So what, exactly, is the incentive to be a star performer? There is none. You can be a total slacker instead, just change jobs every few years, and do just as well as the guys putting in 90 hours/week and doing the work of several lesser engineers.
ow, I could be wrong here, but I thought most client/server 3D game protocols do *not* have the clients transmit the position of the avatar to the server, which is part (b)? Don't the servers already know the position of the avatar, and the clients just send a vector, that is, a request to move a certain number of units in a particular direction, at which point the server calculates a new position from the original postion + the vector?
Generally correct. In cases where the client allows movement by mouse, the client may send to the server where it/wishes/ to be. Still not the same as described in (b).
Actually it does if the original poster of the material knows his/her rights under the DMCA. This person can file a counter-notice if it's not a valid takedown, and the content does not stay down. And I may be mistaken, but subsequent claims against the same material will not result in a takedown, as long as it's the same claim.
True; perhaps I should have said "so close to nothing that the difference is relevant only in aggregate"? I realize there/is/ a cost, but since the infrastructure is already in place, and people already have an account for their phone service, it's on the order of pennies per month.
Unless it's appreciably easier to get aluminum than it is to get cooking gas...
He added that he spent 3,000 Jordanian dinars developing the device, and stressed that he faced many difficulties in obtaining specific metals such as aluminum that are not allowed into Gaza.
Yet for all its flaws in this worst-case scenario you've painted, doesn't it remain better than the "dial-up only" option that half the country has now?
Besides, by the time they draw up a curriculum, you *know* it will be obsolete.
Contrary to popular belief, the fundamentals of structured programming have not changed signficantly... pretty much ever. Even the fundamentals of OO programming (which is built atop structured programming) have been pretty much fixed for the last 15-20 years.
If they're trying to teach the latest and greatest whizbang technology, then yes - it will be obsolete. If they're trying to teach how to program - it will always be relevant, no matter which language is used.
Not necessarily. I've never assumed that anyone I've a secure connection to is who they are supposed to be. I do, however, assume that nobody with a packet sniffer in the right place is going to know what I'm talking about when the communication is encrypted.
Encryption and identification are two independent concerns; attempting to force them into one model like we've done is what leads people to think that the combined service can be trusted for more than it really can.
If it takes 45 minutes, I suggest cutting your coffee break a bit short - you might be surprised at how soon it's/really/ done with login;)
We have an ungodly amount of crap running our systems at work, due to all the software that IT installs - a "basic" WinXP system consumes 300-400MB of memory after login is complete. Yet it only takes about one minute to boot to usable desktop on a two-year-old system.
Is the asker just not bothering to look for himself? Pretty much every major US ISP has been named in the answers: comcast, verizon, at&t, roadrunner, time warner, etc. Since it seems to be something that everyone offers standard (for a slight premium), perhaps visiting his regional ISP web site would have been a better place to start than posting on/.
slocate is a once-daily cron job. And that's not the same level of indexing that Vista does - slocate builds a list of filenames. Vista tries to go through each and every file and build a searchable content database. Does a great job of bringing a system to its knees.
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Free health care and you pay less in taxes than Americans. Most Americans insist that isn't true, and it's not if you make over a million a year.
There may be a reason that most Americans insist this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_of_Europe
Not only is the income tax higher - often considerably - but on top of that there's that lovely VAT.
But hey, enjoy your fantasies.
So what, exactly, is the incentive to be a star performer? There is none. You can be a total slacker instead, just change jobs every few years, and do just as well as the guys putting in 90 hours/week and doing the work of several lesser engineers.
Work ethic comes to mind.
Or as this page calls it: "The Asbestos of Enterprise IT
The guy makes some good points... but on the other hand how can I take someone seriously who keeps referring to "Enterprise 2.0" and seems to mean it?
ow, I could be wrong here, but I thought most client/server 3D game protocols do *not* have the clients transmit the position of the avatar to the server, which is part (b)? Don't the servers already know the position of the avatar, and the clients just send a vector, that is, a request to move a certain number of units in a particular direction, at which point the server calculates a new position from the original postion + the vector?
Generally correct. In cases where the client allows movement by mouse, the client may send to the server where it /wishes/ to be. Still not the same as described in (b).
Actually it does if the original poster of the material knows his/her rights under the DMCA. This person can file a counter-notice if it's not a valid takedown, and the content does not stay down. And I may be mistaken, but subsequent claims against the same material will not result in a takedown, as long as it's the same claim.
How do you know, since most folks who do this post anonymously?
My bad. I missed where he said text and calls.
Crap, this is slashdot. I meant to say: "You don't know what you're talking about, you silly monkey."
True; perhaps I should have said "so close to nothing that the difference is relevant only in aggregate"? I realize there /is/ a cost, but since the infrastructure is already in place, and people already have an account for their phone service, it's on the order of pennies per month.
I thought he said /other/ countries...
So it's reasonable to you to pay 20EU a month for something that effectively costs nothing?
Thanks, I never would have figured that out ;)
Unless, of course, your macbook is your only computer; and you have no way of knowing how to fix it. In that case, I'd say it's effectively bricked.
He added that he spent 3,000 Jordanian dinars developing the device, and stressed that he faced many difficulties in obtaining specific metals such as aluminum that are not allowed into Gaza.
Oh, wait...
Yet for all its flaws in this worst-case scenario you've painted, doesn't it remain better than the "dial-up only" option that half the country has now?
Dude, what kind of disease do /you/ have? That's nasty...
Besides, by the time they draw up a curriculum, you *know* it will be obsolete.
Contrary to popular belief, the fundamentals of structured programming have not changed signficantly... pretty much ever. Even the fundamentals of OO programming (which is built atop structured programming) have been pretty much fixed for the last 15-20 years.
If they're trying to teach the latest and greatest whizbang technology, then yes - it will be obsolete. If they're trying to teach how to program - it will always be relevant, no matter which language is used.
This just requires access to someone's inadequately-secured wireless network, which is increasingly easy to get.
Encryption and identification are two independent concerns; attempting to force them into one model like we've done is what leads people to think that the combined service can be trusted for more than it really can.
Why wait? Offshore now, and get 1/3rd of a developer for 1/3rd the price!
Combine this with the fact that EVERY one of my friends 360s die about once a year, how could MS be making money on this thing?
Because your friends replace them once a year? ;)
Eh? No it's not... it seems that there's some referrer check going on, redirecting back to the multi-page article.
Mine usually takes about 45 minutes to boot up
If it takes 45 minutes, I suggest cutting your coffee break a bit short - you might be surprised at how soon it's /really/ done with login ;)
We have an ungodly amount of crap running our systems at work, due to all the software that IT installs - a "basic" WinXP system consumes 300-400MB of memory after login is complete. Yet it only takes about one minute to boot to usable desktop on a two-year-old system.
Is the asker just not bothering to look for himself? Pretty much every major US ISP has been named in the answers: comcast, verizon, at&t, roadrunner, time warner, etc. Since it seems to be something that everyone offers standard (for a slight premium), perhaps visiting his regional ISP web site would have been a better place to start than posting on /.
slocate is a once-daily cron job. And that's not the same level of indexing that Vista does - slocate builds a list of filenames. Vista tries to go through each and every file and build a searchable content database. Does a great job of bringing a system to its knees.
That's more or less the same as today, isn't it? The most-hyped games are 60; most around 50, and the 'bargain' stuff is 40 or less.