fistfullast33l - Slashdot User

Submission + - Bank of America Rescinding H1-B Offers Due to TARP

Submitted by fistfullast33l on Monday March 09, 2009 @10:52AM

fistfullast33l writes: The Financial Times is reporting that Bank of America is rescinding job offers to recent MBA graduates who require H1-B visas to stay in the US. According to the article
The recently passed $787bn stimulus bill in effect prevents financial institutions that have received money from the government's troubled asset relief programme from applying for H1-B visas for highly skilled immigrants if they have recently made US workers redundant.

Only about 50 students are affected, but business schools are worried that other banks will soon follow.

Comment Re:$200 in NY is a start (Score 1) 111

by fistfullast33l on Thursday March 05, 2009 @04:07PM (#27081639) Attached to: NY Bill Proposes Tax Credit for Open Source Developers

I know it's Slashdot, but I'm assuming you're not from New York. Per the article's link, the bill was introduced on March 3rd, so if this gets passed by 2015 we'll be lucky. This is the same state that's rebuilding the World Trade Center and swears it'll be done in time for the 10th year anniversary - in 2011. Did we mention they started in 2002?

Submission + - Texas Road Signs Warn of Nazi Zombies

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Thursday February 05, 2009 @11:40AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Wired's Gadget Lab Blog and multiple media outlets are reporting on a story out of Austin, Texas where hackers apparently change highway construction roadsigns to warn drivers of Nazi Zombies ahead. Don't forget to watch the local Austin's news station's coverage of the story on You Tube. The story goes on to note that this happens occasionally at MIT as well."

Comment Re:Developer Friendly...Apple?!? Joking, Right? (Score 1) 617

by fistfullast33l on Saturday January 10, 2009 @12:44AM (#26395795) Attached to: Palm Announces Killer New Phone

I dropped $700 on Mini and love it. The way I see it, the $700 is going to be easy to get back if you develop a decent app and charge a reasonable price. Even crappy apps on the iTunes Store make at least a few grand - more than enough to pay for the mini.

Also, it took me maybe a month to get comfortable with Objective-C and the iphone SDK. Any programmer worth his salt should be able to pick the language up and run with it, especially anyone familiar with the Java Swing and the Java2D Graphics API. They're very similar - hell all graphics APIs are pretty similar when you get down to it.

Basically, if all you can code is HTML and VB, then mobile phone development is not for you, including Palm, Apple, Google, whathaveyou. The smart developer is the one who learns all three and ports apps across platform to get the most exposure. That's my ultimate plan. If Android and Palm take off, then in my opinion that's only better for small developers like me who just want to play and make a little money on the side.

Submission + - PS3/PSP Now Play PS1 Games Remotely

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @12:31PM

fistfullast33l writes: "Yesterday firmware updates for the PS3 and PSP enabled new functionality included internet radio on the PSP and DivX playback on the PS3, but the stealth functionality being reported in the Playstation Forums and on NeoGAF threads (see here) is that you can now play PS1 games off your PS3, including games on disc. No official word from Sony yet but this definitely extends the functionality of Remote Play to reach its most promised feature, which is playing PS3 games remotely. Up until now only Lair was known to work over Remote Play."

Submission + - PS3/X360 Orange Box Comparo: EA's fault?

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fistfullast33l

on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @01:05PM

fistfullast33l writes: "1Up's Gamevideos.com has posted a side by side comparison of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Half Life Orange Box. The video shows that the PS3 definitely has some issues with slowdown, as previously discussed here on Slashdot. The biggest issues seem to occur during the jetski scene in the original HL2. However, upon closer review you can see that the largest lag (which really turns the game into a slideshow) actually occurs while the game is quicksaving, something the 360 does not actually do. This occurs right around 1:47 in the video. Is this the hardware's fault, or EA's fault for poorly implementing the Quick Save on the PS3? Not having played the game I couldn't say if the quicksave was controlled by the user, but it certainly makes you suspect whether the slowdown is actually a coding or hardware issue and rather a game design problem. Couldn't they have just scheduled the quicksave a little later?"

Submission + - Eye of Judgment Dated, Priced, Misspelled

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fistfullast33l

on Friday September 21, 2007 @09:29AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Mark Valedor has a post up on the official Sony blog with pricing and release information regarding the game Eye of Judgment, which is a game bundled with the Playstation Eye. The game will cost $70 and will include a starter deck, booster pack, the Eye, and the game. Booster packs from Wizards of the Coast will cost around $3.75. To prevent online cheating, you will be required to register your deck offline, and when you play online Sony will allow you to choose the deck you wish to play with, shuffle it, and then randomly pick the cards for you to use. They don't really go into detail about the offline registration though. Extreme amounts of controversy have emerged since Sony is spelling Judgment with only one E. Also of interest, IGN has an article up discussing upcoming PSN titles utilizing the Playstation Eye."

