Someone really needs to consolidate all the bad stuff Sony has done onto one web page. That way next time someone questions my adversity to all things Sony, I can just point at it.
There was a Slashdot post earlier about forking the Internet, and mesh networking was shot down pretty quick because of large distances between nodes. Could networking over powerlines be a solution?
Gallium3D is cross platform - you could write winsys layers for Haiku or whatever, but OSX is one of Wine's main targets and I don't see them shipping Gallium3D anytime soon. Unfortunately no, it's not going to make things any easier.
This isn't really that exciting. Firstly it doesn't benefit Wine at all. Wine supports other platforms than Linux and other drivers than Gallium3D and Mesa and so this is useless to them, if that isn't enough the Wine source structure isn't built for this kind of swap out, specifically because Wine limits X interaction to a single DLL, winex11, and the WineD3D stuff doesn't have direct access to X. The Wine D3D developers have long said that a D3D state tracker won't help them.
Secondly, it's not gonna help porting games to Linux either. D3D is only one part of the DX API and a game does a lot more than just draw stuff. Arguably swapping out D3D for OGL is relatively straightforward in comparison to swapping out sound API, file IO API, network IO API, message handling, etc. etc. that's why some games allow you to switch between the graphics API.
Everyone that watched the debate last night was pretty horrified at how broken the "wash up" process was, and how obviously this bill was pushed through by the front benches without the support of the backbench MPs present. Labour were responsible for 97% of the MPs that gave a yes vote, because those Labour MPs that didn't would have faced severe consequences, perhaps even eviction from the party. Some rebel Labour MPs did vote against, Tom Watson leading them, this guy deserves serious respect for standing up for what he believes despite the pressure.
The election is coming and we need to take away power from these corrupt parties (the other two major parties are hardly blameless, although the Liberal Democrats did at least vote against). Support the Open Rights Group and also support the Pirate Party UK who are currently raising money to field candidates. You can donate to the Pirate Party here if you are so inclined: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/donate/
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the book. The book's structure and format followed that of its predecessor (the first edition) which was written by different authors. It was not possible to put entire code listings into the text of the book due to space limitations, which is why the book came with the full source on the CD.
That said, the initial print run of the book had a fault with the project files on the CD, they did indeed have absolute paths. I posted updated versions on the book's official website at courseptr.com[1] and posted updates on NeHe explaining the problem. Later, when ATI updated their drivers and became more strict about an ambiguous part of the GL specification, I updated the project files again[2].
There are Linux versions of all the programs on the CD with project files for Code::Blocks, and the code compiles on both GCC and Visual C++ so I think it's a little unfair to say it was only for Visual Studio. Try out the updated project files, hopefully you'll have more success with them.
I mean, seriously? That's like advertising the keys on a keyboard, or the wheels on a car. Linux always forms part of a product, like a distribution, or a PVR or something, what's the point in it having it's own advert? Now, if they were making Ubuntu, Fedora etc. adverts then yeah that would make sense.
That said, I quite liked the winning ad, if they replaced "Linux" with "Ubuntu" or some other distribution name it would make more sense though.
P.S. Why for the love of code do I have to wait 30 seconds for my preview to come up before I submit? And now I have to wait again coz I edited.. grr..
I was actually thinking of something like this yesterday. With the rapid increase in Wifi + Internet enabled phones and devices, it could be possible to actually have an entirely distributed network just by linking together devices in range.
Perhaps that's where we should build the Internet 2, now governments around the world are doing everything they can to control the first one.:)
From the video page: "The 'spider pill', which is fitted with a camera, is swallowed by the patient and once within the colon or intestine the legs are opened."
The spider's legs or the patient's legs?
I'm hoping the former, otherwise there is a whole new door just opened in the practical joke market...
Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war. -- Basil Fawlty
I dunno, the more drivers you add the more common code you can find between them to reuse. Take Gallium3D for example, there were a tonne of graphics drivers, all reinventing the wheel so someone drew up a plan to just do all the shared work once. The work to port the drivers will be ongoing for a while but when done, bug fixes etc. will only happen once and all the drivers will benefit. I'm pretty sure the same thing happens all the time with other drivers (wifi etc.) I think it's a good thing to have drivers located in the same place.
Also, the drivers are modular, they don't all need to be compiled in.
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Then I'll buy one, I could do with a tablet to run Fedora :)
Someone really needs to consolidate all the bad stuff Sony has done onto one web page. That way next time someone questions my adversity to all things Sony, I can just point at it.
There was a Slashdot post earlier about forking the Internet, and mesh networking was shot down pretty quick because of large distances between nodes. Could networking over powerlines be a solution?
Gallium3D is cross platform - you could write winsys layers for Haiku or whatever, but OSX is one of Wine's main targets and I don't see them shipping Gallium3D anytime soon. Unfortunately no, it's not going to make things any easier.
This isn't really that exciting. Firstly it doesn't benefit Wine at all. Wine supports other platforms than Linux and other drivers than Gallium3D and Mesa and so this is useless to them, if that isn't enough the Wine source structure isn't built for this kind of swap out, specifically because Wine limits X interaction to a single DLL, winex11, and the WineD3D stuff doesn't have direct access to X. The Wine D3D developers have long said that a D3D state tracker won't help them.
