First, if you read into this a little bit then you will see that this announcement comes from their SEC filing. Furthermore, it is marked confidential. Normally a company will not give away details as to exactly what they are working on in their filing, it will simply be operating expenses or other general expense. Finally, even when they do talk about what they plan on doing they won't draw a roadmap and a breakdown of exactly what, when, and how they are going to do it.
I will bet $75,000,000 that they are simply hoping that this news gets some air-time (as it has--slashdot!!!) and that a bunch of Fallout fans (I am one) will buy a share or two. They will then spend only a % on the game and the rest on keeping their floundering business afloat. I have never developed a game or worked in a game company so I don't know what are some general prices for developing an MMORPG but I am pretty sure 3yrs != 75,000,000 even with 75 employees all earning 100,000 per year all working full-time on the game. Not sure about technology licensing fees but I am pretty sure it is not in the millions (and if it is they can always use a cheaper engine).
KEY NOTE:
The tentative release date is 2010...that is a hell of a prediction to make. Anyone ever hear of that other game that kept being delayed and ended up having its engine re-written (alegedly) because technology changed so much that their original work was obsolete??
Basically, 2010 is far away and the ammount of money they are aiming for seems more like it is to cover operating costs than development of the game as they state. I would wager than only 10% of the sum would be used to develope the game (if that).
Conclusion:
You may be a fan, but hopefully you are not stupid. I would rather see another company pick up the rights and develope the game.
Remember kids, throwing money at a problem doesn't solve it (atleast not in this case).
It is obvious that he got something from Oracle (especially with the recent news about its lack of security). This is simply a case of damage control by Oracle. Cannot really blame them for it, it is war afterall.
Business Intelligence. Basically spend your time coming up with various ways to use databases of information to come up with answers to questions needed to do business (lots of $$$ in this--especially for investment banks and such).
Here is an exerpt from the MAN file for the app that allows for all the fun. Listed bellow find all the various operators and descriptions that you can use:
-affine <matrix>
drawing transform matrix
-antialias
remove pixel aliasing
-authenticate <string>
decrypt image with this password
-background <color>
the background color
-blue-primary <x>,<y>
blue chromaticity primary point
-blur <radius>{x<sigma>}
blur the image with a Gaussian operator
-border <width>x<height>
surround the image with a border of color
-bordercolor <color>
the border color
-cache <threshold>
(This option has been replaced by the -limit option)
-channel <type>
the type of channel
-charcoal <factor>
simulate a charcoal drawing
-colorize <value>
colorize the image with the fill color
-colors <value>
preferred number of colors in the image
-colorspace <value>
the type of colorspace
-comment <string>
annotate an image with a comment
-compress <type>
the type of image compression
-contrast
enhance or reduce the image contrast
-convolve <kernel>
convolve image with the specified convolution kernel
-crop <width>x<height>{+-}<x>{+-}<y>{%}
preferred size and location of the cropped image
-cycle <amount>
displace image colormap by amount
-debug <events>
enable debug printout
-define <key>{=<value>},...
add coder/decoder specific options
-delay <1/100ths of a second>
display the next image after pausing
-density <width>x<height>
horizontal and vertical resolution in pixels of the image
-depth <value>
depth of the image
-despeckle
reduce the speckles within an image
-display <host:display[.screen]>
specifies the X server to contact
-dispose <method>
GIF disposal method
-dither
apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to the image
-draw <string>
annotate an image with one or more graphic primitives
-edge <radius>
detect edges within an image
-emboss <radius>
emboss an image
-encoding <type>
specify the text encoding
-endian <type>
specify endianness (MSB or LSB) of output image
-enhance
apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
-equalize
perform histogram equalization to the image
-evaluate <operator> <constant>
evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression
-fill <color>
color to use when filling a graphic primitive
-filter <type>
use this type of filter when resizing an image
-flip create a "mirror image"
-flop create a "mirror image"
-font <name>
use this font when annotating the image with text
-format <type>
the image format type
FYI: Purple = Red + Blue
(Screws up the matrix so much that it forces it to reboot and removes all glitches developed due to Windows Server 2003 back end which is suffering from memory win-rot due to lack of reboot for long period of time)
Google is probably working on something that scans your computer and delivers you the advertisements that address your interests based on what kind of software and writing you have on your computer...
