Exactly, I bet per hour this guy made a ton more than any of the programmers on the team. If this game took three years to make they each could have pulled in 200k I'm sure but how many hours is that? 40 a week? 60 a week? 80 a week at crunch time?
(stolen from imbd) [Peter is wearing shorts, sandals and a paisley shirt, with his feet up on his desk, munching chips and playing tetris on his computer] Bill Lumbergh: So, Peter, what's happening? Aahh, now, are you going to go ahead and have those TPS reports for us this afternoon? Peter Gibbons: No. Bill Lumbergh: Ah. Yeah. So I guess we should probably go ahead and have a little talk. Hmm? Peter Gibbons: Not right now, Lumbergh, I'm kinda busy. In fact, look, I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead and come back another time. I got a meeting with the Bobs in a couple of minutes. Bill Lumbergh: I wasn't aware of a meeting with them. Peter Gibbons: Yeah, they called me at home.
Wait, so you think that developers are building these without incentives and that's a bad thing? Cut him some slack, he did preface his post with a devil's advocate warning.
I read a great article in Fast Company magazine the other day about this same thing. The article there is much more candid if you ask me, here's the online version:
It's getting pretty crazy the calculator crutch schools are creating these days. I mentor a fifth grader and she was grabbing for her calculator when I asked her to add and subtract double digit numbers. I honestly don't know how to break her out of this habit.
Anyways, I found my TI-86 completely useless at college. It didn't help me in calculus or linear algebra or my AI classes. I'm just glad I worked hard during high school on math because I needed those skills for school. A calculator wouldn't have helped me.
So blame Microsoft too, I guess the point of my post was not to remove all blame from them, but to agree with parent that NBC is the real culprit. Microsoft provides an end to the means in this case. NBC has the intent.
Agreed, everyone here seems focused on Microsoft but they were only respecting some crazy law that seemed to be in existence at one small point of time, NBC were the ones that triggered the broadcast bit in the first place. It doesn't really matter if this was an experiment or an accident or even completely intended; they turned the bit on and this was the result. Hopefully they'll wake up and realize how pissed this makes their viewers, but maybe not.
Well, I have played both, but that's the only factor I can remember between the two. Sword in Genesis, throwing apples on SNES. Seems like an obvious win there.:P
Anyone remember Aladdin for the Sega Genesis (not that crappy Super Nintendo version where you couldn't even use a sword)? That game was pretty awesome. Actually, most Disney games that I played were pretty good. There was even one for the NES where you walked around Disney Land and the levels were various rides. One was a Space Mountain level which I remember being fun.
There were some obnoxious Disney games, like the Lion King, and I haven't played any of their recent games, but back in day, they were solid.
Agreed. We buy all of our books at the library. My wife reads 24/7 but I have different tastes and read much less. I hardly ever check out books from the library, don't like the time restrictions, so I always buy. 50 cents for softcover and $1 for hard locally. And that's going on all the time. They also have large booksales where the books are something like 5/$1. I picked up two paper bags worth of books then. All Sci-fi and fantasy.
The same reason why when I read a review about a certain programming language, platform, or any other technology, I usually like to try it out for myself before I make any final decisions. Though I admit $10 is too much for me to be so carefree about every movie that comes out, I'll spend it on ones that match my criteria and interest. I'm not too concerned about reviews, some of my favorite movies are the Bill and Ted series and the Transporter series.
Actually it doesn't seem to have anything to do with motion control.
The jury found that Nintendo infringed on Anascape's patent while designing its Wii Classic, WaveBird and Gamecube controllers.
Scibettra said Nintendo was pleased no infringement was found with the motion-sensing technology used in its wandlike Wii and Nuncheck controllers, which mimic movements by users in games such as tennis and boxing. None of those controllers have motion sensing in them.
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Juneau, Wisconsin? Still gets pretty warm there during the summer.
Locusts know when their home is about to fall into the ocean*. So maybe they're on to something.
*No idea if locusts know that, but it fits my metaphor.
Three puppies and a hair from CmdrTaco's head every 108 minutes.
They couldn't see past their Macbook Pros so it didn't matter much.
Wow, the Slashdot logo would be up all the time in this office.
