Final Fantasy I (Nintendo) and Final Fantasy IV through VI (Super Nintendo), Chrono Trigger (Super Nintendo), Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Nintendo)... pretty much every Super Nintendo RPG. I never had a Super Nintendo as a kid so I really got into it when I got one. Those were the best games. I love anything by Square-Enix now.
Above your comment, nobody has also mentioned AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic which I'm running (but thinking about switching to AVG). When I switched from Norton to AntiVir, I couldn't believe the difference it made...
Not necessarily... she could put down the job she had in the game... I mean she's gotta be doing something right in the game to be making that much money. And a skill is a skill whether it's in real life or a virtual life that resembles (to some degree) real life.
I don't remember where I read it, but when I was looking for my Norton alternatives, AntiVir came up as being better (finding more viruses, etc etc). I wish I could find it again to see if it was updated. How much are you happy with AVG, if you're using it?
How they managed to find this woman and sue her is beyond me... It just goes to show you that you can't get away from the RIAA even if you've never used a computer in your life. They managed to find one of only a handful of people who has never used a computer and sue her... I should be scared for my parents right now.
I switched from Norton about a year ago and I have to admit I couldn't be more happier with the speed of my computer. I currently have AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic installed and I couldn't be more happy with it. All the settings are available to met, it's fast, and it tells me exactly what it's doing with it's guard feature (it shows exactly what files it's scanning as you use your computer). The only setback is that the free version doesn't automatically update for you and the scheduler is a little funny to use, but those are things I'd gladly do manually in exchange for MUCH MUCH better speeds.
I don't think this is particulary new (or interesting). These online games provide you with different environments and different groups of people that play them. The same kinds of people that play World of Warcraft may not particularly play Counter-Strike. This is similar to real life: I don't talk the same way in school and work, and I don't talk the same way with my family as I do with my friends.
I believe a lot of work like this has been done in sociology. This might be useful. These game environments have norms, and people usually end up following these norms, and acting appropriately based on these norms.
I'm glad she tore into him as well. I actually ended up seeing it by accident and really got into it when she started asking all the big questions.
Still, why wasn't that her first reaction? I think Oprah is just a naturally positive person. I also think that she thought the show's research team had done enough research on the book before she aired the original book club episode. I think she should be somewhat angry at her own research crew also; they should have been able to find out that the book wasn't completely fact from the very first show.
I have to say though, that this James Frey must have thought he was a real bigshot to want to lie to Oprah. Who in their right mind would even try and lie to Oprah about anything. This is what he gets...
Why do you insist on putting Google on some kind of podium and bowing to it everytime you walk by? I'm a google fan just as much as the next person, but even I understand that they are a company and have to do what's best for their shareholders. As far as ethics go, I'm very happy that google has decided to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms, something we should be worried about here. You also have to understand that just getting their search engine there is a first step to negotiating further with the government.
You have to respect the wishes over other governments unless you want to cause some sort of political upheaval... how good would it look if Google did NOT respect the governments wishes and caused some sort of uproar... NOBODY would be happy about that. It's exaggerated, but "Google causes war" doesn't sound too good either.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this is a matter of "China wanting Google" but instead "Google wanting China". They wanted to target that market... They wanted to target 1/6th of the worlds population. You have to remember, Google is not a non-profit company, they want and need to make money or else what would their shareholders think? They have to try and balance their shareholders needs and their "do no evil" company "slogan".
This is the one point I have to agree with. PHP has great documentation (with loads of comments). I had to learn Python in school and to this day I still can't browse around the documentation properly without getting frustrated. Python is a great language, it enforces great structure and readability, but the docs for it are incredibly annoying.
It took me less than 50 milliseconds to realize that site wasn't good... it's full of advertisements and there is little teaching going on. If I visited an AJAX-resource website, I'd like to see some code as soon as possible.
That I agree with. It's a shame that a piece of paper with the word "Bachelor" has to tell employers that they can look at my resume. I hear a lot of people complaining (this is not just computer science specific) that the only reason they're going to school and paying $4000 - $8000 just for tuition is for a piece of paper to tell employers to consider them.
So yeah, be insulted if you want, but the fact is that a computer science degree is not that hard.
The thing here is that you're generalizing. The computer science degree you took might not be that hard, but the one I took made me take all sorts of math classes (calculus, algebra, statistics), all sorts of theory classes (algorithm design, algorithm analysis, numerical methods theory, data structures), as well as practical courses (operating system practical work with OS/161, principles of programming languages, recursive programming, artificial intelligence programming, object oriented programming, and linear programming).
