When are people going to realize that more time spent "working" does not mean more productivity. The real measure of productivity is whether or not assigned goals are met on schedule. So which is better, the guy who comes early, stays late and looks like a hard worker but never delivers on his projects, or the gal who seems to be on the web all the time, leaves early, but has the uncanny ability to deliver good work consistently? Which one of these will make the company more profit?
Everyone on/. knows how easy it is to look like you're working hard, but truly delivering the goods is another matter.
Am I the only person left on the planet that can't stand Anime
Could be, but don't believe the hype. I love anime and Japanese Pop culture, but I don't believe for a minute that it has truly become mainstream in the U.S. as media stories might lead one to believe. I think it has become a very profitable niche, but a niche nonetheless. So don't worry, it's okay to hate anime!
But by speaking with the raters in person, a company's representatives might learn, for example, that a particular character is probably a bit too busty for an "E."
Heck, a lot of the people on the street are a bit too busty for an E, so I guess we won't be seeing models like them in video games eh? This censorship must stop! We must stand up for the rights of well endowed computer generated game characters! Next they'll be picking on the over or underweight. Where will it end?
I still remember BG fondly, though I too was just a kid so I guess it was at the right level!;-) But BG 1980 was horrible, even from a juvenile perspective and I have categorically deleted most of it from memory!
The new series though, I think is the best SF on TV right now. Indeed, I'd say it's one of the best action dramas period. If they keep up the good work, I think they've a shot at the best SF TV series of all time, which I currently would award to Babylon 5. But the new BG is much better much earlier than B5 was, so they have the inside track.
This is really sad. My family and I have had a number of good Disney World trips. Their service has always been second to none IMHO. But given a choice, we'll be taking our business elsewhere rather than be treated like criminals just to get into the park. So I guess we'll be heading to Six Flags the next time out. The article states that Universal Theme Parks may institute similar policies, so I guess I won't be going there either. Disney World and the others need to get a clue that their services are not essentials. Treat the customer as less than king, and the customer will go elsewhere or do without. I think on this one word of mouth and a decline in attendance will tell the tale. I just don't think that people are going to put up with finger scanning just to get into an amusement park.
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Lots of ugly thieves getting face lifts and nose jobs.
That should at least be good for the economy! And heck, who wouldn't want to get mugged by a handsome thief with a pretty face and straight nose? Oh and lets not forget to fix those teeth too, and lose about 20 pounds!
I remember reading so many Usenet articles by people seeking help to run Mosaic on various kinds of computers. Naturally I was curious, and once I saw and ran it for myself, and later Netscape (aka Netscrape), I thought Wow! For me, a physics grad at the time, being able to get text and data plots easily and quickly was revolutionary. Prior to the rise of easy to use graphical web browsers, you had to be privy to the sacred order of the preprint to get the latest research results. Mosaic changed all of that and in a lot of ways is one of the great pillars of my career today.
Quite honestly, if a game takes more than 10 hours to complete, that's really more like 4 to 6 months in real life time for me. I'd definitely prefer faster paced more densely packed chunks. Heck if a game really has to be that long, I'd rather have it in episodic chapters, reasonably priced of course. That said, I still love epic RPGs, even it it takes me years to finish them! But if the games were shorter, then maybe I could buy more games... I guess less would be more.
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All is not lost for id. This just means that the competition has caught up to and surpassed the ones who'd set the bar for so many years. Now it's time to bring something new to the table. In the end it's all good for gamers. One place to start might be to start focusing more on consoles since like it or not that's where the great mass of the market is going. There must be something to this Halo thing. I still prefer mouse and keyboard, but kids today, well you get the picture... Anyway, the console would be a good place to bring something new to the FPS genre that people would sit up and notice via a new peripheral like the eye toy or something else. Pushing more and more polygons or turning out the lights is not the answer.
