Games should be about the journey, -not- the ending. If a bad ending can ruin the entire game for you, then you're playing them wrong.
Personally, I prefer games that have an 'ending' but then allow you to continue playing anyhow. End of the storyline shouldn't mean end of my playtime. Fallout3 made this mistake, then fixed it with some DLC. There were a -lot- of complaints about the game ending after the final quest.
Don't work harder than they pay you for. You won't get credit and you won't get paid extra.
It's entirely possible that you'd have gotten exactly the same raise even if you had merely done a competent job, instead of doing 2 jobs and nearly killing yourself at work.
Actually, the lower limit matters based on the person. My eyes are apparently a bit wonky and my lower limit is 15 fps, which would drive most people insane in a video game. Below that and it drives me insane. As for telling the different between 30 and 60... I can do it... Barely. Compare 60fps and anything higher and it's absolutely pointless for me to try. However, I've met people who can definitely tell the different between 100fps and 60 fps.
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Congratulations. That -is- incredibly nitpicky. I'm amazed.
He is not a scientist and this is not a paper he is writing for publication. He is using the word 'designed' as the unwashed masses do all the time, and as such, he is not incorrect in his statement. Everyone knew exactly what he meant and nobody had to stop and trying to figure it out. He accomplished his task without getting excessively wordy or having to explain himself 3 times. As far as communication goes, he scored perfectly.
Any legal solution, yes. Anyone that has the keys to create software to decrypt BluRay legally has agreed to only output the video over a HDCP-enabled video connection. His parents' TV doesn't support that, so no legal solution would be able to play it on that TV.
For me, I can tell you what happened to Second Life. They screwed up my account and their customer service is useless.
Long version: I had an OLD account that received the 500 L$ weekly allowance that used to be given to every account. Then they changed it so that new accounts don't get that allowance. I went on, made a few custom objects and was happen with my character... Until they got hacked. When they get hacked, they force everyone to change their passwords using the password retrieval system. No problem, it's an email that gives you a link. Everything was fine... And then they got hacked again. This time, my password link doesn't work... It just says there was 'an error'. After trying like 5 times over a couple days, I call them. Their machine hangs up on me without ANY voice prompt. Over the next 6 months to a year, I called over and over, but each time it hung up on me, or answered then hung up, or answered and told me to leave a message then told me the mailbox was full... One time it DID let me leave a message and their message promised me they'd contact me... Nothing. So I eventually just gave up. It's not worth the hassle, and I'm NOT going to make a new account and lose my allowance and the customizations to my character.
I've been told that the customer service is better now, but I no longer care.
Clipboards are a -lot- lighter than tablets. I know, because I own both and have tried writing with a tablet held in 1 arm and writing with the other. It isn't as easy as one would hope, and precision is about impossible.
Why exactly do you need to hit more than 1 key at a time? Hint: You don't.
Or maybe you were suggesting that multitouch is necessary to make a touch-interface that doesn't screw up all the time. It isn't.
I've got the G1 with the new updates and the on-screen keyboard is almost as easy to use as the physical one. I rarely pull out the keyboard any more because it isn't worth the time.
I don't know what you're smoking, but I've had my Android a lot longer than that and it was larger than 'a few square miles' in Orlando alone. All of Orlando, in fact.
Up in New England, T-Mo sucks. Down here in Florida, it's the best service. It all depends on your area. They are, however, improving all the time.
I looked into writing a platform for Facebook games and decided that it was just too bloody easy to use something like the Zend framework with a little extra code on top and write a game that way. Writing an entire framework for Facebook games would be rather pointless, unless you marketed it to the 'wish they could program but can't' crowd, and then it would be really lame. I notice they say MySpace and Twitter as well, and that would make the framework tougher and a little more useful... But still not enough that I'd bother.
So to answer your question, I suspect they have discovered that the amount of money available as a 'public' framework is nearly zero, and therefore selling it to another company would be a lot more profitable automatically.
I actually wrote most of a very simple MafiaWars-style FB game just to experiment with how hard it was. It took me about 20-30 hours, including the time to research how to integrate with FB and learn something about Zend Framework that I didn't know yet, like authentication another 10 hours would have seen a working game, but I decided I didn't want a boring game, so I'm designing an interesting one and will put my time towards that instead, not that I have the basics clear.
It's really sad how true this is. I used to think 'I'll just comply and everything will be perfectly fine and I can be on my way.' Then somewhere along the way I realized that cops who want to do improper searches are assholes to start with, and they've already decided you are guilty and will treat you as such. If you make them do the paperwork first, then there -is- paperwork to show that it happened and you can't get into a situation where it's their word against yours that it even happened.
As for the laptop... I know when they search a car or house, they have to put things back as they are. Does that not apply to electronics as well?
Gizmodo and Engadget have way, way, way too much crap posted. Not that Slashdot doesn't post crap, but the 'signal to noise ratio' is a lot better here.
