Have a look at the big guys' recruitment pages and click through to all the game specific roles. There's EA and Activision to start with, and a bunch of smaller places around - check the listings on the most recent metacritic game reviews to find company names if you're drawing a blank. The job-ads are going to give you a far better idea than most of what we can come up with.
I clicked through to a random Bioware position and they were asking for
Master’s degree in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field. In the alternative, we will accept a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field, plus five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered, or as Software Develope
as well as a variety of random experience and specific programming knowledge.
So it's a little of column A and a little of column B really - portfolio and degree combined.
So, in other words, just like any other field - you need a diverse background, and experience is a big plus.
not necessarily true that Apple will allow iPads to run other operating systems going forward. That's typically not a level of openness found in the Apple playbook.
Since when did Apple disallow other OSes from running on its hardware? Back in the day, I recall Windows NT 4 running natively, and I've since seen XP and Linux running on Apple hardware with no modifications to the machine.
Neither is at all practical at the moment, but there's no reason they shouldn't work in theory, just like the analytical engine was in Babbage's day. And, like the engine, in 150 years, we'll be talking about how the idea changed everything.
fwiw, I *hope* that in 150 years I'll be able to talk:)
I have to correct you, random on the Internet. MRI magnet field strengths tend to be around 1.5 to 3 Teslas, depending on the intent of the machine. Research units are more powerful for better resolution, routine imaging units are less powerful because they are cheaper. There are "open concept" units as well for use with claustrophobes, but these are weaker because of the design trade-off.
IAARN.
The open MRI designs are in the multi-T range now, too
Currents are only induced by time-changing magnetic fields, not by a constant gradient. The field strength they used for the frog was 16 T, I think. That's on the order of field strength they use for MRI. When MRIs use rapidly-changing fields, there are noticeable, but not particularly painful, neural effects. I've personally been near 5+ T static fields, and it's entirely uninteresting.
MRIs typically operate in the 0.5-3.0T range - not 16T
Many heart problems can be solved through prevention; sadly, the same cannot be said for many neurological conditions.
That's right. Just stop the smoking, drinking heavily, stop the junk food and get out and get some moderate exercise would prevent many if not most of the heart disease (and stroke) in the World. Not smoking would also prevent a lot of impotence too. It would be much more cost effective to spend a fraction of the money on education than whiz bang, usually obscenely expensive, gadgetry.
We already do spend money on "education" in all those areas - we still smoke, eat junk food, and laze around all day because we like things tht are enjoyable and not so much the things that will benefit us
A first-class train ticket to travel between the two cities is estimated to cost more than 100 yuan ($14.90), which is twice the existing fare, Jiefang Daily reported.
I've done this journey a lot of times, the last time being three weeks ago. The current high speed trains (hitting about 170kph) cost Y54 (2nd class) or Y64 (1st class).
Your own data supports the [approximate] "doube" figure - last I checked, 100 is about twice 54.
It would still be nice to have a single way to keep my bookmarks from my work machine in sync with my home machines and my mobile devices without exerting much effort.
You could set your browser prefs to save their bookmarks to Dropbox, and then they'd be the same everywhere.
Who writes checks anymore (I think we write 1 or two a month at most and have bought from a private printer for 25 years)? Who needs to use an out-of-network ATM (there has always been a B of A ATM within a mile of where I am and every store in the U.S. takes my ATM card)? Who would even consider using a bank for collecting interest (there hasn't been a decent interest rate anywhere that compares to private credit unions)?
I have been with B of A for 15 years and never paid a fee or bought checks from them. The online bill pay is priceless and works perfectly every time. When I made an error, they helped me fix it, and put the money back instantly. I have two college kids on their own accounts and they are free too. The bank has helped them several times when they were still minors and made mistakes.
Business accounts may be a different matter but personal account are free and so easy.
Who writes more than one or two checks a month? Well, my family does: rent, utilities (both required to be checks), donations to our church and other organizations (easily trackable for tax purposes if needed), small organization events (fund raising dinners, etc), and others come to mind. On average, we're in the neighborhood of 4 a month, some months as high as 15.
It's happened before. Both ways. Acceptable words become unacceptable, and vice versa.
For example: "faggot". In Britain, it's a slang term for a cigarette (as in the US pre-~1900 it meant a burning piece of brush or kindling used to start a larger fire). Now it refers to male homosexuals (in the US, at least).
I can see why an employer would want the device to be restrictive as it pertains to getting these in the hands of users. I deal with that at work all the time. If you don't like your local school district policies you should lobby to change them. After all you'll have a far better chance of implementing change at that level than you ever will in Washington.
And for those folks in Australia, effecting change in Washington isn't really a high priority, I'm sure:)
Go to the local goodwill. These places also prefer cash, which is a big advantage to those who are in that field of work.
