Of course a good way to use goto in C at least (imho) is for error handling (so you can get some of the effect of C++ exceptions in tricky code that needs to be C - a quick scan through says that that's what most of the goto's from linux are)
Ok so I'm not from the US, but jobs are hard in most places.
So (in approximate order of relevance):
- get the degree, or a degree, even if you have to do it via night study whilst working somewhere to build up the experience, and never use the degree in any way at work. It'll still pay off.
- don't get too attached to the city you're living with (or the country for that matter - plenty of good jobs abroad - and when you get back you'll have something that not many other people have on their CV's)
- try to pick small companies where you can learn everything, as those broad "overview" skills tend to pay off - I have interviewing skills, and some sales under my belt now - even though my job title says something more like "lead programmer"
- hire a firm to write your resume - because there's a such a difference in the typical case between one you did yourself, and one that somebody who does resumes all the time writes.
Best of luck.
Anyone have any idea on what the refresh rate on these things is? I've always imagined the whole e-paper thing must be fairly slow at scrolling/turning the page - but I hope I'm wrong!
I move around a lot... and I sort of like the sound of being able to have all of my email available wherever I am (it's never hard to find an internet cafe whichever city you're in nowadays)...
Of course I have a webmail address now for trips, but the idea of having all that history just there seems wild. I can't wait to sign up.
The US have relied on trade negotiations to enforce their foreign policy around the globe for decades. If you honestly think that this is the first example of American laws being applied in Australia or anywhere else you're sadly mistaken. Drug policy globally is dictated by the US, for a start, and thats really just a start.
Yep America does influence laws in other countries (include Australia - damn Free Trade Agreement if it gets through) through trade negotiations and the like... I suppose the big difference I see here is that this was the US trying to extradite a citizen of another nation through the courts for something that was not a crime in the nation it occurred in. That to me seems bad, and I'm glad it didnt work out for the DOJ.
So - I don't like the fact the America influences our laws through trade agreements, but so long as we see a positive from it too... then maybe I can live with it (lets deal with that on a case by case basis though!) However, if whilst something is legal here, I could be charged in another country for doing something, no, bad, and hence my original glee.
Plus for one final putdown; the guy was involved in the circumvention of anti-piracy measures in software. In other words, he just cracked the games - he didn't host warez servers, he didn't courier the games, he just played around with software, which thankfully isn't a crime in Australia yet. In the US it is illegal, and they wanted to charge him with breaches copyright breaches in the 10s of millions of dollars. Australia sensibly said that he broke no crime here and so can't be convicted of a crime in another country.
Ok pre-qualification for the next statement: I think DeCSS was a good thing so far that it allowed me to play DVD's on my Linux machine. It strikes me however that this guys cracking had no intent of being for allowing me to use things that I had a license for in whatever media player I wanted - the games were being cracked for the sole purpose of other people downloading them. That to me seems to be a bad thing, and I'd hope that after making such things public that one could be prosecuted for them. He *did* make his tinkering available to the public after all.
Honestly, its actually a bit of a no story. Its just because we have the 'cyberspace' connections (and no doubt the zeal of the RIAA, MPAA etc) that this was even thought about as an option. An equivalent scenario would be the US seeking to extradite someone from Australia who drank alcohol back in the prohibition days. Its just ridiculous.
Glad that we're at least agreed that this kind of extradition attempt is absolutely ridiculous.
It's late... it's Friday... I'm still at work
My apologies for an such an awful abuse of the English language. Possibly the first for Slashdot I suspect.
the decision is a strong message to the United States Department of Justice that it will not be allowed to hijack the laws of a sovereign nation merely because it is dissatisfied with said country's laws
Here here! Even if our laws do need adjusting, I'd hate to think that American laws applied applied on my home turf - or any other countries for that matter.
Still, piracy is bad, and it hurts my pocket, so I hope that he can be prosecuted in Australia still.
Actually... ever sat on the DirectX developers list?
A surprising (well, at least as a Linux guy most of the time - I found it a surprising) number of queries actually do get really real MS developers answering them, and offering useful information.
So a 2.4 (or a 2.6) kernel + iptables + some of the traffic shaping stuff (tc) sitting on a 486 that you can buy from the local second hand computer place for nothing, and things should be sweet.
