They appeared and dissapeared on hover, so that means they were loaded. Besides, I had the page up for over five minutes (loaded it and left to go do other things), came back, and that's when I noticed the problem.
Unfortunately for the author, this page renders terribly in Internet Explorer 6. Anytime I hover over the checkboxes or radio buttons, the graphics momentarily dissapear. I can even manage to get two checkboxes beside each other to dissapear by aligning the mouse in the middle. Not good.
However, it renders fine in Firefox. Nevertheless, when it's not compadible with Internet Explorer, I'd hardly call this issue conquered.
Battlefield 2 is a great game. The problem I have is not that its very buggy -- its just that the bugs are illustrative of severely poor quality testing prior to manufacturing. It's beyond my understanding how they could sign the OK on a game with flaws so apparent that EA had to have known they would be discovered within five minutes of playing the game.
And let's not get into the issue of closing their Ranked servers to paying customers based on a ridiculously unfounded excuse.
The problem isn't the product. It's a great game whose attractiveness has been foiled by a poor process.
Here's a good start for you. Download the Enemy Territory Source Code here, and start tinkering with the code.
This will give you an excellent platform to start developing games from. You can dabble in gameplay, graphics, sound, AI, and so forth in a proven game. And heck, if you break it, you can always download it again:)
Writing your own modification is probably the easiest way to get into game development, for the simple fact that it is extremely popular and there's a large knowledge base to support your efforts.
I've been through Windows 95, 98, 2000, and now XP. I'm now running Norton Internet Security, and get the occassional warning about an attempted Trojan/Subseven probe.
Perhaps I've been lucky, but I can't really gauge that. I used the Internet probably no different than anyone else. Maybe it's a bit of defensive/smart surfing on my part, but I'd hardly call using virus-riddled Kazaa defensive surfing:)
What I'd like to know is what are they doing during those 12 minutes for Windows to become "infected."
For years I have run Windows straight out of the box (no firewall, no security software, nothing), and I've only ran into two viruses -- one through Kazaa, and one through IRC (both my fault).
I can understand that Windows is vulnerable -- but if I've managed to run Windows for many years without any major problems, then I'm curious what they are doing during these 12 minutes to arrive to such a conclusion.
I've been down too many highways where all two or three lanes were occupied by people doing the speed limit or slower. Nobody could pass them since they were all near each other with no room to get around.
Though in consideration of this new system, there would be no need to pass since everyone will basically be doing the same speed.
Furthermore, I'd wager a good share of traffic congestion is caused by idiots travelling too fast and making the road much more dangerous for others, not to mention many, many accidents...
parents would be better off recognizing this fundamental trait (propensity for violence) of human nature and teaching their children to overcome it
Not entirely. I think everyone recognizes that violence is an avenue that is characterized with unhealthy results. The concept of violence isn't foreign to children or people.
Like Dr.Phil says, you can't change what you don't acknowledge. If parent's continue to acknowledge that video games account for violent behaviour, and refuse to acknowledge that the likely causes for it -- such as a poor family relationship, neglect, and so forth -- then this issue has amounted to nothing more than misplaced blame.
You'd have to be naive to suggest that violence in video games is a good thing, and equally naive to believe that violence in video games has parallel effects on real life.
I think it would be a better step to invite legislation to reject all software-based patent applications, as I'm sure that would free up resources to more legitimate patents.
Besides, it's not necessarily the volume of applications that earns the applicant more patents, it's the fact that the USPTO seems to consider every type of patent application a viable one. You'd think there would be some sort of patent structure to filter out these unfounded, common-sense patents like Amazon's latest.
Anyone know if patenting problems like this exist in Canada? The last time I looked into patents in Canada, you could not patent any algorithm, formula, method, etc., related to computer software. It really didn't matter if you had a genius solution to something, it would rejected because it was built around software.
I look at this patent and it is so absurdly unoriginal that it should warrant rejection. Given that this patent was accepted, it amazes me that the concept of a Forum/Messageboard hasn't been patented already. And that's just one idea.
the whole outlook of the industry is really horrible for people fresh out of college.
Normally I would agree with a statement like this, but my personal experiences have led me to believe differently, at least for now.
I'm 21, haven't finished my BSc (going into my 4th year), my programming skills are on average, but I'm great with people and building solid customer rapport. I do some contracting/consulting on the side of school. I'm far from the technical side of programming, and sometime it amazes me I'm still doing this. My first job was $30hr CDN. Now I'm pulling $40hr USD (roughly $50hr CDN) working for companies in the US.
So when people get on here or elsewhere and moan about low wages and poor job prospects, I often think they should be evaluating what skills they don't have, such as good relationship building, and working from there.
