When Yahoo was number one, they were using Google for search results. They lost that position (in part) because they started selling result positioning, making them far less accurate. Throw in a clunky interface and Google starts looking even better...
Maybe sudden unexpected nerfs will make up for the game design that was crippled by wasting too much time developing [for/against] cheaters... Make PVP a lot more interesting if halfway through a brawl someone gets an epic nerf...
Cynicism aside, maybe this will lead to the dynamic worlds MMOs have been promising for years.
I may be taking the flamebait here, but this makes it sound like the snakes were not on their bellies before the cursing incident. Snakes with legs wouldn't be snakes at all... Evolution is so much simpler.
If that were the case I would have posted "Simpsons did it! Simpsons did it!" Toads in Australia, the sun blocking and now sorting nanotubes... It could be a new meme! Which would be almost as exciting as seeing us getting closer to molecular nanotechnology.
It is a fancy way of saying you are only storing things that relate to what you are actually trying to store. You are not going to store a customer's shirt size for a candy store.
To quote C.J. Date, the basis of good database design is "nothing more than common sense, formalized."
In regards to data mining, there are tremendous complexities in trying to line up all the information about one thing. What typically happens is that databases arise from a smaller need. A company will start logging shipments and it becomes a little database. Another department logs the shipments that they make in another database. And accounting tracks the costs of all of these shipments in yet another database. In a perfect world, all three of these databases would be able to 'communicate' with each other. I am sure that you can see the benefits of this.
The problem is that we are talking about related things in different dialects. You would think that something like two plant databases would be easy to sync up; use the scientific names. This assumes that both databases store the scientific names. And that is the main theoretical problem with data mining; identifying like elements. Then you have to worry about the technical problems.
With people however, you have many more things than a name to line up. You can compare things based on addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, etc. That is why there is potential with data mining... As long as everyone wants to give up their privacy.
In regards to the article, there are so many large organizations that do not even have a Database Administrator on staff... let alone database analysts. So in many instances, we have a lot of data sitting around (most likely in poorly designed 'databases') doing much less than it could.
I think a better question is, 'Where was that guy that does the "nothing to see here..." posts?'
They would be better off dumb-grading their heavy-duty wares for the low-end user
Or, as a company that has a Linux version and recognizes that bringing out a complete DBMS for small applications can be overkill, it might be smart to have a smaller product that breaks a shop into PL/SQL and makes it easy to upgrade to Oracle. Plus the added bonuses of being an open source product... I think that might be what they call a strategic purchase.
They should have acquired some sort of application server to sell paired with their DB like IBM does with WebSphere and DB2.
Yeah! And they could call Oracle Application Server... oh... wait...
How could it work? As if 'French' was not bad enough... Revolution? What would they know about revolution? Now maybe the 'French Surrender Caldendar...'
That innovation promotes new growth/interest/markets sounds like crazy talk to me... If you do not create new game formats people will just get bored and move on... Look at golf.
As for forcing hardware upgrades, people still Atari games!
Fileplanet also indicated that if you sign up for the final stress test, you are guaranteed an open beta slot. Blizzard's site says that Fileplanet only has so many slots...
I just cannot bring myself to support Fileplanet. Make me wait in line for an hour or pay money for a patch to fix a game that I already bought?
Skipping the rest of the tangent, if Blizzard needs Fileplanet to assist them with distribution, how ready are they for handling an MMRPG? I know some people that play Everquest and say that the servers are just emptying out, people are ebaying accounts like mad on the cheap. Are they heading to WoW?
Then I read that Blizzard does not have WoW balanced and is lacking character development content at the close of beta.
Blizzard has a great reputation, but are they going to ruin it on this game?
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What I find encouraging is that they at least admitted it... That has to stave off draconian law for a little bit longer, right?
Use Method. It is available at Target and most grocery stores... At least in California.
When Yahoo was number one, they were using Google for search results. They lost that position (in part) because they started selling result positioning, making them far less accurate. Throw in a clunky interface and Google starts looking even better...
Why not the Death Apple?! The chunk out of the apple would go with the dimple in the Death Star... Oh, this is good.
Maybe sudden unexpected nerfs will make up for the game design that was crippled by wasting too much time developing [for/against] cheaters... Make PVP a lot more interesting if halfway through a brawl someone gets an epic nerf...
Cynicism aside, maybe this will lead to the dynamic worlds MMOs have been promising for years.
You answered your own question...
