Given that the last Battlebot Wars resulted in a thousand robots of essentially similar design (i.e. wedge), emphasizing strategy and tactics over design by requiring entrants to start with the same basic platform makes for a much more interesting show. For example, all robots should look something like this: http://www.northernlightstactical.com/TurboTortoise/Accessories.htm and be equipped with remotely operated paintball guns. The arena should be outdoors on dirt. There will be various and sundry obstacles to navigate around. The object will be to hit your opponent with paintballs.
Okay so you had this patent for how long? And iTunes has been around for how long? And now that Apple is making lots of money on it you decide to sue? Greedy f*cker.
IMHO, universities do not and never have truly prepared undergrad students to get a job in the job market at the time they're expected to graduate.
I went to Boston University College of Engineering in the late 80s. What they taught was geared around Ada. What they job market wanted was C++. Defense contracting was taking a nose dive. So we all had a really tough time finding work. I ended up sticking around for a Masters and I still had a tough time although the advanced degree helped as did the fact that I played with computers on my own time. The weird thing was that I was eventually hired to program Macs and I had never written code for a Mac before.
It seems clear that if it's being taught to undergrads, it must be passé. You gotta learn job skills on your own.
Walked into a normally scent-free theater today to see this thing. I sit down and I smell something...shall we say...off. A bit like vomit. I unfortunately chalked it up to some guy in the next row eating the vastly overpriced concession pizza. After watching this for five minutes I should have gone with my gut reaction, if you'll pardon the pun. Seriously, take a Bonine before going to see this or wait till it comes out on DVD.
Trying to weasel your way to profitability through litigation instead of innovation never works. SCO is a classic example. Apple might be a better one i.e. trying to copyright look-and-feel but later coming up with iPods.
Having endured "tech-support" for a few of my early career years I can understand why these guys want a few things.
After a few panicky phone calls which often go like this "Hello?" "OHMYGOD!!! I CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT!! I HAVE A DEADLINE!! YOU HAVE TO COME OVER!!" And so you schlep over to the moron's..(*cough*)... USER's cube and on their screen is displayed "Press OK to continue." "WHAT DO I DO?!??!" Ummm...gee...how about we try clicking the OK button?
Bottom line especially in Fortune 500 companies is that people don't want to learn how to use the computer because they'd then be held responsible for it.
But it's a double-edged sword too. They'd all beg and plead for more training. What they meant was they wanted training on the major applications they were using like Photoshop. What management gave them was "team training"...so they could bitch in unison.
Like keeping lazy-ass drivers from throwing fragile one-of-a-kind packages onto your porch.
They totally destroyed a pair of vintage Revox reel-to-reel recorders and totally blew off my claims.
FIX THAT YOU BASTARDS!!!
Imagine that the reason this thing cannot be identified is because it prefers not to be.
IMHO, if 99% of the teachers out there were worth a sh*t and taught in such a way as to keep the kids interested in the material we wouldn't be
in the academic sh*thouse of the world. I'm living proof. When a regular teacher couldn't get through to me, a really good tutoring teacher did.
Can you pick ANY commercial application on the market and tell me if it was written in Cocoa? I highly doubt that. And even if you could (by reading the spec sheet), can you point to any feature of said app and tell me that the ONLY reason that feature exists is because it was written in Cocoa? Puhleez.
The only reason YOU as a CONSUMER get to use a commercial application is because that company invested the resources to develop it. Commercial development is a business not some geek philanthropic love-affair. Development resources (read: time, money, people) are limited. If a company is starting a 64-bit product from scratch, they're going to say the hell with the Mac because Windows has a much larger market share and we don't want or can't devote the resources to writing two sets of interface and system-resource access code. I guess you missed the announcement that Adobe isn't going to be release 64-bit versions of its Mac product line. Furthermore if you have to write ALL your code in Objective-C and then write it all again for C++, you'd have even less incentive to do it.
The fact of the matter is tha 64-bit Carbon exists but apparently some bonehead holdover from the NeXT acquisition nixed it.
Apple screwed the developers by not acquiring Metrowerks which could have been bought for Apple's seat-cushion change and forcing people to use XCode. With Metrowerks, it's possible to build Mac and Windows versions of the app in one development environment instead of two. Have you ever tried to work on a multi-million line major application in XCode? It's a terrible environment which they chose for the bogus altruistic reason of being able to use the open-source GNU compiler which generates slower code than Metrowerks.
At least you're not a commercial Mac app developer being told "The hell with you peons, we're not going to release 64-bit Carbon APIs even though they're finished. Instead you must throw out all of your Carbon-based code and rewrite everything in Objective-C and Cocoa." Thanks a lot, Apple. Once again, you've screwed over third-party developers.
Okay okay, SOME lights are cool. The Connection Machine for example http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/MetaComp/Imag es/CM5_lg.jpg is very cool.
And the IMSAI 8080 was damn cool because it has lights AND switches. http://www.imsai.net/ Now that's a computer.
