While I certainly respect the talents of Carmack and the entire id team, there's a whole raft of professional applications that depend on OpenGL - with or without Carmack, GL would continue on.
Now, if you were to say Carmack single-handedly kept OpenGL relevant in the gaming industry, I'd agree.
Perhaps he just wants the challenge/experience of making another low-budget movie?
Look at the Indiana Jones 4 project (or what's left of it at the moment). Spielberg has already stated that they'll be minimizing CGI and using old-fashioned stuntwork to make the next Jones film. Why? They specifically want to have to work around stunt apparatus - something about how it makes them more creative.
It's already proven that Smith gets more creative when he's got less money to spend. And, as someone else already pointed out, when you're spending less money, you're guaranteed to make it back on Kevin Smith's name alone. If he keeps it on the cheap, Miramax is going to let him do whatever he wants. And that's exactly what I want to see.
Quick! Bring up Microsoft Bob! That'll change the subject!
Bob was crap. We know. You don't have to keep harping on MS for mistakes made ten years ago.
Stop living in the past. Microsoft (and tons of other developers) does plenty wrong today that we can call them out for without having to drudge up ten years of past history. Plus, if we discuss MS' current missteps, they have an opportunity to correct them. Constructive criticism and all that.
What's even funnier is that he got modded as flamebait.
I'm not sure I'd want any sort of open flames around if he's gonna be doing that....
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And if those applications were just allowed to bomb out,/. would be raking MS over the coals for breaking compatibility.
Ever heard someone complain about a computer problem and blame MS, even if it has nothing to do with Windows or Office? It's easier for lay users to just blame the biggest target instead of understanding the machine, tracing the fault, and blaming the people who caused the problem (sometimes MS, sometimes not.)
MS has to balance turning on security features, which could break compatibility, against keeping their users happy. It's not like MS can always do what is best for security - if the users aren't going to like it, then MS isn't going to get paid, and that's the end of the story.
Umm... how do you just switch off all the software? It's not like it's your hardware that it's running on. You no longer own your free software that you gave away, and while you can just go home, it's too late to take your ball with you. It's theirs, you gave it to them, you can't just take it away because you want to sulk for a couple days. Isn't that sort of crap what people always fear Microsoft will do?
On top of that, it doesn't seem very professional. If I were MS, I'd wait for people to do something so childish and then say, "See, what's keeping the people supplying your free software from acting like a bunch of spoiled children every time they think they're not getting their way?"
Basically, the competition looks at where MS violates their patents, sees where they violate MS' patents, and sign a cross-license to make the whole problem go away. If both sides have enough patents, they can force a stalemate.
From what I understand, they're throwing everything in sight at Service Pack 2 right now. Cleaning up Windows' security reputation (or lack thereof) is probably their number-one goal right now.
Originally, the Doom engine wasn't even going to use EAX - it mixes its own 5.1 internally, and was doing a faster/better job of it than they could have using EAX.
Creative wanted into the Doom engine so badly; let's see them do something that's worth the performance hit. Otherwise, my next system won't have a Creative card, for certain.
Record votes in both places. Compare the two totals at the end of the day. If there's a mismatch, pull out the paper slips.
Of course, that doesn't remove the human element of fraud from elections. But hey, when you promise your brother you'll deliver your state in the elections, I guess you kinda have to deliver, no matter what the voters have to say about it.
Dustbuster? My 6800 GT sounds fine. The 5800 mistake is far behind us now.
And my case is nothing special, only a few 80mm case fans, and the card works fine. (I do have an above-average PSU, but that's because I have an Athlon 64 as well.)
Actually, the most important factor is whether the tool allows me to get more done.
Example: I am an ASP.Net developer. I could do my coding in Notepad, costing me very little. I could code in Dreamweaver, costing me a couple hundred dollars. Or, I could code in Visual Studio, costing me several hundred dollars.
I get a lot more than several hundred dollars worth of work done in a week. I don't think I'd be this productive without Visual Studio.
The final question is: does the increased amount of work performed outweigh the increased costs (up-front and lifetime) of the more advanced software?
Show me a system that lets me get as much done as I do in a week using my current toolset (VS.Net, IIS, SQL Server, Crystal Reports). Then we'll talk.
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While I certainly respect the talents of Carmack and the entire id team, there's a whole raft of professional applications that depend on OpenGL - with or without Carmack, GL would continue on.
Now, if you were to say Carmack single-handedly kept OpenGL relevant in the gaming industry, I'd agree.
How so? Apple wants to sell hardware. They put up with the software business (iTMS in this case) in order to do that.
I'd think they'd be happy to stick to selling high-margin iPods and let others handle the ultra-low-margin music business.
Perhaps he just wants the challenge/experience of making another low-budget movie?
Look at the Indiana Jones 4 project (or what's left of it at the moment). Spielberg has already stated that they'll be minimizing CGI and using old-fashioned stuntwork to make the next Jones film. Why? They specifically want to have to work around stunt apparatus - something about how it makes them more creative.
