i forgot to make the note that 3dfx still didn't ship default on many OEM machines and that was thier downfall. However, I do remember old grannies having GeForce2's back in early/mid 2001...
Oops. My bad, I went by my memories when I worked at an outsourcer that worked with Dell and Micron, I remember distinctly most machines shipping out with nVidia chips. Forgot that Dell went with Rage chips on thier massively manufactuered boards. Micron went with nVidia's 128ZX's
ATi doesn't ship lots of chips to be sold to OEMs on the cheap. nVidia does, and will still do. This was 3dfx's problem, and this will be what keeps nVidia alive. Whether or not it'll keep them competative or have them go the way of the Trident or not is another story.
Yes, if the RIAA was providing services I wouldn't mind this.
But I'm being charged for something i'm not supposed to be doing. Hell, it'd be great if i got this fee then allowed to download whatever the hell i wanted with out the RIAA on my ass. I'm going to let my congressional folks know what's so wrong about this first thing tuesday with a real phone call.
given that it's techinically impossible? What's a buffer overflow going to do to an MP3 player? My estimation would be that the player crashes, or it rejects the file outright.
Put another way, I bought a 66 MHz 486 in 1995. Today, the same price can probably get me something close to 3 GHz, for an improvement in clock speed alone of almost 50x. Architectural advancements probably will give another 5x or 10x boost, so we're talking about a box that is literally 250x to 500x faster.
Am I - or a graphics professional - possibly 250x to 500x more productive than I was in 1995?
No, I'm stating that for most non-computing professionals(IE, insurance, digital video/imaging, etc) working with system intensive software, interface and versions of applications available are just very terrible reasons to stay attached to one operating system or another. For example, Mac zealots clinging onto MacOS/OS X because it's better for graphic design is a moot point because the software used for graphic design is now mostly cross platform, also is moot is the idea that one OS is superior in the interface than the other.
Why?
Aqua might look and organize better than WindowsXP or 2000, but most of your time is going to be spent with your graphics application or applications of choice. Unless they have absolutely no organizational skills, going between two applications or looking for files is not going to slow a person down to the point where it makes hardware speed a red herring.
That's not true at all. Industry standard software such as Photoshop are cross platform. I can manipulate the same images mac users can using the same software, the difference here is that I can do it faster because my hardware IS indeed faster.
The MacOS X interface isn't any faster to me than the Windows2000 interface. To me, they're both based off of the idea of, one click selects, two clicks activates. And program and document organization schemes that seem similar, if not ripped off of each other. Who ripped off who is not the subject of this debate, but rather the idea that they both have it is.
And with this in mind, any professional who works with digital imaging should have some idea on how to operate a graphical interface shouldn't care about the actual operating platform, but the machine performance. Which in reality does let you get more work done, by reducing the amount of time you're staring at the 'Processing is: x% done' window.
But I am not a professional in that field, so I could be dead wrong.
I'd mod you down because you're an idiot. Not because you're speaking a conservative view point.
Granted, alot of conservatives ARE idiots, much like how alot of liberals are ALSO idiots, but there are level headed, clear communicating people on both sides who present clear and cohesive arguments.
You, obviously, are not one of them. You stick to the idea that , 'liberals hate this', or 'liberals hate that', like it's even true, or even a bad thing. Sometimes liberals hate things because there's something inherently wrong with it. Even if they are profiteering off of it. However, that is not my point. You make un-
Anyway.
For profit organizations such as businesses and coporations should have absolutely no right to make false or misleading statements concerning thier products, the market, or anything else that would influence business practices. They are entities that are being trusted to tell the truth about thier practices and products, and being unethical can cost people in terms of money and personal health.
not only THAT, but the First Amendment reads that " Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
So how is it that "liberals" who are arguing at the state level not respecting laws passed at the federal level? The first amendment only applies to federal juristiction. Unless stated otherwise by state, city/township or county law, states have all RIGHT to censorship. It's in the tenth amendment. Read it some time.
Maybe I was harsh on Drag racers, but it still just seems like a giant penis waving contest. Even when outskilled, having incredible amounts of horsepower seems to be able to win in the end.
I ment to say that the older style cars do not have the style that gets me hot and bothered. I'm 20 years old. I grew up in an asian area(ClarkAFB, the Phillipines) and in the nintendo generation. Can you blame me for having my sense of taste? Then again the 'Impreza looks like a shopping cart' comment wasn't entirely unwarranted. It somehow appeals to my style more than anything else.
