call your files ThisIsNotPAC-MAN.zip, ThisIsNotHALF-LIFE.zip, ThisIsNotQUAKE.zip, etc.
If you RTFA the filters would easily pick up these files as "copyrighted work" and send you a DMCA infringement e-mail, while the files are obviously not mis-representing what they are (or rather are not).
(Though I really doubt that there is this broad a specification of a "misrepresentation" in the DMCA or anything else... I'm assuming someone is blowing out of proportion some clause covering "man-in-the-middle" attacks or something along the same lines to apply to everything on the 'Net. Or just trolling...)
A better idea would be to make an automated program to grab records out of the existing patent database, append " using a computer" or " on the internet" to the title, and sprinkle vague, technical sounding terms throughout the body of the patent.
You've also got a sure chance of it being accepted. For example, everyone (or at least the patent office) understands that "Method of swinging on a swing" is different from "Method of swinging on a swing using a computer" or "Method of swinging on a swing on the internet".
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Would you mind backing up that comment with some actual examples???
It's an IDE... I don't see how it's "ripping off" Visual Studio.NET any more than Xymian is "ripping off" Outlook.
Yeah, I just picked up the Java Developers Guide to Eclipse (non-kickback BN.com link) and I liked it more than "Eclipse In Action"... it just seemed to cover more stuff.
As far as developing standalone SWT/JFace applications, you need a platform-specific shared library along with a platform-specific JAR file for SWT. Luckily, now the good people over at the Eclipse project have a separatly packaged SWT download, so you don't have to worry about packaging it yourself, or you can just point people there to download it.
JFace doesn't have a separate package (yet...). Personally, I think JFace still needs a little work... even though it does offer a lot of nice wrappers for handling SWT trees, tables, menus, etc. there is still a lot of Eclipse or IDE specific functionality in there that shouldn't be in a simple SWT MVC wrapper library.
Wrong... Eclipse uses SWT, which uses native widgets, so the only way that Eclipse looks the same on Windows and Linux to you is if you have some kind of Windows looking skin on your Linux box.
This article shows a screenshot of Eclipse on generic Windows and on Linux...
The only reason for this massive "compatibility" that Windows has with devices is due to Microsoft licensing agreements with hardware manufacturers, or hardware manufacturers only developing Windows drivers because Windows is the de-facto standard. This has nothing at all to do with Windows or Linux's being technically superior...
Obviously, you weren't playing on expert level... You could only sneak around them, or sneak up behind them and whack 'em unconcious with the blackjack. If even one person died, you lost and had to restart the level. This was kind of annoying when the death wasn't necessarily your fault, like when a guard misses you with an arrow and it hits and kills another guard, or when you blackjack someone on a bridge and they fall unconcious into the river and drown.
Thief 3 is coming out pretty soon... I'll have to take a look at that...
You could also use the mouse to control your weapon arm and the keyboard to run around... However, this usually didn't result in spectacular looking swordplay. You had to move the mouse fast to get in a really hard hit, so you basically just went crazy sliding the mouse around the desk until the enemy got cut down by your crazy windmilling sword. This game also had some other really cool features. You could cut off parts of your enemies and pick them up. It didn't do as much damage as a sword, but it was sure fun to pummel an orc to death with it's own arm. Or watch enemies somehow stay balanced and able to fight after you cut off one of their legs. 'Tis only a flesh wound!
"If the world ran this way, business wouldn't."
Yeah, I forgot... "business" is based on raping your customers through their wallets. Oh, wait... I actually meant that to be sarcastic.
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Violent video games are a *symptom* of this - not the *cause*. 'Financial damages' have been perpetrated for as long as there have been finances - it didn't require a video game - just greed. Wars and dehumanizing and demonizing opponents has been the norm long before video games. The Germans didn't need video games to coin the word 'Schadenfreude'. I also agree that 'every action has an effect, and those effects should be thought about.' - but I think violence in video games is a very minor 'cause' of the 'effects' you mention - and in many (if not most) cases isn't a 'cause' at all - just a symptom of the 'effect'.
or end up like Bioshock....
Aren't they always - I know that's why I got into Computer Sci... 'Doh!
Sorry, I haven't used Maestro, but *if* they used Java, the sluggishness most probably comes from a bad design rather than simply using Java.
The biggest contributor to this is probably either using no multithreading in the program, or using it incorrectly.
I also love it when someone complains about how slow their application is in Java compared to 'language X', and when you look at their code it's some weird procedural mishmash of Java with lots of inefficient implementations of things that are already provided by the Java API.
I think you mean Ada... that's her picture on the right of the Ada HBAP site, and the rest of the facts you state are correct. I can't find any information stating who Miranda was named after. (at least through google... so it doesn't exist. :) )
I always thought they should have called it '.ORG'.
So, my question is, if you have no reserve cash, where did you find all the 'free-as-in-beer' accountants and attorneys?
Was anyone else reminded of the famous 'Dihydrogen Monoxide' manifesto by this post?
