There you go making the rest of your country-men look bad. Your statement is a shining example of why the rest of the world thinks Americans are closed minded, ignorant, self-centered and just plain stupid. Good job keeping the stereotype alive.
Indeed. Game engines are ten a penny and fairly logic to implement. Arguable the art and other assets are the hardest to do well. I would say that beacuse I'm a programmer.
it looks like Blizzard is really trying to ramp up their player base for the expansion.
I would love to see what the active number of players looks like these days. I stopped playing just after the first expansion. Partly because it didn't add enough for me. I won't be buying the new expansion and reactivating my account and I think there are probably a few people in my situation.
The programme sounds exciting but it seems to be just a bit to little too late.
I think it is a scandal that China ever came to host the Olympics.
I hate Government oppression as anyone but I've got to call you out here. I think the Olympic Committee was hoping that the Chinese government would clean up it's act for it's people as a direct result of planning The Games.
In some respects this is true, there has been great infrastructure and environmental improvements in China recently. In terms of infrastructure, you might like to consult this interesting article, PART 1, PART 2 comparing the difference between credit crunch enlaboured American cities and shining new developments in China.
In terms of censorship, also recall that employees at the American Environment Protection Authority have been prevented from talking to journalists. How's that for "extreme censorship"? Also, don't forget about warrentless wire tapping and the subsequent bill to protect the government and telcos from any repercussions.
Chinese doping is as organized as in the former East Germany
Admittedly, the improvements aren't as good as they could have been, but if you ask the average Chinese on the street, I'm sure he's very satisfied with the changes and his governments ability to effect them. I'm not trying to imply that America is worse than China or even close, just that it has it's problems too and they are pretty much the same ones. It's time to get off your high horse and realise that he who is without guilt should cast the first stone. Not you.
Why should he eat apples but not banans and melons?
Because bananas and melons have a much higher glycemic load.. Tropical fruits increase the amount of sugar in your blood much more than apples do. Apples have a low glycemic index (~52), bananas are medium (~77) and melons are pretty high (~93). This handy table could help you compare various foods.
America works so hard to promote the concept of free speech and liberty and should not deny it for others, even enemies. Embargoes on Luxury goods and weapons, that's ok. But embargoes on free speech, the free press and a medium for promoting alternate views in the target country? I'm not American but I feel that those aren't American values. Anyway...
Basil Exposition: Austin, the Cold War is over! Austin Powers: Finally those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh comrades? Eh? Basil Exposition: Austin... we won. Austin Powers: Oh, smashing, groovy, yay capitalism!
Archival. Once it's archived you can forget about it. For example, your local library doesn't convert all that old microfilm just because it can. It would only do it to put it onto a more stable storage medium.
Intereting point but advertisment isn't just about click-throughs, it's mostly about brand-awareness leading to sales at a later point.
When you listen to the radio, read a newspaper or magazine, look at a billboard or watch TV is it possible for you to immediately click-through onto the advertisers website? Usually no. But for some reason advertising is still big business. Let me give you a example.
The break during super-bowl - it costs $2.6 million for a 30 second ad that is viewed by 97.5 million people. That's just over 2.5 cents per person for a one-time hit. I'm sure no-one was running off to their desk to do a bit of web-browsing right after it either.
GTA San Adreas sold 8.6 million copies and if you use the metric of 2.5 cents per you could charge say $250,000 for a shorter 5 second slot on the loading screen. That would be viewed over and over on multiple occasions.
I bet however that certain entites would pay much more that quarter of a million for this priveledge too. We live in a world where Microsoft pays $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. Just so that they can get ads in front of people.
I'm not sure about Diablo III but I think at this point, in-game ads are an inevitability from all of the major publishers and distributers. Think about what ads in web-search did for Google. I'm sure Sony, EA, Activision and even Blizzard would love a piece of a rather similar looking pie.
It's not a question of if. It's when and how much.
I can't conceive that RIAA members would ever submit to a fixed rate payment system unless they were backed into a corner. The main objective of all this lobbying is to defend the monopoly against newcomers to the content distribution game and lock in consumers to their existing business model.
How can you grow your business year on year without disproportionately raising the tax. Cut costs by lowering lower quality? Make less content? This levels the playing field with the YouTube generation and that's not where the *AAs want to go.
