When it's Nintendo vs Sony, people respond that this is good for the industry because it creates competition and raises the bar. How come when it's Microsoft vs Adobe, the response is always the opposite?
I'll take a stab at my own question: I think it's because there are a lot of software engineers here that have first hand experience with Flex but they only play console games. When they talk about Nintendo vs Sony, they're speaking from a gamers perspective. When they talk about Microsoft vs Adobe, they're speaking from the developers perspective.
In the grand scheme of things this may be better for the industry. After all, if Microsoft hadn't entered the browser war, we wouldn't have AJAX. Perhaps this Microsoft vs Adobe competition will result in the next AJAX.
This really confused me. If anyone can download it and use it without being charged, why isn't that Free? I think every non-technical person would consider that free. This sounds like F/OSS doublespeak to me.
I mean, if it comes down to it, you can always download the source code and build the "missing things" from scratch if you please, right?
I think for the average user, it would be faster to just buy a windows cd and install that instead. I think preventing a user from having to download something and compile it should be one of the top priorities of every linux distribution.
I'm a programmer and even I hate doing it. I don't want linux to be my second job, I want it to just work. I can't imagine how terrifying it would be for a non-technical user to have to deal with this stuff.
I wouldn't be surprised if as this console generation moves on developers make more money from the smaller downloadable games on Playstation Network, etc. than from the big box retail ones.
I think that would be awesome. As a result, this could be the Renaissance of video games. I welcome the new RPGs that focus on story instead of FMV and action games that focus on gameplay.
That's some good stuff. My main programming language is Java and I used to know C/C++ but I've forgotten it all. I know when it comes to Java/C#, there are many OO best practices just like you've described above that help prevent bugs. There are even books available for the subject: Code Complete, Refactoring, Effective Java, etc.
So where does one learn these things for C/C++? Did you pick it up as you went along? Were you lucky enough to work under a guru who taught you all of this? Or did you learn it from some book too? Please post some resources if you have the time.
That's very interesting. I notice firefox comes with this little text field at the upper right where I can type something in and go directly to the google results page. Does that count as one of the toolbars they use to track people?
If yes, does that mean mozilla indirectly is violating my privacy?
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. The important question is, "Does the 'WiiSports Only' gamer matter in the long run?". 2 out of the 3 console companies, which I assume have more than one person working around the clock thinking of these issues, decided that they don't. I base this off of the fact that these 2 companies were content making slim profits off of each console sold.
Maybe 1 real gamer is worth 20 'WiiSports Only' gamers. If that's the case, the console with the best games "wins". It seems that Nintendo is winning right now in both departments but I truly feel that the way things are going now is absolutely no indication of how things will end up. I'll wait till the next Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Mario and Halo have come out first.
The targeting is one thing, but far more important is that Google's ads tend to be far less intrusive (and thus far less likely to get added to a user's blocklist).
Yes and I'd say that they can be helpful. Often at work we intentionally google for ourselves to find our competitors by looking at the ads that pop up.
I don't mean this as flamebait but I'm going to have to disagree with you. For the last 6 years i've only used windows and I decided to switch to linux. The experience isn't overall better. With fedora I couldn't get my sound to work and I couldn't find any forum posts with my specific problem. With ubuntu, video didn't work. Luckily I figured that out by installing something called envy via apt-get at the command line and that fixed the problem. If I only had one computer at my house I would have been screwed.
I've been using ubuntu for 6 months now and I really want to switch back at this point. If you want to use some app that's not as common as 'email' and 'web browser' linux seems to have some options but every one of them has a crappy UI that crashes and half the features you need aren't implemented yet.
As a specific example I can compare Window's TortiseSVN to linux's uh... hmmm I donno. There's nothing with shell integration. All the linux clients I tried lacked very important features.
I considered finding a newsgroup reader that can also download binaries but from the forums I read those these apps seem to be a crapshoot too. They work on some peoples computers, not on others, they can download but they can't post, and of course to get some of the features you want you have to compile from source (I prefer to avoid this when I can).
Linux has some great things over Windows. I really like the ease of creating multiple accounts and easy file permissions, the package managers and the great command line tools (which I can get on windows too), but when it comes to "It just works" linux's position is just superficial. Once you start trying to use the apps, Windows is still in the lead.
As far as I know, there are a ton of people out there still using windows 98. That's what I gathered when I worked as tech support for LinkSys and I would get calls every day of people that didn't understand the concept of "right click".
I think if you took this poll a mere 2 years ago the article would read "Few Intend to Upgrade to XP".
