Hmmmm.... And the gameboy back on the 90's had a smaller screen than the Sega Gamegear and atari lynx.
The GameBoy was mono while the other two were colour.
The Gameboy is still around today, where are the others?
We used UML to design our last 2 projects with the model put up on the wall for reference.
How does this object relate to that object? Have a look at the model.
What tables are affected by changes to this class? Have a look at the model.
Which classes are affected by changes to this table? Have a look at the model.
From the model we generated Java source code, Hibernate mappings, SQL DDL's for tables and used it in correspondence with an overseas branch for clarifications on process flow.
The only committee that the model was blessed by was the development team. Higher business has no understanding of UML so why should they have anything to do with it? Any flow/model diagrams used in requirements gathering should be basic and understandable NOT technical.
So no, our model was not forgotten and we are still updating it today as required for new projects.
Coldfusion was rewritten to a set of Java tag libraries by Allaire (or was it macromedia?). So anyone using ColdFusion is using Java.
The only way cold fusion exists today is it's syntax - ultimately your programming JSP's.
Also considreing you can buy the CF syntax T-Shirt which has every tag on the front of the shirt upside down so you can just look down and find what you want.;-)
This is one thing I don't understand. People believe that J2EE is the be all end all solution for everything and it's not. If you have a basic site that requires minimal dynamicism then J2EE is not always the right solution - I would purely recommend PHP. If you are using messaging, require flexible reusability, modularity for a distributed system then I would recommend J2EE.
A simple e-commerce website needs no more than say 3 base services: database connectivity, security, email. J2EE offers you those 3 plus a persistence layer (EJB), Messaging (JMS), Object oreinted code, separation of functionality (web containers, ejb containers, third party containers) and extensibility. Yes you need to design a J2EE application a PHP web application can be whipped up with as little design required as possible.
I think very few people understand it inside and out,
I would agree with you there. Alot of people believe just because they can write a Hello World App in Java then they can program J2EE. Also J2EE is vast people don't expect you know the full system inside out unless you have been working in the industry for at least 5-10 years.
When you learn SQL, you can work just about anywhere with any database
Understanding SQL is good but I would never fully place all functionality into stored procedures unless the database system is required to remove load off the Java app server. If there is legacy SQL procedures in place for say password encryption or data integrity then fine it sits in the DB. If it requires going through thousands of tables then sure let the database do it. It's all about finding balance without affecting portability of code.
And it is possible that what you learn TODAY might be obsolete TOMORROW
Java is constantly evolving and yes there is more than one way to acheive the same result. It's all about how much time you have and what resources are available.
For example we recently had 5 months to put together a document delivery solution which applied DRM to PDF documents. One of our contractors was all into the "design it my way" solution which affected the project heavily. He tried to design his own user security system (Authentication and Authorisation ). He spent nearly 4 weeks working on it and left without even finishing his work! With tight time constraints there is no time to redesign the wheel, make use of whats out there! Our original path was to design the system using EJB's for the persistence layer but it took too long to design and learn so we switched to Hibernate.
Working with J2EE is all about knowing what resources are out there you can use and keeping up to date. Yes knowing the basics is always required if not core but Java opens up your options and when used correctly is an excellent language for RAD. Modelling a project and generating your Java code, table DDL's and any ancillary schemas makes the project move much more quickly and you will always have your model to refer back to which is much easier to follow than trying to wade through all that code.
"Don't get me wrong, I used to be a huge Nintendo fan. I always thought they were pioneers, but they're becoming that old dinosaur of the industry that's only still around because the brand name itself has some intrinsic value."
Yes it is interesting how long nintendo has survived being the oldest out of them all.
It's been what, 23 years since Donkey Kong Game and Watch was a hit?
Show me another company that has lasted that long in the games market and is still alive today. If a company can pull that off then they have more than just intrinsic value.
Maybe I'm just ignorant but the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 are not going on sale at E3 only on display. There is still plenty of time for both companies to modify their systems.
Maybe not to the extent that they can take all ideas from Nintendo but enough to cause some harm to Nintendo's market.
So I guess from a strategic point of view, Nintendo should be putting more support into the cube until the Revolution is finally announced (be it in another year or 2).
From the morale going around now, the Cube will die this year while typically there is some overlap between consoles - not so in this case it seems.
I really think now is the time Nintendo need to make something of the Cube before they try and keep the hype of the Revolution going as it is hurting them more than they may realise it. Where will the revenue come from up until the Revolution is revealed? The DS has made a great contribution but why let the Cube rot away?
Granted there are still some great games coming out on the cube but stores are now only accepting pre-orders with supplies dropping to just 3 or 4 copies of a game.
Hikikimori - kids refuse to leave their room and parents actually leave food at the door. Rubbish collects in the room and they don't wash either.
Just sit there playing computer games 24/7
Sound familiar?
