Which brings up a great point. I really hope they have legal advice on this project because they are walking the thin line of IP here. I worked on a similar project around 1998-1999 for a large company and their IP was always precious to them. I've seen a few other commercial companies try also.
That would be true if software was given 100% CPU devotion. But software doesn't operate in a bubble like that and hence other needs are given CPU time, in turn slowing things like the LAME encoder down.
It's something worth noting though, it's a real performance hit and perhaps something can be done about it in future releases.
The American dream was never about excess, it was about being able to achieve goals in your life through hard work, without having to be in a certain class or knowing someone. The definition has been twisted to mean rampant consumerism but that has nothing to do with the American Dream touted in post-depression America.
Your rant is typical in modern America though. It's always "them", never you. IMO change what you can change and accept the things you can't.
The irony is he writes tripe about how useless the internet is because everyone has a voice (blogs, youtube, etc) and it waters down the content. Then he posts these rants on his blog!
But why would you think that a version number correlates to quality if it's a major version number? Minor version numbers are used to denote increases in quality with minor build releases patching existing bugs. Major version releases denote increases in functionality usually and in turn that means new introduced bugs. It's not as if they released version 1.0 and then 1000 minor patch releases.
You just hit the nail on the head, literally. The penis head. If this world was only men cars would be decorated by the skulls of kills obtained through battle. Most of our world is grinding away to create the safe nest that a woman desires and try to attract her. All men are simply blue boobies, trying to attract a mate. The car is an extension of this whether we like it or not.
I'm a software developer and I once picked up a few college textbooks on aerospace navigation, specifically ones related to control system design (state methods, optimal filtering/control, etc). and I have to say one thing - you sir are a God amongst mere mortals. To say it's tough is an understatement.
Without GPS, our airliners will also plough into the ground
Goddamit man, we can't land without GPS!
Good thing Lindberg had GPS, otherwise he would've gotten lost like Earhart did when her GPS failed.
GPS approaches are actually relatively new and are just now in the past few years showing up on modern Jeppsen charts.
That being said, modern GPS based navigation is so sweet. Nothing is sweeter than jumping into a plane with a G1000 GPS based system, complete with XM weather and traffic warning systems and seeing it all on configurable glass panels. But if it fails there is always backup "classic" gauges one can use. And even if that fails there is ye olde grey matter.
If I get my work done in the time I told you I would then get off my ass about internet use!
A lot of us here are working more and more hours at work. I'm averaging 50-60 per week. So if I take a few minutes to rant on slashdot or watch the latest viral meme video then so what? Take it away and I will simply go somewhere that they either A. give me reasonable hours without free for all internet or B. give me my fuck off time
I'm not entitled to shit, but I can always go down the road and find a better place to work pal. That street goes both ways and I'm not some goddam McDonald's fry guy. Some of us take years to perfect our craft, including studying and perfecting said craft in our "off" time which we aren't paid for and we sure as hell don't eat shit sandwiches just because you think it's the only food in town..
Life is more than productivity and efficiency. It takes effort to maintain a healthy mind, which is the key to computing and my field, software.
Yeah I got that too. I read "Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud" and laughed.
Yes Google, because you make changes to a website you get a pass on usage of the word Beta. Uh huh.
Ah then I agree, we certainly could fall into the realm of invasive species in the cases you state and many others. I want to stress that I'm not taking the attitude "well it's natural and they could't adapt so F em". We have the brain to ponder our impact on the world around us, and in turn I would agree an obligation to not only the world around us, but in turn ourselves. After all we can't live without them.
It's interesting how people confuse natural selection with a moral argument.
Is your body made like the Terminator, out of metal? If not then you are part of nature. Human choices of course effect our environment, but let's not confuse philosophy with science. Science doesn't care about morals, only about facts. And the fact is if something has been killed by another species and that species was naturally occurring then it was by all definitions "natural selection".
This is a far cry from Diablo II's fairly realistic designs.
Okay everyone keeps saying this and I could not disagree more. Look at any of the boss characters in Diablo or Diablo II and tell me they look "realistic". They look like cartoons IMO. Then look at the other mobs. I mean just look at the jungle flayers in Diablo II with their cartoon like sounds, looking like little "ikari warriors" with spears, and tell me that is realistic!
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Which brings up a great point. I really hope they have legal advice on this project because they are walking the thin line of IP here. I worked on a similar project around 1998-1999 for a large company and their IP was always precious to them. I've seen a few other commercial companies try also.
So the moral of the story above - CYA.
007: Golden Eye FTW!
I loved the N64
Dude, it's an alpha version but stable. I just read that above and had a good laugh.
But if it's improved wouldn't it be _new_ software?
