for a family visit and also brought my laptop with me. For what its worth, during re-entry check at JFK, I was not searched at all, nor any questions about my laptop. The agent was actually very polite and asked "Did you enjoy your trip?"
I was not looking forward to the re-entry check, but it was smooth sailing - Last time I visited Pakistan (2 years ago), upon re-entry I had to go to the special Homeland Security check room and was questioned quite a bit, but they never checked my laptop.
Anyhow, considering I traveled to what is perceived as a dangerous country, I was pleasantly surprised that I was not subjected to such a scrutinizing search of my belongings. I'm guessing that the searches are somewhat random..?
Totally agreed - I had given OpenOffice a try (still have it installed) but as you mention, it is not as polished and as a user I have built quite a bit of knowledge around using the Office products. A good example of this is when I had one of our office mates give OpenOffice a try. She used it to put together a simple proposal document and then never used it again, mentioning a lot of the points the parent post made.
I found this type of user behavior to be rather interesting, even after installing and giving it a spin, my coworker and I dropped OpenOffice rather quickly and never used it again
Geospatial technologies in general are going to be very important - We have been doing work primarily with Real Estate Brokerages and the Oil/Energy Industries
It has been exciting to see where things are headed with location based applications - for instance, google will be releasing AdSense in the Google Maps API, which will have some very seriously monetization implications for not only our apps, but anyone developing with their API
Shameless plug, but check out our site www.mapgroove.com
The delivery mechanism for applications is shifting, in a relatively rapid manner, to the web browser. With the adoption of standards I think this shift will continue into the foreseeable future. In addition, other form factors (Post PC devices) are gaining more market share everyday.
Is windows doomed as a development platform? Nope, it still has some of the best and most mature development tools around - It still has the largest market share as an OS, etc.
We have been using Visual Studio and related tools for quite a while, but have realized that the various license fees, etc. do not justify us using the Windows platform as our only dev platform - we will continue to support it as long as we have paying clients
Agreed with the other posts that IIS 5.x was rather shitty and was a lot more vulnerable than Apache, etc.
With the release of IIS 6, security was significantly improved & according to various stats out there, IIS 6 is actually stronger than Apache in a lot of areas. We are running IIS & have had several intrusion attempts but our systems have been pretty solid; Humble admission, we did get hacked once but it was our negligence more than anything else.
Having admin'ed both Apache and IIS servers, IIS has treated us well, with a properly configured firewall and auto-patching servers, IIS is rock solid
For a mobile computer having a on-computer firewall is a must...
Very much agreed - At first glance I dismissed the product but then realized that it would be great for the laptop that I am typing away on now. Yes, there are software solutions etc. but having a dongle that I can take from one machine to another would be awesome - Potentially I no longer have to install firewalls on each and every computer that I use
But I would like to see some variations to their overall 3D approach - Mixing both 2/3D gameplay & throwing in 3/4 would be very interesting in various scenarios - IMHO, the overall storyline and general gameplay is what has always kept me and the other legion of fans coming back for more - I certainly enjoyed the graphical twist with Wind Waker which added some spice to the look of Zelda, but the original charm of the series has always been kept intact
a couple of months back - A lot of great speakers in additional to the panel of startups that were funded (reddit, justintv, scribd..) - Anyhow, from my perspective a majority of the crowd was/is gay for Paul Graham - A lot of interesting conversations regarding the nominal amount of cash they inject - To a guy from Ohio or Minnesota, etc., they would jump at the chance to move out to SV for the $5k carrots dangled in front of each founders (For example reddit is a bunch of guys from V-tech - whom, as many of you know, were purchased by Conde Nast) - Anyhow, I see Y-Combinator as more of an incubation program for geeks that have no clue regarding business and provides them a great incentive to move out to California - in addition, the halo effect of Paul Graham may not hurt - Pros and cons both ways
As for myself, my startup is further along than most as we are self-sustaining with a handful of clients - It was great to learn from the speakers and meet some other like minded and entrepreneurial folks
Russia's space agency is preparing to launch eight satellites that will nearly complete a system designed to compete directly, by 2009, with the existing global positioning system technology of the United States. GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System), is expected to begin operations over Russian territory later this year, followed by coverage of adjacent parts of Europe and Asia. By controlling the only fully operational satellite navigation system in existence today, the United States holds a strategic advantage in times of conflict, according to Russian military officials. In theory, the United States could deny GPS navigation signals to countries with which it has a dispute. Such actions could affect industries as diverse as agriculture, oil production and banking, to say nothing of military operations. For the most part, the Russian system promises to be functionally equivalent to the existing GPS system, however it could be more accurate than GPS in regions where Russia has better access to terrestrial navigation aids. Some companies are already designing dual-chip navigation devices that support both systems.
