What if you need to pick up the phone though? Perhaps add a button on your personal transmitter to mute. Heck, at that point, it could be a remote, even getting song names etc --
Let's say www.nike.com for some reason got on a blacklist. Since the software companies who use their "blacklists" for money are using a domain with a trademark, couldn't they be sued?
not to rain on your parade, but you cannot run a v3 in 32 bpp mode... it just doesn't have it!
Also, I would be more than curious to see what type of horsepower he has under the hood of the machine -- I have a roomate that just purchased an Athlon 700 (from a k6-2 450) and that alone was worth way more than if he had just bought the next best card out there (he runs v3 3000, as do I...Unreal Tournament at 1600x1200 even at 16bpp never looked so good.....).....
After reading some comments, I also came up with something else that could be just as deadly---
causing the ship/tank/plane to lose connectivity with the controller. I'm sure they may program in some generic routines for self defense/keep alive techniques, but maybe that would give "the enemy" enough of an advantage to destroy everything that is remotely controlled....
I think that would almost be more dangerous to us if the enemies figure out how to cut communications. As in traditional war, communication is key, and with big hefty robots, while there is no human factor at that point, I'm sure some government big wig will get pissed if they lose a few billion dollars worth of planes.:)
I use blade encoder (no high frequency cut offs in this one) at 256 typically.. 192 is okay for certain things, but since it doesn't have the roll-off like some other encoders, it can sound like crap even then. I've found that at 256 I have a really hard time discerning that there are problems with the mp3's.
I guess if I wanted to be a purist, I could go 320, but hey, space isn't that cheap for me yet.
Well, in working for a large corporation, there are ways to back up insane amounts of data in little time -- but I assume you're commenting on more of a home user experience rather than someone with an IBM tape robot....
I perform backups on our home stuff about once a month (more if need be, but let's face it, mp3's and warez and the general amount of crap you'd pile on a 75 gig drive is NOT necessary to live from day to day) and it seems to be fine. We haven't had any disk problems other than when we only had some old SCSI HDD's that kept failing. Now that disk space is so low priced, backups are going to be more and more of a concern, but if I didn't have the backups, I'd just have to get on with my life:) and download more!
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I just have to laugh here....
Not to bash M$ or anything, but
"well enough to do useful work with only an occasional crash....."
Well, I've never taken one apart, but as far as control goes, I've never hit a direction I didn't want with a Playstation pad (from Sony -- most competitors just don't have the same feel...)
Even though I love my Gravis Gamepad Pro for the "button factor", the fact that it just has a circular directional control cheeses me sometimes.
Actually, since getting extremely comfortable with the SNES gamepads in my teens, I find that the Playstation game pads BAR NONE are the ultimate in control:
1. Four dedicated "buttons" for direction, where it makes it easy to do combo moves with the direction pad. I abhor pads that have a circular piece of plastic to activate direction -- sometimes when you press an exact direction you get the "in-between" directions (sse, etc)
2. The four individual buttons, plus 2 triggers, I've grown to love on the Playstation pad.
I'm somewhat biased, however, not ever even seen a dreamcast in action. Good? Bad? Ah, I'll stick to playstation for now... unfortunately, I really wanna see Soul Calibur.... ugh...
One thing that flashed through my mind as I read through the posts here:
One poster made the comment about relatively cheap copies to be made by request -- obviously applying this theory/knowledge to CD media. What occurs when we come up with a proprietary format like DVD (view/copy protection)? Understandable that people of the future may not necessarily want to watch South Park or The Matrix, but if the intent is to get the data off the disc as easily as possible, then why have this at all?
I'm sure that not all DVD's are encoded/encrypted (DVD ROM's aren't, are they? Not having a DVD-ROM player...) but I do have a feeling as we tumble through 2000 and beyond, we'll start to see more "copy/view/listen/play" protection.
talk about taking you back -- try using an old coco3 and an orchestra 90 add in board to control 8 lights (8 pins on DAC in to control it)... add a timing loop program that was modifiable (press a key, wait for next beat of music, press key again) and you could make one heck of a cheap light show...
You know, at some point in my life I probably would have done something similar had this stuff happened earlier.
Here's what will happen when we boycott this stuff: the uninformed consumer (mostly people who don't read slashdot) will still buy movies on DVD because it is convenient and economical for them.
I wish I could do something to help convert the uninformed, but as it is, I'm just as bad -- just spent some good money on a dolby digital decoder and a DVD player for my home theatre. And, let me tell you, even though they're playing hardball in the courts, I am still loving DVD at home.......
I understand that there are pitfalls to every solution, but what I propose is this:
Why not have each user that wants to use a computer at a public library use their card code or something similar to gain entry to the library's computer? Then, with some simple logging, they can be notified if what they're doing is "outside public library policy", and also have their account (on the computer) terminated.
