they graded the wii below the 360, but the wii hasn't even been released yet. there's no way they can grade on the future of the console that doesn't even have a present yet. the unwashed masses haven't touched it yet.
"Everyone knows that Congresspeople are assigned to committees based on their greatest weakness! Why else would Senator Ted Stevens, a man more comfortable in the horse and buggy era, wind up in charge of regulating the Internet... which, he believes, is a series of tubes... a series of tubes through which other Congressmen can reach in and fondle sixteen-year olds?"
not a buttonmasher. can be played as such, but not well.
i'd consider it somewhat revolutionary, because dreamcast made the game look AWESOME, the controls were intuitive, the load times were very short in comparison with the other consoles. it was vastly superior to the efforts on the other consoles and, imho, showed why the dreamcast was relavent.
team-based on-site coding does improve productivity. its much easier to shout over at someone to find out information or get something done, instead of exchanging emails or ims. emails and ims are easy, but not the fastest or most efficient way of doing things.
true, and they also worked with companies a lot more than youtube because they had the resources to do so.
but still, the number of homemade music videos and other "minor copyright infringement" stuff like that on google video and youtube are similar enough.
well, they surely didn't come up with it from the guys who posted the 1% improvement. its a double blind submission. netflix doesn't get the code, they just get the huge result set from the people, compare it to the "actual" results from people who rate movies, and compare those results with the netflix algorithm's predicted results.
since you can only submit once per week and the data involved in submission of an entry is so large, you can't just guess and check, you have to use an algorithm if you plan on getting close.
although yes they have "beatten netflix", they haven't won the prize yet. they have about a 1% improvement on the netflix algorithm, but the prize is for 10%. they are the frontrunner for the progress prize, though, being the people who are the closest to the mark after a year (i think).
on top of that, netflix has been doing improvements on their own code in the meantime, and its been looking like around a 1% improvement, also.
this is going to be somewhat tangential, and i hope i don't ramble.
as a recent college graduate with a degree in computer engineering, i found it difficult to find a job (i did, eventually, but i had a lot of frustrating interviews). why? because the philosophy of my degree, and i've found its similar among the same program in different schools, is that i'm taught to be an engineer. i'm taught to think well, and to be able to learn easily. i used a lot of languages, did a lot of things (with both hardware and software), and had a very wide base of experience when i was done with college. jack of all trades, master of none, if you will. and the job market didn't like that.
the job market, as it was a few months ago, valued specific skill sets. they wanted me to have X years of experience in C++ or Java or XYZ skill, or they weren't even going to talk to me. they wanted me to have experience doing specific tech work, or to be able to answer some detailed technical questions about their job opening. i found very few jobs that valued my broad skill set and ability to quickly learn and adapt and problem-solve (one of the few ones i found did end up hiring me, and its what i'm doing now).
to wrap up, my point is that the job market currently seems to be, by and large, looking to hire people with specific skills. so, to prove that you have these skills, certifications are a good way to go. i don't really think it matters WHICH certifications, either. you'll find someone who needs expertice in any area, eventually. the point is more that you can prove in a standardized manner that you have a competence and set of experience in a certain area. i'm trying to bulk up on certs while i'm getting them cheap/free. i don't even care which. as long as i can prove i have the competency and experience in the area. they look good on a resume, too.:)
also, to specify, i'm working on brainbench stuff right now because they're more convenient for me. will eventually get around to compTIA stuff and probably eventually oracle stuff.
1) how many of these computers are going to businesses? how long will it take IT departments to break away from XP and go to vista?
2) will the generic computer makers like dell adopt vista immediately? i don't know. will they force you to use vista? if they give consumers a choice between xp and vista, how many will pick vista?
3) will vista hit its current release date of "early 2007"? i don't really know. probably, but perhaps not. don't forget its still a few months off, so "within two years" means less than two years of actual sales.
is it possible for them to meet their goal? sure. but imho, to do so, they'll be forcing it down people's throats, not making legitimate sales/conversions. they could get 200 million users by giving it away for free, or pushing it through windows update (kidding, but you get the point).
it'd have to be modified to work with whatever OS the wii is running, which requires development time thats not being used to develop the non-wii opera.
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i'd totally agree if we didn't have to pay a fee to enter the bazaar.
i really hate to be the downer, but i played ryzom for a while and found myself totally underwhelmed.
there's a reason why its going out of business.
google search is people!
screw those other games.
gimmie my smash brothers!
just imagine how awesome a game of dead rising would be with the wii....
they graded the wii below the 360, but the wii hasn't even been released yet. there's no way they can grade on the future of the console that doesn't even have a present yet. the unwashed masses haven't touched it yet.
when you get sued like this, you can either:
1) pay the court fees to fight
2) pay the money because you didn't fight, or lost
3) close your doors
if you don't have the money to pay, as is the case for lik sang, then you only have one choice.
they start to suck becuase of what the buyers do to them.
