An MS-CS absolutely kills an MS-Gamer if the gamer has anything less than the Shield of Work Experience. However, an MS-Gamer ought to come out on top if he can quickly cast Shackes Of RSI.
And now for something completely different.
I'm an avid gamer. I love it, and I love making games. The industry is cruel and rarely about delivering a great experience to a player. There are few if any great places to work right now as a game developer. Of the friends I have in the industry, they almost all say they wish they'd kept games as a hobby.
My suggestion would be to go the CS route, because it's more broadly applicable (just in case you can't get the exact job you're hoping for). No development house worth their salt will deny you because you don't have "Game" in your title - they will be able to recognize your skills and passions with either degree. Just make sure you keep doing games-related stuff with your free-time.
As another programmer working in biology and human disease, I'm naturally curious what kind of projects you work on? Where are you located, and does it look like your work is being used in the field?
I'm blowing my chance to moderate this thread just to ask you, so make it good:)
I'm actually a fan of one of the 3-blade razors because of the springy-head design.
The cheap-ass 40-pack of disposable 2-bladers at Costco is what I use until we can buy cheap springy head razors. I get a new blade every few days, and it costs almost nothing.
The world cannot continue to be held hostage by these people.
Would that be the Iraqi's with the WMD? The ones we waged war against?
When you said "these people", you meant Muslims - which is pathetic. Any moderately intelligent person can look back on their errors and learn from them - you have a chance NOW to look at yourself and change your invalid, inaccurate prejudices.
Without American bigotry, we might have paused long enough to remember why the first Bush didn't take Baghdad - because he knew it would destabilize the region.
33,000 dead Iraqi's agree, racism and bigotry produce terrorists, which erode YOUR safety.
Though frequency is an awesome game in its own right, they fixed a lot of the awkwardness of the game with Amplitude. It's the same game, but with some of the more frustrating features removed (like tracks only being cleared until checkpoints).
. The linked article offers no measurable insight, and is exactly the kind of flamebait that bores the/. community. It goes without saying that I did not read the article, but I know enough about
operating systems
that it is incorrect, and insight-free.
Please change your editorial practices to fit my tastes better.
There are several other communities out there that openly discuss designs, and issues. For starters, theres:
www.diyaudio.com (under The Moving Image), and for parts, rather than buying from lumenlab, try www.diyprojectorcompany.com (they have a forum too, but it's not quite as much fun in my experience as diyaudio's.
I hope someone else takes the initiative to organize the wiki on diyaudio to classify the different designs and projects by cost, type, and difficulty, but it'll probably wait until I get around to it myself.
so when I read the article I wasn't disappointed. I bought an electric toothbrush that has a charging cradle, no contact points, no wires. Same thing, minus the ipod attachment [pauses to think about patenting the mp3 toothbrush with wireless power].
The term "wireless power" is technically correct, but not in any way that anybody would care about. This is limited by proximity, like any old inductor or transformer. If you have a cord to the wall, and must be near it, why not plug in your dock instead, and get data communication as well? It's really not inconvenient and certainly not difficult to plug things into available power sockets, so please stop trying to solve this "problem".
I'll save my excitement for when we start figuring out how to make Tesla's dreams come true.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Africa:
A mayor/king just spent his city's GDP on 5 minutes of online access in a neighboring country. It was a 50 mile hike through the harshest jungle environment known to man. His mission was to learn how to make ice without electricity.
Now all he can tell his village is how much it costs for a Time subscription.
People have been behaving poorly like you describe for eons. This intraweb thing just makes it possible to see more of it than you would have before.
If your point is that there's an odd distribution of personalities online, and it doesn't quite mirror the ditribution in the world, then I agree completely. The nerds and pr0nofiles got here first, but history is showing that it only takes time for the online world to become more representative of the real world.
If you are unhappy about all the pontification that happens on the websites you visit, then try other websites! The ONLY thing the web does is connect. If you're unhappy with the connections you've made so far, it's your job to find better or more meaningful connections.
The challenge I pose to you is to not stop exploring the web once you find the site/group/board that you are the most comfortable with. Participate in sites or discussions where you are in the minority. I guarantee you will see something that changes your ideas or perceptions and make you a wiser, more understanding indivudual.
