Hopefully his next big thing is SimCity. We've needed a new incarnation of that game for quite some time now. SimCity 4 still forced cardinal directions on us.
I actually picked up one of those brain reader things. I got the OCZ NIA since it was on sale. It's pretty cool too, totally not worth the money, but I forgot to return it before my refund time was up. The only thing that it's better at than a mouse and keyboard is for fast reaction clicking. Though that's muscle control, the eeg sensor is only good for watching yourself wander randomly in a small circle.
I don't know. I'd actually like to see this go to trial. I want there to be a precedent set that this kind of bullshit is unwanted. If they have a jury trial I feel that at least ONE person will refuse to vote guilty and it'll be hung. Better yet they should get a jury of nothing but morons so the supreme court can throw it out.
It makes more sense if you merely think about the two of them as functions that take a string and put it on the screen. However the very concept of those dots requires an in-depth explanation of the paradigm of Object-Oriented-Programming whereas the cout is just a function. Which one is simpler? cout and the funky look really stupid and weird, but the concepts contained in the line are not complex in the least.
However, teaching C requires a lot of glossing over and "black magic" explanations at the start as well. Arrays are necessary for even the simplest programs, yet to explain them requires an in-depth explanation of how memory itself works and pointers to addresses. Java abstracts the memory out of the question, which is both good and bad.
Really they're both incredibly complex in even the simplest of situations, but students just need to understand that learning a language requires learning a plethora of ideas that are barely related to the writing itself. A monkey can write code, it's not hard. The hard part is figuring out the underlying algorithms and math.
It's probably an absolutely terrible idea for Bethesda to not release mod tools at the same time as their game. The mods are the only things that make their games decent. Morrowind was a bad game, and then people used the excellent mod tools to make it spectacular. Oblivion was virtually unplayable until the first mod came out, the one that fixed their retarded leveled monsters. Without modding, Fallout 3's looking to turn from a bad game into the worst they've ever made. The whole "city around a bomb" was already absolutely moronic.
I also agree. I don't think there's an age limit on good literature. Note good literature, sex novels are not a good idea because they just suck as well as are inappropriate. The whole appeal of Science Fiction to me is that there's multiple levels of depth, on the surface there's the story which is good for all ages and intellect. But with the greats of the the genre you also get intellectual babble to think about if you read far enough in. That's the biggest problem I have with most old classics, there's hardly ever a good story there, just the contemplation of society and life, which can get boring. I first read Dune in elementary school and was hooked on the story and whatever insights I could get from it at that age. Then I read it again when older and got more out of it, and then again when even older. Though if you're not big on open sexuality, then the last few books in that series are not for kids, my parents didn't know that, since they don't read; good experience for me. But the general idea is that pretty much any sci-fi book you grab will be good for any age and even better for a re-read. I would advise not holding them back on these things because you don't think they're intellectually mature enough, they'll get there by reading them.
Any general science questions could easily be directed to the Magic School bus. I grew up on that show and it taught me science better than the public school system until late high school.
Doesn't matter much anyways. When I got to college the only thing that the exam would've given me credit for was a basic computer class. So I was forced into taking about four classes full of content that I had taken before. Two algorithm classes, a java class and a basic C class that was introduction to programming in general. It's just the idea that they teach as though nobody has ever programmed before. Things would work better if everybody was split into two groups.
I hope it is the cancelled SimsVille. When I saw the trailer to that so many years ago, I'm not sure there was another game I was hoping for as much. It's the cross between the Sims and SimCity that actually looked pretty decent. Then again though, it still shouldn't be released as SimCity 5.
I recently downloaded the OneNote 2007 beta and was glancing around the features. If you're looking for a virtual whiteboard, it's perfect. Especially if you have a tablet. We haven't all left for seperate colleges quite yet so we haven't fiddled around with anything just yet, but onenote will certainly be on the list of things to try.
Also, as a DM and a player, I know I could never go back to using that archaic "real" paper and "real" pencils after buying a tabletpc notebook. Things have become so much easier, I'm not kidding.
