how great would the days of municipal WiFi and VoIP cellular-like service be? It would be wonderful to have a VoIP number that you could take with you anywhere and not have to worry about cellular minutes or where your particular service provider has placed towers. Plus, if municipal WiFi becomes a reality and internet access is something that is just provided everywhere these WiFi mobile phones could include some great features...we might even have portable video phones... wow, science fiction is once again becoming a reality! What wonderful times we live in
It's so nice to see comments such as "I am still not satisfied with the quality of the game." after being bombarded with interviews with all of those PR departments.
I don't think that a designer should ever be completely happy with a release, if that's the case then there's no room left for innovation. Some games have seemed to move to the "almost perfect" level, but the features that were added in later versions or similar titles show that there is always room for improvement.
exactly! it's much like the "extreme" marketing that we have been seeing lately. Seriously, how extreme can jell-o be? Rather than speak about a product's benefits they just show people doing stupid things while the products are nearby.
I have to link to this page or I might catch some shit for these comments.
After having to deal with passive-aggressive clients for his contracted software design work a friend of mine decided to open his own company. Having to deal with people that play games in the work environment is what's killing the modern job, it seems that no one has any balls any more. Rather than come right out and ask an employee for something they beat around the bush, and then get upset when the employee doesn't deliver. Plus, to top it all off everyone is hyper-sensitive and has gripes about feeling comfortable in their position.
If everyone would just grow some balls most of these problems in the business environment would be worked out. We are moving further and further away from a harmonious existence with all of these sensitivity laws. Once people begin to take responsibility for their own actions, good and bad, people will naturally feel a greater sense of pride in their achievements.
That is a lot of waffling, huh? It's a strange situation, though; both sides are right... to a point. I know that people aren't going to download the songs that they don't want, but taking just the songs that you like from an album without paying for them is somewhat analogous to walking into a grocery store, grabbing a box of popsicles, taking only those flavors that you enjoy out, and leaving without paying for them. Sure, the manufacturer should've made a box that had only those flavors that you enjoy, or at least offer to sell them individually, but they didn't. Then again, when downloading music there is no "real" loss; it's not like with the popsicles where your theft actually creates a product that can't be sold.
With both sides being partially correct the major problem comes in that neither side is willing to give a little up. Now that there are avenues from which to purchase individual songs(ITunes Music store, et al) there is no reason to still be pirating music, but people are still downloading without paying. The original defense for the pirating of music was that the content was lacking, that the albums only contained one or two good songs, that we'd pay for the songs that we like. If this were really the case, no one would be pirating music any more, but people still are.
As I said before, it's a really strange situation; from the outside one can see the merits of both side's arguments, but once you align yourself with either side you become almost blind.
It's wonderful to see these cases finally being decided in a sane manner. Hopefully this is just the start of a long string. Although I agree that artists should be compensated for their work, I don't think that trying to make an example of a 13 year old girl is the way to go about garnering public support for copyright enforcement.
This issue is now somewhat cloudy for me, from a consumer's point of view it is wonderful to get free content; from a producer's point of view it is wonderful to sell content. We can't really have both situations at the same time, so I agree that the content providers should have to actually produce a good product in order to make consumers want to pay for it, but I also don't think that someone should be stealing a Brittany Spears album despite its not being worth $16. Then again, I do agree that consumers should be able to download music to have a listen before they buy; perhaps someone needs to form an association similar to the RIAA, but that embraces the concept of worthwhile content that can be used without restriction. Maybe just a recording studio that does it?
I don't necessarily agree with the mod myself, but I do still support my original thought.
I'm not saying that I dislike the addition of certain extras to the cellular phone platform; the thing that I have a problem with is that they are not refining the features that they do have before they add new ones.