That would be true if software was given 100% CPU devotion. But software doesn't operate in a bubble like that and hence other needs are given CPU time, in turn slowing things like the LAME encoder down.
It's something worth noting though, it's a real performance hit and perhaps something can be done about it in future releases.
The American dream was never about excess, it was about being able to achieve goals in your life through hard work, without having to be in a certain class or knowing someone. The definition has been twisted to mean rampant consumerism but that has nothing to do with the American Dream touted in post-depression America.
Your rant is typical in modern America though. It's always "them", never you. IMO change what you can change and accept the things you can't.
Jesus, I never realized. So that's why he ignores the booty thrown at him constantly. It all makes sense now.
LOL, you fell for the manufactured cover story. It was Robot Penguins with.. never mind I've said too much.
The irony is he writes tripe about how useless the internet is because everyone has a voice (blogs, youtube, etc) and it waters down the content. Then he posts these rants on his blog!
Pot, kettle calling, will you accept the charges?
I agree. I just read some of this tripe and I'd like to punch this guy right in his arrogant face.
35 is not old you insensitive bastard!
Man I hope to be in such shape at 78, or alive even!
But why would you think that a version number correlates to quality if it's a major version number? Minor version numbers are used to denote increases in quality with minor build releases patching existing bugs. Major version releases denote increases in functionality usually and in turn that means new introduced bugs. It's not as if they released version 1.0 and then 1000 minor patch releases.
Seen many old astronauts lately?
Astronauts in orbit are falling also but yet experiencing what is commonly referred to as "zero-G".
Sorry to get in the way of your.. whatever
We know they have issues. They're managers after all.
You just hit the nail on the head, literally. The penis head. If this world was only men cars would be decorated by the skulls of kills obtained through battle. Most of our world is grinding away to create the safe nest that a woman desires and try to attract her. All men are simply blue boobies, trying to attract a mate. The car is an extension of this whether we like it or not.
I'm a software developer and I once picked up a few college textbooks on aerospace navigation, specifically ones related to control system design (state methods, optimal filtering/control, etc). and I have to say one thing - you sir are a God amongst mere mortals. To say it's tough is an understatement.
Without GPS, our airliners will also plough into the ground
Goddamit man, we can't land without GPS!
Good thing Lindberg had GPS, otherwise he would've gotten lost like Earhart did when her GPS failed.
GPS approaches are actually relatively new and are just now in the past few years showing up on modern Jeppsen charts.
That being said, modern GPS based navigation is so sweet. Nothing is sweeter than jumping into a plane with a G1000 GPS based system, complete with XM weather and traffic warning systems and seeing it all on configurable glass panels. But if it fails there is always backup "classic" gauges one can use. And even if that fails there is ye olde grey matter.
OUTRAGE, the new black.
How dare you sir how dare you! ... yawn
If I get my work done in the time I told you I would then get off my ass about internet use!
A lot of us here are working more and more hours at work. I'm averaging 50-60 per week. So if I take a few minutes to rant on slashdot or watch the latest viral meme video then so what? Take it away and I will simply go somewhere that they either A. give me reasonable hours without free for all internet or B. give me my fuck off time
I'm not entitled to shit, but I can always go down the road and find a better place to work pal. That street goes both ways and I'm not some goddam McDonald's fry guy. Some of us take years to perfect our craft, including studying and perfecting said craft in our "off" time which we aren't paid for and we sure as hell don't eat shit sandwiches just because you think it's the only food in town..
Life is more than productivity and efficiency. It takes effort to maintain a healthy mind, which is the key to computing and my field, software.
Yeah I got that too. I read "Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud" and laughed.
Yes Google, because you make changes to a website you get a pass on usage of the word Beta. Uh huh.
Ah then I agree, we certainly could fall into the realm of invasive species in the cases you state and many others. I want to stress that I'm not taking the attitude "well it's natural and they could't adapt so F em". We have the brain to ponder our impact on the world around us, and in turn I would agree an obligation to not only the world around us, but in turn ourselves. After all we can't live without them.
It's interesting how people confuse natural selection with a moral argument.
Is your body made like the Terminator, out of metal? If not then you are part of nature. Human choices of course effect our environment, but let's not confuse philosophy with science. Science doesn't care about morals, only about facts. And the fact is if something has been killed by another species and that species was naturally occurring then it was by all definitions "natural selection".
This is a far cry from Diablo II's fairly realistic designs.
Okay everyone keeps saying this and I could not disagree more. Look at any of the boss characters in Diablo or Diablo II and tell me they look "realistic". They look like cartoons IMO. Then look at the other mobs. I mean just look at the jungle flayers in Diablo II with their cartoon like sounds, looking like little "ikari warriors" with spears, and tell me that is realistic!