199 Canadian, and no, that is the local price, they unfortunatly pay me in CAN$ and as such for me personally the upgrade is 70 Bucks more than for you.
Points taken, one more to add: I have to pay 199 for my upgrade thanks to the wonderful exchange rate, and no, for you it might not be real money, but for me it is.
I like my iBook, it's the first Mac I've ever owned, I am thinking about replacing slowly all of my computers with macs (well, minus the firewall and servers) but right now I think Apple lost a lot of goodwill, not necessarily with me, I was just too stupid to wait 2 weeks until after Macworld.
I just found the following in a german magazine (Spiegel):
>>Abgesehen davon hat die Justiz längst erkannt, dass es schon bei niedrigeren Geschwindigkeiten gefährlich wird. "Es gibt eine Entscheidung des Bundesgerichtshofes, die festlegt, dass die Betriebsgefahr im Auto ab Tempo 180 steigt", sagt Maximilian Maurer. "Bei höherem Tempo muss immer damit gerechnet werden, dass man bei einem Unfall eine Mitschuld bekommt."
Roughly translated:
Besides that, the government has already realized that it is going to get dangerous at much lower speeds. "There is a statement by the Bundesgerichtshof that states that the danger of a car increses at speeds above 180km/h", says Maximilian Maurer, "At higher speeds you always have to assume that in case of an accident you receive part of the faul."
This btw, was in an article about the end of a voluntary speed limit of 250km/h by car manufacturers in Germany.
Yes, I still think increasing the speed limit will help, because if people KNOW they can drive fast they will or at least they will be more aware of fast moving vehicles.
I know enough people who say: "Well, that guy is going 130 of COURSE it's his fault because he is not supposed to GO that fast.
The speed limit isn't the problem, I guess the problem is that most people don't have respect for the speed (any speed), you can get killed in a 30kph car collision.
What an increased speed limit IMO would do is:
1. Allow people to go at a realistic speed. 2. Allow the cops to concentrate on bad driving.
And yes, I admit it, I regularly are FASTER than the speed limit allows, but in 10 years of driving I had 0 accidents.
Let me tell you something, I grew up in Germany, no, not all the Autobahnen are without a speedlimit, but speedlimits of 180 are common (that's kilometre) and yet the country hasn't been incincerated in car wrecks.
Having lived for a while in Northamerica now, I can tell you what the problem is in my opinion: It's not the speeding, it's the fact that people are dreaming in their cars, I always thought it was a joke when someone told me about women applying make-up while driving, until I saw it myself.
No, speed isn't the problem, dozy drivers are and there are way too many of these out there.
The Software License NEVER came with a used Server, we bought a couple of them a while ago and had to buy a new Software license as well.
Additionally, if you want to get a support contract from Sun for a used system they first come in and turn it upside down (which is a couple of thousand bucks).
Let me quote a fellow writer: "Everybody has ideas, but nobody sees how much work it is to make it sound good." That was in reference to people who all have those great book ideas.
So in order to make something good and opensource it:
- Get a Projectmanager (or be one yourself) - Get a writer to create a universe / story. - Get an artist to do the graphics. - Get a musician to do the music. - Get Programmers to do the Game Engine.
Yes, it is not a lot of glory in programming a game (unless you develope THE killer 3D Engine), and in the end the programmer does not really have a shot to call, but that is the only way you get a GOOD game done. It's about the atmosphere and not about the beauty of the code because nobody outside of the programming world really cares about it.
The problem is that in order to get a project like this done the people in charge would need to be the artists, not the programmers, and that is where I see the problem happen. Why? Because most programmers who donate time want to do what they like, not what might be needed.
You can create a good game in open source if you get people involved who know what they are doing, and by that I don't mean programmers.
I think the problem is that most people are simply not good artists, and when do programmers usually talk to artists? Exactly.
I admit it, I am not a programmer, I am not a graphic artists, but I am told I am a pretty decent writer (as a hobby mind you), so creating a background for a game wouldn't be all that hard, but even a good story without a halfway decent graphic wouldn't go anywhere (man do I miss text adventures).
>>Quirky is one thing (Porshe and Saab with weird places for the ignition key), but the 745i's interface is downright unacceptable, bordering on dangerous.
The Porsche Key is on the left because of it's race car heritage (24h LeMans).
