Well, you can live away from your parents/guardians and get married at 16 in the UK. I always considered that the point adulthood, but obviously there will be a lot of differing opinions on the term.
After looking it up just now I see you still need permission from your parents though, so I guess you're right about 18.
Yep, it doesn't have anything to do with totalitarianism, but it does have to do with freedom. An optional web filter doesn't have much to do with either.
Oh gods, I have to tell that that I want to be able to view adult content! This position is untenable!
Despite the US being far from perfect, at least I have the freedom to do pretty much whatever I want as long as life and property are respected.
I live in the UK, and I also have that freedom. I also had a few freedoms a lot earlier than I would have had them in the US:
UK public drinking age: 18 US: 21
UK public smoking age: 16 US: 18
UK age of consent/adulthood: 16 US: 18
Tell me, which is closer to being a "totalitarian state".. the country with an opt-out porn filter, or the one where the government can do whatever the fuck it wants, whenever it wants - without telling anyone - via the PATRIOT act? How can you be so hypocritical?
This thing has first person view using a headset from the ground. There's a holy fuckload of negativity around here. I think the project is pretty awesome, and I didn't expect any more than the frame to be made of lego after reading the summary..
But seriously what percentage of Linux users are gamers (on Linux or other OSes) and what percentage practically use it for gaming?
I use Linux. I've also been a gamer all my life.
The point is that you can't "practically use" Linux for most games, because they aren't available on Linux. This is a good step on the way to rectifying that. The situation used to be the same on Mac OS, but that's been gradually changing over the years. One nice thing about that is that any game that runs on Mac OS shouldn't take very much tweaking to run on Linux too.
I'm not sure that there is a person that takes issue with people being religious.
It would be interesting to see someone, in a very out spoken place, actually actively fight against anything that is religious
I used to be religious myself. After I stopped believing, I developed quite a hate for what religion is doing to the world.
I have mellowed out somewhat since then, but I have a friend who is openly derisive and angry about all religion.
I'm pretty sure that there are people that actively fight against the bullshit of trying to teach creationism in science classes. That can be taught in school, but the place for it is religious/anthropological studies.
The child here is the one that apparently doesn't know how to explain their point of view adequately. Probably because you just believe what you are told rather than thinking about it.
I could most definitely tell the difference between The Hobbit at 48fps and a normal movie. I didn't actually like the effect much, but I could tell the difference.
When gaming and constantly monitoring my FPS, 30 was playable, 60 was nice.
I remember with Quake 1 experimenting with different resolutions on my 486 with software rendering - 320x240 actually looked very "realistic" to me simply because it was rendering so smoothly. It looked like live action through a low resolution camera. I usually played at 640x480 though just because it's nice to be able to make enemies out at a distance..
I've got no idea what the scanners have to do with keeping your papers private. As for your "effects".. wtf. Why do you expect a right to such privacy when travelling in someone else's vehicle? It's perfectly reasonable to scan people for weapons and/or check their luggage if they want to do so. Any effects that you want to keep more private can go in your checked luggage.
Well, I started off thinking 2D games, but then I was thinking for the absolute basics you could start off with very simple command line stuff, but you can even turn that into a game. For example a simple game where you are presented with 2 integers that the user has to add together and type in the answer. Then randomise the numbers. Put it in a loop. Then add in subtraction, multiplication and division. Keep track of how many answers the user got right or wrong. You could even add in a high score table and teach them how to do basic array sorting. Then you could save and load the high score table to a file. You can teach a lot of basics by building up a simple little game like that.
Basic 2D graphics are a fun way to demonstrate programming features too. When I was something like 4 years old I'd type in the program listings into my Commodore 128 to draw circles and triangles on the screen. When I was older, my dad taught me about looping through arrays by helping me to build a Moire style screensaver. Having an animated visual output like that is quite satisfying, especially to a new programmer, yet it's really simple to implement and so is a good early project:)
I agree that it's crazy some of the questions you see online.. some people are clearly just copy and pasting with no clue wtf they're doing. Right now I'm often Googling pretty simple Javascript/JQuery stuff (how to create and reference Objects and hash tables for example) myself though simply because I don't have a paper reference manual:p
Honestly I got half way through there and I can't bear to read the rest of you're crazy pseudo-anger fueled rant. You're acting like people are too dumb to see how this works. They can see it. If they want to spend money on in-game purchases, so be it. Those that are spending a lot of money on this type of thing obviously have a lot of money to burn. And it's up to them how they want to spend it. It's not like a lottery or gambling service where poor people spend what little they have left over from alcohol and tobacco in the hopes that they'll win millions.
