If you think it's all simple you've never really done anything non-trivial. Or you're a supergenius. Since you're apparently a manager in IT support (or incredibly bad at getting your point across), I think the supergenius tag can safely be dismissed.
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You understand the mis-spellings, but what about the spurious hyph-ens?
See, he's demonstrating that he's too nerd to be seen posting on anything that isn't nerd enough by posting on this story declaring it isn't nerd enough for him to post on it. Or something like that. It's a very tricky process, and you aren't helping by applying logic to the situation. Are you one of those closet cool people?
No, I don't think that, but I know why we disagree. You see, I understand what AJAX is and how it works, and apparently you don't. It's cool, though, if everyone was smart I wouldn't be special.
The use of AJAX technique in that example is spurious, at best. It's almost sad, really, since that's probably the only reason this article was accepted.
You make an almost compelling argument. Are you a lawyer?
The thing is, you give a sense of only two choices, and the dichotomy is false. We're not stuck choosing between anarchy and lawyers running everything. There are infinite levels of complexity in the legal system that can be simplified or eliminated, but since lawyers are currently the ones running everything, that won't happen.
Practically every business engages in anti-competitive behavior. That's how the game works - you beat your competition by doing things that hurt them. There are different ways of doing this: better products, better prices, better advertising, pressure on your suppliers for more favorable conditions, favors to your customers in exchange for exclusive business - the list goes on forever.
There are teams of people dedicated to deciding price points for products sold in the market called marketers Their job is to maximize profit by finding a balance between income per item and items sold. They have considered your situation, I'm sure, and ran it through their (surprisingly accurate) statistical models. They may be off by a few percentage points in one direction or another, but I guarantee they are not missing out on a waiting gold mine somewhere around 3 dollars per.
What would be consumer friendly about Intel being punished, exactly? Their product is plentiful, cheap, and ever increasing in quality, not to mention embroiled in healthy competition. I don't see how hurtitng Intel at this stage would benefit anybody but AMD stockholders.
Only M$ would try to turn this choice into a disadvantage.
Only a zealot would reply to a general comment about developer motivation into a pro-Linux/anti-Microsoft screed with no connection to the parent.
Also, the M$ thing stopped making the point you want to make somewhere around the time Penny Arcade lampooned it so effectively. (I would link to it, but it seems to have vanished into the magical rails implementation that plagues that site.) You win no hearts and no minds with such rhetoric.
I guess what I'm saying is: calm down a little, and you may find your message is accepted much more widely. I say this as someone who believes you have a good message, so I offer this as friendly advice, not as a troll intending to insult you or anything you believe in.
Google stuff like crazy, I guess. I'm personally not involved in 3d enough to tell you where to look. My focus is in data processing and storage, not graphics, and there's not a whole heck of a lot of overlap, aside from the general focus on efficiency.
Googling for tutorials should turn something up - a cursory glance shows a tremendous number of them available.
I can give you some general advice: try to keep frustration at bay. 3d is HARD to get a grasp on completely unless you're one of those supergeniuses that just understands it intuitively. There's a lot to learn. You just have to plug ahead.
What does being a leftist, being against Iraq, or anything else that was being discussed, have to do with World War II? Oh, that's right, it was a rhetorically bankrupt emotionally charged bullshit slam of the US. It deserves to be +5.
Coding is not an easy skill in general, and some branches are harder than normal. You obtain the skill by reading about it, thinking about it, and practicing it. There's really no shortcut you can take to become a 3D graphics guru.
This is akin to saying that the NFL doesn't make it easy for high school players to get drafted.
Nah, that doesn't really fly with me. I like what I like. I don't get an ego boost out of the fact that I'm the only one, or that I'm one of billions, or any state in between. I also don't really care what other people's taste is. There's just too many other things in the world to worry about, and I don't have the time or energy to get excited about nebulous concepts like 'the mainstream,' and 'indie,' and 'selling out.'
I really liked that book. It was one of the few star trek books I read that was genuinely entertaining in a stand alone fashion, not just as fodder for my Kirk-based masturbation fantasies.
I wish I had more to say than a "ME TOO!" but I don't. Still, I regret nothing.
So yes, I am giving this critically acclaimed game a very hard time, but my criticisms are deserved and mysteriously undervoiced in professional reviews.
