Comment Re:What about Star Trek? (Score 5, Insightful) 432
That's because Steve Jobs was partially inspired by them.
I think Steve Jobs was actually inspired by the Ferengi
Or, both could be vice-verse.
That's because Steve Jobs was partially inspired by them.
I think Steve Jobs was actually inspired by the Ferengi
Or, both could be vice-verse.
Well stated.
So I can spend 50 -60$ on a 20 hour game? Yeah, that's EXACTLY what I'm after. Sounds like a good way to keep development costs low and reap in more profit. I call bullsh*t on this.
I agree with you 100%. It should also be noted what's missing from the discussion. Why aren't these games keeping people playing for more than 10 hours. Look at some titles: Quake, Doom, Guitar Hero (GH2, not so much the later ones), Rock Band, WOW, etc. These games kept users engaged for long periods of time (MUCH longer than just 10 hours). The fact is, most games out nowadays are stale and the users know it and just don't want to invest the effort for more of the same boring grind.
The real fact is, these big game houses just don't get what makes a good game anymore. They're metrics driven. This is a perfect example of that.
Continuing this line of thought, Merrill said, "Put all your eggs in one basket; Count your chickens before they hatch. Serve some wine before its time, find yourself an itch to scratch."
Actually, I believe the cake is an analogy for Mono
They would have gone out of business sooner if they only had books. They added all those other things in an attempt to get people to come in and buy something at least...
I don't think that's entirely true. I think what the TS is hinting at is the "type" of books they choose to stock. Best sellers sell, but what really get's people into the store (especially a big one) are the obscure books. All the big companies came into small towns and put the smaller places out of business because they had a great selection. Then once the competition dried up, they tried to over-optimize by getting rid of the obscure books and of course for the short term it worked. The car analogy here is to forgo oil changes in order to get more driving in
The last few times I went into a Borders, or B&N (they are a bit better, but not like they used to be) or a Chapters (in Canada) I go to the science and technology section and all they have are best sellers. I want ACTUAL science books like they used to sell. They have a mathematics department and it's full of books like "the history of sqrt(-1)" and the like
THAT is what killed Borders (and will eventually kill B&N).
Just my opinion of course.
Tamran
Also, that's what disclaimers are for. For example, on the weeder I got the other day, it says not to operate on a ladder, upside down, on drugs etc
...Paul Allen has mistaken me for this dickhead Marcus Halberstram. It seems logical because Marcus also works at P&P and in fact does the same exact thing I do and he also has a penchant for Valentino suits and Oliver Peoples glasses. Marcus and I even go to the same barber, although I have a slightly better haircut.
Is that a play on the scene from American Psycho?
Consistency - It's only a virtue if you're not a srew-up.
But, not everyone can be brilliant. Isn't one of the purposes of education to teach people, even so-so ones, a job ? To paraphrase my friend cap. Obvious, not all programmers can be above average.
The "drink from the firehose" approach in the first year isn't to weed out the "so so" people. It's to weed out the people that don't have the commitment to stay the course. They used to do this to us the first two weeks of wrestling season and they called it "tryouts." The funny thing was, if you stuck around after all the "run until you puke" sessions uninjured and willing to continue, you made the team.
If you give it your all and still can't cut it, then there's probably a great two year diploma type technician school in your area that you'd find more to your liking. Or, perhaps a different degree program all together. Not all great mathematicians make good engineers for example.
I agree with the parent poster, make it harder. It'll only make the degree more valuable.
... A Trap!
After what happened on the PS3, if you didn't say it I was going to!
This is the scientific version of the same calculator, complete with RPN, a stack, plotting functions, matrix functions. I've had mine since 1991. It's a shame they tried to replace it with one that is crap.
Tamran
The term you're looking for is "Sneaker Net"
The non-technical user is a creature of habbit. I've seen them in a confused panic
I will admit, I still haven't figured out the ribbon thing. I've used the hell out of Office 2003 and before. But, every time I sit down to a machine with 2007 or later I get frustrated and either go back to a machine with an earlier version I get frustrated and just install OpenOffice.
I am a "quick key" user (or keyboard short cuts) and none of them work the way I was used to in earlier versions of Word, so I have to "Icon Hunt" which is such an unproductive feeling.
Anyway, my point is even technical users are creatures of habit and can feel this frustration. In the case of the above posting, I think the real problem won't be non-techies (who are simply directed to the icon and application they need), it'll be the techies who want root access (and won't be granted it) and want to install every social networking and widget app known to man. They're so used to all the little windows hacks (that they never needed in the first place) and will get so frustrated they can't hack their system they'll stand around at the printer and bitch and moan about how "they can't do anything they used to."
Tamran
Speakeasy is a pretty damn solid name actually!
We gave you an atomic bomb, what do you want, mermaids? -- I. I. Rabi to the Atomic Energy Commission
