You are so right. Communication skills are just as, if not MORE important than coding skills. If you spend days/weeks/months in a locked room reading & coding you may learn an awful lot, but how will anybody ever know that to hire you? Unless you've created some ground-breaking app to show potential employers, you are never going to get hired on your skills alone. You need to have some pr skills as well. Retail is a great way to learn that.
In all honesty, this person sounds like they are looking for a quick & easy answer. Don't want to go to college? Don't want to work in retail? Don't really think you're going too far...
...But can you walk while you chew gum?
Don't you think that closing a few of those windows might actually HELP productivity? Your brain can't possibly focus on that many things at once. Not to mention that your PC must be getting bogged down (even if it IS a powerhouse of a machine).
If you can chat, listen to music, email, edit photos, do research, code in 3 different languages, and do any number of things on VM & Remote machines, AND post on slashdot, all at the same time...... then you must be cutting a lot of corners.
Ps. Please don't take this as a troll. I don't mean this as an attack. Just an observation.
Every couple months I'll encounter a shoddy page with horrid gobs of javascript (myspace profiles, I'm looking at you), which is the only thing which has caused a fuck-up since I-can't-remember-when.
Unless IE can match the kind of supurbly useful Extensions & extra content provided by countless creative users, I can't see myself EVER going back to IE. Vanilla FF2.0 vs IE7.0 may be a fairly even matchup, but FF + an almost unlimited number of useful addons will beat IE7 any day.
Sure it is... If you got an iPod, you want iTunes. And then you want the media tools that go with it. And then you want the OS to go with the media tools. And then you want the system to go with the OS.
Before long, people realize that PCs & Windows aren't the only big kid on the block. MS wan'ts to stop that from happening.
I'm at a loss. I actually have to ask myself how, in good faith, a developer implemented something that either works poorly or not at all. Why keep that "feature" in there (espeically when talking about a GUI) when it doesn't work as adertised?
Because it's his (the developer's) job to implement the designs created by the Project Managers. The developer is not (nor should he be) responsible for poor design & planning. If the design is flawed, it's not his job to re-design it.
youtube is obviously the biggest player in this market right now. But Google, Microsoft & others all have the ability to fill that void, ad-free. If another company can provide the same service with no ads, how many viewers are going to stay just because its youtube?
It may take some time for people to descover other sites. But I think eventually, the ads could push a lot of viewers away.
I would guess it's the same basic idea as most website account signups.
The number you give them probably recieves a confirmation message. If you don't reply, you don't get access.
No shit!? Wrapping paper was messing up your signal?
I've got a closet full of wrapping paper near my router. Maybe THAT's why my signal is so bad, who woulda thunk it? I'm gonna try that. Although in actual fact, there are probably 100 things between me & my router that could be a problem.:\
We need licenses to show we are competent enough to drive cars, and this is the "Information Superhighway" after all.
Consider the 70 year old who got his license back in 1950 and still drives. Surely, things have changed a lot from his day and realistically he wouldn't be able to pass a drivers test in 2006.
Well, with the internet this will happen every single year. Having a license wouldn't mean anything.
From TFA - RW: What about self control and willpower? Should players take some responsibility for their heavy play? Dr. Orzack: This isn't about willpower or restraint. These games are very elaborately designed to ease you in gently, entice you, and keep you there....
How the hell does this woman stay employed? It is ONLY about willpower and restraint. ANYTHING can become an addiction. Sure, MMORPGs may be easier to become addicted to than say, brocolli, but I'm sure it can happen. However, neither are a problem if you can maintain some restraint. The difference between people like you, and the 14 year old who skips school to play, is that you have the self control to pull yourself away. It is ALL about the self control.
That's why Nintendo would do well to bring out a game that is easy to pick up for the casual gamer, but still appeals to the hardcore gamer, even if they don't really play it that much. I can point to The Sims & you know what I mean. The Hardcore gamers are the ones who generate most of the hype about new games. In the case of the Sims... whether they played it much or not, it was widely respected by the hardcore gamers for its good concept & execution, and the casual gamers took note of this & got hooked.
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ORRR.... The problem is having a flawed Corporate Management who will not supply the IT/Network group with the proper resources (budget/training/personnel) to IMPLEMENT proper IT/Network Security policies.
An ordinary person looks at a 400MHz computer with a faulty power supply and sees something heading to the junkyard. I might see it as a mailserver, after I put some work into it.
If he'd modded his snes into a mailserver, we might have something really cool to talk about!!
"Unless you have a high-end rig, you're probably going to want to go with the 360 version."
.... unless you don't have a 360 either.
My rig which I wouldn't call a "High end" machine.... ran the game just fine on medium settings for the first hour or so.
But things started to get pretty choppy after that. We'll see how things work with a bit of tweaking. I was expecting this game to be somewhat tough to run, so All in All, I'm pretty pleased so far.
So then what your saying is... Providing the user with a very detailed & descriptive "Yes/No" dialog before installing Screensavers 2000 Plus, is "foolproof design"?
Giving the user the "choice" means that they COULD make the WRONG choice.
"Foolproof design", and "solid usability" don't go hand in hand. The more you try to prevent users from being able to do things that might infect themselves, the more you prevent them from being able to DO THINGS!
You can make something more fool-proof. But they'll just come out with bigger fools.
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You are so right. Communication skills are just as, if not MORE important than coding skills. If you spend days/weeks/months in a locked room reading & coding you may learn an awful lot, but how will anybody ever know that to hire you? Unless you've created some ground-breaking app to show potential employers, you are never going to get hired on your skills alone. You need to have some pr skills as well. Retail is a great way to learn that.
