This will only further proprietarize the music and movie industry, turning Time Warner into yet another Sony. Similar to the situation after Disney bought/formed (I can't remember which) the GO Network and had all ABC programs advertising it, you'll probably see a hell of a lot more advertisements for AOL, both obvious commercials, and sneaky references ("AOL keyword CNN").
I think that this move should be opposed in all ways, shapes, and forms, especially through the Internet. It's far and wide known that AOL sucks, but now Steve Case wants to add Time Warner's armada of their news (television and print), movie, and music divisions to his already bloated coffers. Meanwhile, AOL is getting hacked at least once every week, be it breaking into user records, making more spam, or just plain old flaming in the chat rooms. Nevertheless, AOL wants to launch their broadband service (which, not surprisingly, will STILL get a >400ms ping, compared to the
For now, the outlook is bleak, as the conglom-o of TimeAOLWarnerTurner threatens to alienate the multimedia world, its tendrils gnashing away at the consumers' rights.
Check out DOOM for the Digital Camera, something that was on Slashdot a while ago. Pretty cool, considering the camera has better controls on it. This means you can download and play HOOVER.WAD on your trip to the Hoover Dam. "Who's that guy with the shotgun? I think that was the state trooper. I can't explain that red thing in the distance, though!"
Look at Q3DM12. What a big level. It turns out, there's an areaportal inside each door closest to the central courtyard. This is very good, as it prevents the rendering of EVERYTHING behind the door when it's closed. I turned on the FPS counter and went behind the door on the rocket platform. Here's the results: door closed: 90 fps; doop open: 45 fps.
That's why there are portals.
Yes. Just go to the/idstuff/quake3/source directory in/idgames3 of ftp.cdrom.com. There's the Quake3 source code, staring at you. Sure, it's an.exe, just use wine, you whiner.
"3DFX Voodoo4/5, S3 Savage4/2000, Matrox G400/450, ATI Rage128, Nvidia TNT[2]: Much of the visual lushness will be missing due to the lack of bump mapping, but the game won't have any gaping holes. Most of these except the V5 probably won't have enough fill-rate to be very enjoyable.:
If DOOM3 is as critical to accelerator success as Q3 and Q2 were, this could very well spell the end of 3dfx as we know it. As John said, the entire Voodoo series lacks dot product bump mapping, and in DOOM3, this will be used extensively. What does this mean? It means the difference between the textures in Quake3 at the highest texture level, and the wall textures in Half-Life: the Voodoo5, despite FSAA, will only be able to provide horrid texturing in DOOM3. Without texture clarity, the FSAA is worthless; the output will probably have the tris density of Quake3, but the texturing of GLQuake on the 3dfx 8-bit texture extensions (can you say, geezerware?). Unless the Rampage becomes real within a year or two, 3dfx could be in a very bad position.
"On the other hand even the CVS version (HEAD) of samba still does not support windows 2000 client logons, so there you go."
Ah HA! I was trying to login to my LAN with smbclient on my Linux box, and it was asking me for a password. I tried the administrator password (which logically should've worked), and it wouldn't go in! Good thing I installed Win2k on my former Linux box; now I can start a Q3 server again (The DMZ option on my router was set to the box's IP).
What's worse, you'd probably have to download every stinking RPM to do the upgrade. And I thought installing off the CD was hell enough. The Red Hat installer makes the Windows 2000 installation process look like a freakin' bike ride. At least the temporary ATAPI drivers for the Win2000 install have DMA enabled; Linux always uses PIO mode during the install (unless you hack the install disk with the IDE driver module for your chipset, maybe).
It's kinda funny seeing Microsoft and Linux going opposite ways. You can download Win2000 Service Pack 1 for free, but OldHat wants a credit card number before you even start upgrading. It's pure capitalist hypocrisy!
Excessive modularity is often the downfall of major software products.
Just look at Linux itself: all those modules running at the same time, many of them coded at the last minute by an out-of-breath, just-squeaking-past-the-deadline bible thumper. And some of them are alpha stage candidates!
Looks like they just used the paintbrush tool in Photoshop. Geeze, they couldn't even make the branches straight! Just goes to show you (literally) how crooked the Mozilla project really is:
I only hate them for trying to usurp the consumer market. They have no expertise there (you wouldn't stand paying $500 for a 4-port 10-100 switch, would you?).
"Hoping to up-end Palm company's supremacy in the color department for Palm OS..."
Waaaait a minute, color department? I didn't even know that a single Palm OS PDA in existence even had color. Isn't this going to be the First Palm OS PDA with color? (hint: if you want to correct me, give me a link to a picture, I want visual proof!)