Submission + - Fact: The Wii isn't #1 in the U.S.?!?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21, 2007 @09:18AM

An anonymous reader writes: Recently there was some "big", but expected, news that Nintendo's Wii took the #1 seat in the "next-gen" console console race away from Microsoft's Xbox 360. One thing that oddly no one mentioned was that the only country or region the Wii actually has the #1 spot in is Japan: http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/09/20/fact-the-wii-isnt-1-in-the-us/

Submission + - Most important development tool?

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Thursday September 13, 2007 @11:08PM

fistfullast33l writes: "Most important development tool:

1)compiler
2)editor
3)debugger
4)profiler
5)interactive run time environment
6)automated build process
7)Tetris/Snood/Slashdot
8)CowboyNeal's GUI Generator 3000"

Submission + - No gnu/linux love from ID software (beyond3d.com) 1

Submitted by

gnarlin

on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @09:27AM

gnarlin writes: "According to golem.de's article (in German) ID software will no longer be porting their games to gnu/linux starting with the new Rage game being developed. Another article at beyond3d has the details in english. Is this due to lack of sales? This seems to be a major blow to gnu/linux gamers everywhere, especially when gnu/linux users are finally getting good Free software drivers for AMD's/ATI's graphic chips."

Submission + - Want different controls for Lair? Pick up a PSP 1

Submitted by kosanovich on Sunday September 02, 2007 @07:48PM

kosanovich writes: Lair has been bashed by almost every reviewer because of the mandatory use of the sixaxis control and its poor implementation. The folks over at ps3fanboy have found a work around. Apparently if you own a PSP and have Lair in your PS3 you can fire up the remote play feature and play Lair on your PSP (they have a video of it in action). Since there is no motion control on the handheld you are stuck using the analog stick to control the dragon and early reports are that it's a much more enjoyable experience. So with good graphics, good audio, an enjoyable story line and this new control scheme this game may be worth playing.

Submission + - Warhawk's PS3 Server Cluster

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fistfullast33l

on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @04:48PM

fistfullast33l writes: "The official Playstation Blog has a post from Dylan Jobe of the Warhawk team detailing their setup of dedicated PS3 server clusters around the globe. Complete with pictures, Jobe details the purpose of connecting hundreds of PS3s in data centers around the world. Called "Integrated Game Servers", they act as official dedicated servers so players will be able to find free, fast, available games anywhere, anytime. As Jobe details, "In addition to players being able to host their own servers, 32-player "dedicated" servers for your clan practices or 24-player "player" servers, SONY has made a great commitment to all of our Warhawk players by staging Warhawk Server clusters similar to this one all over the world." He also mentions the possibility of playing 4-player split screen on your own server with others connected."

Submission + - Team to Use PS3,YDL in DARPA Urban Challenge

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Saturday August 04, 2007 @09:03PM

fistfullast33l writes: "While the PS3's Linux distribution has taken some hits for running inside a hypervisor that limits access to some hardware, the Axion Racing team has announced they will be using a PS3 running Yellow Dog Linux in their entry for the DARPA Urban Challenge in November 2007. "We felt having cars drive themselves was getting a little too easy, so we threw the Sony PlayStation into our bag of tricks," joked Bill Kehaly, Axion Racing's team leader. The PS3 will be in charge of examining information from an RGB road finding camera, and will be utilizing the Cell processor's multithreading capabilities to do so."

Submission + - Epic's Mark Rein on UT3 Mods, More (joystiq.com)

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Friday August 03, 2007 @11:55AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Joystiq has an interview up with Mark Rein, VP of Epic, talking about the upcoming release of Unreal Tournament 3. Rein confirms that there will be no limit on mods made for the PS3, but that you will need to buy the PC version of the game to have access to the Unreal Editor. "Well, they have to make [the mod] on a PC anyway. How else are they going to do it?", as he puts it. He also discusses the possibility of mods being allowed on the 360 when it releases next year. Will there be mods on the 360? "We don't know. We're talking to Microsoft and still trying to figure that out. Worst case scenario would be Epic bringing popular mods onto the 360 and putting them through the certification process." He also comments that there will be no monitoring of mods released for the PS3 version — "We don't check mods today on PC, why would we check them in the future?" Oh, and he hints at the possibility of a Halo mod for UT3 on the PS3...so maybe it's not as exclusive as Microsoft thinks."

Submission + - Trenton: PSP Homebrew Support "In the Works&#

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @11:41AM

fistfullast33l writes: "In a little noticed IGN PSP Mailbag interview earlier this week, Jack Tretton, head of Sony Computer Entertainment America, was quoted as saying, "We certainly see some of the stuff that has been done via homebrew, and it's incredibly creative. And I think we'd like to try and tap into that a little bit more." Obviously no details have emerged yet, but Dave Karraker, head of PR with SCE, confirmed the quote and commented that figuring out how to support the content and keep the PSP safe (from you?) was the challenge. Karraker also noted that the upcoming Playstation Store for PSP would allow downloading PS1 titles directly to the PSP rather than from the PS3, as is currently the case."

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