If the only types of games that Java can truly implement and make platform-independent are (relatively) slow, light on graphics, or "written for smaller segments of the market", is it really worthwhile to pursue this as some sort of holy grail?
Sure, it's easy enough to write Tetris in Java and make it platform independent, but how does that help the people hanging on to their Windows platform in order to use Unreal 7, Wolfenstein 6D, and Tribes 4?
Hire a massively-qualified technical writer to serve as a consultant in order to help get things in order. They can start establishing conventions, getting a team of writers together, determining your current and future documetation needs, and figuring out how to resolve those needs.
Far too many companies approach tech writing as the "music department" of the company: Nice to have, but not really necessary. The problem is that the lack of attention given to quality documentation winds up costing the company later.
If you don't know where to find such a consultant, you could always shoot off an e-mail to a highly qualified individual such as myself. *smirk*
Web sites aren't just about design anymore...the infrastructure behind them is becoming increasingly important. Blog and CMS tools have become so commonplace that old-fashioned "hand-updated" sites are becoming tedious to maintain.
It seems that web design has changed over the years in order to better accommodate database-driven websites. Text graphics, for example, are pretty much out.
Check out the big boys and see what they've been doing with their sites in order to compensate for massive quantities of content.
I'm biased, but I've got to say that the LDS Church website has done a remarkable job of integrating content and design in an attractive and useful way.
I'm a technical writer for a relatively stable software company. I work with computers *and* get paid. In this economy, that's a rare and wonderful thing.
This is great news. Any empire that gets that large inevitably becomes unstable (see "Roman Empire", p. xxxvi). Maybe this is the only way to get revolution to occur.
It's like a leashed dog. You hold the leash, the dog will pull on it. You let go, the dog will run around a bit then get tired and stop.
Try new Time/Warner/Microsoft/AOL/Mitsubishi/IBM brand underwear! They stretch, they shrink, they changes colors, they heat, they cool, they do everything! Much better than the alternative: Not wearing underwear. At only $4,000 a pair, how can you resist? (hint: you can't, or we'll visit your house).
All works should have the same set copyright period. I'd pick 20 years (the same period patents enjoy.)
So when I'm forty, I no longer have the rights to something I wrote when I was twenty? How is that a logical, financially viable, and potentially useful solution?
The jury selection process has been completed, and a leak from a reputable source indicates that Dr. Dre, Eminem, and members of the band Metallica have already been selected....
Seldom have I found any piece of news that does not try to influence the way you think, by emphasising some aspects while neglecting others.
I've spent a lot of time studying rhetorical theory, which basically assumes that EVERYTHING, from the New York Times to the ingredients on a can of Pork & Beans, is intended to influence and persuade.
There is no real independent media. There are only news outlets that have different (not more objective) agendas.
I'm not complaining, just pointing it out as being interesting.
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Sure, it's easy enough to write Tetris in Java and make it platform independent, but how does that help the people hanging on to their Windows platform in order to use Unreal 7, Wolfenstein 6D, and Tribes 4?
Far too many companies approach tech writing as the "music department" of the company: Nice to have, but not really necessary. The problem is that the lack of attention given to quality documentation winds up costing the company later. If you don't know where to find such a consultant, you could always shoot off an e-mail to a highly qualified individual such as myself. *smirk*
It seems that web design has changed over the years in order to better accommodate database-driven websites. Text graphics, for example, are pretty much out.
Check out the big boys and see what they've been doing with their sites in order to compensate for massive quantities of content.
I'm biased, but I've got to say that the LDS Church website has done a remarkable job of integrating content and design in an attractive and useful way.
I'm a technical writer for a relatively stable software company. I work with computers *and* get paid. In this economy, that's a rare and wonderful thing.
Joe: Uh-oh...better call the boss.
And yet, instead of showing the actual image, they decide to give us "A typical view of our planet" (probably because they had the clipart handy).
(Psst....Linux!)
Isn't that Cthulhu's cousin?
There won't be room for pictures, what with all those advertisements for other AOL-Time-Warner products...
It's like a leashed dog. You hold the leash, the dog will pull on it. You let go, the dog will run around a bit then get tired and stop.
Try new Time/Warner/Microsoft/AOL/Mitsubishi/IBM brand underwear! They stretch, they shrink, they changes colors, they heat, they cool, they do everything! Much better than the alternative: Not wearing underwear. At only $4,000 a pair, how can you resist? (hint: you can't, or we'll visit your house).
How is this a "familiar Windows environment", other than a vaguely-XP scheme?
Oh. Wait a minute...
When I have a son, I'm going to name him "Lateral Casmir Force".
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Q4R-UBjh3wkC: tinfoilhat.cultists.net/+&hl=en
Dude, you're a dullard.
I'd like to be among the first to point this out as a hoax. Maybe I'm wrong, but...dibs!
Buzz Aldrin? What happened to Arnold Swartzenegger going to Mars?
So when I'm forty, I no longer have the rights to something I wrote when I was twenty? How is that a logical, financially viable, and potentially useful solution?
That's your opinion. Disney, who is still reaping plenty of rewards from Mickey Mouse, might think a little differently...
No. I deny that I will take an opposing view to your belief that I'll oppose your view.
Yeah, it was a joke. Do I have to say "IANAL" before making Dr. Dre jokes?
With a name like "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act", it's got to be bad news...
The jury selection process has been completed, and a leak from a reputable source indicates that Dr. Dre, Eminem, and members of the band Metallica have already been selected....
I've spent a lot of time studying rhetorical theory, which basically assumes that EVERYTHING, from the New York Times to the ingredients on a can of Pork & Beans, is intended to influence and persuade.
There is no real independent media. There are only news outlets that have different (not more objective) agendas.
I'm not complaining, just pointing it out as being interesting.