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Comment Re:Degrees are meaningless (Score 1) 461

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I hit submit before thinking to put in the rest of my point. On the other side of the coin, I see a few bright individuals without degrees that have a strong work ethic and genuinely want to do a good job. These people outperform and are rewarded for doing a great job. Luckily this company encourages, rewards, and promotes this behavior, regardless of the degree requirement. TLDR - stupid people can get degrees, smart people can succeed with or without a degree in almost any field. Degrees are useless, expensive, and a waste of time.

Comment Re:Degrees are meaningless (Score 1) 461

My anecdotal evidence lines up with yours fairly well. In my place of work, we've hired around 100 sales people in the last two years. From that number, a good chunk of them were new grads who had never had professional a job before. Others came from other industries. Many of them are still struggling to do their jobs today, two years later. Some of them even have a Masters degree and from what I can tell, are just as stupid as the next guy, with little work ethic, or drive to succeed. Almost all of them sure have a giant sense of entitlement, though.

Comment Re:If you do use VB... (Score 1) 426

If these are all network printers that support PCL, there is no need to bother going through a driver or using any of the OS printing calls. You can simply use your scripting language of choice to open up a network connection on port 9100 and dump your own PCL code right to the port. The printer will interpret the PCL code natively and you're good to go.
Software

Opera Launches Facial Gesture Capability 199

cstrep writes "Eight years ago, Opera introduced Mouse Gestures as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser, and focus on what's important: Content. In 2005, Voice Navigation was introduced, and more recently we've worked with Nintendo to create a browser that takes full advantage of the 'Wiimote' and later, the touchscreen in the DSi. Today Opera introduces Face Gestures, a revolutionary technology designed to make interacting with Opera easier on computers with cameras. Face Gestures lets you perform frequent browsing operations with natural and easy to make face gestures. By using an internal technology dubbed 'Face Observation Opera Language,' we are able to recognize pre-determined facial expressions and match them to commands on the Opera browser."
Image

Finnish Guy Gets Prosthetic USB Finger Storage 113

An anonymous reader writes "Jerry had a motorcycle accident last May and lost a finger. When the doctor working on the artificial finger heard he is a hacker, the immediate suggestion was to embed a USB 'finger drive' to the design. Now he carries a Billix Linux distribution as part of his hand."
Games

Dealing With Fairness and Balance In Video Games 192

MarkN writes "Video games are subject to a number of balance issues from which traditional games have largely stayed free. It can be hard finding players of comparable skill-level to create even match-ups, diverse gameplay options can quickly become irrelevant if someone finds a broken feature that beats everything else, and some online games make your ability to play competitively a question of how much time and money you've invested in a game, rather than the skill you possess. In this article, I talk about some of the issues relating to fairness and balance in games, in terms of the factors and strategies under the player's control, the game's role in potentially handicapping players, and the role a community of gamers plays in setting standards for how games are to be played. What are your thoughts on managing a 'fair and balanced' gaming experience?"

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