What universe did you read Slashdot in? I'd say that both the articles and the comments have been similar the entire time. In fact, if anything, the comments have gotten slightly better (to my surprise).
I'm a bit confused where all this "never mentioned by the major media previously" is coming from. There's been several articles, editorials and other mentions in the newspaper since the law was introduced. It just seems that people didn't really care enough to notice until now.
If you think that there's not major programming work to be done on each game, even if you're using an old engine as base (which basically everyone do), you're delusional.
Games are no longer defined by the stunning graphical advancements made by one genius programmer.
You'd be suprised how often they are. Epic (who makes the unreal engine, used by many games) had at least until recently (don't know about now) about 40-50 employees in total. And by the way, I've said nothing about graphical programming alone.
Noone's arguing artists, designers and story writes aren't very important, but if you think the programming is "now handled by Engineers at ATI and NVIDIA, with some finishing touches by the DX team" you are so laughably wrong I don't know what to say.
Most of the type of work that the "rock star" people did back in the day is now handled by Engineers at ATI and NVIDIA, with some finishing touches by the DX team. Lately, with shaders to be written and what not, it's coming back a bit, but on the big console games more times than not they're using an engine that has most of that done already.
I see you have a firm grasp of game development, especially console games.
So to sum up: you've gotten older, gone lazy, need to excuse not being the best coder with being "softer" and you don't want to feel bad about the time you spent getting a degree.
Ok, so this might sound a little harsh, but you see, the solution to your problem is this: code better. It really is that simple. Yes, it's nice if you can anchor things with project managers or whatever you have above you, but it's not really necessary.
Having problems with bad interface? Design better interfaces. Jumbled, complex code? Refactor it. Slow execution? Improve the algorithms. There's basically no project that takes longer time by doing things right, more often than not the opposite is true. A good refactor can save tons of time.
There's no magic bullet, however much support you get from superiors or coworkers. The only thing you can do is simply write better code.
No, I might not remember people's birthdays, simply because there's no need for it, my mobile phone tracks it. However I have no problems remembering 50+ passwords, 10+ PINs and usernames and security phrases. I want a study on how many above 50 do that?
May I suggest you take a look at World in Conflict if you enjoyed Ground Control:). No heroes, no base-building, and a bit different perspective and scale.
I live in Sweden, there's basically no ISP which has any usage caps. There's no hidden or extra fees, and we get 8-100Mbps for 30-60$ / month. Yeah, you can say it, it rocks to be us.
Ehum, the police never searched his house, and neither the summary or the article itself says that as far as I can see. What it does say is that the police is not allowed to search someone's house for proof of file-sharing crimes, which means, together with the fact that screen dumps and logs are insufficient, that it's very hard to get someone convicted for filesharing.
Seriously, this is not that big of a deal. Not that many people in Sweden cares. One of the major newspaper did a survey and over 70% of the people said they either did not care or that it didn't change what they would vote for.
I'm working with Microsoft right now, and I don't think I've ever met a firm that takes security so seriously as they do when it comes to "normal" software, especially in the field I work in. So that claim might not be as much FUD as some would like it to be.
Paid for a Slashdot account? Do you mean the fact I'm a subscriber? I've paid (in total) $5 for a service I've been using for 7 years or something. If that's retarded I do believe I should strive for being more retarded if anything.
Media coverage have so far been very good, concentrating on the mismanaged raid, suffering of other hosted servers and the fact that the raid was not in line with the popular will.
Swedish state television have also done a news report connecting US lobbying and the swedish minister of justice to the raid, which is seen as extremly bad. Several other politicians and the justice ombudsman have started investigation into the legality of the raid.
The fact that one guy can no longer play the game using only two digits doesn't really invalidate the update in my opinion and is rather silly. You can't really have a MMORPG catering to a target group of one.
Do people never think about why the flimsy pieces of metal flying about above us are called what they are? The answer to your question is: A satellite.
Sweden. But I would guess, as with most companies, that if you want to do the really fun stuff you want to be at the main site, i.e Seattle in your case.:)
And to be honest I like my current workplace to much to go on a wild goose hunt to the US. We score a fair 10-11 on the Joel Test. 12 would be nice, but hey, can't get everything. And I get to do fun stuff, that "normal" people actually use, instead of writing internal company software, banking software or something equivalent.
So don't take my MS-dreams to seriously. I like having Microsoft as this fantasy coding land;). What's really fun is that I used to have Linux as my main personal system for 8 years, up until Windows 2000. It drives Linux zealots nuts knowing that and hearing my thoughts on MS.
It depends on what you have. From what you say above, it sounds like you have a device running Windows Mobile.
I don't have any specific phone. I write/design platform code for them, which is why I make broad general statements. DRM is coming more and more, TPM chip or not. My point wasn't that "Oh, it's already here, so let's just accept it" as someone said in a reply. My point was that the fact that TPM chips are coming doesn't really change much. There's DRM without them to, and it's still bad.
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What universe did you read Slashdot in? I'd say that both the articles and the comments have been similar the entire time. In fact, if anything, the comments have gotten slightly better (to my surprise).
