I actually very recently discussed this idea with a friend of mine, and the same concerns came up. Privacy is definitely an issue, but I don't think it's very difficult to protect. The game could allow you to interact with other people that are nearby without telling you their location, or even how far away from you they are, similar to the way that on-line matchmaking works (but with a much smaller range). None of that information needs to be available to the players. There's still privacy and security concerns, but I'm hoping, along with the OP, that these games get made. If they don't, well, that's why I'm a game developer as well as a player.
Frankly, both the parent and grandparent post are wrong.
Also--2's compliment? You must be joking. They don't emphasize knowing how to solder or replace vacuum tubes today, either.
While knowing 2's complement is probably not that useful, it shows an understanding of the internal workings of a computer, such as gates, adders, registers, memory, the clock, etc. Not knowing these things and working heavily with computers is like being a neuroscientist without understanding the basics of how the brain functions.
...and there isn't much left in the field for "work." There may be "research," into things but the average "job" is tedium.
Wow. First of all, there is no "may be"; there is definitely lots of research out there to be done, and some of it is very interesting (some is not, but that's always true of any field). And second of all, there is always work to be done. Computers are here and they're here to stay, meaning that there will always be employment for people who are well-qualified and want to work with them.
To respond to the OP, all I can do is reiterate (and poorly) what other people have said: figure out what you want to do, and then do whatever you have to to get there. If that means working in a call center by day and studying by night, then so be it. I've managed to get into the game industry (which is what I've always wanted to do) as a software engineer , but it took a lot of work, including knowing two's complement and how a hash table works.
According to the article,
"Kids have been pulling pranks on teachers and principals since there have been schools in the US..." I didn't realize that the U.S. educational system pre-dated pranks. I bet Plato would disagree...
...in a month with an R in it" That's still 2/3 of all months (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec)! But among the one-legged, blind, ambisexual, vegetarian wombat herders born under a full moon in a month WITHOUT an R in it, sales are up 300% (as are the birth rates of one-legged, blind, ambisexual, vegetarian wombat herders born under a full moon in a month WITHOUT an R in it).
You say that the music in Oblivion bored you. I never played the game, not owning an xbox 360 or a pc that could run it, but I did get to play a LOT of Morrowind. And one thing that hugely affected your emotions while playing that game was the music. The second the combat music comes on, all of my senses go on alert, I prep my good weapon or spell, and I can feel adrenaline pumping through my veins. The songs in that game had a visceral effect on me. Plus, I just thought that the non-combat music was so epic, it made me feel really good as I loped across plains for like 10 minutes to get to a city with no means of transportation.
It sucks that they couldn't give the user that wonderful musical experience in Oblivion, but in my opinion they totally nailed it in Morrowind.
A bunch of science majors flipping burgers doesn't lead to any advances in science and engineering.
But they wouldn't be flipping burgers. In order to receive the money in the first place, they would have to work for four years or teach for as many years in a related field. I could be wrong, but last time I checked flipping burgers isn't a field related to math or science. At least, that's true until we develop burger-flipping robots that need to be maintained by humans with science/math degrees.
Even worse than the speeding bullet part is the section on this page(last paragraph) where it says that 'Coincidentally, Mira and its "whale of a tail" can be found in the tail of the whale constellation.' I think NASA just likes making dumb jokes and references in their media announcements.
Although they may be franchise titles, that by no means indicates that they will be bad. I for one know that all they have to do is hint that GTA IV will be anywhere near as good as any of the others, and I'll be on it in a flash. It may be a franchise game, but it has LOTS of replayability, a relatively open environment to fool around in, and lots of other good things going for it. You can't just dismiss every franchise game as being crap, there are lots of people who love the sports games (they might not be on/. , but they do exist), and GTA is an amazing franchise. I have loved every incarnation of it and will probably continue to do so as long as they keep making them.
I don't know if this rings true with anybody else, but it seems to me that putting taxes on all of these things is similar to the way the British government was forcing taxes on the colonists in America in the days before the revolution. Maybe it's just my attempt to draw parallels between two groups that I didn't agree with.
Certain kinds of smart people tend to ignore things that they don't find relevant. Not to imply that I am in any way a genius, just a smarter-than-average guy, but I can do a lot of smart things, yet I often leave my articles of clothing in other people's rooms and forget all sorts of everyday information. I am aware of where my clothes are, but my mind usually doesn't find it important enough to remember.