>>IMHO the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan was self-serving -- how did it "advance the story?" Spielberg did it to shock the audience, then continued with the actual story. It may have provided a background, but I think it was more shock value than anything.>Blackhawk Down, on the other hand, puts you on the street and lets you know what it was like for those men. I only saw it once, and I'll never watch it again -- it was too hard to take. And quite frankly, it wasn't even that bloody, it wasn't graphic, it was real.>Those men died just a few years ago, that's the scary part. And when I look at the uniform that I used to wear to work every day, and then think about when other men wearing the same uniform did for our country...
Now here's the sad part: They didn't die for your country. At least not defending it, and much less doing any good. They died senseless.
I can't agree with that, if you are willing to move around a bit you can easily find another job.
My resume hasn't been updated in months and I still receive requests a couple of times a month, granted not as glorious as it was at the end of '99 but not bad either.
Just don't insist on working next door, be flexible and you CAN find a job. (Yeah, I am not married and don't have kids, so it's easier for me to move).
>>It seems like those who aspire to be managers either are told, or feel the need, to "clean up their act" and hang out with other managers, dress up a bit, and shmooze.
I work for a VERY cool Technology company and I can tell you that I want to be team lead, that I want to go towards managment.
Why? Because I like the responsiblity, it just freaks me out when I have to do something that absolutly makes no sense. I did team lead before and I enjoy working with people.
No, it's not about wearing a suit (heck, as far as I can see no one here is wearing a suite).
speaking as a SysAdmin I can tell you that most programmers who try to "convert" to a SysAdmin position make lousy SysAdmin.
If you've ever been a SysAdmin you will realize just HOW much trouble programmers can (not always have to) be, now imagine the same guy giving the keys to the system.
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199 Canadian, and no, that is the local price, they unfortunatly pay me in CAN$ and as such for me personally the upgrade is 70 Bucks more than for you.
Points taken, one more to add: I have to pay 199 for my upgrade thanks to the wonderful exchange rate, and no, for you it might not be real money, but for me it is.
I like my iBook, it's the first Mac I've ever owned, I am thinking about replacing slowly all of my computers with macs (well, minus the firewall and servers) but right now I think Apple lost a lot of goodwill, not necessarily with me, I was just too stupid to wait 2 weeks until after Macworld.
Personally I think grep is one of the best things in a computer. I caught myself a couple of times trying to "grep" in Windows.. Ups.
Wish they had that in Windows, but then the only place where I use Windows is at work and there are unix boxes around me that I can use anytime I like
The reason it pisses me off personally is that my new iBook is less than 2 months old by the time 10.2 comes out.
Also: Why do they put "software upgrade coupons" in with the computer if you don't get any benefit of it?
Finally: why do I have to pay the full price and can't get an upgrade price? Heck, even M$ offers upgrade pricing.
I just found the following in a german magazine (Spiegel):
>>Abgesehen davon hat die Justiz längst erkannt, dass es schon bei niedrigeren Geschwindigkeiten gefährlich wird. "Es gibt eine Entscheidung des Bundesgerichtshofes, die festlegt, dass die Betriebsgefahr im Auto ab Tempo 180 steigt", sagt Maximilian Maurer. "Bei höherem Tempo muss immer damit gerechnet werden, dass man bei einem Unfall eine Mitschuld bekommt."
Roughly translated:
Besides that, the government has already realized that it is going to get dangerous at much lower speeds. "There is a statement by the Bundesgerichtshof that states that the danger of a car increses at speeds above 180km/h", says Maximilian Maurer, "At higher speeds you always have to assume that in case of an accident you receive part of the faul."
This btw, was in an article about the end of a voluntary speed limit of 250km/h by car manufacturers in Germany.
Yes, I still think increasing the speed limit will help, because if people KNOW they can drive fast they will or at least they will be more aware of fast moving vehicles.
I know enough people who say: "Well, that guy is going 130 of COURSE it's his fault because he is not supposed to GO that fast.
The speed limit isn't the problem, I guess the problem is that most people don't have respect for the speed (any speed), you can get killed in a 30kph car collision.
What an increased speed limit IMO would do is:
1. Allow people to go at a realistic speed.
2. Allow the cops to concentrate on bad driving.
And yes, I admit it, I regularly are FASTER than the speed limit allows, but in 10 years of driving I had 0 accidents.
Let me tell you something, I grew up in Germany, no, not all the Autobahnen are without a speedlimit, but speedlimits of 180 are common (that's kilometre) and yet the country hasn't been incincerated in car wrecks.
Having lived for a while in Northamerica now, I can tell you what the problem is in my opinion: It's not the speeding, it's the fact that people are dreaming in their cars, I always thought it was a joke when someone told me about women applying make-up while driving, until I saw it myself.
No, speed isn't the problem, dozy drivers are and there are way too many of these out there.
