... look into a program called RHINO made by ROBERT MCNEEL & ASSOCIATES. i use it on my prototyping and fabrication projects as it is relatively tiny compared to AutoCAD and has less clutter. it is efficient enough to work on my old dell latitude, while still putting out high-quality renders. the product is cheaper than AutoCAD and offers plug-ins which put it on par with cinematic rendering software like MAYA and 3DSMAX. Just starting out, Id say RHINO beats AutoCAD all on its own in terms of price, efficiency and computer performance.
I worked for Best Buy less than 3 months ago for about a year in the PCHO(that's personal computer, home office to you outsiders)/Software department. Those little Napster demo disks and subscription kiosks have been in most Best Buy stores since before Thanksgiving, 2003. We employees were briefed on the future of the "BestNap" alliance way back then and even had a Napster rep visit several times, handing out Napster demo subscriptions, nifty little badges, keychains and necklaces advetising Napster. The usual fare brought to us by reps, nothing different. The only oddity was the fact that I began my internet career upon exposure to Napster at its very beginning as a fringe underground utility only to see it represented at my job by a slick gentleman in a suit and tie!!!
How long do you think it will be until companies start to patent business practices, like suing developers who report bugs in your product?
I can see why an exploit of a bug is worth a case in court, but isnt that fact saying something about YOUR company? The fact that people are making a profit through your carelessness should have alarmed adobe a little bit more than it seemed to.
i have an idea... adobe can patent the bug (perhaps version-bound) so any exploit based upon is in CLEAR violation of the law, thus effectively ending for-profit exploit plugins????...or maybe its just the lack of sleep talking?
.... useless code. It is easily visible in RTS games (Real Time Strategy. Like Command & Conquer). A small patch added to the game activates the use of a unit which was programmed into the game, but its use was removed during production for any numer of reasons.
The same goes for Windows. It takes YEARS of work, millions of man-hours of programming done by different groups of people. Sometimes programmers simply dont take the time to completely remove a piece of code or a feature, and instead opt to remove the little "/" at the end which terminates its use.... yet the wasted alphnumerics still remain, taking up space. It serves no purpose.
There was an article in Scientific American about the future of software. The fact that programmers and software companies should start taking pride and effort in having 'clean' code. The code used serves a purpose and nothign is wasted, it could really prove to be a thing of beauty if done properly.
DNA is rather similar. For example, human DNA is full of useless (as far as we know) code. Old genes, genetic diseases and the like. However, a cold virus has a kind of beauty to it in that the RNA which makes up its genetic profile is only what the virus needs to live, reproduce and so on.
Unfortunately, todays software has the equivalent gene quality of a half-dead 97 year old man.
Living in Washington State and having been through the public education system and made privy to the legislation which takes place here, this recent restriction of video games is another typical step.
Washington state seems to be a test ground (along with California) for new Federal projects. If any of you readers have recently graduated highschool from anywhere in the northwest or greater western US, and you had (or if not, very soon) to complete a "Senior Project" you can thank Washington State. All bias aside, Washington is corrupt. There is no dout in my mind that the state is receiving some sort of compensation or as they call it "SPONSORSHIP" for enacting laws or legislation which has the favor of the current administration. The rest of the country can expect this to spread very soon.
I was actually shocked to heat the age 17 limit, because I was aware that Washington was planning on making the limit 21. Essentially, cartoonish violence is only for those with the responsibility to make themselves drunken stupid.
This is just more of the same.
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... look into a program called RHINO made by ROBERT MCNEEL & ASSOCIATES. i use it on my prototyping and fabrication projects as it is relatively tiny compared to AutoCAD and has less clutter. it is efficient enough to work on my old dell latitude, while still putting out high-quality renders. the product is cheaper than AutoCAD and offers plug-ins which put it on par with cinematic rendering software like MAYA and 3DSMAX. Just starting out, Id say RHINO beats AutoCAD all on its own in terms of price, efficiency and computer performance.
I worked for Best Buy less than 3 months ago for about a year in the PCHO(that's personal computer, home office to you outsiders)/Software department. Those little Napster demo disks and subscription kiosks have been in most Best Buy stores since before Thanksgiving, 2003. We employees were briefed on the future of the "BestNap" alliance way back then and even had a Napster rep visit several times, handing out Napster demo subscriptions, nifty little badges, keychains and necklaces advetising Napster. The usual fare brought to us by reps, nothing different. The only oddity was the fact that I began my internet career upon exposure to Napster at its very beginning as a fringe underground utility only to see it represented at my job by a slick gentleman in a suit and tie!!!
How long do you think it will be until companies start to patent business practices, like suing developers who report bugs in your product? I can see why an exploit of a bug is worth a case in court, but isnt that fact saying something about YOUR company? The fact that people are making a profit through your carelessness should have alarmed adobe a little bit more than it seemed to. i have an idea... adobe can patent the bug (perhaps version-bound) so any exploit based upon is in CLEAR violation of the law, thus effectively ending for-profit exploit plugins???? ...or maybe its just the lack of sleep talking?
ahh... pointless criticism! Dont worry SkewlDood, we wont insult you for misspelling DUCT-tape :)
;^)
just remember that solar cells are called photovoltaic cells in technical reference.... since we're 'obviously' getting technical, here.
you wouldnt happen to build sculptures out of burned-out vga cards, would you?
.... useless code. It is easily visible in RTS games (Real Time Strategy. Like Command & Conquer). A small patch added to the game activates the use of a unit which was programmed into the game, but its use was removed during production for any numer of reasons. The same goes for Windows. It takes YEARS of work, millions of man-hours of programming done by different groups of people. Sometimes programmers simply dont take the time to completely remove a piece of code or a feature, and instead opt to remove the little "/" at the end which terminates its use.... yet the wasted alphnumerics still remain, taking up space. It serves no purpose. There was an article in Scientific American about the future of software. The fact that programmers and software companies should start taking pride and effort in having 'clean' code. The code used serves a purpose and nothign is wasted, it could really prove to be a thing of beauty if done properly. DNA is rather similar. For example, human DNA is full of useless (as far as we know) code. Old genes, genetic diseases and the like. However, a cold virus has a kind of beauty to it in that the RNA which makes up its genetic profile is only what the virus needs to live, reproduce and so on. Unfortunately, todays software has the equivalent gene quality of a half-dead 97 year old man.
Living in Washington State and having been through the public education system and made privy to the legislation which takes place here, this recent restriction of video games is another typical step. Washington state seems to be a test ground (along with California) for new Federal projects. If any of you readers have recently graduated highschool from anywhere in the northwest or greater western US, and you had (or if not, very soon) to complete a "Senior Project" you can thank Washington State. All bias aside, Washington is corrupt. There is no dout in my mind that the state is receiving some sort of compensation or as they call it "SPONSORSHIP" for enacting laws or legislation which has the favor of the current administration. The rest of the country can expect this to spread very soon. I was actually shocked to heat the age 17 limit, because I was aware that Washington was planning on making the limit 21. Essentially, cartoonish violence is only for those with the responsibility to make themselves drunken stupid. This is just more of the same.