I was crossing the road the other day and almost got hit by a jaguar, the driver put his foot to the floor as soon as the light turned yellow.
It didn't seem to matter that I was completely right in front of him, I mean head on collision when he did it. I had to run and jump to get out the way.
I was so shocked that someone would do that and he took off before I could read the license plate. If there was a camera I would have phoned the police and got him for dangerous driving. No camera, no evidence, no way to find him.
So why waste it on ray tracing which adds little benefit over current techniques when it could be spent on so many other things?
There are other ways of producing global illumination which is much faster then ray tracing. It's pointless because it's like taking a step back just because we can now bute force simple scenes.
Ray Tracing will still be slow on global illumination anyway. The more reflections you have the longer it takes, so it's not going to look as good too.
Maybe because they charge twice as much and have a bandwidth limit in a country that has many, many ISPs giving users unlimited bandwidth. Makes sense from the ISP side, not from the consumer that can get a much better service elsewhere..
This isn't mentioning the horrible £47.00 setup charge, the £5 overuse fines, or the fact that you get less then 400kbps upload.
Simon Gunter, from ISP Tiscali, said the BBC should contribute to the cost.
He said the BBC did not understand the issues involved.
No Simon, it's YOU that doesn't understand. Let me help you, from your own website..
Superfast access Tiscali's packages are superfast and reliable, giving you the highest possible rate your line can support up to 8Mb. Ideal for high bandwidth tasks such as music, video streaming and downloading large files.
Awesome I can download large files like videos and look! it's unlimited too!
Selling "Unlimited" internet when it's not is fraud. A bank playing high risk bets with peoples savings, is also what I'd call dishonest and possibly criminal.
Same with the trains, they have train stations built and unused. They cost millions of pounds. What do we have? A broken privatized service which over charges, never runs on time, doesn't repair track and gets people killed.
If an open source 2d driver on their old cards means more to you then great for you.
ATI hasn't released any 3d specs and no specs have been released on their newest card. It's more BS waiting from the company that excels at duping their customer.
While you're waiting for that open source 2d driver to become stable I'll get back to my 3d games, weeee!
Actually that's BS because it's happened before in the UK with activeX dialing up premium numbers on people's dialup internet and charging people over $3000.
All it does is make victims who are out of money and doesn't really push people to "fix" their computers. Hey, maybe if the ISPs where the ones pushing malware on their users they could make more money! (see previous slashdot article on BT spyware).
How exactly? I doubt ATI has the same amount of resources as Nvidia, hence why they have crappy drivers and their hardware isn't tested as extensively as Nvidia.
The same goes for Intel and AMD. Intel has maybe 4 or 5 different research depts whereas AMD only has one. I'm calling BS on your better technology argument as both ATI and AMD have shown to wait until their competitors release something new and then they just copy the technology.
. The olympics is the one time every four years when athletes of all nations can come together. That serves more for global peace and understanding than petty quarreling, protests, and boycotts. Note, if there was serious shit going on I'll be the at the front of the protest line.
"It doesn't separate, but unites the combatants in understanding and respect. It also helps to connect the countries in the spirit of peace. That's why the Olympic Flame should never die." -Adolf Hitler
They don't understand because the Chinese people are ignorant. They reject all contradications because they've been taught from birth that "this is the truth". Just like how a christian would reject evolution if they had be taught from birth that the earth is 6000 years old, they are no different.
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I didn't realise that funding your entertainment was my important social responsibility..
Wait, You mis-understood. I meant the light was red and it was green man when I was crossing.
I can see the mistake now, I should have made that clearer.
Ok, so how is this anyway related to my post? or Crytek's comments? Oh right, it's not.
Whatever buddy have fun watching your povray render in a couple of hours/days if you want more reflects, i'm not arguing with an idiot..
Bulllllll...shit!
I was crossing the road the other day and almost got hit by a jaguar, the driver put his foot to the floor as soon as the light turned yellow.
It didn't seem to matter that I was completely right in front of him, I mean head on collision when he did it. I had to run and jump to get out the way.
I was so shocked that someone would do that and he took off before I could read the license plate. If there was a camera I would have phoned the police and got him for dangerous driving. No camera, no evidence, no way to find him.
There are other ways of producing global illumination which is much faster then ray tracing. It's pointless because it's like taking a step back just because we can now bute force simple scenes.
Ray Tracing will still be slow on global illumination anyway. The more reflections you have the longer it takes, so it's not going to look as good too.
If you don't care why are you posting? If you care about fair commerce why are you ignoring all the other companies that the EU has gone after?
No, you don't care at all.
You are just sounding off your nonsense because this time it's your favorite software company that's in the firing line.
Hopefully you'll come to realise how totally ridiculous your post is.
Don't worry that's not a problem, they just got all this cash from fining Microsoft so they'll use that to make any switches..
Maybe because they charge twice as much and have a bandwidth limit in a country that has many, many ISPs giving users unlimited bandwidth. Makes sense from the ISP side, not from the consumer that can get a much better service elsewhere..
This isn't mentioning the horrible £47.00 setup charge, the £5 overuse fines, or the fact that you get less then 400kbps upload.
You'd have to be retarded to go with that.
They don't need to teach the users anything, they just need to stop advertising "Unlimited" when it's not.
It's lying, it's dishonest and if they're going out of business they deserve it.
Selling "Unlimited" internet when it's not is fraud. A bank playing high risk bets with peoples savings, is also what I'd call dishonest and possibly criminal.
Are you seeing the picture here?
Same with the trains, they have train stations built and unused. They cost millions of pounds. What do we have? A broken privatized service which over charges, never runs on time, doesn't repair track and gets people killed.
Awesome, remind me to hack all your programs to add this stupid tag idea..
If an open source 2d driver on their old cards means more to you then great for you.
ATI hasn't released any 3d specs and no specs have been released on their newest card. It's more BS waiting from the company that excels at duping their customer.
While you're waiting for that open source 2d driver to become stable I'll get back to my 3d games, weeee!
Actually that's BS because it's happened before in the UK with activeX dialing up premium numbers on people's dialup internet and charging people over $3000.
All it does is make victims who are out of money and doesn't really push people to "fix" their computers. Hey, maybe if the ISPs where the ones pushing malware on their users they could make more money! (see previous slashdot article on BT spyware).
You're clearly not RTFA which is on England where THEY DO advertise Unlimited Bandwidth.
ISPs don't maintain the cables in the UK, British Telecom seems to own and maintain all the cables.
Nonsense, Microsoft can use GPL3 code whenever then want, it's just they won't because it's "a competitor".
How exactly? I doubt ATI has the same amount of resources as Nvidia, hence why they have crappy drivers and their hardware isn't tested as extensively as Nvidia.
The same goes for Intel and AMD. Intel has maybe 4 or 5 different research depts whereas AMD only has one. I'm calling BS on your better technology argument as both ATI and AMD have shown to wait until their competitors release something new and then they just copy the technology.
First no April 1st jokes and now a dupe of a story that is still on the main damn page.. Slashdot is dieing.
They don't understand because the Chinese people are ignorant. They reject all contradications because they've been taught from birth that "this is the truth". Just like how a christian would reject evolution if they had be taught from birth that the earth is 6000 years old, they are no different.
You can't understand nonsense.
No, it's worse. Our governments are helping the Chinese take away our freedoms specifically for these games.