In Soviet Russia, your crack codes?
Dvorak?!?! You insensitive clod!
He's Japanese!
OK... let's apply the same argument to Slashdot...
Get rid of Anonymous Cowards!
I really like to hear arguments about morality from someone named 'Evil Adrian'... Based on your arguments I'd guess you're actually Lawful Evil Adrian. :)
If you see smoke pouring out of someone's window and you kick down the door to put out a fire would you be expected to be charged with 'trespassing' and 'breaking and entering'? Obviously, because it's always wrong...
Take a look at your own 'logic'...
This should be Microsoft's next big marketing campaign!
.NET or that stupid WinXP commercial with the Madonna song and people flying around....
I'm sure it'll be more successful than
"Where do you want to go today?!?! Federal prison?!?! If not, upgrade now!"
And the metal bracelet would burn through your wrist in the process?
Yeah, I can see how that is preferable...
Easy fix...
Just call your files ThisIsNotPAC-MAN.zip, ThisIsNotHALF-LIFE.zip, ThisIsNotQUAKE.zip, etc.
If you RTFA the filters would easily pick up these files as "copyrighted work" and send you a DMCA infringement e-mail, while the files are obviously not mis-representing what they are (or rather are not).
(Though I really doubt that there is this broad a specification of a "misrepresentation" in the DMCA or anything else... I'm assuming someone is blowing out of proportion some clause covering "man-in-the-middle" attacks or something along the same lines to apply to everything on the 'Net. Or just trolling...)
A better idea would be to make an automated program to grab records out of the existing patent database, append " using a computer" or " on the internet" to the title, and sprinkle vague, technical sounding terms throughout the body of the patent.
You've also got a sure chance of it being accepted. For example, everyone (or at least the patent office) understands that "Method of swinging on a swing" is different from "Method of swinging on a swing using a computer " or "Method of swinging on a swing on the internet ".
Would you mind backing up that comment with some actual examples???
.NET any more than Xymian is "ripping off" Outlook.
It's an IDE... I don't see how it's "ripping off" Visual Studio
(I can't believe the parent got modded up...)
Yeah, I just picked up the Java Developers Guide to Eclipse (non-kickback BN.com link) and I liked it more than "Eclipse In Action"... it just seemed to cover more stuff.
As far as developing standalone SWT/JFace applications, you need a platform-specific shared library along with a platform-specific JAR file for SWT. Luckily, now the good people over at the Eclipse project have a separatly packaged SWT download, so you don't have to worry about packaging it yourself, or you can just point people there to download it.
JFace doesn't have a separate package (yet...). Personally, I think JFace still needs a little work... even though it does offer a lot of nice wrappers for handling SWT trees, tables, menus, etc. there is still a lot of Eclipse or IDE specific functionality in there that shouldn't be in a simple SWT MVC wrapper library.
Wrong... Eclipse uses SWT, which uses native widgets, so the only way that Eclipse looks the same on Windows and Linux to you is if you have some kind of Windows looking skin on your Linux box.
This article shows a screenshot of Eclipse on generic Windows and on Linux...
Some Screenshots... I think on (Skinned?) Windows XP.
In what way?
What is it "faster" at doing? And it's only "user-friendly" if you're moving straight from Visual Studio... whose interface it pretty much mimics.
Definitely possible...
JBoss has JBossIDE, a set of plugins for running JBoss and related stuff in Eclipse.
MyEclipseIDE looks like it offers a plugin that supports several app servers, if you join for $30/year.
Plus, WSAD (WebSpere Studio Application Developer) is basically just Eclipse with plugins to run WebSphere.
The only reason for this massive "compatibility" that Windows has with devices is due to Microsoft licensing agreements with hardware manufacturers, or hardware manufacturers only developing Windows drivers because Windows is the de-facto standard. This has nothing at all to do with Windows or Linux's being technically superior...
Obviously, you weren't playing on expert level... You could only sneak around them, or sneak up behind them and whack 'em unconcious with the blackjack. If even one person died, you lost and had to restart the level. This was kind of annoying when the death wasn't necessarily your fault, like when a guard misses you with an arrow and it hits and kills another guard, or when you blackjack someone on a bridge and they fall unconcious into the river and drown.
Thief 3 is coming out pretty soon... I'll have to take a look at that...
You could also use the mouse to control your weapon arm and the keyboard to run around... However, this usually didn't result in spectacular looking swordplay. You had to move the mouse fast to get in a really hard hit, so you basically just went crazy sliding the mouse around the desk until the enemy got cut down by your crazy windmilling sword. This game also had some other really cool features. You could cut off parts of your enemies and pick them up. It didn't do as much damage as a sword, but it was sure fun to pummel an orc to death with it's own arm. Or watch enemies somehow stay balanced and able to fight after you cut off one of their legs. 'Tis only a flesh wound!
"If the world ran this way, business wouldn't."
Yeah, I forgot... "business" is based on raping your customers through their wallets. Oh, wait... I actually meant that to be sarcastic.