Plugged the cable and disabled wireless access. We'll see how long I'll 'hang in', but there's certainly no reason to upgrade to 3.42 and given that Sony haven't provided a FW with new worthwhile features in 24 months, I don't see much reason to upgrade 'going forward' either.
Hopefully any future games (say Infamous 2) that req. new firmware can either be patched or a new firmware hacked and then upgraded.
Exactly. Agree. That's the story here for anyone confused; hardware can be killed through software through no real fault of the user. See for instance Furmark which ATI tries to throttle by checking for its name! No, you don't have to overclock, no, it's not because your cooling is subpar or because of dust or anything else, it's because HWVs don't want to spend the ten cents or whatever to take away the 'can run over peak for a few seconds' capability.
They're knowingly releasing hardware that can't survive 'full throttle', and it's bullshit.
eWEEK.com columnist Rob Enderle is here to tell you that he has evidence that SCO has rights to Unix, that IBM's error in releasing Unix (AIX) code into Linux violated those rights and that IBM used the Linux community in an attempt to cover up that mista -- eweek
He wasn't just some tangential person either, he was deep into that shit running their propaganda errands. Explain to me why we'd ever listen to this analcyst?
It doesn't make sense to use them as the MAIN CPU, no.
I could see ARM in a console, say for a low-power menu-mode, a bit like the 'instant on linux' found in some computers, or for having the console 'always on' downloading patches and what not.
I gave up after getting sub 10KB/s. As has been mentioned, Steam needs to get on the bittorrent-train. A bittorrent layer would smooth this out for everyone, instead of giving the people fortunate enough to hit an underutilized server a good experience while the rest can even get the content at all ("Servers too busy"). Steam obviously is not intelligent enough to properly distribute the load.
>New Zealand is following both European and US patent law, and allowing software embedded in a device to be patentable. "Embedded in a device" sounds a lot like the "tied to a specific machine" language from Bilski, huh?
I guess we haven't really hit the "happen for real" threshold yet then have we? Allowing software patents when they're "embedded in a device" sounds a lot to me like saying you're allowed to patent perpetual motion machines ONLY IF the patent application comes framed in crayon drawn clouds and glue-on sparkles.
>And since Opera is not open source, there is no way to be sure of that.
Sure there is, you can reverse-engineer it to see what it does. You know, just because all you have is the binary doesn't mean you've suddenly entered a magic land where nothing can be understood.
(I'm going to ignore "but can you trust your tools" asshatery)
We should all have learned by now that how people and companies react to legal threats doesn't have ANYTHING to do with so-called merits. 'The' SCOX case went on for about seven years and they had NOTHING. People paid them "linux tax" while they had NOTHING, could show NOTHING, made increasingly bizarre and outrageous claims and could in fact never WIN ANYTHING. People still paid.
The lesson from that of course is that being a tick on the ass of the system it's a perfectly valid way to lift a nice salary and appear important, so really, why not?
>Is there any evidence that she has changed her mind?
I don't know. I guess it's not very likely, but either way; inquiring her current position ought to be step one, and then discussion can follow from there. Just as in engineering measuring is knowing, it'd be nice if in politics and law we could at the very least strive for a similar baseline of sanity before the rage takes over.
Of course, you can always argue solely against the position and not the person, but that's never likely and extra unlikely in a situation like this where it's very person-centric.
Whatever. It's just a basic courtesy I'd wish people to show me, so I'm trying to be a cooperative agent.
I'd like to nominate drawtext() which combines formatting, drawing and magic numbers in a wonderful way. This codebase brings me back to 80s early 90s...
Okay, as a person with NUMEROUS unfinished [game] projects, I'm in no fucking position to throw ANY stones, I know. In fact, EXTRA kudos for releasing the code knowing the state it's in. I don't know if I could do that (which is a failing on my part).
According to the scientists I interviewed, the academy seems to have a "strong culture" that suppresses discussion about religion in many areas
Taking your religion to work is as relevant as taking your sex life there which for most people is, not relevant at all. Maybe this "strong culture" is merely the result of most everyone, with the exception of a fervent few, understanding this social contract. If you don't bring out your jesusspeak, I won't bring out my dong.
