Comment Re:I got nothing (Score 1) 480
If you are a contractor, you are not an employee.
If you are not an employee, it is not work for hire.
If it is not work for hire, the author retains the copyright.
If you are a contractor, you are not an employee.
If you are not an employee, it is not work for hire.
If it is not work for hire, the author retains the copyright.
The White House respecting the First Amendment is not disappointing. Unexpected, maybe.
I own a 3GS and use AT&T for my other phone. I wanted to switch over to my 3GS because this "feature phone" I have is an absolute piece of shit. I was told I'd have to buy the data plan. I have WiFi, I don't need or want to spend another $30 a month for a terrible service I'll never use.
Similar dilemma: I love the primal quality of film and working in the darkroom, but practically speaking, a good DSLR is everything I need. I voted for practicality.
It looks legit. WotC was partnered with DriveThruRPG briefly a few years ago. DriveThruRPG seem to be ones behind that site.
Technical pens are for drafting and would be a nightmare for everyday writing.
They are not agile and require a high degree of control to use. They need to be held absolutely perpendicular to the writing surface at all times, and only work when held vertically with the nib pointing down. They don't write well or at all on certain kinds of paper, often damaging the paper. They are easily broken and are difficult and messy to fill, clean, and maintain.
Don't get a technical pen.
Without hesitation, I'd go with GameMaker along with the book The Game Maker's Apprentice, and followed by The Game Maker's Companion. The first book includes an older version of the GameMaker software which is all that will be needed to complete the exercises. If your child likes the process, move onto the second book which covers more advanced concepts. Those books, along with either GameMaker 8.1 or GameMaker: Studio should your child want to move onto more current versions, will all fit within your $100 budget, and it will only cost you $20 or so to get started.
The books are excellent learning tools and the GameMaker software itself was originally created by co-author and Utrecht University professor Mark Overmars to teach programming. It's a great way to get ones feet wet and very good games can be created with it if one is willing to put in the effort. If you child wants to move on to more popular languages, GameMaker will provide them an excellent foundation for learning them.
I went to highschool in New York in the mid-80s. We had about 30 Apple IIes in the lab. The school had an introductory course and an advanced course. We programmed in Applesoft BASIC entirely for both classes and assistance from PLE, a memory-resident program editing aid.
Programs we wrote in the advanced class:
If so, maybe they should bomb each other back to the stone age.
Notch has made at least 17 games in addition to Minecraft.
Funny Farm, Luxor, Carnival Shootout, MEG4kMAN, Left 4k Dead, t4kns, Miners4k, Hunters4k, Dungeon4k, Sonic Racer 4k, Dachon4k, l4krits, Blast Passage, Bunny Press, Breaking the Tower, Infinite Mario Bros, Minicraft.
Yup, watch that episode of TBHS and post in his corner of the element14 forums for more advice. He and other gaming accessibility minds frequent it.
http://www.element14.com/community/community/experts/benheck
You should also make your way over to AbleGamers.
The whole purpose of copyright is to make sure artists get paid for their labor.
No, that's exactly half its purpose. The other half is to get works into the public domain after a limited period of time, something right-holders are fighting tooth-and-nail to prevent. Copyright law becomes a mockery of itself when that limited period can be extended an unlimited number of times.
I love Slashdot. Even when someone is right, they're wrong.
I use noscript religiously, there is nothing about the gawker websites that need javascript, but all you get is a nearly blank page if you don't enable javascript.
Best argument for noscript I've ever read.
I program, therefore I am.