Thanks.
The name rings a bell and I heard some of his work but I didn't recognize him in the ad and nobody else could tell me.
Thanks, I'll see that I can hunt down some of his Album.
Michael
Do you know who created the music?
Not sure about that, I had one flying by maybe 300 metres away from my building, I was on the balcony at that point (14th floor).
Michael
Sure about this? I regularly see planes way lower when they come into the Toronto City Airport, they even fly quite a bit lower near my house.
The Software License NEVER came with a used Server, we bought a couple of them a while ago and had to buy a new Software license as well.
Additionally, if you want to get a support contract from Sun for a used system they first come in and turn it upside down (which is a couple of thousand bucks).
So in the end: Nothing has changed.
Let me quote a fellow writer: "Everybody has ideas, but nobody sees how much work it is to make it sound good." That was in reference to people who all have those great book ideas.
So in order to make something good and opensource it:
- Get a Projectmanager (or be one yourself)
- Get a writer to create a universe / story.
- Get an artist to do the graphics.
- Get a musician to do the music.
- Get Programmers to do the Game Engine.
Yes, it is not a lot of glory in programming a game (unless you develope THE killer 3D Engine), and in the end the programmer does not really have a shot to call, but that is the only way you get a GOOD game done. It's about the atmosphere and not about the beauty of the code because nobody outside of the programming world really cares about it.
Michael
I think the problem is different.
The problem is that in order to get a project like this done the people in charge would need to be the artists, not the programmers, and that is where I see the problem happen. Why? Because most programmers who donate time want to do what they like, not what might be needed.
You can create a good game in open source if you get people involved who know what they are doing, and by that I don't mean programmers.
Michael
They're still around:
http://www.maxivisioncinema.com/
I think the problem is that most people are simply not good artists, and when do programmers usually talk to artists? Exactly.
I admit it, I am not a programmer, I am not a graphic artists, but I am told I am a pretty decent writer (as a hobby mind you), so creating a background for a game wouldn't be all that hard, but even a good story without a halfway decent graphic wouldn't go anywhere (man do I miss text adventures).
Michael
As an Xbox owner: No not really, it's summer (well, so they claim) right now and I am hardly at home anyways.
Michael
>>Quirky is one thing (Porshe and Saab with weird places for the ignition key), but the 745i's interface is downright unacceptable, bordering on dangerous.
The Porsche Key is on the left because of it's race car heritage (24h LeMans).
Nothing strange about it.
>>IMHO the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan was self-serving -- how did it "advance the story?" Spielberg did it to shock the audience, then continued with the actual story. It may have provided a background, but I think it was more shock value than anything.>Blackhawk Down, on the other hand, puts you on the street and lets you know what it was like for those men. I only saw it once, and I'll never watch it again -- it was too hard to take. And quite frankly, it wasn't even that bloody, it wasn't graphic, it was real.>Those men died just a few years ago, that's the scary part. And when I look at the uniform that I used to wear to work every day, and then think about when other men wearing the same uniform did for our country...
Now here's the sad part: They didn't die for your country. At least not defending it, and much less doing any good. They died senseless.
I am in Ontario and in Toronto the scene is not too bad, they don't pay as well right now as they did two years ago but still decent.
Europe is pretty hot too.
I can't agree with that, if you are willing to move around a bit you can easily find another job.
My resume hasn't been updated in months and I still receive requests a couple of times a month, granted not as glorious as it was at the end of '99 but not bad either.
Just don't insist on working next door, be flexible and you CAN find a job. (Yeah, I am not married and don't have kids, so it's easier for me to move).
>>It seems like those who aspire to be managers either are told, or feel the need, to "clean up their act" and hang out with other managers, dress up a bit, and shmooze.
I work for a VERY cool Technology company and I can tell you that I want to be team lead, that I want to go towards managment.
Why? Because I like the responsiblity, it just freaks me out when I have to do something that absolutly makes no sense. I did team lead before and I enjoy working with people.
No, it's not about wearing a suit (heck, as far as I can see no one here is wearing a suite).
M.
Yeah well,
speaking as a SysAdmin I can tell you that most programmers who try to "convert" to a SysAdmin position make lousy SysAdmin.
If you've ever been a SysAdmin you will realize just HOW much trouble programmers can (not always have to) be, now imagine the same guy giving the keys to the system.
... I am Agnostic (or if I feel spiritual Taoist).
Damn Christians, always twisting everything around, they don't even diss people correctly.
I wouldn't be surprised.
I am not a chemist, but I guess the Methane is somehow contributing to the whole dilemma as well.