Time to move the pr0n onto DVDs I guess...damn...sux to switch DVDs mid swing though... I need a solution here people!
I am more interested in seeing how Apple will use the Multi-point touch screen technology it has patented (or applied for). I see Apple once again revolutionizing the world of GUI as they did in the 80s with the advent of the mouse. I feel that this will probably start with their Ipods perhaps becoming more like TabletPC/cell-phone/ebook/musicPlayer.
First, I would like to say that although batteries are not there yet to completely replace the internal combustion engine they are good enough to supplement it. I think also, the real benefit of this car is the fact that it is a proof of concept(EV1). The way I see the use of an onboard power-source supplementing the internal combustion engine is to balance the use of oil to be that of the ammount that the country can produce it-self. For example, here in Canada on the west coast, most if not all our electricity comes from Hydro power. However, we are producing so much of it that we end up having to sell most of it and/or dispose of it as there is more supply than demand. For us, an electric car would be perfect. Then, when you are on a highway driving at high-speeds you could simply have the car turn on its gasoline/biodesil engine and take up the slack of the electric motor.
In conclusion, the real issue is the fact that everyone is caught up in Hydrogen as being the thing to take over the role of internal combustion engines when in reality that is not going to happen. The real issue is that there is currently very little movement coming from the big car companies with regard to new technologies for transportation. There needs to be real incentive for them such as a law or tax break for consumers.
Warm feelings don't pay dividens.
I really think that the only real long-term solution to the censorship is the freenet project. This is more like a temporary bug than a real solution.
Everyone keep moving...nothing to see here...
Awardee NameSort By Name Scharroo, Remko
AgencySort By Agency NOAA
AdviserSort By Adviser Cheney, Robert Eugene
Satellite Altimetry for Ocean Modeling, Sea Level Change, and Geophysics
Vice President Cheney? I don't think so... does anyone know who this scientist has worked for? What is his history? What has he published and who is he funded by?
Welcome
The High Park Group (HPG) is a public affairs and policy consulting firm, with offices in Toronto and Ottawa. We work in a broad range of areas, with core practices in energy, environment, and ethics.
Our dedicated team of advisors is committed to providing timely, customized services that provide maximum value to our clients.
--- QUOTE FROM AUTHORS SITE---
Ahh I see... Why is this even under discussion? Obviously this man is a completely unbiasd individual *sarcasm*. Lets not forget where the term "Public Relations" comes from. It comes from the word "Propaganda". Now lets also not forget why it's called Public Relations rather than Propaganda. If you do some reading, you will note that the nephiew of Sigmond Fraud made this field using his uncle's theories but because of the "bad rap" the term "Propaganda" got with the Nazies they needed something a little less emotion stirring.
Anyways, free speach and all...good on ya
It was (is) bound to happen. We can't be so close to the US without catching "a cold" every now and again. I just hope the police don't start enforcing all these laws as seriously as in the US.
weed anyone?
They should not violate any patents. There are ways of dealing with things such as this without having to resort to piracy. Also, the ammount of people dying is not a good gauge by which to determine when a patent should be or should not be broken. Perhaps a better way to deal with the situation is by simply having certain things be off bounds for patents...such as I don't know... oh lets say anything that is to do with perpetuating human life... only allow patenting of things that improve the quality of life rather than the current version which allows patenting of life improving inventions as well as life perpetuating inventions.
Why oh why do they show off the OS's ugly retarded front end. Why oh why do they not show KDE instead of retarded Gnome.
The first thing I did when I installed Sarge was switch to KDE as my xwindows environment and I have never looked back. Now seeing gnome after KDE makes me want to puke!
For democracy to function there has to be a revolution to over throw the government once every 150 years just to keep the governemt decent. The US is a bit overdue... When was the last one? 1860s? Well, its almost that time again... so start practicing at the local firing range because if your not your next door neighbor sure is.
Yeah your missing something alright... RTFM!
HowTO install for FIREFOX:
1. Download http://www.socialized.net/files/WindowsInstaller.z ip
Then run it and install all the things it asks you to.
2. Go down to firefox search area at http://www.socialized.net/files.html and click on
Installation is done by opening [this link] from the Firefox web browser.
