I've found that us humans do just fine with knives, small handguns, and cheap explosives or even a your hands that kill far more people than WMD. It doesn't take technology, we do quite fine without any of that crap.
I'd still vote for how to make better crops or renewable fuen than psycho babble.
whether taxpayer money should be spent, probably not.
My grandfather died and the same night I woke up telling my wife there is someone at the end of my bed. I remember it, didn't look like my grandfather but it was a person. It is real or memorex? Dunno, just know what happened. You probably couldn't test this in a controlled experiment.
Even though there could be something about telepathy, etc., doesn't mean I want any tax dollars to go to it. Of course, I don't really want my tax dollars going to politicians but unfortunately I'm screwed there.
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I found php to be perfect for a data driven app. I don't do any front end work with it which might bring out some problems if this was needed. It's simple and reasonably fast. I've used many languages so I just pick up what seems to fit the job the best. PHP is going in the right direction for the roadmap. Trying to make a language fit for all purposes is stupid, basically wrecks the language. PHP has its ugliness but all languages have that, its the damn programmers fault.:)
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You may not be among these people but those that claim they picked up something in a week typically haven't even touched the surface of true understanding. I've programmed in more languages than I can count but I am only fluent in a few. Just because I can produce a program to do X doesn't mean I understand or do it well. There is a huge difference between the two and those that haven't mastered one don't have something in which to compare.
I believe it is best to master one language while practicing all those fundamentals learned. Frameworks are great but like one reader posted, it's tiring to see all the v00001 frameworks as the next wonder child that will solve all our problems.
Laszlo is basically a javascript compiler where the render agent is either flash or dhtml. There is a cool demo taking the same source and targetting flash or dhtml but dhtml it isn't ready for primetime yet.
Who should use it? Applications with long running time - I have found nearly every site leaks memory. Some of this is IE basically allowing leaks for backwards compatibility and others from just bad coding. I have found laslzo to be stable in this regard.
Small applets are very easy also and present very well. In all, it is probably the best package out there. It is well rounded, looks good, and quick to develop for.
I think its popularity will rise tremendously when dhtml targetting is out of beta.
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I believe in the 1970s that Steven Hawking showed that at the event horizon of a black hole that certain particles had to travel faster than the speed of light. I don't have the details but it also doesn't violate Einstein's theory either.
That's the funny thing about all this quantum crap; you can find out that something really does exist and not violate something that says it doesn't.:)
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You must not have played Shadowbane very much if you came away with you must batter mobs for a year and a day. Shadowbane was about pvp, politics, and control.
IMO, a good game will have interesting graphics, pvp, a variety of things to do, a decent storyline, and the ability of the player to impact the landscape.
I agree the grind can be bad in some games but most of it is player attitude. I enjoy challenges as many others do. As long as there are challenges as you progress then focusing on grinding rather than having fun is the problem. Burnout is the result of grinding. I've been in long leveling games and never thought of it as a grind since I never focused on leveling.
As to the article, I don't have too much of an issue with gold farming as long as I can kill (as in game death lol) the offending parties. When I can't do anything about it, that's where frustration comes in and ruining the game economy, etc.
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I'd still vote for how to make better crops or renewable fuen than psycho babble.
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whether taxpayer money should be spent, probably not. My grandfather died and the same night I woke up telling my wife there is someone at the end of my bed. I remember it, didn't look like my grandfather but it was a person. It is real or memorex? Dunno, just know what happened. You probably couldn't test this in a controlled experiment. Even though there could be something about telepathy, etc., doesn't mean I want any tax dollars to go to it. Of course, I don't really want my tax dollars going to politicians but unfortunately I'm screwed there. Cheers
I found php to be perfect for a data driven app. I don't do any front end work with it which might bring out some problems if this was needed. It's simple and reasonably fast. I've used many languages so I just pick up what seems to fit the job the best. PHP is going in the right direction for the roadmap. Trying to make a language fit for all purposes is stupid, basically wrecks the language. PHP has its ugliness but all languages have that, its the damn programmers fault. :)
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I believe it is best to master one language while practicing all those fundamentals learned. Frameworks are great but like one reader posted, it's tiring to see all the v00001 frameworks as the next wonder child that will solve all our problems.
Cheers
Laszlo is basically a javascript compiler where the render agent is either flash or dhtml. There is a cool demo taking the same source and targetting flash or dhtml but dhtml it isn't ready for primetime yet. Who should use it? Applications with long running time - I have found nearly every site leaks memory. Some of this is IE basically allowing leaks for backwards compatibility and others from just bad coding. I have found laslzo to be stable in this regard. Small applets are very easy also and present very well. In all, it is probably the best package out there. It is well rounded, looks good, and quick to develop for. I think its popularity will rise tremendously when dhtml targetting is out of beta. Cheers
No need really. Once we start a good ole nuke exchange, you won't really care. :) WW3...it will be over in a snap.
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I believe in the 1970s that Steven Hawking showed that at the event horizon of a black hole that certain particles had to travel faster than the speed of light. I don't have the details but it also doesn't violate Einstein's theory either. That's the funny thing about all this quantum crap; you can find out that something really does exist and not violate something that says it doesn't. :)
Cheers
You must not have played Shadowbane very much if you came away with you must batter mobs for a year and a day. Shadowbane was about pvp, politics, and control. IMO, a good game will have interesting graphics, pvp, a variety of things to do, a decent storyline, and the ability of the player to impact the landscape. I agree the grind can be bad in some games but most of it is player attitude. I enjoy challenges as many others do. As long as there are challenges as you progress then focusing on grinding rather than having fun is the problem. Burnout is the result of grinding. I've been in long leveling games and never thought of it as a grind since I never focused on leveling. As to the article, I don't have too much of an issue with gold farming as long as I can kill (as in game death lol) the offending parties. When I can't do anything about it, that's where frustration comes in and ruining the game economy, etc. Cheers