Exactly, I bet per hour this guy made a ton more than any of the programmers on the team. If this game took three years to make they each could have pulled in 200k I'm sure but how many hours is that? 40 a week? 60 a week? 80 a week at crunch time?
Reminds me greatly of Peter from Office Space.
(stolen from imbd)
[Peter is wearing shorts, sandals and a paisley shirt, with his feet up on his desk, munching chips and playing tetris on his computer]
Bill Lumbergh: So, Peter, what's happening? Aahh, now, are you going to go ahead and have those TPS reports for us this afternoon?
Peter Gibbons: No.
Bill Lumbergh: Ah. Yeah. So I guess we should probably go ahead and have a little talk. Hmm?
Peter Gibbons: Not right now, Lumbergh, I'm kinda busy. In fact, look, I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead and come back another time. I got a meeting with the Bobs in a couple of minutes.
Bill Lumbergh: I wasn't aware of a meeting with them.
Peter Gibbons: Yeah, they called me at home.
Just wait until he discovers Super Mario 64 and looks for the previous 63.
And here I thought that 2008 was the year of Linux release cycle synchronization on the desktop.
And for some fun, set:
isCancel() returns ALLOW;
isAllow() returns CANCEL;
There was actually a car on fire in the parking lot this morning. Just sitting there, parked.
Those things can literally crash and burn too.
Totally off topic but it was the most exciting thing to happen at work in forever.
I read a great article in Fast Company magazine the other day about this same thing. The article there is much more candid if you ask me, here's the online version:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/126/a-mighty-wind.html
Interesting to note that I'll RTFA if it comes to my door in paper format but I would care less about this online.
It's also about showing off that Apple logo at Starbucks.
It's getting pretty crazy the calculator crutch schools are creating these days. I mentor a fifth grader and she was grabbing for her calculator when I asked her to add and subtract double digit numbers. I honestly don't know how to break her out of this habit.
Anyways, I found my TI-86 completely useless at college. It didn't help me in calculus or linear algebra or my AI classes. I'm just glad I worked hard during high school on math because I needed those skills for school. A calculator wouldn't have helped me.
So blame Microsoft too, I guess the point of my post was not to remove all blame from them, but to agree with parent that NBC is the real culprit. Microsoft provides an end to the means in this case. NBC has the intent.
Agreed, everyone here seems focused on Microsoft but they were only respecting some crazy law that seemed to be in existence at one small point of time, NBC were the ones that triggered the broadcast bit in the first place. It doesn't really matter if this was an experiment or an accident or even completely intended; they turned the bit on and this was the result. Hopefully they'll wake up and realize how pissed this makes their viewers, but maybe not.
I generally agree with you, but from reading your message, it seems you have an unhealthy love of your Blackberry.
Well, I have played both, but that's the only factor I can remember between the two. Sword in Genesis, throwing apples on SNES. Seems like an obvious win there. :P
Anyone remember Aladdin for the Sega Genesis (not that crappy Super Nintendo version where you couldn't even use a sword)? That game was pretty awesome. Actually, most Disney games that I played were pretty good. There was even one for the NES where you walked around Disney Land and the levels were various rides. One was a Space Mountain level which I remember being fun.
There were some obnoxious Disney games, like the Lion King, and I haven't played any of their recent games, but back in day, they were solid.
Agreed. We buy all of our books at the library. My wife reads 24/7 but I have different tastes and read much less. I hardly ever check out books from the library, don't like the time restrictions, so I always buy. 50 cents for softcover and $1 for hard locally. And that's going on all the time. They also have large booksales where the books are something like 5/$1. I picked up two paper bags worth of books then. All Sci-fi and fantasy.
The same reason why when I read a review about a certain programming language, platform, or any other technology, I usually like to try it out for myself before I make any final decisions. Though I admit $10 is too much for me to be so carefree about every movie that comes out, I'll spend it on ones that match my criteria and interest. I'm not too concerned about reviews, some of my favorite movies are the Bill and Ted series and the Transporter series.
Oh sorry, I thought you said motion not vibration.
Scibettra said Nintendo was pleased no infringement was found with the motion-sensing technology used in its wandlike Wii and Nuncheck controllers, which mimic movements by users in games such as tennis and boxing. None of those controllers have motion sensing in them.
Did anyone else read the headline as China is buying Sound Weapons directed at the US? I felt bad for people living in California for a moment.