so even content creation does not save you from guilt assumption
That's correct. Nothing is created in a vacuum. When you create a work of authorship, you draw on existing works. The owner of the copyright in a work has the right to prevent you from drawing upon the expression in that work when creating your own work, even if you don't know you're copying.
If you claim that your work is "original", how are you going to defend your claim in court against a multinational conglomerate with several orders of magnitude more cash than you have?
Is it possible to get such permission? No? Then the copyright owner is a monopolist. Under the antitrust laws of several sovereign states, monopolists have to play by different rules.
If we don't fight it, the rest of the world is going to be under a Muslim rule. As a Christian rule, I will die rather than forsake God.
There is no god but God. Abraham was his prophet. Moses was his prophet. Jesus was his son and prophet. Muhammad was his prophet. Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God. The core of God's commandment (love God, and love one another) is consistent across all religions. Thus, if Europe and America fight the Middle East in World War III, the battle of Armageddon, it will be a war fought over trivialities.
I Am Not A Theologian, but here's my advice: Just prepare for the end times and accept God into your life.
But I wasn't talking about motion blur. I'm talking about TAA
I thought TAA and motion blur were the same thing, as this page seems to imply. Is there a difference?
I meant that it should be offered as a choice in the video card drivers. Much like Nvidia etc. offer enforced spatial anti-aliasing (FSAA)
The OpenGL rendering model introduces a big difference between spatial effects and temporal effects. The coordinates passed to OpenGL are three-dimensional (x, y, z), not four-dimensional (x, y, z, t)[1]. In OpenGL's coordinate space, coordinates of individual polygons within a rendered scene can be considered continuous. Only the rasterizer breaks this continuity, and a video card can choose traditional rasterization or FSAA rasterization because it has access to the (x, y) coordinates for interpolation within a pixel. On the other hand, OpenGL time is discrete, and each frame is considered a separate scene. There's no way to automatically map which polygons in one scene correspond to which polygons in another scene, so there's no way to interpolate an edge's coordinates along the fourth dimension.
[1] 't' (the time dimension) has nothing to do with 'w' (the homogenizing factor in homogeneous coordinates).
I wonder why today's uber-fast video cards don't offer temporal anti-aliasing to use with older, slower flat panels
Because it's a specific game engine's choice to implement or not implement motion blur.
I'd like to be offered that option.
Then find a free OpenGL game engine that doesn't already use the accumulation buffer and submit a patch. Or if you yourself can't code, pay somebody to add it.
(how often do you see guys running geforce cards with 300fps potential...running a monitor at 60hz)
Motion blur accumulated across five frames makes good use of excess video card power, and it looks just the same to the eye as actually drawing all five frames separately, especially on a flicker-free display such as an LCD panel.
It costs over $1,000 to compile Mozilla for Win32 with optimizations because of bug 134113 that prevents compiling Mozilla for Win32 using MinGW (GCC for Windows) rather than Microsoft Visual Studio.
seldolivaw did not say "Dutch" but rather "dutch". The words "greek" and "dutch", lowercase, are common names used by speakers of the English language to refer to any language other than English or to English containing heavy technical jargon.
Please show me which page in eBay's questionable items policy prohibits selling modified products other than video game consoles modified to play imported video games.
It [bans] circumvention of protected copyrighted works.
No, 17 USC 1201(a) bans circumvention of access control on works under any Title 17 monopoly. Copyright is only a small part of Title 17, which also includes protection of original circuits (chapter 9) and original vessel hull designs (chapter 13).
What copy protection scheme does this mod allow us to circumvent?
This mod circumvents the part of the board that controls access to the extra Radeon 9700 functional units on the chip. Because the chip's layout is a mask work under 17 USC chapter 9, it's a "work protected under this title" for the purposes of section 1201.
Look to those who use 'Photoshop' as a verb
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and modify those images in a way that was never before possible with GIF and JPG.
