And that piece on Van Jones? Play a lot of spooky music, put a grainy filter on the videos, and take a couple of quotes from an angry and radicalized past (if you had been arrested for protesting social injustice Im sure you'd be mad too) and somehow link them to the man's current line of work. Also, keep emphasizing that he was arrested at protests like it was because he was in the wrong, ignoring that lots of people are falsely arresting during protests because of our police-lite-state
I didn't know anything about Van Jones before watching this video and to me he seems like a stand up guy who is a very ardent and very vocal supporter of human and civil rights.
Nobody just shows up to your door and asks if you want to date or hang out.
Lots of above posters have suggested great things. The biggest thing to remember is to just DO SOMETHING.
Go to a class - cooking, dancing, photography, poetry, reading, etc
Develop a physical hobby - working out, martial arts, running, biking, climbing, hiking, tennis, soccer, basketball, softball
Go to a book store
Go to the mall
Go to a bar
Go to a club
Yes, online works too. Match.com, craigslist, meetup, etc etc
If you want to do geeky things, find a D&D game, or a LAN party, or whatever
Probably the best place to find geeky girls is on a college campus. Go find out where the engineering and computer science departments are or find out where those people like to get together.
The thing about being social is - you just have to BE social. Put yourself in social activities and social situations and you will have the opportunity to be social!
It's not that I didn't have fun with L4D, and it kept my attention for about a month or so after release, but pretty quickly all that content was devoured. Playing with friends we had everything down to a science. Only when playing with random people did it feel dangerous and exciting again because there would be varying levels of player skill.
With no updates and expansions my friends and I quickly lost interest and went on to play other games.
The sort of irony I feel about this is I would *gladly* pay for all the content we've been given for Team Fortress 2. I still play TF2 quite regularly and have gotten more entertainment out of it than any game in recent memory.
Commenting seems like a rather complicated (or rather tedious) process.
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There are also "hardcore" people with 4-5 accounts. Still, Im sure it's a very very small slice of the total population (less than 5% if I were to guess), though Im sure they have hard numbers on this as well.
Before the release of World of Warcraft, the (US)MMO market was thought to be saturated around a peak of 500,000 players. Following its release, WoW has shattered that misconception and then some.
Now that WoW has 10+ million subscribers, do you believe the MMO market has reached its peak, or do you believe that there is still room for growth?
Also, with WoW being such a giant in the market, do you think it's possible for another game to reach WoW-level-of-success without the downfall of WoW or the release of another MMO from Blizzard?
FYI - I am in California and Im pretty sure I could care less about these kinds of "sponsorships", but then again, maybe it's because Im not part of these groups?
Im pretty sure the Berkeley men's water polo team, doesn't care that the US senate congratulated them on winning - I think the act of winning, and the trophy takes care of that.
Im fairly confidant that most Californians(at least around the major cities) don't care about things like that, and care more about her screw ups on FISA, obsession with video game violence, and the rest of her poor record.
IMO Boxer > Feinstein and I really hope we can replace Feinstein soon enough. Seeing this list influences my opinion even more
Worse still is when the fact of "legitimacy" is then used to judge the person(s) in entirely separate venues, such as job related security background checks conducted on the otherwise innocent family members. Although society may change and the "legitimacy" question cease to matter as much as it used to, others will hang on longer and tighter, such as in this example, where the employers will view it more negatively than the population because they'll be looking for the potential problems, and pursue them on this basis "just in case". How about when a particularly horrible crime goes unsolved, yet the authorities say it was commited by someone with "similar" DNA to you/your family?
Im sure that will go over well with potential employers, the public, significant others, or anyone else.
All the bling in the world will do you no good when they only roll it out to already bandwidth-saturated markets(with FIOS and more), while they leave everyone else out in the cold.
Being someone who's actually gone to a "game school" http://www.artinstitutes.edu/sanfrancisco/, graduated, and is currently employed in the industry, I will say just like a degree from anywhere else, it's not so much about the piece of paper, but what you learned and took away from it.
Sure, there are PLENTY of kids who came to the school because they thought if they played game, they could make them and end up dropping out or unemployed. But I saw the same things when I was going for a C.S. degree at a "traditional" college, and anyone who's been to any type of college will tell you there are people who join that major who have the wrong expectations and should not be there.
Im not going to defend all "game schools", but I think it's unfair to put a blanket dismissal to all of them. If you find a good one (make sure they aren't just taking your money) and take it seriously, you can learn skills that will apply directly to getting a job. I have many friends with C.S. and other degrees from nice universities and state schools that have no real-world applicable knowledge.