Considering you pointed out almost nothing positive, I'd say your 'review' is really just a bitch session. I agree with some of what you said, but overall, you're just proving it's easy to criticize.
You don't have to watch television, you know. As a matter of fact, that applies to this whole topic. People who treat entertainment as some kind of right amuse me.
But the crucial distinction between blogosphere and the traditional media is that blogosphere requires the reader to search and think, while the traditional media purports to have done it all for you already.
I take issue with one part of that - traditional media may purport to think for me, but that doesn't mean I need to let it. I am capable of assimilating the content without it making my decisions for me.
On the other hand, great many possibilities of worthwile journalistic activity exist on small time, one-issue blogs run simply by people with personal, first hand knowledge of the events and a grasp of English language. For example, take a look at this blog.
There's some interesting content there, but mostly it's not news, it's a journal. It gives a limited perspective, just like every other source. I suspect you value it because it reinforces your opinion (which is understandable). I could be wrong, I'm rather tired as I type this, and I necessarily have to make assumptions in any case. (I'm not expressing disagreement with the content of the blog you pointed out, and I'm aware it's only one of many, so don't take this as a dismissal of anything. I don't intend that.)
By and large, I think we disagree on this because we approach things from different angles. I'm not sure how to express this correctly because, once again, I'm extremely tired, but I'll try. It seems that you are looking to cast a wide net and eliminate what you find valueless. Panning for gold, perhaps? I pick a few high-profile sources that are in opposition, and read between the lines as much as possible. I think in the end we probably tend to settle near the same space.
Considering how poorly most Apple software runs on Windows, I'd say if they have one they need to utilize it better.
*Note: I have two Macs and one Windows PC, so I'm hardly prejudiced here. It is my honest opinion that Apple software runs for shit on Windows. If you don't like it, tell me why. Modding me down doesn't negate it.
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If you think it's all simple you've never really done anything non-trivial. Or you're a supergenius. Since you're apparently a manager in IT support (or incredibly bad at getting your point across), I think the supergenius tag can safely be dismissed.
You understand the mis-spellings, but what about the spurious hyph-ens?
Thank Heaven for Little Girls?
See, he's demonstrating that he's too nerd to be seen posting on anything that isn't nerd enough by posting on this story declaring it isn't nerd enough for him to post on it. Or something like that. It's a very tricky process, and you aren't helping by applying logic to the situation. Are you one of those closet cool people?
programming is something a monkey can do with training.
Is there anything else you can't do that you dismiss as simple? I only ask out of personal curiosity.
No, I don't think that, but I know why we disagree. You see, I understand what AJAX is and how it works, and apparently you don't. It's cool, though, if everyone was smart I wouldn't be special.
This is the worst copy-and-paste troll yet. Mac users, rebels indeed.
The use of AJAX technique in that example is spurious, at best. It's almost sad, really, since that's probably the only reason this article was accepted.
You make an almost compelling argument. Are you a lawyer?
The thing is, you give a sense of only two choices, and the dichotomy is false. We're not stuck choosing between anarchy and lawyers running everything. There are infinite levels of complexity in the legal system that can be simplified or eliminated, but since lawyers are currently the ones running everything, that won't happen.
Practically every business engages in anti-competitive behavior. That's how the game works - you beat your competition by doing things that hurt them. There are different ways of doing this: better products, better prices, better advertising, pressure on your suppliers for more favorable conditions, favors to your customers in exchange for exclusive business - the list goes on forever.
There are teams of people dedicated to deciding price points for products sold in the market called marketers Their job is to maximize profit by finding a balance between income per item and items sold. They have considered your situation, I'm sure, and ran it through their (surprisingly accurate) statistical models. They may be off by a few percentage points in one direction or another, but I guarantee they are not missing out on a waiting gold mine somewhere around 3 dollars per.
What would be consumer friendly about Intel being punished, exactly? Their product is plentiful, cheap, and ever increasing in quality, not to mention embroiled in healthy competition. I don't see how hurtitng Intel at this stage would benefit anybody but AMD stockholders.
Only M$ would try to turn this choice into a disadvantage.
Only a zealot would reply to a general comment about developer motivation into a pro-Linux/anti-Microsoft screed with no connection to the parent.