"The Bush administration does not take kindly to anyone who has drawn a federal dollar being critical."
I feel sorry for Joseph Wilson and his wife every day. They experienced this first hand - object and be retaliated against.
It's not my idea - I heard it originally from a journalist for the SF Chronicle - but one of the biggest tools the White House is using is distraction. Attention is being drawn to social issues (such as gay rights, and vegetable rights - Schiavo), while significant detrimental policies are being waged against science (like barring publication of papers about global warming) and civil rights.
The true crimes involve Writ of Habeus Corpus (Jose Padilla), and intentional endangerment (Valerie Plame), not stem-cells and Hubble.
If you can rig up a system to spin the alternator (by re-mounting the alternator and using a jacked-up wheel with a belt for a flywheel), you can generate the ~14 volts needed to charge a 12V battery (charge voltage must be higher than discharge voltage - I won't explain that here, look it up), and with no fancy tools, you can recharge the battery enough for a start-up within a couple hours.
That's with NO special tools. If there was a crank system designed into the car, efficiency would increase so much (you also wouldn't have to remount the alternator) that you could get the car started with 10-15 minutes of cranking (and one hell of a tired arm).
The biggest problem with the ad-hoc system is that modern alternators require a starting voltage across their inner coil in order to BEGIN charging (again I won't explain here), and without a special system, you would be relying on residual battery voltage for the alternator start-up. If it was planned for, the crank would start by juicing the inner coil, then transition to spinning the alternator once the coil is charged and feeding back into the car's battery.
With all due respect, not knowing the solution does not mean there is no solution.
Why don't they just give us a hand crank? They're more than efficient to power or charge all sorts of small electronics. All we need is a universal plug interface, and we can all be our own emergency backups.
"Pee in this... and turn this."
While they're at it, why doesn't my car have an emergency gear/wheel/crank system that I can connect ot my battery on cold days when my Jolapy won't start?
washingtonpost.com Columbia Streaks Toward Florida Landing
By Marcia Dunn
AP Aerospace Writer
Saturday, February 1, 2003; 8:28 AM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With security tighter than usual, space shuttle Columbia streaked toward a Florida touchdown Saturday to end a successful 16-day scientific research mission that included the first Israeli astronaut.
The early morning fog burned off as the sun rose, and Mission Control gave the seven astronauts the go-ahead to come home on time. "I guess you've been wondering, but you are 'go' for the deorbit burn," Mission Control radioed at practically the last minute.
Ilan Ramon, a colnel in Israel's air force and former figher pilot, became the first man from his country to fly in space, and his presence resulted in an increase in security, not only for Columbia's Jan. 16 launch, but also for its landing. Space agency officials feared his presence might make the shuttle more of a terrorist target.
"We've taken all reasonable measures, and all of our landings so far since 9-11 have gone perfectly," said Lt. Col. Michael Rein, an Air Force spokesman.
Columbia's crew - Ramon and six Americans - completed all of their 80-plus experiments in orbit. They studied ant, bee, and spider behavior in weightlessness as well as changes in flames and flower scents, and took measurements of atmospheric dust with a pair of Israeli cameras.
The 13 lab rats on board - part of a brain and heart study - had to face the guillotine following the flight, so researchers could see up-close the effects of so much time in weightlessness. The insects and other animals had a brighter, longer future: the student experimenters were going to get them back and many of the youngsters planned to keep them, almost like pets.
All of the scientific objectives were accomplished during the round-the clock laboratory mission, and some of the work may be continued abourd the international space station, researchers said. The only problem of note was a pair of malfunctioning dehumidifiers, which temporarily raised temperatures inside the laboratory to the low 80s, 10 degrees higher than desired.
Some of Columbia's crew members didn't want their time in space to end.
"Do we really have to come back?" astronaut David Brown jokingly asked Mission Control before the ride home.
NASA's next shuttle flight, a space station construction mission, is scheduled for March. The next time Columbia flies will be in November, when it carries into orbit educator-astronaut Barbara Morgan, who was the backup for Challenger crew member Christa McAuliffe in 1986.
[End of the article]
Contact was lost at 9:00AM, 32 minutes after the Washington Post published this.
