The very problem with the foundering game industry is that it's run by, well, let's just say the people who were picked last in kickball.
You need to be a motivational speaker. I was feeling all down because I only have my HS diploma, and what I've taught myself. But I'm unfortunately not a programmer like I would like to be.:(
And you come along and remind me that I can do so many MORE things better than most of the people in the gaming industry. Hell, I can run down the block with my nine year old and not keel over with cramps! (Oh, and I've actually had sex to produce my 3.3 children:P)
When I come back a month later, and want to find all pictures that contain my dog, having a metadata description field that says "This is my mom, dad, sister, and dog on our trip in 99." and then searching said metadata would seem a whole lot easier than trying to remember which of many folders it might happen to be in.
Yep, that's what IPTC fields, and a misc directory, are for. Throw something like this into grep, and grep those fields based on the file's magic number. Of course, that assumes that someone didn't already add that type of function to grep:)
Oh, here's a caption indexing program. You should be using your IPTC fields when creating your images (Whoops, that would be self-organization), and this program will create an index based on your captions. Grep that!:P
I'm sorry, but all these tools already exist. A new filesystem isn't necessary. IPTC fields are huge, and wouldn't really work with this new os-level filesystem. If you're looking for pictures, you query the IPTC fields. If you're looking for an email, you should use a proper subject.
Again, it's just people looking for an easy way out of organizing.
It sounds basically like when you want to find a file, you go type in a few pieces of meta-data, and then hit "search".......Maybe I'm just used to a HFS, but I find it simple to open up a command prompt and type "pico/documents/foo/bar/fubar.txt".
Exactly. Users STILL have to create their own type of organization. /documents contains documents. Duh. /documents/work contains documents for work.
The problem is people don't want to be organized, so they look to technology to help them be lazy. Plus try explaining 'metadata' to someone. At least now you can use the file cabinet, drawers, folders, papers example to explain the layout to someone.
Having the presence of mind to wipe ash off a fender?
Err.. All of my kids would have stuck their fingers into ash before they put those fingers into their mouths.. I don't see where 'presence of mind' has anything to do with it.
He just doesn't rememeber the part where he ate the ash.
Outsource software to India & networking to EDS and cut his IT staff. He also dropped the riskier portfolios and raised the loan qualifications. Have you seen an increase in your savings & checking interest rates?
Yep. Just like there's been a decrease in interest rates.
How about a reduction in fees? You should see the size of his bonus!
That's because people will buy Nike's for $100. I work for a Fitness Company that Nike is starting to compete with. Not with shoes, but with "fitness gear". Almost everything is made overseas, and is pretty cheap to make.
People will buy what they like, and if they like Nike, they'll pay $100 for it. I paid $140 for non-Nike mototcycle high-tops. My helmet was cheaper. That doesn't mean I'm going to complain about that shoe companie's CEO for my troubles. If you're whining about not getting what you think you deserve, you need to stop buying $100 Nike's.
Your big mistake is your assumption that the CEO's 'big bonus' is 100% of the savings from outsourcing. The rest goes back into the company, in the form of expansion, and bonuses to people who've EARNED their positions (though sometimes that position IS earned via the missionary position:P)
I have found that requiring them to wear pink shoes also leads to irritability.
And intense fear. When I was 22 I went on my first 'business trip'. I live in Wisconsin, and was sent to SanFrancisco for training. The company paid for it after the fact, so I had to set everything up myself. I learned that you need to call EVERYWHERE first, because you don't want to be left with the pink Escort rentacar when visiting SanFrancisco.
Will it play my ogg files? My DivX? My png photos?
Yeah, people are going to be pissed when they discover the tunes they so easily ripped from their CD's via WMP won't work through the SonicBlue DVD player because it doesn't have a license for them..
Umm close. The message is right, the delivery is wrong. You don't tell your boss to do the footwork, that's why YOU'RE the peon. Besides, based on that delivery I can tell you right now: You need your day job.:)
"I understand you're lack of support for pthreads comes from an admitted lack of understanding of them. But having used them, I can tell you the only differences are A, B, C. If you're sure it would be done better without pthreads, then ok, I'LL code up a testcase, and we'll see how readable the code is, and how well it runs."
