Maybe people are setting their goals too high. Instead of an "Itunes killer" or an "Ipod Killer" they need to make a "Itunes competitor" or an "Ipod competitor". Get into the market first, then work toward a larger share.
When I saw the headline "Microsoft Invites Black Hats into Vista ", I thought: "With all the security holes in it, didn't they invite Black Hats into Win XP too?":-)
Now hold on just a minute. (I'm not replying to you personally, but to Slashdot in general.) All these Slashdotters complain that parents should take more responiblity for their kids. They say they should be there to guide them thru the tv landscape and turn off things that are inapporiate. But now, when a parent tries to take some responiblity in their child's life, you complain about that too!
It seems to me that there are two camps inside Microsoft: the developers and the management.
The developers seem to want to do cool things. They are reaching out to the development community. (With open source, coding4fun, blogging, channel9, etc).
But the management is still trying to hold on to the old ways and the cash cows.
" And once again this poses the question "...why can't these videos be downloadable for those w/o high speed connections or for those who want to rewatch it whenever they want?
Many will probably disagree with me on this, but I would say one of the first things you should do is learn C. You don't have to learn all the details of it, just enough so that you can look at someone's else's sample code and understand what is going on. There is a lot of sample code out there on the net and a lot of it is in C. (You should at least know what a pointer is and how to use it.)
In addition, many other languages borrow from C's syntax (prefix operators, for loops, etc). Knowing the syntax will help you pick up the others more easily. Plus there's a C compiler for just about every piece of hardware out there. (Wanna program a GameBoy? Ya do it in C.)
JoelOnSoftware also has some good articles about what you should learn as well. (Although some people disagree with him.) The forums at his website would be a good place to ask this question too.
if you have the time. If not, do it without. Then they'll now more about what is really going on. And when they get to the workplace, they can learn the IDE that's used at their place of business.
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...if ya just hadn't specified "Lossless". :-)
Now they're even using Root-Mean-Square against us? Is nothing sacred? Next they'll be taking away our sine waves!
Maybe people are setting their goals too high. Instead of an "Itunes killer" or an "Ipod Killer" they need to make a "Itunes competitor" or an "Ipod competitor". Get into the market first, then work toward a larger share.
Fact checking on Slashdot? You must be new here.
When I saw the headline "Microsoft Invites Black Hats into Vista :-)
", I thought: "With all the security holes in it, didn't they invite Black Hats into Win XP too?"
"excuse my getting a dig in"
Wrong website, dude.
CEO: "Our employees are our biggest asset......let's sale them!"
"to focus on their corporate customers and making money"
No! You don't say! Someone trying to make money??? How dare they!
Next you're going to tell me how they're trying to find food for their families. The fiends!
Now hold on just a minute. (I'm not replying to you personally, but to Slashdot in general.) All these Slashdotters complain that parents should take more responiblity for their kids. They say they should be there to guide them thru the tv landscape and turn off things that are inapporiate. But now, when a parent tries to take some responiblity in their child's life, you complain about that too!
We'll lets see. If the program I want to see is on while I'm at work, I'll end up skipping all the ads (and the content too :-).
But if I TiVo it, there's at least a chance I'll see some of the ads.
Dvorak so much, why don't you just quit reading him.
Sometimes I think the editors post a story about a Dvorak column just to get traffic from all the anti-Dvoraks.
Because you can find people who are passionate about the same things you are passionate about.
Sure ya can:
:-)
int main()
{
__asm{
mov eax, esp
}
}
I was having a good week until I read that.
I wonder if this would work on the recently freed Virtual PC.
You can find anything on there :-)
It seems to me that there are two camps inside Microsoft: the developers and the management. The developers seem to want to do cool things. They are reaching out to the development community. (With open source, coding4fun, blogging, channel9, etc). But the management is still trying to hold on to the old ways and the cash cows.
FYI, Textmaker is also available for Pocket Pc and Linux PDAs. Don't know if the portable versions support ODF though.
" And once again this poses the question " ...why can't these videos be downloadable for those w/o high speed connections or for those who want to rewatch it whenever they want?
"With prices starting at just $550 this new toy is accessible by most anyone."
I don't think you know what "anyone" means.
An article to much the poll. :-)
You could make the game engine itself open source and then sale levels for it.
Many will probably disagree with me on this, but I would say one of the first things you should do is learn C. You don't have to learn all the details of it, just enough so that you can look at someone's else's sample code and understand what is going on. There is a lot of sample code out there on the net and a lot of it is in C. (You should at least know what a pointer is and how to use it.)
In addition, many other languages borrow from C's syntax (prefix operators, for loops, etc). Knowing the syntax will help you pick up the others more easily. Plus there's a C compiler for just about every piece of hardware out there. (Wanna program a GameBoy? Ya do it in C.)
JoelOnSoftware also has some good articles about what you should learn as well. (Although some people disagree with him.) The forums at his website would be a good place to ask this question too.
Well said.
if you have the time. If not, do it without. Then they'll now more about what is really going on. And when they get to the workplace, they can learn the IDE that's used at their place of business.