The reference to Challenger at the end is just creepy.
Lastly, as far as I'm concerned you can stay up there as long as you want David - RIP.
Does anybody know where to go for information about hacking inkjet printers?
Here's my dillema:
I own an HP Photosmart 7350
I'm creating some awesome gig+ panoramic photos
I can't print more than 13 inches length, which is ridiculous considering I have 19 inch paper and can buy a roll of photo paper up to 20 feet long.
I know there are Canon printers that print photos from banner photo paper, but as far as I can tell, they're length limited as well.
The manufacturer says buy another printer. I say screw them. The print quality and cost (as long as I'm using ink refill kits) is as good as I need for personal/fun prints.
Yes, but it will me more 'pedia-like', which IMHO is better.
While wiki can be dynamic and fluid, it was never meant to be a bulletin board or a chat room. With some highly contentious topics you end up with an off-topic name-calling match between 2 authors (if you read the revisions), and that's not in anyone's best interest.
We're not talking about imposing a complete editing and peer-reviewing process like a print encyclopedia (which is also good, since dissenting opinions tend to not get preserved once they cross an editor's desk). We're talking about making it more dificult to deface, and more difficult to be off-topic.
Not worthy of an "ask slashdot", but does anybody know where to go for information about hacking inkjet printers?
I've been searching for a day or two, and have found NO information about screwing with the manufactured-in printer limitations. I want to print on any length paper, but the manufacturer says buy another printer. I say screw them, my hp 7350 is all I need.
Slashdot Mirror
Submitting the source to the courts ought to put an end to this.
It depends on your inventory.
An MS-CS absolutely kills an MS-Gamer if the gamer has anything less than the Shield of Work Experience.
However, an MS-Gamer ought to come out on top if he can quickly cast Shackes Of RSI.
And now for something completely different.
I'm an avid gamer. I love it, and I love making games. The industry is cruel and rarely about delivering a great experience to a player. There are few if any great places to work right now as a game developer. Of the friends I have in the industry, they almost all say they wish they'd kept games as a hobby.
My suggestion would be to go the CS route, because it's more broadly applicable (just in case you can't get the exact job you're hoping for). No development house worth their salt will deny you because you don't have "Game" in your title - they will be able to recognize your skills and passions with either degree. Just make sure you keep doing games-related stuff with your free-time.
Hey Jim,
:)
As another programmer working in biology and human disease, I'm naturally curious what kind of projects you work on?
Where are you located, and does it look like your work is being used in the field?
I'm blowing my chance to moderate this thread just to ask you, so make it good
I'm actually a fan of one of the 3-blade razors because of the springy-head design.
The cheap-ass 40-pack of disposable 2-bladers at Costco is what I use until we can buy cheap springy head razors. I get a new blade every few days, and it costs almost nothing.
Now that every computer on earth is running a p2p client at 100% network capacity, it's difficult for it to grow any more.
The world cannot continue to be held hostage by these people.
Would that be the Iraqi's with the WMD? The ones we waged war against?
When you said "these people", you meant Muslims - which is pathetic. Any moderately intelligent person can look back on their errors and learn from them - you have a chance NOW to look at yourself and change your invalid, inaccurate prejudices.
Without American bigotry, we might have paused long enough to remember why the first Bush didn't take Baghdad - because he knew it would destabilize the region.
33,000 dead Iraqi's agree, racism and bigotry produce terrorists, which erode YOUR safety.
You're better off using plain old 2-channel headphones while gaming. Multiple channels are useful when multiple people have to hear it.
Though frequency is an awesome game in its own right, they fixed a lot of the awkwardness of the game with Amplitude. It's the same game, but with some of the more frustrating features removed (like tracks only being cleared until checkpoints).
I'm offended by the latest comparison of and . The linked article offers no measurable insight, and is exactly the kind of flamebait that bores the
Please change your editorial practices to fit my tastes better.
ComplaintGen (R) - 2006
From the newspaper research, one of the examples where Wikipedia was incorrect was in the definition of the "pyramidal tracks".
The Wiki article mentioned a "housing development outside of Cairo", but that may have been removed by now.