... or do like me and buy 3-5 pairs of shoes when they're on sale (like they always are somewhere) when you buy new ones.. then rotate through them so they wear more-or-less evenly
Or now know to change shoes after committing a crime. Just switch in a crowded place and dump them in the trash at same crowded public place. Like stolen cars used for crime, remember to switch crime-shoes early and often.
Even with such databases being used *ALL THE DAMN TIME* in shows like CSI... folks still do stupid things when committing crimes.
And I saw them awe or "encourage" most of the acquisitionees from the company I worked-for when we were bought in 2007. By now, 60-70% of them have left.
Well, the Eisenhower Interstate System was proposed to allow fast movement of defense equipment (a la the Autobahn) in the event of war. President nee General Eisenhower saw the system the Germans had while he was in Europe, and wanted to mimic it here.
My grandfather worked on several chunk of highway in New York in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and [almost] all of the curves and grades were radiused for 75mph in commonly-available cars (ie, a 1950s BelAir... not a Corvette).
High heels are generally banned for flight attendants due to the potential of damaging the aluminum aircraft floors.
I agree - I've never seen heels on any flight attendant anywhere in the world that I've yet flown (Delta, Northwest, United, US Air, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, American, Continental, Southwest, JetBlue...)
"They are trained for safety and security purposes, including crashes and hijacking."
They exist because of government regulations mandating certain staffing levels and minimal emergency abilities. Sorry, but anyone who wears high heals is not there for safety and security purposes. That apparel in direct opposition to effective safety and security measures is allowed to be worn indicates that their primary purpose lies elsewhere.
What airlines do you fly on that have high-heeled attendants?
Slight difference: when locomotive driver fails the deadman's switch kicks in and the train stops. Or in an extreme case: part of the tracks are powered down so the train will cruise to a halt.
There 's no deadman's switch in a plane and where would it go if it did? Trains are riding on terra firma. Plane's will crash either way.
Same with the discussion about bus drivers. Bus driver fails --> passenger takes over --> stops bus in controlled fashion. Pilot fails --> passenger has 0 skills --> plane goes down.
Wouldn't powering-down the rails only help on an electric train?
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Have a look at the big guys' recruitment pages and click through to all the game specific roles. There's EA and Activision to start with, and a bunch of smaller places around - check the listings on the most recent metacritic game reviews to find company names if you're drawing a blank. The job-ads are going to give you a far better idea than most of what we can come up with. I clicked through to a random Bioware position and they were asking for
as well as a variety of random experience and specific programming knowledge. So it's a little of column A and a little of column B really - portfolio and degree combined.
So, in other words, just like any other field - you need a diverse background, and experience is a big plus.
not necessarily true that Apple will allow iPads to run other operating systems going forward. That's typically not a level of openness found in the Apple playbook.
Since when did Apple disallow other OSes from running on its hardware? Back in the day, I recall Windows NT 4 running natively, and I've since seen XP and Linux running on Apple hardware with no modifications to the machine.
Fire and electricity were discovered, not invented..... and BEER.
"BEER", as we know it today, was certainly "invented" - but fermented sugars producing alcohol and being consumed was definitely a discovery
Neither is at all practical at the moment, but there's no reason they shouldn't work in theory, just like the analytical engine was in Babbage's day. And, like the engine, in 150 years, we'll be talking about how the idea changed everything.
fwiw, I *hope* that in 150 years I'll be able to talk :)
isn’t ready for a leap.... i.e. Microsoft Sync
Don't you mean, stumble?
Haven't you heard the Microsoft Car jokes?
Jokes aside, the SYNC system is really nice
I have to correct you, random on the Internet. MRI magnet field strengths tend to be around 1.5 to 3 Teslas, depending on the intent of the machine. Research units are more powerful for better resolution, routine imaging units are less powerful because they are cheaper. There are "open concept" units as well for use with claustrophobes, but these are weaker because of the design trade-off.
IAARN.
The open MRI designs are in the multi-T range now, too
Currents are only induced by time-changing magnetic fields, not by a constant gradient. The field strength they used for the frog was 16 T, I think. That's on the order of field strength they use for MRI. When MRIs use rapidly-changing fields, there are noticeable, but not particularly painful, neural effects. I've personally been near 5+ T static fields, and it's entirely uninteresting.
MRIs typically operate in the 0.5-3.0T range - not 16T
Another example of a place like this - the Movie Tavern
I'm not supper fond of Windows, but I loathe developing Flash.
I'm more brunch fond of Windows, myself .. gives it more time to digest before bed
Many heart problems can be solved through prevention; sadly, the same cannot be said for many neurological conditions.
That's right. Just stop the smoking, drinking heavily, stop the junk food and get out and get some moderate exercise would prevent many if not most of the heart disease (and stroke) in the World. Not smoking would also prevent a lot of impotence too. It would be much more cost effective to spend a fraction of the money on education than whiz bang, usually obscenely expensive, gadgetry.