While Russia attempts its own GPS alternative, China has already launched satellites for its own Baidu system. The European Union's Galileo positioning system is still in the planning stages, having hit a snag with its private contractors over potential profits. The European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System is scheduled to come online in 2011 with higher precision than the existing GPS and GLONASS networks. However, delays put the Galileo project more than four years off schedule and still counting.
A quick search will bring up a lot of similar ideas regarding the 'orbital rhythm' of the solar system and how it affects things like oceanic levels, radiation levels, which in turn, obviously, has an impact on biodiversity
This general idea has been around for a very long time, I've come across it several times in various magazines like Scientific American, etc.
As a newly minted business owner I do feel, at times, chained to my BB - Answering emails in the bathroom in the morning, while at lunch & at home - Whats funny is that I go through phases, sometimes I put the BB on my nightstand, put it on silent and do not look at it again till I wake up in the morning to take a shit There are other times that I am answering emails while eating dinner, playing with the children, 'conversing' with my wife, while driving....Having 'resources' overseas compounds the problem...but I'm making decent money!/heh
Interesting - My only real reference to that project was from Dr.Bill's show - As he usually has a 'conservative' bias, that might be the reason he blamed the 'eco-wackos' instead of Pres. Reagan..? (pure speculation on my part of course)
He hosts a science radio show in the bay area and I recall him talking about this technology on one of his broadcasts He mentioned that it was researched @ Lawrence Livermore (as mentioned in the post) and that it showed promise
As per Dr. Bill, as is the norm, he blamed the 'eco-wackos' for not allowing this technology to become commercialized
...straight out of college - I studied CS with an emphasis in graphics & networks - I landed the job more out of luck than anything else, one my friends was tester in college and helped me get an interview - Initially wrote exporters for 3D studio max, memory card management stuff and bug fixing - I finally worked my way up to producer, managing our external development teams in Italy, Russia & Japan
It was a great job while it lasted - long long hours, passion to make fun games, learned so so much, worked with great developers, E3 back in all its glory...but in the end it was not worth it (I have since started a web services company about 1.5 yrs back)
With all the good, there is a ton of bullshit to deal with - my introduction to the dark arts of the marketing teams really turned me sour - The balance of development and marketing was heavily skewed towards the end of my tenure, forcing me to quit - when marketing begins to dictate release schedules, time allowed for bug fixing, cutting features to meet 'faster times to market' etc. etc., it can really stifle your desire to make quality games...
/rant over
I still hope to someday develop 'my' game - the design doc is still there, just needs to be dusted off;) If I can only get a budget of a conservative $5,000,000 to develop it!
With the added feature of the article synopsis if you hover over the link - Yahoo sort of does this, but they dont give enough room for the article summary
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Cancelled my account due to the fact whenever I did log on (I only had one main character, a rogue, that took me approximately 8 months to level to 60), there were queues, random crashes and disconnects
The final straw came when I was running UBRS with the guildmates, got a really cool blue drop (boots - the boots would have finally given me a full set of blue, with one purple dagger), I got disconnected while looting - when I had reconnected the item was not in my bag, and the corpse no longer had the item
Filed a complaint to no avail - For a super casual player like me, it really pissed me off since I only put in a few hours during the whole week...
Anyhoo - it was fun while it lasted I suppose - Now I've had more time to finish a few books instead;)
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for a family visit and also brought my laptop with me. For what its worth, during re-entry check at JFK, I was not searched at all, nor any questions about my laptop. The agent was actually very polite and asked "Did you enjoy your trip?" I was not looking forward to the re-entry check, but it was smooth sailing - Last time I visited Pakistan (2 years ago), upon re-entry I had to go to the special Homeland Security check room and was questioned quite a bit, but they never checked my laptop. Anyhow, considering I traveled to what is perceived as a dangerous country, I was pleasantly surprised that I was not subjected to such a scrutinizing search of my belongings. I'm guessing that the searches are somewhat random..?
Sounds like a 'crazy' Google interview question
Google Interview QustionsDid he drop any phat loots?
I found this type of user behavior to be rather interesting, even after installing and giving it a spin, my coworker and I dropped OpenOffice rather quickly and never used it again
It has been exciting to see where things are headed with location based applications - for instance, google will be releasing AdSense in the Google Maps API, which will have some very seriously monetization implications for not only our apps, but anyone developing with their API
Shameless plug, but check out our site www.mapgroove.com
Is windows doomed as a development platform? Nope, it still has some of the best and most mature development tools around - It still has the largest market share as an OS, etc.
We have been using Visual Studio and related tools for quite a while, but have realized that the various license fees, etc. do not justify us using the Windows platform as our only dev platform - we will continue to support it as long as we have paying clients
With the release of IIS 6, security was significantly improved & according to various stats out there, IIS 6 is actually stronger than Apache in a lot of areas. We are running IIS & have had several intrusion attempts but our systems have been pretty solid; Humble admission, we did get hacked once but it was our negligence more than anything else.
