Those Regean/McGovern Republicans are dead. It's the neo-cons running the show. You don't hear about liberals being tax and spend anymore. Instead of taxing for social programs the Republicans are taxing for pork projects for rich guys or as the Republican rhetoric calls them "job producers". Turns out all the jobs they are producing are in India.
I have come up with plenty of fun game ideas based on existing engines. What do I do with these ideas? Will they be impossible to sell?
Ideas are cheap. Execution is expensive.
I can assure you 1000 people already has the same ideas you do. 999 of them won't do a single thing with the idea but think their ideas is unique and would really make a cool game. Sorry to poop on your parade.
Isn't FORTRAN used these days primarily to figure out mathematical and engineering calculations? I am sure most of these programs are small and maintained by a few people. So does it matter if it is ugly? I am sure there are FORTRAN libraries to access databases but how many are really large programs??
I have had to make changes to UNIX shell scripts and PERL code before. Most of the undocumented cryptic scripts were small enough to figure out what I needed to change.
Are people still telling themselves that they are sticking it to Microsoft by buying an Xbox? Microsoft is making money on every unit sold now. Not that I am against Microsoft making money on a console, it just seems these people are lying to themselves. It doesn't bother me if you want a Xbox but stop lying to yourself that you aren't supporting Microsoft.
Yes the XBox division made their first profit. A better question is: "Do people still justify buying an Xbox by saying 'I am helping Microsoft lose money'"?? I doesn't bother me if you want a Xbox but stop lying to yourself that you aren't supporting Microsoft.
It was a sincere question that you did not answer. Read what you wrote the first time. I know you didn't read it before you submitted it. I think you really can't rationalize your lack of "sympathy" for sports fans. Hey I don't like LOTR. Did I say LOTR fans deserve getting milked on $100 box sets? LOTR fans don't deserve to get milked but if someone one wants to pay the money it doesn't bother me.
Lack of sympathy is not the same thing as hatred. If you accept for a moment that EA/NFL/etc. are as I say, who made them rich? Who continues to make them so? Why?
I think you are playing word semantics and answering a question with a question.
The overall Halo franchise, which includes predecessor "Halo: Combat Evolved" for the PC and Xbox, has sold a collective 12.8 million copies in just three years. Where can PS2 or GameCube boast a system only title selling like that?
Actually the Grand Theft Auto Series for PS2 out sold Halo individualy and as a series. Halo isn't a system exclusive as it is on the PC too as you yourself mentioned.
I would love a football game with Hall of Fame players but I don't see it happening. They would have to reach and individual agreement with every player. For current NFL players they just need one agreement from the NFLPA. Why bother with the XFL? I actually watched the games and I still don't remember anybody but Rod Smart (He Hate Me).
A non-NFL licenced game would be like generic Cherrios in a plastic bag. Sure it may taste the same but people will still pay for the fancy box thinking it really tastes better.
Actually didn't the producers of Ferris Bueller's Day Off get sued because they said the car was actually a Ferrari but it actually was some other car???
Who is going to send a PSP back to Sony? That person should just write a letter to the FBI saying "I am a software pirate". I would just sell the parts on Ebay if I ruined my PSP on pirated software. Better to cut my loses than get my PSP returned personally by the police.
Not sure if Sony will make money on Gran Turismo. Sony spent so much mondy developing a product that, if like the orignal, is really dated. Burnout 3 and others offer a faster arcade gamplay that mainstream gamers really want to play. People often refer Gran Turismo as a simulation game. I guess they say that defend why it is really boring. The way you bounce off walls and other cars is almost silly. I think Gran Turismo will have moderate sales by hard-core fans but will still not make a profit even with two versions.
I believe, though I cannot prove it, that three--not two--selection processes were involved in human evolution.
The first two are familiar: natural selection, which selects for fitness, and sexual selection, which selects for sexiness.
I guess slashdot nerds should extinct in 100 years.