"Everyone knows that Congresspeople are assigned to committees based on their greatest weakness! Why else would Senator Ted Stevens, a man more comfortable in the horse and buggy era, wind up in charge of regulating the Internet... which, he believes, is a series of tubes... a series of tubes through which other Congressmen can reach in and fondle sixteen-year olds?"
not a buttonmasher. can be played as such, but not well.
i'd consider it somewhat revolutionary, because dreamcast made the game look AWESOME, the controls were intuitive, the load times were very short in comparison with the other consoles. it was vastly superior to the efforts on the other consoles and, imho, showed why the dreamcast was relavent.
it really depends on the situation.
team-based on-site coding does improve productivity. its much easier to shout over at someone to find out information or get something done, instead of exchanging emails or ims. emails and ims are easy, but not the fastest or most efficient way of doing things.
this hasn't stopped people from suing youtube, or saying that youtube is deserving of lawsuits.
true, and they also worked with companies a lot more than youtube because they had the resources to do so.
but still, the number of homemade music videos and other "minor copyright infringement" stuff like that on google video and youtube are similar enough.
since when was google afraid of copyright lawsuits? caching webpages, images, (mostly open-source-ish) code, actual books, and (some of their) videos?
i think youtube fits right in, personally.
but also, i hate the current state of our copyright laws.
well, they surely didn't come up with it from the guys who posted the 1% improvement.
its a double blind submission. netflix doesn't get the code, they just get the huge result set from the people, compare it to the "actual" results from people who rate movies, and compare those results with the netflix algorithm's predicted results.
since you can only submit once per week and the data involved in submission of an entry is so large, you can't just guess and check, you have to use an algorithm if you plan on getting close.
although yes they have "beatten netflix", they haven't won the prize yet.
they have about a 1% improvement on the netflix algorithm, but the prize is for 10%. they are the frontrunner for the progress prize, though, being the people who are the closest to the mark after a year (i think).
on top of that, netflix has been doing improvements on their own code in the meantime, and its been looking like around a 1% improvement, also.
this is going to be somewhat tangential, and i hope i don't ramble.
:)
as a recent college graduate with a degree in computer engineering, i found it difficult to find a job (i did, eventually, but i had a lot of frustrating interviews). why? because the philosophy of my degree, and i've found its similar among the same program in different schools, is that i'm taught to be an engineer. i'm taught to think well, and to be able to learn easily. i used a lot of languages, did a lot of things (with both hardware and software), and had a very wide base of experience when i was done with college. jack of all trades, master of none, if you will. and the job market didn't like that.
the job market, as it was a few months ago, valued specific skill sets. they wanted me to have X years of experience in C++ or Java or XYZ skill, or they weren't even going to talk to me. they wanted me to have experience doing specific tech work, or to be able to answer some detailed technical questions about their job opening. i found very few jobs that valued my broad skill set and ability to quickly learn and adapt and problem-solve (one of the few ones i found did end up hiring me, and its what i'm doing now).
to wrap up, my point is that the job market currently seems to be, by and large, looking to hire people with specific skills. so, to prove that you have these skills, certifications are a good way to go. i don't really think it matters WHICH certifications, either. you'll find someone who needs expertice in any area, eventually. the point is more that you can prove in a standardized manner that you have a competence and set of experience in a certain area. i'm trying to bulk up on certs while i'm getting them cheap/free. i don't even care which. as long as i can prove i have the competency and experience in the area. they look good on a resume, too.
also, to specify, i'm working on brainbench stuff right now because they're more convenient for me. will eventually get around to compTIA stuff and probably eventually oracle stuff.
the statistics also reveal that an amazing 15% of myspace is apparently 69 years old.
Artoo says the chances of this being true are seven hundred seventy-five ... to one.
1) how many of these computers are going to businesses? how long will it take IT departments to break away from XP and go to vista?
2) will the generic computer makers like dell adopt vista immediately? i don't know. will they force you to use vista? if they give consumers a choice between xp and vista, how many will pick vista?
3) will vista hit its current release date of "early 2007"? i don't really know. probably, but perhaps not. don't forget its still a few months off, so "within two years" means less than two years of actual sales.
is it possible for them to meet their goal? sure. but imho, to do so, they'll be forcing it down people's throats, not making legitimate sales/conversions. they could get 200 million users by giving it away for free, or pushing it through windows update (kidding, but you get the point).
"The company expects to have 200 million Vista users within two years." ...
yeah right
it'd have to be modified to work with whatever OS the wii is running, which requires development time thats not being used to develop the non-wii opera.
right, but the opera for the wii is a cheap download (i forget the exact price), while opera is supposed to be something close to a full-priced game.
not an opera that works on the wii.
the original plan was to charge for it (the opera for the DS will cost money)
they could use a plutonium-powered nuclear reactor. or a lightning rod.... or a Mr. Fusion home energy generator...