And if we look elsewhere within Microsoft we can see - for example from their engagement with HTML 5 and work on MSIE - that they can move in the right direction when the will is there.
So why - given the awareness Microsoft has at the top, at the bottom, and round the edges - does it still manage to behave as it does? Something, perhaps, is wrong at the centre -- some kind of corporate dysfunction caused by a failure of executive oversight.
Yes, what really is the difference between 'office app space' and 'internet browser space'? Let's not forget Microsoft's swift rush to Internet standard conformance! They were like frolicing collies running over the meadows, busy herding eager to please!
You wouldn't even have a point were there anything even remotely funny about what's being posted. It's just story after story of very obvious falsehoods. There's nothing remotely intelligent about this. It's below 'ape throwing feces' on the humor scale. I have more fun watching Glenn Beck crying.
It's just too much. If sites could show some restraint and maybe do one thing every decade or two, that'd be one thing. Every site every year on the same day (actually, some loser-sites posted on the 31:st, because you know, you gotta be first in the lame-line), like clockwork?
It's offensive because it's stupid, the very antithesis of fun.
Give up with the april fools lameness already. Every year/. degenerates into absolute worthlessness. Look, there's real stuff out there to post, like Simon Singh winning his appeal.
I've never been confused about that. '[kK][bB]' all mean kilobytes, if you want to talk about bits you spell it out like 'kbit'. Talking about bits in 'huge numbers' have basically never been relevant beyond marketing for console cartridges. It's a non-issue. Anyone suggesting bytes/bits should be encoded into casing is a moron only worthy of <eye rolling>
While I don't think it's super dire, it's certainly a concern. I can add another point. Steam confirmed for Mac.
Problem? Macs don't take the latest and greatest off-the-shelf graphics cards, and generally are a fair bit behind the curve, way back in 'casual land'.
On the other hand, maybe if Apple open up a bit this is a way to sell more and better cards rather than another spike in the coffin.
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Plugged the cable and disabled wireless access. We'll see how long I'll 'hang in', but there's certainly no reason to upgrade to 3.42 and given that Sony haven't provided a FW with new worthwhile features in 24 months, I don't see much reason to upgrade 'going forward' either.
Hopefully any future games (say Infamous 2) that req. new firmware can either be patched or a new firmware hacked and then upgraded.
Exactly. Agree. That's the story here for anyone confused; hardware can be killed through software through no real fault of the user. See for instance Furmark which ATI tries to throttle by checking for its name! No, you don't have to overclock, no, it's not because your cooling is subpar or because of dust or anything else, it's because HWVs don't want to spend the ten cents or whatever to take away the 'can run over peak for a few seconds' capability.
They're knowingly releasing hardware that can't survive 'full throttle', and it's bullshit.
PS. Here's a 8800GT fried during SC2.
I think he's here moderating people, I just got modded 'troll' (really?!) for explaining the same thing.
This man is a blight upon humanity. Example:
He wasn't just some tangential person either, he was deep into that shit running their propaganda errands. Explain to me why we'd ever listen to this analcyst?
Aren't those typically "won" by the person who's most aggressive in attacking the opponent over and over again, never answering any questions?
I hope this debate never happens.
I'd only accept a P4-based computer if it came with a SIZEABLE stack of cash.
It doesn't make sense to use them as the MAIN CPU, no.
I could see ARM in a console, say for a low-power menu-mode, a bit like the 'instant on linux' found in some computers, or for having the console 'always on' downloading patches and what not.
I gave up after getting sub 10KB/s. As has been mentioned, Steam needs to get on the bittorrent-train. A bittorrent layer would smooth this out for everyone, instead of giving the people fortunate enough to hit an underutilized server a good experience while the rest can even get the content at all ("Servers too busy"). Steam obviously is not intelligent enough to properly distribute the load.
Honestly, it's as baffling as it's retarded.
>New Zealand is following both European and US patent law, and allowing software embedded in a device to be patentable. "Embedded in a device" sounds a lot like the "tied to a specific machine" language from Bilski, huh?
I guess we haven't really hit the "happen for real" threshold yet then have we? Allowing software patents when they're "embedded in a device" sounds a lot to me like saying you're allowed to patent perpetual motion machines ONLY IF the patent application comes framed in crayon drawn clouds and glue-on sparkles.