Just because there is someone worse off than us does not mean we have no right to complain. In fact, the only time that one has no right to complain is when everybody is worse off than themselves. Countries below us may think less of us, but we are most certainly becoming farther and farther behind.
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I actually very recently discussed this idea with a friend of mine, and the same concerns came up. Privacy is definitely an issue, but I don't think it's very difficult to protect. The game could allow you to interact with other people that are nearby without telling you their location, or even how far away from you they are, similar to the way that on-line matchmaking works (but with a much smaller range). None of that information needs to be available to the players. There's still privacy and security concerns, but I'm hoping, along with the OP, that these games get made. If they don't, well, that's why I'm a game developer as well as a player.
Are you trying to suggest the title of the article should have been 6-year-old drives car 6 miles, thanks GTA?
Also--2's compliment? You must be joking. They don't emphasize knowing how to solder or replace vacuum tubes today, either.
While knowing 2's complement is probably not that useful, it shows an understanding of the internal workings of a computer, such as gates, adders, registers, memory, the clock, etc. Not knowing these things and working heavily with computers is like being a neuroscientist without understanding the basics of how the brain functions.
...and there isn't much left in the field for "work." There may be "research," into things but the average "job" is tedium.
Wow. First of all, there is no "may be"; there is definitely lots of research out there to be done, and some of it is very interesting (some is not, but that's always true of any field). And second of all, there is always work to be done. Computers are here and they're here to stay, meaning that there will always be employment for people who are well-qualified and want to work with them.
To respond to the OP, all I can do is reiterate (and poorly) what other people have said: figure out what you want to do, and then do whatever you have to to get there. If that means working in a call center by day and studying by night, then so be it. I've managed to get into the game industry (which is what I've always wanted to do) as a software engineer , but it took a lot of work, including knowing two's complement and how a hash table works.
...in a month with an R in it" That's still 2/3 of all months (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec)! But among the one-legged, blind, ambisexual, vegetarian wombat herders born under a full moon in a month WITHOUT an R in it, sales are up 300% (as are the birth rates of one-legged, blind, ambisexual, vegetarian wombat herders born under a full moon in a month WITHOUT an R in it).You say that the music in Oblivion bored you. I never played the game, not owning an xbox 360 or a pc that could run it, but I did get to play a LOT of Morrowind. And one thing that hugely affected your emotions while playing that game was the music. The second the combat music comes on, all of my senses go on alert, I prep my good weapon or spell, and I can feel adrenaline pumping through my veins. The songs in that game had a visceral effect on me. Plus, I just thought that the non-combat music was so epic, it made me feel really good as I loped across plains for like 10 minutes to get to a city with no means of transportation.
It sucks that they couldn't give the user that wonderful musical experience in Oblivion, but in my opinion they totally nailed it in Morrowind.
Even worse than the speeding bullet part is the section on this page(last paragraph) where it says that 'Coincidentally, Mira and its "whale of a tail" can be found in the tail of the whale constellation.' I think NASA just likes making dumb jokes and references in their media announcements.
Although they may be franchise titles, that by no means indicates that they will be bad. I for one know that all they have to do is hint that GTA IV will be anywhere near as good as any of the others, and I'll be on it in a flash. It may be a franchise game, but it has LOTS of replayability, a relatively open environment to fool around in, and lots of other good things going for it. You can't just dismiss every franchise game as being crap, there are lots of people who love the sports games (they might not be on /. , but they do exist), and GTA is an amazing franchise. I have loved every incarnation of it and will probably continue to do so as long as they keep making them.
I don't know if this rings true with anybody else, but it seems to me that putting taxes on all of these things is similar to the way the British government was forcing taxes on the colonists in America in the days before the revolution. Maybe it's just my attempt to draw parallels between two groups that I didn't agree with.
Certain kinds of smart people tend to ignore things that they don't find relevant. Not to imply that I am in any way a genius, just a smarter-than-average guy, but I can do a lot of smart things, yet I often leave my articles of clothing in other people's rooms and forget all sorts of everyday information. I am aware of where my clothes are, but my mind usually doesn't find it important enough to remember.
Just because there is someone worse off than us does not mean we have no right to complain. In fact, the only time that one has no right to complain is when everybody is worse off than themselves. Countries below us may think less of us, but we are most certainly becoming farther and farther behind.