As a former i740 owner, I can tell you that their drivers were shit. OpenGL was/ok/, but Direct3D was purely awful. I remember playing Half-Life with this card and a PII/350, and when I went underwater while in D3D mode the display became completely opaque and slowed way down. OpenGL mode had iffy image quality, but at least it did transparency properly.
Their drivers were so bad that a farkin' Trident 9880 card was a (slight) step up.
The site is a stupid, terrible idea anyway. I'm personally aware of many people who have an irrational hatred for the police and police officers, simply because of what they are.
Yes, you have bad cops. You've also got a lot of good cops who would be harassed and defamed by users of this site. Frankly, it's as stupid as that site that lets high school kids make unsubstantiated complaints about their teachers. Just because you have free speech, doesn't mean that you can use it to make a person's life hell.
The fuck you say? I voted for my Senateweasel because she was not a Republican and therefore would not enable the Decider. I was very conscious of Republican corruption and abuses when I made that decision.
Unfortunately she sided with the fascists on illegal wiretapping and telecom immunity, so I won't be voting for McCaskill in four years.
The statement by the Administration that they haven't used waterboarding for some time now also prevents any sense of urgency from forming around the issue. That assumes that one is naive enough to believe anything the Bush Administration says at this point.
All three of the remaining Presidential candidates are against waterboarding. Funnily enough, McCain has reversed position on being against torture. I suspect he's being a good boy and playing along with the GOP leadership instead of pissing them off.
I thought it seemed kind of fishy. Apparently Spitzer used his own money (not the state's) to pay for the hooker, so other than putting a bad face on the State, he did no harm to New York or his office (OK, unless prostitution is illegal, but IMO it should be legal and regulated). IMO the whole thing smells strongly of what the GOP did to Clinton after the Lewinsky scandal broke. Since consensual sex is so much worse than/anything/, especially to social conservatives.:rolleyes:
Has ANY of the "investigating committees" actually been able to do ANYTHING other than political grandstand? Kind of hard to, when the President's party is more interested in protecting the President than the Constitution.
It'll cost much more these days per hour, with avgas prices being what they are. I wouldn't be surprised if it's much closer to $100/hr or maybe a little more.
Good for you, sweetheart. I'm doing my part by forwarding them on to Spamcop, in hopes that it will at least inconvenience the spammers by getting their accounts deleted or hosts blocked.
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
It would be really nice if the developers would just push development of a good brain-device interface. But make it two-way. That way if some asshole is being obnoxious, I can crack his device and deliver electric shocks.
Or if I could make him watch 2girls1cup and be unable to turn away.
Won't happen. The Decider has many powerful friends, and even among the Joe Lusers there are many who think he can do no wrong (except on immigration, funnily enough).
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I see you didn't read the summary either. I know this is Slashdot and nobody RTFAs, but you should at least RTFS before you post anything.
The S is often wrong, but at least read that if you can't be bothered to RTFA.
As a former i740 owner, I can tell you that their drivers were shit. OpenGL was /ok/, but Direct3D was purely awful. I remember playing Half-Life with this card and a PII/350, and when I went underwater while in D3D mode the display became completely opaque and slowed way down. OpenGL mode had iffy image quality, but at least it did transparency properly.
Their drivers were so bad that a farkin' Trident 9880 card was a (slight) step up.
Well no shit, sugar. Did you even check that link or read the summary?
Taxes. The US has an unusually low tax rate on petroleum.
Interestingly, raycasting is what id used in Wolfenstein 3D, way back in 1992.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_casting
'Tain't group-think when it happens to be true, your partisan protests to the contrary.
a cts comment that I agree with!
I'm frankly amazed that you remember how to breathe, let alone that you're able to use a computer.
There's a world outside of conservative talk radio. It's called "reality". You may want to visit someday.
Wow, that was really clever. Have a cookie.
The site is a stupid, terrible idea anyway. I'm personally aware of many people who have an irrational hatred for the police and police officers, simply because of what they are.
Yes, you have bad cops. You've also got a lot of good cops who would be harassed and defamed by users of this site. Frankly, it's as stupid as that site that lets high school kids make unsubstantiated complaints about their teachers. Just because you have free speech, doesn't mean that you can use it to make a person's life hell.
The fuck you say? I voted for my Senateweasel because she was not a Republican and therefore would not enable the Decider. I was very conscious of Republican corruption and abuses when I made that decision.
Unfortunately she sided with the fascists on illegal wiretapping and telecom immunity, so I won't be voting for McCaskill in four years.
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1876
The people who are in such a hurry to violate the Constitution never believed in it anyway, their bullshit to the contrary.
Thinking about that sort makes me start humming "The March of Cambreadth".
I thought it seemed kind of fishy. Apparently Spitzer used his own money (not the state's) to pay for the hooker, so other than putting a bad face on the State, he did no harm to New York or his office (OK, unless prostitution is illegal, but IMO it should be legal and regulated). IMO the whole thing smells strongly of what the GOP did to Clinton after the Lewinsky scandal broke. Since consensual sex is so much worse than /anything/, especially to social conservatives. :rolleyes:
It'll cost much more these days per hour, with avgas prices being what they are. I wouldn't be surprised if it's much closer to $100/hr or maybe a little more.
TSA's going to start airport-style security on Amtrack soon.
Dammit, I hate driving long distances, but...
Not a picture as such. It's more like the output of banner(1), but the characters are smaller and smoother.
Good for you, sweetheart. I'm doing my part by forwarding them on to Spamcop, in hopes that it will at least inconvenience the spammers by getting their accounts deleted or hosts blocked.
I've been getting a few spams lately that are ASCII art advertising for "viagra". Fairly clever way of getting past the filters, anyway.
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
"You can get more with a kind word and a two-by-four than you can with just a kind word." -- Marcus Cole
though with some companies, s/a two-by-four/artillery/
Or if I could make him watch 2girls1cup and be unable to turn away.
Won't happen. The Decider has many powerful friends, and even among the Joe Lusers there are many who think he can do no wrong (except on immigration, funnily enough).