It's kinda like driving a Ferrari in a school zone when the highway is right over there...
Not really. I don't know if it's due to a lack of X window optimization or what, but OpenGL demos I create in Linux seem to run far slower than the same ones I create in Windows 2000. And I'm not using some exotic video card (Voodoo 3).
Isn't C++ a little bit of an overkill just for a measly text program?
Not if I'm working with a lot of objects. Granted, I could use structs, but I like to use new technology when I can help it. For a quick text program, shelling out some lines in gcc is adequate.
if in the future you ever want to introduce portability into your applications, using DirectX is like shooting yourself in the foot...
Not really. A lot of the commands are functionally the same, and it doesn't take much to run a "replace" in the text editor of your choice. OpenGL may have slightly more portability, but you pay for it in performance. Besides, if you're porting an application there will always be portability issues. You can't just port an OpenGL title from one platform to another and not expect to do a considerable amount of optimisation (as Carmack saw with Quake 3).
I'll wait for the "regular" machines just to be safe. I purchased and overclocked (and supposedly well-cooled) machine from Alienware as my main gaming box, and the thing crashed regularly. Ended up building a machine from scratch (not overclocked, but at least properly cooled).
Actually, I'm more of a Devil's Advocate. I like to go into areas of interest with an open mind. I do the same in Microsoft forums.
I just don't think there should be "one standard". Open source Linux/FreeBSD has its uses and advocates, but it's not perfect for everything. I like to get people to react - and while reacting, to think.
Imagine for a moment a world where content providers control a lot of important protocols (SDMI could be one), and where they control the major bandwidth coming into our homes (Time-Warner?). Can't you imagine some potential for abuse? A local band attempting to do its own distribution would be a competitor to the people who controlled the distribution system.
Yes, but while secure standards may reach more market share, unsecure MP3 (and other file formats invented in the future) will continue to exist. People may have to dig a little (Windows new Media Player, for example, records only to WMA format - but that doesn't prevent a user from downloading a ripper at their leisure), but there will always be alternatives.
I can honestly say that I do use Napster. Perhaps not as much as some people (the main computer in our lab at college has close to 500 songs), but I use it just the same. I'm all for fucking Hollywood, but some artists - particularly new garage bands - need to be paid. If the only formats we use are unsecure, how can that happen?
My point: unsecure MP3 may help a garage band send out a few songs for free, but if they ever want to live off their work there needs to be some security. You can't make enough money to survive off of unsecured MP3. There's too much stealing.
(And notice I didn't say "Metallica can't make enough money to survive off of unsecured MP3." Fuck them.)
*buzzing noise* Support for things like graphic cards and sound cards are far more robust in Windows 2000 (all of my hardware worked right out of the box). I can't say the same thing for Linux.
And the card was proported to work on the compatibility lists. They didn't mention you had to download OSS and configure it first.
In addition, the Aureal card I had was far from new. I bought it over 2.5 years ago. Considering the support Linux now has for Microsoft's newest optical mice (that came out less than 6 months ago), you'd think a 2.5 year-old card from an established company (Diamond MM, now owned by S3) would be supported.
"Stepping down" and "waffling" are signs of backing away from the issue in my mind. Perhaps I should have worded the comment a little better, but I still think the argument rings true.
From the article, it seems that some points Don made were uninformed (the music standard would knock out local bands, for example).
I also don't jive with the universal Slashdot statement that "all big companies or corporations are evil" (or even "Microsoft is inherently evil")- and I don't think that SDMI asking for hackers help is a bad thing. Nothing SDMI says on their web site seems to make this an extravagant marketing ploy, and if they're fighting for a secure standard I think hackers should be for it.
We fight for security in our Linux/FreeBSD boxes - why can't we fight for security of copyright in digital music? Because it doesn't help us economically (we can't steal songs at will)?
Too bad setting up OSS for my Aureal Vortex 8030 sound card was such a pain in the ass in Linux. *sigh*
It should be "This actually reflects the perfect way of doing this that Linux does for only a very limited number of things: add optimization, then bug the hell out of users for it -- it's they're problem if they can't figure it out. We're 733t here..."
Out of curiousity, when did Intel become bad? Reading the posts on this board you'd think they were against everything sacred to Slashdot and the Open Source movement. If anything, aren't they for Open Source (does AMD have a Linux strategy?)
With KDE eating as much as 190 MB on my machine (including cache files for normal system processes), there's no room left for a sizable RAM disk. And I feel blessed that I have 256 MB at my disposal.
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Unfortunately, I think a lot of what Levy touted has been forgotten. At least ethics wise. See this post.
Any other manufacturers? It would be interesting if someone like Dell was doing the same thing (it'd be the Pentium II all over again).
