Perhaps benchmarks should start recording every n-th frame (randomly), and then write some program which attempts to measure the % of differences between it and what it "should" render as, to catch all the errors.
I don't know how best to generate the "should" images. But I'd bet someone a lot smarter than me could figure it out, heh.
Another thing you can do is buy used CDs. Buy used instead of new in every single case. If enough people did this, the sales figures would clearly reveal that people are still buying the same quantity of music, but just at a different lower price.
What's eating me up is that/. et al are so hell bent on propogating this, so far as anyone can tell, unfounded claim. Once or twice a day, they put an article up on the main site to help spread SCO's FUD. Who knows why? It's not like there's any new information day by day.
I vote (heh, I know, doesn't matter) that/. stop giving SCO the attention it so desperately wants until the code in question is revealed.
Dunno. They may release a different "map"* of the supposedly infringing code to each person, so they could identify the leak. However, I didn't see anything there (correct me if I'm wrong) that said someone couldn't replace the code and then submit a patch to Linus.
I love my 1760V. I haven't experienced the problems the other poster mentioned (sorry bud) The response time is excellent and makes all the difference in the world. It is definitely VERY bright - I had to turn down the settings to about 25-30%.
My only complaint about it was that it is 1280x1024 instead of 1280x960. That's really more of a complaint about all LCDs in general.
A shareware utility called Powerstrip took care of this for me with these settings:
12V->120VAC inverters are great for this sort of thing. Plus, there's a lot less waste involved in recharging a battery a couple of hundred times vs. throwing out a couple thousand AAA batteries.
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Sure, there'd be fallout from Cogent going under. However, any provider relying solely on Cogent for transit would just be getting what they deserve.:)
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Paid-for bandwidth is typically going to be leaps and bounds better than bandwidth from a public (or private) exchange point where you're bartering for peering agreements.
Paid-for bandwidth is actually cheaper at this point than peering bandwidth, when consumed in high quantities, at this point, because so many vendors are willing to sell bandwidth below their cost.
The latter is bound to change once certain vendors exit the market *coughCogentcough*.
I agree. Having a regular group of people to play with makes a huge difference. One of the biggest problems with almost every MMOG out there is that it's very easy to fall behind the group, and then be basically "useless" and have to be "powerleveled" to catch up (or just hold everyone back).
It's really unfortunate that the most social of games out there in the mainstream are so fundamentally broken.
Heh... wow. Ok. So all that needs to happen is for video game stores to start enforcing policies regarding game ratings. No need to get the government involved - do you really need them to be your mommy and your daddy when companies don't do what you want them to?
The last sentence... I'm tempted to call "troll", but given the rest of the tone of your post, you seem mostly reasonable, so perhaps I'm interpreting it wrong.
Video games are as much a form of free speech as movies, television shows, books, art, and music. In fact, video games incorporate elements from almost every one of those things. There's nothing making them sufficiently "different" that they should not be protected under the idea of free speech.
I learned about them because they put posters about it up on lamp posts. I happened to notice because I walk to work - nobody in cars would have noticed.
I've looked at all of my credit reports, I've yet to see anything on there to indicate my income. They might find out that I have a couple of credit cards and no debt.
Anyways, they can't just request the credit report on a whim, and it'd show up on the credit report itself if they had.
How would TiVo know you make between 40,000 and 80,000 a year?
TiVo knows that I make more than $155.88/year, but I haven't given them an indication of how much more.
And yes, there's an opt out feature in the TiVo, so you can have your viewing statistics removed from your zip code. Big win for privacy.;) Just don't complain when your local station uses the info and decides to cancel your favorite three-thumbs-up show.;)
Sure, but will it ever really be 10%? When my CU wouldn't let me access online banking from Mozilla, I e-mailed them to suggest they not disallow it, and then went ahead and accessed it from IE. They did eventually add Mozilla support (or rather, remove what was blocking it), but it wasn't such a big deal to have to use IE.
I suspect most people, especially non-geeks, would have no problem starting up IE to access their online banking if necessary. Then they'll see that IE works just fine for most webpages (because, honestly, it does, regardless of the reason), and may not start Mozilla again.
I would be willing to bet you have a contract with WorldMark stating that you own a timeshare with them. TSO, DAoC, EQ, UO, etc, all have agreements stating that they own everything on their network. They're not really maintaining your property like WorldMark is - they're maintaining their property which you have limited access to.
However, having an online world where you can actually really own the virtual property does have the potential to be very interesting and profitable, I agree.
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Perhaps benchmarks should start recording every n-th frame (randomly), and then write some program which attempts to measure the % of differences between it and what it "should" render as, to catch all the errors.
I don't know how best to generate the "should" images. But I'd bet someone a lot smarter than me could figure it out, heh.
Maybe that's why the /. editors continue to post the anti-Linux/FUD-spreading articles. Now that'd be a fun story!
'cause the DMCA doesn't apply to spam, it applies to copyright infringement.
Another thing you can do is buy used CDs. Buy used instead of new in every single case. If enough people did this, the sales figures would clearly reveal that people are still buying the same quantity of music, but just at a different lower price.