IANAL but I think a better way to look at it is what will happen in the context of precedent if Viacom wins. It's a slippery slope. My GF has a forum she set up with Joomla. If a random user decides to upload a copyrighted image can she now be sued for it?
I don't think this lawsuit should have anything to do with google. It should be between Viacom and the users that uploaded the content.
I think software engineers have to deal with this a lot too. When the manager asks for an estimate you should estimate the time it takes to fix it "right" instead of fix it "wrong" (ie: just enough effort to get it working again). Of course, it's very hard to be motivated to fix it "right" when everyone around you fixes it "wrong" and does it twice as fast. I donno if network engineering is like this too.
What really matters are the games the system provides. IMO none of them have any that make the system worth buying. When Metal Gear Solid 4 and the next Final Fantasy come out (assuming it's exclusively for ps3) then I predict Sony will end up dominating.
My company uses something called postini and it works great. Of the 2 years I've worked there I've only had one day (yes, just one) where I received any spam.
This url is for a VS.NET plugin called resharper. Every feature it has comes with IDEA in one form or another and most come free with eclipse. You might say this hurts my argument because one could just pay for resharper and get all these features too. Well 1) I've never met anyone who says VS is the best and uses this (do you?) and 2) using resharper + vs is waaay slower than using IDEA.
What's so great about VS that other modern IDE's lack? Granted, it has an excellent WYSIWYG but I find it pathetically lacking in useful tools that I use when I'm writing code. Here's a short list of things missing from VS that exist in Java IDE's:
-It doesn't highlight your errors as you make them.
-Most java ide's have the ability to find a file by name in 3 steps without using the mouse (ie: ctrl-n, type filename, press enter).
-VS doesn't tell you when a private method/field is unused.
Actually, a lot of entrepreneurs do things like this even if they can afford not to. They figure it gives the impression that they're putting all their money back into the company instead of spending it on themselves.
I'm very active in the fighting game community and I see people cry on occassion. These people can be 20+ years of age. Trust me, it's possible to beat someone so bad it's humiliating.
Now imagine you're playing in a CS tournament and the winner gets 250,000 dollars. Your team barely loses. I'd cry like a little bitch.
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When it's Nintendo vs Sony, people respond that this is good for the industry because it creates competition and raises the bar. How come when it's Microsoft vs Adobe, the response is always the opposite?
I'll take a stab at my own question: I think it's because there are a lot of software engineers here that have first hand experience with Flex but they only play console games. When they talk about Nintendo vs Sony, they're speaking from a gamers perspective. When they talk about Microsoft vs Adobe, they're speaking from the developers perspective.
In the grand scheme of things this may be better for the industry. After all, if Microsoft hadn't entered the browser war, we wouldn't have AJAX. Perhaps this Microsoft vs Adobe competition will result in the next AJAX.
This really confused me. If anyone can download it and use it without being charged, why isn't that Free? I think every non-technical person would consider that free. This sounds like F/OSS doublespeak to me.
The summary says that this was with over-the-counter supplements. So you don't have to go out in the sun to get these benefits.
A material tough enough to scratch diamond
As a measurement, I don't get this. If water slaps against a rock over and over again, it can modify its shape too. Does that mean water is "tougher"?
I mean, if it comes down to it, you can always download the source code and build the "missing things" from scratch if you please, right?
I think for the average user, it would be faster to just buy a windows cd and install that instead. I think preventing a user from having to download something and compile it should be one of the top priorities of every linux distribution.
I'm a programmer and even I hate doing it. I don't want linux to be my second job, I want it to just work. I can't imagine how terrifying it would be for a non-technical user to have to deal with this stuff.
I wouldn't be surprised if as this console generation moves on developers make more money from the smaller downloadable games on Playstation Network, etc. than from the big box retail ones.
I think that would be awesome. As a result, this could be the Renaissance of video games. I welcome the new RPGs that focus on story instead of FMV and action games that focus on gameplay.
That's some good stuff. My main programming language is Java and I used to know C/C++ but I've forgotten it all. I know when it comes to Java/C#, there are many OO best practices just like you've described above that help prevent bugs. There are even books available for the subject: Code Complete, Refactoring, Effective Java, etc.
So where does one learn these things for C/C++? Did you pick it up as you went along? Were you lucky enough to work under a guru who taught you all of this? Or did you learn it from some book too? Please post some resources if you have the time.
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That's very interesting. I notice firefox comes with this little text field at the upper right where I can type something in and go directly to the google results page. Does that count as one of the toolbars they use to track people?
If yes, does that mean mozilla indirectly is violating my privacy?