In all honesty, this person sounds like they are looking for a quick & easy answer. Don't want to go to college? Don't want to work in retail? Don't really think you're going too far...
...But can you walk while you chew gum?
Don't you think that closing a few of those windows might actually HELP productivity? Your brain can't possibly focus on that many things at once. Not to mention that your PC must be getting bogged down (even if it IS a powerhouse of a machine).
If you can chat, listen to music, email, edit photos, do research, code in 3 different languages, and do any number of things on VM & Remote machines, AND post on slashdot, all at the same time...... then you must be cutting a lot of corners.
Ps. Please don't take this as a troll. I don't mean this as an attack. Just an observation.
Every couple months I'll encounter a shoddy page with horrid gobs of javascript (myspace profiles, I'm looking at you), which is the only thing which has caused a fuck-up since I-can't-remember-when.
And that's when NoScript comes to the rescue.
Unless IE can match the kind of supurbly useful Extensions & extra content provided by countless creative users, I can't see myself EVER going back to IE. Vanilla FF2.0 vs IE7.0 may be a fairly even matchup, but FF + an almost unlimited number of useful addons will beat IE7 any day.
At least for me.
I also searched for 1337, but only because I hoped _NOT_ to find it, and I could be the first to post it.
but alas... I guess I'm not 1337 enough.
Just like now, the iPod isn't competition.
Sure it is... If you got an iPod, you want iTunes. And then you want the media tools that go with it. And then you want the OS to go with the media tools. And then you want the system to go with the OS.
Before long, people realize that PCs & Windows aren't the only big kid on the block. MS wan'ts to stop that from happening.
I'm at a loss. I actually have to ask myself how, in good faith, a developer implemented something that either works poorly or not at all. Why keep that "feature" in there (espeically when talking about a GUI) when it doesn't work as adertised?
Because it's his (the developer's) job to implement the designs created by the Project Managers. The developer is not (nor should he be) responsible for poor design & planning. If the design is flawed, it's not his job to re-design it.
youtube is obviously the biggest player in this market right now. But Google, Microsoft & others all have the ability to fill that void, ad-free. If another company can provide the same service with no ads, how many viewers are going to stay just because its youtube? It may take some time for people to descover other sites. But I think eventually, the ads could push a lot of viewers away.
I would guess it's the same basic idea as most website account signups. The number you give them probably recieves a confirmation message. If you don't reply, you don't get access.
No shit!? Wrapping paper was messing up your signal?
:\
I've got a closet full of wrapping paper near my router. Maybe THAT's why my signal is so bad, who woulda thunk it? I'm gonna try that. Although in actual fact, there are probably 100 things between me & my router that could be a problem.
We need licenses to show we are competent enough to drive cars, and this is the "Information Superhighway" after all.
Consider the 70 year old who got his license back in 1950 and still drives. Surely, things have changed a lot from his day and realistically he wouldn't be able to pass a drivers test in 2006.
Well, with the internet this will happen every single year. Having a license wouldn't mean anything.
You don't need a passport to go to mexico..... yet
By the end of the year you will though.
You just really like the game a lot.
From TFA -
RW: What about self control and willpower? Should players take some responsibility for their heavy play?
Dr. Orzack: This isn't about willpower or restraint. These games are very elaborately designed to ease you in gently, entice you, and keep you there....
How the hell does this woman stay employed? It is ONLY about willpower and restraint. ANYTHING can become an addiction. Sure, MMORPGs may be easier to become addicted to than say, brocolli, but I'm sure it can happen. However, neither are a problem if you can maintain some restraint. The difference between people like you, and the 14 year old who skips school to play, is that you have the self control to pull yourself away. It is ALL about the self control.
Parent is (+1 Insightful) not (+1 Funny)
I also hope that it ends up working as well as they hope. But that's one product that I DON'T want to Beta Test.
That's why Nintendo would do well to bring out a game that is easy to pick up for the casual gamer, but still appeals to the hardcore gamer, even if they don't really play it that much. I can point to The Sims & you know what I mean. The Hardcore gamers are the ones who generate most of the hype about new games. In the case of the Sims... whether they played it much or not, it was widely respected by the hardcore gamers for its good concept & execution, and the casual gamers took note of this & got hooked.
ORRR.... The problem is having a flawed Corporate Management who will not supply the IT/Network group with the proper resources (budget/training/personnel) to IMPLEMENT proper IT/Network Security policies.
You lost you. .... I .... I mean, me!
You lost me
An ordinary person looks at a 400MHz computer with a faulty power supply and sees something heading to the junkyard. I might see it as a mailserver, after I put some work into it.
If he'd modded his snes into a mailserver, we might have something really cool to talk about!!
"Unless you have a high-end rig, you're probably going to want to go with the 360 version."
.... unless you don't have a 360 either.
My rig which I wouldn't call a "High end" machine.... ran the game just fine on medium settings for the first hour or so.
But things started to get pretty choppy after that. We'll see how things work with a bit of tweaking. I was expecting this game to be somewhat tough to run, so All in All, I'm pretty pleased so far.
Mod this f***ker up! ;)
Thanks for the tip.
Was going to say the exact same thing. You beat me to it.
So then what your saying is... Providing the user with a very detailed & descriptive "Yes/No" dialog before installing Screensavers 2000 Plus, is "foolproof design"?
Giving the user the "choice" means that they COULD make the WRONG choice.
Who the heck moded the parent "Funny"? It couldn't be ANY more true.
"Foolproof design", and "solid usability" don't go hand in hand. The more you try to prevent users from being able to do things that might infect themselves, the more you prevent them from being able to DO THINGS!
You can make something more fool-proof. But they'll just come out with bigger fools.