Also, the M$ thing stopped making the point you want to make somewhere around the time Penny Arcade lampooned it so effectively. (I would link to it, but it seems to have vanished into the magical rails implementation that plagues that site.) You win no hearts and no minds with such rhetoric.
I guess what I'm saying is: calm down a little, and you may find your message is accepted much more widely. I say this as someone who believes you have a good message, so I offer this as friendly advice, not as a troll intending to insult you or anything you believe in.
After formatting it'll be more like .85 mebiyear anyway.
Google stuff like crazy, I guess. I'm personally not involved in 3d enough to tell you where to look. My focus is in data processing and storage, not graphics, and there's not a whole heck of a lot of overlap, aside from the general focus on efficiency.
Googling for tutorials should turn something up - a cursory glance shows a tremendous number of them available.
I can give you some general advice: try to keep frustration at bay. 3d is HARD to get a grasp on completely unless you're one of those supergeniuses that just understands it intuitively. There's a lot to learn. You just have to plug ahead.
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
What does being a leftist, being against Iraq, or anything else that was being discussed, have to do with World War II? Oh, that's right, it was a rhetorically bankrupt emotionally charged bullshit slam of the US. It deserves to be +5.
Coding is not an easy skill in general, and some branches are harder than normal. You obtain the skill by reading about it, thinking about it, and practicing it. There's really no shortcut you can take to become a 3D graphics guru.
This is akin to saying that the NFL doesn't make it easy for high school players to get drafted.
Nah, that doesn't really fly with me. I like what I like. I don't get an ego boost out of the fact that I'm the only one, or that I'm one of billions, or any state in between. I also don't really care what other people's taste is. There's just too many other things in the world to worry about, and I don't have the time or energy to get excited about nebulous concepts like 'the mainstream,' and 'indie,' and 'selling out.'
You can't just support a free market when it benefits you, and then oppose it when it doesn't.
Sure I can. Maybe you think some univeral law of fair applies, but this isn't that ideal universe.
I really liked that book. It was one of the few star trek books I read that was genuinely entertaining in a stand alone fashion, not just as fodder for my Kirk-based masturbation fantasies.
I wish I had more to say than a "ME TOO!" but I don't. Still, I regret nothing.
So yes, I am giving this critically acclaimed game a very hard time, but my criticisms are deserved and mysteriously undervoiced in professional reviews.
Considering you pointed out almost nothing positive, I'd say your 'review' is really just a bitch session. I agree with some of what you said, but overall, you're just proving it's easy to criticize.
I never said I don't watch TV. I just indicated it's not a necessity.
I like how you called me a snob then went on an elitist rant about how anything mainstream sucks. That was cute.
You don't have to watch television, you know. As a matter of fact, that applies to this whole topic. People who treat entertainment as some kind of right amuse me.
But the crucial distinction between blogosphere and the traditional media is that blogosphere requires the reader to search and think, while the traditional media purports to have done it all for you already.
I take issue with one part of that - traditional media may purport to think for me, but that doesn't mean I need to let it. I am capable of assimilating the content without it making my decisions for me.
On the other hand, great many possibilities of worthwile journalistic activity exist on small time, one-issue blogs run simply by people with personal, first hand knowledge of the events and a grasp of English language. For example, take a look at this blog.
There's some interesting content there, but mostly it's not news, it's a journal. It gives a limited perspective, just like every other source. I suspect you value it because it reinforces your opinion (which is understandable). I could be wrong, I'm rather tired as I type this, and I necessarily have to make assumptions in any case. (I'm not expressing disagreement with the content of the blog you pointed out, and I'm aware it's only one of many, so don't take this as a dismissal of anything. I don't intend that.)
By and large, I think we disagree on this because we approach things from different angles. I'm not sure how to express this correctly because, once again, I'm extremely tired, but I'll try. It seems that you are looking to cast a wide net and eliminate what you find valueless. Panning for gold, perhaps? I pick a few high-profile sources that are in opposition, and read between the lines as much as possible. I think in the end we probably tend to settle near the same space.
Considering how poorly most Apple software runs on Windows, I'd say if they have one they need to utilize it better.
*Note: I have two Macs and one Windows PC, so I'm hardly prejudiced here. It is my honest opinion that Apple software runs for shit on Windows. If you don't like it, tell me why. Modding me down doesn't negate it.