He has grumbled about the slow progression of this API in the past. Is now the time when he will make the jump to Direct3D?
The Quake III engine was widely licensed for dozens of FPS titles from 1999-2005. The Doom 3 engine has been an abject failure in this regard. Epic and Valve have eaten id's lunch so to speak. Unless Carmack has made a conscious decision to stop spending time on 3rd party support so he can play with his rockets, this is something he will definitely want to address.
Boston Globe: Replacing car keys is no longer quick or cheap
The simple metal key that could be copied at a hardware store is quickly vanishing. Taking its place are electronic gadgets that combine metal keys with computer chips that must deliver a code to the car's on board systems before it can start. Some cars, including some Mercedes-Benz models and the Toyota Prius, have dispensed with the jagged-edge metal key entirely in favor of an electronic fob.
"It's a good thing. The technology prevents car thieves from stealing the car, but the downside is that the key is expensive," said David Williams , executive vice president of the Massachusetts State Auto Dealers Association.
Dealers are charging anywhere from $80 to $350 to replace car keys these days, depending on the make and model of the car and the number of bells and whistles on the key or the key fob. Locksmiths tend to charge less, but they often don't have the codes or software needed to make duplicates for certain car models.
continues... Some keys have to be ordered from the manufacturer, even the dealers can not duplicate them.
Concerns about police states aside there's a real and serious problem with crime in the United States Stop watching Fox News all day and look at the real statistics.
Murder rate lowest since 1965. Burglary rate lowest since 1966. Vehicle Theft rate lowest since 1968. Robbery rate lowest since 1968. Forcible Rape rate lowest since 1978. Aggravated Assault rate lowest since 1984.
Stop living in fear and realize that America is safer today than at any other point in the lifetime of anyone under the age of 40. There is not a kiddie fiddler hiding behind every bush or terrorist at every convenience store.
FFXIII is not coming to the US until the end of 2008 at the earliest in which time the PS3 will be at least $100-200 cheaper than today. A game that may be out in 18 months is hardly an incentive to invest $600 today. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159809
I have no doubt that something like this will be released within a decade.
Just look at how storage capacity has been increasing. Just 6 years ago the first 100GB HDDs reached the desktop. This year we've hit 1,000GB. In 2013 10,000GB will be enough to store 6,000 hours of 480p A/V which is about every waking moment for an entire year.
Here is a recent lengthy story about 'lifelogging' from The Chronicle of Higher Education:
Even if you detect a 100,000 year old reflection of the Earth they will use the same argument used against other dateable artifacts: "God planted it there to test us".
"I don't see how someone can get excited about playing online games with a bunch of snot-faced thirteen year olds."
You are not limited to playing against random players. You can create a "friends list" of individuals you wish to compete against. You can find many adults to populate this list with at sites such as theadultgamer.com and adultgamingenthusiasts.com
"I never see hoardes of posters complaining about American priorities. I never see people in large numbers saying how we need to make sure that absolutely everybody in the country has food and shelter before we allow anybody to do anything else."
Check out any of the NASA threads and you will see dozens of such idiotic posts.
60% of households in India do not have electricity yet according to Reuters. I assume they are going to have to wait for a massive electrification program before that is possible.
They may be true to some extent, but there is still positive news of substantial import that goes unreported.
For example how often do we hear that the murder rate in the US is the lowest since 1966? Or that the robbery rate in the US is the lowest since 1968? Or that the rate of vehicle theft in the US is the lowest since 1968? Or that the rate of rape in the US is the lowest since 1977?
It must not be reported very often since most Americans seem to believe that they are living in some kind of unprecedented Mad-Max dystopia that requires their children to be on lockdown 24/7.
For using the anglicised colonial name for Mumbai. The fact that 'Bombay' is not found in the article makes this transposition appear to be a purposeful and hostile action.
How many times are you people going to post "just increase spending blah blah..."
OECD already ranks US per capita spending on primary education as the 2nd highest on Earth, yet results show our ranking in global standardized tests decreasing every year for three decades.
A new study, conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories and sponsored by the federal agency, predicts that off-peak electricity production is adequate for keeping 185 million plug-in hybrids on the road.
The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower(http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/grnhsgas/isor.p df)
Nationally, two government studies have found PHEVs would result in large reductions even on the national grid (50% coal). The GREET 1.6 model in 2001(http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/153 .pdf) by the DOE's Argonne National Lab estimates hybrids reduce greenhouse gases by 22%, and plug-in hybrids by 36% (see table 2). An Argonne researcher reached consensus with researchers from other national labs, universities, the Air Resources Board, automakers, utilities and AD Little to estimate in July 2002 that PHEVs using nighttime power reduce greenhouse gases by 46 to 61 percent.
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He has grumbled about the slow progression of this API in the past. Is now the time when he will make the jump to Direct3D?
