Nobody complains that baseball isn't creative - that there aren't hundreds of variations of baseball that are popular. Same deal for tennis, chess, Tic-Tac-Toe, etc.
I think games are going to be like most other 'games' (sports, board games, etc.) are now - a few major different types that people actively play because they are fun - not because they are 'creative'.
Of course, there will always be those who play calvinball or other made-up games, but they are the minority.
I don't see how adding 'metadata' is going to help. If people are unwilling to give their files meaningful filenames or organize them in directories, then how can they be expected to provide properly describe their data?
An interesting article that addresses this and several other points is
here.
There's one other field Computer Engineers are typically found in - communications. They understand the software and protocols - but they are also well grounded in physics in math so that they understand the physical layer as well.
When I did my Computer Engineering degree, we could choose to specialize in software, hardware, or communications.
I wonder if one could use two photoresistive sensors in front of the barrel, such that the projectile first passes one, and then the other.
The time between when the two photo sensors are passed would indicate (with a simple calculation) the speed of the projectile -- which could then be used to calculate precisely when the flash should go off.
Try defining your database FIRST, then writing your application code.
The database is the core of the application - define that, and THEN write your application. If you can't define your data, you can't define your application.
The University of Toronto also teaches Scheme to third year computer engineers, as part of a programming languages course. (It's basically a survey of several languages)
Beyond that, I don't think Scheme is used much at U of T.
What I find interesting, is that the people in favor of more laws are at the top of the slashdot comments. i also find interesting that the Salon article calls anybody with a different perspective "immature". Older? Wiser? Or just more conservative? conservative/right wing != old and wise left wing/anarchist != immature
Has anybody checked into the credibility of this Ars Technica writer? Just curious - I trust the article implicitly, though I'm not sure why.:) I should probably look at this journalist's credibility - how do we know HE isn't talking out of his ass to discredit someone he's pissed off at? (is a web writer called a journalist?)
I agree for the most part, but I think one change has to be made. If a website is logging your IP, it should TELL YOU. Eg. there should be a notice: "By posting on this forum, you understand that your IP is being logged, blah blah blah".
Applause for efforts? Huh? REd Hat is in it for one thing - the money. Do you think they are doing anything out of the goodness of their hearts? OF course not, they are there to make a buck. Nothing wrong with that -- but why should I applaud them? I would much sooner applaud the work of people who support Linux WITHOUT seeing any money any return.
Why does the ibm logo STILL look like it's been printed on a 9 pin printer with a screwed up ribbon head? They need a new logo. "The politics of failure have failed. We need to make them work again" -- Kang
Sweeet... I'm looking forward to getting away from the same drab scenery of quake II/III... (Unreal is pretty good that way). I wonder if they'll get Rammstein or some other german band to do the music...
I'm a newbie, and I found debian 1000x easier than redhat. I just installed redhat, and I've had nothing but problems. First problem is that it set enlightenment to be the default window manager -- I can't use VisualAge for Java in enlightenment -- it crashes constantly. (bringing X down with it I might add. I have to hard reboot) Second problem is that none of the "easy to use" software is included. xv and xemacs are missing, and instead I get electric eyes and emacs. Aside from those problems, the man pages are also inconsistent. For instance the manpage for afterstep says that afterstep configuration files are located in one of several places. When I check those several places, I find theyh don't exist. RedHat decided they should go elsewhere, but didn't bother to amend the documentation it seems. Finally, I can't telnet or even ping my computer running redhat, when I did not have that problem with Debian. (it works intermittently, and when it does it is slow) I'm going back to Debian, is MUCH easier to install and it actually WORKS out of the box.
Stable?!? You've got to be kidding me. My NT box has greater uptime than linux+enlightenment. And whats with java? Everytime I run anything java enlightenment crashes -- I can't use VisualAge in that wm anymore. Needless to say, I'm switching back to my old wm... (afterstep with a nice dock and zharf. Easy to use, configure, and doesn't crash... ever.) I've tried enlightenment since 0.13 and still it has not become any more stable. I don't care about new features dammit - fix the wm so it doesn't crash.
Hmmm, does that mean postgres wins? performance/ 0 = infiniti afterall.... (Well, lim x->0 performance/x is inifiniti anyway. I don't want to get into arguments with the mathemeticians out there.):b
Slashdot Mirror
Games aren't creative - so?
Nobody complains that baseball isn't creative - that there aren't hundreds of variations of baseball that are popular. Same deal for tennis, chess, Tic-Tac-Toe, etc.
I think games are going to be like most other 'games' (sports, board games, etc.) are now - a few major different types that people actively play because they are fun - not because they are 'creative'.
Of course, there will always be those who play calvinball or other made-up games, but they are the minority.
