Throughout my time at University as a Computer Science Major, the larger cycle of software development was constantly reinforced and brought to bear. Since it was mentioned in all classes and we often have joint development projects, I don't think that another class is needed. Under different professors, perhaps....but not in my case.
"However, it is unlikely to ever be pushed to its limits, achievable only for short bursts of time that are too small for scientists to run their programs properly."
It's not going to be pushed to its top limits because it can't handle it for more than a few seconds, has nothing to do with its load.
From the Article: "Based purely on character (or lack of it), I confidently predict that Microsoft is going down. It should be interesting."
Prehaps correct in the foretelling but completely off in the reasoning. If anything is going to kill Microsoft, it'll be OpenSource. Although, I doubt Microsoft will "die" but rather merely fade into an important but not critical role as IBM has.
Ah... Rare, behold what happens when you bite the hand that feeds you. At least they get the guiltly pleasure of having killed Star Fox before they fade away into a mere memory of their former glory.
My operating system to handle the security part without having to download...
Another Browser...
Anti-virus software...
Anti-spyware software...
All of which only partially work. It doesn't excuse stupidity but being cautious in what I download...not to mention having Little Snitch...leaves me feeling rather secure. I like not needing an anti-virus program, keeping my updates up to date and I feel pretty good. Overconfidence or just confidence in a good product...not for me to decide.
Not to be a obnoxious, I know we could argue this all the way back to German war games, but if memory serves me, the original Dragon Warrior was actually something of a dumbed down clone of Ultima.
Of course...it still remains of my three favorite RPG series... Ultima, Dragon Warrior, and Phantasy Star*...
*Excluding Online which while I do enjoy, I do not admire quite as greatly.
As a long term Dragon Warrior/Quest vetern, I couldn't help but be excited at the news of this latest title. To date, only Dragon Warrior III (Oddly enough, never sat down to play through it) and VII (Last dungeon but haven't had the time, accursed Computer Science major and DnD taking the priority all the time) remain undefeated by me. I love that the series is remaining true to its core with this latest installment and I will be delving into this excellent game in just a few days once finals are completed. I can feel my spine tingling already from the opening theme...
Now...for the downside... Ever since this game was released, I have been surrounded with "graphics junkies" who refuse to remain silent about the game. These are the same people who refused to touch Dragon Warrior VII because of its old school feel and who still voice that Star Ocean 3 was the best game ever (How anyone can claim that after the second disc and the supposed "coolest biggest plot twist ever" is beyond me). My first RPG was Ultima III and I grew up on the original Final Fantasy, I still play games of this era as well as the current...needless to say I have my share of conflicts with the Final Fantasy VII crowd. Story and gameplay are of a bit more value to me than the latest gimmick and greatest graphics.
Now...I admit that I have no claim to making said "graphics junkies" remain silent but as a fairly old schooler I do have the right to grumble and complain about them. It's like casting pearls before swine.
It's the same grumbling I claimed when Lord of the Rings went popular. It's annoying enough to have a girl convinced that Strider and Boromir are the same person, it's more annoying to have said girl argue that you (Who happens to have read the trilogy at least four times before hand...not to mention the Hobbit, and the Silmarillion) are in the wrong. I don't look forward to this phenomena in regards to Dragon Warrior. I should have know that someday the most popular RPG in Japan would somehow surge into popular culture here... Is nothing safe?
Well...at the least...I think Akira Kurosawa and StarTropics should be safe for awhile...and I'll always have Secret of Evermore....
This is like a bad twist from George Lucas' senile mind.
Today, the Rebel Alliance joined forces with Jabba the Hutt in their battle against the Empire.
In other news, the Empire has released yet another patch for their new secret space fortress in hopes of getting the station to run properly.
I seriously hope that nothing comes of this. I think of Google as a completely net based company, getting involved in physical medium is something that I would rather they did not do.
I guess this is all part of Google's campaign to take on projects that are failing miserably and turn them around. Although, NASA is a heck of allot easier to fix that AOL.
Very true.
Jobs is an artist interested in perfecting his art. Gates is a businessman interested in obtaining more money. Ellison is an idiot interested in sharing his idiocy.
I'm pleased that classics such as Dr. Who and Babylon 5 were on the list but...whoever compiled it definately needs a reminder as to what sci-fi is...
If they did a sci-fi movie list, I wouldn't be suprised to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Lord of the Rings up there with Dark City and Wing Commander.
As for DS9, they did mention it in the Babylon 5 segment as a cheap rip-off. *shrugs*
I don't know about geekier, I'd say just less tolerent of poorly supported software. It did my heart good when the military started switching to Apple.
In any case, it just goes to show that the future is open source...
