Yeah, but if you combine the (slick, cool, popular, etc) iPod with the cel phone, the cel phone automatically becomes much cooler, less dorky, and more popular. And thus much less likely to get beat up.
You don't think those two brand images clash just a tiny little bit there? Apple even sold iPods at trendier Target long before they sold them at Wal-Mart - and I'm pretty sure it's still only the HP-branded ones being sold at Wal-Mart. I can't imagine the two ever co-branding something. And you know that Apple's brand image is everything to them.
I haven't read the book, so I have no clue whether it goes into this. But it's well-known in the field of cognition right now that experts process information within their fields very differently from the way novices process it. A common example is that a chess master can memorize a chess board setup in a few seconds, because their brain automatically breaks it down into useful chunks (moves, etc), whereas a novice has to memorize it piece by piece and has a lot more trouble. That's a pretty basic example that only involves memorizing, but the whole thing extends much further. Experts approach problem-solving within their field in a more intuitive way than novices, and of course what this involves changes in every field.
It would be interesting to see an analysis of how expert computer programmers process code vs how novices do it, with a focus on moving people from novice to expert status. What you describe sounds possible for just reading code, but the more important side is taking the idea of what you want the computer to do and then translating it into the code. I'm betting that expert programmers go about this MUCH differently from novices.
If you want to kill local turncoats, and know who they are, why set off bombs that are also going to kill whatever dozen innocent passerby happen to be around? People have been killing one person at a time in numerous ways throughout human history, I find it hard to believe that bombs are the most targeted weapon they could use.
OMG it's on gamecube? I didn't know that. I've been wavering for quite a while between "give in and get a used gamecube + GBA adapter" or "wait for Revolution"... The news about Revolution's downloadable classic games I thought had swayed me, but with this new information...
Have you ever played Tetris Attack for SNES? Best. Game. Ever. Apparently there was a pokemon version on N64, but I've never played it. Of course, it bore little resemblance to the original Tetris, only that it involved clearing squares from a board in some way before they reached the top. But the squares fill the board from side to side (for the most part), slide up the screen, and you flip adjacent squares to line up similar colors to clear them. Sooooo addictive. The main reason I will never give up my SNES (unless they release a nostalgia version for the Revolution...)
Well, it does give insight into how the people who buy these "fluffy" programs think and why they are willing to pay $40 for them. The GP couldn't understand why people like them, so isn't that just the kind of insight it was asking for?
Actually, I've noticed that usually when someone says the court is legislating, it's because they struck down a law that the person liked. Like with the sodomy laws, or laws against gay marriage. Upholding laws can't really be construed as legislating, because they're not changing the law at all - but when they declare a law unconstitutional, they are making changes to the laws in a way.
I would imagine about the same impact they have on book, CD, and video/DVD sales? And probably similar to the impact of renting on sales - the fact that it's free will be balanced out by the fact that each library only has one, maybe two copies of each game, whereas each Blockbuster probably has dozens of the most popular ones.
In other words, I doubt the game companies are fretting. If anything, it's free try-before-you-buy advertising.
gaming is about short-term pleasure, not the long haul.
I hope most people designing games don't have that attitude. I'd much rather buy a game that I know I can enjoy multiple times than one I'll never want to replay. I can play Super Mario 3 over and over again, even though I know where all the stuff is. There are a lot of SNES games that I've played multiple times through - I just have to give myself a few months to forget some of the details.
If I'm only going to play a game once, I'd rather just rent it.
The only console I own is a SNES. I don't like 3D games very much, I don't like shooters at all. There are a few on GameCube I like (such as Zelda 4 Swords and Paper Mario - both being basically 2D!). Games are just much better when the people who made them care about the gameplay, not making the graphics as cool as humanly possible. Of course, there are some nice graphics in those two Gamecube games I mentioned - but they're not going for photorealism. I like cartoony graphics better than realistic ones, anyhow.
