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NVIDIA's Pixel & Vertex Shading Language
Barkhausen Criterion writes "NVIDIA have announced a high-level Pixel and Vertex Shading language developed in conjunction with Microsoft. According to this initial look, the "Cg Compiler" compiles high level Pixel and Vertex Shader language into low-level DirectX and OpenGL code. While the press releases are going amok, CG Channel (Computer Graphics Channel) has the most comprehensive look at the technology. The article writes, "Putting on my speculative hat, the motivation is to drive hardware sales by increasing the prevalence of Pixel and Vertex Shader-enabled applications and gaming titles. This would be accomplished by creating a forward-compatible tool for developers to fully utilize the advanced features of current GPUs, and future GPUs/VPUs." "
That's like asking which of the following would I rather do...
a) have a 3-way with two hot chicks
b) clean the floor behind my refrigerator
I wonder.
Hi.
I'm twenty five years old, and up until two weeks ago, I was a virgin. Too many celibacy had worn my self-esteem down to the point where I was finally willing to pay for sex. I'll spare you the details of the event, as this is not what I am writing about.
After having completed the act, the prostitute whose services I had rented immediately exclaimed that something had felt weird. With no particular ceremony, she grabbed my now-flaccid member and subjected it to an intense examination, while biting her thumbnail in consternation.
After a brief period, she informed me that my penis was deformed, in her professional opinion. I had spent my entire life without ever seeing another man urinate, so I was not aware that the output usually emits from the end of the head, not the underside, where mine does.
I'd like to know if I should seek the advice of a doctor or plastic surgeon? Is this the sort of thing that can, or even should be corrected? I've lived with it for twenty five years, and it hasn't bothered me. Is there really any reason to worry about this?
--Metrollica
Did everybody read the comparison between writing in CG and writing hand-optimized assembly code?
Thank GOD they wrote CG, because now I won't have to write all of my programs in assembly anymore.
What is this "compiler" technology that they keep talking about? This might revolutionize computer science!
Does this mean they'll finally be able to make a decent nose-picking routine for Counter-Strike hostage models?
Yes, I agree! We all like a good cross-dressing game for the early morning hours at lan parties!
an initiative with participation from Microsoft to create a cross-platform, hardware-independent, high-level
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
oh wait I'm OK now....
BLHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
When pigs fly out of my ass and mutate into fine wine!
Segue to someone playing a video game at a high frame rate...
Gee, the more I play this game, the less bad I feel about buying proprietary technology and the angrier I get at those 9 states for disagreeing with the DoJ Settlement. Oh, and I'd like to buy all of Britney Spears CD's and eat every meal at McD's... I'm sure I didn't feel this way yesterday... What's odd, too is that every so many frames seems to flicker something I can't quite make out...
Screen breifly flickers something else
Hmm... I can't remember what I was just thinking about, but I do have the strangest desire to email all of my personal information and credit card numbers to mlm5767848@hotmail.com...
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Well, if you fill the cockpit then you have difficulties taking off and landing and your bandwidth very rapidly approaches zero.
Other questions are at what point do you exceed the weight capacity of the aircraft? Are you including CD cases? If not, how are you protecting the data from scratches during turbulence?