Some may be interested in reading The God Delusion http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins /dp/0618680004/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2415610-8971103 ?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174513222&sr=8-1 by Dawkins which goes into religions' impact on society as well possible explanations of why religion may have developed in societies.
It seems that every couple weeks an article shows up where I think, 'someone should mention The God Delusion.' Suprised that more have not read it...
Yes, same with whales... Now read up on sarcasm and see if you can put my response in context.
I may be taking the flamebait here, but this makes it sound like the snakes were not on their bellies before the cursing incident. Snakes with legs wouldn't be snakes at all... Evolution is so much simpler.
Maybe they are trying to sway the spotlight from their own software, as reported last week:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060714/ap_on_hi_te/s
75% of terrorists have first names that start with a 'T'! You going to call Western Union or should I?
This coming from the guy that is making everyone look at his bone...
If that were the case I would have posted "Simpsons did it! Simpsons did it!" Toads in Australia, the sun blocking and now sorting nanotubes... It could be a new meme! Which would be almost as exciting as seeing us getting closer to molecular nanotechnology.
It is a fancy way of saying you are only storing things that relate to what you are actually trying to store. You are not going to store a customer's shirt size for a candy store.
To quote C.J. Date, the basis of good database design is "nothing more than common sense, formalized."
In regards to data mining, there are tremendous complexities in trying to line up all the information about one thing. What typically happens is that databases arise from a smaller need. A company will start logging shipments and it becomes a little database. Another department logs the shipments that they make in another database. And accounting tracks the costs of all of these shipments in yet another database. In a perfect world, all three of these databases would be able to 'communicate' with each other. I am sure that you can see the benefits of this.
The problem is that we are talking about related things in different dialects. You would think that something like two plant databases would be easy to sync up; use the scientific names. This assumes that both databases store the scientific names. And that is the main theoretical problem with data mining; identifying like elements. Then you have to worry about the technical problems.
With people however, you have many more things than a name to line up. You can compare things based on addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, etc. That is why there is potential with data mining... As long as everyone wants to give up their privacy.
In regards to the article, there are so many large organizations that do not even have a Database Administrator on staff... let alone database analysts. So in many instances, we have a lot of data sitting around (most likely in poorly designed 'databases') doing much less than it could.
I think a better question is, 'Where was that guy that does the "nothing to see here..." posts?'
_An Introduction to Database Systems_ by C.J. Date.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/032
I think that the greatest thing Date ever said was, 'The principles of database design are nothing more than formalized common sense.'
They would be better off dumb-grading their heavy-duty wares for the low-end user
Or, as a company that has a Linux version and recognizes that bringing out a complete DBMS for small applications can be overkill, it might be smart to have a smaller product that breaks a shop into PL/SQL and makes it easy to upgrade to Oracle. Plus the added bonuses of being an open source product... I think that might be what they call a strategic purchase.
They should have acquired some sort of application server to sell paired with their DB like IBM does with WebSphere and DB2.
Yeah! And they could call Oracle Application Server... oh... wait...
Or repost your comments and see if they get modded the same...
In any event, I really hope that all of this does generate some positive interest in NASA.
How could it work? As if 'French' was not bad enough... Revolution? What would they know about revolution? Now maybe the 'French Surrender Caldendar...'
I already buy my friends, so count me in!
Typingsux, you forgot to post the link.
That innovation promotes new growth/interest/markets sounds like crazy talk to me... If you do not create new game formats people will just get bored and move on... Look at golf.
As for forcing hardware upgrades, people still Atari games!
But the article said, 'the Moon is your enemy.' But cheese is my friend... I am so confused...
Did you know that 70% of statistics are made up on the spot?
Fileplanet also indicated that if you sign up for the final stress test, you are guaranteed an open beta slot. Blizzard's site says that Fileplanet only has so many slots...
I just cannot bring myself to support Fileplanet. Make me wait in line for an hour or pay money for a patch to fix a game that I already bought?
Skipping the rest of the tangent, if Blizzard needs Fileplanet to assist them with distribution, how ready are they for handling an MMRPG? I know some people that play Everquest and say that the servers are just emptying out, people are ebaying accounts like mad on the cheap. Are they heading to WoW?
Then I read that Blizzard does not have WoW balanced and is lacking character development content at the close of beta.
Blizzard has a great reputation, but are they going to ruin it on this game?
Or what if they developed a way to use a rat brain to prevent duplicate posts on Slashdot!