And what conclusions would you hope to draw from this?
A poster is 5up3r 3r33t if they use the latest bleeding edge mozilla?
Their opinion means less if they happen to be on a machine running windows?
That makes about as much sense as forcing people to reveal their CPU speed and amount of RAM so that we can moderate comments from people with fast machines up and slow machines down.
Next thing you know they won't teach kids how to start a campfire with 2 sticks in school anymore. Everyone will rely on newfangled inventions like matches and lighters. Then what will happen if a big flood comes and all the lighters and matches wash away????
How does the fact that EQ will do the same thing have anything to do with the original posters point? He already acknowledged that software has a lifecycle (duh) and that UO is nearing the end of the road. Of course EQ will repeat the pattern and so will the next MMORPG after it. What's your point?
A lot of people don't remember the classic garage style PC upgrade - the PB-MAX mod.
To sum it up for those who haven't heard of it, what you do is remove all of your cards, your CPU, your RAM etc.... basically any place where there is some sort of electric contact being made. You then slather on a healthy coating of peanut butter. Now I know you are saying to yourself "but I just watched tech tv and they told me gold connecters are best!" but believe me when I say this: you can keep your fools gold because the true gearheads know skippy is the shit. My tests have shown that smooth PB tends to offer the biggest performance gains altho I've heard word that some of the newer crunchy brands are posting some nice numbers so your mileage may vary.
Just remember if you are new to the peanut butter mod scene use a plastic knife to apply it - otherwise you may ruin your hard-earned kit.
Suppliers are often insiders, crackers are just bored coders. There are a finite number of commonly used copy protections and once you learn to defeat one brand then you are able to crack all the games using that protection.
Please go look up the word "wrong" in the dictionary then look up the word "illegal". Examine them and try to figure out the difference if you can because there is a big one.
You send proofs to the printer in.doc format? What kind of half-rate operation is that? That's like trying to reshingle your roof with plastic fisher price toys.
Wow nice comeback, calling me a troll after I call your bluff for playing your worn out race card. The equivalent of saying "I know you are but what am I"... keep it up rocko.
Like another poster said, if you want to see a real racist you need to look in a mirror.
Honestly, "learning a language" as the goal of a course is a community college concept.
Computer science teaches you things that extend FAR beyond learning language syntax. My last tough comp sci course involved no less than 4 different languages and we weren't "taught" any of them in the course - it was assumed we would learn the necessary syntax on our own. Lectures were focused on things like portability, performance issues, analysis of algorithms etc, concepts not tied to any once specific language. The languages used during the course simply allowed us to learn the underlying comp sci theory... Syntax is easy.
That's pretty funny, you are going with ATI because you were upset with the lack of 3DFX driver support.
You are in for a big suprise, ATI is the WORST by far of any of the desktop user gfx card companies as far as driver support. They are infamous for releasing buggy drivers or discontinuing support for many of their lines at a moments notice. Compare this to Nvidia who releases a universal driver which covers years worth of part releases and is updated on a regular basis. Even if ATI releases a superior part they just shoot themselves in the foot by releasing shitty drivers on an unpredictable schedule. I used to like ATI back in the day but have been burned one too many times by them.
pfffft, yeah the seti@home is a GREAT benchmark. And we all know the average end user is also a heavy seti@home user. I mean who gives a shit if your email and web-browsing are dog slow as long as you can decode your little martian messages faster than the sucker next door.
Try reading the article before you comment. He talks specifically about raytracing.
As for "being done" I don't even recall reading that... closest I can think of is JC predicting a two-fold increase in desktop rendering power in the next few years which is pretty reasonable.
No developer has control over the end user and how often they feel like updating/patching so the best they can do is expedite matters on their end. So yes, we should be asking "how long did it take for it to get fixed" because that is something the developer has direct control over.
It hasn't been global for a long time. Sure you can pull up some euro teens page on DVD hacking if you want to but guess what, if some american group makes enough noise, that teen will be arrested regardless of the laws of his country because the US gov't just leans hard.
Nobody likes getting leaned on especially europeans who have thousands of years of history & tradition over the yanks.
It's not a one time thing, they do it all the time. Can't have that huge theatre sitting dormant so they show whatever popular movie is playing at the time. I saw crouching tiger in the imax theatre at that paramount in toronto.
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And what conclusions would you hope to draw from this?
A poster is 5up3r 3r33t if they use the latest bleeding edge mozilla?
Their opinion means less if they happen to be on a machine running windows?
That makes about as much sense as forcing people to reveal their CPU speed and amount of RAM so that we can moderate comments from people with fast machines up and slow machines down.
Amen brother, zealots who lock themselves into "the one true OS" are fooling themselves.
The right tool for the right job.
Next thing you know they won't teach kids how to start a campfire with 2 sticks in school anymore. Everyone will rely on newfangled inventions like matches and lighters. Then what will happen if a big flood comes and all the lighters and matches wash away????