For the record, my last cell phone did have a camera, and I used it to play lots of games; my new cell phone has GPS functionality and a walkie talkie function. I do like these features, but I would gladly exchange them for better coverage. Even if my phone would have to be 20% larger to accomodate a larger battery. And if you trace my cell phone purchases you'll see that I purchased one of the first PDA phones, and have always been an early adopter.
I just wish that the cellular phone manufacturers would choose a better development path. Don't try to cram the phone with features and troubleshoot the bugs later. Make sure to test everything. It's great to have e-mail on my phone, if it works, but it's just a bell/whistle if it doesn't.
I would like the situation much more if TiVo were to give the option of reduced hardware with a one year contract or full price hardware with no contract. That way the choice would be in the user's hands.
I liked the Palm OS because I learned Graffiti when the original Palm came out. It really was a nice, no-nonsense OS, it did everything that I wanted it to do and left out features that I didn't need. I think that sadly many users don't care about the actual functionality, but want to have stupid bells and whistles; just look at the cell phone market today... people own phones that record video, record audio notes, have specialized ringtones, have flashing lights, have changeable faceplates, and can play games, but most of the time they can't get service inside a building... shouldn't that problem be addressed first?
Should we just throw up our hands and give up, or should we look for a way to stop some human suffering and large scale economic loss?
Maybe we should just give up; hurricanes are part of the natural weather cycle, we already cause the climate to change enough through massive pollution. Rather than try to push the world more and more out of its harmonious balance we should look for ways to thrive within it. There's no reason that people can't get out of the way of a hurricane, we know about them days in advance.
And dealing with the economic loss is just the cost of playing; when someone chooses to reside within an area that is prone to hurricanes they should be prepared for the possibility of hurricane damage. Insurance companies exist to help the individual spread their losses out over time, and often times an area that is devastated by a hurricane ends up being rebuilt for the better. Granted areas like Port Charlotte still look a little like war zones, but many of the residents have new homes now. And the jobs created fixing hurricane damage helped a lot of people make money.
Linux could be perceived, and maybe it is perceived by the Microsoft elitist types, as a bunch of loose cannon hacker coders that put some piece of code into the cauldron and there isn't any governing entity to keep them in check.
The governing entity in charge of linux is the users and developers. Users submit bug reports that are actually acknowledged by the development team and addressed. Also when an individual submits code, that code is scrutinized by many, many others. If the code is poorly written someone will say something, or might even rewrite it. At MS I doubt that someone's code will be rewritten by another employee, who has his own workload, if the code seems to work.
I'm glad that MS has reworked their OS from scratch, I might actually try it out again; as it is now I only troubleshoot it.
I don't think that the male bits render as nicely. To make a good female form you want everything tight and smooth, but a male form would need some pretty serious physics to get everything draping correctly.
We couldn't very well "penalize" people for choosing a particular career field by requiring them to evaluate a certain number of patents per year. So we'd have to have a system similar to the system that selects people for jury duty now. So that would mean that we would have the average citizen reviewing patents, sadly the average citizen seems barely literate. I think this system would cause more trouble than it's worth.
they do always have the option of building command line applications.
They can learn the basics of programming without having to worry about the GUI. The codeless web browser would probably be a little better near the end of the class, something to spark their interest for further exploration. Also, there are many projects that can be completed without having to worry about some of the more complex aspects of Cocoa.
It might actually be good to start the students on the path to learning Cocoa. With X-code and interface builder a large number of fairly powerful applications can be constructed with very minimal coding, but the students will have the option to code 'till their heart's content.
Interface builder would allow students to even go as far as building a fully functional web browser without having to touch any code, and since it is free you wouldn't have to invest much into your startup.
I suppose that the only drawback would be that the student's applications would run only on Mac, but the last time I visited a high school there were plenty of Macs available to work on.
not saying that, I was merely pointing out that most of the developers that I know appreciate this sort of thing. Introducing IP law brings in an entirely new discussion, but knowing that the people who spent the time making the products enjoy when others extend the life of their work might sway a few of those who think that IP laws are perfect in their current form away from the beliefs that they currently hold.