3. Top right, press on the list of search tools, select the purplish circle things and do a search.
4. JOIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
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First, if you read into this a little bit then you will see that this announcement comes from their SEC filing. Furthermore, it is marked confidential. Normally a company will not give away details as to exactly what they are working on in their filing, it will simply be operating expenses or other general expense. Finally, even when they do talk about what they plan on doing they won't draw a roadmap and a breakdown of exactly what, when, and how they are going to do it.
I will bet $75,000,000 that they are simply hoping that this news gets some air-time (as it has--slashdot!!!) and that a bunch of Fallout fans (I am one) will buy a share or two. They will then spend only a % on the game and the rest on keeping their floundering business afloat. I have never developed a game or worked in a game company so I don't know what are some general prices for developing an MMORPG but I am pretty sure 3yrs != 75,000,000 even with 75 employees all earning 100,000 per year all working full-time on the game. Not sure about technology licensing fees but I am pretty sure it is not in the millions (and if it is they can always use a cheaper engine).
KEY NOTE:
The tentative release date is 2010...that is a hell of a prediction to make. Anyone ever hear of that other game that kept being delayed and ended up having its engine re-written (alegedly) because technology changed so much that their original work was obsolete??
Basically, 2010 is far away and the ammount of money they are aiming for seems more like it is to cover operating costs than development of the game as they state. I would wager than only 10% of the sum would be used to develope the game (if that).
Conclusion:
You may be a fan, but hopefully you are not stupid. I would rather see another company pick up the rights and develope the game. Remember kids, throwing money at a problem doesn't solve it (atleast not in this case).
-eof
It is obvious that he got something from Oracle (especially with the recent news about its lack of security). This is simply a case of damage control by Oracle. Cannot really blame them for it, it is war afterall.
Business Intelligence. Basically spend your time coming up with various ways to use databases of information to come up with answers to questions needed to do business (lots of $$$ in this--especially for investment banks and such).
Here is an exerpt from the MAN file for the app that allows for all the fun. Listed bellow find all the various operators and descriptions that you can use:
Original MAN: http://www.phpman.info/index.php/man/mogrify/1
-affine <matrix> drawing transform matrix -antialias remove pixel aliasing -authenticate <string> decrypt image with this password -background <color> the background color -blue-primary <x>,<y> blue chromaticity primary point -blur <radius>{x<sigma>} blur the image with a Gaussian operator -border <width>x<height> surround the image with a border of color -bordercolor <color> the border color -cache <threshold> (This option has been replaced by the -limit option) -channel <type> the type of channel -charcoal <factor> simulate a charcoal drawing -colorize <value> colorize the image with the fill color -colors <value> preferred number of colors in the image -colorspace <value> the type of colorspace -comment <string> annotate an image with a comment -compress <type> the type of image compression -contrast enhance or reduce the image contrast -convolve <kernel> convolve image with the specified convolution kernel -crop <width>x<height>{+-}<x>{+-}<y>{%} preferred size and location of the cropped image -cycle <amount> displace image colormap by amount -debug <events> enable debug printout -define <key>{=<value>},... add coder/decoder specific options -delay <1/100ths of a second> display the next image after pausing -density <width>x<height> horizontal and vertical resolution in pixels of the image -depth <value> depth of the image -despeckle reduce the speckles within an image -display <host:display[.screen]> specifies the X server to contact -dispose <method> GIF disposal method -dither apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to the image -draw <string> annotate an image with one or more graphic primitives -edge <radius> detect edges within an image -emboss <radius> emboss an image -encoding <type> specify the text encoding -endian <type> specify endianness (MSB or LSB) of output image -enhance apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image -equalize perform histogram equalization to the image -evaluate <operator> <constant> evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression -fill <color> color to use when filling a graphic primitive -filter <type> use this type of filter when resizing an image -flip create a "mirror image" -flop create a "mirror image" -font <name> use this font when annotating the image with text -format <type> the image format type
It will be PURPLE, and it must be taken RECTALLY.
FYI: Purple = Red + Blue (Screws up the matrix so much that it forces it to reboot and removes all glitches developed due to Windows Server 2003 back end which is suffering from memory win-rot due to lack of reboot for long period of time)
Google is probably working on something that scans your computer and delivers you the advertisements that address your interests based on what kind of software and writing you have on your computer...
Time to move the pr0n onto DVDs I guess...damn...sux to switch DVDs mid swing though... I need a solution here people!
