You don't know what you are talking about. Chrome's JavaScript debugger is certainly "good enough" as is FireBug. The only thing the JS debuggers lack is "Set execution to this line"
Lastly there is always printf debugging aka Console.log();
I'm a diehard middle of the road between C and C++ programmer and I wouldn't dismiss JavaScript. With Emscripten you can compile LLVM to JavaScript:). AND you can compile JS to C.
JavaScript is the new "Basic". Everbody has a web browser these days and a text editor. That's all you need to get started programming.
Agreed about todays motivation unless a kid is playing minecraft or something else that stimulates thier brain and inspires them to want to learn more.
One solution would be to give them an 8-bit emulator so they can the basics such as direct memory mapped I/O (graphics, keyboard, sound), dont have to worry about breaking anything, can learn the fundamentals of hex, of pointers, etc.
I'm biased to Apple emulators for various reasons, but even a C64 or Atari 800 is perfectly fine.
> Every single FPS after Doom got slower and less unimaginative, until we hit a low point from which we never recovered. True. I call them "bullet-sponge" games. You shoot at someone, but they are like a sponge soaking up bullets. I mean, seriously, a sniper shot doesn't drop someone instantly to the ground??
However, I disagree with your conclusion. Go play Quake 3 for a few hours. I find my mind to be hyped up in over-drive and hard to concentrate afterwards. These days I want a more cerebral experience AND fast action. I have found Team Fortress 2 to have fit that bill perfectly.
> the advent of full 3D graphics made games after Doom actually look uglier. Disagree. BF3 looks amazing. Gameplay is decent. At first I hated the cartoon look of Team Fortress 2 (having grown up on the low poly look of Quake, CTF, Team Fortress, Mega-Team Fortress) -- but I've come to like the TF2 look. And the gameplay is fun as hell when you are playing 7 humans vs 7 bots.
* Limbo (especially the secret hidden level) * Trine 1, Trine 2 * 7th Guest, and 11th Hour.
Personally I found the Myst puzzles to be too easy and boring. The whole I wanted the ability to look AROUND, not be given a slideshow of the world. The story was meh. But yes, at the puzzles were cerebral.
It is sad to see someone can't respect the arbitrary beliefs of others simply because you are so delusional to think *your* beliefs are magically "correct". When are you going to stop falling for duality and start living unity?
As a mystic, BOTH Theism AND Atheism are based on ignorance. They have ZERO knowledge about their Higher Self or about The Source -- they _only_ have a belief (or non-belief). HOWEVER, IF that faith helps you be a better person then that is good. Note: Even atheists have faith: If you didn't have faith in your beliefs you wouldn't have them.
You are very confused about the purpose of religion vs Religion - little r vs big R.
True religion (little r) is living the lifestyle necessary to prove your philosophy. The pseudo Religion (big R) is about mostly about selling heaven insurance and providing a social community.
We all agree that dogma, creed, tradition is unnecessary for you and I. In contradistinction some people actually like the foundation of tradition and the energy of old stone churches. Who are you to say their opinion has no value??
More importantly: When are you going to stop tossing the baby out with the bath water?
Theism works for some people, for others it doesn't. Atheism works for some, for others it doesn't. There is no "one true path". Technically, there are INFINITE paths -- you can only walk ONE at any one time. Who are you to judge another person's path???
After you die you will have proof that there is much, much, much more to consciousness then the human kind you were limited to.
The first step of wisdom is saying: I don't know. You would do well to get off your arrogant, ignorant attitude and learn:
BOTH the PROs _and_ CONs for
* Theism, and
* Atheism
Then your perspective will enlarged and you might actually be able to understand relate to people instead of coming off as a pompous douchebag with zero respect for others.
-- Religion is one man telling another what he should do to understand God. Spirituality is one man telling another what he could do to understand God.
With Zork hack the Z-interpreter to print off your room id and the 6 possible movement directions then the map you make will be correct and the game should almost trivial then.
Note: You might have more fun learning how the game is implemented then actual playing it but that is probably a good thing.:)
Yeah the phone ban is total theater security. I was flying last week. It was funny to see the older couple dig out their dumb phones when we landed and they both went "Oh, I guess we forgot to turn off our phones. Oh well."
I had heard that supposedly when cell phones were the size of bricks and used a different band they *might* of caused interference at one point but I have never seen nor heard a plane lose access to its key navigation systems due to a phone or ever heard of it crash because of cell phones. I really wish MythBusters would have busted this "safety" myth years ago.
> but as to the actual *benefits* of Linux -- transparency and freedom -- Valve is going to kill those.
How, when no *one* is *forcing you to run SteamOS. Games have always been about trading freedom for convenience. Wether the OS is open or close it doesn't change ANYTHING about transparency and "freedom".
Both the PS3 and PS4 use versions of BSD and it hasn't hurt _that_ platform.
This sounds like FUD without any actually hard data to show _why_ you believe this.
I really wish web-sites would list the DATE as in month + year on their articles so can tell how old (or relevant) the information may be.