Don't worry, the V5 can't get any hotter than the V3 did. An actual temperature reading on a Voodoo 3 3500 was 180F, legally hot enough to cook raw meat in New York City, and the temperature limit set by Intel at which point performance and stability start to degrade. The V3 AGP series was a thermal mistake. The only way for 3dfx to avoid magnetic noise in the bus from the multiple fans, however, was to add on the power connector.
It seems that they're too busy "empowering the internet generation" to see that other companies have already used NAT (I'm using it right now on my Linksys 4-port DSL router). I'm sure not going to pay the Cisco router tariff unless they manage to string OC3 to my doorstep.
"FBI is likely to use is "open source can't be trusted"."
Why does the FBI hate open source? Two words: National Security. Imagine if we had the Navy barking out the armaments and capabilities of our nuclear subs and aircraft? The terrorist countries would only be too eager to up the ante. There are certain places where open source just doesn't belong. Carnivore may be a good place for it (since the FBI considers us the enemy), but let's hope that Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin don't start doing it.
Once again, AMD is trying to pass 100 amps through a 12-gauge wire. Expect this system to be up in smoke in about 7 months. I plan to squeeze all 10 years out of my P3, thank you. (I also have a 386SX which is about to celebrate its ninth year in my house, and it's still working [in all its DOS 3.3 glory, hehe])
It's because these sites lack something that the printed magazines possess: credibility. They're too afraid to put something in print, they might be wrong, or worse, the company might sue them. But think about it: why aren't reputable computer manufacturers using AMD CPUs? Dell, HP, Micron, they don't use anything AMD, not even their SCSI or network controllers. Their servers are Xeon, their workstations are P3. These companies would rather avoid trouble with AMD when the chip makers gets busted for consorting with the German government to take over the world. As far as AMD's deals are concerned, I believe that they are forming a secret faction with the German, Russian, and Chinese governments to build a fourth reich.
Quake 3 actually does have a setting for SMP machines: r_smp 1 (ONLY do this if you actually have 2 CPUs!). I'm not sure if this affects framerate, but it is an r_ cvar (rendering), so it just might. However, SMP could help on a game server (provided it's not already being used to run DivX, hehe.)
My signature is my statement against the Javascript programmers, the Perl-script llamas, and those kernel-weasels out there coding "just because." At least NASA has some rhyme and reason for their actions. Lightning just struck nearby, so I'll shut up for now.
I checked the electromagnetic spectrum, and microwaves (specifically, the frequency used in the kitchen appliance) are 2.5 GHz. Is there anyone else worried that their CPU could become a magnetron?
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I think that this move should be opposed in all ways, shapes, and forms, especially through the Internet. It's far and wide known that AOL sucks, but now Steve Case wants to add Time Warner's armada of their news (television and print), movie, and music divisions to his already bloated coffers. Meanwhile, AOL is getting hacked at least once every week, be it breaking into user records, making more spam, or just plain old flaming in the chat rooms. Nevertheless, AOL wants to launch their broadband service (which, not surprisingly, will STILL get a >400ms ping, compared to the For now, the outlook is bleak, as the conglom-o of TimeAOLWarnerTurner threatens to alienate the multimedia world, its tendrils gnashing away at the consumers' rights.
Check out DOOM for the Digital Camera, something that was on Slashdot a while ago. Pretty cool, considering the camera has better controls on it. This means you can download and play HOOVER.WAD on your trip to the Hoover Dam. "Who's that guy with the shotgun? I think that was the state trooper. I can't explain that red thing in the distance, though!"
Look at Q3DM12. What a big level. It turns out, there's an areaportal inside each door closest to the central courtyard. This is very good, as it prevents the rendering of EVERYTHING behind the door when it's closed. I turned on the FPS counter and went behind the door on the rocket platform. Here's the results: door closed: 90 fps; doop open: 45 fps. That's why there are portals.
Yes. Just go to the /idstuff/quake3/source directory in /idgames3 of ftp.cdrom.com. There's the Quake3 source code, staring at you. Sure, it's an .exe, just use wine, you whiner.
If DOOM3 is as critical to accelerator success as Q3 and Q2 were, this could very well spell the end of 3dfx as we know it. As John said, the entire Voodoo series lacks dot product bump mapping, and in DOOM3, this will be used extensively. What does this mean? It means the difference between the textures in Quake3 at the highest texture level, and the wall textures in Half-Life: the Voodoo5, despite FSAA, will only be able to provide horrid texturing in DOOM3. Without texture clarity, the FSAA is worthless; the output will probably have the tris density of Quake3, but the texturing of GLQuake on the 3dfx 8-bit texture extensions (can you say, geezerware?). Unless the Rampage becomes real within a year or two, 3dfx could be in a very bad position.
