What type of phone do you have? Android? Learn java. Not the type of Java these people are talking about, I mean learn android. Have an iPhone? Learn iOS dev stuff. Do it every day for a year. Show it off during the interview. You'll learn something that is in high demand and you'll get the job you want.
My team is agile. We have a burn down chart. We have a weekly iteration planning session. We pair program, we test first, we write our cucumber tests, javascript tests, junit tests, and we code 35 or more hours a week. We're also in one of the strictest change management environments I've ever worked in, and we're still churning out high quality, highly tested code in high volume. In our stand up every morning we talk about the stories that were completed the day before and we mark them on our burn down chart at that time. Our Kanban board helps drive us through the process and it keeps everything visible to all the team members. Documentation for our semi-monthly releases is a chore - it takes us about 8 man hours a month, but were working to automate a lot of it.
Agile means adapting, and it sounds like you're not.
To say that hollywood doesn't recycle well established plots and put a new skin on it is silly. Personally, I rather liked Dances With Smurfs, and went to see it twice.
I'm for killing violent offenders, but the problem is that the legal system is so broken that I'm not sure if anyone knows guilt vs innocence anymore. I'm for abortions, but only in certain cases - extreme hardship for the child, health concerns, rape, etc. There are in fact times when you would be better off dead than alive.
I have a 55 hour work week, a wife and 2 kids, so here is a heartfelt thank you for the BoA items that grant additional experience. That said, I don't have time to play my main and level a lot of characters. For example, it took me almost a year to get to level 70 during BC when I started. Since the expansion, I've gained level 80 and have downed several 10 and 25 man hard mode encounters in Ulduar.
However, the melee imbalances in 2v2 arenas are such that I'm about to stop trying pvp at all. It's not worth the opportunity cost for me to level a plate wearer to 80, gear him up and l2faceroll. Is there something planned to prevent my only level 80 character (a warlock) from being every rogue's bitch in 2v2 arena? I'd happily trade my ability to completely dominate every paladin that comes across my path for the ability to live through a Cloak of Shadows duration. I recently dueled a s4 + s5 gladiator (ret paladin) and won 10 out of 10. Conversely, I recently lost to a level 80 rogue that was wearing a full compliment of greens and a quest blue. The fact that I was in mostly furious gear (with 2 piece t8.5 for the set bonus) did nothing to help me. I understand that duels are not meant to be balanced, but I chose that example because the same situation exists for me in 2v2 arenas when it's healer + rogue vs healer + me.
If pvp balancing issues for warlocks are out of the picture, are there any plans to provide pvp only servers (much like the tournament realms), where I can just create a level 80 character to do arenas and BGs with? I'd love to do arenas with my brother or a coworker, but in both cases our comp is completely impractical in even the mid level 2s bracket.
This would never fly in a modern MMO, as it requires that player to plan ahead from the very beginning or to re-roll once they learned how the system worked. A 'spec' system, where those points could be re-spent late in the game to allow players to shift their skills to match their play style would be interesting, but could result in players being able to shift from a tank style class to a healer or magic dps depending on the day and the needs of their group/guild. Starting from a basic school system, melee/damage caster/healing caster with different starting skill costs would allow for varied classes for each player, and not much more lock in than any other MMO out right now.
Not only does WoW have that, but it has it for two specs at a time. I respec once or twice a week to min-max specific encounters. It's pretty obvious you haven't played a modern MMO in some time.
As someone who recently had medical problems that sprung up over night, I can honestly say that there could be other reasons he's not responding. I guess an open letter is as good a way as any to try to get in touch with him, but the tone of the letter is beyond ignorant. It's more accusatory than anything (which may be justified), but it's certainly not a sign of professionalism. If anything, it shows that he may have been correct in managing the project without the petulant "help" of the other developers.
This is very similar to what I've been seeing out of Blizzard, but the opposite approach (and I think Blizzard has this right). Instead of pushing the "Easy Button", how about making all the content easy and making hard modes that you can do for mad props/cool cut scenes/phat loot/self gratification.
The obviously should have tried this on the public test realm. Hope you like all the qqing about impossible to achieve achievements. Nubs. 5 digit uid indeed.
You're writing needs to improve. But there's little guidance on getting into the game world as a writer.
