It's even more ironic since GW ripped almost all of their material off from Aliens, D&D, Michael Moorcock, and of course daddy Tolkien. The only thing that makes them different from other clone stamps is the quality of their art, which is great stuff
A lot of developers have been bitching about the ps3's SDK.
I imagine part of the issue is the PS3's weird architecture.
From what I understand, the XBox 360 has some processors, some RAM, a GPU, and a few IO controllers, and it connects these via copper tracks in the normal manner. The PS3 has a many-headed daemon called Cell, and special magic incantations must be used when trying to access anything that's not Cell.
I've read a number of posts here confirming that this caused various browsers to crash, but I still see several people here insisting that the entire premise is false and that there it hasn't caused any crashes. Are these Crash Truthers just playing a game of picky wording, or are the programs in question actually working properly?
Most of the argument is about crash vs immediate termination. An assert failure generally triggers the latter. From a user POV though, they're identical.
They don't ask unless by "ask" you mean "telling you about it afterwards".
Yes Mozilla is a little bit less fascist than Apple, but not much
It must be so hard for you, having to click the big grey warning Firefox shows to run Java applets. The effort required to move the mouse an inch and the button a millimetre is such a huge PITA I'm surprised it hasn't caused World War III.
Bullshit, doesn't work anywhere else, but XBOX, what flexibility are you talking about?
It also works on WinPhone (even WP8) and Widnows XP onwards, with the ability to share 95%+ of the code between them. So it covers the two largest segments of the videogame market, platform-wise.
Considering that it ships with very little, application-wise, I really don't know WTF they're doing with ~15-20x more space than WinXP. Even with needing to have both 32 and 64 bit libs I don't get how that much bloat between Vista and XP is justified. What does it all do?
Part of that will be the numerous versions of the.NET Framework (1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, WinRT, though not Silverlight).
Depends on the reaction speed. Sodium reacts quick enough to (sometimes) generate enough heat to light the hydrogen immediately. The silicon version, if it has a slower reaction rate, will produce less heat, so the chances of premature ignition are significantly reduced.
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Interesting. Does that include system components as well, like the kernel?
That depends more on the device maker/carrier than Google.
That facility didn't even come into existence until decades after the plaform beceme a malware magnet.
To be fair, it's only been viable since the (relatively) widespread adoption of broadband.
It's even more ironic since GW ripped almost all of their material off from Aliens, D&D, Michael Moorcock, and of course daddy Tolkien. The only thing that makes them different from other clone stamps is the quality of their art, which is great stuff
The novels are pretty good too.
A lot of developers have been bitching about the ps3's SDK.
I imagine part of the issue is the PS3's weird architecture.
From what I understand, the XBox 360 has some processors, some RAM, a GPU, and a few IO controllers, and it connects these via copper tracks in the normal manner. The PS3 has a many-headed daemon called Cell, and special magic incantations must be used when trying to access anything that's not Cell.
Wasting modpoints, but oh well. The McLaren P1 is set for a 2014 release.
Are you saying Ouya and the Steam Box are just rumours?
No, he's saying the always-on/gamelock on the next XBox are rumours.
Reading - it's a useful life skill. I suggest you learn how to do it.
I think this is a dick move by MS.
It's just a rumour at the moment. I'm gonna wait until details are confirmed before deciding to buy it or not.
taking the cover off a microchip and reading code that wasn't meant to be read is not a DMCA violation at all.
You're not bypassing DRM, as there is no DRM. So no violation, beyond standard copyright infringement, and even that's a grey area.
Childish daydreams of youth, maybe, but not science.
Einstein once asked himself 'What would a light wave look like if you caught up with it?' - and lo, general relativity was discovered.
I've read a number of posts here confirming that this caused various browsers to crash, but I still see several people here insisting that the entire premise is false and that there it hasn't caused any crashes. Are these Crash Truthers just playing a game of picky wording, or are the programs in question actually working properly?
Most of the argument is about crash vs immediate termination. An assert failure generally triggers the latter. From a user POV though, they're identical.
Did you write the code in question? No? Then you have no idea what the internal state is.
They don't ask unless by "ask" you mean "telling you about it afterwards".
Yes Mozilla is a little bit less fascist than Apple, but not much
It must be so hard for you, having to click the big grey warning Firefox shows to run Java applets. The effort required to move the mouse an inch and the button a millimetre is such a huge PITA I'm surprised it hasn't caused World War III.
You'd prefer them to drop all old APIs instead, shafting millions of users?
*demented gibbering*
FTFY
I think GP was referring to Xbox 360 and Windows.
Absolutely.
Microsoft have a long history of failing to provide graphics API stability, GDI, GDI+, WPF 2D/3D, DX, MDX, XNA
Failing? Hardly.
GDI and GDI+ still work on Windows 8 - this is what WinForms is built on. These have been stable for years now.
WPF was recently updated for .NET 4.5, so obviously that's dead in the water.
DirectX is alive and kicking on the PC, as is XNA on PC and XBox.
The only one MS don't want you using at all is MDX, which is why they created XNA.
Bullshit, doesn't work anywhere else, but XBOX, what flexibility are you talking about?
It also works on WinPhone (even WP8) and Widnows XP onwards, with the ability to share 95%+ of the code between them. So it covers the two largest segments of the videogame market, platform-wise.
Of course, by "computing science basics", they mean "train them to only know how to use MS Word and Excel"
I did IT all the way to A-level a decade ago - nothing changes...
Nothing I didn't already know, but thanks for the refresher :)
Considering that it ships with very little, application-wise, I really don't know WTF they're doing with ~15-20x more space than WinXP. Even with needing to have both 32 and 64 bit libs I don't get how that much bloat between Vista and XP is justified. What does it all do?
Part of that will be the numerous versions of the .NET Framework (1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, WinRT, though not Silverlight).
Depends on the reaction speed. Sodium reacts quick enough to (sometimes) generate enough heat to light the hydrogen immediately. The silicon version, if it has a slower reaction rate, will produce less heat, so the chances of premature ignition are significantly reduced.
I for one smell a hint of YTMND.
At least YTMND knows it's making the Internet worse.
Software was not closed until Bill Gates closed it.
Multics was closed from 1969 to 2007, beating ol' Billy G by over a decade.
robots and their brain the 22nd they will be centuries later concurred
Predicting it now!
Erm... 47?
Install 7 then, it runs cooler.
Can you still get 7 legally?
Even with this, I'm still not sure...