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One thing I agree with is that the DS is a stop gap to slow the PSP down. It already has a majority of Nintendo Fans using the system (some keeping away from Sony) and it has given Nintendo time to review their next version of the GameBoy (Gameboy Evolution).
What I don't understand is that the article goes on the say controlling games with a stylus sucks:
"But what I've found out is that controlling ordinary games with a stylus sucks"
But what the hell are you using the stylus for to control Mario 64 DS? The thumb strap is the most stable way of controlling a game EVER!
Unfortunately this only applies to Mario 64 so far as Rayman DS tries to emulate this but fails miserably.
Lets just hope Nintendo hurry up and work out how the Gameboy Evolution will function so that we have a real PSP killer and not a stop gap.
To be honest I don't think peoople realise that the DS is just a stop gap as ccompetition to the PSP.
The design of the DS is such that it is not like their other products, it has more memory a new media and a touch screen.
Nintendo keep going on how it's not a Gameboy but a third pillar. To be honest if the PSP never existed, the DS would never have been released.
Nintendo can't afford to lose a grasp of the handheld market not when they are trying to support their console market as well.
People complain "there aren't any good games on the cube/GBA/DS", man look at how much they are supporting, 3 consoles FFS. Sony dropped support for the PS1 ages ago and only support the PS2. Microsoft have just the X-Box to concentrate on.
The DS has router capabilities that allow it to act as a hub, seen that in any other handheld? If they can apply the same principle to the Revolution, they are putting into place a global network that requires no wires, no extra routers, each person is networked to each other provided they are within the required boundary of the next user.
If there was ever a plan to take over the world then Nintendo have the right idea.
Slashdot Mirror
Google - Nintendoogle....err I guess not.
Hmmmm.... And the gameboy back on the 90's had a smaller screen than the Sega Gamegear and atari lynx. The GameBoy was mono while the other two were colour. The Gameboy is still around today, where are the others?
Don't forget Slipstream technology. There was no mention whether they were a type of wormhole either but they are much faster than wormholes.
PULEASE!! The Stargates were built by the ancients a millenia before starfleet existed! ;-)
Our update deployments happen probably once every 5 months as new features are added.
The core model applies to most if not all our projects as it defines the core requirements of the business.
We used UML to design our last 2 projects with the model put up on the wall for reference.
How does this object relate to that object? Have a look at the model.
What tables are affected by changes to this class? Have a look at the model.
Which classes are affected by changes to this table? Have a look at the model.
From the model we generated Java source code, Hibernate mappings, SQL DDL's for tables and used it in correspondence with an overseas branch for clarifications on process flow.
The only committee that the model was blessed by was the development team. Higher business has no understanding of UML so why should they have anything to do with it? Any flow/model diagrams used in requirements gathering should be basic and understandable NOT technical.
So no, our model was not forgotten and we are still updating it today as required for new projects.
Ummm.. it extends on the servlet API, adds JDBC connection pooling, uses JNDI, ... so I do think it rightly implements J2EE.
Coldfusion was rewritten to a set of Java tag libraries by Allaire (or was it macromedia?). So anyone using ColdFusion is using Java.
;-)
The only way cold fusion exists today is it's syntax - ultimately your programming JSP's.
Also considreing you can buy the CF syntax T-Shirt which has every tag on the front of the shirt upside down so you can just look down and find what you want.
This is one thing I don't understand. People believe that J2EE is the be all end all solution for everything and it's not. If you have a basic site that requires minimal dynamicism then J2EE is not always the right solution - I would purely recommend PHP. If you are using messaging, require flexible reusability, modularity for a distributed system then I would recommend J2EE.
A simple e-commerce website needs no more than say 3 base services: database connectivity, security, email. J2EE offers you those 3 plus a persistence layer (EJB), Messaging (JMS), Object oreinted code, separation of functionality (web containers, ejb containers, third party containers) and extensibility. Yes you need to design a J2EE application a PHP web application can be whipped up with as little design required as possible.
I would agree with you there. Alot of people believe just because they can write a Hello World App in Java then they can program J2EE. Also J2EE is vast people don't expect you know the full system inside out unless you have been working in the industry for at least 5-10 years.
Understanding SQL is good but I would never fully place all functionality into stored procedures unless the database system is required to remove load off the Java app server. If there is legacy SQL procedures in place for say password encryption or data integrity then fine it sits in the DB. If it requires going through thousands of tables then sure let the database do it. It's all about finding balance without affecting portability of code.
Java is constantly evolving and yes there is more than one way to acheive the same result. It's all about how much time you have and what resources are available.
For example we recently had 5 months to put together a document delivery solution which applied DRM to PDF documents. One of our contractors was all into the "design it my way" solution which affected the project heavily. He tried to design his own user security system (Authentication and Authorisation ). He spent nearly 4 weeks working on it and left without even finishing his work! With tight time constraints there is no time to redesign the wheel, make use of whats out there! Our original path was to design the system using EJB's for the persistence layer but it took too long to design and learn so we switched to Hibernate.
