Couldn't they have found an OSS solution that would have, y'know, saved the state an assload of money? I'm not an "OSS can do everything commercial software can, but better!" zealot, but that's a big bit of pocket change to be throwin' out for a solution, there.
Take a look at the DOJ statistics for recidivism and sex offenders (easy way to get a good analysis is via the Skeptics magazine from earlier this year, it'll be on their webpage). Contrary to popular belief, sex offenders re-offend at a much lower rate than most other felonies.
But popular society right now has a lot invested in the idea that there's a pedophile behind every rock, so no one pays attention to the real numbers (since we're out of commies now, and terrorism is all wrapped up by Jack Bauer, this must be the "new thing" to worry about when we're not making PSAs about the "autism epidemic").
Just a quibble (but one that always annoyed me), but Kings Quest (nor Space Quest, nor Police Quest) never made it onto the C-64. The only Sierra On-Line games that got made for the C-64 (that I recall, and it annoyed me to look at the order forms from my friends' MS-DOS based games and find the C-64 so ill-represented) were "The Wizard and the Princess" and "The Wrath of Denethor". The former was... well... disappointing (Zork, and Infocom Interactive Adventures in general, were much better), and I never got a chance to see the latter.
I haven't grouped with anyone yet (not usually a "group with people I don't know" type of player).
I meant "had" more in the sense of "it did last time I played it". I actually didn't have much problem at all with DX9 aside from some weird stuttering issues in menus for only certain window modes. DX10 was a pain.
You couldn't max out the settings? I've got a C2D-6600 and a X1950XT. Every time I play I feel like I overspent because it so easily handles the max detail levels (in WoW, that is).
People post IRC chat logs to web pages all the time. Only drama queens get worked up over it. There's no need to get permission or any of that nonsense.
I can't quote you a URL at the moment, but I recall that Sony announced they'll be endorsing developers to make games for the PS2 at least through 2010. Given the huge install base of the PS2, it seems likely that there will be titles released on the Ps2 for a least a few years. Sadly, I imagine they won't be anything terribly innovative, but rather just releases of the franchise sports titles and the like.
Then why is it that if my C: drive (partitioned into Windows C: and Linux HDa) gets too fragmented the damned thing refuses to boot; or rather, boots over and over and over until I tell it Linux or Windows safe mode? MY copy of XP sure isn't stable, and I paid a hundred bucks for it. I feel cheated by that purchase. At least when I bought (yes, bought and paid for) 98 they didn't give me the "it's stable" lie like XP.
You had to have screwed something up, or are intentionally leaving out details. I've been supporting Windows machines at work and home for a long time now, and I've never, ever seen a machine not boot due to fragmentation alone. Damaged filesystems, yes. Fragmentation? No.
Also, I think you should find a nice doctor to prescribe you some downers.
Granted, this requires 3rd party apps and a non-standard config, but the way I usually get around this is by putting the swap file on a separate drive/part, setting it to static size (min and max size the same) and then using Diskeeper to defrag the swapfile (won't fragment after the first time, obviously).
Way more work than it should be, but seems to do the trick.
Now, I jokes about this, but the dark version of this is theft of intellectual property. Client knowledge, company strategy and competition insight, codesr taking their code with them, etc - I can't see anyone inclined to take information to make their own life difficult by pre-announcing they're about to walk.
As has been stated many times in the comments to this article, this isn't really a factor. If said person was interested in taking IP and giving it to a competitor, they'd have secured that IP long before giving notice.
Not exactly true. The company loses your insight into work processes, your part of institutional memory, the (hopefully) positive effect you had on team morale, etc. Not to mention they lose good will, which can be the difference between you spending 15 minutes on the phone with one of your (now former) teammates, clearing up a detail about a process that might be confusing, or just ignoring the voicemail and never calling them back, in which case man-hours are unnecessarily wasted trying to reconstruct the old details (or worse, having to break down and hire you back as a contractor at a much higher rate in order to get it fixed).
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Well you could start by presenting a band that isn't perpetuating boring, whiny mainstream rock that you like on an RIAA label...
I think that's what he was going for, anyway.
I'm pretty sure the term can reasonably be traced to a first use in the now-defunct Sexy Losers webcomic.
That's a new word to you? Is this your first time logging onto the Internet since 2000?