Your PC is probably better in this respect: PS3 isn't all that far away, and the specs for that are pretty much unknown at this time. Games companies are going to be hiring seasoned PS2 developers for any remaining projects on that platform (why not, there's a bunch out there).
Besides, there's much more to gaming than knowing how to tweak a shader on any particular chip. Do some stuff in DX9 that looks good (team up with an artist friend if you need to), and submit it all over the place with your CV that shows you know how to code and have some experience doing so.
If graphics isn't your thing, then script up a game using another engine (mods are a good thing here) - just do something.
I think the best example of getting around this kind of stuff is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Whilst not an MMO at all, it was still a decent RPG in its own right, and it was interesting because it placed you as a major character in the Star Wars universe... just not at the same time as the trilogy (and its lacklustre prequil trilogy) occured: instead it placed you 4000 years before hand.
In doing so, it gave the game designers great freedom in how the developed characters, whilst still holding true to everything that is Star Wars (the force, light side, dark side, sand people, jawa, etc...)
Methinks this is the way that future MMO's should go in adapting licenses to games.
I think a critical thing here is that Mars is much easier due to having enough gravity to actually hold a terraformed atmosphere in place - something the moon is lacking.
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Just for fun I thought I'd try this....
[craigt@xi linux-2.4.22]$ find -name '*.c' | xargs grep goto | wc -l
17821
Of course a good way to use goto in C at least (imho) is for error handling (so you can get some of the effect of C++ exceptions in tricky code that needs to be C - a quick scan through says that that's what most of the goto's from linux are)
Ok so I'm not from the US, but jobs are hard in most places.
So (in approximate order of relevance):
- get the degree, or a degree, even if you have to do it via night study whilst working somewhere to build up the experience, and never use the degree in any way at work. It'll still pay off.
- don't get too attached to the city you're living with (or the country for that matter - plenty of good jobs abroad - and when you get back you'll have something that not many other people have on their CV's)
- try to pick small companies where you can learn everything, as those broad "overview" skills tend to pay off - I have interviewing skills, and some sales under my belt now - even though my job title says something more like "lead programmer"
- hire a firm to write your resume - because there's a such a difference in the typical case between one you did yourself, and one that somebody who does resumes all the time writes.
Best of luck.
Sure people do... it goes something like this: :)
boy: hi
girl: hi
boy: asl?
girl: 19/f/someplace
boy: pic?
girl: [dcc send]
Of course feel free to replace girl with [boy pretending to be girl]
Anyone have any idea on what the refresh rate on these things is? I've always imagined the whole e-paper thing must be fairly slow at scrolling/turning the page - but I hope I'm wrong!
I move around a lot... and I sort of like the sound of being able to have all of my email available wherever I am (it's never hard to find an internet cafe whichever city you're in nowadays)...
Of course I have a webmail address now for trips, but the idea of having all that history just there seems wild. I can't wait to sign up.
The US have relied on trade negotiations to enforce their foreign policy around the globe for decades. If you honestly think that this is the first example of American laws being applied in Australia or anywhere else you're sadly mistaken. Drug policy globally is dictated by the US, for a start, and thats really just a start.
Yep America does influence laws in other countries (include Australia - damn Free Trade Agreement if it gets through) through trade negotiations and the like... I suppose the big difference I see here is that this was the US trying to extradite a citizen of another nation through the courts for something that was not a crime in the nation it occurred in. That to me seems bad, and I'm glad it didnt work out for the DOJ.
So - I don't like the fact the America influences our laws through trade agreements, but so long as we see a positive from it too... then maybe I can live with it (lets deal with that on a case by case basis though!) However, if whilst something is legal here, I could be charged in another country for doing something, no, bad, and hence my original glee.
Plus for one final putdown; the guy was involved in the circumvention of anti-piracy measures in software. In other words, he just cracked the games - he didn't host warez servers, he didn't courier the games, he just played around with software, which thankfully isn't a crime in Australia yet. In the US it is illegal, and they wanted to charge him with breaches copyright breaches in the 10s of millions of dollars. Australia sensibly said that he broke no crime here and so can't be convicted of a crime in another country.