It's not necessarily a reaction based on greed, I suspect that it is more one of fear. It takes the control out of their hands and into the hands of a third party, imagine if a google started releasing its own demos of Sierra's games. How about if google started releasing its own trailers for Pixar's movies?
Personally, I think its a brillant idea and a good move but I still do understand the view of the other side.
I thought it was humorous...:/
But if I must be serious... I've used Windows and Mac OS heavily, never really got into Linux sadly, and I would agree that most of the time the horror stories about Windows are exaggerated or the work of the poor folks who don't know what they're doing. Still, on a College campus, I have found myself amazed at the number of computer literate friends of mine who end up having to reformat due to spyware or viruses.
Not to mention OS X has a decided lack in the virus and spyware departments that certain other OSes are plagued with. Not having to reformat or reinstall the OS every other week adds a great deal to productivity I would say.
Truth be told, I'm lazy. I can't be bothered with hunting down codecs and such.
But...I'm also running OS X so I can't say how well it works on windows.
There's a difference between the physics engine of a game and the graphics engine. Realistic interaction with the environment is something different than it looking amazing.
I actually did miss that article, it sounds of interest.
If someone is so easily influenced by unknown peers then its their loss. One should take such with a grain of salt.
It would completely depend on the game made with the engine. For a mindless shooter, I'll take Unreal over HL2 or D3. For an interesting plot and an amazing level of interaction, I'd go for HL2. As for the engines, I'd be more interested in an engine that allows me to completely interact with the world rather than one that has cool lighting effects but if the story and gameplay appealed to me I would purchase it anyway. Come now, I still play ancient MechWarrior 2 on occasion, game engines, despite this debate, aren't that important for me.
Influential? If that were true all my rants about the glory of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 would have had more...no, some effect. I have absolutely no difficulty praising games. It seems to me that you're getting fed up with human nature. Look at the normal news, how much of it is positive? Despite how influential I may, or more likely not, be I won't hide my personal viewpoints simply because some are easily swayed.
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Forget pirates versus ninjas, now itâ(TM)s all about nerds versus hippies.
Actually, I hear that the tax collection officials are extremely active.
Throughout my time at University as a Computer Science Major, the larger cycle of software development was constantly reinforced and brought to bear. Since it was mentioned in all classes and we often have joint development projects, I don't think that another class is needed. Under different professors, perhaps....but not in my case.
Well, I use google to search wikipedia...and anything else. Love the wiki but I would take Google over it any day.
A pity, I'd be fine if it were the Doctor.
"However, it is unlikely to ever be pushed to its limits, achievable only for short bursts of time that are too small for scientists to run their programs properly."
It's not going to be pushed to its top limits because it can't handle it for more than a few seconds, has nothing to do with its load.
From the Article: "Based purely on character (or lack of it), I confidently predict that Microsoft is going down. It should be interesting."
Prehaps correct in the foretelling but completely off in the reasoning. If anything is going to kill Microsoft, it'll be OpenSource. Although, I doubt Microsoft will "die" but rather merely fade into an important but not critical role as IBM has.
...clearly they've moved on to Nintendo with Windows Red, Windows Blue, Windows Yellow, etc.
Gotta crash em all.
Ah... Rare, behold what happens when you bite the hand that feeds you. At least they get the guiltly pleasure of having killed Star Fox before they fade away into a mere memory of their former glory.
Somehow I think you missed the humor.
My operating system to handle the security part without having to download... Another Browser... Anti-virus software... Anti-spyware software... All of which only partially work. It doesn't excuse stupidity but being cautious in what I download...not to mention having Little Snitch...leaves me feeling rather secure. I like not needing an anti-virus program, keeping my updates up to date and I feel pretty good. Overconfidence or just confidence in a good product...not for me to decide.
Not to be a obnoxious, I know we could argue this all the way back to German war games, but if memory serves me, the original Dragon Warrior was actually something of a dumbed down clone of Ultima.
Of course...it still remains of my three favorite RPG series... Ultima, Dragon Warrior, and Phantasy Star*...
*Excluding Online which while I do enjoy, I do not admire quite as greatly.
As a long term Dragon Warrior/Quest vetern, I couldn't help but be excited at the news of this latest title. To date, only Dragon Warrior III (Oddly enough, never sat down to play through it) and VII (Last dungeon but haven't had the time, accursed Computer Science major and DnD taking the priority all the time) remain undefeated by me. I love that the series is remaining true to its core with this latest installment and I will be delving into this excellent game in just a few days once finals are completed. I can feel my spine tingling already from the opening theme...