And as far as the common man is concerned, he sees his friends out of work and jobs going overseas. He doesn't understand the complexities involved or that his friends probably can't even DO the job that's being sent there... He just sees a 'lost job'.
But you've gotten away from the point: This is about news reporting and how hard it is to report news other than the usual drivel that they report.
Where were they? They were cherry-picking the easy stories that they knew would get viewers. Stories about H1Bs are hard because those happen 1 at a time and only the collective tale of ALL of them means anything. Who do you interview? What do you actually report?
After the fact, we can point and say 'Wow! That's a lot of jobs lost!' and complain about it. While it's happening, it's nearly invisible.
I agree with your point, though... Reporters are not covering the -real- news. That's why sites like Slashdot exist now. (Not saying./ is perfect, mind... Just that it is responding to the gap left by 'real' reporters.)
Let's not forget that there are other reasons than 'white guilt' that people might feel this way, though. I certainly don't feel bad about what other peoples' ancestors did (my family hasn't been here that long) but I still do feel bad about anyone else's ancestors getting a bad shake. Heck, that applies to people who get a back shake today, too.
As for promoting 'multiculturalism and its anti-judgmental system of evaluating cultures', that just seems to be common sense to me. Why limit yourself to 1 culture's offerings when you can enjoy many?
And yet, you continue to whine about it. Like it or not, it -is- viral. And these people -have- chosen not to use it, just like you suggest. And here you are whining about them actually taking the very same action you recommend.
The fact that many projects wouldn't exist without GPL has absolutely nothing to do with this project. It would exist either way.
In the current iteration, that's true. But then, in the first iteration of the typewriter, the keys would often get jammed and slow you down. As technology improved, so did the interface.
That may mean that it accepts whole words, or it may mean that there is some kind of 'muscle memory' that you will use when 'mind typing' to type the individual letters without really specifically thinking about each letter in sequence. The same way you type.
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Games should be about the journey, -not- the ending. If a bad ending can ruin the entire game for you, then you're playing them wrong.
Personally, I prefer games that have an 'ending' but then allow you to continue playing anyhow. End of the storyline shouldn't mean end of my playtime. Fallout3 made this mistake, then fixed it with some DLC. There were a -lot- of complaints about the game ending after the final quest.
Look at the size of the handstrap on the side, then use that to judge the size and distance of the lenses. I think you'll find that it's rather large.
The size of the tripod throws you off, but that's a solid, professional tripod and not some tiny kid's toy.
I hope you learned a lesson. In case you didn't:
Don't work harder than they pay you for. You won't get credit and you won't get paid extra.
It's entirely possible that you'd have gotten exactly the same raise even if you had merely done a competent job, instead of doing 2 jobs and nearly killing yourself at work.
Actually, the lower limit matters based on the person. My eyes are apparently a bit wonky and my lower limit is 15 fps, which would drive most people insane in a video game. Below that and it drives me insane. As for telling the different between 30 and 60... I can do it... Barely. Compare 60fps and anything higher and it's absolutely pointless for me to try. However, I've met people who can definitely tell the different between 100fps and 60 fps.
Congratulations. That -is- incredibly nitpicky. I'm amazed.
He is not a scientist and this is not a paper he is writing for publication. He is using the word 'designed' as the unwashed masses do all the time, and as such, he is not incorrect in his statement. Everyone knew exactly what he meant and nobody had to stop and trying to figure it out. He accomplished his task without getting excessively wordy or having to explain himself 3 times. As far as communication goes, he scored perfectly.
Any legal solution, yes. Anyone that has the keys to create software to decrypt BluRay legally has agreed to only output the video over a HDCP-enabled video connection. His parents' TV doesn't support that, so no legal solution would be able to play it on that TV.
Edit: Actually, after thinking about it for a while, I think it was a $L50 allowance. But the actual amount wasn't the point.
For me, I can tell you what happened to Second Life. They screwed up my account and their customer service is useless.
Long version: I had an OLD account that received the 500 L$ weekly allowance that used to be given to every account. Then they changed it so that new accounts don't get that allowance. I went on, made a few custom objects and was happen with my character... Until they got hacked. When they get hacked, they force everyone to change their passwords using the password retrieval system. No problem, it's an email that gives you a link. Everything was fine... And then they got hacked again. This time, my password link doesn't work... It just says there was 'an error'. After trying like 5 times over a couple days, I call them. Their machine hangs up on me without ANY voice prompt. Over the next 6 months to a year, I called over and over, but each time it hung up on me, or answered then hung up, or answered and told me to leave a message then told me the mailbox was full... One time it DID let me leave a message and their message promised me they'd contact me... Nothing. So I eventually just gave up. It's not worth the hassle, and I'm NOT going to make a new account and lose my allowance and the customizations to my character.
I've been told that the customer service is better now, but I no longer care.
