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Comment Re:First Post (Score 1) 61

by prayag on Sunday May 10, 2009 @05:54AM (#27895245) Attached to: PlayStation-Based Mobile Handset a Possibility

It is logical to think, therefore, that a good game playing cell phone would sell, and if it did not, it would not be because it have too many features.

I agree with your point that there seems to be a good market for such phones, but I think you missed the point on "too many features". If its a well done phone, even if it has too many features people would use it just avoiding the features they don't want.

Comment The World doesn't care (Score 4, Insightful) 715

by prayag on Monday April 27, 2009 @11:08AM (#27730291) Attached to: RMS Says "Software As a Service" Is Non-free

RMS is right of course. Software as a service is not free and one should always be at guard while using them.

Having said that, it is also important to realize that general public does not care, if its free. If you just ask them, "Do not use it." It does not help the cause. Shouldn't you instead try to educate them and warn them of the pitfalls ?

The world is not black and white. And software as a service is here to stay. When would RMS realize that ?

Does Professional Gaming Have a Future? 116

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 11, 2009 @06:41AM from the fatal-one-thank-you dept.

mr_sifter writes "Three years ago, celebrity gamers such as Fatal1ty were bagging millions in prizes, and TV channels were queuing up to broadcast games on TV. Professional gaming looked set for the big time. It never happened, and in the current economic crisis, sponsors and media organizations are cutting costs, resulting in the closure of many pro gaming competitions (as we recently discussed) and a down-scaling in prize money. This feature looks at whether pro gaming can bounce back, and whether it will always be a PC sport, or if pro gaming on consoles is the future."

Comment Correlation doesn't imply Causation.. (Score 1) 337

by prayag on Friday April 03, 2009 @04:50AM (#27442243) Attached to: After Sweden's New Law, a Major Drop In Internet Traffic

However,
http://xkcd.com/552/

Web Browser Programming Blurring the Lines of MVC 303

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 28, 2008 @01:32PM from the extremely-thick-client dept.

lkcl tips his in-depth article up at Advogato on the difficulties for the MVC programming model that are introduced by Javascript and AJAX, and solutions for them. He writes: "This article outlines how the MVC concept is made incredibly awkward by the gradual but necessary introduction of Javascript and AJAX. A solution is found in the form of Javascript Compiler Technology such as GWT or Pyjamas (PyPy's JS backend or Rb2Js could be used, with some additional work). The article outlines how and why the traditional MVC patterns are fragmented by Javascript and AJAX, advocating that if a site is programmed purely in a high-level language that is then compiled to Javascript for the Web Browser sections, the same high-level source code can be executed either client-side on the browser, or server-side, or even both, depending on the requirements. The implications of this approach are discussed in depth."

Comment Re:How do you pronounce (Score 1) 152

by prayag on Thursday November 13, 2008 @05:33AM (#25744485) Attached to: Chandrayaan-1 Successfully Reaches 100km Lunar Orbit

But you don't know how to pronounce chandler now. Do you ?? :D

After 3 Years, Rockbox 3.0 Released 248

Posted by timothy on Friday September 26, 2008 @07:20AM from the adding-versatility dept.

DarkkOne writes "Rockbox version 3.0 is out. Three years in development, it marks the introduction of many new players since the 2.5 release and offers software-based playback allowing audio of nearly any commonly (or uncommonly) used format on a list of MP3 players by Apple, iRiver, Cowon, Archos, Toshiba and Sandisk. Beyond this it is FLOSS, under the GPL v2 license (or later), and includes a variety of plugins such as games and simple apps. 3.0 is the first official release for any players not made by Archos and more or less marks the beginning of a much more regular release cycle for the software."

What To Do Right As a New Programmer? 662

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 25, 2008 @09:38PM from the give-your-coworkers-good-nerf-guns dept.

globeadue writes "My company just tagged me for full time App Dev — I've essentially never coded for money, but the last 3 years of support desk gives me the business sense to know the environment I'll be coding for. Now my company will be training me, so I think the technical side of things will be covered, what I'm looking for is best practices, habits I should/shouldn't develop, etc as I take on my new craft."

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