Have a look at www.jobnet.com.au which shows the trend in Australia. Lately Unix is on top with Java the dominating language.
Not sure how accurrate these stats are (ie do they see "JAVA" as a keyword or not) but are usually pretty accurrate.
Internet technologies shows that.NET and JAVA are competing head-on-head for dominance but the market is pretty much evenly split between the two.
I was talking about the show, reminds of that Futurama episode where the Trekkies have their own religion to the fanatical point whereby Star Trek is ban from society;-)
Policeman: Please blow into this straw for 5 secs or until the unit beeps.
Driver:
Policeman: Keep blowing....
Policeman: Keep blowing....
Policeman: Keep blowing....
Policeman: And stop.
Driver: Am I over the limit?
Policemand: nope but my phones now well charged!
DS uses 802.11b however there are some Nintendo modifications i.e. extra software is required for standard wireless network discovery - they have somehow restricted it to other DS's only. I've tried with little success to track it with a wireless router but there is more to this little machine's wireless connectivity.
So consider it 802.11b+N
Ironically your right, it appears because games are easier to pirate on the XBox and PS2 that they have done so well.
Burn a GameCube disc? Okay sure in my umm... ahhh... Oh I don't have one of those burners.......
Hmmm.. here in Australia you find alot of the 20-30 year olds with a Gameboy and I'm not sure many "kids" can afford to purchase their own DS unless of course a parent is willing to dish out the money to keep them quiet.
One thing that keeps coming back from more senior people is that the GBA screen is too small. They [think they will] get headaches staring at such a small screen.
Granted the games you list are titles most of us grew up with with Nintendo and I think Nintendo need to develop a new theme if they want to start targetting the senior audience. With their "Touching is Good" campaign I don't think they are selling to kids anymore - I'm sure you would probably get arrested if you said that to someone elses kids!!!!
2 places I know of: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho http://w ww.gallifreyone.com
I'm surprised you haven't heard about it it's been in production for the last 6-8 months starts in March in the UK then everywhere else. Although I'm sure there will torrents of it as well.
Gallifrey One has some pics from the filming locations and all episode titles with some outlines. BBC is the official home and has a teaser - not much revealed but it won't be long before more is!
However it's not like you can go down the road and get some blank media for Nintendo products at all though.
Do Sony really need to drop the price to compete with Nintendo? They do have different markets - while Nintendo is branching from it's usual kids-teens market to the young adult market, Sony is targetting the adult market specifically. Surely anyone at around 18-35 can afford a PSP - even with the reported defects - at it's current price (relative to the Yen of course).
Although I'm a DS fan, how many people will be at risk of having a DS stolen (there are so many out there already as it is) compared to someone having their PSP stolen?
Okay, so the initial PSP launch was an April fools joke? I can just picture the headlines...
Sony today recalled 200,000 PSP's due to defects found in the units. It appears that since they only shipped 200,000 it's probably best that everyone forget the PSP ever existed.....
The Gamecube doesn't fit well on a home theatre shelf either.
But seriously, the Gamecube wasn't designed to fit on a video shelf for a reason. I know for a fact that there is no way I'd stick my cube on the shelf I take it all around the house. If someone is using one of the 3 TV's in our house I just pick up my cube by it's handle and take it to one of the others.
It may not be a portable device but it is rather mobile - it's lightweight, has a handle and with the wireless controllers who gives a damn where you put your cube!!!!
;-)
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How many people take a (or are allowed to take) a screwdriver with them on a plane? How many people carry one in their back pocket? Can you stop by the corner store and pick up a replacement?
I realise standard batteries just won't cut it with todays devices and I think it's about time we saw some advances in batteries to make them more suitable [for todays devices].
Here in Australia you can only get a replacement battery direct from Nintendo and in all of Australia there is only 1 Nintendo office - Melbourne, Victoria. For me thats 2 states away.
And competition is always healthy for any product - if Sony hadn't released the PSP I'm sure Nintendo would have taken a bit longer to deliver the DS.
Now, Nintendo better deliver with the Revolution because they know what the market wants and what gaming is all about!