Even the ones that do spend money on this probably aren't spending much more in a year than they would have spent in on a WoW subscription - assuming that's what you classify as a "well defined product/service"?
Read a little more. I agree that this stuff is "calculated", etc, but I am completely fine with it when the up front game is free. It's when they charge you for both the original game and the content that I get really pissed off. When it's free to play, you spend as much as you want to spend, and you're not as "locked in" as if you'd bought a $60 game or a year's subscription to something.
Most people don't start off their programming careers by writing games, eh nvm
What would you say most developers start out learning?
I have to admit that no matter what problem you're solving in programming, it can be as much of a rush as making a game, but I still think it's a good way to capture the imagination of a new programmer. It's good if your program is fun to test as well as to code. Even if it's just a basic text quiz type game, it's good to have such immediate feedback on what you're programming.
My first programming book was learning how to make games in Amos BASIC on my Amiga (I was 11 or 12). My next was a book on C at 15, again I was doing this on my Amiga. Then I started messing around with Quake 3 mods in C++, then bots (AI kind, not hacking kind) for Counter-Strike. That was the most fun/rewarding project I've done because of the community aspect. People appreciated my work in an obvious way, and of course I loved "testing" my code too:p
Once I started working on business applications I realised that I find the programming part even more interesting than the gaming part as long as it's challenging enough to be interesting, but I'm sure a lot of good developers have started off their programming careers by writing simple games. Since the earliest mainframes, we've had computer games.
Hmm nope, still don't see it sorry. PATRIOT is an invasion of privacy that runs way, way deeper, but I don't see people doing anything about that. Yet everyone is up in arms about people seeing their naughty bits or taking their shoes off. The airline stuff is symptomatic of the way your country is heading as a whole and I don't like it sure, but it would be nice if the American public had a concentrated campaign to sort out the problems at their roots rather than getting all blustered about this.
It's accepted (because it's fucking obvious) that MMO servers need money to keep running. The game also has development costs. People like you who don't want to pay, don't have to pay. Anything. At all. And you can still do well in the game by all accounts. I haven't bought anything in it and was still having fun. If I get into it then I'd buy stuff to reward the developers. I doubt I'd be spending anything like as much as your average person spends on WoW. I probably wouldn't even spend as much as I spend each month on Netflix, Lovefilm, Spotify or my cinema card. Subscription services are much more like "vampires" than a free to play game. Except that they're not at all, because I know the costs involved and the benefits I receive, and I'm happy with them. That I enjoy it is completely relevant. It's entertainment.
Let's flip things around - what would you suggest as an alternative if free to play is so "evil"?
Also it's nothing like me defending my "dealer", because that session at the weekend was the first time I'd touched a game in a month. I've been busy moving flat and driving my new car recently.
Are you on crack? The game is free to play. After playing it for a few hours at the weekend I can safely say that tactics matter way more than equipment. Get into a MAX suit and you'll still be taken out in seconds if you don't know what you're doing yet (ahem).
How much is ridiculous? I played it for a few hours at the weekend, but didn't look at upgrading. There's so much to do that I didn't feel like I really scratched the surface. Once I figure out what play styles I prefer I'd maybe spend some money on it. Considering it's free to play, I'd probably be happy to spend up to around 30GBP. When I've played true free-to-play games before I've spent money as a thankyou to the developers. When games that I've already bought ask me to spend money to unlock stuff (I'm looking at you Dirt 2), I simply say FUCK YOU and refuse to buy any more games in that series..
Actually I moved my documents directory to my HDD using those. I suppose I could do it with individual game directories on Steam if I want better loading times. Thanks.
Yes. Expressing my personal opinion on the matter to point out that some people care more about cancer than privacy clearly means that all that stuff is okay. Good job.
Personally I don't care about that kind of "privacy". I'd say the time I stopped caring was around the time I lost my virginity. I do care about getting cancer though.
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Ah, well I'm Scottish so that explains it. Thanks for clearing that up :)
Well, you can live away from your parents/guardians and get married at 16 in the UK. I always considered that the point adulthood, but obviously there will be a lot of differing opinions on the term.