Keep in mind, because someone has the title 'Manager' doesn't mean they don't know a damn thing (I'm a 'Manager', but I'm also the only IT person. For me, it includes everything from Network Admin, to PBX Admin, to Programmer, to Invoice authorizer). Rather, it means they can explain themselves without coming across as a total ass.
Keep that in mind. (I always have a problem explaining things in an easy-to-understand way without making my opponant look like a moron.)
They believe that this knowledge could be applied to optical fiber networks as well, greatly improving their efficiency and speed.
It's wrong to say that the speed can be improved, because it's obviously impossible to go faster than the speed of light. The bandwidth might of course still be improved though.
First off, nothing is impossible.
Saying that, I ask you: Faster than the speed of light traveling through WHAT?
Remember light has been measurably slowed down, and 'C' is supposedly speed of light in a vacuum, is it not? Therefore, it's easy to speculate that the speed of light traveling through fibre != C.
A simple Google search seems to confirm my theory.
Now it's time to revel in my 1.9 GPA...Hope you didn't do better than that in HS.
Just wait.. Withen a few years somebodys going to get killed because the police sat on their hands and a frustrated victim did their footwork and blows the person who scammed them away.
Not quite what you're referring to, but an example of what happens when 'authorities' don't do their jobs is here.
I used to work at a Credit Card processor, and used Warp 3.0 Server as the 'backbone' of the network almost 7 years ago. I used it's DNS and DHCP Servers (which were rated #1 at the time by (IIRC) Network Computing) as the basis for the IP network (which was only Netware IPX at the time).
After a while, I stated writing REXX programs to auto-ftp files, and using WarpCron to schedule those jobs. I co-mingled REXX, with DOS FoxPro to runs some other jobs. I installed an FTP server to allow access to specific directories on the Netware file server. I used OS/2's kick-ass LPD install, which will print to LPT1, and Netware's Capture to allow Mainframes to print to Netware 3.x queues via LPR.
I left two years ago, and they're still haven't ported everything off that single P75.
Personally, I use the Heavy-Duty Single Wrap (WHD-1) when I sleep, and nothing during the day.
I don't type constantly, so the Dr. says after 15 years, I only have mild carpel tunnel, and I should just keep my wrists from bending when I sleep. Apparently, it's common for people to sleep curled up, and if you are starting with carpel tunnel, that just damages your wrists more.
Besides, who the hell is "IMAK"? You buy Valeo, you can say "Hey, Mr. Olympia wears this stuff." (Check out any Muscle and Fitness mag)
Not sure if they use rigid body armour like you are talking about, but there are pieces of plastic covering the spine and kidney areas.
Like I said, they walk away, so they are effective.
That's basically it... I know a couple people who motorcross, and broken hands/fingers are the typical injuries. A co-wokers husband has broken his fingers/hands more times than she can count.
Am I the only one that at first glance read that as:
For the past hundred years or so motorcycle accidents have had an unfortunate potential for particularly horrific injuries, or worse; Improvements in safety gear
Methinks I need some coffee...:/
No, must just live in Milwaukee. 90% of the riders don't wear helmets, and on a hot day, they're not going to wear one of those vests. Jackets are bad enough when the temp is over 80. You can sweat like a 'hog' merely sitting at a stoplight, surrounded by car fumes.
Sorry, but jeans and t-shirts (or light vests) are the norm. Yes, I do OWN a helmet, and yes I wear it sporadically.
I'm surprised I haven't seen any bitching about this.. If it was McAfee everyone would be up in arms.
Since its inception two years ago, the Captcha effort has been building. Several research teams have joined the Captcha effort, trying to make and break Captchas and even using the ideas behind Captchas for new lines of research.
Researchers at the Palo Alto Research Center modified a program used for scanning text to create a program that could solve certain types of Yahoo-Gimpy puzzles, says Dr. Henry Baird, who was in charge of that effort. The group is also developing a new text-based Captcha called Baffletext that it hopes to license to e-commerce sites.
So they've come up with a way to get around the Captcha on Yahoo's site, and are now trying to create new ones to license..
