jwhitener is absolutely on the ball on this. I actually had all three points he mentioned above to get my software development job. Before that, I did support for about 1.5 years which involved little to no actual programming, unless you were trying to reproduce some specific kind of problem.
Sorry, "hasbeens" is a strong word for a language (PHP) that can run that behemoth we call Facebook. I don't know exactly how much code is behind it, but it can't be small for the stuff they're doing.
I'm from Canada, and I can honestly say I've never heard of http://www.nexopia.com/ (I think this is what you meant). In Canada, it seems that we had a shift from Friendster to MySpace/Facebook... or maybe, that's just what happened in southern Ontario. I remember one other one that was popular for a little while was http://meetmeinto.com/, and that quickly turned into a site for clubbers to chat and talk.
However this possibility is why the judge let them re-file I suspect, contrary to the claims of other posters that "Google owns their search engine so they can do whatever they want with it". Even if you own something there are limitations under the law how you use it / run your establishment, and it is possible for Google to run afoul of them.
I agree with you 100%. If, for example, the owner of a flower shop told someone to leave their store just because of the color of their skin, people would complain (and rightfully so). The same should be said about google. A lot of people are making the "they can do whatever they want with their own software" pitch, which isn't true. Don't get me wrong, this lawsuit sounds like complete nonsense, but there are limits to how you can run your own website.
that the Wii was only a little better (hardware-wise) than the Gamecube. Everything I've read has either suggested that the Wii was only slightly better in hardware than the Gamecube (if not equal in some aspects). However, if the Wii has 2 to 2.5 times the hardware power of the Gamecube as the above article suggests, then they've fulfilled my expectations by more than enough.
The big difference between what you stated and what Microsoft is doing is that Microsoft is pushing one product with another within their own company. The Mac games your daughter loves so much, were they created by Apple? It's one thing if a group of developers outside the company independently chose to create Vista-only games, but this is a completely different story.
My thinking for this article goes like this: Why would I pay for a newer operating system just to play a (single) game? I can just as simply save that money and buy a 360 altogether. I know Vista in the longrun will cause me a lot more headache (and therefore more money) than the 360 ever can. Also, a lot of other people I know seem to be very comfortable with their current XP operating system.
This company definitely needs to be put into the Guinness World Records... $69 million wasted with nothing to show. According to the related wikipedia article, they started back in 2002. They had four years to come up with something, anything, and managed to only gain fame through their downfall. They could have bought that for a lot less -__-.
Everything you said is absolutely right... except that only someone with a firm understanding of computers and software would be able to accomplish them. I don't know of many normal people that virus scan every file that first comes into their computer, backs up their MOST important documents, and uses Firefox.
The fact is that, even as a computer science student, I don't use Firefox always (because I'm currently using Windows), I don't make daily backups because they can sometimes waste a lot of time, and I let my virus scanner scan regularly even after I know my computer has no viruses (luckily I use AVG which doesn't hog resources).
Assuming that the students already have a somewhat firm knowledge of Java, then all they need to be taught is how to set up a Tomcat server and how a tomcat server works (paths and such). Then simply refer them to the HttpServlet class. I think learning how the server runs and how it handles files is a lot more difficult than writing the actual code.
I saw it and was very impress (albeit confused at what exactly was going on in the short movie). From what I gather, it was less about the story, and more about how many cool effects they could put into it just to show the general public that it can be done with free tools. It wasn't perfect, because you could notice their movements didn't seem real, even for surreal characters. It's impressive though, not Pixar impressive, but impressive enough for an open movie.
Less than $200? How many controllers does that come with? None? One? How much are the controllers exactly? If the system is $200 but each controller is $50, then I'd have to spend $400 on the system because the system seems to be made for four-player games. I think the question of how many controllers come with the base system needs to be asked? And how much will each controller cost?
As far as Final Fantasy goes, I don't think Crystal Chronicles is as popular as the main series. I don't see many Final Fantasy gamers bragging about that branch of the series, even though I think it was a pretty good game.
It may sound stupid and ridiculous... but if you're not the first person or the only person to have something "cool", then it's excitement dies out and it's not worth getting. I know several people like this and this situation occured both with the PSP and the Xbox360.
They've also helped by showing how their system can be used to socialize and have fun. In almost all of their preview videos, they show four or more people sitting in front of their TV playing the Wii. I haven't seen any similar videos for the other two consoles. This system looks fun to play; they are pushing people to believe (and rightfully so) that the Nintendo isn't just a console to play games on, but that it's a console which will take gaming back to what it actually is supposed to be... a means for socialization.
