% Marge tells Homer Bill Gates is here to see him. Homer panicks, and tells
% Marge to get out of here so it doesn't look like a two-bit operation.
Bill Gates: Mr. Simpson?
Homer: You don't look so rich...
Bill Gates: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
Homer: [quietly] Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
Bill Gates: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if
anything, Compuglobalhypermeganet does, so rather than risk competing with
you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
% Homer and Marge quietly discuss this proposal.
Homer: I reluctantly accept your proposal!
Bill Gates: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
[Gates' lackeys trash the room.]
Homer: Hey, what the hell's going on!
Bill Gates: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [insane
laughter]
-- Bill Gates buys Homer's Internet company, "Das Bus"
Seriously, there's absolutely no point in calling this thing "War Games".
I liked War Games because it was a self contained story, with a good resolution that delivered a moral message. It was a story with a point, and not just entertaining fluff.
I don't see any unresolved threads in the original story that a sequel could possibly expand on. Without that kind of hook, this will just be an unrelated story trying to ride on the reputation of the original. What's worse, if it tries to make superficial references to the original, it'll probably piss off people who saw War Games, and confuse people who didn't.
I can't help thinking of the "new, edgier Wormhole Xtreme", where all the actors were replaced with angst ridden teenagers.
Actually, on that note, I think it would be great if the government had to use a player character to collect taxes on in game earnings. The hilarity that would ensue as the tax man tried to collect and transport collections in-game, would be well worth the cost of the taxes, IMHO.
Isn't it true, though, that the entire license has no binding on the copyright holder? I mean, if it's all my work, I don't have to license it to myself, right?
Probably the most surprising thing learned from reading this article is that work load is not the best predictor of burnout. Instead it has more to do with perceived 'return on investment' of effort.
I don't see what's so surprising about this observation.
Anyone who's ever done double shifts for a month to meet a deadline knows that you feel pretty great when it all comes together. You bond with your team mates, eat pizza and rock out in the halls out 3am, brainstorm to come up with elegant solutions to challenging requirements, and generally make the world a better place in some small way.
On the other hand, you can start to feel pretty shitty when you're working regular hours for years and years on a project, where there are no written requirements and the customer keeps changing his mind, repeatedly obsoleting big chunks of your previous work.
Oh yeah, and don't even think about refactoring that old code to better reflect the new requirements, because that would require us to test it again. Just add some new functions to the old classes.
"Classes? What are these "classes" you speak of?", asked the team lead.
"I don't see why all the variables can't be static. After all, there's only ever one socket connection.". I shit you not.
One day you wake up and realize that four years of your life have gone by, and all you have to show for it is a mass of spaghetti, (that would probably take you six months to redevelop if you started from scratch tomorrow), a few bucks in the bank, some new grey hairs and a collection of cute puffy stress toys.
So yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that return on investment is a more important factor than workload, in causing burnout.
I liked the film version of The Running Man, probably because I haven't read the book, if what people tell me about it is true.
I think I got the major points the film was trying to make:
1) the shock and horror conveyed by the extreme popularity of torture and murder made into a game show, especially the audience participation aspect.
2) the hipocracy involved in having a hero named Captain Freedom, whose purpose is to distract people from their lack of same.
3) the irony of Captain Freedom's interpretation of his job, and his ignorance of role he plays in the system.
4) the meta-irony expressed by people watching the film, who watch it as a game show. In other words, they get into the superficial story, and miss the deeper issues of the above points. I think film is ideally suited to this effect.
Ah, too early in the morning here. Of course you can use the apostrophe as a possessive marker. I wonder if that makes him correct in his usage? It looks wrong to me.
My understanding is that the apostrophe is always used to contract two words, and never to denote possession. He still shouldn't have it in there, but he did mean to use it to denote something belonging to "your" (self), namely a user ID.
I'm not sure if a phase change would be classified as a chemical reaction, but no one said it was. I guess you could say it's a thermodynamic reaction though.
First, find out who he really is. This may entail socializing with him in the game. Pretend to be his friend. Gain his trust. Don't be shy about spending game resources to further this end. After all, your goal is to exact punishment in the real world. In game costs are incidental to this goal.
Over time, you may be able to extract some real world information from him. You know, things like where he lives, where his kids go to school, that kind of stuff.
Then, when the time is right, try to arrange a face to face meeting. Choose an an isolated place. Abandoned factories are ideal; if things go all pear shaped, you'll want some room to maneuver. Don't forget to pick his kids up at school on the way to the meeting.
That might not have the desired effect. It is possible that their filesystem will refuse to delete the current directory, because it is in use. Personally, I would have done 'cp/dev/random/dev/hda'
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% Marge to get out of here so it doesn't look like a two-bit operation.
Bill Gates: Mr. Simpson?
Homer: You don't look so rich...
Bill Gates: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
Homer: [quietly] Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
Bill Gates: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Compuglobalhypermeganet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
% Homer and Marge quietly discuss this proposal.