Think of the children!
How does the fact that EQ will do the same thing have anything to do with the original posters point? He already acknowledged that software has a lifecycle (duh) and that UO is nearing the end of the road. Of course EQ will repeat the pattern and so will the next MMORPG after it. What's your point?
A lot of people don't remember the classic garage style PC upgrade - the PB-MAX mod.
To sum it up for those who haven't heard of it, what you do is remove all of your cards, your CPU, your RAM etc.... basically any place where there is some sort of electric contact being made. You then slather on a healthy coating of peanut butter. Now I know you are saying to yourself "but I just watched tech tv and they told me gold connecters are best!" but believe me when I say this: you can keep your fools gold because the true gearheads know skippy is the shit. My tests have shown that smooth PB tends to offer the biggest performance gains altho I've heard word that some of the newer crunchy brands are posting some nice numbers so your mileage may vary.
Just remember if you are new to the peanut butter mod scene use a plastic knife to apply it - otherwise you may ruin your hard-earned kit.
Play safe!
Nothing sums up your technical ability more succinctly than "what teh heck was IPX" (typo intact).
How can I hire you to assemble and configure *my* mission critical server?
Nice try pinnochio but your nose just grew a foot. Have a look at the AC reply attached to yours.
Suppliers are often insiders, crackers are just bored coders. There are a finite number of commonly used copy protections and once you learn to defeat one brand then you are able to crack all the games using that protection.
Please go look up the word "wrong" in the dictionary then look up the word "illegal". Examine them and try to figure out the difference if you can because there is a big one.
You send proofs to the printer in .doc format? What kind of half-rate operation is that? That's like trying to reshingle your roof with plastic fisher price toys.
Wow nice comeback, calling me a troll after I call your bluff for playing your worn out race card. The equivalent of saying "I know you are but what am I"... keep it up rocko.
Like another poster said, if you want to see a real racist you need to look in a mirror.
I can state with some certainty that you are full of shit.
"U R Racist" trolls are like fart jokes... they are lame and ineffective. When you grow up to be an adult troll you will learn this for yourself.
In the meantime, you should probably know that your opinion carries no more validity here than any AC posting. How do you like them apples?
Honestly, "learning a language" as the goal of a course is a community college concept.
Computer science teaches you things that extend FAR beyond learning language syntax. My last tough comp sci course involved no less than 4 different languages and we weren't "taught" any of them in the course - it was assumed we would learn the necessary syntax on our own. Lectures were focused on things like portability, performance issues, analysis of algorithms etc, concepts not tied to any once specific language. The languages used during the course simply allowed us to learn the underlying comp sci theory... Syntax is easy.
Spoken like a true college dropout.
Thanks for making me spill coffee on myself... jerk!
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Don't worry about the thick fingered mods, their hands are so greasy they can't hang on to their mouse...
Hellooooooooo fanboi!
How's your ps2 gamers club subscription holding up?
If you switch distros every time you can't find a font you like I would hate to hear what you do when you run into a REAL issue.
That's pretty funny, you are going with ATI because you were upset with the lack of 3DFX driver support.
You are in for a big suprise, ATI is the WORST by far of any of the desktop user gfx card companies as far as driver support. They are infamous for releasing buggy drivers or discontinuing support for many of their lines at a moments notice. Compare this to Nvidia who releases a universal driver which covers years worth of part releases and is updated on a regular basis. Even if ATI releases a superior part they just shoot themselves in the foot by releasing shitty drivers on an unpredictable schedule. I used to like ATI back in the day but have been burned one too many times by them.
pfffft, yeah the seti@home is a GREAT benchmark. And we all know the average end user is also a heavy seti@home user. I mean who gives a shit if your email and web-browsing are dog slow as long as you can decode your little martian messages faster than the sucker next door.
Try reading the article before you comment. He talks specifically about raytracing.
As for "being done" I don't even recall reading that... closest I can think of is JC predicting a two-fold increase in desktop rendering power in the next few years which is pretty reasonable.
No developer has control over the end user and how often they feel like updating/patching so the best they can do is expedite matters on their end. So yes, we should be asking "how long did it take for it to get fixed" because that is something the developer has direct control over.
It hasn't been global for a long time. Sure you can pull up some euro teens page on DVD hacking if you want to but guess what, if some american group makes enough noise, that teen will be arrested regardless of the laws of his country because the US gov't just leans hard.
Nobody likes getting leaned on especially europeans who have thousands of years of history & tradition over the yanks.
It's not a one time thing, they do it all the time. Can't have that huge theatre sitting dormant so they show whatever popular movie is playing at the time. I saw crouching tiger in the imax theatre at that paramount in toronto.
Yes because we all know upon installing debian you are forced to accept an EULA which says you will read political linux rants....
whatever