I don't understand the emphasis on MAN-MADE as a reason to not take action. Even if global warming is not a MAN-MADE cause (which personally I find unlikely), is it something everybody wants to risk? Clearly pumping tons of carbon into the atmosphere is not good. We are smart enough to figure out better and cleaner ways to produce mass energy. Why don't we just clean up now regardless of the cause for the sake of the environment? In 50 - 100 years, it's going to be too late to be decide, "oh wow, it really was MAN-MADE, better start taking action now!".
The whole debate seems pointless to me, but I very well could be missing something.
It might not be so weird. The amount in additional purchases you have to make for a mobile phone and video iPod to have usefulness can be significantly less. After a $500 console purchase, you still need to purchase $60 games, $30 controllers, etc...
Someone explain to me how changing out a font or two constitutes a large patch without there first being some ridiculous method of storing said text in the first place? Like maybe storing every dialog box as a separate JPEG...
My best guess is that it might not just be replacing a font or text. The change could be code related (i.e. loading a different font on a non HD T.V), which means they would have to roll out a new executable. The executable probably isn't exactly small.
If you are good, it doesn't matter which school you come from. I recently graduated from Georgia Tech, and myself and a few friends had offers in the high 70s and low 80s in areas like Seattle (where the cost of living isn't crazy). There are a lot of CS jobs out there right now, and its not so much about the school as it is proving yourself.
I was a sucker though and took a gaming job elsewhere for a tad bit lower salary =p. The tradeoff in my opinion was worth it, but thats just because I its what I have always wanted to do.
Just another company pretending to embrace and understand the file-sharing users, while really only saving the companies bottom line and giving no true extra benefit to the consumer. There is very little incentive for me to buy a DVD through file-sharing at the cost of an in-store and packaged DVD.
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I don't understand the emphasis on MAN-MADE as a reason to not take action. Even if global warming is not a MAN-MADE cause (which personally I find unlikely), is it something everybody wants to risk? Clearly pumping tons of carbon into the atmosphere is not good. We are smart enough to figure out better and cleaner ways to produce mass energy. Why don't we just clean up now regardless of the cause for the sake of the environment? In 50 - 100 years, it's going to be too late to be decide, "oh wow, it really was MAN-MADE, better start taking action now!".
The whole debate seems pointless to me, but I very well could be missing something.
It might not be so weird. The amount in additional purchases you have to make for a mobile phone and video iPod to have usefulness can be significantly less. After a $500 console purchase, you still need to purchase $60 games, $30 controllers, etc...
Someone explain to me how changing out a font or two constitutes a large patch without there first being some ridiculous method of storing said text in the first place? Like maybe storing every dialog box as a separate JPEG...
My best guess is that it might not just be replacing a font or text. The change could be code related (i.e. loading a different font on a non HD T.V), which means they would have to roll out a new executable. The executable probably isn't exactly small.
Starcraft Ghost was being made to target just consoles, with no PC version planned.
If you are good, it doesn't matter which school you come from. I recently graduated from Georgia Tech, and myself and a few friends had offers in the high 70s and low 80s in areas like Seattle (where the cost of living isn't crazy). There are a lot of CS jobs out there right now, and its not so much about the school as it is proving yourself.
I was a sucker though and took a gaming job elsewhere for a tad bit lower salary =p. The tradeoff in my opinion was worth it, but thats just because I its what I have always wanted to do.
Just another company pretending to embrace and understand the file-sharing users, while really only saving the companies bottom line and giving no true extra benefit to the consumer. There is very little incentive for me to buy a DVD through file-sharing at the cost of an in-store and packaged DVD.