With probably a gimped OS that lets you launch games, maybe web browse a bit, and watch movies... probably has limited peripheral support... kinda like, i dunno, a console?:)
Well the Windows Phone 7 Series is a step in that direction... now sure how far in that direction... but I am pretty sure.NET skills can leveraged there
Really, i went with play on as that was all I knew and found. I will try something else if they work well also. I actually hadn't bought my first year of PlayOn yet (just finished the trial), but their support is pretty good. Thanks for the other options, however!
That being said... companies are in it to reduce fiscal liability. This is a great way to do, not sure the the poor souls that buy into it get any more than they would out of college.
However... there are so many college graduates I have known with good grades and credentials and cannot develop, design or architect their way out of a paper bag. I find it 6 of one and half dozen of another... it depends on the person and what and how the company (or even a university) teaches and trains prospective professionals. A company can do it... if they do it right.
I was going to build a new gaming PC, but I already have MANY other PCs in my house and I thought to myself:
- Do I need another general purpose computing device?
- To make it a good gaming PC to play latest titles with decent graphics, I need to shell out at least 500 or more (add another 100-150 for a monitor, luckily I was just going to hook it to a TV)
- Can i get similar media solutions on non-PCs
The PS3, at least for me, was already designed for gaming, decent with media (and hook to media servers - like PlayOn, for example). I was able to get a new 250GB model with a free game for $350.
The advantages:
- saved 100-200 bux on what I was going to spend
- got a BluRay player (nice, wasn't a deal maker)
- Decent game library now
- Decent connectivity
- Easier to maintain than a PS3 - quieter, and a little lower profile
- Can connect to media servers (is a bit of a disadvantage too)
- Can play videos and music off any USB device (my phone, for example) and a neat photo viewer (really, it's fluff tho)
- Online gaming is free (i dont do that very much, however)
- hard drive is upgradeable without voiding warranty (and there are tools for the PS3 to backup HD contents)
Disadvantages:
- Closed system (but I just want it for gaming)
- Web browser is an absolute POS
- Online store is a bit meh
- Only built in media choices are movie rental/purchase from the PSN store (meh)
- The media server connectivity (neat, but you do need another PC to be the server, which I already had, not good for gaming, but good for a PlayOn server) - and it does have a yearly cost ($40 for first year $20 per year afterward)
- Can't upgrade anything but the harddrive - so I could be obsolete in a few years
A Year ago I was saying "I would never buy a PS3" - but I was really afraid to buy a BreakBox 360, so PS3 it was
Of course, they'll just charge what the market will bear. If they find out that 1000 people (very very ROUGH guess, especially since this book targets a slim audience) will pay £9 for a digital book, then £9 is what they'll continue to charge for a while. If it doesn't move, the price might change.
This is the problem I have with the service. I understand it is for anyone with any sort of entry level computer to be allow to play these high-end games. But the eventually $15/mo basically buys you a new system every three years. Their subsidizing their own hardware with your subscription fee. I think the service is rally cool, I know of a few beta players who say it really does work with pretty decent latency (*usually* within the 70-ish milliseconds claimed by OnLive - characterized by their comments of "it responds pretty well" - yes, I know I'm guesstimating here). But paying for games AND paying to keep in the service (or lose my games) - this is the part I am having trouble swallowing.
That being said, I am trying to get in the "founding fathers" promotion that gives you the first year for free with a "free" games, If I get in, yeah I'll try it! If some RPGs are available for rent, I might play them that way instead of paying full price - if it works well.
I ended up doing something like (mind this is T-SQL *like* code):
CREATE PROC QueryWithParams
@a1 varchar(100),
@a2 varchar(100),
@a3 bigint,
@a4 bit,
@a5 varchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT field1, field2, field3, field4
FROM tables
WHERE
(@a1 IS NULL or fieldtest1 = @a1) AND
(@a2 IS NULL or fieldtest2 = @a2) AND
(@a3 IS NULL or fieldtest3 = @a3) AND
(@a4 IS NULL or fieldtest4 = @a4) AND
(@a5 IS NULL or fieldtest5 = @a5)
END
Not as elegant and just building the query you want, but is almost always safe and "pre-compiled" by the query engine. Also, I can control which fields are going to be filtered.
I really think the only advantage of a parameterized sproc would be less network traffic to send the query, and the query plan is already determined and cached on the server, no guarantee that would happen with a parameterized T-SQL. However, both are probably pretty safe to use as long as the T-SQL is a constant-like string and never dynamic.
I have never bee a fan of run-time code modification. However, thinking about it, that is no worse than doing an "eval" on a string that is javascript. As long as the source of the script is secure, I guess that would be quite interesting.
Slashdot Mirror
Professional hunting monkeys sounded scarier then drunk monkeys - also, drunk monkeys are funnier. Also, EITHER is better than IE.
Drunk monkeys are going to be running the new JS engine.... still better than IE
you mean... besides that you're wrong?
exactly
She say she like unicorns and rainbows
:(
now what??
... says the AC
With probably a gimped OS that lets you launch games, maybe web browse a bit, and watch movies... probably has limited peripheral support... kinda like, i dunno, a console? :)
Or is justifying the last 800 bux he/she just spent :)
Now, I am not a big fan of their pricing plans (beyond the free trial) - but everything else seems kinda cool, if it works.
