some scattered thoughts
Sorry the drivel has been less than daily recently (though, judging from the comments, I am talking to myself). That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been doing stuff - quite the opposite, really!
Christian the Student 2.0
Class has been good. We are just talking about basic stuff that I already knew about now, but I am sure things will start to move quickly soon (my wife thinks I should inform you that I have only had two classes to this point). This is really my first non-100-level science class ever, and we sit in real non-100-level science chairs. They have a back rest that is designed to cause intense pain if one if foolish enough to actually rest a back on it. They also sqeak terribly if you attempt to adjust your position to the lab table in front of you, so you must choose wisely before the lecture begins.
Some thoughts on software piracy
I bought a computer game over 10 years ago called Falcon 3.0. I was really interested in being a pilot as a kid, and this was the best combat flight simulator available to the general public in 1991. If I remember correctly, the game came on 5 floppy disks. There was no copy protection. It would have been pretty easy to copy. But you know what you would have missed if you just got a copy of the disk? A manual as thick as the bible. Real poster size full color avaition maps of the areas battled over in the campaigns (Kuwait, Israel, Panama, etc). A quick reference card of the cockpit controls.
Compare that to what you are likely to receive with a game these days: a single CD in a paper sleeve (ooh! with a plastic window!), some 18 page stapled-together flip-book called the “official manual” (don’t worry, the official strategy guide, available for just 20 clams, fills in all the gaps), and no supplementary material of any kind. Nothing special in the box that couldn’t be duplicated in 30 minutes (that includes scanning the 18 page manual if you were lucky enough to get a print copy and burning the CD).
My point is not to say that since you don’t get anything extra in the box, go ahead and get a copy from a friend or Gnutella.,+260 (Curtis’s first blog post!)
000.00 (his second blog post!)
What I am trying to say is that the game production companies are not adding any incentive to buy the program from them. So to all you game company execs out there who are reading this, take note.
Dinner at a great restaurant
Sarah and I went on a date last night. It was dinner out and good conversation. I had Sesame Encrusted Tuna Steaks and Sarah had Tortellini Al Forne. Both meals were delicious. There was live jazz piano and dim lighting. And we didn’t have to leave town. What a great place to live.
I think I was going to blog about something else but I can’t remember what.
cw
September 8th, 2004 at 9:46 am
I think the lack of commenting (at least some of mine) came with the required addition of the http://www. to your URL. All my bookmarks were already set from before, and just took me to the “Apache says thou art forbidden” page. I figured you were just down for awhile.
Tell Curtis it looks like he might be more of a coder than a blogger, but there’s hope for him yet. See if you can get him to say “PHP.”