In short, I have my degree from a "game school" and currently my major, "Visual & Game Programming", has a 100% hire rate among graduates - all employed at film (Pixar, ILM) or game companies (ArenaNet, Perpetual)
Lots of comments have been about the validity and/or the ease, or not, of parallel programming - but I think everyone can agree that there just isn't enough education on the topic - for or against it.
Does anyone have any good books, sites, tutorials, or classes to recommend on parallel programming (or writing parallel algorithms I should say, since most people seem to agree that programming them is the easy part. Or yes, I would even take good material on threading.).
In California, if you go to Albertson's you can get a 4-pack of the Greenlite Mini's, 75W output, for $1.
It's pre-discounted by PG&E's Residential Lighting Program.
I bought a bunch of them and replaced every bulb in my apartment except the fridge, and there was only 1 light fixture that wouldn't fit over the new bulbs- but I can live with it.
You have to think outside the norms when thinking about math today. A LOT of companies, especially advanced ones, start to run up against problems that require a lot of math knowledge to crack. Usually these places have lots of coders who can quickly put the algorithm/equation into practice, but it's definately useful to have strong math skills with at least some understanding of how to get ideas into code.
I know several people who have gotten jobs at Texas Instruments and ILM. Math is becomming big in the VFX industry with things like physics, fluid & cloth simulations, and soft-body interactions(and more rendering of course).
Though I would probably suggest getting a Masters.
If the things I hear about MS Vista and Intel VIIV are remotely true, then migrating OS's seems highly likely for a lot of people.
I understand content makers wanting to protect what they create, but the way these people think is to DRM EVERYTHING, and anything that's non-DRM is immediately suspect.
Slashdot Mirror
Sigh, really?
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910160001
Conservatives who have cited Mao
And that piece on Van Jones? Play a lot of spooky music, put a grainy filter on the videos, and take a couple of quotes from an angry and radicalized past (if you had been arrested for protesting social injustice Im sure you'd be mad too) and somehow link them to the man's current line of work. Also, keep emphasizing that he was arrested at protests like it was because he was in the wrong, ignoring that lots of people are falsely arresting during protests because of our police-lite-state
I didn't know anything about Van Jones before watching this video and to me he seems like a stand up guy who is a very ardent and very vocal supporter of human and civil rights.
Get out and do things, anything really.
Nobody just shows up to your door and asks if you want to date or hang out.
Lots of above posters have suggested great things. The biggest thing to remember is to just DO SOMETHING.
Go to a class - cooking, dancing, photography, poetry, reading, etc
Develop a physical hobby - working out, martial arts, running, biking, climbing, hiking, tennis, soccer, basketball, softball
Go to a book store
Go to the mall
Go to a bar
Go to a club
Yes, online works too. Match.com, craigslist, meetup, etc etc
If you want to do geeky things, find a D&D game, or a LAN party, or whatever
Probably the best place to find geeky girls is on a college campus. Go find out where the engineering and computer science departments are or find out where those people like to get together.
The thing about being social is - you just have to BE social. Put yourself in social activities and social situations and you will have the opportunity to be social!
Get outside and do things
*Woosh*
Exactly.
It's not that I didn't have fun with L4D, and it kept my attention for about a month or so after release, but pretty quickly all that content was devoured. Playing with friends we had everything down to a science. Only when playing with random people did it feel dangerous and exciting again because there would be varying levels of player skill.
With no updates and expansions my friends and I quickly lost interest and went on to play other games.
The sort of irony I feel about this is I would *gladly* pay for all the content we've been given for Team Fortress 2. I still play TF2 quite regularly and have gotten more entertainment out of it than any game in recent memory.
Maybe I'll just buy L4D2 as sort of my TF2 "tax"
Does this mean plants win the millennium prize?
I wouldn't say "on purpose".
*queue scenes of Futurama's take on bureaucracy*
And it makes perfect sense ... to them
Commenting seems like a rather complicated (or rather tedious) process.
All filings related to this Notice of Inquiry should refer to GN Docket No. 09-51
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the
ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov./ Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website for
submitting comments.
 ECFS filers must transmit one electronic copy of the comments for GN Docket No. 09-51. In
completing the transmittal screen, filers should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service
mailing address, and the applicable docket number. Parties may also submit an electronic
comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions, filers should send an e-mail to
ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the following words in the body of the message, âoeget form.â A
sample form and directions will be sent in response
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filing. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier,
or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience
delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the
Commissionâ(TM)s Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.