...that a lot more developers of these classic games feel this way, but just do not comment on it.
Most of the developers that I've met think that creating ports of older games or emulators for older systems is a testament to the quality of what they made.
Has anyone heard anything about the number of units that will be ready by the launch date? Are we going to have to deal with fist fights in Toys-R-Us again?
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how great would the days of municipal WiFi and VoIP cellular-like service be? It would be wonderful to have a VoIP number that you could take with you anywhere and not have to worry about cellular minutes or where your particular service provider has placed towers. Plus, if municipal WiFi becomes a reality and internet access is something that is just provided everywhere these WiFi mobile phones could include some great features...we might even have portable video phones... wow, science fiction is once again becoming a reality! What wonderful times we live in
It's so nice to see comments such as "I am still not satisfied with the quality of the game." after being bombarded with interviews with all of those PR departments.
I don't think that a designer should ever be completely happy with a release, if that's the case then there's no room left for innovation. Some games have seemed to move to the "almost perfect" level, but the features that were added in later versions or similar titles show that there is always room for improvement.
I have to link to this page or I might catch some shit for these comments.
After having to deal with passive-aggressive clients for his contracted software design work a friend of mine decided to open his own company. Having to deal with people that play games in the work environment is what's killing the modern job, it seems that no one has any balls any more. Rather than come right out and ask an employee for something they beat around the bush, and then get upset when the employee doesn't deliver. Plus, to top it all off everyone is hyper-sensitive and has gripes about feeling comfortable in their position.
If everyone would just grow some balls most of these problems in the business environment would be worked out. We are moving further and further away from a harmonious existence with all of these sensitivity laws. Once people begin to take responsibility for their own actions, good and bad, people will naturally feel a greater sense of pride in their achievements.
With both sides being partially correct the major problem comes in that neither side is willing to give a little up. Now that there are avenues from which to purchase individual songs(ITunes Music store, et al) there is no reason to still be pirating music, but people are still downloading without paying. The original defense for the pirating of music was that the content was lacking, that the albums only contained one or two good songs, that we'd pay for the songs that we like. If this were really the case, no one would be pirating music any more, but people still are.
As I said before, it's a really strange situation; from the outside one can see the merits of both side's arguments, but once you align yourself with either side you become almost blind.
It's wonderful to see these cases finally being decided in a sane manner. Hopefully this is just the start of a long string. Although I agree that artists should be compensated for their work, I don't think that trying to make an example of a 13 year old girl is the way to go about garnering public support for copyright enforcement.
This issue is now somewhat cloudy for me, from a consumer's point of view it is wonderful to get free content; from a producer's point of view it is wonderful to sell content. We can't really have both situations at the same time, so I agree that the content providers should have to actually produce a good product in order to make consumers want to pay for it, but I also don't think that someone should be stealing a Brittany Spears album despite its not being worth $16. Then again, I do agree that consumers should be able to download music to have a listen before they buy; perhaps someone needs to form an association similar to the RIAA, but that embraces the concept of worthwhile content that can be used without restriction. Maybe just a recording studio that does it?
I don't necessarily agree with the mod myself, but I do still support my original thought.
I'm not saying that I dislike the addition of certain extras to the cellular phone platform; the thing that I have a problem with is that they are not refining the features that they do have before they add new ones.
For the record, my last cell phone did have a camera, and I used it to play lots of games; my new cell phone has GPS functionality and a walkie talkie function. I do like these features, but I would gladly exchange them for better coverage. Even if my phone would have to be 20% larger to accomodate a larger battery. And if you trace my cell phone purchases you'll see that I purchased one of the first PDA phones, and have always been an early adopter.
I just wish that the cellular phone manufacturers would choose a better development path. Don't try to cram the phone with features and troubleshoot the bugs later. Make sure to test everything. It's great to have e-mail on my phone, if it works, but it's just a bell/whistle if it doesn't.