A multithreaded program may simply open several connections to the X server
Unless your X server severely limits the number of connections available to it, to force you to pay for X advanced server or X datacenter server. I've been told that programs such as X servers running on Microsoft Windows operating systems are subject to a limitation on the total number of incoming TCP connections.
stability is a plus that windows has over linux. well, at least where xfree86 is concerned.
Your implication: "The version of XFree86 included with popular distributions of the Linux operating environment is not very stable."
What makes you think XFree86 isn't stable in general?
If you're having specific problems with your system that you can't solve by reading HOWTOs (or if you don't understand the terse language in which HOWTOs are written), then buy a copy of a distro such as Red Hat Linux that includes a few months of tech support and have the distro publisher's tech support department help you fix your problem.
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I would think Napster alone shows that Title 17 reduces piracy but does not eliminate it.
HTML documents link to inline images, and there's nothing technological preventing users from copying the images. Nothing but copyright law.
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what's to stop an author from viewing the SVG source and doing a cut-and-paste of the library into his own projects?
I can see only four possibilities for running a computer: paying for Windows, pirating Windows, stealing a computer that contains Windows, or not running Windows at all. Which is it in your case?
Effects considered "cheesy" in A.D. 2003 were not considered "cheesy" during the production of the original Star Trek series. Mass audiences of 2003 demand effects typical of the Enterprise series or the Star Trek: Nemesis movie.
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so even content creation does not save you from guilt assumption
That's correct. Nothing is created in a vacuum. When you create a work of authorship, you draw on existing works. The owner of the copyright in a work has the right to prevent you from drawing upon the expression in that work when creating your own work, even if you don't know you're copying.
If you claim that your work is "original", how are you going to defend your claim in court against a multinational conglomerate with several orders of magnitude more cash than you have?
Did you get permission? No? Then it's illegal.
Is it possible to get such permission? No? Then the copyright owner is a monopolist. Under the antitrust laws of several sovereign states, monopolists have to play by different rules.
If we don't fight it, the rest of the world is going to be under a Muslim rule. As a Christian rule, I will die rather than forsake God.
There is no god but God. Abraham was his prophet. Moses was his prophet. Jesus was his son and prophet. Muhammad was his prophet. Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God. The core of God's commandment (love God, and love one another) is consistent across all religions. Thus, if Europe and America fight the Middle East in World War III, the battle of Armageddon, it will be a war fought over trivialities.
I Am Not A Theologian, but here's my advice: Just prepare for the end times and accept God into your life.
But I wasn't talking about motion blur. I'm talking about TAA
I thought TAA and motion blur were the same thing, as this page seems to imply. Is there a difference?
I meant that it should be offered as a choice in the video card drivers. Much like Nvidia etc. offer enforced spatial anti-aliasing (FSAA)
The OpenGL rendering model introduces a big difference between spatial effects and temporal effects. The coordinates passed to OpenGL are three-dimensional (x, y, z), not four-dimensional (x, y, z, t)[1]. In OpenGL's coordinate space, coordinates of individual polygons within a rendered scene can be considered continuous. Only the rasterizer breaks this continuity, and a video card can choose traditional rasterization or FSAA rasterization because it has access to the (x, y) coordinates for interpolation within a pixel. On the other hand, OpenGL time is discrete, and each frame is considered a separate scene. There's no way to automatically map which polygons in one scene correspond to which polygons in another scene, so there's no way to interpolate an edge's coordinates along the fourth dimension.
[1] 't' (the time dimension) has nothing to do with 'w' (the homogenizing factor in homogeneous coordinates).
I wonder why today's uber-fast video cards don't offer temporal anti-aliasing to use with older, slower flat panels
Because it's a specific game engine's choice to implement or not implement motion blur.
I'd like to be offered that option.
Then find a free OpenGL game engine that doesn't already use the accumulation buffer and submit a patch. Or if you yourself can't code, pay somebody to add it.
because if it's still 60hz
Without flicker.
(how often do you see guys running geforce cards with 300fps potential...running a monitor at 60hz)
Motion blur accumulated across five frames makes good use of excess video card power, and it looks just the same to the eye as actually drawing all five frames separately, especially on a flicker-free display such as an LCD panel.
compile.