Microsoft has a really annoying habit of moving pages around. At least Microsoft and Apple put an unique identifier so even if pages get moved you can find it.
Whenever I come across anything interesting I usually "Print to PDF" so at least I have a semi-permanent form where I can search for keywords used in the document.
It seems they aren't afraid to explore classical (sic) music in a more modern rendering. I'm running into more and more people who enjoy. Quite surprised how they are making some of the "greats" get more exposure.
* Don't drink or eat anything for at least a few hours before bedtime. * Use the bathroom right before bed.
The problem of going back to sleep can be a difficult one. You'll have to try different things to see what works for you. i.e. Pink noise, meditative music, TV, etc.
Looks like you had some great dreams already! Keep dreaming!
You're like a blind man asking "What's so important about sight?"
How can you understand the answer if you don't have a frame of reference?
> What reason is there to believe that "higher realities" exist? They do whether _you_ believe them or not.
Lucid Dreaming and the Out-of-Body experiences provide an option to face your fears, to learn about yourself, to understand your Higher Self. Now if you don't wish to understand yourself that is your choice if you wish to remain ignorant. I'm just telling you have a choice. No one can prove anything to you except by your own experiences. They may prove beneficial. But you will never knowunless you try. I suggest reddit.com/r/LucidDreaming
Who knows, maybe tea leaves will work better for you. How do you know unless you TRY it?
The more important question for you is: Why do dreams use symbols to communicate?
If you would actually make the time to understand your own dreams you would eventually learn they are a form of communication. They have the potential to teach you IF you allow them.
Or you can remain arrogant and dismiss what the universe is trying to tell you. Your choice.
Slashdot Mirror
Because it was new and shiny.
You had one and they didn't.
Greed is never satisfied.
You don't know what you are talking about. Chrome's JavaScript debugger is certainly "good enough" as is FireBug. The only thing the JS debuggers lack is "Set execution to this line"
Lastly there is always printf debugging aka Console.log();
I'm a diehard middle of the road between C and C++ programmer and I wouldn't dismiss JavaScript. With Emscripten you can compile LLVM to JavaScript :). AND you can compile JS to C.
JavaScript is the new "Basic". Everbody has a web browser these days and a text editor. That's all you need to get started programming.
/sarcasm What!? Next you'll be telling me people carved naked statues having sex on the temples for decoration ... :)
That and replacing the broken first-past-the-goal-post system with a run off voting system would also help.
Agreed about todays motivation unless a kid is playing minecraft or something else that stimulates thier brain and inspires them to want to learn more.
One solution would be to give them an 8-bit emulator so they can the basics such as direct memory mapped I/O (graphics, keyboard, sound), dont have to worry about breaking anything, can learn the fundamentals of hex, of pointers, etc.
I'm biased to Apple emulators for various reasons, but even a C64 or Atari 800 is perfectly fine.
I'm not surprised. Man cleverly comes up with new ideas all the time to justify his greed.
> SysReq would have been a better choice than alt-tab for switching programs when Windows came out,
Incorrect. Alt-Tab can be done with the left hand staying close to the keyboard. Using SysReq would require moving the right hand off the home row.
Ultima 7 -- definitely in the top 10 best games of all time. Thank god for Exult :) :-(
Ultima Online
Ultima 4
rest of the series go downhill
At least you can play the Ultima 4 remake on iOS: Ultima Forever :)
No, that is not "all" the industry produces. Go play:
Limbo
Path of Exile
Ico
Trine
Journey
Castle Crashers
World of Goo
They are the "creme de la creme" of the indie games. (stupid /. lack of unicode support)
Master of Magic still hasn't been remade
Civilization IV is great.
Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle are fun as hell.
> Every single FPS after Doom got slower and less unimaginative, until we hit a low point from which we never recovered.
True. I call them "bullet-sponge" games. You shoot at someone, but they are like a sponge soaking up bullets. I mean, seriously, a sniper shot doesn't drop someone instantly to the ground??
However, I disagree with your conclusion. Go play Quake 3 for a few hours. I find my mind to be hyped up in over-drive and hard to concentrate afterwards. These days I want a more cerebral experience AND fast action. I have found Team Fortress 2 to have fit that bill perfectly.
> the advent of full 3D graphics made games after Doom actually look uglier.
Disagree. BF3 looks amazing. Gameplay is decent.
At first I hated the cartoon look of Team Fortress 2 (having grown up on the low poly look of Quake, CTF, Team Fortress, Mega-Team Fortress) -- but I've come to like the TF2 look. And the gameplay is fun as hell when you are playing 7 humans vs 7 bots.
Try:
* Limbo (especially the secret hidden level)
* Trine 1, Trine 2
* 7th Guest, and 11th Hour.
Personally I found the Myst puzzles to be too easy and boring. The whole I wanted the ability to look AROUND, not be given a slideshow of the world. The story was meh. But yes, at the puzzles were cerebral.