Slashdot is very similar to a moderated community on LiveJournal (albeit on a much, much larger scale). People submit posts, the moderator chooses which ones go through to the community, and all community members (and in some, people who aren't members and/or anonymous posters) can comment freely on them.
I agree that this is not what people are talking about when they talk about spam, but it *is* a type of blogging, and not one that is entirely unique to Slashdot.
Honestly, if I were a PC gamer, I'd treat it as another console. I'd have a PC for gaming, and a Mac for doing everything else. Because PCs do games better, and OS X does just about everything else better - the right tool for the job. If your current PC is still running fine, there's no reason to toss it if you get a Mac Mini - keep it around for gaming.
Ok, let's pretend for a minute that it was mainly IBM's decision rather than Apple's. (I'm not sure it really matters either way.)
"Rug being pulled out from under them" implies that it was a complete surprise that they were totally unprepared for. But they've been developing OS X for Intel machines for five years now, and Rosetta for at least a couple years. It's more like someone standing on a rug, who's been weaving themselves a new rug the whole time just in case, so that if anyone does pull it out they can just jump at the right moment, throw down the new rug, and keep standing there. There might be a small stumble, but they're not going to fall flat on their face because it didn't take them entirely by surprise.
Didn't Apple announce that they'd be adding podcasting support at WWDC? So I doubt this is in response to a third-party app that appears to have been released more than a week after WWDC.
The Shuffle pricing seems kind of odd now. I'd been hoping to get one of the $99 ones sometime soon, but now I don't see the point when you can get twice the storage for 130% the price. I guess they're getting ready to phase out the 512MB and add on a 2GB or something? I can't see why else they'd do something that seems so likely to cannibalize sales of the 512MB.
You don't even have to be a student - just be somehow marginally connected with some kind of educational institution. Have a kid? Or a sibling? Do any work for a university?
I don't really understand reading random blogs. The few times I've done it, I've rarely found much that's interesting.
But I have a LiveJournal. So do a lot of my friends from high school and college. I can easily read up on their lives by reading my friends page, and they can do the same, and we can all comment on each other. It's put me back in touch with people I hadn't talked to in months.
I'm also a member of several LJ communities. These aren't much different from traditional message boards, but because I can view them in my friends list as well, I get everything integrated into one place. It's more convenient than checking five different message boards about various topics.
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Yeah, but if you combine the (slick, cool, popular, etc) iPod with the cel phone, the cel phone automatically becomes much cooler, less dorky, and more popular. And thus much less likely to get beat up.
You don't think those two brand images clash just a tiny little bit there? Apple even sold iPods at trendier Target long before they sold them at Wal-Mart - and I'm pretty sure it's still only the HP-branded ones being sold at Wal-Mart. I can't imagine the two ever co-branding something. And you know that Apple's brand image is everything to them.
It would be interesting to see an analysis of how expert computer programmers process code vs how novices do it, with a focus on moving people from novice to expert status. What you describe sounds possible for just reading code, but the more important side is taking the idea of what you want the computer to do and then translating it into the code. I'm betting that expert programmers go about this MUCH differently from novices.
If you want to kill local turncoats, and know who they are, why set off bombs that are also going to kill whatever dozen innocent passerby happen to be around? People have been killing one person at a time in numerous ways throughout human history, I find it hard to believe that bombs are the most targeted weapon they could use.
Thanks, I'll let the owner of the site know.
OMG it's on gamecube? I didn't know that. I've been wavering for quite a while between "give in and get a used gamecube + GBA adapter" or "wait for Revolution"... The news about Revolution's downloadable classic games I thought had swayed me, but with this new information...
Have you ever played Tetris Attack for SNES? Best. Game. Ever. Apparently there was a pokemon version on N64, but I've never played it. Of course, it bore little resemblance to the original Tetris, only that it involved clearing squares from a board in some way before they reached the top. But the squares fill the board from side to side (for the most part), slide up the screen, and you flip adjacent squares to line up similar colors to clear them. Sooooo addictive. The main reason I will never give up my SNES (unless they release a nostalgia version for the Revolution...)
