Re:Maybe you make too many stupid assumptions.
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I think you misunderstood him. If he's listening to it through earbuds, then how come it's so loud that he can hear it echo off the walls of the environment?
At the very least, it betrays a definite lack of attention to detail.
What can be done? Easy! a) don't build metropolitan areas in geographically stupid locations, and b) quit destroying the Lousiana wetlands, which would have acted as natural buffers against just this sort of disaster.
Problem is, nobody actually wants to hear those answers. Ah, well.
As a former CS major, it's pretty obvious why smart people aren't bothering to major in CS. At most universities these days, the required parts of the CS curriculum amount to little more than a Java vocational training course... lots of higher math that you'll never use, lots of object-oriented design indoctrination, how to draw pretty little UML diagrams, and Java Java Java everywhere. That's been my experience at two major North American universities so far (names withheld to protect the guilty).
What's missing is any element of creativity, anything that might appeal to the kinds of people who were drawn to computers because they love hacking. Nobody encourages students to play with computers, to discover new technologies or to learn anything outside the dreary shit that they're expected to need in the workplace.
Thank God I got out of that trap. Right now I'm a Classical Studies major who hacks Lisp stuff in his spare time, and I have been SO much happier since I switched. Ironically, I'm taking a minor in CS now, because it turns out that I can take a handful of interesting classes I want without having to do the Java-OO-UML vocational training courses.
Internet drinking game: take one drink whenever someone proclaims that they want to make a multi-user system resembling Neal Stephenson's Metaverse.
The last player who hasn't died of alcohol poisoning by the end of the week wins.
I've seen this done on IRC years ago, actually. It's nicer on IRC than over IM, because you can get a whole channel participating in a group puzzle-solving activity.
Kind of, yes. It's mouse-based for exploration, with finger sensors that monitor galvanic response and pulse for mini-game kinds of things. Sadly, the idea is cool, and the implementation is solid, but the game's whole theme is ass -- the New-Ageyness of the whole thing is omnipresent and treacly-sweet, which gets very old very fast. Myst For Retards. It'd probably go over OK with kids, I guess, if the finger sensors will even fit kids' hands. (Not at all certain about that.)
On the other hand, the hardware is nifty. It gives me evil thoughts about a WindowMaker dock app for biofeedback...
...why does Brad Murray need such a very big bed? (vol. III, authors)
Wonderful books, by the way. Highly recommended, although you might want to browse them at your library or bookstore to see which one(s) interest you first.
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I think you misunderstood him. If he's listening to it through earbuds, then how come it's so loud that he can hear it echo off the walls of the environment? At the very least, it betrays a definite lack of attention to detail.
What can be done? Easy! a) don't build metropolitan areas in geographically stupid locations, and b) quit destroying the Lousiana wetlands, which would have acted as natural buffers against just this sort of disaster. Problem is, nobody actually wants to hear those answers. Ah, well.
"Linux is only free if your time has no value."
As a former CS major, it's pretty obvious why smart people aren't bothering to major in CS. At most universities these days, the required parts of the CS curriculum amount to little more than a Java vocational training course... lots of higher math that you'll never use, lots of object-oriented design indoctrination, how to draw pretty little UML diagrams, and Java Java Java everywhere. That's been my experience at two major North American universities so far (names withheld to protect the guilty). What's missing is any element of creativity, anything that might appeal to the kinds of people who were drawn to computers because they love hacking. Nobody encourages students to play with computers, to discover new technologies or to learn anything outside the dreary shit that they're expected to need in the workplace. Thank God I got out of that trap. Right now I'm a Classical Studies major who hacks Lisp stuff in his spare time, and I have been SO much happier since I switched. Ironically, I'm taking a minor in CS now, because it turns out that I can take a handful of interesting classes I want without having to do the Java-OO-UML vocational training courses.
Internet drinking game: take one drink whenever someone proclaims that they want to make a multi-user system resembling Neal Stephenson's Metaverse. The last player who hasn't died of alcohol poisoning by the end of the week wins.
Is it just me, or did this "visionary genius" just describe a Lisp Machine from 30 years ago? Man, if this is "progress", we're screwed.
Yeah, but that little Easter Egg was courtesy of Matt Soell, and he left the company months ago. (Note the Wideload Games website's logo...)
Yes. Jason Jones, Rob McLees, Dave Bernal, Chucky Gough, and Hamilton Chu, to name a few off the top of my head. It's just not the same, though...
I've seen this done on IRC years ago, actually. It's nicer on IRC than over IM, because you can get a whole channel participating in a group puzzle-solving activity.
Kind of, yes. It's mouse-based for exploration, with finger sensors that monitor galvanic response and pulse for mini-game kinds of things. Sadly, the idea is cool, and the implementation is solid, but the game's whole theme is ass -- the New-Ageyness of the whole thing is omnipresent and treacly-sweet, which gets very old very fast. Myst For Retards. It'd probably go over OK with kids, I guess, if the finger sensors will even fit kids' hands. (Not at all certain about that.) On the other hand, the hardware is nifty. It gives me evil thoughts about a WindowMaker dock app for biofeedback...
Of course not! Eating tinned humans is still cannibalism in nethack. :-)
"You cannibal! You shall regret this!"
...why does Brad Murray need such a very big bed? (vol. III, authors) Wonderful books, by the way. Highly recommended, although you might want to browse them at your library or bookstore to see which one(s) interest you first.