There are two someones that need a tough English teacher.
The first rule of slashdot grammar flaming is: You do not fuck up the grammar or spelling in your post.
The second rule of slashdot grammar flaming is: You DO NOT fuck up the grammar or spelling in your post!
I've taken two classes at a major university so that I can get my degree finally. In the most recent class, the teacher has been downright sexist. Crude jokes that come out badly because of his broken-ass english and a horrible sense of what's proper and what's not. I've only gone to class 4 times this semester... the first two classes, and the two subsequent tests. During each of the first two classes I saw a woman get up and leave the classroom after a horribly sexist joke. It may be that I recognize this because I've been in the workforce for several years and have gone through "sexual harassment training" or whatever, but I doubt it. This guy is creepy, and he's outright lewd.
So yeah, I can imagine that women don't want any part of the field if the people training the next generation of workers are this bad.
gotta love angband. I've wasted so many hours of my life on that game... I love articles like this because I remember why I made my signature the way I did.
A Box Anticipated By Many Gamers Chassis and component manufacturer Antec just released a new enthusiast case called the Skeleton, which is just that -- the framework of an enclosure, without the walls. The Test Center assembled a PC using the case, which Antec says people either love or hate.
The Meaning Of Bare Bones The front of the Skeleton is where the optical and hard drives are housed. It is also where you'll find the power and reset buttons, as well as two USB ports, a FireWire port, an eSATA connection, and audio jacks. The 250mm "Big Boy" fan on top of the unit provides enough airflow to cool most of the components, but is surprisingly quiet
Slider Design The component tray slides out from the rear of the chassis, allowing for access to the motherboard and power supply. Note the slots on the top of the side screen panels which permit the user to "hang" four additional hard drives (two on each side) in addition to the two that can be mounted in the case.
Open Space The plastic PCI Mounting Bar sits along the top of the back and provides a bracket to screw in PCI cards. The Skeleton is 3-way SLI ready, so there is enough space to install up to three 11-inch PCI-e graphics cards.
The Board Connects To Component Tray The motherboard tray sits on top of the component tray and is removed with three screws. This makes it very easy to mount any size board.
Putting Meat On The Bones The power supply mount sits directly below the back of the motherboard and easily pulls out by lifting the metal tab. After attaching the PSU, the mount slides into the chassis using either of two tracks, depending on its size. Reviewers found mounting the component simple, but finding a place to route the thick cables was much more difficult.
Backbone The rear of the completely assembled computer looks a little jumbled. With a little more effort, some of the tangled wires could probably be hidden. Notice that the I/O panel is not used on the Skeleton. Antec recommends that it be kept in a safe place in case you decide to move the motherboard to a traditional case somewhere down the road
Skeleton Of A New Machine The front of the completed system looks a little bit neater. There is a mount for a second optical drive under the first one, and two, 3.5-inch hard drives hide behind the detachable 92mm fan. All the drives are mounted with a single screw that locks into place by sliding it into the slot. They are also quickly removable by just depressing the appropriate tab.
Cool Cooling The fan on top of the unit has a speed control switch that the user can set to one of three different speeds. There is also a simple button that changes the multi-color LEDs into a variety of different colors. By default the LEDs cycle through all the options.
I got a job programming at a big company with a)no degree and b)no experience. I submitted my resume and pointed out that I'd contributed to an open source project, had worked with a particular language for a year on my own time as a hobby, I was a fast learner and that I was a hard worker. I got the first job I interviewed for.
One thing I'll mention: HR writes those ads. Most HR people don't know the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground. Your QA experience should go a long way in their eyes. In short, just apply for the jobs and you will get one (assuming you have reasonable interviewing skills).
I just want to point out that I used refer a friend to get my second character up to level 60 in about 30 hours of game play playing with my brother and his first character. I'm very very new to the game./just sayin'
I reminded my wife that today is talk like a pirate day and she said, "It's not a real holiday. If it were a real holiday I would have seen an entire section of pirate Hallmark cards at the store today."
This may be the beginnings of the best practical joke idea ever...