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Actually yes the battery in the GBA SP is replaceable only it's not so simple as flipping a panel to slip in the new battery - something Nintendo should consider for the next gen Game boy (when it comes out).
I find that if your power light on the SP starts to turn red (low battery level warning) switching the back light off usually does a good job of giving you maybe another 3-4 hours - can even restore the power light to green.
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And let me guess with this new battery it will recommend you don't play games while filling up at the petrol station, or near a gas stove, or only children 12 and up can handle the PSP with this battery and and don't forget the lead lined suit!
EJB's are currently undergoing a major overhaul - obviously your message to Sun direct or indirect has gotten through although I'm sure there are many developers with the same problem.
Sure a future change won't help you now but it can keep your options open.
In the meantime look at Hibernate, I was sceptical at first moving from EJB's to Hibernate but now I don't regret it. It takes a bit to actually pick up but you quickly accelerate through the examples.
We now use a Session Bean facade on top of Hibernate and the speed has improved dramatically - using Java is all about getting to know the right design patterns!
No thanks, I'll stick with ViM. I have no interest in a drag-and-drop GUI web page creator, and all of its other features seem to me to be of dubious value.
I don't know about you but the whole idea of developers developing web pages is slowly fading out. If a corporate person can drag'n'drop what they want then let them.
Fine, they may not always get it right but drag'n'drop is the direction alot of people are turning, even Sun Microsystems with J2EE. (Look up Sun's Creator application and JSF technology - it may not be ideal but I would rather drag'n'drop that code in a flash!)
People want software deployed more rapidly and at the same (if not better) quality and we [developers] can only type so much before our fingers drop off. There will always be a place for text editors but RAD is what is being demanded - Design and Deploy.
I won't elaborate on developers trying to mind read corporates just so they get the first design right as I'm sure many out there have had the exact same problem - yep even after design, scope creeping is imminent.
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Have a look at www.jobnet.com.au which shows the trend in Australia. Lately Unix is on top with Java the dominating language. Not sure how accurrate these stats are (ie do they see "JAVA" as a keyword or not) but are usually pretty accurrate. Internet technologies shows that .NET and JAVA are competing head-on-head for dominance but the market is pretty much evenly split between the two.
I was talking about the show, reminds of that Futurama episode where the Trekkies have their own religion to the fanatical point whereby Star Trek is ban from society ;-)
It's dead Jim, DEAD!!!!!!!
Policeman: Please blow into this straw for 5 secs or until the unit beeps. Driver: Policeman: Keep blowing.... Policeman: Keep blowing.... Policeman: Keep blowing.... Policeman: And stop. Driver: Am I over the limit? Policemand: nope but my phones now well charged!
Actually the new Gameboy is slated for release later on (Gameboy Evolution). The DS is not a Gameboy.
Well I must have been given the wrong information because IIRC Nintendo use a propriatry format not mini-DVDs.
DS uses 802.11b however there are some Nintendo modifications i.e. extra software is required for standard wireless network discovery - they have somehow restricted it to other DS's only. I've tried with little success to track it with a wireless router but there is more to this little machine's wireless connectivity. So consider it 802.11b+N
Right and how quickly can you type up a memo using a triangle, circle, square and star???
Ironically your right, it appears because games are easier to pirate on the XBox and PS2 that they have done so well. Burn a GameCube disc? Okay sure in my umm... ahhh... Oh I don't have one of those burners.......
Hmmm.. here in Australia you find alot of the 20-30 year olds with a Gameboy and I'm not sure many "kids" can afford to purchase their own DS unless of course a parent is willing to dish out the money to keep them quiet.
One thing that keeps coming back from more senior people is that the GBA screen is too small. They [think they will] get headaches staring at such a small screen.
Granted the games you list are titles most of us grew up with with Nintendo and I think Nintendo need to develop a new theme if they want to start targetting the senior audience. With their "Touching is Good" campaign I don't think they are selling to kids anymore - I'm sure you would probably get arrested if you said that to someone elses kids!!!!
2 places I know of:w ww.gallifreyone.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho
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I'm surprised you haven't heard about it it's been in production for the last 6-8 months starts in March in the UK then everywhere else. Although I'm sure there will torrents of it as well.