Microsoft has made this move before. They teamed up with Sega on the Dreamcast, which despite eventually losing the war to Sony was a pretty decent machine. The DC pioneered online console gaming with its built in modem and ran a version of Windows CE. I suspect that Microsoft took a lot of lessons from the DC into the Xbox later.
That's the U.S. for you. You can have all kinds of violence and drug use and whatnot, but sex is a big no-no.
Well actually the drug use gets people up in arms too. We Americans just want pure unadulterated violence, no sex, no drugs! Afterall if the guy is all hopped up on drugs, he won't feel it as much when you wack him with the bat!
Sigh, waiting for the day when it will be more acceptable to fondle a breast in a game than to cut it off with a chainsaw...
If indeed GTA is no longer appealing, then all of the fuss over stuff that the children could not possibly get to without a lot of help is just a lot of free advertising for Rockstar Games. Now there'll be a whole bunch of horny teens hacking the game for the sex games over the weekend!
Very interesting. I suppose if this takes off, you could buy the iPod Cell phone and a wireless plan at the Apple Store with prepaid minutes like you can at Virgin now. Given that cell phones have become something of a fashion accessory, Apple could have a great deal of success in that market even if their wireless plan ended up being pricier than the competition. Imagine all of those current iPod owners who would happily dump that current cell phone in favor of Apple's new hybrid. Mo money, mo money mo money! As Bill Gates can attest to, one of the secrets of long term success is to get your customers to keep buying the same products from you periodically!
Aww man, I threw out my first BASIC book years ago! Anyway, haven't you heard, there are no languages that suck! Well, except maybe Java...no I'm kidding! Really, I am kidding...
Ok, so now we have Ubuntu, Gentoo, Suse, Red hat, Mandriva, colinux, Yellow dog, Caldera and god knows who else vying for a slice of an ever so slowly growing pie, not even counting Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese or german national efforts.
Actually I think it's great to have so much to choose from. I don't know if Linux will ever rival Windows on the desktop, but it certainly won't die. Even if PCs as we know them pass away replaced by video game consoles and cell phones, Linux will still be there. Go Ubuntu!
Now what's the percentage of the businesses/governments that used open source software/algorithms on their human computers?
That's a good question. I would guess that if you exclude processes related to each company's unique business logic, the proportion of OSS software used by their human computers was probably very high. The mathematical needs of most businesses are probably quite similar, so all of the computers would likely be using public domain algorithms. No one has patented basic mathematics yet...right?
I've shut down the ftp server for security reasons, preferring WebDAV over SSL with the Zope server behind Apache. It's no big deal, but I'm always on the lookout for better ways of doing things.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like there's WebDAV support in Nvu. Still, this is just what I've been looking for for my daughter, the aspiring artist. With WebDAV support it could become a lightweight alternative to Dreamweaver at work, especially if it can play nice with Zope templates!
There are no Jedi yet, but if he can resist the temptations of the dark side of the Force, then Obama may become the first! Well, actually I think the late Senator Paul Simon may have been the first... So I guess that makes Barack Obama A New Hope.
... is to hide books in the cases. Might work if they don't look at what they get.
Heh heh! I'd love to see something like this done with the classics. Check out a game and get a copy of Alice In Wonderland, or Dante's Inferno. With some creativity, some of these books may even be read! How about that, a useful Trojan Horse!
LOL! Stop it IBM! You're killin me! It wasn't too long ago that IBM was complaining about the decline in the number of students pursuing CS degrees in the U.S.. I guess another 14000 need not bother! Way to go Big Blue!
Of course this is good for India, but I wish these companies would quit complaining about the unwillingness of American students to pursue careers that have no future in the U.S.. They should be honest, education was never the real issue, it's always been wages and benefits.
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When are people going to realize that more time spent "working" does not mean more productivity. The real measure of productivity is whether or not assigned goals are met on schedule. So which is better, the guy who comes early, stays late and looks like a hard worker but never delivers on his projects, or the gal who seems to be on the web all the time, leaves early, but has the uncanny ability to deliver good work consistently? Which one of these will make the company more profit?
