Re:What's with all of the bellyaching about speed?
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Does C# Measure Up?
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I'm actually writing a game in C# using managed DirectX. The initial game loop could support 600fps with vSync off. Think anyone would notice the tearing?
I did this too (though usually on accident). The trick is to sprint towards the main office. If you can get far enough, it's incredible how fast adults can move when the football player is tackling a geek onto concrete.
Great thinking! That way, no one will know how your program is crashing, so Microsoft won't be able to fix a potential bug!
I mean, yeah, I could see not reporting a pirated copy of Photoshop or something. But come on people... they are fixing hundreds of bugs a year, help them identify which ones are the important ones.
And windows will ask if you want to send a non-hardware related report if the OS died for non-hardware related issues (I had it ask just the other day if I wanted to report a spontanious reboot. After I said yes, it discovered that Matrox had already patched it's drivers for this problem, and offered to download the fix).
I know, I know... this is Slashdot. Everyone's going to mark me a Troll. And maybe I deserve it for delivering the message in such a vitriolic manner. But the truth remains: If you want Windows to improve, you actually have to take part in the process.
I mean, think about it. Not only does your company not have to pay health/dental/etc benefits, but they don't have to worry about taxes, workers compensation, and any number of other potentially nasty things.
Corporations outsource because, in the bigger picture, it's definitely cheaper. (Yes, I'll be the first to argue that maintainability, etc. etc. is not as good, but PHBs don't look at that).
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Decipher
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Huh. Troll. I know, I'm probably burning karma by replying to this. I don't believe everything I read... but the evidence out there seems to be rather large against a center-fuel-tank-on-fumes explosion. Just look at the burn marks of the bodies (which the coroner repeatedly insisted was caused by fuel burning on the water, rather than from an explosion).
Or maybe you'll believe military personell? Major Frederick C. Meyer was with the New York National Guard's 106th rescue wing at the time of the crash. Meyer and co-pilot Chris Baur were flying an HH-60G helicopter over Gabreski airport in Westhampton Beach practicing landings. Meyer had an excellent viewpoint of the incident and was the first person on the crash scene. Whilst Meyer was keeping a close lookout for a Cessna that was in the area he saw "...A streak of light...moving very rapidly from my left-center farther to my left. It was red-orange in color...And then for an instant I saw nothing - and then suddenly right there I saw an explosion - high velocity explosion...It was military ordnance! A second and a half to two seconds later - farther to the left but down - I saw a flash once again - high velocity explosion." After receiving clearance to investigate further, Meyer flew to the crash area and saw"...A lake of fire, probably 3 acres in size, burning with flames 50 feet high...We worked around the upwind hemisphere of the lake of fire and the first thing we saw were four bodies."
I guess you don't care that it was flying in a military restricted zone, in the middle of military training activities?
Or the fact that more than 80% of the eyewitnesses (around 150) that saw a streak of light moving up from the ground were found to be credible by the FBI.
That rocket fuel found on seats of the plane must have been a fluke.
Nah. It's allconspiracy. It must have been the faulty wiring on the center fuel tank, which sparked (something that was never proven to actually be possible). Occam's razor be damned! Where's my foil!:)
Sounds like a great business opportunity to,a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit200 10823.html">roll your own broadband ISP. Go for it. Show that the demand is there, and make money on the side.
Re:build a better inkblot
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Inkblot Passwords
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What are you talking about? The whole point of the article was that you could remember passwords two characters at a time, when prompted with inkblots. I've seen this demonstrated... most of the people could come in two weeks later, and still be able to remember their password from the one-time demonstration.
Ah, but you see... With Microsoft Passport technology you only need ONE password.;)
Re:Long distance repairs
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I couldn't find any information on that... I did find that the USSR Phobos 1 had been told to turn off it's attitude thrusters, loosing the sattelite en-route...
I worked for one of the largest shareware catalog companies (yeah, way back then, my first job:), and had to write software that would come up with the reports of what customers were interested in, when they last purchased, etc. etc. etc.
Whenever our company would sell this targeted list of previous customers to other companies, they would also insert several bogus names that led back to our owners. Each name was setup to recieve a particular piece of junk mail. This list could only be used by that company X many times.
That way, as soon as that other company sold our names to a 3rd party, we could sue.
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Except the other 80% that aren't.
I'm actually writing a game in C# using managed DirectX. The initial game loop could support 600fps with vSync off. Think anyone would notice the tearing?
Not if you sort by subject.
I did this too (though usually on accident). The trick is to sprint towards the main office. If you can get far enough, it's incredible how fast adults can move when the football player is tackling a geek onto concrete.
Great thinking! That way, no one will know how your program is crashing, so Microsoft won't be able to fix a potential bug!
