You can use the flashlight to find the article, but it'll take you 5 minutes to figure out your orientation and create a mental map of the document page.
This rant is related to the Windows version BTW:
On a serious note, is anybody else annoyed by the shoddy quality of the flashlight? Most of the time when you shine the flashlight on the floor, you still can't see the floor. Its like whatever processing occurs to highlight an area is not detecting where the floor is and is actually illuminating an area below the floor. Secondly, when you hold the flashlight at an angle, you can see the pretty dust particles which is an "ok" effect, but the area behind that glow is illuminated when the flashlight isn't even pointed in that direction. Don't get me going on a two handed soldier that can't seem to hold a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other!
I really tried to like the game. I was a big fan of Doom 1, but this latest version just seems to have jumped the shark. The tried to do nifty cinematics and bring up the realism, but then they include standard Doom map effects like walls that drop when you step on a tile and monsters pour out.
Maybe I'll give it another try this weekend. Maybe some of the other levels are more interesting (or well lit at least).
I'm betting every app would use "SELECT * FROM SomeTable" to request the data.
Each one may have different methods of communication, but they will all run a SQL statement once connected. I'm taking your comment about "4 competing standard protocols" to mean something along the lines of one using ODBC, one using ADO, one using JDBC, etc. This is fine - each one of those things has specific uses. None of those technologies are "standards" though. A standard is not an implementation, its a specification for an implementation. Although maybe JDBC is defined as a standard - I don't really know, I'm not a Java guy.
What you are describing is what happens when no standard exists. You get completely different implementations that are incompatible with one another.
I agree. I'll karma whore and go further though, even though the submitter doesn't seem to have a point of his own to make, or even a legitimate question to ask.
Every technology should have a standard way to implement it and use it. There's a lot of different technologies out there like the hundreds of different protocols used on the internet, audio, video, GUI, database, etc.
Now, why would the submitter ask if there's too many? Is he implying that we should toss some of them away?
This reminds me of an experience at work here where a marketing consultant was sitting at a development meeting for prioritizing change requests, and he recommended just focusing on the first couple pages, and throwing the rest away.
Haven't tried this myself, but couldn't you just setup file permissions so the user accounts don't have permission to write to the config file and change the settings?
I don't know when Linux was on comp.os.minix, so I can't very well tell you if I remember that time frame. Maybe it was back in the good ol' days when I was running my own BBS! BTW, geek pissing contests are always lame, but I win =P
Courage? It's posted from ReallyCurious, who doesn't have an e-mail address apparently, and who doesn't seem to have a Slashdot account. It's not exactly courageous to post a message anonymously.
Aside from that, this discussion topic is really lame for Slashdot. This is a board, for techies, am I right? What's wrong with assuming that a member of this site should be capable of finding such simple answers somewhere else. Is this site going to become News for Nerds, Free Tech Support for everyone else?
Kill the purple octopus, stuff it and mold it into a desk. Four tentacles for legs, two to hold a tray for the top of the desk, and two more to hold dual LCDs!!!
Very good. I agree that recorded and edited is much better than realtime. There's just too much going on if you have more than 4 people, and there's no pause in the action like regular sports.
So, when do you want to get together do we can pitch our idea to ESPN. We'll make millions!!!!! LOL
I haven't seen any of the QuakeCon setup, but any deathmatch style clips I've seen broadcast on G4 have always been from the first person point of view. That's so boring.
You need several camera's that a director can control to watch the action from above or a 3rd person point of view. That way the audience could see where the snipers are camping, and when two people are going to run into each other as they come around a corner.
Just like any other sport, where there's a hundred cameras running to get the best shot.
Obviously you're a total genius, and know me better than anyone else to be able to take a few sentences and determine enough about me to figure out my motivation, skills, and personality.
Have you ever thought of starting a psychic hotline, you'd be really good at it.
Does anybody here actually take part in their competitions? I tried it and it blows. All the so-called competitions are the same damn thing over and over. It's a few nested loops every time. It's either process this number using this formula, or sort this data.