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What type of phone do you have? Android? Learn java. Not the type of Java these people are talking about, I mean learn android. Have an iPhone? Learn iOS dev stuff. Do it every day for a year. Show it off during the interview. You'll learn something that is in high demand and you'll get the job you want.
best bot on twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/StealthMountain
My team is agile. We have a burn down chart. We have a weekly iteration planning session. We pair program, we test first, we write our cucumber tests, javascript tests, junit tests, and we code 35 or more hours a week. We're also in one of the strictest change management environments I've ever worked in, and we're still churning out high quality, highly tested code in high volume. In our stand up every morning we talk about the stories that were completed the day before and we mark them on our burn down chart at that time. Our Kanban board helps drive us through the process and it keeps everything visible to all the team members. Documentation for our semi-monthly releases is a chore - it takes us about 8 man hours a month, but were working to automate a lot of it.
Agile means adapting, and it sounds like you're not.
To say that hollywood doesn't recycle well established plots and put a new skin on it is silly. Personally, I rather liked Dances With Smurfs, and went to see it twice.
I'm for killing violent offenders, but the problem is that the legal system is so broken that I'm not sure if anyone knows guilt vs innocence anymore.
I'm for abortions, but only in certain cases - extreme hardship for the child, health concerns, rape, etc. There are in fact times when you would be better off dead than alive.
I have a 55 hour work week, a wife and 2 kids, so here is a heartfelt thank you for the BoA items that grant additional experience. That said, I don't have time to play my main and level a lot of characters. For example, it took me almost a year to get to level 70 during BC when I started. Since the expansion, I've gained level 80 and have downed several 10 and 25 man hard mode encounters in Ulduar.
However, the melee imbalances in 2v2 arenas are such that I'm about to stop trying pvp at all. It's not worth the opportunity cost for me to level a plate wearer to 80, gear him up and l2faceroll. Is there something planned to prevent my only level 80 character (a warlock) from being every rogue's bitch in 2v2 arena? I'd happily trade my ability to completely dominate every paladin that comes across my path for the ability to live through a Cloak of Shadows duration. I recently dueled a s4 + s5 gladiator (ret paladin) and won 10 out of 10. Conversely, I recently lost to a level 80 rogue that was wearing a full compliment of greens and a quest blue. The fact that I was in mostly furious gear (with 2 piece t8.5 for the set bonus) did nothing to help me. I understand that duels are not meant to be balanced, but I chose that example because the same situation exists for me in 2v2 arenas when it's healer + rogue vs healer + me.
If pvp balancing issues for warlocks are out of the picture, are there any plans to provide pvp only servers (much like the tournament realms), where I can just create a level 80 character to do arenas and BGs with? I'd love to do arenas with my brother or a coworker, but in both cases our comp is completely impractical in even the mid level 2s bracket.
Not only does WoW have that, but it has it for two specs at a time. I respec once or twice a week to min-max specific encounters. It's pretty obvious you haven't played a modern MMO in some time.
As someone who recently had medical problems that sprung up over night, I can honestly say that there could be other reasons he's not responding. I guess an open letter is as good a way as any to try to get in touch with him, but the tone of the letter is beyond ignorant. It's more accusatory than anything (which may be justified), but it's certainly not a sign of professionalism. If anything, it shows that he may have been correct in managing the project without the petulant "help" of the other developers.
Well, technically he didn't give the right amount of money to the right people. Does that count?
I blame it on increased use of design patterns and better tools for refactoring ;)
This is very similar to what I've been seeing out of Blizzard, but the opposite approach (and I think Blizzard has this right). Instead of pushing the "Easy Button", how about making all the content easy and making hard modes that you can do for mad props/cool cut scenes/phat loot/self gratification.
Offtopic, but your sig is great. I never thought I'd agree with anything that Rush said. Like, ever. Who knew?
This post sounds like the rantings of someone who has not made it past the first boss of Ulduar.
The obviously should have tried this on the public test realm. Hope you like all the qqing about impossible to achieve achievements. Nubs. 5 digit uid indeed.
unemployment in missouri is capped at $250 per week. That's enough for your average teenager.
TopCod3r? You're here too?
You're writing needs to improve.
But there's little guidance on getting into the game world as a writer.
There are two someones that need a tough English teacher.
The first rule of slashdot grammar flaming is: You do not fuck up the grammar or spelling in your post.
The second rule of slashdot grammar flaming is: You DO NOT fuck up the grammar or spelling in your post!
