Intel are lucky to have managed to write a driver that works for the kernel "X" and the window manager "Y ". How a developer will be able to make a driver that works in all the infinite combinations of software that constitute a Linux distro? How to make then to work in a graphics system that is actually a complete mess?
And how many times the work has been completely lost because some idiot had the "brilliant idea" to change something in a vital library, completely breaking compatibility? Is a difficult job.
It is interesting to analyze what is implied in the article. As example, shows that if Windows 7 is considered an operating system "clean" by the music industry, then that means he has the mechanisms to prevent copying "unauthorized" content and/or prevent the user from doing anything the industry does not want, while others have no such restrictions.
Exactly. The biggest problem in mathematics today is that nobody bothers to show practical uses for it. It is much easier to learn something when you explain what it is for and what you can use.
I agree, Pi is undoubtedly a very useful expression, and there are others I could mention that are more complex (eg, how to determine the reactive part of the power used by electrical equipment).
The problem for me is when the math teacher gets too excited and forget that the enormous expressions he creates must have some practical usage, and forgets that his students may not share the same idea for his "beauty of numbers"... Because of this that most people find mathematics boring,they can not see a practical use for what are exposed and who teaches fails to show the practical uses, if there is any.
Simple that... I honestly can not understand where there can be "beauty" in a mathematical expression that covers the entire blackboard. And more so when the teacher fails miserably to show practical uses for the expression.
Well, I've used both in some applications and after a while I came to the conclusion that comparing Jboss with Tomcat is like comparing a whale to a sardine. And then I discovered that most of the features that I might need JBoss could be done by myself, the obvious choice was to stay with Tomcat for performance.
I think the problem is not the history of the games themselves or the question of how to convert the game mechanics on film. The problem for me are the stupid "adjustments" that a idiot director makes in the history. As an example, do you remember the movie "Catwoman"? The movie have only the name from the comics history, the rest is a retarded vision from a jerk director who probably wanted to leave his "mark" in the movie. And the exact same thing happens in adaptations of games to movies.
Well, when the "horde" (brats, addicts, masters of the ego-verse, etc) are 90% from the online users from a MORPG, is a bit difficult to find good players to interact. And if you find then, is difficult to your new "group" to avoid the "horde".
Since I want to have fun rather than annoy me in a game in this situation, the most correct solution is simply not playing this game.
And between us, I honestly can not see also what's the fun in spending hours and hours chasing "monsters" to go up a level in a game focused on making the user spend as much time as possible in repetitive tasks, since the more time you spend online the more money the developer gains without making any effort. I like the part of exploring vast scenery but to do that you need a 80+ "stick" (remember the "horde" on every corner, begging for an easy prey), and to achieve this is necessary to go literally days in repetitive tasks (kill the monster, win XP, kill one more monster A, win XP, kill monster B, gain XP, you get the idea). It's simply boring.
I am a player who avoids multiplayer games as the devil flees from the cross. I hate to interact with brats addicts that are unable to act civilized, much less playing a game without nasty and dirt tricks to win at any cost.
And the story of "the singleplayer game is over" is completely bullshit. It's only a stupid excuse for not need to make a decent AI and to force the user to stay connected with the company's servers responsible for the game.
Blame the google translator for this:)
I inadvertently blurted out that "into". Google apparently has serious problems translating from Brazilian portuguese to English and sometimes I do not see all the translator mistakes.
I buyed a Creative X-Fi PCI-E Titanium Fatal1ty...
Pure and expensive junk. It is difficult to make the games detect and use the resources of the board, and when they use I did not realize any difference to my ADI2000B (onboard) (and yes, I have good speakers).
And when listening to normal music also seemed to be the difference does not exist for me, with the additional problem that I have to deal with the ridiculous sound driver from Creative and all the garbage that comes along.
In the end, I asked for a refund and returned the X-Fi card
Jupiter is Liveable if you are a bacteria that feed on hydrocarbons and have the right weight to float at an altitude where the atmospheric pressure is neither too high nor too low, and is rugged enough to withstand some radiation.