It is sad to see someone can't respect the arbitrary beliefs of others simply because you are so delusional to think *your* beliefs are magically "correct". When are you going to stop falling for duality and start living unity?
As a mystic, BOTH Theism AND Atheism are based on ignorance. They have ZERO knowledge about their Higher Self or about The Source -- they _only_ have a belief (or non-belief). HOWEVER, IF that faith helps you be a better person then that is good. Note: Even atheists have faith: If you didn't have faith in your beliefs you wouldn't have them.
You are very confused about the purpose of religion vs Religion - little r vs big R.
True religion (little r) is living the lifestyle necessary to prove your philosophy.
The pseudo Religion (big R) is about mostly about selling heaven insurance and providing a social community.
We all agree that dogma, creed, tradition is unnecessary for you and I. In contradistinction some people actually like the foundation of tradition and the energy of old stone churches. Who are you to say their opinion has no value??
More importantly: When are you going to stop tossing the baby out with the bath water?
Theism works for some people, for others it doesn't. Atheism works for some, for others it doesn't. There is no "one true path". Technically, there are INFINITE paths -- you can only walk ONE at any one time. Who are you to judge another person's path???
After you die you will have proof that there is much, much, much more to consciousness then the human kind you were limited to.
The first step of wisdom is saying: I don't know. You would do well to get off your arrogant, ignorant attitude and learn:
BOTH the PROs _and_ CONs for
* Theism, and
* Atheism
Then your perspective will enlarged and you might actually be able to understand relate to people instead of coming off as a pompous douchebag with zero respect for others.
--
Religion is one man telling another what he should do to understand God.
Spirituality is one man telling another what he could do to understand God.
With Zork hack the Z-interpreter to print off your room id and the 6 possible movement directions then the map you make will be correct and the game should almost trivial then.
Note: You might have more fun learning how the game is implemented then actual playing it but that is probably a good thing. :)
Leave it to a lawyer who can't summarize the story in 1 sentence and has to resort to 58 pages to discuss the issue.
Yeah the phone ban is total theater security. I was flying last week. It was funny to see the older couple dig out their dumb phones when we landed and they both went "Oh, I guess we forgot to turn off our phones. Oh well."
I had heard that supposedly when cell phones were the size of bricks and used a different band they *might* of caused interference at one point but I have never seen nor heard a plane lose access to its key navigation systems due to a phone or ever heard of it crash because of cell phones. I really wish MythBusters would have busted this "safety" myth years ago.
Some of us actually read books BOTH physical and digital while we are on the plane, or solve Sudoku, etc.
The *medium* is irrelevant.
As long as I am not disturbing anyone, you can piss off.
> but as to the actual *benefits* of Linux -- transparency and freedom -- Valve is going to kill those.
How, when no *one* is *forcing you to run SteamOS. Games have always been about trading freedom for convenience. Wether the OS is open or close it doesn't change ANYTHING about transparency and "freedom".
Both the PS3 and PS4 use versions of BSD and it hasn't hurt _that_ platform.
This sounds like FUD without any actually hard data to show _why_ you believe this.
All good points. If I may add to it:
I really wish web-sites would list the DATE as in month + year on their articles so can tell how old (or relevant) the information may be.
Microsoft has a really annoying habit of moving pages around. At least Microsoft and Apple put an unique identifier so even if pages get moved you can find it.
Whenever I come across anything interesting I usually "Print to PDF" so at least I have a semi-permanent form where I can search for keywords used in the document.
Looks like someone never played Limbo, Macharium, Trine, or World of Goo.
What's your take on The Piano Guys?
It seems they aren't afraid to explore classical (sic) music in a more modern rendering. I'm running into more and more people who enjoy. Quite surprised how they are making some of the "greats" get more exposure.
http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html
The bathroom problem can be solved by:
* Don't drink or eat anything for at least a few hours before bedtime.
* Use the bathroom right before bed.
The problem of going back to sleep can be a difficult one. You'll have to try different things to see what works for you. i.e. Pink noise, meditative music, TV, etc.
Looks like you had some great dreams already! Keep dreaming!
You're like a blind man asking "What's so important about sight?"
How can you understand the answer if you don't have a frame of reference?
> What reason is there to believe that "higher realities" exist?
They do whether _you_ believe them or not.
Lucid Dreaming and the Out-of-Body experiences provide an option to face your fears, to learn about yourself, to understand your Higher Self. Now if you don't wish to understand yourself that is your choice if you wish to remain ignorant. I'm just telling you have a choice. No one can prove anything to you except by your own experiences. They may prove beneficial. But you will never know unless you try. I suggest reddit.com/r/LucidDreaming
Who knows, maybe tea leaves will work better for you. How do you know unless you TRY it?
The more important question for you is: Why do dreams use symbols to communicate?
If you would actually make the time to understand your own dreams you would eventually learn they are a form of communication. They have the potential to teach you IF you allow them.
Or you can remain arrogant and dismiss what the universe is trying to tell you. Your choice.