On the other hand, all those damn goofy PC mods with lights on the stupid fans and all is bogus.
Well, if Americans quit watching Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, major-league sports and other pointless wastes of time maybe their idle (not idol) brains could be put to better use. IMHO, I believe that competitions like FIRST should be broadcast on ABC, NBC, CBS during primetime and during sweeps week. And the prizes should be major...like full scholarships to major universities.
I can envision a scene from the next cheest horror flick where the heroine is just about to get chainsawed by the creepy dude and she's desperately trying to call 911 on her cellphone only to discover that she has to watch the latest Bowflex commercial.
I'm thinking of that ad campaign for Chik-fil-et...I think it is that shows a cow holding up a sign encouraging people to eat more chicken. So basically, if these health-food freaks would knock off eating fish and eat some good old-fashioned red meat, the life (of the fish) you save may be your own. And what's up with all this lean meat crap?!? I can remember when hamburgers had 30% fat and were delicious. Now it's like eating shoe-leather. Same with pork. "Oh, you have to eat lean meat...it's good for you." Screw that. My parents are in their 80s and ate all that so-called "bad for you" stuff all their lives and they're healthier than most 30-40 year olds I know.
How many tall, slim, healthy, and attractive rocket scientists do you know? I'd say zero. These types are usually the jocks and prom queens. They tend to mate with one another. How many intelligent, creative, ugly, squat goblin-like people do you know? Probably a lot. These are the geeks and nerds. They often end up alone.
More than likely, there are going to be a lot of attractive, dumber-than-a-bag-of-hammers people and a handful of brilliant trolls.
But here's something to consider: census data show that the vast majority of highly intelligent and educated couples have two or fewer children whereas couples with little or no education have three or more. IMHO, that's equivalent to the thinning of the gene pool. So, if you're a geek, date a geek and have lots of kids because that's the only way we're going to keep the world from going further down the drain.
This lean meat crap makes me want to puke. For those of you who are old enough to remember, beef and pork used to have lots of fat which is what makes it taste good.
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Given that the last Battlebot Wars resulted in a thousand robots of essentially similar design (i.e. wedge), emphasizing strategy and tactics over design by requiring entrants to start with the same basic platform makes for a much more interesting show. For example, all robots should look something like this: http://www.northernlightstactical.com/TurboTortoise/Accessories.htm and be equipped with remotely operated paintball guns. The arena should be outdoors on dirt. There will be various and sundry obstacles to navigate around. The object will be to hit your opponent with paintballs.
Seven YEARS to get a patent approved?!? Now THAT is ridiculous.
Okay so you had this patent for how long? And iTunes has been around for how long? And now that Apple is making lots of money on it you decide to sue? Greedy f*cker.
Adding another 5 million humans to the world population total every year. Yep, that's just what we need.
IMHO, universities do not and never have truly prepared undergrad students to get a job in the job market at the time they're expected to graduate. I went to Boston University College of Engineering in the late 80s. What they taught was geared around Ada. What they job market wanted was C++. Defense contracting was taking a nose dive. So we all had a really tough time finding work. I ended up sticking around for a Masters and I still had a tough time although the advanced degree helped as did the fact that I played with computers on my own time. The weird thing was that I was eventually hired to program Macs and I had never written code for a Mac before. It seems clear that if it's being taught to undergrads, it must be passé. You gotta learn job skills on your own.
Walked into a normally scent-free theater today to see this thing. I sit down and I smell something...shall we say...off. A bit like vomit. I unfortunately chalked it up to some guy in the next row eating the vastly overpriced concession pizza. After watching this for five minutes I should have gone with my gut reaction, if you'll pardon the pun. Seriously, take a Bonine before going to see this or wait till it comes out on DVD.
Trying to weasel your way to profitability through litigation instead of innovation never works. SCO is a classic example. Apple might be a better one i.e. trying to copyright look-and-feel but later coming up with iPods.
Having endured "tech-support" for a few of my early career years I can understand why these guys want a few things. After a few panicky phone calls which often go like this "Hello?" "OHMYGOD!!! I CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT!! I HAVE A DEADLINE!! YOU HAVE TO COME OVER!!" And so you schlep over to the moron's..(*cough*)... USER's cube and on their screen is displayed "Press OK to continue." "WHAT DO I DO?!??!" Ummm...gee...how about we try clicking the OK button? Bottom line especially in Fortune 500 companies is that people don't want to learn how to use the computer because they'd then be held responsible for it. But it's a double-edged sword too. They'd all beg and plead for more training. What they meant was they wanted training on the major applications they were using like Photoshop. What management gave them was "team training"...so they could bitch in unison.
Like keeping lazy-ass drivers from throwing fragile one-of-a-kind packages onto your porch. They totally destroyed a pair of vintage Revox reel-to-reel recorders and totally blew off my claims. FIX THAT YOU BASTARDS!!!