Anyway, yeah, my dad went on about hotrodding in the 70's a bit. so I have some idea what kind of art it is. -Those- rice boys ARE idiots. Light cars like those should be out on windy curves, sexy and alluring like a fine woman, not running straight lines.
And yes, I was kidding about a Skyline taking a Viper. If you're going down to the line about how finely worked on it is, it comes down to the mechanic who worked on it.
Maybe it was different in the early days because it would seem that those who did the work also did the driving. Which is far different from today, which I quickly assumed as similar, with it's modern version "Fast and the Furious" style attitude.
I'd rather be rolling in an Imprezza, before I'd even roll in a Ford Focus. Much less anything of value. They've got a style that the old Cameros, Mustangs and T-Birds didn't.
Although not to say they're not idiots, but I see no beauty in drag racing. Sure, there's pulling more horsepower out of a car, but where's the fun? Sure, you can idiotly run in a straight line, but having to seriously brake for a turn? Pfft. Who needs that? I admit, I do not drift myself, but I admire drifters more than I do drag racers, because there's no style in drag racing. There's no show of driving skill.
In a straight drag race, yes, Viper beats rice. However, a properly configured suspension and tuned engine on a quote, rice, unquote mobile can easily destroy a viper. Initial D, while 'anime'(which some would easily disregard as 'unrealistic'), does somewhat accurately portray the idea that it is skill, not horsepower, that makes a driver. There is no skill on going from one end of a line, to the other. Unless COMPLETELY inebriated.
Then again, a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R properly tuned and supe'd up could probably smash a Viper(which probably has rice parts in it anyway!)...
No, I've worked as a technical support agent. Even some of the brightest can be total dumbasses at times. They should include the option in the system configuration menus, but keep it OFF the harddrive. Lord knows that any random user can just find/bin/yada/yada/yada/apache/ and run apache and not know what the hell it does. If he was to be forced to not only find it nestled away in a submenu, he might be a little less inclined to run it. Windows2000 is VERY good about this. Too bad the Webserver included itself isn't very good....
Language packs. Have each prompt and piece of text be dynamically linked to an external language link. Either integratable at compile time, in which a simple copying of a new language pack then recompile will do you, or just have it do it on the fly. I know this is being done on several projects, including the emulator Kawaks...
Despite record investment in computers in the USA and UK, recent studies (not the ones funded by educational software companies) have shown a significant drop in core subjects (Math, English) in schools that plase strong emphasis on Information Technology
Open Source is NOT free software. Look at linux. If you do not have broadband, you will know that the latest and greatst of Linux distros are far from free. Unless you enjoy the idea of tying up a phoneline for days, if not weeks.
Second, where's the hypocracy in believing that software that IS free can't compete with non-free software? Market forces will dictate what's better, according to capitalism.
I do something. I don't spend my money on Verant's over priced, buggy, graphical 3D MUD and take my money elsewhere and give people my honest opinion when asked about it.
As far as the train station deal is concerned. I couldn't give you a positive answer on how I would react.
well. even if she WAS "responsible", there are still situations where you could be responsible, but someone else could be to blame.
Here's this scenario. Let's say she bought her coffee, holding the coffee in her hand to put in the holder, but someone was coming into the drive through and for some reason(braking problem, unattentive driving, or any plausable reason) hit this person causing her to drop the coffee on her lap, but no other damage to the car otherwise. The coffee would drop and scald her needlessly. or she had it slip out of her hand in a pure accident. it's happend to the best of us at times.
It's not that she was totally stupid(Which she was for carring the coffee the way she did), she was also the victim of McDonalds using coffee entirely out of safety limits.
Jersey's well.. Jersey. I'd imagine in more rural areas Guns are more of a necessity than pools, but in a place like jersey, a highly urban state, there are bound to be more pools than Guns, espcially in the suburban areas.
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i forgot to make the note that 3dfx still didn't ship default on many OEM machines and that was thier downfall. However, I do remember old grannies having GeForce2's back in early/mid 2001...
Oops. My bad, I went by my memories when I worked at an outsourcer that worked with Dell and Micron, I remember distinctly most machines shipping out with nVidia chips. Forgot that Dell went with Rage chips on thier massively manufactuered boards. Micron went with nVidia's 128ZX's
Problem.