Granted, you could argue that Anti-Virus companies SHOULD be writing new virii in an attempt to run undetected, so they can create better sigs, but people seem to bitch about that..
Personally, I think the way to go is just to give up and admit that disk is not cheap. You need to back up your data to a live mirror system with identical storage (hourly rsync does a nice job) and then you need to arrage a service that can back up your data to remote live mirror systems.
Note that in both cases I The remote backup part is expensive, but it's the only reliable way. You seed it by tape (full backup to tape, and mail them to the vendor) and then use dedicated lines to keep a regular incremental update going.said "live mirror".
I agree wholeheartedly. Though, I would note, that IDE is the perfect solution for your redundancy. All you need is space. It doesn't have to be the fastest, or the highest quality mirror. Buying 20 IDE drives and having half of them fail is still cheaper than high capacity SCSI. Do a RAID 50 (IIRC, two RAID 5's - mirrored) offsite, and use rsync to mirror your data over your Inet line. Or string your mirror. Have your 'backup' offsite RAID rsync off the primary offsite RAID. I'd bet the only people who would have problems with that are the ones doing heavy graphics.
Check out Rackspace for your offsite needs, I didn't think they were that expensive, at least compared to an actual archival facility. Pick your favorite encryption method to secure it. Hell of a lot cheaper than a point to point.
Those people yelling 'insecure' apparently don't have an issue with their data being driven all around town. You want banking info? Just steal the grey box out the the '80 Ford Escort. OTOH, A 'man-in-the-middle' attack requires just that. So, if possible, host at your own ISP.
And soon, AT&T Broadband will be sold to Comcast, so there will be three AT&T's to hate. They all suck, but please don't blame AT&T Wireless for your problems with the Grey Lady.
I don't want to argue, but I wouldn't make the assumption that a 'seperate corporate entity' == New personnel/New ideals.
They only split from AT&T Corp last July. Companies don't split off with the intention of recreating infrastructure.
She's living in Corvalis (OSU) and her cell phone provider gave her a number from Eugene making everyone pay long distance rates...
That's nothing. About a year after starting my new job, I decided to take a look at the phone bill (AT&T). Sure enough, we were paying too much,.25 a minute! So I called AT&T, and told them to give me their current rates.
"It should be updated next month. We'll have to delete all your accounts (800 #'s), and recreate them under the new account." Umm ok.
So, the next month's phone bill had us at.63/minute. Obviously wrong. Another call to AT&T. "Hmm you seem to have a lot of accounts here, can we trim these down." Sure. No problem, I go through 3 pages of 3270 print screens they faxed, and removed 800 #'s, we weren't using. The next week I was at work until 6 with the AT&T rep who was frantically recreating 800 #'s.
I'm tired of typing;) The long and the short of it is, I started this whole thing in October, and didn't get it all flushed through until March. Avoid AT&T at all costs.
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I thought that was just a problem with the morons running the government in Milwaukee
You need to be a motivational speaker. I was feeling all down because I only have my HS diploma, and what I've taught myself. But I'm unfortunately not a programmer like I would like to be. :(
And you come along and remind me that I can do so many MORE things better than most of the people in the gaming industry. Hell, I can run down the block with my nine year old and not keel over with cramps! (Oh, and I've actually had sex to produce my 3.3 children :P)
THANKS! :)
Yep, that's what IPTC fields, and a misc directory, are for. Throw something like this into grep, and grep those fields based on the file's magic number. Of course, that assumes that someone didn't already add that type of function to grep :)
Oh, here's a caption indexing program. You should be using your IPTC fields when creating your images (Whoops, that would be self-organization), and this program will create an index based on your captions. Grep that! :P
I'm sorry, but all these tools already exist. A new filesystem isn't necessary. IPTC fields are huge, and wouldn't really work with this new os-level filesystem. If you're looking for pictures, you query the IPTC fields. If you're looking for an email, you should use a proper subject.
Again, it's just people looking for an easy way out of organizing.
I concur, that's why I use the following to find a particular file: /documents/work
cd
grep -ir novell *
Now I have all my documents that contain "Novell".
Exactly. Users STILL have to create their own type of organization.
/documents contains documents. Duh.
/documents/work contains documents for work.