Secondly, it's not gonna help porting games to Linux either. D3D is only one part of the DX API and a game does a lot more than just draw stuff. Arguably swapping out D3D for OGL is relatively straightforward in comparison to swapping out sound API, file IO API, network IO API, message handling, etc. etc. that's why some games allow you to switch between the graphics API.
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkWf4crJ9uI#t=2m18s :)
Think of a womans body... reacts very well under multiple touches.
YMMV.
Dell Dimension 2400 by any chance? I've seen the same problem with that machine. Try upgrading to a 2.6.32 kernel, that should fix it.
Link moved, here is where you can find the MP votes: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100407/debtext/100407-0032.htm#1004088001556
Everyone that watched the debate last night was pretty horrified at how broken the "wash up" process was, and how obviously this bill was pushed through by the front benches without the support of the backbench MPs present. Labour were responsible for 97% of the MPs that gave a yes vote, because those Labour MPs that didn't would have faced severe consequences, perhaps even eviction from the party. Some rebel Labour MPs did vote against, Tom Watson leading them, this guy deserves serious respect for standing up for what he believes despite the pressure.
The election is coming and we need to take away power from these corrupt parties (the other two major parties are hardly blameless, although the Liberal Democrats did at least vote against). Support the Open Rights Group and also support the Pirate Party UK who are currently raising money to field candidates. You can donate to the Pirate Party here if you are so inclined: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/donate/
My MP voted for the bill, so I'm going to vote against in the next election, I'd urge people to do the same, find out if your MP voted and which way by going here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/32.htm#hddr_2
I'm the author of that book.
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the book. The book's structure and format followed that of its predecessor (the first edition) which was written by different authors. It was not possible to put entire code listings into the text of the book due to space limitations, which is why the book came with the full source on the CD.
That said, the initial print run of the book had a fault with the project files on the CD, they did indeed have absolute paths. I posted updated versions on the book's official website at courseptr.com[1] and posted updates on NeHe explaining the problem. Later, when ATI updated their drivers and became more strict about an ambiguous part of the GL specification, I updated the project files again[2].
There are Linux versions of all the programs on the CD with project files for Code::Blocks, and the code compiles on both GCC and Visual C++ so I think it's a little unfair to say it was only for Visual Studio. Try out the updated project files, hopefully you'll have more success with them.
Regards,
Luke Benstead.
[1] http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/content/159863528X/links/index.asp?isbn=159863528X
[2] http://www.kazade.co.uk/downloads/boglgp/bug-fixes-2009-08-29.zip
Even that's not right, it's not illegal - it's unlawful (in the UK at least).
Heh, I kinda hope ACTA triggers a cyberwar, against all the governments that backed it.
I mean, seriously? That's like advertising the keys on a keyboard, or the wheels on a car. Linux always forms part of a product, like a distribution, or a PVR or something, what's the point in it having it's own advert? Now, if they were making Ubuntu, Fedora etc. adverts then yeah that would make sense.
That said, I quite liked the winning ad, if they replaced "Linux" with "Ubuntu" or some other distribution name it would make more sense though.
P.S. Why for the love of code do I have to wait 30 seconds for my preview to come up before I submit? And now I have to wait again coz I edited.. grr..
Wait. Slashdot has editors now?
I was actually thinking of something like this yesterday. With the rapid increase in Wifi + Internet enabled phones and devices, it could be possible to actually have an entirely distributed network just by linking together devices in range.
Perhaps that's where we should build the Internet 2, now governments around the world are doing everything they can to control the first one. :)
I mean seriously, how hard is it to go look at http://www.ubuntu.com/ to check?
I've contacted my MP. The open rights group has a brief PDF to send to them so they are clued up. Ask them to back EDM 1997.
More info here: http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/ask-your-mp-to-help-protect-our-freedoms-on-the-net
From the video page: "The 'spider pill', which is fitted with a camera, is swallowed by the patient and once within the colon or intestine the legs are opened."
The spider's legs or the patient's legs?
I'm hoping the former, otherwise there is a whole new door just opened in the practical joke market...
I think it already did... DVD is the victor.
Just have a big touchscreen on the base, and replace the keyboard and touchpad with onscreen versions? Sorta like a big DS... has anyone done that?
Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war. -- Basil Fawlty
I dunno, the more drivers you add the more common code you can find between them to reuse. Take Gallium3D for example, there were a tonne of graphics drivers, all reinventing the wheel so someone drew up a plan to just do all the shared work once. The work to port the drivers will be ongoing for a while but when done, bug fixes etc. will only happen once and all the drivers will benefit. I'm pretty sure the same thing happens all the time with other drivers (wifi etc.) I think it's a good thing to have drivers located in the same place. Also, the drivers are modular, they don't all need to be compiled in.
I for one welcome our radioactive super powered waste eating bacteria overlords
.... I'll get my coat.
I fear the Pirate Party's obsession with 'free (gratis) stuff' also blinds them to the harm it'll do to Free (libre) software.
I'm not too worried about that: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2009/aug/18/rms-talks-pirate-party-uk/