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. The important question is, "Does the 'WiiSports Only' gamer matter in the long run?". 2 out of the 3 console companies, which I assume have more than one person working around the clock thinking of these issues, decided that they don't. I base this off of the fact that these 2 companies were content making slim profits off of each console sold.
Maybe 1 real gamer is worth 20 'WiiSports Only' gamers. If that's the case, the console with the best games "wins". It seems that Nintendo is winning right now in both departments but I truly feel that the way things are going now is absolutely no indication of how things will end up. I'll wait till the next Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Mario and Halo have come out first.
Yes and I'd say that they can be helpful. Often at work we intentionally google for ourselves to find our competitors by looking at the ads that pop up.
I don't mean this as flamebait but I'm going to have to disagree with you. For the last 6 years i've only used windows and I decided to switch to linux. The experience isn't overall better. With fedora I couldn't get my sound to work and I couldn't find any forum posts with my specific problem. With ubuntu, video didn't work. Luckily I figured that out by installing something called envy via apt-get at the command line and that fixed the problem. If I only had one computer at my house I would have been screwed.
I've been using ubuntu for 6 months now and I really want to switch back at this point. If you want to use some app that's not as common as 'email' and 'web browser' linux seems to have some options but every one of them has a crappy UI that crashes and half the features you need aren't implemented yet.
As a specific example I can compare Window's TortiseSVN to linux's uh... hmmm I donno. There's nothing with shell integration. All the linux clients I tried lacked very important features.
I considered finding a newsgroup reader that can also download binaries but from the forums I read those these apps seem to be a crapshoot too. They work on some peoples computers, not on others, they can download but they can't post, and of course to get some of the features you want you have to compile from source (I prefer to avoid this when I can).
Linux has some great things over Windows. I really like the ease of creating multiple accounts and easy file permissions, the package managers and the great command line tools (which I can get on windows too), but when it comes to "It just works" linux's position is just superficial. Once you start trying to use the apps, Windows is still in the lead.
As far as I know, there are a ton of people out there still using windows 98. That's what I gathered when I worked as tech support for LinkSys and I would get calls every day of people that didn't understand the concept of "right click". I think if you took this poll a mere 2 years ago the article would read "Few Intend to Upgrade to XP".
IANAL but I think a better way to look at it is what will happen in the context of precedent if Viacom wins. It's a slippery slope. My GF has a forum she set up with Joomla. If a random user decides to upload a copyrighted image can she now be sued for it? I don't think this lawsuit should have anything to do with google. It should be between Viacom and the users that uploaded the content.
Isn't this all just opinion? One mans album with only 2 good songs may be another mans favorite album ever.
I think software engineers have to deal with this a lot too. When the manager asks for an estimate you should estimate the time it takes to fix it "right" instead of fix it "wrong" (ie: just enough effort to get it working again). Of course, it's very hard to be motivated to fix it "right" when everyone around you fixes it "wrong" and does it twice as fast. I donno if network engineering is like this too.
What really matters are the games the system provides. IMO none of them have any that make the system worth buying. When Metal Gear Solid 4 and the next Final Fantasy come out (assuming it's exclusively for ps3) then I predict Sony will end up dominating.
I think it's good that people are complaining about this stuff (if it's true). Probably in SP2 MS will tone this stuff down.
Or just look at monster.com. There are more java jobs than C# jobs.
very good point. I'd mod this up if i knew how..
My company uses something called postini and it works great. Of the 2 years I've worked there I've only had one day (yes, just one) where I received any spam.
This url is for a VS.NET plugin called resharper. Every feature it has comes with IDEA in one form or another and most come free with eclipse. You might say this hurts my argument because one could just pay for resharper and get all these features too. Well 1) I've never met anyone who says VS is the best and uses this (do you?) and 2) using resharper + vs is waaay slower than using IDEA.
-It doesn't highlight your errors as you make them.
-Most java ide's have the ability to find a file by name in 3 steps without using the mouse (ie: ctrl-n, type filename, press enter).
-VS doesn't tell you when a private method/field is unused.
Why doesn't dog two's immune system identify that there is a foreign body (a cell from dog one) and destroy it?
Actually, a lot of entrepreneurs do things like this even if they can afford not to. They figure it gives the impression that they're putting all their money back into the company instead of spending it on themselves.
I'm very active in the fighting game community and I see people cry on occassion. These people can be 20+ years of age. Trust me, it's possible to beat someone so bad it's humiliating.
Now imagine you're playing in a CS tournament and the winner gets 250,000 dollars. Your team barely loses. I'd cry like a little bitch.