First year alone there was a ~40%-50% dropout rate, and successive dropout rates of 10%-15%. The point is, there are places where they do teach you a whole lot (and I had several years of programming experience before I even set a foot inside the university I attend right now in Canada). Furthermore, they expect you to prove your knowledge of the subject very well by giving assignments that take more than a day to finish...
Because there IS no easier field than Computer Science (well, OK, excluding Journalism) particularly the way it is practiced today.
I'm curious how you experienced computer science that you think it's so easy? Where I attend, we are going through hell with late nights of writing elaborate programs which work correctly and efficiently, and read easily. And that was only first year, I've taken several algorithm design and analysis courses, theory courses, and practical courses. Also, even though I'm focusing my studies in software engineering, I've been taught how to create simple computer chips and how to program on the PDP-11 (which you may think is useless, but teaches us a wealth of stuff just by having to program in a low-level format). Furthermore, we get taught how to perform object oriented design and architecture on specifications.
With all that said (there is actually a ton more), I'm curious where you studied computer science that you think computer science is merely the act of clicking "Wizard" commands in Visual Studio.
I'm very insulted by your comment. You have made my four years of university sound like a joke and you've also insulted not only my education, but the education of every American and Canadian. I only wish you would have had to go through one PARTIAL course which I've taken...
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That is the greatest thing in the world, and I must agree with it. Those that don't know much about web technology are freakishly willing to put money into it just because of catchy phrasing.
A web site system implements a process for storing selected data structures within browser cookies. The data structures may contain a variety of different types of data elements, including N-bit integers and other non-character elements. A version tracking scheme provides forward and backward compatibility between client and server software. The process is implemented without the need for any browser extensions, and without the need for users to download any special code to their computers.
To some normal person that sounds pretty cool... however to everyone here it's nothing more than what cookies were made to do.
What is AJAX? AJAX is nothing more than submitting forms without refreshing pages and getting back content in a nice format (It's more than that I know). However while that above website seems to be bitching about the fact that VCs are stupid and will buy into anything that looks new, these are the same kind of things that keep us computer programmers, designers, technicians, etc in business. That's something I don't see written a lot. You're damn right I'm going to write that I know the AJAX process on my CV and I know a lot of other junk which will make me look like a good candiate to hire.
I agree with your confusion about how TLDs are actually assigned. The big ones can be bought by anyone and there is no real structure. However, I want to bring to your attention the ODP (Open Directory Project).
Editors on that website take weeks (more realistically months) reviewing websites carefully submitted to the different sections to be posted. Now the ODP is run for free by volunteers, but there is a point.
Think about what would happen if this exact same process took place for TLDs. Why would a company want to be put in charge of assigning domain names if the cost of reviewing a request for a TLD (let's pretend a week worth of work) overtook the price when selling the TLD. The prices of these domain names would rise, and then only well-established companies would be able to afford them, and then the Internet would turn into some kind of entity where only the rich can afford space on it. It's exaggerated, but it might have happened.
You're right it's not... I had to read it SEVERAL TIMES as well:
Since the only (ok, maybe not) thing I'm much more qualified in than the average from what is presented sometimes in the mainstream media is IT, I can only judge the media based on the IT news they are reporting.
That can be broken up into three distinct sentences: 1) Your qualifications 2) IT and mainstream media 3) How you can only judge based on the above two
That's right, it's probably not the technologies fault, but this does make them look bad. Afterall, this was an unveiling used to demonstrated the technology...
Does this make any sense to anyone? The VHS cassette was introduced in late 1976 and survived until the DVD came into the market in November 1996. That's a 20 year difference. It's been about 10 years and they already want to replace the DVD. There is a clear quality difference between VHS cassettes and DVDs, but will I REALLY see that big of a difference between DVDs and the next generation discs and players? My house is only so big, and my TV will have size limits, so it's not like I'll see a difference. So why will I have to pay more for "better" quality when I won't see a difference?
It just sounds like I'm being bullied into paying more for "better" quality by the industry. That or the article is complete bull...
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Final Fantasy I (Nintendo) and Final Fantasy IV through VI (Super Nintendo), Chrono Trigger (Super Nintendo), Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Nintendo)... pretty much every Super Nintendo RPG. I never had a Super Nintendo as a kid so I really got into it when I got one. Those were the best games. I love anything by Square-Enix now.