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* since the code is already released, it'd basically be a map, and I guess some code from their archives to back up the claim.
What's eating me up is that /. et al are so hell bent on propogating this, so far as anyone can tell, unfounded claim. Once or twice a day, they put an article up on the main site to help spread SCO's FUD. Who knows why? It's not like there's any new information day by day.
/. stop giving SCO the attention it so desperately wants until the code in question is revealed.
I vote (heh, I know, doesn't matter) that
Dunno. They may release a different "map"* of the supposedly infringing code to each person, so they could identify the leak. However, I didn't see anything there (correct me if I'm wrong) that said someone couldn't replace the code and then submit a patch to Linus.
I love my 1760V. I haven't experienced the problems the other poster mentioned (sorry bud) The response time is excellent and makes all the difference in the world. It is definitely VERY bright - I had to turn down the settings to about 25-30%.
My only complaint about it was that it is 1280x1024 instead of 1280x960. That's really more of a complaint about all LCDs in general.
A shareware utility called Powerstrip took care of this for me with these settings:
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Now I get tiny black bars above and below when I'm playing games that have 1280x960 but don't have 1280x1024 *cough Battlefield cough*
12V->120VAC inverters are great for this sort of thing. Plus, there's a lot less waste involved in recharging a battery a couple of hundred times vs. throwing out a couple thousand AAA batteries.
Sure, there'd be fallout from Cogent going under. However, any provider relying solely on Cogent for transit would just be getting what they deserve. :)
What about: ClearChannel/GE/Viacom/Disney/Microsoft/Haliburton /AOL/TW/Fox/MPAA/RIAA
Paid-for bandwidth is typically going to be leaps and bounds better than bandwidth from a public (or private) exchange point where you're bartering for peering agreements.
Paid-for bandwidth is actually cheaper at this point than peering bandwidth, when consumed in high quantities, at this point, because so many vendors are willing to sell bandwidth below their cost.
The latter is bound to change once certain vendors exit the market *coughCogentcough*.
I agree. Having a regular group of people to play with makes a huge difference. One of the biggest problems with almost every MMOG out there is that it's very easy to fall behind the group, and then be basically "useless" and have to be "powerleveled" to catch up (or just hold everyone back).
It's really unfortunate that the most social of games out there in the mainstream are so fundamentally broken.
Not to mention has tons of money, resigning almost exactly 4 years after his company was purchased (and thus, probably all of his stock is vested).
Heh... wow. Ok. So all that needs to happen is for video game stores to start enforcing policies regarding game ratings. No need to get the government involved - do you really need them to be your mommy and your daddy when companies don't do what you want them to?
The last sentence... I'm tempted to call "troll", but given the rest of the tone of your post, you seem mostly reasonable, so perhaps I'm interpreting it wrong.
Video games are as much a form of free speech as movies, television shows, books, art, and music. In fact, video games incorporate elements from almost every one of those things. There's nothing making them sufficiently "different" that they should not be protected under the idea of free speech.
MPAA ratings not backed by the force of law. There's the difference.
I learned about them because they put posters about it up on lamp posts. I happened to notice because I walk to work - nobody in cars would have noticed.
I've looked at all of my credit reports, I've yet to see anything on there to indicate my income. They might find out that I have a couple of credit cards and no debt.
Anyways, they can't just request the credit report on a whim, and it'd show up on the credit report itself if they had.
Very nice. If you're in the US, the new season starts next Friday (13th)
Doesn't it bode well that they've said they'd do something like this since oh, day one? That is, the selling of aggregate data?
They've been very open with us on this issue. They've given no reason not to trust them.
How would TiVo know you make between 40,000 and 80,000 a year?
;) Just don't complain when your local station uses the info and decides to cancel your favorite three-thumbs-up show. ;)
TiVo knows that I make more than $155.88/year, but I haven't given them an indication of how much more.
And yes, there's an opt out feature in the TiVo, so you can have your viewing statistics removed from your zip code. Big win for privacy.
Sure, but will it ever really be 10%? When my CU wouldn't let me access online banking from Mozilla, I e-mailed them to suggest they not disallow it, and then went ahead and accessed it from IE. They did eventually add Mozilla support (or rather, remove what was blocking it), but it wasn't such a big deal to have to use IE.
I suspect most people, especially non-geeks, would have no problem starting up IE to access their online banking if necessary. Then they'll see that IE works just fine for most webpages (because, honestly, it does, regardless of the reason), and may not start Mozilla again.
Only wankers reply to sigs.
Ha, who would fall for that.
Schools are already a joke - at least they were when I left them years ago.
No shootings tho.. hm. I missed out.
I would be willing to bet you have a contract with WorldMark stating that you own a timeshare with them. TSO, DAoC, EQ, UO, etc, all have agreements stating that they own everything on their network. They're not really maintaining your property like WorldMark is - they're maintaining their property which you have limited access to.
However, having an online world where you can actually really own the virtual property does have the potential to be very interesting and profitable, I agree.