Of course, this solution requires time (set up accounts, review logs etc), and is somewhat easy to thwart. But I think it would passify most things -- allow you to view what you want to view in the public library, with discretion at the policy of the library, not of some bass ackwards filter software.
That 1970's vette, while it may not be quite as fast as some of the newer Vette's, with some tweaking can get some good runs at the track. With computers, in 5-10 years, you may as well scrap them, unless you give the interior of the case an enima (sp?)....
Also, the 1970 'vette is more valuable to people than a 1970's computer (okay, well most people...) Also, the 1970's vette can still do what people need it to do -- get them from point a to point b in a reasonable/acceptable amount of time.
Try computing with a 1970's computer with today's expectations. Most everyone would not really like that. But, going 120+mph in a car can be done whether it's a 1970's vette or a 2000 vette.
The Dithering artifacts you see while watching one channel could be interference on the line. As far as I know, the boxes are receiving MPEG2 streams to decode -- therefore, for example, when in a lightning storm (probably shouldn't have been watching tv) when the lightning would hit, we would see artifacts -- missed info.
Also, channel changing will be a chore -- the box has to either wait for a "key frame", or "piece" together an entire picture -- which is what you're seeing.
Obviously, more people than myself would take Microsoft up on their "offer"; If I had lived in CA or OR, I definitely would have made it to my local Best Buy. People can spout morality of it all to the ends of the earth, but I would bet that 1/2 to 3/4 of the world's population just wouldn't care....
Actually, I have a copy of Clerks on DVD... I haven't gotten Chasing Amy yet, but hey, if DVD is the only way, DVD it will be... I am glad, however, that the general prices of DVDs are a little more acceptable than laserdiscs.
My voodoo2 3000 seems to run it just fine - but if you're looking high end, the Ultra2 TNT's seem to be worthy of hardcore gaming.
One tip --make sure you have the processor(s) to support high-intensity gaming. I'm starting to see the age already on my k6-2 450 -- recommendable for you to get something with better FP (k7, p3 (shudder) or dual celeron (yay!)
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That's an interesting thought..
What if you need to pick up the phone though? Perhaps add a button on your personal transmitter to mute. Heck, at that point, it could be a remote, even getting song names etc --
That's a bit more Gates-esque.
:)
something you made me think of off-topic:
Let's say www.nike.com for some reason got on a blacklist. Since the software companies who use their "blacklists" for money are using a domain with a trademark, couldn't they be sued?
Just a thought. I'm probably way off.
not to rain on your parade, but you cannot run a v3 in 32 bpp mode... it just doesn't have it!
Also, I would be more than curious to see what type of horsepower he has under the hood of the machine -- I have a roomate that just purchased an Athlon 700 (from a k6-2 450) and that alone was worth way more than if he had just bought the next best card out there (he runs v3 3000, as do I...Unreal Tournament at 1600x1200 even at 16bpp never looked so good.....).....
After reading some comments, I also came up with something else that could be just as deadly---
:)
causing the ship/tank/plane to lose connectivity with the controller. I'm sure they may program in some generic routines for self defense/keep alive techniques, but maybe that would give "the enemy" enough of an advantage to destroy everything that is remotely controlled....
I think that would almost be more dangerous to us if the enemies figure out how to cut communications. As in traditional war, communication is key, and with big hefty robots, while there is no human factor at that point, I'm sure some government big wig will get pissed if they lose a few billion dollars worth of planes.
I use blade encoder (no high frequency cut offs in this one) at 256 typically.. 192 is okay for certain things, but since it doesn't have the roll-off like some other encoders, it can sound like crap even then. I've found that at 256 I have a really hard time discerning that there are problems with the mp3's.
I guess if I wanted to be a purist, I could go 320, but hey, space isn't that cheap for me yet.
if lightning hit my computer, I'd be more worried about the whole thing being fried, not just the hard disk. :)
Well, in working for a large corporation, there are ways to back up insane amounts of data in little time -- but I assume you're commenting on more of a home user experience rather than someone with an IBM tape robot....
:) and download more!
I perform backups on our home stuff about once a month (more if need be, but let's face it, mp3's and warez and the general amount of crap you'd pile on a 75 gig drive is NOT necessary to live from day to day) and it seems to be fine. We haven't had any disk problems other than when we only had some old SCSI HDD's that kept failing. Now that disk space is so low priced, backups are going to be more and more of a concern, but if I didn't have the backups, I'd just have to get on with my life
I just have to laugh here....
Not to bash M$ or anything, but
"well enough to do useful work with only an occasional crash....."
no better, no worse.
so what happens when you start to send a bunch of "turn record route" across the internet?
Traffic.
Lots and lots more traffic.
Especially if done in the same regard as DoS's are donw...
Well, I've never taken one apart, but as far as control goes, I've never hit a direction I didn't want with a Playstation pad (from Sony -- most competitors just don't have the same feel...)
Even though I love my Gravis Gamepad Pro for the "button factor", the fact that it just has a circular directional control cheeses me sometimes.