Above your comment, nobody has also mentioned AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic which I'm running (but thinking about switching to AVG). When I switched from Norton to AntiVir, I couldn't believe the difference it made...
Not necessarily... she could put down the job she had in the game... I mean she's gotta be doing something right in the game to be making that much money. And a skill is a skill whether it's in real life or a virtual life that resembles (to some degree) real life.
I don't remember where I read it, but when I was looking for my Norton alternatives, AntiVir came up as being better (finding more viruses, etc etc). I wish I could find it again to see if it was updated. How much are you happy with AVG, if you're using it?
How they managed to find this woman and sue her is beyond me... It just goes to show you that you can't get away from the RIAA even if you've never used a computer in your life. They managed to find one of only a handful of people who has never used a computer and sue her... I should be scared for my parents right now.
I switched from Norton about a year ago and I have to admit I couldn't be more happier with the speed of my computer. I currently have AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic installed and I couldn't be more happy with it. All the settings are available to met, it's fast, and it tells me exactly what it's doing with it's guard feature (it shows exactly what files it's scanning as you use your computer). The only setback is that the free version doesn't automatically update for you and the scheduler is a little funny to use, but those are things I'd gladly do manually in exchange for MUCH MUCH better speeds.
I don't think this is particulary new (or interesting). These online games provide you with different environments and different groups of people that play them. The same kinds of people that play World of Warcraft may not particularly play Counter-Strike. This is similar to real life: I don't talk the same way in school and work, and I don't talk the same way with my family as I do with my friends.
I believe a lot of work like this has been done in sociology. This might be useful. These game environments have norms, and people usually end up following these norms, and acting appropriately based on these norms.
I'm glad she tore into him as well. I actually ended up seeing it by accident and really got into it when she started asking all the big questions.
Still, why wasn't that her first reaction?
I think Oprah is just a naturally positive person. I also think that she thought the show's research team had done enough research on the book before she aired the original book club episode. I think she should be somewhat angry at her own research crew also; they should have been able to find out that the book wasn't completely fact from the very first show.
I have to say though, that this James Frey must have thought he was a real bigshot to want to lie to Oprah. Who in their right mind would even try and lie to Oprah about anything. This is what he gets...
Why do you insist on putting Google on some kind of podium and bowing to it everytime you walk by? I'm a google fan just as much as the next person, but even I understand that they are a company and have to do what's best for their shareholders. As far as ethics go, I'm very happy that google has decided to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms, something we should be worried about here. You also have to understand that just getting their search engine there is a first step to negotiating further with the government.
You have to respect the wishes over other governments unless you want to cause some sort of political upheaval... how good would it look if Google did NOT respect the governments wishes and caused some sort of uproar... NOBODY would be happy about that. It's exaggerated, but "Google causes war" doesn't sound too good either.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this is a matter of "China wanting Google" but instead "Google wanting China". They wanted to target that market... They wanted to target 1/6th of the worlds population. You have to remember, Google is not a non-profit company, they want and need to make money or else what would their shareholders think? They have to try and balance their shareholders needs and their "do no evil" company "slogan".
This is the one point I have to agree with. PHP has great documentation (with loads of comments). I had to learn Python in school and to this day I still can't browse around the documentation properly without getting frustrated. Python is a great language, it enforces great structure and readability, but the docs for it are incredibly annoying.
There is an update at the top of the article:
Update: Ryan Coleman has since admitted he was mistaken, and that the e-mails he received addressed to ryancolemand@gmail.com were misaddressed.
It took me less than 50 milliseconds to realize that site wasn't good... it's full of advertisements and there is little teaching going on. If I visited an AJAX-resource website, I'd like to see some code as soon as possible.
That I agree with. It's a shame that a piece of paper with the word "Bachelor" has to tell employers that they can look at my resume. I hear a lot of people complaining (this is not just computer science specific) that the only reason they're going to school and paying $4000 - $8000 just for tuition is for a piece of paper to tell employers to consider them.
So yeah, be insulted if you want, but the fact is that a computer science degree is not that hard.
The thing here is that you're generalizing. The computer science degree you took might not be that hard, but the one I took made me take all sorts of math classes (calculus, algebra, statistics), all sorts of theory classes (algorithm design, algorithm analysis, numerical methods theory, data structures), as well as practical courses (operating system practical work with OS/161, principles of programming languages, recursive programming, artificial intelligence programming, object oriented programming, and linear programming).