After looking it up just now I see you still need permission from your parents though, so I guess you're right about 18.
Yep, it doesn't have anything to do with totalitarianism, but it does have to do with freedom. An optional web filter doesn't have much to do with either.
things have become untenable.
Oh gods, I have to tell that that I want to be able to view adult content! This position is untenable!
Despite the US being far from perfect, at least I have the freedom to do pretty much whatever I want as long as life and property are respected.
I live in the UK, and I also have that freedom. I also had a few freedoms a lot earlier than I would have had them in the US:
UK public drinking age: 18
US: 21
UK public smoking age: 16
US: 18
UK age of consent/adulthood: 16
US: 18
Tell me, which is closer to being a "totalitarian state".. the country with an opt-out porn filter, or the one where the government can do whatever the fuck it wants, whenever it wants - without telling anyone - via the PATRIOT act? How can you be so hypocritical?
This thing has first person view using a headset from the ground. There's a holy fuckload of negativity around here. I think the project is pretty awesome, and I didn't expect any more than the frame to be made of lego after reading the summary..
But seriously what percentage of Linux users are gamers (on Linux or other OSes) and what percentage practically use it for gaming?
I use Linux. I've also been a gamer all my life.
The point is that you can't "practically use" Linux for most games, because they aren't available on Linux. This is a good step on the way to rectifying that. The situation used to be the same on Mac OS, but that's been gradually changing over the years. One nice thing about that is that any game that runs on Mac OS shouldn't take very much tweaking to run on Linux too.
I'm not sure that there is a person that takes issue with people being religious.
It would be interesting to see someone, in a very out spoken place, actually actively fight against anything that is religious
I used to be religious myself. After I stopped believing, I developed quite a hate for what religion is doing to the world.
I have mellowed out somewhat since then, but I have a friend who is openly derisive and angry about all religion.
I'm pretty sure that there are people that actively fight against the bullshit of trying to teach creationism in science classes. That can be taught in school, but the place for it is religious/anthropological studies.
The child here is the one that apparently doesn't know how to explain their point of view adequately. Probably because you just believe what you are told rather than thinking about it.
I could most definitely tell the difference between The Hobbit at 48fps and a normal movie. I didn't actually like the effect much, but I could tell the difference.
When gaming and constantly monitoring my FPS, 30 was playable, 60 was nice.
I remember with Quake 1 experimenting with different resolutions on my 486 with software rendering - 320x240 actually looked very "realistic" to me simply because it was rendering so smoothly. It looked like live action through a low resolution camera. I usually played at 640x480 though just because it's nice to be able to make enemies out at a distance..
*rolls eyes*
I've got no idea what the scanners have to do with keeping your papers private. As for your "effects".. wtf. Why do you expect a right to such privacy when travelling in someone else's vehicle? It's perfectly reasonable to scan people for weapons and/or check their luggage if they want to do so. Any effects that you want to keep more private can go in your checked luggage.
Well, I started off thinking 2D games, but then I was thinking for the absolute basics you could start off with very simple command line stuff, but you can even turn that into a game. For example a simple game where you are presented with 2 integers that the user has to add together and type in the answer. Then randomise the numbers. Put it in a loop. Then add in subtraction, multiplication and division. Keep track of how many answers the user got right or wrong. You could even add in a high score table and teach them how to do basic array sorting. Then you could save and load the high score table to a file. You can teach a lot of basics by building up a simple little game like that.
Basic 2D graphics are a fun way to demonstrate programming features too. When I was something like 4 years old I'd type in the program listings into my Commodore 128 to draw circles and triangles on the screen. When I was older, my dad taught me about looping through arrays by helping me to build a Moire style screensaver. Having an animated visual output like that is quite satisfying, especially to a new programmer, yet it's really simple to implement and so is a good early project :)
I agree that it's crazy some of the questions you see online.. some people are clearly just copy and pasting with no clue wtf they're doing. Right now I'm often Googling pretty simple Javascript/JQuery stuff (how to create and reference Objects and hash tables for example) myself though simply because I don't have a paper reference manual :p
Honestly I got half way through there and I can't bear to read the rest of you're crazy pseudo-anger fueled rant. You're acting like people are too dumb to see how this works. They can see it. If they want to spend money on in-game purchases, so be it. Those that are spending a lot of money on this type of thing obviously have a lot of money to burn. And it's up to them how they want to spend it. It's not like a lottery or gambling service where poor people spend what little they have left over from alcohol and tobacco in the hopes that they'll win millions.