It's already proven that Smith gets more creative when he's got less money to spend. And, as someone else already pointed out, when you're spending less money, you're guaranteed to make it back on Kevin Smith's name alone. If he keeps it on the cheap, Miramax is going to let him do whatever he wants. And that's exactly what I want to see.
Hey, Microsoft did something good!
Quick! Bring up Microsoft Bob! That'll change the subject!
Bob was crap. We know. You don't have to keep harping on MS for mistakes made ten years ago.
Stop living in the past. Microsoft (and tons of other developers) does plenty wrong today that we can call them out for without having to drudge up ten years of past history. Plus, if we discuss MS' current missteps, they have an opportunity to correct them. Constructive criticism and all that.
They kinda have to focus on Windows... 95% install base and all that.
If HL2 on Linux would really sell enough copies to be worth it, why aren't companies tripping over one another to contract the porting rights?
What's even funnier is that he got modded as flamebait.
I'm not sure I'd want any sort of open flames around if he's gonna be doing that....
And if those applications were just allowed to bomb out, /. would be raking MS over the coals for breaking compatibility.
Ever heard someone complain about a computer problem and blame MS, even if it has nothing to do with Windows or Office? It's easier for lay users to just blame the biggest target instead of understanding the machine, tracing the fault, and blaming the people who caused the problem (sometimes MS, sometimes not.)
MS has to balance turning on security features, which could break compatibility, against keeping their users happy. It's not like MS can always do what is best for security - if the users aren't going to like it, then MS isn't going to get paid, and that's the end of the story.
Ah. Because people who may use or like Microsoft products are obviously not true geeks, like yourself, and are unfit to post here.
Thanks for reminding me, you elitist fuck.
People have been harping on MS for some time now to improve security.
The fact that they're doing something about it should be pretty damn important to those of us who support Windows on a daily basis.
No, that's not ready yet. The SP is only localized in English and German; that's the 266 MB.
.Net Runtime, etc.
The rest of it is updated deployment tools, debug symbols,
Yeah, there's a notification options dialog where you can tell it what not to warn you about.
Posting from SP2.
/., so it must be right!
Yeah, it must kill every machine it touches. I read it on
Umm... how do you just switch off all the software? It's not like it's your hardware that it's running on. You no longer own your free software that you gave away, and while you can just go home, it's too late to take your ball with you. It's theirs, you gave it to them, you can't just take it away because you want to sulk for a couple days. Isn't that sort of crap what people always fear Microsoft will do?
On top of that, it doesn't seem very professional. If I were MS, I'd wait for people to do something so childish and then say, "See, what's keeping the people supplying your free software from acting like a bunch of spoiled children every time they think they're not getting their way?"
Cross-licensing.
Basically, the competition looks at where MS violates their patents, sees where they violate MS' patents, and sign a cross-license to make the whole problem go away. If both sides have enough patents, they can force a stalemate.
You needed porn when you were twelve?
When I was twelve, breathing could've gotten me horny. When you've got a boner 24-7, do you really need anything to get you even more excited?
From what I understand, they're throwing everything in sight at Service Pack 2 right now. Cleaning up Windows' security reputation (or lack thereof) is probably their number-one goal right now.
Originally, the Doom engine wasn't even going to use EAX - it mixes its own 5.1 internally, and was doing a faster/better job of it than they could have using EAX.
Creative wanted into the Doom engine so badly; let's see them do something that's worth the performance hit. Otherwise, my next system won't have a Creative card, for certain.
There's a difference between joint marketing ("The Way It's Meant To Be Played") and blackmail.
Better idea:
Record votes in both places. Compare the two totals at the end of the day. If there's a mismatch, pull out the paper slips.
Of course, that doesn't remove the human element of fraud from elections. But hey, when you promise your brother you'll deliver your state in the elections, I guess you kinda have to deliver, no matter what the voters have to say about it.
Ummm... I don't know if you've been paying attention, but the most popular artists out there are the likes of Britney Spears or Nelly.
On their own, they're already damn good. But compared to them...
Anyway, why the snide remark? What's wrong with Tool? They're one of the few bands that play complex music yet still rock hard.
Dustbuster? My 6800 GT sounds fine. The 5800 mistake is far behind us now.
And my case is nothing special, only a few 80mm case fans, and the card works fine. (I do have an above-average PSU, but that's because I have an Athlon 64 as well.)
Actually, the most important factor is whether the tool allows me to get more done.
Example: I am an ASP.Net developer. I could do my coding in Notepad, costing me very little. I could code in Dreamweaver, costing me a couple hundred dollars. Or, I could code in Visual Studio, costing me several hundred dollars.
I get a lot more than several hundred dollars worth of work done in a week. I don't think I'd be this productive without Visual Studio.
The final question is: does the increased amount of work performed outweigh the increased costs (up-front and lifetime) of the more advanced software?
Show me a system that lets me get as much done as I do in a week using my current toolset (VS.Net, IIS, SQL Server, Crystal Reports). Then we'll talk.
Good. I'm okay with eye-candy action movies, as long as I know what I'm getting before I buy the ticket.
Being an Alex Proyas fan doesn't hurt in this case.
Which, while having nothing to do with the book, was fairly entertaining, if you turn parts of your brain off.
Soccer, champ.