The Quake III engine was widely licensed for dozens of FPS titles from 1999-2005. The Doom 3 engine has been an abject failure in this regard. Epic and Valve have eaten id's lunch so to speak. Unless Carmack has made a conscious decision to stop spending time on 3rd party support so he can play with his rockets, this is something he will definitely want to address.
"It's a good thing. The technology prevents car thieves from stealing the car, but the downside is that the key is expensive," said David Williams , executive vice president of the Massachusetts State Auto Dealers Association.
Dealers are charging anywhere from $80 to $350 to replace car keys these days, depending on the make and model of the car and the number of bells and whistles on the key or the key fob. Locksmiths tend to charge less, but they often don't have the codes or software needed to make duplicates for certain car models.
continues... Some keys have to be ordered from the manufacturer, even the dealers can not duplicate them.
Murder rate lowest since 1965.
Burglary rate lowest since 1966.
Vehicle Theft rate lowest since 1968.
Robbery rate lowest since 1968.
Forcible Rape rate lowest since 1978.
Aggravated Assault rate lowest since 1984.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Stop living in fear and realize that America is safer today than at any other point in the lifetime of anyone under the age of 40. There is not a kiddie fiddler hiding behind every bush or terrorist at every convenience store.
GTA IV is coming to the 360 the same day as the PS3. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may0 6/05-09GrandTheftAutoPR.mspx
FFXIII is not coming to the US until the end of 2008 at the earliest in which time the PS3 will be at least $100-200 cheaper than today. A game that may be out in 18 months is hardly an incentive to invest $600 today. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159809
I have no doubt that something like this will be released within a decade.
Just look at how storage capacity has been increasing. Just 6 years ago the first 100GB HDDs reached the desktop. This year we've hit 1,000GB. In 2013 10,000GB will be enough to store 6,000 hours of 480p A/V which is about every waking moment for an entire year.
Here is a recent lengthy story about 'lifelogging' from The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i23/23a03001.htm
Even if you detect a 100,000 year old reflection of the Earth they will use the same argument used against other dateable artifacts: "God planted it there to test us".
"I don't see how someone can get excited about playing online games with a bunch of snot-faced thirteen year olds."
You are not limited to playing against random players. You can create a "friends list" of individuals you wish to compete against. You can find many adults to populate this list with at sites such as theadultgamer.com and adultgamingenthusiasts.com
The US already spends more per student than Canada, UK, France, Germany, Japan and the other G8 nations.
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Funding is not the issue.
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/intlindi
"I never see hoardes of posters complaining about American priorities. I never see people in large numbers saying how we need to make sure that absolutely everybody in the country has food and shelter before we allow anybody to do anything else."
Check out any of the NASA threads and you will see dozens of such idiotic posts.
60% of households in India do not have electricity yet according to Reuters. I assume they are going to have to wait for a massive electrification program before that is possible.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N0723776
Voter turnout in 2004 (60%) was the highest since 1968.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6399980/
"Why don't you care?"
Because 79% of Americans think Jesus is going to come out of the clouds one day and end the universe as we know it.
http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=153
How can a game with no announced release date be delayed?
They may be true to some extent, but there is still positive news of substantial import that goes unreported.
For example how often do we hear that the murder rate in the US is the lowest since 1966?
Or that the robbery rate in the US is the lowest since 1968?
Or that the rate of vehicle theft in the US is the lowest since 1968?
Or that the rate of rape in the US is the lowest since 1977?
It must not be reported very often since most Americans seem to believe that they are living in some kind of unprecedented Mad-Max dystopia that requires their children to be on lockdown 24/7.
Stats from: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Isn't this the same company that got their game code stolen because they placed it on a machine connected to the Internet?
The closest US equivalent is http://www.dslreports.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3763085.s
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4118810.s
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-04-04-tha
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/19/news/thai.
http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_17706-Suspected-M
300 beheadings and 1,800 additional deaths by guns and bombings in 3 years sounds like a barrel of laughs.
For using the anglicised colonial name for Mumbai. The fact that 'Bombay' is not found in the article makes this transposition appear to be a purposeful and hostile action.
Or is the first real Wii Zelda game going to simply be OoT v1.4?
"Require credentials and end Wikipedia."
The co-founder of wikipedia, Larry Sanger, has already created a fork with that exact goal.
http://www.citizendium.org/
Although looking in the latest news it seems they have decided to start from scratch now.
How many times are you people going to post "just increase spending blah blah..."
OECD already ranks US per capita spending on primary education as the 2nd highest on Earth, yet results show our ranking in global standardized tests decreasing every year for three decades.
http://www.oecd.org/
What about The Chaser?
Atheists would disagree.
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/default.aspx?ci
What B&M offers higher prices? If GS didn't offer the highest prices why would people trade their games there?
What B&M sells used games for less? If GS didn't have the lowest prices why would people buy used games there?
1. "The grid will collapse."
Electrical grid could handle millions of plug-in hybrids
2. "Electric cars will increase pollution."
Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid)