...so anything that is going to increase those engineers productivity is WELL worth the cost.
Not to mention the support you get from the CAD/DCC vendor.
For most CAD/DCC apps, the IHV has to go through a very rigorous certification procedure, ensuring that professional users don't have to deal with crappy drivers. Everything just works... I've been on the receiving end of some of these certifications (writing an OpenGL driver) and let me tell you, those app vendors don't fool around. There is a very narrow margin for driver errors to slip through.
Most consumers would rather (understandably) have a cheaper card, but if I was doing any professional CAD work I wouldn't tolerate anything less. You're paying for a lot more than just the name...
BTW that quote is just too cool to pass up. Welcome to my new.sig:)
Often the license itself was tied to a MAC address, so woe betide you if you swapped a lan adapter.
This is one thing USB network adapters are great for. If you lock the software to the USB adapter MAC address, then you can use it as a dongle.
Not that I approve of dongles, but this is quite convenient when the software in question has to be used by more than one person (yes, only one at a time) but the software does not have a floating license server option.
[...] odd symbols, on a red piece of paper (so it couldn't be photocopied.)
Ah yes, I remember those. Sometimes those things were damn hard to read too.
I had a friend who had one of those black and white handheld scanners by Logitech (ScanMan I believe), which conveniently used red light. Scan, print, and voila:) Instant readable code sheet.
I agree that backwards compatibility is a definite plus [helps keep the name brand alive longer] but doesn't the xbox have some HAL [directx?] software on it?
If that's the case wouldn't it be possible to switch garphic chips and still retain compatibility [provided the new chip delivers the same or better performance]?
Well, with game consoles, a developer is free to reverse-engineer some bits of the hardware (such as the command stream protocol) and go over the HAL, presumably to get that last bit of performance.
Since everybody's hardware is the same, if it works on the deveveloper's console, it works on everybody else's (just like the good old days).
Of course Microsoft is discouraging this practice by dropping support for anyone who goes that path, but they are not pro-actively stopping this either.
In any case, there *are* some games on the market today that are quite NVIDIA-specific. Assuming backwards-compatibility is still on the table, I wonder how these titles will be able to run on Xbox2 with an ATI GPU.
You can already get broadband from a variety of different vendors here in Canada. If you can get high-speed from Bell, then you can also get it from other re-sellers also.
I believe that the service is still actually offered by Bell, regardless of who sells it to you... The "other resellers" just buy bandwidth on Bell's existing infrastructure.
In effect you just get to choose the letterhead on your bill:)
It may be cheaper in the end but you get the same (possibly sucky) service either way.
Is to collectively refuse to do any work, until you get fired or laid off.
You can't collect unemployment when you quit, you know.
Actually (over here in Canada anyway), you don't collect unemployment benefits when you get fired as a result of not doing work you were paid to do, so slacking off isn't always an option...
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Actually, that's already been invented: it's called the Pedaler.
:)
They have a "geek toy" version that hooks to your PC monitor and shuts it off if you pedal too slow
My SO has a similar one (a clone from Brookstone) but sadly it's a bit too noisy to bring to work.
No, it's just another way of saying "Go to hell".
:)
Damn, and I had to go and spend all my mod points already... Definitely +5 Funny
SysInternals used the same technique in NTFS for Windows98 a long time ago.
While I love the idea, I'm puzzled why it took this long for the Linux community to catch up...
I don't recall MS making any such claims for Xbox 2...?
...so anything that is going to increase those engineers productivity is WELL worth the cost.
.sig :)
Not to mention the support you get from the CAD/DCC vendor.
For most CAD/DCC apps, the IHV has to go through a very rigorous certification procedure, ensuring that professional users don't have to deal with crappy drivers. Everything just works... I've been on the receiving end of some of these certifications (writing an OpenGL driver) and let me tell you, those app vendors don't fool around. There is a very narrow margin for driver errors to slip through.
Most consumers would rather (understandably) have a cheaper card, but if I was doing any professional CAD work I wouldn't tolerate anything less. You're paying for a lot more than just the name...
BTW that quote is just too cool to pass up. Welcome to my new
You are't mixing it with Win3.11 by any chance, are you? ;) Or, what was it... QuickDesk? Anyway, that multitasker app for DOS.
...DesqView? :)
Often the license itself was tied to a MAC address, so woe betide you if you swapped a lan adapter.
This is one thing USB network adapters are great for. If you lock the software to the USB adapter MAC address, then you can use it as a dongle.
Not that I approve of dongles, but this is quite convenient when the software in question has to be used by more than one person (yes, only one at a time) but the software does not have a floating license server option.
[...] odd symbols, on a red piece of paper (so it couldn't be photocopied.)
:) Instant readable code sheet.
Ah yes, I remember those. Sometimes those things were damn hard to read too.
I had a friend who had one of those black and white handheld scanners by Logitech (ScanMan I believe), which conveniently used red light. Scan, print, and voila
sharing of copyrighted material is not illegal if it is done in a way the copyright holder condones
Well, sharing MP3's online is a far cry from the fair use clause allowed by most copyrights...
Hehe... JeffK? :)
I agree that backwards compatibility is a definite plus [helps keep the name brand alive longer] but doesn't the xbox have some HAL [directx?] software on it?
If that's the case wouldn't it be possible to switch garphic chips and still retain compatibility [provided the new chip delivers the same or better performance]?
Well, with game consoles, a developer is free to reverse-engineer some bits of the hardware (such as the command stream protocol) and go over the HAL, presumably to get that last bit of performance.
Since everybody's hardware is the same, if it works on the deveveloper's console, it works on everybody else's (just like the good old days).
Of course Microsoft is discouraging this practice by dropping support for anyone who goes that path, but they are not pro-actively stopping this either.
In any case, there *are* some games on the market today that are quite NVIDIA-specific. Assuming backwards-compatibility is still on the table, I wonder how these titles will be able to run on Xbox2 with an ATI GPU.
You can already get broadband from a variety of different vendors here in Canada. If you can get high-speed from Bell, then you can also get it from other re-sellers also.
:)
I believe that the service is still actually offered by Bell, regardless of who sells it to you... The "other resellers" just buy bandwidth on Bell's existing infrastructure.
In effect you just get to choose the letterhead on your bill
It may be cheaper in the end but you get the same (possibly sucky) service either way.
Maybe we should have a weird symbol for it too.
Actually (over here in Canada anyway), you don't collect unemployment benefits when you get fired as a result of not doing work you were paid to do, so slacking off isn't always an option...