I'm a bit confused where all this "never mentioned by the major media previously" is coming from. There's been several articles, editorials and other mentions in the newspaper since the law was introduced. It just seems that people didn't really care enough to notice until now.
If you think that there's not major programming work to be done on each game, even if you're using an old engine as base (which basically everyone do), you're delusional.
Games are no longer defined by the stunning graphical advancements made by one genius programmer.
You'd be suprised how often they are. Epic (who makes the unreal engine, used by many games) had at least until recently (don't know about now) about 40-50 employees in total. And by the way, I've said nothing about graphical programming alone.
Noone's arguing artists, designers and story writes aren't very important, but if you think the programming is "now handled by Engineers at ATI and NVIDIA, with some finishing touches by the DX team" you are so laughably wrong I don't know what to say.
Most of the type of work that the "rock star" people did back in the day is now handled by Engineers at ATI and NVIDIA, with some finishing touches by the DX team. Lately, with shaders to be written and what not, it's coming back a bit, but on the big console games more times than not they're using an engine that has most of that done already.
I see you have a firm grasp of game development, especially console games.
Somebody go get 5000gp of diamonds. Please.
So to sum up: you've gotten older, gone lazy, need to excuse not being the best coder with being "softer" and you don't want to feel bad about the time you spent getting a degree.
Ok, so this might sound a little harsh, but you see, the solution to your problem is this: code better. It really is that simple. Yes, it's nice if you can anchor things with project managers or whatever you have above you, but it's not really necessary.
Having problems with bad interface? Design better interfaces. Jumbled, complex code? Refactor it. Slow execution? Improve the algorithms. There's basically no project that takes longer time by doing things right, more often than not the opposite is true. A good refactor can save tons of time.
There's no magic bullet, however much support you get from superiors or coworkers. The only thing you can do is simply write better code.
How much do you suck at searching? The first hit is a good Wikipedia article.
No, I might not remember people's birthdays, simply because there's no need for it, my mobile phone tracks it. However I have no problems remembering 50+ passwords, 10+ PINs and usernames and security phrases. I want a study on how many above 50 do that?
May I suggest you take a look at World in Conflict if you enjoyed Ground Control :). No heroes, no base-building, and a bit different perspective and scale.
I live in Sweden, there's basically no ISP which has any usage caps. There's no hidden or extra fees, and we get 8-100Mbps for 30-60$ / month. Yeah, you can say it, it rocks to be us.
Ehum, the police never searched his house, and neither the summary or the article itself says that as far as I can see. What it does say is that the police is not allowed to search someone's house for proof of file-sharing crimes, which means, together with the fact that screen dumps and logs are insufficient, that it's very hard to get someone convicted for filesharing.
Seriously, this is not that big of a deal. Not that many people in Sweden cares. One of the major newspaper did a survey and over 70% of the people said they either did not care or that it didn't change what they would vote for.
I'm working with Microsoft right now, and I don't think I've ever met a firm that takes security so seriously as they do when it comes to "normal" software, especially in the field I work in. So that claim might not be as much FUD as some would like it to be.
Paid for a Slashdot account? Do you mean the fact I'm a subscriber? I've paid (in total) $5 for a service I've been using for 7 years or something. If that's retarded I do believe I should strive for being more retarded if anything.
Citizens of the United States of America, you do realize you live in a fascist state, don't you?
Virtually all major swedish newspapers (http://www.aftonbladet.se , http://www.dn.se/ http://www.expressen.se/ http://www.svd.se/ are leading with the "Pirate War" and news that Pirate Bay is back online.
Media coverage have so far been very good, concentrating on the mismanaged raid, suffering of other hosted servers and the fact that the raid was not in line with the popular will.
Swedish state television have also done a news report connecting US lobbying and the swedish minister of justice to the raid, which is seen as extremly bad. Several other politicians and the justice ombudsman have started investigation into the legality of the raid.
The fact that one guy can no longer play the game using only two digits doesn't really invalidate the update in my opinion and is rather silly. You can't really have a MMORPG catering to a target group of one.
A bad linux installation is *100%* your fault
So you're saying there are no bugs in any Linux installations?
Do people never think about why the flimsy pieces of metal flying about above us are called what they are? The answer to your question is: A satellite.
And to be honest I like my current workplace to much to go on a wild goose hunt to the US. We score a fair 10-11 on the Joel Test. 12 would be nice, but hey, can't get everything. And I get to do fun stuff, that "normal" people actually use, instead of writing internal company software, banking software or something equivalent.
So don't take my MS-dreams to seriously. I like having Microsoft as this fantasy coding land ;). What's really fun is that I used to have Linux as my main personal system for 8 years, up until Windows 2000. It drives Linux zealots nuts knowing that and hearing my thoughts on MS.
Well thank you for noticing, or something. :) If I lived in the states I'd apply for a job at MS, but alas, I do not.
No.
Bah, curse my Slashdot-browse settings, I thought you were replying to me. My apologies.
I don't have any specific phone. I write/design platform code for them, which is why I make broad general statements. DRM is coming more and more, TPM chip or not. My point wasn't that "Oh, it's already here, so let's just accept it" as someone said in a reply. My point was that the fact that TPM chips are coming doesn't really change much. There's DRM without them to, and it's still bad.