It was a server in university, we had about 1000 players online at any moment. I don't know what kind of server software they used, probably it was a pirated version. But we also had officially licensed shard of Ultima Online, so I'm not sure.
And if game can be affected by bot farming - then it's better to adjust game mechanics so it won't have a lot of effect.
One time I ran 5 bots on a local private Lineage server. It was very fun to setup them so they would interact with each other. It was kinda like programming.
For example, my friend is the author of AntiGrain (http://antigrain.com/) library. He also works as a contractor (he's also typography specialist) and he says that a lot of his clients ask if he's the same guy who wrote AntiGrain.
No, we shouldn't nuke them. Instead we should help them to build real democratic states with non-corrupt government.
I do NOT argue with _correlation_ between poverty and corruption. I don't agree that poverty CAUSES corruption. Do you know the difference between correlation and causation?
Not all non-American cultures are highly corrupt. And the USA is just corrupted to a somewhat lesser degree.
I definitely don't agree that poverty is the sole cause of corruption. For example, Russia is not poverty-stricken nation (but not richest in the world either). And in my experience, affluent people in Russia are the most corrupt. Besides, there are somewhat wealthy and highly corrupt Asian states.
IMHO, poor economics is not the reason of corruption but one of its main causes. If I knew what is the cause of corruption and how to cure it I'd be receiving Nobel Prize in economics and not speaking on Slashdot:)
I was born in Russia and currently live in Ukraine (moved here just a year ago). Corruption and graft is ingrained in Russian culture. Bribery is considered immoral, but it is still just a "fact of life". A lot of people here, for example, just give bribes to road police when stopped for speed limit violation because "everyone does it".
You just can't imagine how deep corruption can be.
Hmm... That sounds like a plan: 1. Contribute code to Linux. 2. Sue Russian government for copyright infringement. 3.... 3. Profit for allofmp3!
Though seriously, MSVS is just a Linux kernel with obsolete (VERY obsolete) userland and a few "nice" visual tools. It is deemed 'secure' because all of its code is thoroughly audited. And I doubt that they violate GPL too much, I don't think you'll need drivers for Topol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-2PM_Topol) which is rumored to use MSVS inside the official kernel tree:)
There are such talks in the Ministry of Education and a general audit of computer systems at schools is planned (http://www.permoboz.ru/txt.php?n=4971). I don't think they'll lead to anything.
But there's also a vocal opposition and they do have valid arguments, and a lot of FUD along the way. For example, hired MS "experts" say that: "it's impossible to teach computer science to children without using Windows" and "Experts are united in their opinion that Linux can be used only by technically skilled people with an extensive computer knowledge" (translation is mine, original is on: http://www.permoboz.ru/txt.php?n=4971).
The curious thing is that Russian military already uses customized Linux (it's called MSVS:) - Mobilnaya Sistema dla Vohoruzhionnih Sil, Mobile System for Armed Forces).
What kind of AI? Image-recognition or bot-like intelligence?
I've worked in image recognition field, it doesn't really need much math too. Intelligence of game bots needs even less math.
As for parallel programming (BTW, one of my favorite languages is Erlang) - you don't need math at all for it. You do need a good knowledge of CS, but it's not university math.
But you might just like math:) I still read new books on mathematical logic even though I don't need it at work.
People were escaping to Moscow/SPB because they could have got a much better job there. Not anymore.
For example, I know three MVPs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Most_Valua ble_Professional) who have more than enough money to move to Moscow but choose to stay in Novosibirsk.
You don't need a lot of math in game programming. Just some linear algebra (up to eigenvalues and eigenvectors) and analytic geometry. I've learned these things when I was at school, it's not hard at all.
Well, if you want to implement a physics engine you'll need some tensor calculus and differential equations. That was covered in a single year at my university (I don't remember if it was the first or second year).
When I first visited Novosibirsk it was about -40C (-40F for the Americans:) ). Not that I was surprised - I live in Russia, but in area with a little bit more mild climate (we usually have only a few days per year with -30C, generally it's about -15C in winter).
But still, it may be a little bit extreme for the rest of the world. Besides, Novosibirsk is not very close to the European countries or the USA.
As for Technoparks (Tech parks), Putin is going to do a right thing (IMHO). Government is funding development of infrastructure and office buildings. So IT companies will have a good infrastructure and will be able to work without worrying about Internet connectivity and office space.
KDevelop's autocomplete is CRAP. It doesn't work well with templates. Visual Assist X for Visual Studio is THE best intellisense engine out there, it completes variable names and does a much better job overall.
XRefactory is the most powerful tool (it can correctly parse Boost libraries!), but it's slow and tied to emacs.
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It was a server in university, we had about 1000 players online at any moment. I don't know what kind of server software they used, probably it was a pirated version. But we also had officially licensed shard of Ultima Online, so I'm not sure.
And if game can be affected by bot farming - then it's better to adjust game mechanics so it won't have a lot of effect.
You don't understand, cheating can be FUN.
One time I ran 5 bots on a local private Lineage server. It was very fun to setup them so they would interact with each other. It was kinda like programming.
Lots of these bugs are just small one-liner fixes, but they require testing on all supported architectures.
Well, there are bugs in QT4 which should be included in Etch and in imagemagick which is used in tons of projects.
I can still see 17 release-critical bugs in their bugtracker: http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php?bydist=etch
Have they decided to postpone their resolution until R2?
Thanks for idea! That's how I'm going to name my new build system based on SCons :) ...Ducks...