PeopleSoft was beat into submission by Oracle. Oracle spread FUD for a year and half until PeopleSoft had no choice but to take what they could get and sell to Oracle. It is kind of scary the tatics used by Oracle. Any company big enough can just freeze the market until the smaller company takes the cash for it's customer base. In the end that's all Oracle wants is the customers of PeopleSoft. It can't build a better application but it won't use PeopleSoft's technology, it will just create a dubious "conversion tool" and say to PeopleSoft customers "it is cheaper to migrate to Oracle applications". In reality it might be cheaper to defect to SAP or one of the minor players, but corporations never see it that way.
Saying you know Crystal Reports is a good way to wind up doing nothing but Crystal Reports all day. Becoming a reporting guy is not something that will get you ahead. I rather be doing something to further my career. Some people enjoy making reports, and I fully support those people because I don't want to write reports.:-)
Therefore, buy a generic reporting solution like Crystal Reports to meet the generic needs of the generic spec.
Using a integrated/seperate application is often not an option. Crystal Reports will often cost more time creating custom reports than just building a tool yourself. I always lie to clients and say "I don't know how to do Crystal Reports" despite doing many more than I would like to remember. Crystal Reports often require a lot of time to do outside a simple report especially when you get into nested reports and such.
As someone who plays guitar, the Jesusonic looks interesting. Real time effects processing on a computer would allow an amazing amount of customizations of sounds on the fly. However, it doesn't seem very portable despite being a floor device. I don't see someone taking the monstrosity to a jam session. I think it would be more annoying being on the floor than just at a desk. Jesusonic has to be easier than programming those rack mount processors. Hopefully Jesusonic can grow into something to replace the cost prohibitive Pro Tools.
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Aren't republicans against raising taxes?
Those Regean/McGovern Republicans are dead. It's the neo-cons running the show. You don't hear about liberals being tax and spend anymore. Instead of taxing for social programs the Republicans are taxing for pork projects for rich guys or as the Republican rhetoric calls them "job producers". Turns out all the jobs they are producing are in India.
I have come up with plenty of fun game ideas based on existing engines. What do I do with these ideas? Will they be impossible to sell?
Ideas are cheap. Execution is expensive.
I can assure you 1000 people already has the same ideas you do. 999 of them won't do a single thing with the idea but think their ideas is unique and would really make a cool game. Sorry to poop on your parade.
It doesn't matter if your code is 0% or a 100% comments. The next developer is going to complain about the documentation. :-)
It makes the PowerGlove look so cool!!! Could you really use it in Punch-Out like that? I might need to scour Ebay for one now.
Isn't FORTRAN used these days primarily to figure out mathematical and engineering calculations? I am sure most of these programs are small and maintained by a few people. So does it matter if it is ugly? I am sure there are FORTRAN libraries to access databases but how many are really large programs??
I have had to make changes to UNIX shell scripts and PERL code before. Most of the undocumented cryptic scripts were small enough to figure out what I needed to change.
Are people still telling themselves that they are sticking it to Microsoft by buying an Xbox? Microsoft is making money on every unit sold now. Not that I am against Microsoft making money on a console, it just seems these people are lying to themselves. It doesn't bother me if you want a Xbox but stop lying to yourself that you aren't supporting Microsoft.
Yes the XBox division made their first profit. A better question is: "Do people still justify buying an Xbox by saying 'I am helping Microsoft lose money'"?? I doesn't bother me if you want a Xbox but stop lying to yourself that you aren't supporting Microsoft.
It was a sincere question that you did not answer. Read what you wrote the first time. I know you didn't read it before you submitted it. I think you really can't rationalize your lack of "sympathy" for sports fans. Hey I don't like LOTR. Did I say LOTR fans deserve getting milked on $100 box sets? LOTR fans don't deserve to get milked but if someone one wants to pay the money it doesn't bother me.
Are you 12? I think you screamed at me once when I was playing you at Halo.
Lack of sympathy is not the same thing as hatred. If you accept for a moment that EA/NFL/etc. are as I say, who made them rich? Who continues to make them so? Why?
I think you are playing word semantics and answering a question with a question.
