IF I was in a hospital with tubes comming out of my nose, on tonnes of drugs sill in pain and not looking like I would survive I'd want the plug to be pulled.
I think chuck should have won, possibly both times. He seemed to be the candidate that noone minded to much, and that a good choice for government if you ask me.
I brought directx 9 graphics to Wine so I should know a little bit about the differences between Direct3d and OpenGL and the impact this has on gaming.
Though Direct3D (9.0) offers some features (Like custom texture formats, and some extra features in it's fixed function pipeline) that OpenGl doen't offer games just don't use them, and even if they did they could be implemented using shaders. Why do you think DirectX 10 has compleatly dropped with fixed function pipeline.
If DirectX 9.0 was so superior to OpenGl it would have been impossible for transgaming to write Cedega and others and myself to start to being DirectX 9 to wine.
DirectX 10 does offer a few new features but the main improvement is a stripped down API. It won't be long before OpenGL gets the extra features that are in DirectX 10 but I don't think it can compeate on the performance improvements DirectX 10s architecture gives.
That said, for 95% of games the performance improvements won't matter and for the other 5% of games I'm sure people could put up with a slight (5%) frame rate drop, and a year down the line the hardware will be so much better that you won't notice the difference.
Andhow, I believe SDI offers a lot of the additional DirectX features too.
"OpenGL is close to what Direct3d offers, but Direct3d is offering a LOT more than OpenGL currently can. Even the latest additions to OpenGL do not bring it to what Direct3d 9.0, let alone 10.0 offer "
What like network transparancy? OpenGL offes a lot more than Direct3d (9.0) too. Both technologies are close enough, when it comes to the features that games require, that there's no difference.
I'm sure the extra features in DirectX 10 will make it into OpenGL soon but the extra features of OpenGL don't look like there going to make it into DirectX any time soon.
It is NOT the government's responsibility to insure I don't buy products from companies that have bad policies. It is mine.
The government seems to think it's it's responsibility to stop you doing all kinds of stupid things (like drinking and driving) why shouldn't they also stop you from buying products from shit companies since 'YOU' don't appear to be able to do it by yourself.
There's a big difference between napster and a torrent tracker. Napster actually provided the software to download music as well as the index servers. Bittorrent trackers are only the index servers.
I forgot to mention Ketamine, you'll have a way cool trip and then feel like your having the best time of your life. Ketamine works like an SSRI but blocks a different group of neuro thingies, so the effect is over a few hours and not over a few weeks like traditional SSRIs.
Lithium may also work, but from my experance they try to avoid giving you lithium so there's probably something bad about it that they don't put on the leaflet.
"inefficient resource allocation is a larger part of the poverty problem"
And how do you suppose those resources are going to be shipped around without oil.
I really hate those people who are blind to the fact that we are using more resources then the world is able to provide and one day those resources are going to run out. This is a problem of overpopulation because with a smaller population we wouldn't be using the resources up faster than they are being produced.
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IF I was in a hospital with tubes comming out of my nose, on tonnes of drugs sill in pain and not looking like I would survive I'd want the plug to be pulled.
How much would you pay for another hour of that?
I think chuck should have won, possibly both times.
He seemed to be the candidate that noone minded to much, and that a good choice for government if you ask me.
not quite, but almost (Guitartab.cc used to be the place to go for guitar tabs until it was taken down for copyright infringment)
Couldn't the genes have come from a virus that affected humans and Neanderthals
and I thought the old joke about americans not getting sarcasm was a myth.
What a shame the bomb wasn't bigger.
I brought directx 9 graphics to Wine so I should know a little bit about the differences between Direct3d and OpenGL and the impact this has on gaming.
Though Direct3D (9.0) offers some features (Like custom texture formats, and some extra features in it's fixed function pipeline) that OpenGl doen't offer games just don't use them, and even if they did they could be implemented using shaders. Why do you think DirectX 10 has compleatly dropped with fixed function pipeline.
If DirectX 9.0 was so superior to OpenGl it would have been impossible for transgaming to write Cedega and others and myself to start to being DirectX 9 to wine.
DirectX 10 does offer a few new features but the main improvement is a stripped down API. It won't be long before OpenGL gets the extra features that are in DirectX 10 but I don't think it can compeate on the performance improvements DirectX 10s architecture gives.
That said, for 95% of games the performance improvements won't matter and for the other 5% of games I'm sure people could put up with a slight (5%) frame rate drop, and a year down the line the hardware will be so much better that you won't notice the difference.
Andhow, I believe SDI offers a lot of the additional DirectX features too.
"OpenGL is close to what Direct3d offers, but Direct3d is offering a LOT more than OpenGL currently can. Even the latest additions to OpenGL do not bring it to what Direct3d 9.0, let alone 10.0 offer "
What like network transparancy? OpenGL offes a lot more than Direct3d (9.0) too. Both technologies are close enough, when it comes to the features that games require, that there's no difference.
I'm sure the extra features in DirectX 10 will make it into OpenGL soon but the extra features of OpenGL don't look like there going to make it into DirectX any time soon.
Ok, drugs, gambeling, drinking under age etc....
It is NOT the government's responsibility to insure I don't buy products from companies that have bad policies. It is mine.
The government seems to think it's it's responsibility to stop you doing all kinds of stupid things (like drinking and driving) why shouldn't they also stop you from buying products from shit companies since 'YOU' don't appear to be able to do it by yourself.
IQ tests suck
Only if your bad at them.
There's another way of detecting commercials, look for the volume going up.
One of the best things about language is that it changes over time.
I was only repeating the information I saw on another website. I suppose I should have done some more research.
There's a big difference between napster and a torrent tracker. Napster actually provided the software to download music as well as the index servers. Bittorrent trackers are only the index servers.
I forgot to mention Ketamine, you'll have a way cool trip and then feel like your having the best time of your life. Ketamine works like an SSRI but blocks a different group of neuro thingies, so the effect is over a few hours and not over a few weeks like traditional SSRIs.
Have you tried electroconvulsive therapy yet?
Lithium may also work, but from my experance they try to avoid giving you lithium so there's probably something bad about it that they don't put on the leaflet.
The court said a trademark holder, such as Levi Strauss, must give explicit permission to a retailer to let them sell grey goods. Without such explicit authority the trader has to prove it had received implied consent.
here's a source
It's a trademark one.
You can't sell a product that's trademarked without the permission of the trademark holder.
The same rule was used years ago to stop Tesco selling grey import levis jeans.
"I fail to see how what Lik Sang is doing breaches IP rights - in fact, imho, that's utter bullshit."
There breaching trademark law. It may be possible for them to remove any Sony branding and sell the products without any of sonys trademarks.
"inefficient resource allocation is a larger part of the poverty problem"
And how do you suppose those resources are going to be shipped around without oil.
I really hate those people who are blind to the fact that we are using more resources then the world is able to provide and one day those resources are going to run out. This is a problem of overpopulation because with a smaller population we wouldn't be using the resources up faster than they are being produced.
All I have to do now is patent a car that can run off the wast from a liposuction clinic and I'll be rich.
One reason could be that there are more catholics in the US and the pope says that contraception is bad (is the contraceptive pill free in the US?)
One thing I would like to know is: How the hell are you going to support all those people when the oil runs out?