This is precisely what I expect from a commie pinko jackoff 9/11 conspiracy moron. Rot in hell you cockbreath!!!
How about a jammer so you can force people to pay attention to their driving?
Imagine that the reason this thing cannot be identified is because it prefers not to be. IMHO, if 99% of the teachers out there were worth a sh*t and taught in such a way as to keep the kids interested in the material we wouldn't be in the academic sh*thouse of the world. I'm living proof. When a regular teacher couldn't get through to me, a really good tutoring teacher did.
I'd like to know which $1000-an-hour asshat lawyer got paid under the table for this....so we can shoot him.
Science has proven that health-weenies in the form of joggers are mindless.
Can you pick ANY commercial application on the market and tell me if it was written in Cocoa? I highly doubt that. And even if you could (by reading the spec sheet), can you point to any feature of said app and tell me that the ONLY reason that feature exists is because it was written in Cocoa? Puhleez. The only reason YOU as a CONSUMER get to use a commercial application is because that company invested the resources to develop it. Commercial development is a business not some geek philanthropic love-affair. Development resources (read: time, money, people) are limited. If a company is starting a 64-bit product from scratch, they're going to say the hell with the Mac because Windows has a much larger market share and we don't want or can't devote the resources to writing two sets of interface and system-resource access code. I guess you missed the announcement that Adobe isn't going to be release 64-bit versions of its Mac product line. Furthermore if you have to write ALL your code in Objective-C and then write it all again for C++, you'd have even less incentive to do it. The fact of the matter is tha 64-bit Carbon exists but apparently some bonehead holdover from the NeXT acquisition nixed it. Apple screwed the developers by not acquiring Metrowerks which could have been bought for Apple's seat-cushion change and forcing people to use XCode. With Metrowerks, it's possible to build Mac and Windows versions of the app in one development environment instead of two. Have you ever tried to work on a multi-million line major application in XCode? It's a terrible environment which they chose for the bogus altruistic reason of being able to use the open-source GNU compiler which generates slower code than Metrowerks.
At least you're not a commercial Mac app developer being told "The hell with you peons, we're not going to release 64-bit Carbon APIs even though they're finished. Instead you must throw out all of your Carbon-based code and rewrite everything in Objective-C and Cocoa." Thanks a lot, Apple. Once again, you've screwed over third-party developers.
My Epson color laser also acts like Chicken Little. It starts warning you about low toner for hundreds of pages before it really needs to be replaced.
Okay okay, SOME lights are cool. The Connection Machine for example http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/MetaComp/Imag es/CM5_lg.jpg is very cool.
And the IMSAI 8080 was damn cool because it has lights AND switches. http://www.imsai.net/ Now that's a computer.
On the other hand, all those damn goofy PC mods with lights on the stupid fans and all is bogus.
I propose that anyone who is confronted by the RIAA say the following "Dantooine...they're on Dantooine"
That's really cool. Now what we need is a ruggedized MacBook a la ToughBook. Something that can get tossed around, dusty, and wet.
Well, if Americans quit watching Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, major-league sports and other pointless wastes of time maybe their idle (not idol) brains could be put to better use. IMHO, I believe that competitions like FIRST should be broadcast on ABC, NBC, CBS during primetime and during sweeps week. And the prizes should be major...like full scholarships to major universities.
I can envision a scene from the next cheest horror flick where the heroine is just about to get chainsawed by the creepy dude and she's desperately trying to call 911 on her cellphone only to discover that she has to watch the latest Bowflex commercial.
I'm thinking of that ad campaign for Chik-fil-et...I think it is that shows a cow holding up a sign encouraging people to eat more chicken.
So basically, if these health-food freaks would knock off eating fish and eat some good old-fashioned red meat, the life (of the fish) you save may be your own.
And what's up with all this lean meat crap?!? I can remember when hamburgers had 30% fat and were delicious. Now it's like eating shoe-leather.
Same with pork. "Oh, you have to eat lean meat...it's good for you." Screw that. My parents are in their 80s and ate all that so-called "bad for you" stuff all their lives and they're healthier than most 30-40 year olds I know.
How many tall, slim, healthy, and attractive rocket scientists do you know? I'd say zero. These types are usually the jocks and prom queens. They tend to mate with one another.
How many intelligent, creative, ugly, squat goblin-like people do you know? Probably a lot. These are the geeks and nerds. They often end up alone.
More than likely, there are going to be a lot of attractive, dumber-than-a-bag-of-hammers people and a handful of brilliant trolls.
But here's something to consider: census data show that the vast majority of highly intelligent and educated couples have two or fewer children whereas couples with little or no education have three or more. IMHO, that's equivalent to the thinning of the gene pool. So, if you're a geek, date a geek and have lots of kids because that's the only way we're going to keep the world from going further down the drain.
This lean meat crap makes me want to puke. For those of you who are old enough to remember, beef and pork used to have lots of fat which is what makes it taste good.