I think this is the data set. I could be wrong though. The article (yeah yeah) says that
In our sorting experiments we have followed the rules of a standard terabyte (TB) sort benchmark.
Which lead me to this page that describes the data (and it's available for download).
I've taken two classes at a major university so that I can get my degree finally. In the most recent class, the teacher has been downright sexist. Crude jokes that come out badly because of his broken-ass english and a horrible sense of what's proper and what's not. I've only gone to class 4 times this semester... the first two classes, and the two subsequent tests. During each of the first two classes I saw a woman get up and leave the classroom after a horribly sexist joke. It may be that I recognize this because I've been in the workforce for several years and have gone through "sexual harassment training" or whatever, but I doubt it. This guy is creepy, and he's outright lewd.
So yeah, I can imagine that women don't want any part of the field if the people training the next generation of workers are this bad.
gotta love angband. I've wasted so many hours of my life on that game... I love articles like this because I remember why I made my signature the way I did.
A Box Anticipated By Many Gamers
Chassis and component manufacturer Antec just released a new enthusiast case called the Skeleton, which is just that -- the framework of an enclosure, without the walls. The Test Center assembled a PC using the case, which Antec says people either love or hate.
The Meaning Of Bare Bones
The front of the Skeleton is where the optical and hard drives are housed. It is also where you'll find the power and reset buttons, as well as two USB ports, a FireWire port, an eSATA connection, and audio jacks. The 250mm "Big Boy" fan on top of the unit provides enough airflow to cool most of the components, but is surprisingly quiet
Slider Design
The component tray slides out from the rear of the chassis, allowing for access to the motherboard and power supply. Note the slots on the top of the side screen panels which permit the user to "hang" four additional hard drives (two on each side) in addition to the two that can be mounted in the case.
Open Space
The plastic PCI Mounting Bar sits along the top of the back and provides a bracket to screw in PCI cards. The Skeleton is 3-way SLI ready, so there is enough space to install up to three 11-inch PCI-e graphics cards.
The Board Connects To Component Tray
The motherboard tray sits on top of the component tray and is removed with three screws. This makes it very easy to mount any size board.
Putting Meat On The Bones
The power supply mount sits directly below the back of the motherboard and easily pulls out by lifting the metal tab. After attaching the PSU, the mount slides into the chassis using either of two tracks, depending on its size. Reviewers found mounting the component simple, but finding a place to route the thick cables was much more difficult.
Backbone
The rear of the completely assembled computer looks a little jumbled. With a little more effort, some of the tangled wires could probably be hidden. Notice that the I/O panel is not used on the Skeleton. Antec recommends that it be kept in a safe place in case you decide to move the motherboard to a traditional case somewhere down the road
Skeleton Of A New Machine
The front of the completed system looks a little bit neater. There is a mount for a second optical drive under the first one, and two, 3.5-inch hard drives hide behind the detachable 92mm fan. All the drives are mounted with a single screw that locks into place by sliding it into the slot. They are also quickly removable by just depressing the appropriate tab.
Cool Cooling
The fan on top of the unit has a speed control switch that the user can set to one of three different speeds. There is also a simple button that changes the multi-color LEDs into a variety of different colors. By default the LEDs cycle through all the options.
http://www.theforestsedge.com/
still good enough to play, i just find that with kids, school and a full time job, i don't have as much time to modify my bots...err play.
I got a job programming at a big company with a)no degree and b)no experience. I submitted my resume and pointed out that I'd contributed to an open source project, had worked with a particular language for a year on my own time as a hobby, I was a fast learner and that I was a hard worker. I got the first job I interviewed for.
One thing I'll mention: HR writes those ads. Most HR people don't know the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground. Your QA experience should go a long way in their eyes. In short, just apply for the jobs and you will get one (assuming you have reasonable interviewing skills).
I just want to point out that I used refer a friend to get my second character up to level 60 in about 30 hours of game play playing with my brother and his first character. I'm very very new to the game. /just sayin'
I reminded my wife that today is talk like a pirate day and she said, "It's not a real holiday. If it were a real holiday I would have seen an entire section of pirate Hallmark cards at the store today."
This may be the beginnings of the best practical joke idea ever...