Ah HA! I was trying to login to my LAN with smbclient on my Linux box, and it was asking me for a password. I tried the administrator password (which logically should've worked), and it wouldn't go in! Good thing I installed Win2k on my former Linux box; now I can start a Q3 server again (The DMZ option on my router was set to the box's IP).
It's kinda funny seeing Microsoft and Linux going opposite ways. You can download Win2000 Service Pack 1 for free, but OldHat wants a credit card number before you even start upgrading. It's pure capitalist hypocrisy!
Trolls who make blatant spelling errors, I might add.
Can it adjust record speeds, and synchronize with the finesse of Paul Oakenfold?
Just look at Linux itself: all those modules running at the same time, many of them coded at the last minute by an out-of-breath, just-squeaking-past-the-deadline bible thumper. And some of them are alpha stage candidates!
"There must be thousands of them!"
"Hundreds of thousands!" "1,936,971."Starting Mozilla...
Loading the Java JIT Compiler... Loading GIMP... Segmentation Fault. Core Dumped.I only hate them for trying to usurp the consumer market. They have no expertise there (you wouldn't stand paying $500 for a 4-port 10-100 switch, would you?).
That's what I did to my voodoo3 2000 PCI! (of course, it was on my OLLLD 233 MMX, which my mom now uses)
Exiting house...done.
Moving down stairs...done. Raising arm to obtain mail... Segmentation Fault. Core Dumped.of course, the IIIC. What a waste, hope Handspring makes a sub-$200 model!
Waaaait a minute, color department? I didn't even know that a single Palm OS PDA in existence even had color. Isn't this going to be the First Palm OS PDA with color? (hint: if you want to correct me, give me a link to a picture, I want visual proof!)
Don't worry, the V5 can't get any hotter than the V3 did. An actual temperature reading on a Voodoo 3 3500 was 180F, legally hot enough to cook raw meat in New York City, and the temperature limit set by Intel at which point performance and stability start to degrade. The V3 AGP series was a thermal mistake. The only way for 3dfx to avoid magnetic noise in the bus from the multiple fans, however, was to add on the power connector.
It seems that they're too busy "empowering the internet generation" to see that other companies have already used NAT (I'm using it right now on my Linksys 4-port DSL router). I'm sure not going to pay the Cisco router tariff unless they manage to string OC3 to my doorstep.
Why does the FBI hate open source? Two words: National Security. Imagine if we had the Navy barking out the armaments and capabilities of our nuclear subs and aircraft? The terrorist countries would only be too eager to up the ante. There are certain places where open source just doesn't belong. Carnivore may be a good place for it (since the FBI considers us the enemy), but let's hope that Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin don't start doing it.
Once again, AMD is trying to pass 100 amps through a 12-gauge wire. Expect this system to be up in smoke in about 7 months. I plan to squeeze all 10 years out of my P3, thank you. (I also have a 386SX which is about to celebrate its ninth year in my house, and it's still working [in all its DOS 3.3 glory, hehe])
It's because these sites lack something that the printed magazines possess: credibility. They're too afraid to put something in print, they might be wrong, or worse, the company might sue them. But think about it: why aren't reputable computer manufacturers using AMD CPUs? Dell, HP, Micron, they don't use anything AMD, not even their SCSI or network controllers. Their servers are Xeon, their workstations are P3. These companies would rather avoid trouble with AMD when the chip makers gets busted for consorting with the German government to take over the world. As far as AMD's deals are concerned, I believe that they are forming a secret faction with the German, Russian, and Chinese governments to build a fourth reich.
It goes to show that AMD still has no respect for standards.
Quake 3 actually does have a setting for SMP machines: r_smp 1 (ONLY do this if you actually have 2 CPUs!). I'm not sure if this affects framerate, but it is an r_ cvar (rendering), so it just might. However, SMP could help on a game server (provided it's not already being used to run DivX, hehe.)
My signature is my statement against the Javascript programmers, the Perl-script llamas, and those kernel-weasels out there coding "just because." At least NASA has some rhyme and reason for their actions. Lightning just struck nearby, so I'll shut up for now.
I checked the electromagnetic spectrum, and microwaves (specifically, the frequency used in the kitchen appliance) are 2.5 GHz. Is there anyone else worried that their CPU could become a magnetron?