/. knows how easy it is to look like you're working hard, but truly delivering the goods is another matter.
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Valve, you too will be assimilated by the Borg...
Oh and let's not forget about OS/2! No really, please don't forget about OS/2...
Am I the only person left on the planet that can't stand Anime
Could be, but don't believe the hype. I love anime and Japanese Pop culture, but I don't believe for a minute that it has truly become mainstream in the U.S. as media stories might lead one to believe. I think it has become a very profitable niche, but a niche nonetheless. So don't worry, it's okay to hate anime!
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But by speaking with the raters in person, a company's representatives might learn, for example, that a particular character is probably a bit too busty for an "E."
Heck, a lot of the people on the street are a bit too busty for an E, so I guess we won't be seeing models like them in video games eh? This censorship must stop! We must stand up for the rights of well endowed computer generated game characters! Next they'll be picking on the over or underweight. Where will it end?
Okay, okay, it's a slow day...
I still remember BG fondly, though I too was just a kid so I guess it was at the right level! ;-) But BG 1980 was horrible, even from a juvenile perspective and I have categorically deleted most of it from memory!
The new series though, I think is the best SF on TV right now. Indeed, I'd say it's one of the best action dramas period. If they keep up the good work, I think they've a shot at the best SF TV series of all time, which I currently would award to Babylon 5. But the new BG is much better much earlier than B5 was, so they have the inside track.
This is really sad. My family and I have had a number of good Disney World trips. Their service has always been second to none IMHO. But given a choice, we'll be taking our business elsewhere rather than be treated like criminals just to get into the park. So I guess we'll be heading to Six Flags the next time out. The article states that Universal Theme Parks may institute similar policies, so I guess I won't be going there either. Disney World and the others need to get a clue that their services are not essentials. Treat the customer as less than king, and the customer will go elsewhere or do without. I think on this one word of mouth and a decline in attendance will tell the tale. I just don't think that people are going to put up with finger scanning just to get into an amusement park.
Lots of ugly thieves getting face lifts and nose jobs.
That should at least be good for the economy! And heck, who wouldn't want to get mugged by a handsome thief with a pretty face and straight nose? Oh and lets not forget to fix those teeth too, and lose about 20 pounds!
I remember reading so many Usenet articles by people seeking help to run Mosaic on various kinds of computers. Naturally I was curious, and once I saw and ran it for myself, and later Netscape (aka Netscrape), I thought Wow! For me, a physics grad at the time, being able to get text and data plots easily and quickly was revolutionary. Prior to the rise of easy to use graphical web browsers, you had to be privy to the sacred order of the preprint to get the latest research results. Mosaic changed all of that and in a lot of ways is one of the great pillars of my career today.
Quite honestly, if a game takes more than 10 hours to complete, that's really more like 4 to 6 months in real life time for me. I'd definitely prefer faster paced more densely packed chunks. Heck if a game really has to be that long, I'd rather have it in episodic chapters, reasonably priced of course. That said, I still love epic RPGs, even it it takes me years to finish them! But if the games were shorter, then maybe I could buy more games... I guess less would be more.
All is not lost for id. This just means that the competition has caught up to and surpassed the ones who'd set the bar for so many years. Now it's time to bring something new to the table. In the end it's all good for gamers. One place to start might be to start focusing more on consoles since like it or not that's where the great mass of the market is going. There must be something to this Halo thing. I still prefer mouse and keyboard, but kids today, well you get the picture... Anyway, the console would be a good place to bring something new to the FPS genre that people would sit up and notice via a new peripheral like the eye toy or something else. Pushing more and more polygons or turning out the lights is not the answer.
Microsoft has made this move before. They teamed up with Sega on the Dreamcast, which despite eventually losing the war to Sony was a pretty decent machine. The DC pioneered online console gaming with its built in modem and ran a version of Windows CE. I suspect that Microsoft took a lot of lessons from the DC into the Xbox later.