Not to worry, Jack Thompson has already stated how you should feel... he's taken the guess work out of any thought process involved in things like this. I honestly don't know what to think of a person who has no idea what they're talking about... any game can be modded and hacked to include sexual content so should every game have a Mature rating?
Microsoft is in the business of entering markets it knows it shouldn't enter. Stick with what you know... operating systems. The original article states that Microsoft posted an operating loss of $388 million from their Xbox 360 production, but that this loss will bring "long term rewards". Didn't the Xbox experience similar losses? $388 is a lot of money which could be used hiring and training programmers to get Vista out of the door. Why does Microsoft feel it needs to stick its head into every single niche of every single sector? As if they didn't have enough troubles already with their own OS, they want to waste money competing against Google search, Google maps, Playstation, and Nintendo. They're bullying people at their own expense and they need someone to look at them and tell them what they're doing wrong, because they can't do it themselves.
I don't care for the name either. As long as it's preceded by "Nintendo" and I can recognize it as a Nintendo product, it doesn't really matter. It's only a name used to label the product; the name by no means has any effect on how good of a console it's going to be. I'm still going to buy it regardless of what they name it. Sooner or later these consoles were going to run out of good revolutionary (LOL) names to use, I'm glad Nintendo was the first one to step out and choose something unique with some meaning (check out their website for the explanation).
You should give uTorrent a try if you like a small elegant client. I switched from the original BitTorrent to BitTornado to uTorrent, which I think is the best one out there right now.
It's not a big deal that they're doing this, afterall I won't be using Vista when it's released. Me and a lot of people I know will be migrating to Linux entirely and not looking back. Nobody I know wants to pay an arm and a leg to use an operating system that isn't going to contribute to bettering their current desktop experience. Those not migrating to Linux won't be upgrading from XP.
it's a pretty cute explanation, and something very Nintendo-like. So I like the name, no matter how much people may make "wiiwii" jokes about it. I think though that somewhere down the road people will make up a better name for it by using acronyms or something. Until then, I want a "Wii"...
The one thing I took out of Kingdom Hearts 1 was the main song for it by Utada Hikaru ("Simple and Clean") and the same thing has happened with "Passion" in Kingdom Hearts 2. The game might not be up to par with other, more familiar RPGs, but the music is definitely worth a listen.
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jwhitener is absolutely on the ball on this. I actually had all three points he mentioned above to get my software development job. Before that, I did support for about 1.5 years which involved little to no actual programming, unless you were trying to reproduce some specific kind of problem.
Sorry, "hasbeens" is a strong word for a language (PHP) that can run that behemoth we call Facebook. I don't know exactly how much code is behind it, but it can't be small for the stuff they're doing.
http://docs.php.net/manual/en/migration5.php
I'm from Canada, and I can honestly say I've never heard of http://www.nexopia.com/ (I think this is what you meant). In Canada, it seems that we had a shift from Friendster to MySpace/Facebook... or maybe, that's just what happened in southern Ontario. I remember one other one that was popular for a little while was http://meetmeinto.com/, and that quickly turned into a site for clubbers to chat and talk.
However this possibility is why the judge let them re-file I suspect, contrary to the claims of other posters that "Google owns their search engine so they can do whatever they want with it". Even if you own something there are limitations under the law how you use it / run your establishment, and it is possible for Google to run afoul of them.
I agree with you 100%. If, for example, the owner of a flower shop told someone to leave their store just because of the color of their skin, people would complain (and rightfully so). The same should be said about google. A lot of people are making the "they can do whatever they want with their own software" pitch, which isn't true. Don't get me wrong, this lawsuit sounds like complete nonsense, but there are limits to how you can run your own website.
that the Wii was only a little better (hardware-wise) than the Gamecube. Everything I've read has either suggested that the Wii was only slightly better in hardware than the Gamecube (if not equal in some aspects). However, if the Wii has 2 to 2.5 times the hardware power of the Gamecube as the above article suggests, then they've fulfilled my expectations by more than enough.
The big difference between what you stated and what Microsoft is doing is that Microsoft is pushing one product with another within their own company. The Mac games your daughter loves so much, were they created by Apple? It's one thing if a group of developers outside the company independently chose to create Vista-only games, but this is a completely different story.
My thinking for this article goes like this: Why would I pay for a newer operating system just to play a (single) game? I can just as simply save that money and buy a 360 altogether. I know Vista in the longrun will cause me a lot more headache (and therefore more money) than the 360 ever can. Also, a lot of other people I know seem to be very comfortable with their current XP operating system.
wouldn't it top things off if the parents that were forced to buy the top-end video cards also used their Mastercards... LOL
This company definitely needs to be put into the Guinness World Records... $69 million wasted with nothing to show. According to the related wikipedia article, they started back in 2002. They had four years to come up with something, anything, and managed to only gain fame through their downfall. They could have bought that for a lot less -__-.