Even the ones that do spend money on this probably aren't spending much more in a year than they would have spent in on a WoW subscription - assuming that's what you classify as a "well defined product/service"?
Read a little more. I agree that this stuff is "calculated", etc, but I am completely fine with it when the up front game is free. It's when they charge you for both the original game and the content that I get really pissed off. When it's free to play, you spend as much as you want to spend, and you're not as "locked in" as if you'd bought a $60 game or a year's subscription to something.
Most people don't start off their programming careers by writing games, eh nvm
What would you say most developers start out learning?
I have to admit that no matter what problem you're solving in programming, it can be as much of a rush as making a game, but I still think it's a good way to capture the imagination of a new programmer. It's good if your program is fun to test as well as to code. Even if it's just a basic text quiz type game, it's good to have such immediate feedback on what you're programming.
My first programming book was learning how to make games in Amos BASIC on my Amiga (I was 11 or 12). My next was a book on C at 15, again I was doing this on my Amiga. Then I started messing around with Quake 3 mods in C++, then bots (AI kind, not hacking kind) for Counter-Strike. That was the most fun/rewarding project I've done because of the community aspect. People appreciated my work in an obvious way, and of course I loved "testing" my code too :p
Once I started working on business applications I realised that I find the programming part even more interesting than the gaming part as long as it's challenging enough to be interesting, but I'm sure a lot of good developers have started off their programming careers by writing simple games. Since the earliest mainframes, we've had computer games.
Quit boasting. I probably should have tagged it with a tracking chip :/
Ah, I see what you meant now.
practically unmodifiable once written
Come on, it's not that bad if you split everything up appropriately into well named subroutines and such like.
Hmm nope, still don't see it sorry. PATRIOT is an invasion of privacy that runs way, way deeper, but I don't see people doing anything about that. Yet everyone is up in arms about people seeing their naughty bits or taking their shoes off. The airline stuff is symptomatic of the way your country is heading as a whole and I don't like it sure, but it would be nice if the American public had a concentrated campaign to sort out the problems at their roots rather than getting all blustered about this.
It's accepted (because it's fucking obvious) that MMO servers need money to keep running. The game also has development costs. People like you who don't want to pay, don't have to pay. Anything. At all. And you can still do well in the game by all accounts. I haven't bought anything in it and was still having fun. If I get into it then I'd buy stuff to reward the developers. I doubt I'd be spending anything like as much as your average person spends on WoW. I probably wouldn't even spend as much as I spend each month on Netflix, Lovefilm, Spotify or my cinema card. Subscription services are much more like "vampires" than a free to play game. Except that they're not at all, because I know the costs involved and the benefits I receive, and I'm happy with them. That I enjoy it is completely relevant. It's entertainment.
Let's flip things around - what would you suggest as an alternative if free to play is so "evil"?
Also it's nothing like me defending my "dealer", because that session at the weekend was the first time I'd touched a game in a month. I've been busy moving flat and driving my new car recently.
Nope, from the National Radiological Protection Board
Are you on crack? The game is free to play. After playing it for a few hours at the weekend I can safely say that tactics matter way more than equipment. Get into a MAX suit and you'll still be taken out in seconds if you don't know what you're doing yet (ahem).
How much is ridiculous? I played it for a few hours at the weekend, but didn't look at upgrading. There's so much to do that I didn't feel like I really scratched the surface. Once I figure out what play styles I prefer I'd maybe spend some money on it. Considering it's free to play, I'd probably be happy to spend up to around 30GBP. When I've played true free-to-play games before I've spent money as a thankyou to the developers. When games that I've already bought ask me to spend money to unlock stuff (I'm looking at you Dirt 2), I simply say FUCK YOU and refuse to buy any more games in that series..
Actually I moved my documents directory to my HDD using those. I suppose I could do it with individual game directories on Steam if I want better loading times. Thanks.
Yes. Expressing my personal opinion on the matter to point out that some people care more about cancer than privacy clearly means that all that stuff is okay. Good job.
You must be new here.
Personally I don't care about that kind of "privacy". I'd say the time I stopped caring was around the time I lost my virginity. I do care about getting cancer though.