The people that have the highest scores have little templates built with all the variables and loops setup already, so all they have to do is write one or two lines. Yeah, that shows who the best robots, err, I mean coders are.
Any geek worthy of the word will have already gotten approval for "misc. system upgrades" weeks earlier and will be playing deathmatch on the corporate network all day. DUH!!! =P
I wish they'd understand that when I put new screening up in the attic windows, it's not suppose to be a game for them to see who can chew through it first.
I got Verizon DSL service back in February. A month later, I got an e-mail that basically stated there was a problem applying the DSL charges to my phone bill. In the e-mail, which was sent to "Verizon Customer", they suggested I reply to the e-mail with my account name and credit card information.
I thought it was a scam, but left it in my inbox. Two weeks later my service was shutoff. Apparently the message was legit.
After I got the problem straightened out, I sent them a very nasty, yet informative, e-mail and they agreed that they will review their e-mail policies and apologized for sending such a message to begin with.
How many customer records could be stored in 1 GB?
How much would it cost just to inform all those people (assuming that they will)? And then when everyone updates their records, how much will it cost to rebuild/update the database with the new info?
One problem that could be overcome is perspective. Watching someone else play as that person isn't exciting. But think if you could watch it from your own perspective. Being able to see where everyone on the map is, where the snipers are camping, and so on. Then it might be more interesting.
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GDS runs as a system service and has access to everything.
Google got in bed with MS on this one as they only cache MS Office type docs.
GDS could easily cache file security attributes and filter accordingly based on the logged in user.
You'd all be having a fit if this happened on Linux.
Or use Mirrordot for all your Slashdot needs.
You can use the flashlight to find the article, but it'll take you 5 minutes to figure out your orientation and create a mental map of the document page.
This rant is related to the Windows version BTW:
On a serious note, is anybody else annoyed by the shoddy quality of the flashlight? Most of the time when you shine the flashlight on the floor, you still can't see the floor. Its like whatever processing occurs to highlight an area is not detecting where the floor is and is actually illuminating an area below the floor. Secondly, when you hold the flashlight at an angle, you can see the pretty dust particles which is an "ok" effect, but the area behind that glow is illuminated when the flashlight isn't even pointed in that direction. Don't get me going on a two handed soldier that can't seem to hold a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other!
I really tried to like the game. I was a big fan of Doom 1, but this latest version just seems to have jumped the shark. The tried to do nifty cinematics and bring up the realism, but then they include standard Doom map effects like walls that drop when you step on a tile and monsters pour out.
Maybe I'll give it another try this weekend. Maybe some of the other levels are more interesting (or well lit at least).
I'm betting every app would use "SELECT * FROM SomeTable" to request the data.
Each one may have different methods of communication, but they will all run a SQL statement once connected. I'm taking your comment about "4 competing standard protocols" to mean something along the lines of one using ODBC, one using ADO, one using JDBC, etc. This is fine - each one of those things has specific uses. None of those technologies are "standards" though. A standard is not an implementation, its a specification for an implementation. Although maybe JDBC is defined as a standard - I don't really know, I'm not a Java guy.
What you are describing is what happens when no standard exists. You get completely different implementations that are incompatible with one another.
I agree. I'll karma whore and go further though, even though the submitter doesn't seem to have a point of his own to make, or even a legitimate question to ask.
Every technology should have a standard way to implement it and use it. There's a lot of different technologies out there like the hundreds of different protocols used on the internet, audio, video, GUI, database, etc.
Now, why would the submitter ask if there's too many? Is he implying that we should toss some of them away?
This reminds me of an experience at work here where a marketing consultant was sitting at a development meeting for prioritizing change requests, and he recommended just focusing on the first couple pages, and throwing the rest away.
Haven't tried this myself, but couldn't you just setup file permissions so the user accounts don't have permission to write to the config file and change the settings?
Good idea, except they only cache the pages, not the videos.