Having admin'ed both Apache and IIS servers, IIS has treated us well, with a properly configured firewall and auto-patching servers, IIS is rock solid
Very much agreed - At first glance I dismissed the product but then realized that it would be great for the laptop that I am typing away on now. Yes, there are software solutions etc. but having a dongle that I can take from one machine to another would be awesome - Potentially I no longer have to install firewalls on each and every computer that I use
But I would like to see some variations to their overall 3D approach - Mixing both 2/3D gameplay & throwing in 3/4 would be very interesting in various scenarios - IMHO, the overall storyline and general gameplay is what has always kept me and the other legion of fans coming back for more - I certainly enjoyed the graphical twist with Wind Waker which added some spice to the look of Zelda, but the original charm of the series has always been kept intact
As for myself, my startup is further along than most as we are self-sustaining with a handful of clients - It was great to learn from the speakers and meet some other like minded and entrepreneurial folks
I'm looking forward to it, maybe it will lower the cost of aerial & satellite imagery in general - relying on IKONOS, SPOT is expensive
MS's toolkit has been great - FF & Safari support is a breeze in most instances, allowing us to develop our applications really quickly
Having downloaded and hacking a few quick demos with the silverlight BETA API, I am looking forward to integrating the CLR in our future releases
Super fantastic graphics that blow away the competition, feature X, Y & Z, Creepy commercials, etc.
Although the PSP sales numbers are not all that bad, it miserably failed to reach numbers even close to the DS...
Oh, you mean Little Superstar
This general idea has been around for a very long time, I've come across it several times in various magazines like Scientific American, etc.
As a newly minted business owner I do feel, at times, chained to my BB - Answering emails in the bathroom in the morning, while at lunch & at home - Whats funny is that I go through phases, sometimes I put the BB on my nightstand, put it on silent and do not look at it again till I wake up in the morning to take a shit There are other times that I am answering emails while eating dinner, playing with the children, 'conversing' with my wife, while driving....Having 'resources' overseas compounds the problem...but I'm making decent money! /heh
Interesting - My only real reference to that project was from Dr.Bill's show - As he usually has a 'conservative' bias, that might be the reason he blamed the 'eco-wackos' instead of Pres. Reagan..? (pure speculation on my part of course)
He hosts a science radio show in the bay area and I recall him talking about this technology on one of his broadcasts
He mentioned that it was researched @ Lawrence Livermore (as mentioned in the post) and that it showed promise
As per Dr. Bill, as is the norm, he blamed the 'eco-wackos' for not allowing this technology to become commercialized
Dirty talk to interns regarding loufa sponges & sex toys Was that a fantasy or reality fvck face?
By that time I should be able to pay Burt Rutan a few hundred bucks and hitch a ride to the moon
Imagine the both of us, riding the spaceship one up to the moon, like a couple of guys on a motorcycle....err...
IMO, wiki's are a place to store somewhat structured information, a reference guide if you will
I go to forums to read more free flowing,'interactive' discussions and entertaining flame wars
...straight out of college - I studied CS with an emphasis in graphics & networks - I landed the job more out of luck than anything else, one my friends was tester in college and helped me get an interview - Initially wrote exporters for 3D studio max, memory card management stuff and bug fixing - I finally worked my way up to producer, managing our external development teams in Italy, Russia & Japan
/rant over
;) If I can only get a budget of a conservative $5,000,000 to develop it!
It was a great job while it lasted - long long hours, passion to make fun games, learned so so much, worked with great developers, E3 back in all its glory...but in the end it was not worth it (I have since started a web services company about 1.5 yrs back)
With all the good, there is a ton of bullshit to deal with - my introduction to the dark arts of the marketing teams really turned me sour - The balance of development and marketing was heavily skewed towards the end of my tenure, forcing me to quit - when marketing begins to dictate release schedules, time allowed for bug fixing, cutting features to meet 'faster times to market' etc. etc., it can really stifle your desire to make quality games...
I still hope to someday develop 'my' game - the design doc is still there, just needs to be dusted off
With the added feature of the article synopsis if you hover over the link - Yahoo sort of does this, but they dont give enough room for the article summary
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Cancelled my account due to the fact whenever I did log on (I only had one main character, a rogue, that took me approximately 8 months to level to 60), there were queues, random crashes and disconnects
;)
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The final straw came when I was running UBRS with the guildmates, got a really cool blue drop (boots - the boots would have finally given me a full set of blue, with one purple dagger), I got disconnected while looting - when I had reconnected the item was not in my bag, and the corpse no longer had the item
Filed a complaint to no avail - For a super casual player like me, it really pissed me off since I only put in a few hours during the whole week...
Anyhoo - it was fun while it lasted I suppose - Now I've had more time to finish a few books instead