Now...for the downside... Ever since this game was released, I have been surrounded with "graphics junkies" who refuse to remain silent about the game. These are the same people who refused to touch Dragon Warrior VII because of its old school feel and who still voice that Star Ocean 3 was the best game ever (How anyone can claim that after the second disc and the supposed "coolest biggest plot twist ever" is beyond me). My first RPG was Ultima III and I grew up on the original Final Fantasy, I still play games of this era as well as the current...needless to say I have my share of conflicts with the Final Fantasy VII crowd. Story and gameplay are of a bit more value to me than the latest gimmick and greatest graphics.
Now...I admit that I have no claim to making said "graphics junkies" remain silent but as a fairly old schooler I do have the right to grumble and complain about them. It's like casting pearls before swine.
It's the same grumbling I claimed when Lord of the Rings went popular. It's annoying enough to have a girl convinced that Strider and Boromir are the same person, it's more annoying to have said girl argue that you (Who happens to have read the trilogy at least four times before hand...not to mention the Hobbit, and the Silmarillion) are in the wrong. I don't look forward to this phenomena in regards to Dragon Warrior. I should have know that someday the most popular RPG in Japan would somehow surge into popular culture here... Is nothing safe?
Well...at the least...I think Akira Kurosawa and StarTropics should be safe for awhile...and I'll always have Secret of Evermore....
They should just replace the blacked out areas with images of Bill Gate's mansion.
This is like a bad twist from George Lucas' senile mind.
Today, the Rebel Alliance joined forces with Jabba the Hutt in their battle against the Empire.
In other news, the Empire has released yet another patch for their new secret space fortress in hopes of getting the station to run properly.
I seriously hope that nothing comes of this. I think of Google as a completely net based company, getting involved in physical medium is something that I would rather they did not do.
I guess this is all part of Google's campaign to take on projects that are failing miserably and turn them around. Although, NASA is a heck of allot easier to fix that AOL.
I'm confused...for some reason shift-F5 isn't working for me...
:D
I wonder what could be wrong with Safari?
Very true. Jobs is an artist interested in perfecting his art. Gates is a businessman interested in obtaining more money. Ellison is an idiot interested in sharing his idiocy.
I'm pleased that classics such as Dr. Who and Babylon 5 were on the list but...whoever compiled it definately needs a reminder as to what sci-fi is... If they did a sci-fi movie list, I wouldn't be suprised to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Lord of the Rings up there with Dark City and Wing Commander. As for DS9, they did mention it in the Babylon 5 segment as a cheap rip-off. *shrugs*
I don't know about geekier, I'd say just less tolerent of poorly supported software. It did my heart good when the military started switching to Apple. In any case, it just goes to show that the future is open source...
It's not necessarily a reaction based on greed, I suspect that it is more one of fear. It takes the control out of their hands and into the hands of a third party, imagine if a google started releasing its own demos of Sierra's games. How about if google started releasing its own trailers for Pixar's movies? Personally, I think its a brillant idea and a good move but I still do understand the view of the other side.
I thought it was humorous... :/
But if I must be serious... I've used Windows and Mac OS heavily, never really got into Linux sadly, and I would agree that most of the time the horror stories about Windows are exaggerated or the work of the poor folks who don't know what they're doing. Still, on a College campus, I have found myself amazed at the number of computer literate friends of mine who end up having to reformat due to spyware or viruses.
Not to mention OS X has a decided lack in the virus and spyware departments that certain other OSes are plagued with. Not having to reformat or reinstall the OS every other week adds a great deal to productivity I would say.
It's horrible...
Once...I looked at a profile...and it contained personal information. What's the world coming to?
Truth be told, I'm lazy. I can't be bothered with hunting down codecs and such. But...I'm also running OS X so I can't say how well it works on windows.
There's a difference between the physics engine of a game and the graphics engine. Realistic interaction with the environment is something different than it looking amazing.
I actually did miss that article, it sounds of interest.
If someone is so easily influenced by unknown peers then its their loss. One should take such with a grain of salt.
It would completely depend on the game made with the engine. For a mindless shooter, I'll take Unreal over HL2 or D3. For an interesting plot and an amazing level of interaction, I'd go for HL2. As for the engines, I'd be more interested in an engine that allows me to completely interact with the world rather than one that has cool lighting effects but if the story and gameplay appealed to me I would purchase it anyway. Come now, I still play ancient MechWarrior 2 on occasion, game engines, despite this debate, aren't that important for me.
Influential? If that were true all my rants about the glory of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 would have had more...no, some effect. I have absolutely no difficulty praising games. It seems to me that you're getting fed up with human nature. Look at the normal news, how much of it is positive? Despite how influential I may, or more likely not, be I won't hide my personal viewpoints simply because some are easily swayed.