Ok pre-qualification for the next statement: I think DeCSS was a good thing so far that it allowed me to play DVD's on my Linux machine. It strikes me however that this guys cracking had no intent of being for allowing me to use things that I had a license for in whatever media player I wanted - the games were being cracked for the sole purpose of other people downloading them. That to me seems to be a bad thing, and I'd hope that after making such things public that one could be prosecuted for them. He *did* make his tinkering available to the public after all.
Honestly, its actually a bit of a no story. Its just because we have the 'cyberspace' connections (and no doubt the zeal of the RIAA, MPAA etc) that this was even thought about as an option. An equivalent scenario would be the US seeking to extradite someone from Australia who drank alcohol back in the prohibition days. Its just ridiculous.
Glad that we're at least agreed that this kind of extradition attempt is absolutely ridiculous.
It's late... it's Friday... I'm still at work
My apologies for an such an awful abuse of the English language. Possibly the first for Slashdot I suspect.
PM Howard loves being Bush's little lap dog... :)
And yes... we'd love some of the US's jobs
the decision is a strong message to the United States Department of Justice that it will not be allowed to hijack the laws of a sovereign nation merely because it is dissatisfied with said country's laws
Here here! Even if our laws do need adjusting, I'd hate to think that American laws applied applied on my home turf - or any other countries for that matter.
Still, piracy is bad, and it hurts my pocket, so I hope that he can be prosecuted in Australia still.
Actually... ever sat on the DirectX developers list?
A surprising (well, at least as a Linux guy most of the time - I found it a surprising) number of queries actually do get really real MS developers answering them, and offering useful information.
And the list is free.
So a 2.4 (or a 2.6) kernel + iptables + some of the traffic shaping stuff (tc) sitting on a 486 that you can buy from the local second hand computer place for nothing, and things should be sweet.
That's going to be an even better idea when IPv6 hits the streets:
"Hey, run a 6ab7:26bf:800b:eaf0:127e:baff:9091:6542 on him"
Actually... might be kind of fun trying to watch TV "celebs" try to rattle this off at the end of a show.
Games companies don't use the Linux kit... they use the (much much much much) more expensive dev kit that lets them get really close to the hardware.
If you were being hired for a PS2 project now you're unlikely to be the guy that writes the machine specific bits.
Your PC is probably better in this respect: PS3 isn't all that far away, and the specs for that are pretty much unknown at this time. Games companies are going to be hiring seasoned PS2 developers for any remaining projects on that platform (why not, there's a bunch out there).
Besides, there's much more to gaming than knowing how to tweak a shader on any particular chip. Do some stuff in DX9 that looks good (team up with an artist friend if you need to), and submit it all over the place with your CV that shows you know how to code and have some experience doing so.
If graphics isn't your thing, then script up a game using another engine (mods are a good thing here) - just do something.
Maybe you two should swap wives?
Just a thought.
It's funny that Microsoft *ARE* making a DirectX for WinCE now then... DirectX/M if memory serves correctly.
I think the best example of getting around this kind of stuff is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Whilst not an MMO at all, it was still a decent RPG in its own right, and it was interesting because it placed you as a major character in the Star Wars universe... just not at the same time as the trilogy (and its lacklustre prequil trilogy) occured: instead it placed you 4000 years before hand.
In doing so, it gave the game designers great freedom in how the developed characters, whilst still holding true to everything that is Star Wars (the force, light side, dark side, sand people, jawa, etc...)
Methinks this is the way that future MMO's should go in adapting licenses to games.
Yep I was sure that my penis got smaller 'cos I couldn't enlarge it for hours!
And without a hard-drive on the XBox2... techniques like precaching just get sooo much harder. Maybe the next-gen won't be so good for games?
And please do remember Granny's Garden!!!
Not sure, but I think seeing Venus's atmosphere sent outwards a few hundred kilometres would look pretty cool.
Remember that the main idea behind nuking a planet is to get cool things to watch on discovery channel.
I think a critical thing here is that Mars is much easier due to having enough gravity to actually hold a terraformed atmosphere in place - something the moon is lacking.
They are probably waiting until they get to 100,000 UNIQUE stories ;)
So a few more years then
And how many XP do I need to get one?
Maybe we should try to keep learning from non-computer-games... like Chess!
It's easy enough to beat a new-comer, and its just dang hard to beat a grand-master.
The game should allow you to ask it to play as a rookie or a grand master.