You expect USPS to deliver 'hot juicy goodness'? This isn't 1950! (And I doubt you're a lonely housewife!)
Clipboards are a -lot- lighter than tablets. I know, because I own both and have tried writing with a tablet held in 1 arm and writing with the other. It isn't as easy as one would hope, and precision is about impossible.
Why exactly do you need to hit more than 1 key at a time? Hint: You don't.
Or maybe you were suggesting that multitouch is necessary to make a touch-interface that doesn't screw up all the time. It isn't.
I've got the G1 with the new updates and the on-screen keyboard is almost as easy to use as the physical one. I rarely pull out the keyboard any more because it isn't worth the time.
I don't know what you're smoking, but I've had my Android a lot longer than that and it was larger than 'a few square miles' in Orlando alone. All of Orlando, in fact.
Up in New England, T-Mo sucks. Down here in Florida, it's the best service. It all depends on your area. They are, however, improving all the time.
Argh. That should read "now that I have the basics clear."
I looked into writing a platform for Facebook games and decided that it was just too bloody easy to use something like the Zend framework with a little extra code on top and write a game that way. Writing an entire framework for Facebook games would be rather pointless, unless you marketed it to the 'wish they could program but can't' crowd, and then it would be really lame.
I notice they say MySpace and Twitter as well, and that would make the framework tougher and a little more useful... But still not enough that I'd bother.
So to answer your question, I suspect they have discovered that the amount of money available as a 'public' framework is nearly zero, and therefore selling it to another company would be a lot more profitable automatically.
I actually wrote most of a very simple MafiaWars-style FB game just to experiment with how hard it was. It took me about 20-30 hours, including the time to research how to integrate with FB and learn something about Zend Framework that I didn't know yet, like authentication another 10 hours would have seen a working game, but I decided I didn't want a boring game, so I'm designing an interesting one and will put my time towards that instead, not that I have the basics clear.
I believe you have to know to ask them to put it back like it was. If you don't ask, they don't have to.
Yeah, it's really messed up. It should be automatic.
It's really sad how true this is. I used to think 'I'll just comply and everything will be perfectly fine and I can be on my way.' Then somewhere along the way I realized that cops who want to do improper searches are assholes to start with, and they've already decided you are guilty and will treat you as such. If you make them do the paperwork first, then there -is- paperwork to show that it happened and you can't get into a situation where it's their word against yours that it even happened.
As for the laptop... I know when they search a car or house, they have to put things back as they are. Does that not apply to electronics as well?
Gizmodo and Engadget have way, way, way too much crap posted. Not that Slashdot doesn't post crap, but the 'signal to noise ratio' is a lot better here.
It's not racism at all. It's nationalism.
And as far as the common man is concerned, he sees his friends out of work and jobs going overseas. He doesn't understand the complexities involved or that his friends probably can't even DO the job that's being sent there... He just sees a 'lost job'.
But you've gotten away from the point: This is about news reporting and how hard it is to report news other than the usual drivel that they report.
Where were they? They were cherry-picking the easy stories that they knew would get viewers. Stories about H1Bs are hard because those happen 1 at a time and only the collective tale of ALL of them means anything. Who do you interview? What do you actually report?
After the fact, we can point and say 'Wow! That's a lot of jobs lost!' and complain about it. While it's happening, it's nearly invisible.
I agree with your point, though... Reporters are not covering the -real- news. That's why sites like Slashdot exist now. (Not saying ./ is perfect, mind... Just that it is responding to the gap left by 'real' reporters.)
I think that your father's boot is used for that. It's an anal suppository.
It's true, but it's harder to get motivated enough to exercise. It's fairly easy to get motivated enough to take a pill.
Maybe he should take the pill to get motivated to exercise...
Let's not forget that there are other reasons than 'white guilt' that people might feel this way, though. I certainly don't feel bad about what other peoples' ancestors did (my family hasn't been here that long) but I still do feel bad about anyone else's ancestors getting a bad shake. Heck, that applies to people who get a back shake today, too.
As for promoting 'multiculturalism and its anti-judgmental system of evaluating cultures', that just seems to be common sense to me. Why limit yourself to 1 culture's offerings when you can enjoy many?
Heh. Now I feel kinda bad for ordering mundane things for myself right before XMas and using 2-day shipping. (Prime is a God-send.)
And yet, you continue to whine about it. Like it or not, it -is- viral. And these people -have- chosen not to use it, just like you suggest. And here you are whining about them actually taking the very same action you recommend.
The fact that many projects wouldn't exist without GPL has absolutely nothing to do with this project. It would exist either way.
In the current iteration, that's true. But then, in the first iteration of the typewriter, the keys would often get jammed and slow you down. As technology improved, so did the interface.
That may mean that it accepts whole words, or it may mean that there is some kind of 'muscle memory' that you will use when 'mind typing' to type the individual letters without really specifically thinking about each letter in sequence. The same way you type.