I mean, yeah, I could see not reporting a pirated copy of Photoshop or something. But come on people... they are fixing hundreds of bugs a year, help them identify which ones are the important ones.
And windows will ask if you want to send a non-hardware related report if the OS died for non-hardware related issues (I had it ask just the other day if I wanted to report a spontanious reboot. After I said yes, it discovered that Matrox had already patched it's drivers for this problem, and offered to download the fix).
I know, I know... this is Slashdot. Everyone's going to mark me a Troll. And maybe I deserve it for delivering the message in such a vitriolic manner. But the truth remains: If you want Windows to improve, you actually have to take part in the process.
I mean, think about it. Not only does your company not have to pay health/dental/etc benefits, but they don't have to worry about taxes, workers compensation, and any number of other potentially nasty things.
Corporations outsource because, in the bigger picture, it's definitely cheaper. (Yes, I'll be the first to argue that maintainability, etc. etc. is not as good, but PHBs don't look at that).
Everyone else has explained why...
[following directions to some address]
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Turn right on 70th Street
What?! That was two blocks ago!
Huh. Troll. I know, I'm probably burning karma by replying to this. I don't believe everything I read... but the evidence out there seems to be rather large against a center-fuel-tank-on-fumes explosion. Just look at the burn marks of the bodies (which the coroner repeatedly insisted was caused by fuel burning on the water, rather than from an explosion).
h tml/ntsb.html h tml/front_page.html
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Or you could do your own research from articles published at the time...
http://www.press-enterprise.com/headlines/twa800/
http://www.press-enterprise.com/headlines/twa800/
Or maybe you'll believe military personell?
Major Frederick C. Meyer was with the New York National Guard's 106th rescue wing at the time of the crash. Meyer and co-pilot Chris Baur were flying an HH-60G helicopter over Gabreski airport in Westhampton Beach practicing landings. Meyer had an excellent viewpoint of the incident and was the first person on the crash scene. Whilst Meyer was keeping a close lookout for a Cessna that was in the area he saw "...A streak of light...moving very rapidly from my left-center farther to my left. It was red-orange in color...And then for an instant I saw nothing - and then suddenly right there I saw an explosion - high velocity explosion...It was military ordnance! A second and a half to two seconds later - farther to the left but down - I saw a flash once again - high velocity explosion." After receiving clearance to investigate further, Meyer flew to the crash area and saw"...A lake of fire, probably 3 acres in size, burning with flames 50 feet high...We worked around the upwind hemisphere of the lake of fire and the first thing we saw were four bodies."
I guess you don't care that it was flying in a military restricted zone, in the middle of military training activities?
Or the fact that more than 80% of the eyewitnesses (around 150) that saw a streak of light moving up from the ground were found to be credible by the FBI.
That rocket fuel found on seats of the plane must have been a fluke.
Nah. It's all conspiracy. It must have been the faulty wiring on the center fuel tank, which sparked (something that was never proven to actually be possible). Occam's razor be damned! Where's my foil!
DRM
Me, I add "Review" to my search phrase.
If I _want_ pricing information on something, I add "Price."
You'd be surprised the evidence out there that it wasn't a "design flaw." Just take a look at the published debri pattern from the accident findings.
All the kid has to do is sneak out of the house naked. Unless the parents have implanted them with a Woz tracker...
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010823. html
Sounds like a great business opportunity to ,a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit200 10823.html">roll your own broadband ISP. Go for it. Show that the demand is there, and make money on the side.
Uh, you do know how inkblots are made, don't you?
What are you talking about? The whole point of the article was that you could remember passwords two characters at a time, when prompted with inkblots. I've seen this demonstrated... most of the people could come in two weeks later, and still be able to remember their password from the one-time demonstration.
Ah, but you see... With Microsoft Passport technology you only need ONE password. ;)
I couldn't find any information on that... I did find that the USSR Phobos 1 had been told to turn off it's attitude thrusters, loosing the sattelite en-route...
The question must be, then.... _IS_ there a different way, a more cuddly way, that you could describe these kinds of licenses?
I worked for one of the largest shareware catalog companies (yeah, way back then, my first job :), and had to write software that would come up with the reports of what customers were interested in, when they last purchased, etc. etc. etc.
:)
Whenever our company would sell this targeted list of previous customers to other companies, they would also insert several bogus names that led back to our owners. Each name was setup to recieve a particular piece of junk mail. This list could only be used by that company X many times.
That way, as soon as that other company sold our names to a 3rd party, we could sue.
I obviously don't work there any more.
Either way (on the first two examples), it would be usefull to know you had a flaw, or that there were bored employees perusing patient files.
No kidding. They'll probably use Water Striders.
I don't think I was the only one to remember this previous story. :)
Uh... how did I get a Troll rating? Because I didn't auto-bash Microsoft? Yeesh.