Volume.
ATi doesn't ship lots of chips to be sold to OEMs on the cheap. nVidia does, and will still do. This was 3dfx's problem, and this will be what keeps nVidia alive. Whether or not it'll keep them competative or have them go the way of the Trident or not is another story.
I'd hate to point out that Science.box.sk's main headline as of this writting is a headline that's been on slashdot for atleast a day.
Yes, if the RIAA was providing services I wouldn't mind this.
But I'm being charged for something i'm not supposed to be doing. Hell, it'd be great if i got this fee then allowed to download whatever the hell i wanted with out the RIAA on my ass. I'm going to let my congressional folks know what's so wrong about this first thing tuesday with a real phone call.
given that it's techinically impossible? What's a buffer overflow going to do to an MP3 player? My estimation would be that the player crashes, or it rejects the file outright.
Put another way, I bought a 66 MHz 486 in 1995. Today, the same price can probably get me something close to 3 GHz, for an improvement in clock speed alone of almost 50x. Architectural advancements probably will give another 5x or 10x boost, so we're talking about a box that is literally 250x to 500x faster.
Am I - or a graphics professional - possibly 250x to 500x more productive than I was in 1995?
No, I'm stating that for most non-computing professionals(IE, insurance, digital video/imaging, etc) working with system intensive software, interface and versions of applications available are just very terrible reasons to stay attached to one operating system or another. For example, Mac zealots clinging onto MacOS/OS X because it's better for graphic design is a moot point because the software used for graphic design is now mostly cross platform, also is moot is the idea that one OS is superior in the interface than the other.
Why?
Aqua might look and organize better than WindowsXP or 2000, but most of your time is going to be spent with your graphics application or applications of choice. Unless they have absolutely no organizational skills, going between two applications or looking for files is not going to slow a person down to the point where it makes hardware speed a red herring.
That's not true at all. Industry standard software such as Photoshop are cross platform. I can manipulate the same images mac users can using the same software, the difference here is that I can do it faster because my hardware IS indeed faster.
The MacOS X interface isn't any faster to me than the Windows2000 interface. To me, they're both based off of the idea of, one click selects, two clicks activates. And program and document organization schemes that seem similar, if not ripped off of each other. Who ripped off who is not the subject of this debate, but rather the idea that they both have it is.
And with this in mind, any professional who works with digital imaging should have some idea on how to operate a graphical interface shouldn't care about the actual operating platform, but the machine performance. Which in reality does let you get more work done, by reducing the amount of time you're staring at the 'Processing is: x% done' window.
But I am not a professional in that field, so I could be dead wrong.
I dunno, I'd imagine that Linux would equal $$$ to a business man.
Section one? Seems to contradict the entire 10th amendment. Augh. I wish I was a lawyer.
I'd mod you down because you're an idiot. Not because you're speaking a conservative view point. Granted, alot of conservatives ARE idiots, much like how alot of liberals are ALSO idiots, but there are level headed, clear communicating people on both sides who present clear and cohesive arguments. You, obviously, are not one of them. You stick to the idea that , 'liberals hate this', or 'liberals hate that', like it's even true, or even a bad thing. Sometimes liberals hate things because there's something inherently wrong with it. Even if they are profiteering off of it. However, that is not my point. You make un- Anyway. For profit organizations such as businesses and coporations should have absolutely no right to make false or misleading statements concerning thier products, the market, or anything else that would influence business practices. They are entities that are being trusted to tell the truth about thier practices and products, and being unethical can cost people in terms of money and personal health.
not only THAT, but the First Amendment reads that " Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
So how is it that "liberals" who are arguing at the state level not respecting laws passed at the federal level? The first amendment only applies to federal juristiction. Unless stated otherwise by state, city/township or county law, states have all RIGHT to censorship. It's in the tenth amendment. Read it some time.
Maybe I was harsh on Drag racers, but it still just seems like a giant penis waving contest. Even when outskilled, having incredible amounts of horsepower seems to be able to win in the end.
I ment to say that the older style cars do not have the style that gets me hot and bothered. I'm 20 years old. I grew up in an asian area(ClarkAFB, the Phillipines) and in the nintendo generation. Can you blame me for having my sense of taste? Then again the 'Impreza looks like a shopping cart' comment wasn't entirely unwarranted. It somehow appeals to my style more than anything else.