(Jupiter is relatively rich in hydrocarbons at certain altitudes, and we've discovered that there are bacteria on Earth that are able to live in the crushing pressures of the depths of the oceans and the limits of the atmosphere)
Yes, the problem is time to finish most games. And assuming you're a normal person you have to share this time with your work, family, maybe his wife and children, etc.. I have many interesting games on my computer that did not even installed yet, due to lack of time for them.
And another important factor was the difficulty in many games, most people do not have the skill of a ninja to win the "supervillain" a certain point of the game, nor the patience to keep trying for hours to win. The result therefore is that the player ends up getting tired and giving up the game.
Solution? I think an example is fallout3 (once you fix the bugs, of course). You have many options, you can scour every corner of the game if you're curious or just go straight for the "main story", and there are usually several ways to achieve a given objective, and it's hard to get "stuck" somewhere because of some action of too great difficulty.
Well, you can simply ignore the message. But I guarantee you when I get to send a storm warning, is because the thing is really serious. We (civil defense) know the problems that a false alarm can cause.
Maybe not a "Hero" like the action films. But a example? Oh yes. As example, Nikola Tesla is my biggest "hero", the best example for someone who is curious about how things work.
I work indirectly for the Civil Defense in my state (disaster control). And I can say that the ability to be able to warn all people in a given area that they must seek shelter or where to seek help after a disaster are priceless.
I agree. The whole mission having success despite all problems is itself a great feat to Hayabusa enginners and technicians. I hope NASA and others space agencys uses the lessons too to make future probes capable of go around all problems and odds like Hayabusa.
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Intel are lucky to have managed to write a driver that works for the kernel "X" and the window manager "Y ". How a developer will be able to make a driver that works in all the infinite combinations of software that constitute a Linux distro? How to make then to work in a graphics system that is actually a complete mess?
And how many times the work has been completely lost because some idiot had the "brilliant idea" to change something in a vital library, completely breaking compatibility? Is a difficult job.
Free target pratice?
You are a republican?
Do not note the angry replys. Many people simply cannot handle the ugly truth.
It is interesting to analyze what is implied in the article. As example, shows that if Windows 7 is considered an operating system "clean" by the music industry, then that means he has the mechanisms to prevent copying "unauthorized" content and/or prevent the user from doing anything the industry does not want, while others have no such restrictions.
One more reason for me not to install Windows 7.
Dude, +6 for you is not enough
Exactly. The biggest problem in mathematics today is that nobody bothers to show practical uses for it. It is much easier to learn something when you explain what it is for and what you can use.
I agree, Pi is undoubtedly a very useful expression, and there are others I could mention that are more complex (eg, how to determine the reactive part of the power used by electrical equipment).
The problem for me is when the math teacher gets too excited and forget that the enormous expressions he creates must have some practical usage, and forgets that his students may not share the same idea for his "beauty of numbers"... Because of this that most people find mathematics boring,they can not see a practical use for what are exposed and who teaches fails to show the practical uses, if there is any.
Simple that... I honestly can not understand where there can be "beauty" in a mathematical expression that covers the entire blackboard. And more so when the teacher fails miserably to show practical uses for the expression.
Well, I've used both in some applications and after a while I came to the conclusion that comparing Jboss with Tomcat is like comparing a whale to a sardine. And then I discovered that most of the features that I might need JBoss could be done by myself, the obvious choice was to stay with Tomcat for performance.
How to get more performance from Jboss? Throw then away and use Apache Tomcat :)
No, you are a pluffy grammar nazi :) (and of course, too coward to try to offend someone not using anonymous account).
I are a Brazilian, and I say NO to this.