Can I get a Pre-Air leak of it?
So....how is this different from DirectConnect?
It might actually work?
How is a giant wall of text considered a "debunking" in relation to picture quality between different cameras?
Think next time they'll add a cleaning brush attachment for the arm?
There are also "hardcore" people with 4-5 accounts. Still, Im sure it's a very very small slice of the total population (less than 5% if I were to guess), though Im sure they have hard numbers on this as well.
To Tigole or Paul Sams:
Before the release of World of Warcraft, the (US)MMO market was thought to be saturated around a peak of 500,000 players. Following its release, WoW has shattered that misconception and then some.
Now that WoW has 10+ million subscribers, do you believe the MMO market has reached its peak, or do you believe that there is still room for growth?
Also, with WoW being such a giant in the market, do you think it's possible for another game to reach WoW-level-of-success without the downfall of WoW or the release of another MMO from Blizzard?
FYI - I am in California and Im pretty sure I could care less about these kinds of "sponsorships", but then again, maybe it's because Im not part of these groups?
Im pretty sure the Berkeley men's water polo team, doesn't care that the US senate congratulated them on winning - I think the act of winning, and the trophy takes care of that.
Im fairly confidant that most Californians(at least around the major cities) don't care about things like that, and care more about her screw ups on FISA, obsession with video game violence, and the rest of her poor record.
IMO Boxer > Feinstein and I really hope we can replace Feinstein soon enough. Seeing this list influences my opinion even more
Wow.
Is it typical for a senator to introduce so many do-nothing bills?
" A resolution designating the week beginning March 16, 2008, as "National Safe Place Week". "
Screw all your Trekkies!
Transparisteel
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Transparisteel
Im sure that will go over well with potential employers, the public, significant others, or anyone else.
I see the Movie Geek from "Beat the Geeks" now just posts on Slashdot.
Or is this comic book guy's brother, movie snob guy?
All the bling in the world will do you no good when they only roll it out to already bandwidth-saturated markets(with FIOS and more), while they leave everyone else out in the cold.
Yay for market lock-ins
Sure, there are PLENTY of kids who came to the school because they thought if they played game, they could make them and end up dropping out or unemployed. But I saw the same things when I was going for a C.S. degree at a "traditional" college, and anyone who's been to any type of college will tell you there are people who join that major who have the wrong expectations and should not be there.
Im not going to defend all "game schools", but I think it's unfair to put a blanket dismissal to all of them. If you find a good one (make sure they aren't just taking your money) and take it seriously, you can learn skills that will apply directly to getting a job. I have many friends with C.S. and other degrees from nice universities and state schools that have no real-world applicable knowledge.
In short, I have my degree from a "game school" and currently my major, "Visual & Game Programming", has a 100% hire rate among graduates - all employed at film (Pixar, ILM) or game companies (ArenaNet, Perpetual)
Lots of comments have been about the validity and/or the ease, or not, of parallel programming - but I think everyone can agree that there just isn't enough education on the topic - for or against it.
Does anyone have any good books, sites, tutorials, or classes to recommend on parallel programming (or writing parallel algorithms I should say, since most people seem to agree that programming them is the easy part. Or yes, I would even take good material on threading.).
In California, if you go to Albertson's you can get a 4-pack of the Greenlite Mini's, 75W output, for $1.
It's pre-discounted by PG&E's Residential Lighting Program.
I bought a bunch of them and replaced every bulb in my apartment except the fridge, and there was only 1 light fixture that wouldn't fit over the new bulbs- but I can live with it.
I totally agree.
You have to think outside the norms when thinking about math today. A LOT of companies, especially advanced ones, start to run up against problems that require a lot of math knowledge to crack. Usually these places have lots of coders who can quickly put the algorithm/equation into practice, but it's definately useful to have strong math skills with at least some understanding of how to get ideas into code.
I know several people who have gotten jobs at Texas Instruments and ILM. Math is becomming big in the VFX industry with things like physics, fluid & cloth simulations, and soft-body interactions(and more rendering of course).
Though I would probably suggest getting a Masters.
I agree.
If the things I hear about MS Vista and Intel VIIV are remotely true, then migrating OS's seems highly likely for a lot of people.
I understand content makers wanting to protect what they create, but the way these people think is to DRM EVERYTHING, and anything that's non-DRM is immediately suspect.
More to do with all those bomb-threats me thinks =)