You might be doing okay; but even in the Depression, some people had jobs.
The fact that HR has to go through hundreds of resumes for each position should be a clue. So far, after applying to 30+ jobs, the only interviews, or response of any type, have been through personal contacts.
I appreciate your advice, which is good. But don't assume that those of us having trouble finding jobs are 'lazy'.
It's corporations that spend the money. My previous employer paid several hundred $$'s/year for MSDN for me (which I didn't want), but I had to buy my own $40 copy of Linux.
The advertisers have already made changes: The commercials are getting to be more and more entertaining. Those of us who have been around a while, and watched television in the 60's, can tell you how terribly annoying many of the ads were.
Now, for example, you have 'Target' ads with decent music, cool designs, and pretty women, which are often more entertaining than the shows themselves.
You would think so; Google finds lots of information about GEM. Funny thing is that it's now owned by Lineo (Caldera), and is, I believe, GPL'd.
Just the same, I sent a quote from my old 'Gem Developer's Toolkit' mentioning 'windows'. Maybe they'll send me a tee-shirt like when I answered Mozilla's call for help:-)
Ergg. My first thought was of turning on the microwave, and getting a light show with a cheesy tune played using the beeper, along with a prompt to 'Press here to skip intro and begin cooking.'
Last time I had a Windows problem, I did look on the net (DejaNews). What I found were that several other people had the same problem, but nobody had posted a solution.
Yes, Blender has an unintuitive interface, and it took me about 3-4 tries over the years before I started to get the hang of it. But, if it does indeed go GPL, that will probably be the easiest to fix. And behind that interface lies a very fast and powerful modeller that runs on multiple platforms and whose Linux binary zips up to about 1.2Mb.
The only other major weakness I see in Blender is that its output format isn't documented, another problem that goes away as soon as the source is opened.
I believe vinyl had a better dynamic range, especially at the high end. An ordinary LP can give you frequencies up to at least 20KHz, but casettes topped out at around 16-18KHz. Plus casettes had a lot of noise at the high end. Dolby helped get rid of it, but that also seemed to cut out some of the high frequencies at the same time.
For those of us doing open-source, can anyone recommend a lower-cost ($100 or less) choice, preferably one that runs on Linux? I've been looking at the shareware AC3D, and have also played with Blender.
"They just say the the OS runs MOST Windows programs."
The same is true of 'genuine' Windows.
But I do wonder how well Lindows does when you stick a random Win32 app. CD in. My experience with WINE (up to a few months ago) has been generally bad.
I often browse the employment ads on Gamasutra, and see jobs requiring x years of PS/2 development experience, wondering how one can ever get experience on such a closed platform.
$800?? Try half that for a quite-decent x86 box. And the OS isn't the only cost. One needs a word-processor and development tools too. Plus, a Windows machine usually requires an anti-virus program.
All variable names should be variations on "xyzzy". Examples are "xyzzy1", "xyzzy2", "xyzzy3". When you get too many of those, you can start putting the digits in the middle: "xy1zzy", "xyz3zy". And you can also vary the capitalization: "xYzzy".
Finally, if you still need more names, you can use "plugh".
Even though I wrote software for the ST, and have never used an Amiga, I'd guess that you're right. The Atari did offer a powerful piece of hardware at a good price; but the OS, 'TOS', was not well-developed. I was one of the earliest app. developers (HabaWriter), and constantly had to fight with bugs that never seemed to get fixed. The GUI was a port of GEM, but was not nearly as stable as the x86 version.
(Funny, though, how GEM could run on both big- and little-endian systems way back in the mid-80's.)
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I've never heard of such software. But if there is, you better be careful to pack your computer last.
This is great! If I don't get a job soon, I may implement this in my game engine (Exult).
You might be doing okay; but even in the Depression, some people had jobs.
The fact that HR has to go through hundreds of resumes for each position should be a clue. So far, after applying to 30+ jobs, the only interviews, or response of any type, have been through personal contacts.
I appreciate your advice, which is good. But don't assume that those of us having trouble finding jobs are 'lazy'.
It's corporations that spend the money. My previous employer paid several hundred $$'s/year for MSDN for me (which I didn't want), but I had to buy my own $40 copy of Linux.
Become an open-source developer! Using SourceForge, you can work anywhere.