Exactly. If you can give up your privacy for savings, how is that different than paying for the right to privacy?
Anyone have a mirror with a readable font?
Lets do what we did for DeCSS and print it out on T-Shirts, and mugs, and write haikus...
Hmm, my font only goes down to 1pt....
I don't see how adding 'metadata' is going to help. If people are unwilling to give their files meaningful filenames or organize them in directories, then how can they be expected to provide properly describe their data?
An interesting article that addresses this and several other points is here.
There's one other field Computer Engineers are typically found in - communications. They understand the software and protocols - but they are also well grounded in physics in math so that they understand the physical layer as well.
When I did my Computer Engineering degree, we could choose to specialize in software, hardware, or communications.
It seems to me it is perfectly reasonable that the students who did not sleep may have had their performance impaired because they were tired.
It doesn't necessarily suggest that the sleeper's brains were doing anything other than being idle.
I wonder if one could use two photoresistive sensors in front of the barrel, such that the projectile first passes one, and then the other.
The time between when the two photo sensors are passed would indicate (with a simple calculation) the speed of the projectile -- which could then be used to calculate precisely when the flash should go off.
Kraft dinner said that?
What about ad-hoc queries? Data integrity? Portability?
(I haven't used Zope)
Try defining your database FIRST, then writing your application code.
The database is the core of the application - define that, and THEN write your application. If you can't define your data, you can't define your application.
The University of Toronto also teaches Scheme to third year computer engineers, as part of a programming languages course. (It's basically a survey of several languages)
Beyond that, I don't think Scheme is used much at U of T.
But donating $20 to the EFF doesn't seem moronic. RTFA.
Here
Um, explain to me how Vitamin C is useless?
Maybe you enjoy scurvy, but I prefer to stay healthy.
What I find interesting, is that the people in favor of more laws are at the top of the slashdot comments. i also find interesting that the Salon article calls anybody with a different perspective "immature". Older? Wiser? Or just more conservative? conservative/right wing != old and wise left wing/anarchist != immature
Anybody who has to bookmark slashdot.org because they can't remember the URL is somebody we are better off without.
Has anybody checked into the credibility of this Ars Technica writer? Just curious - I trust the article implicitly, though I'm not sure why. :) I should probably look at this journalist's credibility - how do we know HE isn't talking out of his ass to discredit someone he's pissed off at? (is a web writer called a journalist?)
I agree for the most part, but I think one change has to be made. If a website is logging your IP, it should TELL YOU. Eg. there should be a notice: "By posting on this forum, you understand that your IP is being logged, blah blah blah".
Applause for efforts? Huh? REd Hat is in it for one thing - the money. Do you think they are doing anything out of the goodness of their hearts? OF course not, they are there to make a buck. Nothing wrong with that -- but why should I applaud them? I would much sooner applaud the work of people who support Linux WITHOUT seeing any money any return.
Why does the ibm logo STILL look like it's been printed on a 9 pin printer with a screwed up ribbon head? They need a new logo. "The politics of failure have failed. We need to make them work again" -- Kang
Sweeet... I'm looking forward to getting away from the same drab scenery of quake II/III... (Unreal is pretty good that way). I wonder if they'll get Rammstein or some other german band to do the music...
I'm a newbie, and I found debian 1000x easier than redhat. I just installed redhat, and I've had nothing but problems. First problem is that it set enlightenment to be the default window manager -- I can't use VisualAge for Java in enlightenment -- it crashes constantly. (bringing X down with it I might add. I have to hard reboot) Second problem is that none of the "easy to use" software is included. xv and xemacs are missing, and instead I get electric eyes and emacs. Aside from those problems, the man pages are also inconsistent. For instance the manpage for afterstep says that afterstep configuration files are located in one of several places. When I check those several places, I find theyh don't exist. RedHat decided they should go elsewhere, but didn't bother to amend the documentation it seems. Finally, I can't telnet or even ping my computer running redhat, when I did not have that problem with Debian. (it works intermittently, and when it does it is slow) I'm going back to Debian, is MUCH easier to install and it actually WORKS out of the box.
Stable?!? You've got to be kidding me. My NT box has greater uptime than linux+enlightenment. And whats with java? Everytime I run anything java enlightenment crashes -- I can't use VisualAge in that wm anymore. Needless to say, I'm switching back to my old wm... (afterstep with a nice dock and zharf. Easy to use, configure, and doesn't crash... ever.) I've tried enlightenment since 0.13 and still it has not become any more stable. I don't care about new features dammit - fix the wm so it doesn't crash.
Hmmm, does that mean postgres wins? performance/ 0 = infiniti afterall.... (Well, lim x->0 performance/x is inifiniti anyway. I don't want to get into arguments with the mathemeticians out there.) :b