That's called a "Straw Man" argument. This line is especially telling:
Your suggestion? Deport the curry eaters. Brown faced little bastards are taking jobs away from good ol' American boys.
In case you missed it in whatever fine school you were educated at, here's how it works:
1. Joe makes an assertion. 2. Charlie casts Joe's assertion as something else. 3. Charlie's cast of Joe's assertion is wrong, therefore Joe's original assertion is wrong.
No, in England a Mars bar is like a Mars bar in the U.S. If you were going to compare them to some other candy bar, they'd be more like a Snickers, only with almonds.
In Scotland, they're like a Milky Way. That is, unless I was hallucinating about them for the two years that I lived there.
So. we'll see. I wonder if it now starts applying to graphic cards.
I dunno about that. The tasks that graphics cards perform are by nature extremely parallelizable. If it happens to the chips, it probably won't happen to the overall graphics boards until much later.
As graphics boards go more parallel, though, I can definitely see cost and power being huge limiting factors.
Another problem - at least if you use IE - is that the number of simultaneous connections IE will open to transfer data is limited to 4.
You can hack this, though. In the registry editor, add the following values to the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings":
- DWORD MaxConnectionsPerServer: some number - DWORD MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server: some number
(I don't know what the analagous settings are for Mozilla, or even if it has any.)
If you have extreme bandwidth and extreme latency, a high number of simultaneous connections can really make a big difference.
Woo hoo! I might just get some "Informative" karma over this one...:)
Here's the deal: the DOOM III demo was a debug build. If you've got it, do a "strings" on it. You'll see a bunch of debug symbols.
That means no optimizations, and tons (I mean tons) of code to make tracking down problems like memory leaks easier. That kind of build will naturally munch processor cycles like crazy.
Corroborating evidence: the alpha is very CPU-bound, which should be surprising given how the algorithms it uses for rendering eat GPUs for lunch.
All the same, with features like per-poly collision detection, I expect the final version to do much better on a 3.06GHz chip than a 1.2GHz chip.
It's amazing how many people felt the need to correct you after you admitted it was a mistake - before they even started.
There are 8 replies right now telling you how fast light really is. I think you should reply to them all personally, just to thank them. They certainly deserve it.
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...not because it can process 76.87 jiggawatts per cubic tachyon pulse.
I think you really mean Libraries of Congress per cubit.
Now they'll be having soldiers shaving their testicles to apply a food patch.
Why would they apply it there? Is that the part that does the most work?
Gravity works because we believe in it. Just stop believing in it and it will stop working.
I've had good luck so far just not looking down, and not reading the sign.
In SOVIET RUSSIA, Soviet Russia jokes about YOU!
/me ducks
Or: In SOVIET RUSSIA, Soviet Russia jokes bitch about YOU!
That's called a "Straw Man" argument. This line is especially telling:
Your suggestion? Deport the curry eaters. Brown faced little bastards are taking jobs away from good ol' American boys.
In case you missed it in whatever fine school you were educated at, here's how it works:
1. Joe makes an assertion.
2. Charlie casts Joe's assertion as something else.
3. Charlie's cast of Joe's assertion is wrong, therefore Joe's original assertion is wrong.
You're Charlie. Good day.
No, in England a Mars bar is like a Mars bar in the U.S. If you were going to compare them to some other candy bar, they'd be more like a Snickers, only with almonds.
In Scotland, they're like a Milky Way. That is, unless I was hallucinating about them for the two years that I lived there.
You'll also find deep-fried Mars bars in nearly every chippy. (In Britain, a Mars bar is like a Milky Way in the U.S.)
Scary, no?
What, it's been busy playing Quake all this time?
Pathogen pickup line: "Hey baby, what's your vector?"
So. we'll see. I wonder if it now starts applying to graphic cards.
I dunno about that. The tasks that graphics cards perform are by nature extremely parallelizable. If it happens to the chips, it probably won't happen to the overall graphics boards until much later.
As graphics boards go more parallel, though, I can definitely see cost and power being huge limiting factors.
As an atheist, I know life was created from monkeys.
Such unswerving faith!
You'd make a good Christian.
Five words: Uncloaking of the ring wraith.
"And meesa would un a got away wit it too if idna been fo yousa meddling kidsees and da mangy dog!"
Jules Verne was more of a visionary but I like Clarke. He's got some interesting tales to tell.
Oh, he does?
I suppose so, in a "Hey, look what I just thought up!" sort of way. His stories, however, are severely lacking in plot.
Please don't use the spelling "thanks you" if you want people to take you seriously.
Thank you.
Another problem - at least if you use IE - is that the number of simultaneous connections IE will open to transfer data is limited to 4.
r entVersion\Internet Settings":
You can hack this, though. In the registry editor, add the following values to the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur
- DWORD MaxConnectionsPerServer: some number
- DWORD MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server: some number
(I don't know what the analagous settings are for Mozilla, or even if it has any.)
If you have extreme bandwidth and extreme latency, a high number of simultaneous connections can really make a big difference.
READ -> COMPREHEND -> POST -> ??? -> PROFIT!
(Sorry, it just came out...)
So...if I'm 26 I'd have the balance of what, a two-year-old?
No thanks.
the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword is mightier than the court, the court is mightier than the pen.
So let's all play a game of pen, sword, court? What hand signs do you use?
Woo hoo! I might just get some "Informative" karma over this one... :)
Here's the deal: the DOOM III demo was a debug build. If you've got it, do a "strings" on it. You'll see a bunch of debug symbols.
That means no optimizations, and tons (I mean tons) of code to make tracking down problems like memory leaks easier. That kind of build will naturally munch processor cycles like crazy.
Corroborating evidence: the alpha is very CPU-bound, which should be surprising given how the algorithms it uses for rendering eat GPUs for lunch.
All the same, with features like per-poly collision detection, I expect the final version to do much better on a 3.06GHz chip than a 1.2GHz chip.
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You've also got huge ship-eating plants to worry about.
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Don't look for treasures in the septic tank.
I found a quarter in a septic tank once.
The rest of us won't miss you.
:p
Oh, I will. And you'll miss the extra karma.
The parent post was faked.
bImagine if a country implemented social security, and then cancelled it 12 years later because the Socialists were replaced by Libertarians!
A bit off-topic, but...that would have been wonderful.
It's amazing how many people felt the need to correct you after you admitted it was a mistake - before they even started.
There are 8 replies right now telling you how fast light really is. I think you should reply to them all personally, just to thank them. They certainly deserve it.