Actually, since getting extremely comfortable with the SNES gamepads in my teens, I find that the Playstation game pads BAR NONE are the ultimate in control:
1. Four dedicated "buttons" for direction, where it makes it easy to do combo moves with the direction pad. I abhor pads that have a circular piece of plastic to activate direction -- sometimes when you press an exact direction you get the "in-between" directions (sse, etc)
2. The four individual buttons, plus 2 triggers, I've grown to love on the Playstation pad.
I'm somewhat biased, however, not ever even seen a dreamcast in action. Good? Bad? Ah, I'll stick to playstation for now... unfortunately, I really wanna see Soul Calibur.... ugh...
"I saw a webcast..."???
While that's cool and all....
You still haven't run Q3A on it!
:)
toodles
One thing that flashed through my mind as I read through the posts here:
One poster made the comment about relatively cheap copies to be made by request -- obviously applying this theory/knowledge to CD media. What occurs when we come up with a proprietary format like DVD (view/copy protection)? Understandable that people of the future may not necessarily want to watch South Park or The Matrix, but if the intent is to get the data off the disc as easily as possible, then why have this at all?
I'm sure that not all DVD's are encoded/encrypted (DVD ROM's aren't, are they? Not having a DVD-ROM player...) but I do have a feeling as we tumble through 2000 and beyond, we'll start to see more "copy/view/listen/play" protection.
talk about taking you back -- try using an old coco3 and an orchestra 90 add in board to control 8 lights (8 pins on DAC in to control it)... add a timing loop program that was modifiable (press a key, wait for next beat of music, press key again) and you could make one heck of a cheap light show...
You know, at some point in my life I probably would have done something similar had this stuff happened earlier.
Here's what will happen when we boycott this stuff: the uninformed consumer (mostly people who don't read slashdot) will still buy movies on DVD because it is convenient and economical for them.
I wish I could do something to help convert the uninformed, but as it is, I'm just as bad -- just spent some good money on a dolby digital decoder and a DVD player for my home theatre. And, let me tell you, even though they're playing hardball in the courts, I am still loving DVD at home.......
or how about this -- scrap the card and stop locking these chips in any way. grrrrrr.
But this one will go to 11!
sounds like a good replacement for those old "turbo" switches.. :)
I'm curious -- why wouldn't q3a support SMP under 3dfx cards? Why would it matter what card you have?
I don't mean to sound rude - I'd actually like to build a dual celery system... and that is one of the reasons I want do build it... ugh...
I understand that there are pitfalls to every solution, but what I propose is this:
Why not have each user that wants to use a computer at a public library use their card code or something similar to gain entry to the library's computer? Then, with some simple logging, they can be notified if what they're doing is "outside public library policy", and also have their account (on the computer) terminated.
Of course, this solution requires time (set up accounts, review logs etc), and is somewhat easy to thwart. But I think it would passify most things -- allow you to view what you want to view in the public library, with discretion at the policy of the library, not of some bass ackwards filter software.
Any other ideas?
Another difference.
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That 1970's vette, while it may not be quite as fast as some of the newer Vette's, with some tweaking can get some good runs at the track. With computers, in 5-10 years, you may as well scrap them, unless you give the interior of the case an enima (sp?)....
Also, the 1970 'vette is more valuable to people than a 1970's computer (okay, well most people...) Also, the 1970's vette can still do what people need it to do -- get them from point a to point b in a reasonable/acceptable amount of time.
Try computing with a 1970's computer with today's expectations. Most everyone would not really like that. But, going 120+mph in a car can be done whether it's a 1970's vette or a 2000 vette.
Just my offtopic
The Dithering artifacts you see while watching one channel could be interference on the line. As far as I know, the boxes are receiving MPEG2 streams to decode -- therefore, for example, when in a lightning storm (probably shouldn't have been watching tv) when the lightning would hit, we would see artifacts -- missed info.
Also, channel changing will be a chore -- the box has to either wait for a "key frame", or "piece" together an entire picture -- which is what you're seeing.
Chow!
Obviously, more people than myself would take Microsoft up on their "offer"; If I had lived in CA or OR, I definitely would have made it to my local Best Buy. People can spout morality of it all to the ends of the earth, but I would bet that 1/2 to 3/4 of the world's population just wouldn't care....
gimme gimme gimme!
Actually, I have a copy of Clerks on DVD... I haven't gotten Chasing Amy yet, but hey, if DVD is the only way, DVD it will be... I am glad, however, that the general prices of DVDs are a little more acceptable than laserdiscs.
My voodoo2 3000 seems to run it just fine - but if you're looking high end, the Ultra2 TNT's seem to be worthy of hardcore gaming.
One tip --make sure you have the processor(s) to support high-intensity gaming. I'm starting to see the age already on my k6-2 450 -- recommendable for you to get something with better FP (k7, p3 (shudder) or dual celeron (yay!)
Just my thoughts.