Comment managed languages (Score 1) 486
This is what managed languages are here to solve, so we can all write safer code without having to think too much about it.
Comment Re:Band 2.0 (Score 1) 155
To those who think everything on the web should be free, I say this to you:
How would you like if I (and millions of other netizens) expect you to do your day job for free because your boss decided to give away your flagship product for free.
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This fundamental lack of appreciation of economics by the general public is one of the reasons why the U.S. is fast losing its competitive edge to the rest of the world. But if you insist, be my guest, because I don't contribute to your economy and really enjoy being the free rider.
Video Games Can Make Us More Creative 56
FiReaNGeL commends to us a study by Penn State researchers looking at the effect of video game play on creativity. "[Subjects] were asked to play a popular video game, Dance Dance Revolution, at various levels of complexity. The students took a standard creativity test after playing. The researchers also took readings of the players' skin conductance and asked players if they were feeling either positive or negative after the game ... [T]he study appears to indicate that after playing the game, happy or sad people are most creative, while angry or relaxed people are not. The findings suggest that either high or low arousal is key to creativity. In other words, medium amounts of arousal are not conducive to creativity."