D'oh, it sounded wrong the way I read it... I was referring to the level of integration IE has with Windows; you just can't run away from it.
Everything you said is absolutely right... except that only someone with a firm understanding of computers and software would be able to accomplish them. I don't know of many normal people that virus scan every file that first comes into their computer, backs up their MOST important documents, and uses Firefox.
The fact is that, even as a computer science student, I don't use Firefox always (because I'm currently using Windows), I don't make daily backups because they can sometimes waste a lot of time, and I let my virus scanner scan regularly even after I know my computer has no viruses (luckily I use AVG which doesn't hog resources).
Assuming that the students already have a somewhat firm knowledge of Java, then all they need to be taught is how to set up a Tomcat server and how a tomcat server works (paths and such). Then simply refer them to the HttpServlet class. I think learning how the server runs and how it handles files is a lot more difficult than writing the actual code.
I saw it and was very impress (albeit confused at what exactly was going on in the short movie). From what I gather, it was less about the story, and more about how many cool effects they could put into it just to show the general public that it can be done with free tools. It wasn't perfect, because you could notice their movements didn't seem real, even for surreal characters. It's impressive though, not Pixar impressive, but impressive enough for an open movie.
Less than $200? How many controllers does that come with? None? One? How much are the controllers exactly? If the system is $200 but each controller is $50, then I'd have to spend $400 on the system because the system seems to be made for four-player games. I think the question of how many controllers come with the base system needs to be asked? And how much will each controller cost?
As far as Final Fantasy goes, I don't think Crystal Chronicles is as popular as the main series. I don't see many Final Fantasy gamers bragging about that branch of the series, even though I think it was a pretty good game.
It may sound stupid and ridiculous... but if you're not the first person or the only person to have something "cool", then it's excitement dies out and it's not worth getting. I know several people like this and this situation occured both with the PSP and the Xbox360.
They've also helped by showing how their system can be used to socialize and have fun. In almost all of their preview videos, they show four or more people sitting in front of their TV playing the Wii. I haven't seen any similar videos for the other two consoles. This system looks fun to play; they are pushing people to believe (and rightfully so) that the Nintendo isn't just a console to play games on, but that it's a console which will take gaming back to what it actually is supposed to be... a means for socialization.
Not to worry, Jack Thompson has already stated how you should feel... he's taken the guess work out of any thought process involved in things like this. I honestly don't know what to think of a person who has no idea what they're talking about... any game can be modded and hacked to include sexual content so should every game have a Mature rating?
Microsoft is in the business of entering markets it knows it shouldn't enter. Stick with what you know... operating systems. The original article states that Microsoft posted an operating loss of $388 million from their Xbox 360 production, but that this loss will bring "long term rewards". Didn't the Xbox experience similar losses? $388 is a lot of money which could be used hiring and training programmers to get Vista out of the door. Why does Microsoft feel it needs to stick its head into every single niche of every single sector? As if they didn't have enough troubles already with their own OS, they want to waste money competing against Google search, Google maps, Playstation, and Nintendo. They're bullying people at their own expense and they need someone to look at them and tell them what they're doing wrong, because they can't do it themselves.
http://cuecat.com/
I don't care for the name either. As long as it's preceded by "Nintendo" and I can recognize it as a Nintendo product, it doesn't really matter. It's only a name used to label the product; the name by no means has any effect on how good of a console it's going to be. I'm still going to buy it regardless of what they name it. Sooner or later these consoles were going to run out of good revolutionary (LOL) names to use, I'm glad Nintendo was the first one to step out and choose something unique with some meaning (check out their website for the explanation).
You should give uTorrent a try if you like a small elegant client. I switched from the original BitTorrent to BitTornado to uTorrent, which I think is the best one out there right now.
It's not a big deal that they're doing this, afterall I won't be using Vista when it's released. Me and a lot of people I know will be migrating to Linux entirely and not looking back. Nobody I know wants to pay an arm and a leg to use an operating system that isn't going to contribute to bettering their current desktop experience. Those not migrating to Linux won't be upgrading from XP.
it's a pretty cute explanation, and something very Nintendo-like. So I like the name, no matter how much people may make "wiiwii" jokes about it. I think though that somewhere down the road people will make up a better name for it by using acronyms or something. Until then, I want a "Wii"...
The one thing I took out of Kingdom Hearts 1 was the main song for it by Utada Hikaru ("Simple and Clean") and the same thing has happened with "Passion" in Kingdom Hearts 2. The game might not be up to par with other, more familiar RPGs, but the music is definitely worth a listen.