Gallifrey One has some pics from the filming locations and all episode titles with some outlines. BBC is the official home and has a teaser - not much revealed but it won't be long before more is!
Would be a good idea to allow Star Trek to take a break, besides the new Doctor Who will be out about the time Enterprise completes!!!!
However it's not like you can go down the road and get some blank media for Nintendo products at all though.
Do Sony really need to drop the price to compete with Nintendo? They do have different markets - while Nintendo is branching from it's usual kids-teens market to the young adult market, Sony is targetting the adult market specifically. Surely anyone at around 18-35 can afford a PSP - even with the reported defects - at it's current price (relative to the Yen of course).
Although I'm a DS fan, how many people will be at risk of having a DS stolen (there are so many out there already as it is) compared to someone having their PSP stolen?
Just a thought...
Okay, so the initial PSP launch was an April fools joke? I can just picture the headlines...
Sony today recalled 200,000 PSP's due to defects found in the units. It appears that since they only shipped 200,000 it's probably best that everyone forget the PSP ever existed.....
But seriously, the Gamecube wasn't designed to fit on a video shelf for a reason. I know for a fact that there is no way I'd stick my cube on the shelf I take it all around the house. If someone is using one of the 3 TV's in our house I just pick up my cube by it's handle and take it to one of the others.
It may not be a portable device but it is rather mobile - it's lightweight, has a handle and with the wireless controllers who gives a damn where you put your cube!!!!
How many people take a (or are allowed to take) a screwdriver with them on a plane? How many people carry one in their back pocket? Can you stop by the corner store and pick up a replacement?
I realise standard batteries just won't cut it with todays devices and I think it's about time we saw some advances in batteries to make them more suitable [for todays devices].
Here in Australia you can only get a replacement battery direct from Nintendo and in all of Australia there is only 1 Nintendo office - Melbourne, Victoria. For me thats 2 states away.
I think if there were any problems with the DS battery then we would have heard about it by now.
And competition is always healthy for any product - if Sony hadn't released the PSP I'm sure Nintendo would have taken a bit longer to deliver the DS.
Now, Nintendo better deliver with the Revolution because they know what the market wants and what gaming is all about!
Actually yes the battery in the GBA SP is replaceable only it's not so simple as flipping a panel to slip in the new battery - something Nintendo should consider for the next gen Game boy (when it comes out).
I find that if your power light on the SP starts to turn red (low battery level warning) switching the back light off usually does a good job of giving you maybe another 3-4 hours - can even restore the power light to green.
And let me guess with this new battery it will recommend you don't play games while filling up at the petrol station, or near a gas stove, or only children 12 and up can handle the PSP with this battery and and don't forget the lead lined suit!
You would probably be recommended to have it plugged in to use Wi-fi which kind of kills the concept of portable gaming ;-)
I noticed the remark about the headphones and remote being not too good can anyone else clarify this?
I got a PowerBook with the speech recognition only thing is you need an American accent to get it to understand you!!!!!
EJB's are currently undergoing a major overhaul - obviously your message to Sun direct or indirect has gotten through although I'm sure there are many developers with the same problem.
Sure a future change won't help you now but it can keep your options open.
In the meantime look at Hibernate, I was sceptical at first moving from EJB's to Hibernate but now I don't regret it. It takes a bit to actually pick up but you quickly accelerate through the examples.
We now use a Session Bean facade on top of Hibernate and the speed has improved dramatically - using Java is all about getting to know the right design patterns!
I don't know about you but the whole idea of developers developing web pages is slowly fading out. If a corporate person can drag'n'drop what they want then let them.
Fine, they may not always get it right but drag'n'drop is the direction alot of people are turning, even Sun Microsystems with J2EE. (Look up Sun's Creator application and JSF technology - it may not be ideal but I would rather drag'n'drop that code in a flash!)
People want software deployed more rapidly and at the same (if not better) quality and we [developers] can only type so much before our fingers drop off. There will always be a place for text editors but RAD is what is being demanded - Design and Deploy.
I won't elaborate on developers trying to mind read corporates just so they get the first design right as I'm sure many out there have had the exact same problem - yep even after design, scope creeping is imminent.