it's a nice step for major entertainment but, as a gamer, why would i spend more money for things i will never use ?
gamers want to play games, we was waiting for new features for games,not a voice-Controlled-Tv,plus they are "killing" the indie market  ... (i hope the Ouya become popular very soon )
Honestly i think this is the best time for Nintendo to take the lead again, at least on microsoft, cause Sony's PS4 seems pretty good, i really wish that Nintendo is planning to create a "hardcore" console with some of their original creativity (i always trusted Nintendo creativity  )

Yeah, I mean without downloading any libraries or anything. I'm still learning. I liked the idea of Slick because my friend recommended it.

I don't like playing on console, additionally I won't buy something that is proud of cod. Wow they got a new super dog, it's like the ai in bf3, absolutely useless. Games are becoming quite boring, no new stuff, just old polished one. I still hope that Ouya makes its way up 

That is the exact thing I'd recommend you to do in your situation.

Blissfully never even so much as had to look at a UML diagram in my life. Am successful developer of systems large and small for last 20 years.

Cas

Let me guess: by pure Java you mean Java2D and that's why you instantly liked the idea of using Slick, right?

I am using uml without caring about the syntax if I think about a fancy way to programm sth. Especially if you are just programming for fun it's good to have a basic structure but you won't create whole uml-diagram that contains everything. That would just take a lot of time and wouldn't help much because I change to much during programming.
One time I used a nearly complete, if you write a more complex event-system it's quite usefull.
But that's just me

I only used them in school Ugh, those were not my favorite assignments. I see UML as a good learning tool when you don't have a strong grasp on OO programming yet and I also see some minor documentation benefits in it, but to actually use it in the design phase of an application... hell no. Applications are living and breathing things, the last thing I want to do is to be maintaining piles of UML diagrams whenever there is a change in design/architecture.

I am a little behind with my college work... an assignment due in a couple of weeks and I have to learn about sequence diagrams in UML... but I would rather be designing a game engine ( Java OpenGL and LWJGL/Android).

Does any one here actually use sequence diagrams?


While procrastinating I Saw this YouTube clip about deferred lighting [/drools like homer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elp6hyjzal0 

Yeah I know. I've been coding in pure Java for ages though. My friend's been bugging me to use a library and i really should be using one by now.

It's awesome to hear new people getting into programming and enjoying it!