Step 1: Find cause. Step 2: Test pill as cure for condition Step 3: Do PR Blitz to expose the hidden "Cancer Causing" effects of Deja-Vu Step 4: $$$
I am more interested in seeing how Apple will use the Multi-point touch screen technology it has patented (or applied for). I see Apple once again revolutionizing the world of GUI as they did in the 80s with the advent of the mouse. I feel that this will probably start with their Ipods perhaps becoming more like TabletPC/cell-phone/ebook/musicPlayer.
First, I would like to say that although batteries are not there yet to completely replace the internal combustion engine they are good enough to supplement it. I think also, the real benefit of this car is the fact that it is a proof of concept(EV1). The way I see the use of an onboard power-source supplementing the internal combustion engine is to balance the use of oil to be that of the ammount that the country can produce it-self. For example, here in Canada on the west coast, most if not all our electricity comes from Hydro power. However, we are producing so much of it that we end up having to sell most of it and/or dispose of it as there is more supply than demand. For us, an electric car would be perfect. Then, when you are on a highway driving at high-speeds you could simply have the car turn on its gasoline/biodesil engine and take up the slack of the electric motor. In conclusion, the real issue is the fact that everyone is caught up in Hydrogen as being the thing to take over the role of internal combustion engines when in reality that is not going to happen. The real issue is that there is currently very little movement coming from the big car companies with regard to new technologies for transportation. There needs to be real incentive for them such as a law or tax break for consumers. Warm feelings don't pay dividens.
I really think that the only real long-term solution to the censorship is the freenet project. This is more like a temporary bug than a real solution. Everyone keep moving...nothing to see here...
Awardee NameSort By Name Scharroo, Remko
AgencySort By Agency NOAA
AdviserSort By Adviser Cheney, Robert Eugene
Satellite Altimetry for Ocean Modeling, Sea Level Change, and Geophysics
Vice President Cheney? I don't think so... does anyone know who this scientist has worked for? What is his history? What has he published and who is he funded by?
Welcome The High Park Group (HPG) is a public affairs and policy consulting firm, with offices in Toronto and Ottawa. We work in a broad range of areas, with core practices in energy, environment, and ethics. Our dedicated team of advisors is committed to providing timely, customized services that provide maximum value to our clients. --- QUOTE FROM AUTHORS SITE--- Ahh I see... Why is this even under discussion? Obviously this man is a completely unbiasd individual *sarcasm*. Lets not forget where the term "Public Relations" comes from. It comes from the word "Propaganda". Now lets also not forget why it's called Public Relations rather than Propaganda. If you do some reading, you will note that the nephiew of Sigmond Fraud made this field using his uncle's theories but because of the "bad rap" the term "Propaganda" got with the Nazies they needed something a little less emotion stirring. Anyways, free speach and all...good on ya
It was (is) bound to happen. We can't be so close to the US without catching "a cold" every now and again. I just hope the police don't start enforcing all these laws as seriously as in the US. weed anyone?
They should not violate any patents. There are ways of dealing with things such as this without having to resort to piracy. Also, the ammount of people dying is not a good gauge by which to determine when a patent should be or should not be broken. Perhaps a better way to deal with the situation is by simply having certain things be off bounds for patents...such as I don't know... oh lets say anything that is to do with perpetuating human life... only allow patenting of things that improve the quality of life rather than the current version which allows patenting of life improving inventions as well as life perpetuating inventions.
Why oh why do they show off the OS's ugly retarded front end. Why oh why do they not show KDE instead of retarded Gnome. The first thing I did when I installed Sarge was switch to KDE as my xwindows environment and I have never looked back. Now seeing gnome after KDE makes me want to puke!
For democracy to function there has to be a revolution to over throw the government once every 150 years just to keep the governemt decent. The US is a bit overdue... When was the last one? 1860s? Well, its almost that time again... so start practicing at the local firing range because if your not your next door neighbor sure is.
Yeah your missing something alright... RTFM! HowTO install for FIREFOX: 1. Download http://www.socialized.net/files/WindowsInstaller.z ip
Then run it and install all the things it asks you to.
2. Go down to firefox search area at http://www.socialized.net/files.html and click on
Installation is done by opening [this link] from the Firefox web browser.
3. Top right, press on the list of search tools, select the purplish circle things and do a search.
4. JOIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!