The problem is people don't want to be organized, so they look to technology to help them be lazy. Plus try explaining 'metadata' to someone. At least now you can use the file cabinet, drawers, folders, papers example to explain the layout to someone.
Am I the only one who thought of a scene where the captain opens a hatch to the food reserves, and thousands of video cards drop down on him?
Err.. All of my kids would have stuck their fingers into ash before they put those fingers into their mouths.. I don't see where 'presence of mind' has anything to do with it.
He just doesn't rememeber the part where he ate the ash.
No kidding, this is the most out of date story I've seen on slashdot.
Are you SURE it's out of date? It's been 4 months, maybe ATI finally released stable drivers for it.
Disclaimer: I REALLY hate ATI.
How about a reduction in fees? You should see the size of his bonus!
That's because people will buy Nike's for $100. I work for a Fitness Company that Nike is starting to compete with. Not with shoes, but with "fitness gear". Almost everything is made overseas, and is pretty cheap to make.
People will buy what they like, and if they like Nike, they'll pay $100 for it. I paid $140 for non-Nike mototcycle high-tops. My helmet was cheaper. That doesn't mean I'm going to complain about that shoe companie's CEO for my troubles. If you're whining about not getting what you think you deserve, you need to stop buying $100 Nike's.
Your big mistake is your assumption that the CEO's 'big bonus' is 100% of the savings from outsourcing. The rest goes back into the company, in the form of expansion, and bonuses to people who've EARNED their positions (though sometimes that position IS earned via the missionary position :P)
And intense fear. When I was 22 I went on my first 'business trip'. I live in Wisconsin, and was sent to SanFrancisco for training. The company paid for it after the fact, so I had to set everything up myself. I learned that you need to call EVERYWHERE first, because you don't want to be left with the pink Escort rentacar when visiting SanFrancisco.
Reality is just not funny. How about a better follow up:
"Yeah but, What would methane breathing life-forms fart?"
Yeah, people are going to be pissed when they discover the tunes they so easily ripped from their CD's via WMP won't work through the SonicBlue DVD player because it doesn't have a license for them..
"I understand you're lack of support for pthreads comes from an admitted lack of understanding of them. But having used them, I can tell you the only differences are A, B, C. If you're sure it would be done better without pthreads, then ok, I'LL code up a testcase, and we'll see how readable the code is, and how well it runs."
Keep in mind, because someone has the title 'Manager' doesn't mean they don't know a damn thing (I'm a 'Manager', but I'm also the only IT person. For me, it includes everything from Network Admin, to PBX Admin, to Programmer, to Invoice authorizer). Rather, it means they can explain themselves without coming across as a total ass.
Keep that in mind. (I always have a problem explaining things in an easy-to-understand way without making my opponant look like a moron.)
It's wrong to say that the speed can be improved, because it's obviously impossible to go faster than the speed of light. The bandwidth might of course still be improved though.
First off, nothing is impossible.
Saying that, I ask you: Faster than the speed of light traveling through WHAT?
Remember light has been measurably slowed down, and 'C' is supposedly speed of light in a vacuum, is it not? Therefore, it's easy to speculate that the speed of light traveling through fibre != C.
A simple Google search seems to confirm my theory.
Now it's time to revel in my 1.9 GPA...Hope you didn't do better than that in HS.
Not quite what you're referring to, but an example of what happens when 'authorities' don't do their jobs is here.
I used to work at a Credit Card processor, and used Warp 3.0 Server as the 'backbone' of the network almost 7 years ago. I used it's DNS and DHCP Servers (which were rated #1 at the time by (IIRC) Network Computing) as the basis for the IP network (which was only Netware IPX at the time).
After a while, I stated writing REXX programs to auto-ftp files, and using WarpCron to schedule those jobs. I co-mingled REXX, with DOS FoxPro to runs some other jobs. I installed an FTP server to allow access to specific directories on the Netware file server. I used OS/2's kick-ass LPD install, which will print to LPT1, and Netware's Capture to allow Mainframes to print to Netware 3.x queues via LPR.
I left two years ago, and they're still haven't ported everything off that single P75.