Couldn't they have found an OSS solution that would have, y'know, saved the state an assload of money? I'm not an "OSS can do everything commercial software can, but better!" zealot, but that's a big bit of pocket change to be throwin' out for a solution, there.
As a friend of mine is fond of exclaiming whenever he gets the chance:
PAPER MEDIA -- IRRELEVANT!
Really. I would have thought the patent on the DDS would have long since expired.
Take a look at the DOJ statistics for recidivism and sex offenders (easy way to get a good analysis is via the Skeptics magazine from earlier this year, it'll be on their webpage). Contrary to popular belief, sex offenders re-offend at a much lower rate than most other felonies.
But popular society right now has a lot invested in the idea that there's a pedophile behind every rock, so no one pays attention to the real numbers (since we're out of commies now, and terrorism is all wrapped up by Jack Bauer, this must be the "new thing" to worry about when we're not making PSAs about the "autism epidemic").
You could also use the gamepads from the Sega Master System (same pin-outs, same molding and everything).
Just a quibble (but one that always annoyed me), but Kings Quest (nor Space Quest, nor Police Quest) never made it onto the C-64. The only Sierra On-Line games that got made for the C-64 (that I recall, and it annoyed me to look at the order forms from my friends' MS-DOS based games and find the C-64 so ill-represented) were "The Wizard and the Princess" and "The Wrath of Denethor". The former was... well... disappointing (Zork, and Infocom Interactive Adventures in general, were much better), and I never got a chance to see the latter.
I haven't grouped with anyone yet (not usually a "group with people I don't know" type of player).
I meant "had" more in the sense of "it did last time I played it". I actually didn't have much problem at all with DX9 aside from some weird stuttering issues in menus for only certain window modes. DX10 was a pain.
Yeah, Hellgate (and Assassin's Creed) have taken up most of my gaming time lately. Hellgate has had its own share of video-driver stupidity.
You couldn't max out the settings? I've got a C2D-6600 and a X1950XT. Every time I play I feel like I overspent because it so easily handles the max detail levels (in WoW, that is).
Wut?
People post IRC chat logs to web pages all the time. Only drama queens get worked up over it. There's no need to get permission or any of that nonsense.
I can't quote you a URL at the moment, but I recall that Sony announced they'll be endorsing developers to make games for the PS2 at least through 2010. Given the huge install base of the PS2, it seems likely that there will be titles released on the Ps2 for a least a few years. Sadly, I imagine they won't be anything terribly innovative, but rather just releases of the franchise sports titles and the like.
You forgot 3) "switch to an operating system where your development tools aren't beholden to the whims of a single OS+Hardware vendor"
It's pointless because there's no tactile simulation/feedback for the stimulated and stimulator.
Someone wake me up when they remove the need to move at all (neural interfaces ftw), so I can lay motionless for the rest of my life.
You had to have screwed something up, or are intentionally leaving out details. I've been supporting Windows machines at work and home for a long time now, and I've never, ever seen a machine not boot due to fragmentation alone. Damaged filesystems, yes. Fragmentation? No.
Also, I think you should find a nice doctor to prescribe you some downers.
Well, if its GPL they have to provide the source anyway. Why spend the moolah unless you really need the support for the product?
There, fixed that for ya.
there's a couple prototypes for this sort of thing out already. I was reading about one a few months ago in some online version of a mainstream mag.
Granted, this requires 3rd party apps and a non-standard config, but the way I usually get around this is by putting the swap file on a separate drive/part, setting it to static size (min and max size the same) and then using Diskeeper to defrag the swapfile (won't fragment after the first time, obviously).
Way more work than it should be, but seems to do the trick.
As has been stated many times in the comments to this article, this isn't really a factor. If said person was interested in taking IP and giving it to a competitor, they'd have secured that IP long before giving notice.
Not exactly true. The company loses your insight into work processes, your part of institutional memory, the (hopefully) positive effect you had on team morale, etc. Not to mention they lose good will, which can be the difference between you spending 15 minutes on the phone with one of your (now former) teammates, clearing up a detail about a process that might be confusing, or just ignoring the voicemail and never calling them back, in which case man-hours are unnecessarily wasted trying to reconstruct the old details (or worse, having to break down and hire you back as a contractor at a much higher rate in order to get it fixed).