Personally, I think that the Vice Pres running mate should be required to be from the opposing political party, just to keep things even (let the executive keep itself in czech a little more).
Games 1.0 was 2d and sidescrollers Games 2.0 is simulated 3d and more first person interaction Games 3.0 is moving to more user generated content and interactive games as well as "real" in game physics for things like water, real time raytracing, etc...
Let me answer these questions for you:
Concerning retirement, It's about 20 years out, and for me, retirement means living off of my savings/investments so I can persue my own goals and see the grandkids.
Money in the bank? None right now. I got a house and 5 kids and their associated bills that eat up my income.
I already live in Japan and I am not adverse to moving back to the US or nearly anywhere else for that matter.
My wife and I have talked about it and she agrees that we could move if I wanted to.
No degrees, some certifications, and I'm a pretty lousy teacher (at least I think I am)
I do my best to keep my 9-6 hours when I can but I usually work at least an hour or so more each day. I can take a pay cut but not too much of one.
What else do I want to do? Fly. Private, charter, commercial, cargo.. doesn't matter.
3 in public elementry school, 1 in private highschool, 1 in public Jr high. 3 youngers are in Kumon as well. If it weren't for the family, I would have changed jobs long ago but now with a house and family... well.. the options are fairly limited.
Actually, I got sent over here by the Marine Corps and after I got out of that I decided to come back. Came back, got a job working at the international telco here, got married, had some kids, changed jobs a couple of times and *poof* here I am.
Flying is my one true love. I would like nothing more to transition to a commercial pilot career. Too bad someone needs to keep paying the bills while I went to school.
Been there, done that. My job before this one was a startup ISP. Yes, I learned alot in those 2 years, but the pay was bad and I have a family to feed and a house to pay off.
I had to use the term IT as my experience is broad and veried. Unix admin, Wintel admin, network design, account administration, technical support, web administrator, programmer, scripter, wireless design and implementation, documentation, program management, system repair, web application programming, designing and writing financial services software, office automation, voip design and rollout, voip to pots gateways, electronics troubleshooting and repair... Hell, I even did 8 years in the Marine Corps as an electronic countermeasures guy... The list goes on and on.
I agree that the term "IT" is used too broadly but sometimes, it is needed...
You are exactly right. I am still fairly young and I can't retire at this point. I was stating in the OP that I thought that I had found a place I could retire from, meaning work here another 20 years and then retire.
Ummm, the money that rolls in rolls right back out just as quickly. 2 kids in highschool, 3 more kids in elementry school, a house to pay off, utilities, gas, food, etc... Oh, and I forgot to mention that I live in Japan. Cost of living here is pretty high. We're not starving, but for where I live, I'm maxed out. It would be nearly impossible for me to make any more money than I am right now (less than $100,000 a month).
I have considered moving to the Tokyo/Osaka area, or even back to the USA but without money in the bank I would most likley need to leave my family here and go back alone for a year or so to get settled... So many choices.
Lexus cars ARE Toyotas. Every single "Lexus" car you see has it's exact same model here in Japan with a Toyota badge on it. Only in the last year or so have they started making "Lexus" specific models and been selling them here in Japan. Want some examples of "Lexus" cars? Harrier, Windom, Aristo, Soarer... the list goes on and on... Google any one of the cars I mentioned with the word "Toyota" in front of them and look at the pictures...
I can go buy a Windom, Aristo, or Soarer for less than $3000USD right now. They're just rebranded Toyotas.
I constantly see idiots over here in the military that put Lexus badges on thier Aristo or Soarer. Bunch of idiots. Anyone who would pay $60,000USD for a brand new car that normally sells for $18,000USD just because it has a "L" on it instead of a "T" is a moron.
The idea I had about 10 years ago was to keep the spinning platters, but have a single bar across the span of the platter. that bar would have pickups (heads) along the side facing the platter, hence, the only moving part would be the spinning platter itself.
Basically, if you took a slice of the disc where the bar was, it would be similar to this (when looking from the top:
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The bar would contain thousands of heads (1 per track) on each side of the hub. you could place these bars on the top and bottom of a platter. 0ms seek times and multiple read/writes could take place at the same time (perhaps only on opposite sides of the hub to cut down on inductance noise.
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Personally, I think that the Vice Pres running mate should be required to be from the opposing political party, just to keep things even (let the executive keep itself in czech a little more).
My guess?
Games 1.0 was 2d and sidescrollers
Games 2.0 is simulated 3d and more first person interaction
Games 3.0 is moving to more user generated content and interactive games as well as "real" in game physics for things like water, real time raytracing, etc...