If this happens for real, the rest of the world should harmonize to NZ standards. Right politicians and lawyers, harmonization is important, isn't it?
>And since Opera is not open source, there is no way to be sure of that.
Sure there is, you can reverse-engineer it to see what it does. You know, just because all you have is the binary doesn't mean you've suddenly entered a magic land where nothing can be understood.
(I'm going to ignore "but can you trust your tools" asshatery)
Sooner or later, your wife will drive...
We should all have learned by now that how people and companies react to legal threats doesn't have ANYTHING to do with so-called merits. 'The' SCOX case went on for about seven years and they had NOTHING. People paid them "linux tax" while they had NOTHING, could show NOTHING, made increasingly bizarre and outrageous claims and could in fact never WIN ANYTHING. People still paid.
The lesson from that of course is that being a tick on the ass of the system it's a perfectly valid way to lift a nice salary and appear important, so really, why not?
Wonder if that last bit is in the 3rd edition.
>Is there any evidence that she has changed her mind?
I don't know. I guess it's not very likely, but either way; inquiring her current position ought to be step one, and then discussion can follow from there. Just as in engineering measuring is knowing, it'd be nice if in politics and law we could at the very least strive for a similar baseline of sanity before the rage takes over.
Of course, you can always argue solely against the position and not the person, but that's never likely and extra unlikely in a situation like this where it's very person-centric.
Whatever. It's just a basic courtesy I'd wish people to show me, so I'm trying to be a cooperative agent.
OTOH, I guess if you changed your thinking over the course of seventeen years, you're a weak-ass no-good hippie flip-flopper?
They're making progress. Sharp is coming out with a 60" LCD with bezel widths of 2.4 mm and 4.1 mm (with video). Still room for improvement.
And oh, I'll take three :-\
I'd like to nominate drawtext() which combines formatting, drawing and magic numbers in a wonderful way. This codebase brings me back to 80s early 90s...
Okay, as a person with NUMEROUS unfinished [game] projects, I'm in no fucking position to throw ANY stones, I know. In fact, EXTRA kudos for releasing the code knowing the state it's in. I don't know if I could do that (which is a failing on my part).
Again, thanks.
According to the scientists I interviewed, the academy seems to have a "strong culture" that suppresses discussion about religion in many areas
Taking your religion to work is as relevant as taking your sex life there which for most people is, not relevant at all. Maybe this "strong culture" is merely the result of most everyone, with the exception of a fervent few, understanding this social contract. If you don't bring out your jesusspeak, I won't bring out my dong.
Is this person for real?
Yes, what really is the difference between 'office app space' and 'internet browser space'? Let's not forget Microsoft's swift rush to Internet standard conformance! They were like frolicing collies running over the meadows, busy herding eager to please!
You wouldn't even have a point were there anything even remotely funny about what's being posted. It's just story after story of very obvious falsehoods. There's nothing remotely intelligent about this. It's below 'ape throwing feces' on the humor scale. I have more fun watching Glenn Beck crying.
It's just too much. If sites could show some restraint and maybe do one thing every decade or two, that'd be one thing. Every site every year on the same day (actually, some loser-sites posted on the 31:st, because you know, you gotta be first in the lame-line), like clockwork?
It's offensive because it's stupid, the very antithesis of fun.
Give up with the april fools lameness already. Every year /. degenerates into absolute worthlessness. Look, there's real stuff out there to post, like Simon Singh winning his appeal.
(mods: can't touch this karma)
I've never been confused about that. '[kK][bB]' all mean kilobytes, if you want to talk about bits you spell it out like 'kbit'. Talking about bits in 'huge numbers' have basically never been relevant beyond marketing for console cartridges. It's a non-issue. Anyone suggesting bytes/bits should be encoded into casing is a moron only worthy of <eye rolling>
Confusion solved.
Just saying, maybe we should take that into account.
While I don't think it's super dire, it's certainly a concern. I can add another point. Steam confirmed for Mac.
Problem? Macs don't take the latest and greatest off-the-shelf graphics cards, and generally are a fair bit behind the curve, way back in 'casual land'.
On the other hand, maybe if Apple open up a bit this is a way to sell more and better cards rather than another spike in the coffin.