Not really. I don't know if it's due to a lack of X window optimization or what, but OpenGL demos I create in Linux seem to run far slower than the same ones I create in Windows 2000. And I'm not using some exotic video card (Voodoo 3).
Isn't C++ a little bit of an overkill just for a measly text program?
Not if I'm working with a lot of objects. Granted, I could use structs, but I like to use new technology when I can help it. For a quick text program, shelling out some lines in gcc is adequate.
if in the future you ever want to introduce portability into your applications, using DirectX is like shooting yourself in the foot...
Not really. A lot of the commands are functionally the same, and it doesn't take much to run a "replace" in the text editor of your choice. OpenGL may have slightly more portability, but you pay for it in performance. Besides, if you're porting an application there will always be portability issues. You can't just port an OpenGL title from one platform to another and not expect to do a considerable amount of optimisation (as Carmack saw with Quake 3).
I'll wait for the "regular" machines just to be safe. I purchased and overclocked (and supposedly well-cooled) machine from Alienware as my main gaming box, and the thing crashed regularly. Ended up building a machine from scratch (not overclocked, but at least properly cooled).
Can you imagine the furious flame backlash if I had said "Let's paint the shuttle with a Microsoft icon?" :)
But I solely writing 3D apps on the Windows side. I'm serious. I rarely use Linux (except for writing quick C++ text programs).
Do other chips from manufacturers outside the major two (AMD and Intel) currently make a chip that runs on an Athlon board?
I have a 2.4 kernel and it works fine.
I just don't think there should be "one standard". Open source Linux/FreeBSD has its uses and advocates, but it's not perfect for everything. I like to get people to react - and while reacting, to think.
I guess you'll never know... :)
You were saying?
And they fly on my current system (Athlon, 256MB of RAM).
OpenGL on the P166? Well... if you like slideshows. ;)
"Open standard" doesn't necessarily mean "better".
Yes, but while secure standards may reach more market share, unsecure MP3 (and other file formats invented in the future) will continue to exist. People may have to dig a little (Windows new Media Player, for example, records only to WMA format - but that doesn't prevent a user from downloading a ripper at their leisure), but there will always be alternatives.
I can honestly say that I do use Napster. Perhaps not as much as some people (the main computer in our lab at college has close to 500 songs), but I use it just the same. I'm all for fucking Hollywood, but some artists - particularly new garage bands - need to be paid. If the only formats we use are unsecure, how can that happen?
My point: unsecure MP3 may help a garage band send out a few songs for free, but if they ever want to live off their work there needs to be some security. You can't make enough money to survive off of unsecured MP3. There's too much stealing.
(And notice I didn't say "Metallica can't make enough money to survive off of unsecured MP3." Fuck them.)
Aren't Athlon motherboards proprietary? Can I run a PII, PIII or other chip in an Athlon board?
And the card was proported to work on the compatibility lists. They didn't mention you had to download OSS and configure it first.
In addition, the Aureal card I had was far from new. I bought it over 2.5 years ago. Considering the support Linux now has for Microsoft's newest optical mice (that came out less than 6 months ago), you'd think a 2.5 year-old card from an established company (Diamond MM, now owned by S3) would be supported.
"Your girlfriend creates a black hole when she sucks? Doesn't that hurt?"
From the article, it seems that some points Don made were uninformed (the music standard would knock out local bands, for example).
I also don't jive with the universal Slashdot statement that "all big companies or corporations are evil" (or even "Microsoft is inherently evil")- and I don't think that SDMI asking for hackers help is a bad thing. Nothing SDMI says on their web site seems to make this an extravagant marketing ploy, and if they're fighting for a secure standard I think hackers should be for it.
We fight for security in our Linux/FreeBSD boxes - why can't we fight for security of copyright in digital music? Because it doesn't help us economically (we can't steal songs at will)?
Is there a DirectX version? I'd prefer to work in that API.
As I submitted earlier, Don Marti has stepped down from the boycott. Hopefully it will get posted on Slashdot soon.
It should be "This actually reflects the perfect way of doing this that Linux does for only a very limited number of things: add optimization, then bug the hell out of users for it -- it's they're problem if they can't figure it out. We're 733t here..."
Wait, KDE is bad again now? *Sigh* I can never keep up with these politics.
Out of curiousity, when did Intel become bad? Reading the posts on this board you'd think they were against everything sacred to Slashdot and the Open Source movement. If anything, aren't they for Open Source (does AMD have a Linux strategy?)
With KDE eating as much as 190 MB on my machine (including cache files for normal system processes), there's no room left for a sizable RAM disk. And I feel blessed that I have 256 MB at my disposal.
I still recommend The Code Book for more general reading. (Normal Amazon link - none of that affiliation crap).
There aren't many job openings for IT in Montana.