Only problem is that the pay isn't there...
The advertisers have already made changes: The commercials are getting to be more and more entertaining. Those of us who have been around a while, and watched television in the 60's, can tell you how terribly annoying many of the ads were.
Now, for example, you have 'Target' ads with decent music, cool designs, and pretty women, which are often more entertaining than the shows themselves.
You would think so; Google finds lots of information about GEM. Funny thing is that it's now owned by Lineo (Caldera), and is, I believe, GPL'd.
Just the same, I sent a quote from my old 'Gem Developer's Toolkit' mentioning 'windows'. Maybe they'll send me a tee-shirt like when I answered Mozilla's call for help:-)
The advantage to you: Your employer, who's fallen completely for MS's marketing, will let you keep your job.
THIS is why so many software developers hate MS.
Ergg. My first thought was of turning on the microwave, and getting a light show with a cheesy tune played using the beeper, along with a prompt to 'Press here to skip intro and begin cooking.'
Last time I had a Windows problem, I did look on the net (DejaNews). What I found were that several other people had the same problem, but nobody had posted a solution.
Maybe this was because there was no solution!
4) Keeps track of branches and merges between branches. With CVS, you have to remember to mark the points where you merged.
Overall, though, I find CVS a lot more pleasant to use, and it does a much better job of merging.
Yes, Blender has an unintuitive interface, and it took me about 3-4 tries over the years before I started to get the hang of it. But, if it does indeed go GPL, that will probably be the easiest to fix. And behind that interface lies a very fast and powerful modeller that runs on multiple platforms and whose Linux binary zips up to about 1.2Mb.
The only other major weakness I see in Blender is that its output format isn't documented, another problem that goes away as soon as the source is opened.
In other words, they'll still lose $125 per box, but they'll make it up on volume.
(And yes, I know it's an old joke.)
You have all three?
I'm not sure whether I should envy or pity you.
While there's lots of theory, I've been living for years off the same small set of tools:
For C/C++, there's YACC/LEX or BISON/FLEX.
For Java, there's CUP/JFLEX.
Funny, but I recently bought a new cartridge for my old phonograph. As my phonograph is >30 years old, I wondered if it would fit.
But it screwed in perfectly.
So why can't I get a new motherboard for my 4-year-old AT case?
I believe vinyl had a better dynamic range, especially at the high end. An ordinary LP can give you frequencies up to at least 20KHz, but casettes topped out at around 16-18KHz. Plus casettes had a lot of noise at the high end. Dolby helped get rid of it, but that also seemed to cut out some of the high frequencies at the same time.
For those of us doing open-source, can anyone recommend a lower-cost ($100 or less) choice, preferably one that runs on Linux? I've been looking at the shareware AC3D, and have also played with Blender.
"They just say the the OS runs MOST Windows programs."
The same is true of 'genuine' Windows.
But I do wonder how well Lindows does when you stick a random Win32 app. CD in. My experience with WINE (up to a few months ago) has been generally bad.
That's why the really interesting stuff always happens in A Galaxy Far, Far Away.
I often browse the employment ads on Gamasutra, and see jobs requiring x years of PS/2 development experience, wondering how one can ever get experience on such a closed platform.
$800?? Try half that for a quite-decent x86 box. And the OS isn't the only cost. One needs a word-processor and development tools too. Plus, a Windows machine usually requires an anti-virus program.
All variable names should be variations on "xyzzy". Examples are "xyzzy1", "xyzzy2", "xyzzy3". When you get too many of those, you can start putting the digits in the middle: "xy1zzy", "xyz3zy". And you can also vary the capitalization: "xYzzy".
Finally, if you still need more names, you can use "plugh".
These also make good passwords.
Must be a different game than the one I'm thinking with. It'd be difficult to type 'xyzzy' with just a joystick.
Even though I wrote software for the ST, and have never used an Amiga, I'd guess that you're right. The Atari did offer a powerful piece of hardware at a good price; but the OS, 'TOS', was not well-developed. I was one of the earliest app. developers (HabaWriter), and constantly had to fight with bugs that never seemed to get fixed. The GUI was a port of GEM, but was not nearly as stable as the x86 version.
(Funny, though, how GEM could run on both big- and little-endian systems way back in the mid-80's.)