That's the U.S. for you. You can have all kinds of violence and drug use and whatnot, but sex is a big no-no.
Well actually the drug use gets people up in arms too. We Americans just want pure unadulterated violence, no sex, no drugs! Afterall if the guy is all hopped up on drugs, he won't feel it as much when you wack him with the bat!
Sigh, waiting for the day when it will be more acceptable to fondle a breast in a game than to cut it off with a chainsaw...
If indeed GTA is no longer appealing, then all of the fuss over stuff that the children could not possibly get to without a lot of help is just a lot of free advertising for Rockstar Games. Now there'll be a whole bunch of horny teens hacking the game for the sex games over the weekend!
Very interesting. I suppose if this takes off, you could buy the iPod Cell phone and a wireless plan at the Apple Store with prepaid minutes like you can at Virgin now. Given that cell phones have become something of a fashion accessory, Apple could have a great deal of success in that market even if their wireless plan ended up being pricier than the competition. Imagine all of those current iPod owners who would happily dump that current cell phone in favor of Apple's new hybrid. Mo money, mo money mo money! As Bill Gates can attest to, one of the secrets of long term success is to get your customers to keep buying the same products from you periodically!
Aww man, I threw out my first BASIC book years ago! Anyway, haven't you heard, there are no languages that suck! Well, except maybe Java...no I'm kidding! Really, I am kidding...
Kudos to Fred Quimby and thanks!
Ok, so now we have Ubuntu, Gentoo, Suse, Red hat, Mandriva, colinux, Yellow dog, Caldera and god knows who else vying for a slice of an ever so slowly growing pie, not even counting Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese or german national efforts.
Actually I think it's great to have so much to choose from. I don't know if Linux will ever rival Windows on the desktop, but it certainly won't die. Even if PCs as we know them pass away replaced by video game consoles and cell phones, Linux will still be there. Go Ubuntu!
MS just kinda "remixed" HTML etc. for IE and Frontpage!
Heh! Ironically, some of that remixed HTML saved my butt working on a Windows app last night! I guess remixes do have their uses!
we can expect Chinese spammers to receive the torture and hard labor they so richly deserve...
OK with me as long as it includes those blog spamming online poker dicks!
Now what's the percentage of the businesses/governments that used open source software/algorithms on their human computers?
That's a good question. I would guess that if you exclude processes related to each company's unique business logic, the proportion of OSS software used by their human computers was probably very high. The mathematical needs of most businesses are probably quite similar, so all of the computers would likely be using public domain algorithms. No one has patented basic mathematics yet...right?
I've shut down the ftp server for security reasons, preferring WebDAV over SSL with the Zope server behind Apache. It's no big deal, but I'm always on the lookout for better ways of doing things.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like there's WebDAV support in Nvu. Still, this is just what I've been looking for for my daughter, the aspiring artist. With WebDAV support it could become a lightweight alternative to Dreamweaver at work, especially if it can play nice with Zope templates!
There are no Jedi yet, but if he can resist the temptations of the dark side of the Force, then Obama may become the first! Well, actually I think the late Senator Paul Simon may have been the first... So I guess that makes Barack Obama A New Hope.
... is to hide books in the cases. Might work if they don't look at what they get.
Heh heh! I'd love to see something like this done with the classics. Check out a game and get a copy of Alice In Wonderland, or Dante's Inferno. With some creativity, some of these books may even be read! How about that, a useful Trojan Horse!
LOL! Stop it IBM! You're killin me! It wasn't too long ago that IBM was complaining about the decline in the number of students pursuing CS degrees in the U.S.. I guess another 14000 need not bother! Way to go Big Blue!
Of course this is good for India, but I wish these companies would quit complaining about the unwillingness of American students to pursue careers that have no future in the U.S.. They should be honest, education was never the real issue, it's always been wages and benefits.