I would like the situation much more if TiVo were to give the option of reduced hardware with a one year contract or full price hardware with no contract. That way the choice would be in the user's hands.
I liked the Palm OS because I learned Graffiti when the original Palm came out. It really was a nice, no-nonsense OS, it did everything that I wanted it to do and left out features that I didn't need. I think that sadly many users don't care about the actual functionality, but want to have stupid bells and whistles; just look at the cell phone market today... people own phones that record video, record audio notes, have specialized ringtones, have flashing lights, have changeable faceplates, and can play games, but most of the time they can't get service inside a building... shouldn't that problem be addressed first?
Maybe we should just give up; hurricanes are part of the natural weather cycle, we already cause the climate to change enough through massive pollution. Rather than try to push the world more and more out of its harmonious balance we should look for ways to thrive within it. There's no reason that people can't get out of the way of a hurricane, we know about them days in advance.
And dealing with the economic loss is just the cost of playing; when someone chooses to reside within an area that is prone to hurricanes they should be prepared for the possibility of hurricane damage. Insurance companies exist to help the individual spread their losses out over time, and often times an area that is devastated by a hurricane ends up being rebuilt for the better. Granted areas like Port Charlotte still look a little like war zones, but many of the residents have new homes now. And the jobs created fixing hurricane damage helped a lot of people make money.
The governing entity in charge of linux is the users and developers. Users submit bug reports that are actually acknowledged by the development team and addressed. Also when an individual submits code, that code is scrutinized by many, many others. If the code is poorly written someone will say something, or might even rewrite it. At MS I doubt that someone's code will be rewritten by another employee, who has his own workload, if the code seems to work.
I'm glad that MS has reworked their OS from scratch, I might actually try it out again; as it is now I only troubleshoot it.
This does look like a really fun idea, but if only I could get it in something other than a rabbit... Maybe a 23cm Hooters girl?
keep in mind that with the included attachments this controller essentially becomes a "standard" controller.
Plus, who really wants to see a bunch of dudes? :p
http://itronix.com/
This laptop looks awesome, but why is it still running Windows?
We couldn't very well "penalize" people for choosing a particular career field by requiring them to evaluate a certain number of patents per year. So we'd have to have a system similar to the system that selects people for jury duty now. So that would mean that we would have the average citizen reviewing patents, sadly the average citizen seems barely literate. I think this system would cause more trouble than it's worth.
in this case wouldn't the master password from the user serve as the salt?
they do always have the option of building command line applications.
They can learn the basics of programming without having to worry about the GUI. The codeless web browser would probably be a little better near the end of the class, something to spark their interest for further exploration. Also, there are many projects that can be completed without having to worry about some of the more complex aspects of Cocoa.
It might actually be good to start the students on the path to learning Cocoa. With X-code and interface builder a large number of fairly powerful applications can be constructed with very minimal coding, but the students will have the option to code 'till their heart's content.
Interface builder would allow students to even go as far as building a fully functional web browser without having to touch any code, and since it is free you wouldn't have to invest much into your startup.
I suppose that the only drawback would be that the student's applications would run only on Mac, but the last time I visited a high school there were plenty of Macs available to work on.
I hope that someone will create a piece of hardware that copies information from the old memory cards to the memorystick.
not saying that, I was merely pointing out that most of the developers that I know appreciate this sort of thing. Introducing IP law brings in an entirely new discussion, but knowing that the people who spent the time making the products enjoy when others extend the life of their work might sway a few of those who think that IP laws are perfect in their current form away from the beliefs that they currently hold.
...that a lot more developers of these classic games feel this way, but just do not comment on it.
Most of the developers that I've met think that creating ports of older games or emulators for older systems is a testament to the quality of what they made.
Has anyone heard anything about the number of units that will be ready by the launch date? Are we going to have to deal with fist fights in Toys-R-Us again?