The overall Halo franchise, which includes predecessor "Halo: Combat Evolved" for the PC and Xbox, has sold a collective 12.8 million copies in just three years. Where can PS2 or GameCube boast a system only title selling like that?
Actually the Grand Theft Auto Series for PS2 out sold Halo individualy and as a series. Halo isn't a system exclusive as it is on the PC too as you yourself mentioned.
I would love a football game with Hall of Fame players but I don't see it happening. They would have to reach and individual agreement with every player. For current NFL players they just need one agreement from the NFLPA. Why bother with the XFL? I actually watched the games and I still don't remember anybody but Rod Smart (He Hate Me).
A non-NFL licenced game would be like generic Cherrios in a plastic bag. Sure it may taste the same but people will still pay for the fancy box thinking it really tastes better.
< TROLL >Utterly debased and corrupt crime empires that deserve each other almost as much as their fans do.< /TROLL >
Dude why do fans deserve it?? Do you just hate people that like things you don't like??
Actually didn't the producers of Ferris Bueller's Day Off get sued because they said the car was actually a Ferrari but it actually was some other car???
Who is going to send a PSP back to Sony? That person should just write a letter to the FBI saying "I am a software pirate". I would just sell the parts on Ebay if I ruined my PSP on pirated software. Better to cut my loses than get my PSP returned personally by the police.
It is actually so easy there is no cred in writing it, so no hacker has actually done it. You can create it in 5 minutes in VB6.
It is CNN. Obviously it is going to be cable TV.
Still only have one game for it too.
If it is Halo you are all set.
Not sure if Sony will make money on Gran Turismo. Sony spent so much mondy developing a product that, if like the orignal, is really dated. Burnout 3 and others offer a faster arcade gamplay that mainstream gamers really want to play. People often refer Gran Turismo as a simulation game. I guess they say that defend why it is really boring. The way you bounce off walls and other cars is almost silly. I think Gran Turismo will have moderate sales by hard-core fans but will still not make a profit even with two versions.
I like the Judith Rich Harris entry:
I believe, though I cannot prove it, that three--not two--selection processes were involved in human evolution.
The first two are familiar: natural selection, which selects for fitness, and sexual selection, which selects for sexiness.
I guess slashdot nerds should extinct in 100 years.
PeopleSoft was beat into submission by Oracle. Oracle spread FUD for a year and half until PeopleSoft had no choice but to take what they could get and sell to Oracle. It is kind of scary the tatics used by Oracle. Any company big enough can just freeze the market until the smaller company takes the cash for it's customer base. In the end that's all Oracle wants is the customers of PeopleSoft. It can't build a better application but it won't use PeopleSoft's technology, it will just create a dubious "conversion tool" and say to PeopleSoft customers "it is cheaper to migrate to Oracle applications". In reality it might be cheaper to defect to SAP or one of the minor players, but corporations never see it that way.
Saying you know Crystal Reports is a good way to wind up doing nothing but Crystal Reports all day. Becoming a reporting guy is not something that will get you ahead. I rather be doing something to further my career. Some people enjoy making reports, and I fully support those people because I don't want to write reports. :-)
Therefore, buy a generic reporting solution like Crystal Reports to meet the generic needs of the generic spec.
Using a integrated/seperate application is often not an option. Crystal Reports will often cost more time creating custom reports than just building a tool yourself. I always lie to clients and say "I don't know how to do Crystal Reports" despite doing many more than I would like to remember. Crystal Reports often require a lot of time to do outside a simple report especially when you get into nested reports and such.
As someone who plays guitar, the Jesusonic looks interesting. Real time effects processing on a computer would allow an amazing amount of customizations of sounds on the fly. However, it doesn't seem very portable despite being a floor device. I don't see someone taking the monstrosity to a jam session. I think it would be more annoying being on the floor than just at a desk. Jesusonic has to be easier than programming those rack mount processors. Hopefully Jesusonic can grow into something to replace the cost prohibitive Pro Tools.
How the heck are you going to save lives from a fucking tsunami? You can't, and it's too late anyways.
Actually more people will die from the diseases in the months ahead if clean water is not provided.