Oh Yeah, There's also www.diybuildergroup.com/forums
There are several other communities out there that openly discuss designs, and issues. For starters, theres:
www.diyaudio.com (under The Moving Image), and for parts, rather than buying from lumenlab, try www.diyprojectorcompany.com (they have a forum too, but it's not quite as much fun in my experience as diyaudio's.
I hope someone else takes the initiative to organize the wiki on diyaudio to classify the different designs and projects by cost, type, and difficulty, but it'll probably wait until I get around to it myself.
so when I read the article I wasn't disappointed. I bought an electric toothbrush that has a charging cradle, no contact points, no wires. Same thing, minus the ipod attachment [pauses to think about patenting the mp3 toothbrush with wireless power].
The term "wireless power" is technically correct, but not in any way that anybody would care about. This is limited by proximity, like any old inductor or transformer. If you have a cord to the wall, and must be near it, why not plug in your dock instead, and get data communication as well? It's really not inconvenient and certainly not difficult to plug things into available power sockets, so please stop trying to solve this "problem".
I'll save my excitement for when we start figuring out how to make Tesla's dreams come true.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Africa:
A mayor/king just spent his city's GDP on 5 minutes of online access in a neighboring country. It was a 50 mile hike through the harshest jungle environment known to man. His mission was to learn how to make ice without electricity.
Now all he can tell his village is how much it costs for a Time subscription.
(Oh yeah, did I mention "ice" means "crack"?)
People have been behaving poorly like you describe for eons. This intraweb thing just makes it possible to see more of it than you would have before.
If your point is that there's an odd distribution of personalities online, and it doesn't quite mirror the ditribution in the world, then I agree completely. The nerds and pr0nofiles got here first, but history is showing that it only takes time for the online world to become more representative of the real world.
If you are unhappy about all the pontification that happens on the websites you visit, then try other websites! The ONLY thing the web does is connect. If you're unhappy with the connections you've made so far, it's your job to find better or more meaningful connections.
The challenge I pose to you is to not stop exploring the web once you find the site/group/board that you are the most comfortable with. Participate in sites or discussions where you are in the minority. I guarantee you will see something that changes your ideas or perceptions and make you a wiser, more understanding indivudual.
"The Bush administration does not take kindly to anyone who has drawn a federal dollar being critical."
I feel sorry for Joseph Wilson and his wife every day. They experienced this first hand - object and be retaliated against.
It's not my idea - I heard it originally from a journalist for the SF Chronicle - but one of the biggest tools the White House is using is distraction. Attention is being drawn to social issues (such as gay rights, and vegetable rights - Schiavo), while significant detrimental policies are being waged against science (like barring publication of papers about global warming) and civil rights.
The true crimes involve Writ of Habeus Corpus (Jose Padilla), and intentional endangerment (Valerie Plame), not stem-cells and Hubble.
Ooooohhhhhfffff.
:).
That hurts - I'll get right on it
If you can rig up a system to spin the alternator (by re-mounting the alternator and using a jacked-up wheel with a belt for a flywheel), you can generate the ~14 volts needed to charge a 12V battery (charge voltage must be higher than discharge voltage - I won't explain that here, look it up), and with no fancy tools, you can recharge the battery enough for a start-up within a couple hours.
That's with NO special tools. If there was a crank system designed into the car, efficiency would increase so much (you also wouldn't have to remount the alternator) that you could get the car started with 10-15 minutes of cranking (and one hell of a tired arm).
The biggest problem with the ad-hoc system is that modern alternators require a starting voltage across their inner coil in order to BEGIN charging (again I won't explain here), and without a special system, you would be relying on residual battery voltage for the alternator start-up. If it was planned for, the crank would start by juicing the inner coil, then transition to spinning the alternator once the coil is charged and feeding back into the car's battery.
With all due respect, not knowing the solution does not mean there is no solution.
Why don't they just give us a hand crank? They're more than efficient to power or charge all sorts of small electronics. All we need is a universal plug interface, and we can all be our own emergency backups.
"Pee in this... and turn this."
While they're at it, why doesn't my car have an emergency gear/wheel/crank system that I can connect ot my battery on cold days when my Jolapy won't start?