For example, my friend is the author of AntiGrain (http://antigrain.com/) library. He also works as a contractor (he's also typography specialist) and he says that a lot of his clients ask if he's the same guy who wrote AntiGrain.
So I guess, OSS is a good for your own PR.
No, we shouldn't nuke them. Instead we should help them to build real democratic states with non-corrupt government.
I do NOT argue with _correlation_ between poverty and corruption. I don't agree that poverty CAUSES corruption. Do you know the difference between correlation and causation?
Not all non-American cultures are highly corrupt. And the USA is just corrupted to a somewhat lesser degree.
:)
I definitely don't agree that poverty is the sole cause of corruption. For example, Russia is not poverty-stricken nation (but not richest in the world either). And in my experience, affluent people in Russia are the most corrupt. Besides, there are somewhat wealthy and highly corrupt Asian states.
IMHO, poor economics is not the reason of corruption but one of its main causes. If I knew what is the cause of corruption and how to cure it I'd be receiving Nobel Prize in economics and not speaking on Slashdot
One word: culture.
I was born in Russia and currently live in Ukraine (moved here just a year ago). Corruption and graft is ingrained in Russian culture. Bribery is considered immoral, but it is still just a "fact of life". A lot of people here, for example, just give bribes to road police when stopped for speed limit violation because "everyone does it".
You just can't imagine how deep corruption can be.
Grandparent is not racist, he's not saying that Central Americans are genetically corrupt.
Their _countries_, however, are corrupt.
That's not completely true. For example, MIPS code tends to be about the same size as x86 code. And MIPS CPUs are usually more efficient.
Yeah, sure. Then why wouldn't USA extradite CIA operatives to Spain?
So... Don't drive at all. It's easy.
Or even better, PAY for your hobby. How about $10 per gallon, does it sound nice?
Car, open the door!
I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do it.
Sure.
But to be fair, there ARE some usability problems with Linux. For example, how can I share _CDROM_ for the local network?
It sounds easy, but it is not (normal SMB/NFS interferes with automounting)
Well, I'm sure that Russian government will change copyright law to include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_Domain powers for state agencies.
...
:)
Hmm... That sounds like a plan:
1. Contribute code to Linux.
2. Sue Russian government for copyright infringement.
3.
3. Profit for allofmp3!
Though seriously, MSVS is just a Linux kernel with obsolete (VERY obsolete) userland and a few "nice" visual tools. It is deemed 'secure' because all of its code is thoroughly audited. And I doubt that they violate GPL too much, I don't think you'll need drivers for Topol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-2PM_Topol) which is rumored to use MSVS inside the official kernel tree
There are such talks in the Ministry of Education and a general audit of computer systems at schools is planned (http://www.permoboz.ru/txt.php?n=4971). I don't think they'll lead to anything.
:) - Mobilnaya Sistema dla Vohoruzhionnih Sil, Mobile System for Armed Forces).
But there's also a vocal opposition and they do have valid arguments, and a lot of FUD along the way. For example, hired MS "experts" say that: "it's impossible to teach computer science to children without using Windows" and "Experts are united in their opinion that Linux can be used only by technically skilled people with an extensive computer knowledge" (translation is mine, original is on: http://www.permoboz.ru/txt.php?n=4971).
The curious thing is that Russian military already uses customized Linux (it's called MSVS
What kind of AI? Image-recognition or bot-like intelligence?
:) I still read new books on mathematical logic even though I don't need it at work.
I've worked in image recognition field, it doesn't really need much math too. Intelligence of game bots needs even less math.
As for parallel programming (BTW, one of my favorite languages is Erlang) - you don't need math at all for it. You do need a good knowledge of CS, but it's not university math.
But you might just like math
No, Novosibirsk is quite OK.
a ble_Professional) who have more than enough money to move to Moscow but choose to stay in Novosibirsk.
People were escaping to Moscow/SPB because they could have got a much better job there. Not anymore.
For example, I know three MVPs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Most_Valu
You don't need a lot of math in game programming. Just some linear algebra (up to eigenvalues and eigenvectors) and analytic geometry. I've learned these things when I was at school, it's not hard at all.
Well, if you want to implement a physics engine you'll need some tensor calculus and differential equations. That was covered in a single year at my university (I don't remember if it was the first or second year).
When I first visited Novosibirsk it was about -40C (-40F for the Americans :) ). Not that I was surprised - I live in Russia, but in area with a little bit more mild climate (we usually have only a few days per year with -30C, generally it's about -15C in winter).
But still, it may be a little bit extreme for the rest of the world. Besides, Novosibirsk is not very close to the European countries or the USA.
As for Technoparks (Tech parks), Putin is going to do a right thing (IMHO). Government is funding development of infrastructure and office buildings. So IT companies will have a good infrastructure and will be able to work without worrying about Internet connectivity and office space.
Built-in IntelliNonsense in VisualStudio is bad, so try VisualAssist. Recent versions of VAX even have some primitive refactorings.
KDevelop's autocomplete is CRAP. It doesn't work well with templates. Visual Assist X for Visual Studio is THE best intellisense engine out there, it completes variable names and does a much better job overall.
XRefactory is the most powerful tool (it can correctly parse Boost libraries!), but it's slow and tied to emacs.
Current 'rich' mobile devices won't replace mobile phones until fuel cell or battery revolution occurs.
Because I don't need a phone that can't live through the day on a single charge. No matter how rich it is.