I think the problem is not the history of the games themselves or the question of how to convert the game mechanics on film. The problem for me are the stupid "adjustments" that a idiot director makes in the history. As an example, do you remember the movie "Catwoman"? The movie have only the name from the comics history, the rest is a retarded vision from a jerk director who probably wanted to leave his "mark" in the movie. And the exact same thing happens in adaptations of games to movies.
Well, when the "horde" (brats, addicts, masters of the ego-verse, etc) are 90% from the online users from a MORPG, is a bit difficult to find good players to interact. And if you find then, is difficult to your new "group" to avoid the "horde".
Since I want to have fun rather than annoy me in a game in this situation, the most correct solution is simply not playing this game.
And between us, I honestly can not see also what's the fun in spending hours and hours chasing "monsters" to go up a level in a game focused on making the user spend as much time as possible in repetitive tasks, since the more time you spend online the more money the developer gains without making any effort. I like the part of exploring vast scenery but to do that you need a 80+ "stick" (remember the "horde" on every corner, begging for an easy prey), and to achieve this is necessary to go literally days in repetitive tasks (kill the monster, win XP, kill one more monster A, win XP, kill monster B, gain XP, you get the idea). It's simply boring.
+6 insightful to the parent.
I am a player who avoids multiplayer games as the devil flees from the cross. I hate to interact with brats addicts that are unable to act civilized, much less playing a game without nasty and dirt tricks to win at any cost.
And the story of "the singleplayer game is over" is completely bullshit. It's only a stupid excuse for not need to make a decent AI and to force the user to stay connected with the company's servers responsible for the game.
Blame the google translator for this :)
I inadvertently blurted out that "into". Google apparently has serious problems translating from Brazilian portuguese to English and sometimes I do not see all the translator mistakes.
Maybe our universe is just a bubble expanding into an even larger universe ...
I buyed a Creative X-Fi PCI-E Titanium Fatal1ty...
Pure and expensive junk. It is difficult to make the games detect and use the resources of the board, and when they use I did not realize any difference to my ADI2000B (onboard) (and yes, I have good speakers).
And when listening to normal music also seemed to be the difference does not exist for me, with the additional problem that I have to deal with the ridiculous sound driver from Creative and all the garbage that comes along.
In the end, I asked for a refund and returned the X-Fi card
Jupiter is Liveable if you are a bacteria that feed on hydrocarbons and have the right weight to float at an altitude where the atmospheric pressure is neither too high nor too low, and is rugged enough to withstand some radiation.
(Jupiter is relatively rich in hydrocarbons at certain altitudes, and we've discovered that there are bacteria on Earth that are able to live in the crushing pressures of the depths of the oceans and the limits of the atmosphere)
Yes, the problem is time to finish most games. And assuming you're a normal person you have to share this time with your work, family, maybe his wife and children, etc.. I have many interesting games on my computer that did not even installed yet, due to lack of time for them.
And another important factor was the difficulty in many games, most people do not have the skill of a ninja to win the "supervillain" a certain point of the game, nor the patience to keep trying for hours to win. The result therefore is that the player ends up getting tired and giving up the game.
Solution? I think an example is fallout3 (once you fix the bugs, of course). You have many options, you can scour every corner of the game if you're curious or just go straight for the "main story", and there are usually several ways to achieve a given objective, and it's hard to get "stuck" somewhere because of some action of too great difficulty.
Well, you can simply ignore the message. But I guarantee you when I get to send a storm warning, is because the thing is really serious. We (civil defense) know the problems that a false alarm can cause.
Maybe not a "Hero" like the action films. But a example? Oh yes. As example, Nikola Tesla is my biggest "hero", the best example for someone who is curious about how things work.
I work indirectly for the Civil Defense in my state (disaster control). And I can say that the ability to be able to warn all people in a given area that they must seek shelter or where to seek help after a disaster are priceless.
Me too. I droped my coffe after reading this :)
I agree. The whole mission having success despite all problems is itself a great feat to Hayabusa enginners and technicians. I hope NASA and others space agencys uses the lessons too to make future probes capable of go around all problems and odds like Hayabusa.