Official Off-Topic Thread

[rikfuzz]

Am i the only one who thinks e-readers aren't that amazing technology wise?  I thought we were well ahead of B&W screens.  Everyone thinks they're the shiznit though.  odd.

Haha, yes you are!  They're incredibly easy on the eyes, because each "pixel" is phyisically flipped over (I think).  So it only ever uses power when it's changing page so they last ages between charges.  Have you seen on in real life?  They look like paper!  I wasn't impressed till I saw one.  I never really read, to my shame, but I'd probably get one if I did.

[Gil]

I agree with the above. It's amazing technology really. You get literally no eye strain, it's just like paper.

[ptoing]

Indeed, they do not have the problem of looking at a fucking bright screen which burns your eyes while reading.

[Ben2theEdge]

When they make one that simulates the crisp feel of paper between my fingers and the faintly moldy aroma of ancient knowledge, I'll give them a try.

[crab2selout.png]

I can't wait till they get them in colour. Should be perfect for my college texts. All I could think about while reading my intro to architecture text was how cool it would be to be reading it on a dual screen e reader with one screen for text and the other for pictures. Clicking a word would bring up a small text box with the definition. Clicking any text would also bring up relevant pictures on the alternate screen to go with the material, all of it in glorious colour now that there's no economic penalty for displaying all colour pics. And not only would there be colour pics, but shitloads of pictures, too, from all kinds of angles.

[Froli]

Over the course of the past two months I learned that our company might be bought out by Zynga, flew out to San Francisco for an interview by Zynga, learned that we were indeed being bought out by Zynga, and then subsequently left behind what was my life in Wisconsin in order to start anew in California. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem much has changed. I've got a few friends who moved out here from Wisco a while back, and the team that I've been working with over the past three or four years all moved out here, too. So now, I'm basically doing the exact same thing that I was before, just in a new area, and from an actual office instead of my house.

Two things.

1) If there's anybody in the San Francisco area that likes meeting awesome new people, let me know, as I'm down to make more friends.

2) If there are any flash developers looking for a really great place to work, Zynga is aggressively hiring and offers some amazing benefits to boot.

This is the first time I read about your company status,  but you need to be aware <knowing is half the battle lol> . Zynga has a notorious reputation from stealing art content , putting questionable malware/spyware on their games <Iesnare>. Terrible customer service and they also love to replicate existing games that in the end they got sued and have to pay millions of dollars. I don't know how they treat their employees.. So good luck to that mate.

and behold Zynga CEO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7YaVVpK1G4

[Conzeit]

How to make 55000 by gving away your work nuff said!

[Mathias]

donations please

[Froli]

I'll be repainting my room this week since it looking like shit for years now lol. I've been thinking of light blue... Is there any good color scheme that helps a persons mood to stay active and do his work 

[Mathias]

I know that when it comes to painting classrooms, color theory is applied so the effects of the room's color is optimal for student performance. Search that a little, I don't remember the conclusions.