It costs over $1,000 to compile Mozilla for Win32 with optimizations because of bug 134113 that prevents compiling Mozilla for Win32 using MinGW (GCC for Windows) rather than Microsoft Visual Studio.
AFAIK there's no law against upgrading and overclocking
Other than this?
Yes it does. The DMCA (17 USC 1201(a)) bans not only manufacture and sale but also use of devices that circumvent access controls to a work under a Title 17 monopoly. The graphics processor on a Radeon video card is such a work.
make it perform the same as a Radeon DDR
For me, DDR performs perfectly well even with an old beat-up TNT2.
I'm wondering if the DMCA could come into play.
It sure could. I described the details of such an application of the DMCA in another comment.
if you modify the drivers or something, that would be different
This method does require an update to the card's firmware.
Scary thought: Going to prison and being butt-raped by the Village People while singing "It's fun to violate the DMCA".
why would they use Dutch?
double dutch n. (colloquial British) incomprehensible talk
Source: WordNet by Princeton University, via Dictionary.com
seldolivaw did not say "Dutch" but rather "dutch". The words "greek" and "dutch", lowercase, are common names used by speakers of the English language to refer to any language other than English or to English containing heavy technical jargon.
Please show me which page in eBay's questionable items policy prohibits selling modified products other than video game consoles modified to play imported video games.
It [bans] circumvention of protected copyrighted works.
No, 17 USC 1201(a) bans circumvention of access control on works under any Title 17 monopoly. Copyright is only a small part of Title 17, which also includes protection of original circuits (chapter 9) and original vessel hull designs (chapter 13).
What copy protection scheme does this mod allow us to circumvent?
This mod circumvents the part of the board that controls access to the extra Radeon 9700 functional units on the chip. Because the chip's layout is a mask work under 17 USC chapter 9, it's a "work protected under this title" for the purposes of section 1201.
and modify those images in a way that was never before possible with GIF and JPG.
You've probably never seen a well-done cut-and-paste job. Start at All Your Base Are Belong To Us. Then look at Something Awful's Photoshop Phriday. Then tell me whether or not modifying a photographic image in a convincing manner is "possible with ... JPG".
A multithreaded program may simply open several connections to the X server
Unless your X server severely limits the number of connections available to it, to force you to pay for X advanced server or X datacenter server. I've been told that programs such as X servers running on Microsoft Windows operating systems are subject to a limitation on the total number of incoming TCP connections.
stability is a plus that windows has over linux. well, at least where xfree86 is concerned.
Your implication: "The version of XFree86 included with popular distributions of the Linux operating environment is not very stable."
What makes you think XFree86 isn't stable in general?
If you're having specific problems with your system that you can't solve by reading HOWTOs (or if you don't understand the terse language in which HOWTOs are written), then buy a copy of a distro such as Red Hat Linux that includes a few months of tech support and have the distro publisher's tech support department help you fix your problem.
I would think Napster alone shows that Title 17 reduces piracy but does not eliminate it.
HTML documents link to inline images, and there's nothing technological preventing users from copying the images. Nothing but copyright law.
what's to stop an author from viewing the SVG source and doing a cut-and-paste of the library into his own projects?
Title 17, United States Code.
The Berne Convention.
What else do you need?
I don't remember paying for my copy
I can see only four possibilities for running a computer: paying for Windows, pirating Windows, stealing a computer that contains Windows, or not running Windows at all. Which is it in your case?
You buy the product and let someone else review it. Then they write the review of it.
Another common EULA clause: "You shall not allow a third party to use this Software except under the terms of this License."
What about Activision, who publishes id Software's games? Between EA and Microsoft, which company do you predict will swallow Activision?
[quote from "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss]
I wouldn't promote that kind of stuff. Seuss Enterprises submitted an amicus brief in favor of copyright term extension.
Effects considered "cheesy" in A.D. 2003 were not considered "cheesy" during the production of the original Star Trek series. Mass audiences of 2003 demand effects typical of the Enterprise series or the Star Trek: Nemesis movie.