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Hopefully his next big thing is SimCity. We've needed a new incarnation of that game for quite some time now. SimCity 4 still forced cardinal directions on us.
I actually picked up one of those brain reader things. I got the OCZ NIA since it was on sale. It's pretty cool too, totally not worth the money, but I forgot to return it before my refund time was up. The only thing that it's better at than a mouse and keyboard is for fast reaction clicking. Though that's muscle control, the eeg sensor is only good for watching yourself wander randomly in a small circle.
I don't know. I'd actually like to see this go to trial. I want there to be a precedent set that this kind of bullshit is unwanted. If they have a jury trial I feel that at least ONE person will refuse to vote guilty and it'll be hung. Better yet they should get a jury of nothing but morons so the supreme court can throw it out.
It makes more sense if you merely think about the two of them as functions that take a string and put it on the screen. However the very concept of those dots requires an in-depth explanation of the paradigm of Object-Oriented-Programming whereas the cout is just a function. Which one is simpler? cout and the funky look really stupid and weird, but the concepts contained in the line are not complex in the least. However, teaching C requires a lot of glossing over and "black magic" explanations at the start as well. Arrays are necessary for even the simplest programs, yet to explain them requires an in-depth explanation of how memory itself works and pointers to addresses. Java abstracts the memory out of the question, which is both good and bad. Really they're both incredibly complex in even the simplest of situations, but students just need to understand that learning a language requires learning a plethora of ideas that are barely related to the writing itself. A monkey can write code, it's not hard. The hard part is figuring out the underlying algorithms and math.
It's probably an absolutely terrible idea for Bethesda to not release mod tools at the same time as their game. The mods are the only things that make their games decent. Morrowind was a bad game, and then people used the excellent mod tools to make it spectacular. Oblivion was virtually unplayable until the first mod came out, the one that fixed their retarded leveled monsters. Without modding, Fallout 3's looking to turn from a bad game into the worst they've ever made. The whole "city around a bomb" was already absolutely moronic.
I also agree. I don't think there's an age limit on good literature. Note good literature, sex novels are not a good idea because they just suck as well as are inappropriate. The whole appeal of Science Fiction to me is that there's multiple levels of depth, on the surface there's the story which is good for all ages and intellect. But with the greats of the the genre you also get intellectual babble to think about if you read far enough in. That's the biggest problem I have with most old classics, there's hardly ever a good story there, just the contemplation of society and life, which can get boring. I first read Dune in elementary school and was hooked on the story and whatever insights I could get from it at that age. Then I read it again when older and got more out of it, and then again when even older. Though if you're not big on open sexuality, then the last few books in that series are not for kids, my parents didn't know that, since they don't read; good experience for me. But the general idea is that pretty much any sci-fi book you grab will be good for any age and even better for a re-read. I would advise not holding them back on these things because you don't think they're intellectually mature enough, they'll get there by reading them.
Any general science questions could easily be directed to the Magic School bus. I grew up on that show and it taught me science better than the public school system until late high school.
Doesn't matter much anyways. When I got to college the only thing that the exam would've given me credit for was a basic computer class. So I was forced into taking about four classes full of content that I had taken before. Two algorithm classes, a java class and a basic C class that was introduction to programming in general. It's just the idea that they teach as though nobody has ever programmed before. Things would work better if everybody was split into two groups.
I hope it is the cancelled SimsVille. When I saw the trailer to that so many years ago, I'm not sure there was another game I was hoping for as much. It's the cross between the Sims and SimCity that actually looked pretty decent. Then again though, it still shouldn't be released as SimCity 5.
I recently downloaded the OneNote 2007 beta and was glancing around the features. If you're looking for a virtual whiteboard, it's perfect. Especially if you have a tablet. We haven't all left for seperate colleges quite yet so we haven't fiddled around with anything just yet, but onenote will certainly be on the list of things to try. Also, as a DM and a player, I know I could never go back to using that archaic "real" paper and "real" pencils after buying a tabletpc notebook. Things have become so much easier, I'm not kidding.
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Nintendo Revolution, Revolutionizing this fast paced industry by rereleasing the NES. A pretty NES.