Homer: I reluctantly accept your proposal!
Bill Gates: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
[Gates' lackeys trash the room.]
Homer: Hey, what the hell's going on!
Bill Gates: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [insane laughter]
-- Bill Gates buys Homer's Internet company, "Das Bus"
Wheee!!! Thank you. New keyboard please... I'm really old too.
Seriously, there's absolutely no point in calling this thing "War Games".
I liked War Games because it was a self contained story, with a good resolution that delivered a moral message. It was a story with a point, and not just entertaining fluff.
I don't see any unresolved threads in the original story that a sequel could possibly expand on. Without that kind of hook, this will just be an unrelated story trying to ride on the reputation of the original. What's worse, if it tries to make superficial references to the original, it'll probably piss off people who saw War Games, and confuse people who didn't.
I can't help thinking of the "new, edgier Wormhole Xtreme", where all the actors were replaced with angst ridden teenagers.
Actually, on that note, I think it would be great if the government had to use a player character to collect taxes on in game earnings. The hilarity that would ensue as the tax man tried to collect and transport collections in-game, would be well worth the cost of the taxes, IMHO.
Isn't it true, though, that the entire license has no binding on the copyright holder? I mean, if it's all my work, I don't have to license it to myself, right?
Which is why the clause says "at your option".
I don't see what's so surprising about this observation.
Anyone who's ever done double shifts for a month to meet a deadline knows that you feel pretty great when it all comes together. You bond with your team mates, eat pizza and rock out in the halls out 3am, brainstorm to come up with elegant solutions to challenging requirements, and generally make the world a better place in some small way.
On the other hand, you can start to feel pretty shitty when you're working regular hours for years and years on a project, where there are no written requirements and the customer keeps changing his mind, repeatedly obsoleting big chunks of your previous work.
Oh yeah, and don't even think about refactoring that old code to better reflect the new requirements, because that would require us to test it again. Just add some new functions to the old classes.
"Classes? What are these "classes" you speak of?", asked the team lead. "I don't see why all the variables can't be static. After all, there's only ever one socket connection.". I shit you not.
One day you wake up and realize that four years of your life have gone by, and all you have to show for it is a mass of spaghetti, (that would probably take you six months to redevelop if you started from scratch tomorrow), a few bucks in the bank, some new grey hairs and a collection of cute puffy stress toys.
So yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that return on investment is a more important factor than workload, in causing burnout.
This story is useless without video of a kitten slowly rotating in midair.
Yes, but you usians have the option to shoot the lawyers when they come to serve you the subpoena.
I think I got the major points the film was trying to make:
1) the shock and horror conveyed by the extreme popularity of torture and murder made into a game show, especially the audience participation aspect.
2) the hipocracy involved in having a hero named Captain Freedom, whose purpose is to distract people from their lack of same.
3) the irony of Captain Freedom's interpretation of his job, and his ignorance of role he plays in the system.
4) the meta-irony expressed by people watching the film, who watch it as a game show. In other words, they get into the superficial story, and miss the deeper issues of the above points. I think film is ideally suited to this effect.
When in doubt, check the tagging beta tags.
Ah, too early in the morning here. Of course you can use the apostrophe as a possessive marker. I wonder if that makes him correct in his usage? It looks wrong to me.
My understanding is that the apostrophe is always used to contract two words, and never to denote possession. He still shouldn't have it in there, but he did mean to use it to denote something belonging to "your" (self), namely a user ID.
I'm not sure if a phase change would be classified as a chemical reaction, but no one said it was. I guess you could say it's a thermodynamic reaction though.
Read it again in the morning ;) Ice needs to absorb heat to melt.
That's just unpossible!
That was very nice. Thank you, whoever you are :)
The Media is the Message, but the People are the Product.
I suppose you could punish him.
First, find out who he really is. This may entail socializing with him in the game. Pretend to be his friend. Gain his trust. Don't be shy about spending game resources to further this end. After all, your goal is to exact punishment in the real world. In game costs are incidental to this goal.
Over time, you may be able to extract some real world information from him. You know, things like where he lives, where his kids go to school, that kind of stuff.
Then, when the time is right, try to arrange a face to face meeting. Choose an an isolated place. Abandoned factories are ideal; if things go all pear shaped, you'll want some room to maneuver. Don't forget to pick his kids up at school on the way to the meeting.
I was joking. Too subtle?
There isn't any fundamental difference between software and malicious software that Windows can detect
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3514
Is it anything like the ultra-rare "menage a quatre" of sexual intercourse?
That might not have the desired effect. It is possible that their filesystem will refuse to delete the current directory, because it is in use. Personally, I would have done 'cp /dev/random /dev/hda'
heh. Good point. I guess it the same thing, if you have to identify yourself to them.
I bet the hotter and cooler molecules would run into each other, and agree on an intermediate temperature, over time.