Right now, the monopolies are looking for ways to safeguard the business models which keep them at the top of the game. Since they're still holding all the financial cards, expect this very powerful lobby to continue to shape the rules of your country for the foreseeable future.
Offensiveness and defensiveness both fall in to the 'interests' catagory so expect it to be used for both of these as necessary.
Where it gets interesting is what happens if two members are in despute about a single patent. Could this trust be used to arbitrate between them or come to some solution outside of the courtroom? Are the patents open to everybody with the organisation then?
I think it could be a very interesting deal, for those on the inside that is.
You could phrase it that evolution is what science currently believes. And you could show that many people believe in other methods, like intelligent design, pure bible....and whatever other religions might put forth.
I don't say make it a religious studies course, but, if put forth as to what sector believes what...
This sounds like a religious studies course to me. Please don't try to pass this stuff of as scientific discussion.
The main thing stopping me migrating to Linux is theat I use lots of professional audio applications, for example Ableton Live. These kinds of applications exect to find WDM drivers in the OS and so it's difficult for Wine to run them. What are the underlying causes of this issue and will this type of problem ever be resolved?
I know it's a joke but this is a good place to add this comment.
My experience is in investment banking and every single bank I've ever heard of write the majority of their buisiness-critical server-side apps in Java. Hedge funds too. Any place where you want to quickly develop large server-side in-house apps, you can do that much more reliably with Java and you have access to a huge talent pool of developers. The reality is that the systems that drive the economy are written in Java. Some trivial MP3 catalog GUI, bulletin boards or throwaway websites don't really turn the wheels of capitalism I'm afraid.
It seems Taco has basically doesn't understand how I.T. in the real world actually works. My advice to him is to quit whining and accept the ideological war against Java has already been lost years and years ago. Java is huge, deal with it. That's a reality that won't go away just because you post a throw away editorial comment on Slashdot.
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There you go making the rest of your country-men look bad. Your statement is a shining example of why the rest of the world thinks Americans are closed minded, ignorant, self-centered and just plain stupid. Good job keeping the stereotype alive.
Indeed. Game engines are ten a penny and fairly logic to implement. Arguable the art and other assets are the hardest to do well. I would say that beacuse I'm a programmer.
I would love to see what the active number of players looks like these days. I stopped playing just after the first expansion. Partly because it didn't add enough for me. I won't be buying the new expansion and reactivating my account and I think there are probably a few people in my situation.
The programme sounds exciting but it seems to be just a bit to little too late.
A happy grammar nazi? Could this be a world first?
I hate Government oppression as anyone but I've got to call you out here. I think the Olympic Committee was hoping that the Chinese government would clean up it's act for it's people as a direct result of planning The Games.
In some respects this is true, there has been great infrastructure and environmental improvements in China recently. In terms of infrastructure, you might like to consult this interesting article, PART 1, PART 2 comparing the difference between credit crunch enlaboured American cities and shining new developments in China.
In terms of environmetal issues, Greenpeace have applauded many of the Chinese Governemnt's efforts. Efforts include a focus on reducing emmisions and river pollution, switching to renewable energy sources such as hydro and geo-thermal, expanding public transportation and air quality improvements. In America, the government is actively trying to prevent any improvements relating to global warming.
In terms of censorship, also recall that employees at the American Environment Protection Authority have been prevented from talking to journalists. How's that for "extreme censorship"? Also, don't forget about warrentless wire tapping and the subsequent bill to protect the government and telcos from any repercussions.
Remember that testing for doping is overseen by the Olympic Committee, not the Chinese government. You should also be aware that America is involved with doping too and stripped of medals.
Admittedly, the improvements aren't as good as they could have been, but if you ask the average Chinese on the street, I'm sure he's very satisfied with the changes and his governments ability to effect them. I'm not trying to imply that America is worse than China or even close, just that it has it's problems too and they are pretty much the same ones. It's time to get off your high horse and realise that he who is without guilt should cast the first stone. Not you.
Because bananas and melons have a much higher glycemic load.. Tropical fruits increase the amount of sugar in your blood much more than apples do. Apples have a low glycemic index (~52), bananas are medium (~77) and melons are pretty high (~93). This handy table could help you compare various foods.
Is today metaphor day? Usually the Google homepage tells me such things...
Your computer is already confused about whether it's talking to a man or a woman. That's not going to help.