Anyway, yeah, my dad went on about hotrodding in the 70's a bit. so I have some idea what kind of art it is. -Those- rice boys ARE idiots. Light cars like those should be out on windy curves, sexy and alluring like a fine woman, not running straight lines.
And yes, I was kidding about a Skyline taking a Viper. If you're going down to the line about how finely worked on it is, it comes down to the mechanic who worked on it.
Maybe it was different in the early days because it would seem that those who did the work also did the driving. Which is far different from today, which I quickly assumed as similar, with it's modern version "Fast and the Furious" style attitude.
I'd rather be rolling in an Imprezza, before I'd even roll in a Ford Focus. Much less anything of value. They've got a style that the old Cameros, Mustangs and T-Birds didn't.
Although not to say they're not idiots, but I see no beauty in drag racing. Sure, there's pulling more horsepower out of a car, but where's the fun? Sure, you can idiotly run in a straight line, but having to seriously brake for a turn? Pfft. Who needs that? I admit, I do not drift myself, but I admire drifters more than I do drag racers, because there's no style in drag racing. There's no show of driving skill.
In a straight drag race, yes, Viper beats rice. However, a properly configured suspension and tuned engine on a quote, rice, unquote mobile can easily destroy a viper. Initial D, while 'anime'(which some would easily disregard as 'unrealistic'), does somewhat accurately portray the idea that it is skill, not horsepower, that makes a driver. There is no skill on going from one end of a line, to the other. Unless COMPLETELY inebriated.
Then again, a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R properly tuned and supe'd up could probably smash a Viper(which probably has rice parts in it anyway!)...
I'd figure a Spoiler, a few 'Type-R' stickers, a coffeecan exhaust, and a bolt on Turbo kit should do the job. Who needs ruddy books?
No, I've worked as a technical support agent. Even some of the brightest can be total dumbasses at times. They should include the option in the system configuration menus, but keep it OFF the harddrive. Lord knows that any random user can just find /bin/yada/yada/yada/apache/ and run apache and not know what the hell it does. If he was to be forced to not only find it nestled away in a submenu, he might be a little less inclined to run it. Windows2000 is VERY good about this. Too bad the Webserver included itself isn't very good....
Language packs. Have each prompt and piece of text be dynamically linked to an external language link. Either integratable at compile time, in which a simple copying of a new language pack then recompile will do you, or just have it do it on the fly. I know this is being done on several projects, including the emulator Kawaks...
Unless the poster is outside of the US/UK...
Despite record investment in computers in the USA and UK, recent studies (not the ones funded by educational software companies) have shown a significant drop in core subjects (Math, English) in schools that plase strong emphasis on Information Technology
Open Source is NOT free software. Look at linux. If you do not have broadband, you will know that the latest and greatst of Linux distros are far from free. Unless you enjoy the idea of tying up a phoneline for days, if not weeks.
Second, where's the hypocracy in believing that software that IS free can't compete with non-free software? Market forces will dictate what's better, according to capitalism.
I do something. I don't spend my money on Verant's over priced, buggy, graphical 3D MUD and take my money elsewhere and give people my honest opinion when asked about it.
As far as the train station deal is concerned. I couldn't give you a positive answer on how I would react.
well. even if she WAS "responsible", there are still situations where you could be responsible, but someone else could be to blame.
Here's this scenario. Let's say she bought her coffee, holding the coffee in her hand to put in the holder, but someone was coming into the drive through and for some reason(braking problem, unattentive driving, or any plausable reason) hit this person causing her to drop the coffee on her lap, but no other damage to the car otherwise. The coffee would drop and scald her needlessly. or she had it slip out of her hand in a pure accident. it's happend to the best of us at times.
It's not that she was totally stupid(Which she was for carring the coffee the way she did), she was also the victim of McDonalds using coffee entirely out of safety limits.
and what? Chew chewlie's gum instead?
Jersey's well.. Jersey. I'd imagine in more rural areas Guns are more of a necessity than pools, but in a place like jersey, a highly urban state, there are bound to be more pools than Guns, espcially in the suburban areas.
Yes, but many more people own pools than firearms. if more people owned firearms than pools, your point would be valid, but it is moot.