... And would you blow up your fellow Latvians just to try and scare the invaders away?
Well, it does give insight into how the people who buy these "fluffy" programs think and why they are willing to pay $40 for them. The GP couldn't understand why people like them, so isn't that just the kind of insight it was asking for?
I was doing a bit better. I got to "my reflexes aren't as good as these kids" and then went back and double-check the 21 year thing.
Actually, I've noticed that usually when someone says the court is legislating, it's because they struck down a law that the person liked. Like with the sodomy laws, or laws against gay marriage. Upholding laws can't really be construed as legislating, because they're not changing the law at all - but when they declare a law unconstitutional, they are making changes to the laws in a way.
In other words, I doubt the game companies are fretting. If anything, it's free try-before-you-buy advertising.
I hope most people designing games don't have that attitude. I'd much rather buy a game that I know I can enjoy multiple times than one I'll never want to replay. I can play Super Mario 3 over and over again, even though I know where all the stuff is. There are a lot of SNES games that I've played multiple times through - I just have to give myself a few months to forget some of the details.
If I'm only going to play a game once, I'd rather just rent it.
The only console I own is a SNES. I don't like 3D games very much, I don't like shooters at all. There are a few on GameCube I like (such as Zelda 4 Swords and Paper Mario - both being basically 2D!). Games are just much better when the people who made them care about the gameplay, not making the graphics as cool as humanly possible. Of course, there are some nice graphics in those two Gamecube games I mentioned - but they're not going for photorealism. I like cartoony graphics better than realistic ones, anyhow.
I agree that this is not what people are talking about when they talk about spam, but it *is* a type of blogging, and not one that is entirely unique to Slashdot.
Honestly, if I were a PC gamer, I'd treat it as another console. I'd have a PC for gaming, and a Mac for doing everything else. Because PCs do games better, and OS X does just about everything else better - the right tool for the job. If your current PC is still running fine, there's no reason to toss it if you get a Mac Mini - keep it around for gaming.
Smart of you to post as an AC, so we can't rub your face in your mispredictions later.
"Rug being pulled out from under them" implies that it was a complete surprise that they were totally unprepared for. But they've been developing OS X for Intel machines for five years now, and Rosetta for at least a couple years. It's more like someone standing on a rug, who's been weaving themselves a new rug the whole time just in case, so that if anyone does pull it out they can just jump at the right moment, throw down the new rug, and keep standing there. There might be a small stumble, but they're not going to fall flat on their face because it didn't take them entirely by surprise.
Wow, the Intel announcement made your PowerMac stop working? Jeez, I'm glad I didn't get one of those. My eMac still works just fine.
Didn't Apple announce that they'd be adding podcasting support at WWDC? So I doubt this is in response to a third-party app that appears to have been released more than a week after WWDC.
The Shuffle pricing seems kind of odd now. I'd been hoping to get one of the $99 ones sometime soon, but now I don't see the point when you can get twice the storage for 130% the price. I guess they're getting ready to phase out the 512MB and add on a 2GB or something? I can't see why else they'd do something that seems so likely to cannibalize sales of the 512MB.
Uh, I think the Dept line may be insinuating that the "genre" is the waste of time, not iTunes.
You don't even have to be a student - just be somehow marginally connected with some kind of educational institution. Have a kid? Or a sibling? Do any work for a university?
But I have a LiveJournal. So do a lot of my friends from high school and college. I can easily read up on their lives by reading my friends page, and they can do the same, and we can all comment on each other. It's put me back in touch with people I hadn't talked to in months.
I'm also a member of several LJ communities. These aren't much different from traditional message boards, but because I can view them in my friends list as well, I get everything integrated into one place. It's more convenient than checking five different message boards about various topics.
That's why I use blogs.
In my mind, associating something with PeTA is a pretty strong condemnation, not to be taken lightly. Could you show some evidence?