Wouldn't the setup be more interesting if it was running Windows?
Hmmm, I might be willing to do this myself just so I could start a conversion with "ya know, BSD has killed less innocent people than Windows has".
The memos talk about "talking to somebody upstairs", which could be interpretted as going over somebodies head.
I don't know when Linux was on comp.os.minix, so I can't very well tell you if I remember that time frame. Maybe it was back in the good ol' days when I was running my own BBS! BTW, geek pissing contests are always lame, but I win =P
Courage? It's posted from ReallyCurious, who doesn't have an e-mail address apparently, and who doesn't seem to have a Slashdot account. It's not exactly courageous to post a message anonymously.
Aside from that, this discussion topic is really lame for Slashdot. This is a board, for techies, am I right? What's wrong with assuming that a member of this site should be capable of finding such simple answers somewhere else. Is this site going to become News for Nerds, Free Tech Support for everyone else?
Kill the purple octopus, stuff it and mold it into a desk. Four tentacles for legs, two to hold a tray for the top of the desk, and two more to hold dual LCDs!!!
How could it mean the end of the RealPlayer for OS X?
I'm not familiar with Apple's tactics, but I don't think they could stop software from being written for their OS.
Unless you mean Real would pull their product out of that market, but that wouldn't make since after their recent moves to interoperate with the iPod.
Very good. I agree that recorded and edited is much better than realtime. There's just too much going on if you have more than 4 people, and there's no pause in the action like regular sports. So, when do you want to get together do we can pitch our idea to ESPN. We'll make millions!!!!! LOL
I haven't seen any of the QuakeCon setup, but any deathmatch style clips I've seen broadcast on G4 have always been from the first person point of view. That's so boring. You need several camera's that a director can control to watch the action from above or a 3rd person point of view. That way the audience could see where the snipers are camping, and when two people are going to run into each other as they come around a corner. Just like any other sport, where there's a hundred cameras running to get the best shot.
Ask Sony, they ran commercials previewing the PS9 a couple years ago. =)
Obviously you're a total genius, and know me better than anyone else to be able to take a few sentences and determine enough about me to figure out my motivation, skills, and personality.
Have you ever thought of starting a psychic hotline, you'd be really good at it.
Does anybody here actually take part in their competitions? I tried it and it blows. All the so-called competitions are the same damn thing over and over. It's a few nested loops every time. It's either process this number using this formula, or sort this data.
The people that have the highest scores have little templates built with all the variables and loops setup already, so all they have to do is write one or two lines. Yeah, that shows who the best robots, err, I mean coders are.
Any geek worthy of the word will have already gotten approval for "misc. system upgrades" weeks earlier and will be playing deathmatch on the corporate network all day. DUH!!! =P
I wish they'd understand that when I put new screening up in the attic windows, it's not suppose to be a game for them to see who can chew through it first.
I got Verizon DSL service back in February. A month later, I got an e-mail that basically stated there was a problem applying the DSL charges to my phone bill. In the e-mail, which was sent to "Verizon Customer", they suggested I reply to the e-mail with my account name and credit card information.
I thought it was a scam, but left it in my inbox. Two weeks later my service was shutoff. Apparently the message was legit.
After I got the problem straightened out, I sent them a very nasty, yet informative, e-mail and they agreed that they will review their e-mail policies and apologized for sending such a message to begin with.
How many customer records could be stored in 1 GB?
How much would it cost just to inform all those people (assuming that they will)? And then when everyone updates their records, how much will it cost to rebuild/update the database with the new info?
Just playing devil's advocate here.
Please don't cut and paste your personal ads into slashdot discussions.
Just kidding. Headbanging developer here too.
It's very quick for a single word, but do two or more words and it gets bogged down.
One problem that could be overcome is perspective. Watching someone else play as that person isn't exciting. But think if you could watch it from your own perspective. Being able to see where everyone on the map is, where the snipers are camping, and so on. Then it might be more interesting.