Yes, it is multiplatform, but from a developers perspective, DirectX gives a nice SDK with documentation, samples, debugging tools, detailed error messages, and produce a clean code. OpenGL is like a "here is the header files, sort yourself out".
I'm a developer, I've written code that uses DirectX, and to a lesser extent I've dabbled with OpenGL. I would never call any code based on a COM API "clean" - ever. Heck, most of the DirectX samples provided by Microsoft that I've seen still use goto statements!
However I am still waiting for wireless device to use a proper standard like Bluetooth.
I managed to find exactly one single full-size keyboard using Bluetooth, and it was only on sale in Germany with German layout...
Bluetooth used to be very popular for HID devices. The keyboard I'm typing on now is Bluetooth (Logitech diNovo Edge). The original diNovo Media Desktop was also very impressive for those wanting a number pad. Logitech has since moved away from Bluetooth and towards their unified custom wireless dongles allegedly due to better performance and battery life, much to my distaste.
I agree. Also, I'm tired of hearing the lock in complaint with secure boot - Microsoft requires x86 machines to be unlockable, only ARM is locked down. Where's their EU complaint regarding locked bootloaders for competing tablets?
How about that, a semi-literate with mod points! If you not only can't spell a four letter word without a spell checker and, what's more, don't notice that it completely changes the meaning of what you were trying to say, you need to get your GED.
A spell checker won't help as it was still a correctly spelt word.
The 3570k is not mid range, it's high end. The only substantial difference between it and the top i7 chip is hyperthreading and that isn't always useful. In some workloads, it's actually a hindrance. The types of workloads that favour hyperthreading are generally where the AMD chips are competitive with the i7 anyway.
Video transcoding, while not representative of the average computing task, is still definitely "real world shit" and much moreso than simply incrementing counters.
It is telling that StarCraft 1 included 3 campaigns, and multiplayer, right out of the gate, one for each race. And the campaigns for starcraft 2 are not 3x as good nor 3x as long.
3x as good? No, they were roughly comparable.
3x as long? Approximately, sure.
The guest mode disabled certain features that tracked your single player campaign progress. My internet went out during a particularly long mission, no notification popped up, it just silently went to guest mode, and I had to redo the mission. I didn't find the game anywhere near as fun as the original, and with no LAN I ended up just going back to SC:BW. I won't be wasting my money again this time round.
I'm still not sure how this is representative of real world usage. Is this site allowing full access where the user chooses after viewing it how much they think it's worth as a way of determining how much to charge for access in real world usage where you'd have to pay before viewing it? For me at the very least, pay before and pay after decisions will heavily skew how much I'm willing to pay.
From the most practical point of view the SSL "patch" one of their maintainers did was pretty damaging, years of trivially breakable certificates because some idiot doesn't like compiler warnings wasn't great for the reputation of Linux as secure, it didn't do much for the many eyes idea either.
That was a bug in Debian and Debian derived versions. It didn't harm upstream. It was a silly bug, but it wasn't due to arrogance unlike OP was asserting.
That said, OP was probably referring to their over religious nature wrt free software and/or the excessive bloat and slow release cycle caused by their need to support such a large number of architectures.
That doesn't harm Linux as a whole. It just makes Debian less desirable than some alternatives. It also makes it more desirable in some situations, so "more harm done than good" is a fairly bold claim.
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It generally works for Indie level games as they don't usually push the hardware to its limits when compared to games like Crysis.
Yes, it is multiplatform, but from a developers perspective, DirectX gives a nice SDK with documentation, samples, debugging tools, detailed error messages, and produce a clean code. OpenGL is like a "here is the header files, sort yourself out".
I'm a developer, I've written code that uses DirectX, and to a lesser extent I've dabbled with OpenGL. I would never call any code based on a COM API "clean" - ever. Heck, most of the DirectX samples provided by Microsoft that I've seen still use goto statements!
However I am still waiting for wireless device to use a proper standard like Bluetooth. I managed to find exactly one single full-size keyboard using Bluetooth, and it was only on sale in Germany with German layout...