We already do spend money on "education" in all those areas - we still smoke, eat junk food, and laze around all day because we like things tht are enjoyable and not so much the things that will benefit us
The article's full of errors:
I've done this journey a lot of times, the last time being three weeks ago. The current high speed trains (hitting about 170kph) cost Y54 (2nd class) or Y64 (1st class).
Your own data supports the [approximate] "doube" figure - last I checked, 100 is about twice 54.
Wasn't this already figured out by Ancient Greek mathematicians?
Are you referring to that old "Angle of the dangle, mass of the meat something, something" calculation?
I always thought it was "heat of the meat"...
You could set your browser prefs to save their bookmarks to Dropbox, and then they'd be the same everywhere.
Who writes checks anymore (I think we write 1 or two a month at most and have bought from a private printer for 25 years)? Who needs to use an out-of-network ATM (there has always been a B of A ATM within a mile of where I am and every store in the U.S. takes my ATM card)? Who would even consider using a bank for collecting interest (there hasn't been a decent interest rate anywhere that compares to private credit unions)? I have been with B of A for 15 years and never paid a fee or bought checks from them. The online bill pay is priceless and works perfectly every time. When I made an error, they helped me fix it, and put the money back instantly. I have two college kids on their own accounts and they are free too. The bank has helped them several times when they were still minors and made mistakes. Business accounts may be a different matter but personal account are free and so easy.
Who writes more than one or two checks a month? Well, my family does: rent, utilities (both required to be checks), donations to our church and other organizations (easily trackable for tax purposes if needed), small organization events (fund raising dinners, etc), and others come to mind. On average, we're in the neighborhood of 4 a month, some months as high as 15.
It's happened before. Both ways. Acceptable words become unacceptable, and vice versa.
For example: "faggot". In Britain, it's a slang term for a cigarette (as in the US pre-~1900 it meant a burning piece of brush or kindling used to start a larger fire). Now it refers to male homosexuals (in the US, at least).
I can see why an employer would want the device to be restrictive as it pertains to getting these in the hands of users. I deal with that at work all the time. If you don't like your local school district policies you should lobby to change them. After all you'll have a far better chance of implementing change at that level than you ever will in Washington.
And for those folks in Australia, effecting change in Washington isn't really a high priority, I'm sure :)
"YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video"
How do we have a biennial of creative video when video didn't exist 200 years ago?
Go to the local goodwill. These places also prefer cash, which is a big advantage to those who are in that field of work.
... or do like me and buy 3-5 pairs of shoes when they're on sale (like they always are somewhere) when you buy new ones.. then rotate through them so they wear more-or-less evenly
Or now know to change shoes after committing a crime. Just switch in a crowded place and dump them in the trash at same crowded public place. Like stolen cars used for crime, remember to switch crime-shoes early and often.
Even with such databases being used *ALL THE DAMN TIME* in shows like CSI... folks still do stupid things when committing crimes.
And I saw them awe or "encourage" most of the acquisitionees from the company I worked-for when we were bought in 2007. By now, 60-70% of them have left.
Well, the Eisenhower Interstate System was proposed to allow fast movement of defense equipment (a la the Autobahn) in the event of war. President nee General Eisenhower saw the system the Germans had while he was in Europe, and wanted to mimic it here.
See Interstate Highway System
My grandfather worked on several chunk of highway in New York in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and [almost] all of the curves and grades were radiused for 75mph in commonly-available cars (ie, a 1950s BelAir... not a Corvette).
removing the uniforms? sounds good. :p
...not on MOST of the flights I've been on...
High heels are generally banned for flight attendants due to the potential of damaging the aluminum aircraft floors.
I agree - I've never seen heels on any flight attendant anywhere in the world that I've yet flown (Delta, Northwest, United, US Air, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, American, Continental, Southwest, JetBlue...)
"They are trained for safety and security purposes, including crashes and hijacking."
They exist because of government regulations mandating certain staffing levels and minimal emergency abilities. Sorry, but anyone who wears high heals is not there for safety and security purposes. That apparel in direct opposition to effective safety and security measures is allowed to be worn indicates that their primary purpose lies elsewhere.
What airlines do you fly on that have high-heeled attendants?
Slight difference: when locomotive driver fails the deadman's switch kicks in and the train stops. Or in an extreme case: part of the tracks are powered down so the train will cruise to a halt. There 's no deadman's switch in a plane and where would it go if it did? Trains are riding on terra firma. Plane's will crash either way. Same with the discussion about bus drivers. Bus driver fails --> passenger takes over --> stops bus in controlled fashion. Pilot fails --> passenger has 0 skills --> plane goes down.
Wouldn't powering-down the rails only help on an electric train?