I can see this as the start for something real big. If they make enough money off of this, they could probably start to put more powerful hardware in this thing. And it already seems powerful enough as it is! XBox level graphics are nothing to sneeze at since the XBox, correct me if I am wrong, was the more powerful console of its generation right? Not many handhelds can boast that level of graphics capability.
On the other hand, I do worry about that processor. Using a processor meant for phones and the like seems self defeating since they don't have to restrict themselves to that small of a device. Size matters nowadays, but they should take better advantage of the fact that their device isn't meant to be used with a pair of tweezers.
Other than all of that, the thing to keep in mind is that this is a grassroots group. For all that they have done, taking their concept and actually DEPLOYING the fucking thing, I tip my tower of hats to them. I look forward to deploying games to this platform, as I already fully support Linux with my work whenever possible.
Nuff said. Adobe is full of shit. They hold a comfortable little monopoly on the rich web media market.
Seems like Jobs isn't the only one with a reality distortion field.
I have to wholeheartedly agree with this. C++ is an absolute failure for designing API's. Sure, there are design patterns we can use to ease API development (singleton being the best IMHO), but compared to C "just working" and providing a nice API, I'll take C.
Disagree with the WINE comment.
Long story short is that if you ship a 3D software title that's designed and marketed to be run on as many machines as possible, modern OpenGL drivers tend to greatly lag or be unavailable on many Windows machines.
I want to shoot you in the face. UNAVAILABLE!? What kind of heaping pile of bullshit is that!? Nearly every modern graphics card has at least support for OpenGL 2.0 and if your current graphics card doesn't support at least that, then get the fuck out of the stone age caveman!
Oh. My. God. I want to smack the shit out of you.
1) Managed languages suck.
2) You're a dumbass if you can't use an unmanaged language. Learn memory management, you will be a better programmer for it.
3) You're a dumbass who has his head farther up his ass than most FOSS devs (including me. I know my heads stuck up my ass most of the time.). Just because something is easy to use does not make it better. You want OGL window management that daddy M$ provides with DX? Give GLFW or GLUI a try. Or fuck, give THE WINDOWS NATIVE API A TRY! Try doing shit from scratch with both OGL and DX and I guarantee you will be shitting bricks by the time you get your first "Hello World" test done.
I have seen numerous Open Source projects that spend countless hours and even dedicate whole teams to improve the documentation of their project.
Now go back to your Visual Basic and C# and let the big boys play, m'kay?
Because this is news for NERDS. Stuff that MATTERS! Seriously, you need to wash the troll stank off yourself and get out. Nerd news is nerd news. Why do you think this article is in its own section?
It really does doesn't it. Still, if they can solve the open development problem that Apples iPhone has, then Verizon just secured itself a whole new market. Now... if only they could get FiOS out where I lived...
The sad thing about this is that the majority of people who have no clue how anything on the internet works are going to jump on what he says like flies and stink on shit.
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Thank you... you burned me... I'm going to go cry in a corner now... With steam... On Wine... Where is the love?
I can see this as the start for something real big. If they make enough money off of this, they could probably start to put more powerful hardware in this thing. And it already seems powerful enough as it is! XBox level graphics are nothing to sneeze at since the XBox, correct me if I am wrong, was the more powerful console of its generation right? Not many handhelds can boast that level of graphics capability. On the other hand, I do worry about that processor. Using a processor meant for phones and the like seems self defeating since they don't have to restrict themselves to that small of a device. Size matters nowadays, but they should take better advantage of the fact that their device isn't meant to be used with a pair of tweezers. Other than all of that, the thing to keep in mind is that this is a grassroots group. For all that they have done, taking their concept and actually DEPLOYING the fucking thing, I tip my tower of hats to them. I look forward to deploying games to this platform, as I already fully support Linux with my work whenever possible.
WE SALUTE YOU!
Sounds like Faux News making a big deal about rumors and gossip.
Hey, did you hear? They're teaching "Evils of Mysticism" next year!
Nuff said. Adobe is full of shit. They hold a comfortable little monopoly on the rich web media market. Seems like Jobs isn't the only one with a reality distortion field.
I have to wholeheartedly agree with this. C++ is an absolute failure for designing API's. Sure, there are design patterns we can use to ease API development (singleton being the best IMHO), but compared to C "just working" and providing a nice API, I'll take C. Disagree with the WINE comment.
I want to shoot you in the face. UNAVAILABLE!? What kind of heaping pile of bullshit is that!? Nearly every modern graphics card has at least support for OpenGL 2.0 and if your current graphics card doesn't support at least that, then get the fuck out of the stone age caveman!
Oh. My. God. I want to smack the shit out of you. 1) Managed languages suck. 2) You're a dumbass if you can't use an unmanaged language. Learn memory management, you will be a better programmer for it. 3) You're a dumbass who has his head farther up his ass than most FOSS devs (including me. I know my heads stuck up my ass most of the time.). Just because something is easy to use does not make it better. You want OGL window management that daddy M$ provides with DX? Give GLFW or GLUI a try. Or fuck, give THE WINDOWS NATIVE API A TRY! Try doing shit from scratch with both OGL and DX and I guarantee you will be shitting bricks by the time you get your first "Hello World" test done. I have seen numerous Open Source projects that spend countless hours and even dedicate whole teams to improve the documentation of their project. Now go back to your Visual Basic and C# and let the big boys play, m'kay?
Fuck adapting to our users, LET'S CHARGE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM! Yeah, way to go AT&T.
Congrats there! You have just fucked my brain.
Massive Backlash.
Because this is news for NERDS. Stuff that MATTERS! Seriously, you need to wash the troll stank off yourself and get out. Nerd news is nerd news. Why do you think this article is in its own section?
It really does doesn't it. Still, if they can solve the open development problem that Apples iPhone has, then Verizon just secured itself a whole new market. Now... if only they could get FiOS out where I lived...
The sad thing about this is that the majority of people who have no clue how anything on the internet works are going to jump on what he says like flies and stink on shit.