Bluetooth used to be very popular for HID devices. The keyboard I'm typing on now is Bluetooth (Logitech diNovo Edge). The original diNovo Media Desktop was also very impressive for those wanting a number pad. Logitech has since moved away from Bluetooth and towards their unified custom wireless dongles allegedly due to better performance and battery life, much to my distaste.
It really is? Or should it only be? Serious question. I don't know American laws.
What do American laws have to do with this? The summary clearly states this was a German court.
I agree. Also, I'm tired of hearing the lock in complaint with secure boot - Microsoft requires x86 machines to be unlockable, only ARM is locked down. Where's their EU complaint regarding locked bootloaders for competing tablets?
You realise you're promoting use of the HOSTS file in a Windows 8 thread, and Windows 8 has nerfed that functionality?
How about that, a semi-literate with mod points! If you not only can't spell a four letter word without a spell checker and, what's more, don't notice that it completely changes the meaning of what you were trying to say, you need to get your GED.
A spell checker won't help as it was still a correctly spelt word.
Not on Android. There was no way to turn on WiFi with a single click until Android 4.2.2, and even in Android 4.2.2 is it a press and hold, not a tap.
I'm running 2.3.7 and I just hit the WiFi button on one of the widgets.
The 3570k is not mid range, it's high end. The only substantial difference between it and the top i7 chip is hyperthreading and that isn't always useful. In some workloads, it's actually a hindrance. The types of workloads that favour hyperthreading are generally where the AMD chips are competitive with the i7 anyway.
Video transcoding, while not representative of the average computing task, is still definitely "real world shit" and much moreso than simply incrementing counters.
My bad
It is telling that StarCraft 1 included 3 campaigns, and multiplayer, right out of the gate, one for each race. And the campaigns for starcraft 2 are not 3x as good nor 3x as long.
3x as good? No, they were roughly comparable. 3x as long? Approximately, sure.
I got SC2 WoL release day for approx $70AUD by walking into a brick and mortar store in Melbourne, no preorder. $90? You got ripped off.
All Blizzard titles provide free access to battle.net
Like WoW?
The guest mode disabled certain features that tracked your single player campaign progress. My internet went out during a particularly long mission, no notification popped up, it just silently went to guest mode, and I had to redo the mission. I didn't find the game anywhere near as fun as the original, and with no LAN I ended up just going back to SC:BW. I won't be wasting my money again this time round.
I'm still not sure how this is representative of real world usage. Is this site allowing full access where the user chooses after viewing it how much they think it's worth as a way of determining how much to charge for access in real world usage where you'd have to pay before viewing it? For me at the very least, pay before and pay after decisions will heavily skew how much I'm willing to pay.
...most people are wussies and cant handle 18-22 feet of snow on the ground for the typical winter.
That's enough to bury a house. How would you get out the front door?
You could just use "sudo su"
Yes, but he does need to be in a foreign country to be hit that way
Negative.
It's C++. The .NET Framework doesn't come into it, nor does Mono.
What does TortoiseSVN have to do with .NET?
If the peons are so smart, why didn't they have their parents pay them through business school, like I did?
Right, because it's literally impossible to be really smart and have broke and/or no parents.
IM is for conversation. E-mail is for questions.
What, so we're not allowed to ask questions in a conversation any more?
The Microsoft documentation also doesn't mention the known bugs. Oh how that annoys me...
From the most practical point of view the SSL "patch" one of their maintainers did was pretty damaging, years of trivially breakable certificates because some idiot doesn't like compiler warnings wasn't great for the reputation of Linux as secure, it didn't do much for the many eyes idea either.
That was a bug in Debian and Debian derived versions. It didn't harm upstream. It was a silly bug, but it wasn't due to arrogance unlike OP was asserting.
That said, OP was probably referring to their over religious nature wrt free software and/or the excessive bloat and slow release cycle caused by their need to support such a large number of architectures.
That doesn't harm Linux as a whole. It just makes Debian less desirable than some alternatives. It also makes it more desirable in some situations, so "more harm done than good" is a fairly bold claim.