Well the Windows Phone 7 Series is a step in that direction... now sure how far in that direction... but I am pretty sure .NET skills can leveraged there
Really, i went with play on as that was all I knew and found. I will try something else if they work well also. I actually hadn't bought my first year of PlayOn yet (just finished the trial), but their support is pretty good. Thanks for the other options, however!
That being said... companies are in it to reduce fiscal liability. This is a great way to do, not sure the the poor souls that buy into it get any more than they would out of college.
However... there are so many college graduates I have known with good grades and credentials and cannot develop, design or architect their way out of a paper bag. I find it 6 of one and half dozen of another... it depends on the person and what and how the company (or even a university) teaches and trains prospective professionals. A company can do it... if they do it right.
I was going to build a new gaming PC, but I already have MANY other PCs in my house and I thought to myself:
- Do I need another general purpose computing device?
- To make it a good gaming PC to play latest titles with decent graphics, I need to shell out at least 500 or more (add another 100-150 for a monitor, luckily I was just going to hook it to a TV)
- Can i get similar media solutions on non-PCs
The PS3, at least for me, was already designed for gaming, decent with media (and hook to media servers - like PlayOn, for example). I was able to get a new 250GB model with a free game for $350.
The advantages:
- saved 100-200 bux on what I was going to spend
- got a BluRay player (nice, wasn't a deal maker)
- Decent game library now
- Decent connectivity
- Easier to maintain than a PS3 - quieter, and a little lower profile
- Can connect to media servers (is a bit of a disadvantage too)
- Can play videos and music off any USB device (my phone, for example) and a neat photo viewer (really, it's fluff tho)
- Online gaming is free (i dont do that very much, however)
- hard drive is upgradeable without voiding warranty (and there are tools for the PS3 to backup HD contents)
Disadvantages:
- Closed system (but I just want it for gaming)
- Web browser is an absolute POS
- Online store is a bit meh
- Only built in media choices are movie rental/purchase from the PSN store (meh)
- The media server connectivity (neat, but you do need another PC to be the server, which I already had, not good for gaming, but good for a PlayOn server) - and it does have a yearly cost ($40 for first year $20 per year afterward)
- Can't upgrade anything but the harddrive - so I could be obsolete in a few years
A Year ago I was saying "I would never buy a PS3" - but I was really afraid to buy a BreakBox 360, so PS3 it was
... and that would stop Slashdot how?
Plug it into a MacBook and it would probably just explode
Should.. I don't *think* that a cat's righting reflex ability has anything to do with the shape of it's lower legs.
That's right... gotta catch them all
Of course, they'll just charge what the market will bear. If they find out that 1000 people (very very ROUGH guess, especially since this book targets a slim audience) will pay £9 for a digital book, then £9 is what they'll continue to charge for a while. If it doesn't move, the price might change.
This is the problem I have with the service. I understand it is for anyone with any sort of entry level computer to be allow to play these high-end games. But the eventually $15/mo basically buys you a new system every three years. Their subsidizing their own hardware with your subscription fee. I think the service is rally cool, I know of a few beta players who say it really does work with pretty decent latency (*usually* within the 70-ish milliseconds claimed by OnLive - characterized by their comments of "it responds pretty well" - yes, I know I'm guesstimating here). But paying for games AND paying to keep in the service (or lose my games) - this is the part I am having trouble swallowing.
That being said, I am trying to get in the "founding fathers" promotion that gives you the first year for free with a "free" games, If I get in, yeah I'll try it! If some RPGs are available for rent, I might play them that way instead of paying full price - if it works well.
yeah... ESPECIALLY loud constant droning sounds that drown out a lot of other sounds... yeah, never.
VAGINA
I ended up doing something like (mind this is T-SQL *like* code):
CREATE PROC QueryWithParams
@a1 varchar(100),
@a2 varchar(100),
@a3 bigint,
@a4 bit,
@a5 varchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT field1, field2, field3, field4
FROM tables
WHERE
(@a1 IS NULL or fieldtest1 = @a1) AND
(@a2 IS NULL or fieldtest2 = @a2) AND
(@a3 IS NULL or fieldtest3 = @a3) AND
(@a4 IS NULL or fieldtest4 = @a4) AND
(@a5 IS NULL or fieldtest5 = @a5)
END
Not as elegant and just building the query you want, but is almost always safe and "pre-compiled" by the query engine. Also, I can control which fields are going to be filtered.
And that is allowing user input to write the query structure - tsk tsk tsk - *slaps hand* BAD SQL DEVELOPER!
I really think the only advantage of a parameterized sproc would be less network traffic to send the query, and the query plan is already determined and cached on the server, no guarantee that would happen with a parameterized T-SQL. However, both are probably pretty safe to use as long as the T-SQL is a constant-like string and never dynamic.
I have never bee a fan of run-time code modification. However, thinking about it, that is no worse than doing an "eval" on a string that is javascript. As long as the source of the script is secure, I guess that would be quite interesting.
The interesting side effect was "hey this can do most everything thru Flash 8" - not bad, but, yeah, it was mostly for ads :)