First year alone there was a ~40%-50% dropout rate, and successive dropout rates of 10%-15%. The point is, there are places where they do teach you a whole lot (and I had several years of programming experience before I even set a foot inside the university I attend right now in Canada). Furthermore, they expect you to prove your knowledge of the subject very well by giving assignments that take more than a day to finish...
Because there IS no easier field than Computer Science (well, OK, excluding Journalism) particularly the way it is practiced today.
I'm curious how you experienced computer science that you think it's so easy? Where I attend, we are going through hell with late nights of writing elaborate programs which work correctly and efficiently, and read easily. And that was only first year, I've taken several algorithm design and analysis courses, theory courses, and practical courses. Also, even though I'm focusing my studies in software engineering, I've been taught how to create simple computer chips and how to program on the PDP-11 (which you may think is useless, but teaches us a wealth of stuff just by having to program in a low-level format). Furthermore, we get taught how to perform object oriented design and architecture on specifications.
With all that said (there is actually a ton more), I'm curious where you studied computer science that you think computer science is merely the act of clicking "Wizard" commands in Visual Studio.
I'm very insulted by your comment. You have made my four years of university sound like a joke and you've also insulted not only my education, but the education of every American and Canadian. I only wish you would have had to go through one PARTIAL course which I've taken...
That is the greatest thing in the world, and I must agree with it. Those that don't know much about web technology are freakishly willing to put money into it just because of catchy phrasing.
For example, here's an amazon patent:
A web site system implements a process for storing selected data structures within browser cookies. The data structures may contain a variety of different types of data elements, including N-bit integers and other non-character elements. A version tracking scheme provides forward and backward compatibility between client and server software. The process is implemented without the need for any browser extensions, and without the need for users to download any special code to their computers.
To some normal person that sounds pretty cool... however to everyone here it's nothing more than what cookies were made to do.
What is AJAX? AJAX is nothing more than submitting forms without refreshing pages and getting back content in a nice format (It's more than that I know). However while that above website seems to be bitching about the fact that VCs are stupid and will buy into anything that looks new, these are the same kind of things that keep us computer programmers, designers, technicians, etc in business. That's something I don't see written a lot. You're damn right I'm going to write that I know the AJAX process on my CV and I know a lot of other junk which will make me look like a good candiate to hire.
I agree with your confusion about how TLDs are actually assigned. The big ones can be bought by anyone and there is no real structure. However, I want to bring to your attention the ODP (Open Directory Project).
Editors on that website take weeks (more realistically months) reviewing websites carefully submitted to the different sections to be posted. Now the ODP is run for free by volunteers, but there is a point.
Think about what would happen if this exact same process took place for TLDs. Why would a company want to be put in charge of assigning domain names if the cost of reviewing a request for a TLD (let's pretend a week worth of work) overtook the price when selling the TLD. The prices of these domain names would rise, and then only well-established companies would be able to afford them, and then the Internet would turn into some kind of entity where only the rich can afford space on it. It's exaggerated, but it might have happened.
You're right it's not... I had to read it SEVERAL TIMES as well:
Since the only (ok, maybe not) thing I'm much more qualified in than the average from what is presented sometimes in the mainstream media is IT, I can only judge the media based on the IT news they are reporting.
That can be broken up into three distinct sentences:
1) Your qualifications
2) IT and mainstream media
3) How you can only judge based on the above two
It just seems like they're trying to grab some attention that GTA got. Other than that game, what will this conference discuss?
There's a direct link to that video on the original site with a link to the torrent for it for those of you that want to save it.
That's right, it's probably not the technologies fault, but this does make them look bad. Afterall, this was an unveiling used to demonstrated the technology...
When did you come out of the closet?
(sorry, I couldn't help myself.)
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Does this make any sense to anyone? The VHS cassette was introduced in late 1976 and survived until the DVD came into the market in November 1996. That's a 20 year difference. It's been about 10 years and they already want to replace the DVD. There is a clear quality difference between VHS cassettes and DVDs, but will I REALLY see that big of a difference between DVDs and the next generation discs and players? My house is only so big, and my TV will have size limits, so it's not like I'll see a difference. So why will I have to pay more for "better" quality when I won't see a difference?
It just sounds like I'm being bullied into paying more for "better" quality by the industry. That or the article is complete bull...
Someone should have given Tom a couch... sorry I couldn't help myself.