Personally, I use the Heavy-Duty Single Wrap (WHD-1) when I sleep, and nothing during the day.
I don't type constantly, so the Dr. says after 15 years, I only have mild carpel tunnel, and I should just keep my wrists from bending when I sleep. Apparently, it's common for people to sleep curled up, and if you are starting with carpel tunnel, that just damages your wrists more.
Besides, who the hell is "IMAK"? You buy Valeo, you can say "Hey, Mr. Olympia wears this stuff." (Check out any Muscle and Fitness mag)
This ends my advertisement. :P
Like I said, they walk away, so they are effective.
That's basically it... I know a couple people who motorcross, and broken hands/fingers are the typical injuries. A co-wokers husband has broken his fingers/hands more times than she can count.
Not Squirrel, Cheeks.
Yes, I have 3.5 children.
Methinks I need some coffee... :/
No, must just live in Milwaukee. 90% of the riders don't wear helmets, and on a hot day, they're not going to wear one of those vests. Jackets are bad enough when the temp is over 80. You can sweat like a 'hog' merely sitting at a stoplight, surrounded by car fumes.
Sorry, but jeans and t-shirts (or light vests) are the norm.
Yes, I do OWN a helmet, and yes I wear it sporadically.
Since its inception two years ago, the Captcha effort has been building. Several research teams have joined the Captcha effort, trying to make and break Captchas and even using the ideas behind Captchas for new lines of research.
Researchers at the Palo Alto Research Center modified a program used for scanning text to create a program that could solve certain types of Yahoo-Gimpy puzzles, says Dr. Henry Baird, who was in charge of that effort. The group is also developing a new text-based Captcha called Baffletext that it hopes to license to e-commerce sites.
So they've come up with a way to get around the Captcha on Yahoo's site, and are now trying to create new ones to license..
Granted, you could argue that Anti-Virus companies SHOULD be writing new virii in an attempt to run undetected, so they can create better sigs, but people seem to bitch about that..
Note that in both cases I The remote backup part is expensive, but it's the only reliable way. You seed it by tape (full backup to tape, and mail them to the vendor) and then use dedicated lines to keep a regular incremental update going.said "live mirror".
I agree wholeheartedly. Though, I would note, that IDE is the perfect solution for your redundancy. All you need is space. It doesn't have to be the fastest, or the highest quality mirror. Buying 20 IDE drives and having half of them fail is still cheaper than high capacity SCSI. Do a RAID 50 (IIRC, two RAID 5's - mirrored) offsite, and use rsync to mirror your data over your Inet line. Or string your mirror. Have your 'backup' offsite RAID rsync off the primary offsite RAID. I'd bet the only people who would have problems with that are the ones doing heavy graphics.
Check out Rackspace for your offsite needs, I didn't think they were that expensive, at least compared to an actual archival facility. Pick your favorite encryption method to secure it. Hell of a lot cheaper than a point to point.
Those people yelling 'insecure' apparently don't have an issue with their data being driven all around town. You want banking info? Just steal the grey box out the the '80 Ford Escort. OTOH, A 'man-in-the-middle' attack requires just that. So, if possible, host at your own ISP.
As properly demonstrated by Joe Isuzu.
I don't want to argue, but I wouldn't make the assumption that a 'seperate corporate entity' == New personnel/New ideals.
They only split from AT&T Corp last July. Companies don't split off with the intention of recreating infrastructure.
That's nothing. About a year after starting my new job, I decided to take a look at the phone bill (AT&T). Sure enough, we were paying too much, .25 a minute! So I called AT&T, and told them to give me their current rates.
"It should be updated next month. We'll have to delete all your accounts (800 #'s), and recreate them under the new account." Umm ok.
So, the next month's phone bill had us at .63/minute. Obviously wrong. Another call to AT&T. "Hmm you seem to have a lot of accounts here, can we trim these down." Sure. No problem, I go through 3 pages of 3270 print screens they faxed, and removed 800 #'s, we weren't using. The next week I was at work until 6 with the AT&T rep who was frantically recreating 800 #'s.
I'm tired of typing ;) The long and the short of it is, I started this whole thing in October, and didn't get it all flushed through until March. Avoid AT&T at all costs.