Don't get ahead of yourself. We need to standardise on a preliminary standard before we start standardising standard standards. Now once that standard has been settled, we can follow standard procedure for standardising standards to decide which standard should be standard.
Clock frequency is worthless as a measure of CPU performance. Cores have never stopped getting faster.
For example: Each individual core in a 2.66Ghz i5-750 is more than twice as fast as a 3.8Ghz P4. Often many times faster than that, depending on the workload.
You are, however, still vulnerable to small arms fire and surface to air missiles.
They seem pretty safe to me. Notice that the 30mm shells take around 2 seconds to reach their mark. The Apache's 30mm cannon has a muzzle velocity of 800m/s. They were more than 1.5km away.
The effective range of an RPG is something like 500m and that's being generous. Their maximum range is also less than a kilometre, to the best of my knowledge. They explode in mid-air if they miss and go out of range.
AK-47s have a similar effective range. Not that such a weapon is effective against a flying tank like the Apache. These things can stay in the air after being hit by a 20mm cannon, small arms fire from more than a mile away isn't going to do anything.
The panel was talking about the 'hardcore' section of pc gaming. Casual games and MMOs are doing great and no one disputes that.
So? It's always the same shit with these windbags, they're completely clueless.
Let's look at the facts here:
- Companies don't keep making games if they don't profit from them. They'd go out of business.
- They keep making 'hardcore' games, including many PC-exclusive ones. Year after year.
I completely understand the need to protect their investment and product
I don't. Since when did an AAA game ever fail because of piracy?
Most games get cracked immediately and pirated thoroughly. But pirates are still a small group in comparison to the market for big games. I remember Spore getting cracked and pirated before it was even released, and yet it was a big success. It's hardly alone in that.
You play a lunatic child, going around enslaving and imprisoning sentient creatures. You keep them confined permanently except to cockfight them with other lunatics until one loses consciousness. Then you steal their money.
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lack of ineffectiveness
Note to self: proof-reading is not for chumps.
The problem is the principle. The lack of ineffectiveness is only one of the jewels in that crown of total failure.
Don't get ahead of yourself. We need to standardise on a preliminary standard before we start standardising standard standards. Now once that standard has been settled, we can follow standard procedure for standardising standards to decide which standard should be standard.
Who modded this poor fellow offtopic?
He's a Slashdotter - do you know how many LEDs he's exposed to on a regular basis? Have a heart!
Hey! I like synthetic vegetables.
Burned by an LED?
What happens if she's exposed to direct sunlight? Presumably it causes her to burst into flame, being tens of thousands of times more energetic.
Given that parent was talking about all x86 CPUs made in the last five years, I thought that was implicit.
Correct.
Clock frequency is worthless as a measure of CPU performance. Cores have never stopped getting faster.
For example: Each individual core in a 2.66Ghz i5-750 is more than twice as fast as a 3.8Ghz P4. Often many times faster than that, depending on the workload.
promotes the sexualization — and sexual assault — of our children.
That pegged my bullshit detector. In fact I think it broke the peg clean off.
You are, however, still vulnerable to small arms fire and surface to air missiles.
They seem pretty safe to me. Notice that the 30mm shells take around 2 seconds to reach their mark. The Apache's 30mm cannon has a muzzle velocity of 800m/s. They were more than 1.5km away.
The effective range of an RPG is something like 500m and that's being generous. Their maximum range is also less than a kilometre, to the best of my knowledge. They explode in mid-air if they miss and go out of range.
AK-47s have a similar effective range. Not that such a weapon is effective against a flying tank like the Apache. These things can stay in the air after being hit by a 20mm cannon, small arms fire from more than a mile away isn't going to do anything.
We could then rename it 'Oxymoranium'.
Maybe I do. Do you desire an argument from authority?
George Lucas has decided to turn the franchise into an animated sitcom.
Slashdot is so far behind. The Episode 1/2/3 movies have been out for years!
Good point. I've been had!
The panel was talking about the 'hardcore' section of pc gaming. Casual games and MMOs are doing great and no one disputes that.
So? It's always the same shit with these windbags, they're completely clueless.
Let's look at the facts here:
- Companies don't keep making games if they don't profit from them. They'd go out of business.
- They keep making 'hardcore' games, including many PC-exclusive ones. Year after year.
What does that tell you?
I like to mentally replace that with the actual meaning: "between 0 and".
It could allow software applications to run between 0 and 20% faster!
I completely understand the need to protect their investment and product
I don't. Since when did an AAA game ever fail because of piracy?
Most games get cracked immediately and pirated thoroughly. But pirates are still a small group in comparison to the market for big games. I remember Spore getting cracked and pirated before it was even released, and yet it was a big success. It's hardly alone in that.
Miegakure suggests that there is a fourth spatial dimention, just like the three you are used to seeing.
Are you calling me fat?
Did all of slashdot wake up on the wrong side of the floor today?
If you mean the basement, then probably.
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Hey, Pokemon is pretty violent.
You play a lunatic child, going around enslaving and imprisoning sentient creatures. You keep them confined permanently except to cockfight them with other lunatics until one loses consciousness. Then you steal their money.
Brutal!
They're bad at cards. Didn't know how to raise.
Another indication that processing speeds aren't really increasing anymore these days?
They are increasing, hugely. Clock speed != processing speed, despite Intels' stupid Pentium 4 marketing.
It also uses Sony memory sticks instead of SD cards. Proprietary UMD format for movies and games. Etc.
:)
Cool device if you install custom firmware though.
Fun fact: Your reading comprehension is atrocious.