The money is out there. You don't have to be a programming genius to find it, and I'm living proof of this. All it takes is an average mind to earn yourself an above-average wage.
The Canadian Job Futures should give you a good start on average salaries, expected education and/or experiences, and future outlooks for a variety of jobs.
It's an excellent site to gauge a careers' prospects.
Another case of misplaced blame: the system/management is at fault, not the the typist.
I thought people were aware of this concept already. How could a company let a mistyping result in a $250 million loss? Obviously their system/management/etc. is poorly structured.
"individuals had to sign an agreement under Sun's Java Research License (JRL), which restricts its use beyond research and development efforts and prohibits any internal implementations."
Isn't the purpose of open-source to allow customizations through new implementations of said software?
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They appeared and dissapeared on hover, so that means they were loaded. Besides, I had the page up for over five minutes (loaded it and left to go do other things), came back, and that's when I noticed the problem.
However, it renders fine in Firefox. Nevertheless, when it's not compadible with Internet Explorer, I'd hardly call this issue conquered.
And let's not get into the issue of closing their Ranked servers to paying customers based on a ridiculously unfounded excuse.
The problem isn't the product. It's a great game whose attractiveness has been foiled by a poor process.
This will give you an excellent platform to start developing games from. You can dabble in gameplay, graphics, sound, AI, and so forth in a proven game. And heck, if you break it, you can always download it again :)
Writing your own modification is probably the easiest way to get into game development, for the simple fact that it is extremely popular and there's a large knowledge base to support your efforts.
Perhaps I've been lucky, but I can't really gauge that. I used the Internet probably no different than anyone else. Maybe it's a bit of defensive/smart surfing on my part, but I'd hardly call using virus-riddled Kazaa defensive surfing :)
For years I have run Windows straight out of the box (no firewall, no security software, nothing), and I've only ran into two viruses -- one through Kazaa, and one through IRC (both my fault).
I can understand that Windows is vulnerable -- but if I've managed to run Windows for many years without any major problems, then I'm curious what they are doing during these 12 minutes to arrive to such a conclusion.
Though in consideration of this new system, there would be no need to pass since everyone will basically be doing the same speed.
Furthermore, I'd wager a good share of traffic congestion is caused by idiots travelling too fast and making the road much more dangerous for others, not to mention many, many accidents...
Not entirely. I think everyone recognizes that violence is an avenue that is characterized with unhealthy results. The concept of violence isn't foreign to children or people.
Like Dr.Phil says, you can't change what you don't acknowledge. If parent's continue to acknowledge that video games account for violent behaviour, and refuse to acknowledge that the likely causes for it -- such as a poor family relationship, neglect, and so forth -- then this issue has amounted to nothing more than misplaced blame.
You'd have to be naive to suggest that violence in video games is a good thing, and equally naive to believe that violence in video games has parallel effects on real life.
I believe Barnes & Noble ships worldwide.
Besides, it's not necessarily the volume of applications that earns the applicant more patents, it's the fact that the USPTO seems to consider every type of patent application a viable one. You'd think there would be some sort of patent structure to filter out these unfounded, common-sense patents like Amazon's latest.
I look at this patent and it is so absurdly unoriginal that it should warrant rejection. Given that this patent was accepted, it amazes me that the concept of a Forum/Messageboard hasn't been patented already. And that's just one idea.
Normally I would agree with a statement like this, but my personal experiences have led me to believe differently, at least for now.
I'm 21, haven't finished my BSc (going into my 4th year), my programming skills are on average, but I'm great with people and building solid customer rapport. I do some contracting/consulting on the side of school. I'm far from the technical side of programming, and sometime it amazes me I'm still doing this. My first job was $30hr CDN. Now I'm pulling $40hr USD (roughly $50hr CDN) working for companies in the US.
So when people get on here or elsewhere and moan about low wages and poor job prospects, I often think they should be evaluating what skills they don't have, such as good relationship building, and working from there.
The money is out there. You don't have to be a programming genius to find it, and I'm living proof of this. All it takes is an average mind to earn yourself an above-average wage.
It's an excellent site to gauge a careers' prospects.
Less Spam, more Snack Pack!
I thought people were aware of this concept already. How could a company let a mistyping result in a $250 million loss? Obviously their system/management/etc. is poorly structured.
I can recite 83,431 reasons why this chap will never have a woman.
On his revealed website: "Aargh, they be digging up me buried treasure."
Bring back Alf, please.
Isn't the purpose of open-source to allow customizations through new implementations of said software?
Oh, and of course, Quake :)
I heard Monica Lewinsky slurped up 1 gigabyte of this digital history.
If you mention that you have to move gigabytes of furniture in your move, then I'm sure it will be noted here...