I'm really glad he did it. Maybe now he'll actually get the punishment he deserves.
You could also try Dark Basic too. My little brothers seemed to love that.
Fame? Notorioty? Unstoppable attractiveness to women?
America works so hard to promote the concept of free speech and liberty and should not deny it for others, even enemies. Embargoes on Luxury goods and weapons, that's ok. But embargoes on free speech, the free press and a medium for promoting alternate views in the target country? I'm not American but I feel that those aren't American values. Anyway...
Archival. Once it's archived you can forget about it. For example, your local library doesn't convert all that old microfilm just because it can. It would only do it to put it onto a more stable storage medium.
You don't have to. Plenty of other people will.
Intereting point but advertisment isn't just about click-throughs, it's mostly about brand-awareness leading to sales at a later point.
When you listen to the radio, read a newspaper or magazine, look at a billboard or watch TV is it possible for you to immediately click-through onto the advertisers website? Usually no. But for some reason advertising is still big business. Let me give you a example.
The break during super-bowl - it costs $2.6 million for a 30 second ad that is viewed by 97.5 million people. That's just over 2.5 cents per person for a one-time hit. I'm sure no-one was running off to their desk to do a bit of web-browsing right after it either.
GTA San Adreas sold 8.6 million copies and if you use the metric of 2.5 cents per you could charge say $250,000 for a shorter 5 second slot on the loading screen. That would be viewed over and over on multiple occasions.
I bet however that certain entites would pay much more that quarter of a million for this priveledge too. We live in a world where Microsoft pays $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. Just so that they can get ads in front of people.
I'm not sure about Diablo III but I think at this point, in-game ads are an inevitability from all of the major publishers and distributers. Think about what ads in web-search did for Google. I'm sure Sony, EA, Activision and even Blizzard would love a piece of a rather similar looking pie.
It's not a question of if. It's when and how much.
Be careful my friend! You won't survive many unlit areas because you confusing fluffy pink unicorns with grues.
Interesting. Let 'Big Oil' know when you get that to 60cm. :)
Luckily for the advertisers, the oldies are holding all the cash anyway. Now the hard part, how to get the tight-fisted old curmudgeons to let go of it...
I can't conceive that RIAA members would ever submit to a fixed rate payment system unless they were backed into a corner. The main objective of all this lobbying is to defend the monopoly against newcomers to the content distribution game and lock in consumers to their existing business model.
How can you grow your business year on year without disproportionately raising the tax. Cut costs by lowering lower quality? Make less content? This levels the playing field with the YouTube generation and that's not where the *AAs want to go.
Right now, the monopolies are looking for ways to safeguard the business models which keep them at the top of the game. Since they're still holding all the financial cards, expect this very powerful lobby to continue to shape the rules of your country for the foreseeable future.
Offensiveness and defensiveness both fall in to the 'interests' catagory so expect it to be used for both of these as necessary.
Where it gets interesting is what happens if two members are in despute about a single patent. Could this trust be used to arbitrate between them or come to some solution outside of the courtroom? Are the patents open to everybody with the organisation then?
I think it could be a very interesting deal, for those on the inside that is.
This sounds like a religious studies course to me. Please don't try to pass this stuff of as scientific discussion.
The main thing stopping me migrating to Linux is theat I use lots of professional audio applications, for example Ableton Live. These kinds of applications exect to find WDM drivers in the OS and so it's difficult for Wine to run them. What are the underlying causes of this issue and will this type of problem ever be resolved?
I know it's a joke but this is a good place to add this comment.
My experience is in investment banking and every single bank I've ever heard of write the majority of their buisiness-critical server-side apps in Java. Hedge funds too. Any place where you want to quickly develop large server-side in-house apps, you can do that much more reliably with Java and you have access to a huge talent pool of developers. The reality is that the systems that drive the economy are written in Java. Some trivial MP3 catalog GUI, bulletin boards or throwaway websites don't really turn the wheels of capitalism I'm afraid.
It seems Taco has basically doesn't understand how I.T. in the real world actually works. My advice to him is to quit whining and accept the ideological war against Java has already been lost years and years ago. Java is huge, deal with it. That's a reality that won't go away just because you post a throw away editorial comment on Slashdot.
If you're think of Harrison Ford and robotic snakes, you must be thinking of Blade Runner.