Working with J2EE is all about knowing what resources are out there you can use and keeping up to date. Yes knowing the basics is always required if not core but Java opens up your options and when used correctly is an excellent language for RAD. Modelling a project and generating your Java code, table DDL's and any ancillary schemas makes the project move much more quickly and you will always have your model to refer back to which is much easier to follow than trying to wade through all that code.
Actually the Resident Evil 4 Collectors edition has a video disc for the Cube. Haven't tried it yet but willing to share the experience...
Resident Evil 4, Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles, LOTR,...
I don't think microsoft would take that path of copying or modifying their plans based on nintendo but I'm sure sony would.
I beleive there are some patents by Nintendo already (they were mentioned on slashdot last year).
Do a search I'm sure you'll find them. Actually lets do a quick google.....
Hmmm... Google on "Nintendo Patents" returns 81,100 hits. May not be exactly what your referring to but I'm sure it's in there somewhere.
"Don't get me wrong, I used to be a huge Nintendo fan. I always thought they were pioneers, but they're becoming that old dinosaur of the industry that's only still around because the brand name itself has some intrinsic value."
Yes it is interesting how long nintendo has survived being the oldest out of them all.
It's been what, 23 years since Donkey Kong Game and Watch was a hit?
Show me another company that has lasted that long in the games market and is still alive today. If a company can pull that off then they have more than just intrinsic value.
Actually - although you probably already realise this - the 360 is just Microsofts way of putting a 3 in the product name just like PS3.
Technically the next xbox is XBox 2 but seeing "XBox 2" alongside "PS3" seems somehow inferior.
I don't think it has anything to do with skaters.
Maybe I'm just ignorant but the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 are not going on sale at E3 only on display. There is still plenty of time for both companies to modify their systems.
Maybe not to the extent that they can take all ideas from Nintendo but enough to cause some harm to Nintendo's market.
I guess it's kind of like an advanced version of the GameBoy Player, play your GBA games on your Game Cube.....
Interesting idea and the fact that Nintendo will apparently be dropping prices on the DS soon it could mean a possiblity...
Just think open up your Revolution package an included is a DS for controlling!
So I guess from a strategic point of view, Nintendo should be putting more support into the cube until the Revolution is finally announced (be it in another year or 2).
From the morale going around now, the Cube will die this year while typically there is some overlap between consoles - not so in this case it seems.
I really think now is the time Nintendo need to make something of the Cube before they try and keep the hype of the Revolution going as it is hurting them more than they may realise it. Where will the revenue come from up until the Revolution is revealed? The DS has made a great contribution but why let the Cube rot away?
Granted there are still some great games coming out on the cube but stores are now only accepting pre-orders with supplies dropping to just 3 or 4 copies of a game.
Although Stargate Atlantis was broadcast on Sky on much sooner than the US!!!
Hikikimori - kids refuse to leave their room and parents actually leave food at the door. Rubbish collects in the room and they don't wash either.
Just sit there playing computer games 24/7
Sound familiar?
One thing I agree with is that the DS is a stop gap to slow the PSP down. It already has a majority of Nintendo Fans using the system (some keeping away from Sony) and it has given Nintendo time to review their next version of the GameBoy (Gameboy Evolution).
What I don't understand is that the article goes on the say controlling games with a stylus sucks:
But what the hell are you using the stylus for to control Mario 64 DS? The thumb strap is the most stable way of controlling a game EVER!
Unfortunately this only applies to Mario 64 so far as Rayman DS tries to emulate this but fails miserably.
Lets just hope Nintendo hurry up and work out how the Gameboy Evolution will function so that we have a real PSP killer and not a stop gap.
Pocket PC oh yeah, now I remember seeing the game display for Pocket PC at EB Games NOT!
And the support that Sony/Microsoft give too the PC gaming market? Not as much as to their own consoles.
To be honest I don't think peoople realise that the DS is just a stop gap as ccompetition to the PSP.
The design of the DS is such that it is not like their other products, it has more memory a new media and a touch screen.
Nintendo keep going on how it's not a Gameboy but a third pillar. To be honest if the PSP never existed, the DS would never have been released.
Nintendo can't afford to lose a grasp of the handheld market not when they are trying to support their console market as well.
People complain "there aren't any good games on the cube/GBA/DS", man look at how much they are supporting, 3 consoles FFS. Sony dropped support for the PS1 ages ago and only support the PS2. Microsoft have just the X-Box to concentrate on.
The DS has router capabilities that allow it to act as a hub, seen that in any other handheld? If they can apply the same principle to the Revolution, they are putting into place a global network that requires no wires, no extra routers, each person is networked to each other provided they are within the required boundary of the next user.
If there was ever a plan to take over the world then Nintendo have the right idea.
IIRC, the Nintendo DS acts as a router/node to other DS consoles - okay speed may be different but topology is pretty much the same surely?