Last time, I was misled:
washingtonpost.com
Columbia Streaks Toward Florida Landing
By Marcia Dunn
AP Aerospace Writer
Saturday, February 1, 2003; 8:28 AM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With security tighter than usual, space shuttle Columbia streaked toward a Florida touchdown Saturday to end a successful 16-day scientific research mission that included the first Israeli astronaut.
The early morning fog burned off as the sun rose, and Mission Control gave the seven astronauts the go-ahead to come home on time. "I guess you've been wondering, but you are 'go' for the deorbit burn," Mission Control radioed at practically the last minute.
Ilan Ramon, a colnel in Israel's air force and former figher pilot, became the first man from his country to fly in space, and his presence resulted in an increase in security, not only for Columbia's Jan. 16 launch, but also for its landing. Space agency officials feared his presence might make the shuttle more of a terrorist target.
"We've taken all reasonable measures, and all of our landings so far since 9-11 have gone perfectly," said Lt. Col. Michael Rein, an Air Force spokesman.
Columbia's crew - Ramon and six Americans - completed all of their 80-plus experiments in orbit. They studied ant, bee, and spider behavior in weightlessness as well as changes in flames and flower scents, and took measurements of atmospheric dust with a pair of Israeli cameras.
The 13 lab rats on board - part of a brain and heart study - had to face the guillotine following the flight, so researchers could see up-close the effects of so much time in weightlessness. The insects and other animals had a brighter, longer future: the student experimenters were going to get them back and many of the youngsters planned to keep them, almost like pets.
All of the scientific objectives were accomplished during the round-the clock laboratory mission, and some of the work may be continued abourd the international space station, researchers said. The only problem of note was a pair of malfunctioning dehumidifiers, which temporarily raised temperatures inside the laboratory to the low 80s, 10 degrees higher than desired.
Some of Columbia's crew members didn't want their time in space to end.
"Do we really have to come back?" astronaut David Brown jokingly asked Mission Control before the ride home.
NASA's next shuttle flight, a space station construction mission, is scheduled for March. The next time Columbia flies will be in November, when it carries into orbit educator-astronaut Barbara Morgan, who was the backup for Challenger crew member Christa McAuliffe in 1986.
[End of the article]
Contact was lost at 9:00AM, 32 minutes after the Washington Post published this.
The reference to Challenger at the end is just creepy.
Lastly, as far as I'm concerned you can stay up there as long as you want David - RIP.
Does anybody know where to go for information about hacking inkjet printers?
Here's my dillema:
I own an HP Photosmart 7350
I'm creating some awesome gig+ panoramic photos
I can't print more than 13 inches length, which is ridiculous considering I have 19 inch paper and can buy a roll of photo paper up to 20 feet long.
I know there are Canon printers that print photos from banner photo paper, but as far as I can tell, they're length limited as well.
The manufacturer says buy another printer. I say screw them. The print quality and cost (as long as I'm using ink refill kits) is as good as I need for personal/fun prints.
Any help is appreciated!
Yes, but it will me more 'pedia-like', which IMHO is better.
While wiki can be dynamic and fluid, it was never meant to be a bulletin board or a chat room. With some highly contentious topics you end up with an off-topic name-calling match between 2 authors (if you read the revisions), and that's not in anyone's best interest.
We're not talking about imposing a complete editing and peer-reviewing process like a print encyclopedia (which is also good, since dissenting opinions tend to not get preserved once they cross an editor's desk). We're talking about making it more dificult to deface, and more difficult to be off-topic.
Not worthy of an "ask slashdot", but does anybody know where to go for information about hacking inkjet printers?
I've been searching for a day or two, and have found NO information about screwing with the manufactured-in printer limitations. I want to print on any length paper, but the manufacturer says buy another printer. I say screw them, my hp 7350 is all I need.
Just casting a line out, any pointers or links?
Daylight Saving I always post this when the topic comes up. I'm a fan of Franklin and really enjoy reading this.
/plagiarism
Sweden changed the DST period few years ago. As far as I remember there were no big problems.
What I'd prefer is that they passed a law making the hours between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm shorter.
Next thing you know Bush will make us use a calandar based on how many days it has been since Jesus died. That would be absurd.
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Rather than complain about the dupes today, I'll use them to be insightful and funny. Besides, I like THIS thread more than that other one.