Let me answer these questions for you: Concerning retirement, It's about 20 years out, and for me, retirement means living off of my savings/investments so I can persue my own goals and see the grandkids. Money in the bank? None right now. I got a house and 5 kids and their associated bills that eat up my income. I already live in Japan and I am not adverse to moving back to the US or nearly anywhere else for that matter. My wife and I have talked about it and she agrees that we could move if I wanted to. No degrees, some certifications, and I'm a pretty lousy teacher (at least I think I am) I do my best to keep my 9-6 hours when I can but I usually work at least an hour or so more each day. I can take a pay cut but not too much of one. What else do I want to do? Fly. Private, charter, commercial, cargo.. doesn't matter.
Hell, send me any information you got :) I was about to toss a link to my resume in a comment to see what happens...
3 in public elementry school, 1 in private highschool, 1 in public Jr high. 3 youngers are in Kumon as well. If it weren't for the family, I would have changed jobs long ago but now with a house and family... well.. the options are fairly limited.
Actually, I got sent over here by the Marine Corps and after I got out of that I decided to come back. Came back, got a job working at the international telco here, got married, had some kids, changed jobs a couple of times and *poof* here I am.
OK, I'll bite. Send me what ya got.
Flying is my one true love. I would like nothing more to transition to a commercial pilot career. Too bad someone needs to keep paying the bills while I went to school.
Funny you mention that. I was actually planning to go that route after I graduated. Instead, I joined the Marine Corps.
Been there, done that. My job before this one was a startup ISP. Yes, I learned alot in those 2 years, but the pay was bad and I have a family to feed and a house to pay off.
I had to use the term IT as my experience is broad and veried. Unix admin, Wintel admin, network design, account administration, technical support, web administrator, programmer, scripter, wireless design and implementation, documentation, program management, system repair, web application programming, designing and writing financial services software, office automation, voip design and rollout, voip to pots gateways, electronics troubleshooting and repair... Hell, I even did 8 years in the Marine Corps as an electronic countermeasures guy... The list goes on and on.
I agree that the term "IT" is used too broadly but sometimes, it is needed...
You are exactly right. I am still fairly young and I can't retire at this point. I was stating in the OP that I thought that I had found a place I could retire from, meaning work here another 20 years and then retire.
Oops. less than $100,000 a year, not a month.
Ummm, the money that rolls in rolls right back out just as quickly. 2 kids in highschool, 3 more kids in elementry school, a house to pay off, utilities, gas, food, etc... Oh, and I forgot to mention that I live in Japan. Cost of living here is pretty high. We're not starving, but for where I live, I'm maxed out. It would be nearly impossible for me to make any more money than I am right now (less than $100,000 a month).
I have considered moving to the Tokyo/Osaka area, or even back to the USA but without money in the bank I would most likley need to leave my family here and go back alone for a year or so to get settled... So many choices.
I also have this itch to start my own business...
Thanks for the chuckle :D
I was reading the comments to see if anyone else would bring that up before I posted.
I had the same idea. Some kind of inductance generation system. Coils in the road, coils on the car...
Hmm. I've never gone to digg before.. sure the ads aren't cached or something? I've gone over there 3 times and so far, no ads... oh well...
I think the most interesting part is how no more google ads show up on digg's site anymore... they won't make a cent off all this.
I have lived in japan for almost 13 years.
Like I said, the lexus brand just started selling here. Previously, you could buy one of the cars I mentioned for under $20,000.
And don't even get me started on Skylines..... I'd never pay more than $500 for one of those.
Sorry to reply to my own comment but I just had a thought....
How about some open source hardware company take this up and develop a LinChip?
With openbios and a mips style chip designed for linux.... imagine the possibilities...
Wish I could plug one of my old alpha processors into this thing.
I hope they bring back the WinChip
Lexus cars ARE Toyotas. Every single "Lexus" car you see has it's exact same model here in Japan with a Toyota badge on it. Only in the last year or so have they started making "Lexus" specific models and been selling them here in Japan. Want some examples of "Lexus" cars? Harrier, Windom, Aristo, Soarer... the list goes on and on... Google any one of the cars I mentioned with the word "Toyota" in front of them and look at the pictures...
I can go buy a Windom, Aristo, or Soarer for less than $3000USD right now. They're just rebranded Toyotas.
I constantly see idiots over here in the military that put Lexus badges on thier Aristo or Soarer. Bunch of idiots. Anyone who would pay $60,000USD for a brand new car that normally sells for $18,000USD just because it has a "L" on it instead of a "T" is a moron.
Been bugging me for years...
The idea I had about 10 years ago was to keep the spinning platters, but have a single bar across the span of the platter. that bar would have pickups (heads) along the side facing the platter, hence, the only moving part would be the spinning platter itself.
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Basically, if you took a slice of the disc where the bar was, it would be similar to this (when looking from the top:
(======o======)
The bar would contain thousands of heads (1 per track) on each side of the hub. you could place these bars on the top and bottom of a platter. 0ms seek times and multiple read/writes could take place at the same time (perhaps only on opposite sides of the hub to cut down on inductance noise.
Oh to have enough money for a patent...
They're called batteries.
Um... didn't the article say 20 million copies _SHIPPED_, not sold?