But the truth is, 99% of gun use is against people.
The truth is, you are a liar and a child molestor and you eat babies. How do I know this? I don't, but, like you, I will assert it to be true without providing any supporting information.
Though I cannot refute your assertion with solid numbers (as the only info I can find is either procured by pro-gun nuts or anti-gun nuts), I can refute it with simple logic.
The local rod & gun club gets about 50 people per day, averaged out across a seven day week. The reality is that most of the business is on the weekend, but an average is sufficient for this exercise. Using your statistic, that means that, in my town alone, there would need to be 5000 shootings DAILY.
Let's assume the traffic at my local club is average. Since there are approximately 10000 US cities (link), even if only 50% had a rod & gun club, that would mean there would be 250,000 recreational gun uses each day. Assuming this is the 0.01 minority, this means that there would have to be 25 million gun shootings in the US each day. Each year, every one in the US would have been shot... twelve times.
Now, getting back to BitTorrent. I would tend to agree that BitTorrent is analagous to gun use in that its primary use is recreational in nature. The difference here, however, is that BitTorrent's recreational use is more likely to be illegal in nature than not.
Why would I pay a programmer $1 an hour to code something for 10 hours on three different platforms, when I can pay him $1 an hour to code something once?
You're right! Third place is not the same as being dead in the console industry. Just look at, for example, the...
TurboGrafx-16
3D0
Atari Jaguar
Sega 32x
You guys must be joking. I just listened to both, and there is no comparison: "Redefined"'s rendition is far superior. The arrangement is on target, musical, and quite complex. Moreover, they harmonize extremely well. Buttonmashers are decent, but they certainly don't harmonize very well.
If you want a good example of a tune which is funny yet well harmonized, search around for Blink 182's "Shit Piss Fuck Cunt Cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd 'n twat". It's about 15 seconds long, funny and musical!
Hell, the casinos have all that information on me and more, including:
what tables/machines I prefer at what time of day and day of week
what drinks I prefer
how I like my eggs for breakfast
how often I pee
etc.
Based upon today's numbers, it looks like spending $750 on 2 6800 GT's and getting twice the performance of an available X850XT PE is pretty good. That is, if you base your decision purely upon a single set of benchmarks from a single game...
The reality of the situation is that SLI does work, and works pretty darned well most of the time.
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Oh yeah, and the cheapest you can find an X800 XL is $350, not $200/300.
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I suppose this may be true if you are a fan of Grand Turismo. However, aside from that, consoles just don't cut the muster. MMORPG and FPS games don't play very well on consoles when compared to their PC counterpart. Even the "greatest" console FPS, Halo, is just mediocre on the PC.
As far as console first development goes... Here's a list of PC games that are still not released for the consoles: Doom 3, Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft, Everquest 2, Far Cry, Painkiller.
FUD Biased Article with Inaccuracies
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#1) Doom 3 runs in SFR mode, not AFR.
#2) CPU issue is overblown. I'm not even sure if any additional information is truly sent to the processor.
In AFR, the data for each frame is sent to alternating graphics cards. Since the frames would have been processed anyway, there is not any additional load on the CPU than there would be for an identical system with a video card that is twice as powerful as in an SLI system.
In SFR, the same data is sent to two graphics cards. This would be more data, but seemingly require only a smidgen more CPU power. The video cards send the data between each other over a dedicated bridge, and the video cards handle the task of reassembling the image into a single frame.
#3) SLI card cost. 6600GT AGP cards cost more than their PCIe counterpart. 6800 AGP cards cost less. This has more to do with the amount of time in the market than anything else. In 3 months, the prices will be equal.
#4) Stability. "...certain older cards that are said to be SLI compatible have serious stability problems when used with SLI, but, for example, not all 6800 GT cards can be used with SLI". To date, I have not seen a PCIe 6600GT or 6800GT card released which is not SLI compatible. Not all 6800GT cards can be used with SLI, but that has more to do with the fact that many cards are AGP based and older than two months (when the first SLI motherboards were released).
#5) No benefit. "From what I heard, more than a few games realize no FPS gains at all from the addition of a second video card". First, this is rumor. Many games realize no benefit at low resolutions (640x480, some at 800x600) because the games are more CPU bound than video card bound. All the games that are SLI compatible definitely realize solid FPS gains. Moreover, those gains can be "converted" into graphics enhancements (i.e. no need to go from 60fps to 95 fps, but now you can turn on 8xAA or up the screen resolution, etc.)
#6) Dual GPU cards. The author obviously doesn't know what he's talking about here. The Gigabyte dual GPU card is just an SLI solution on a single graphics card. It's (almost) exactly the same as having 2x6600GT cards. It uses the same technology and produces the same results. So what's this viable new technology on the horizon he is talking about?
#7) SLI cannot be forced. Of course it can! The default mode is "no SLI". This can be changed in the configuration options for the card.
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Doom 3 runs in SFR, not AFR as the article states.
Bush's law prohibits federal funding for stem cell research, nothing else. Private firms may do as they wish. In addition, as far I can determine, the law does not prohibit state funding for stem cell research. This would be a great way for some states to attract biotech business.
#1) Your post is titled, "4 reasons this guy is wrong". You list 3.
#2) "Economics and mathematics are totally different subjects". Calculus and Physics are totally different subjects, yet they both heavily rely upon math. Perhaps you have not taken enough economics courses to understand how much math is involved...
#3) Did you even RTFA? The president was referring to data prepared for the conference. His statement was not founded upon his child's preference of playtoys.
It's redundant, but I believe it's important to stress this matter.
I've only recently hopped back on the gaming wagon. However, from the limited number of games I've played recently (HL2, Doom3 and Far Cry), I can say that, far and away Doom3 makes the best use of sound and graphics.
It's so effective, it's downright creepy at times! The 5.1 sound is terrific, and the graphics are absolutely superb, and most definitely better than what HL2 has put together, with the notable exception of HL2's facial features generation.
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But the truth is, 99% of gun use is against people.
The truth is, you are a liar and a child molestor and you eat babies. How do I know this? I don't, but, like you, I will assert it to be true without providing any supporting information.
Though I cannot refute your assertion with solid numbers (as the only info I can find is either procured by pro-gun nuts or anti-gun nuts), I can refute it with simple logic.
The local rod & gun club gets about 50 people per day, averaged out across a seven day week. The reality is that most of the business is on the weekend, but an average is sufficient for this exercise.
Using your statistic, that means that, in my town alone, there would need to be 5000 shootings DAILY.
Let's assume the traffic at my local club is average. Since there are approximately 10000 US cities (link), even if only 50% had a rod & gun club, that would mean there would be 250,000 recreational gun uses each day. Assuming this is the 0.01 minority, this means that there would have to be 25 million gun shootings in the US each day. Each year, every one in the US would have been shot... twelve times.
Now, getting back to BitTorrent. I would tend to agree that BitTorrent is analagous to gun use in that its primary use is recreational in nature. The difference here, however, is that BitTorrent's recreational use is more likely to be illegal in nature than not.
Why would I pay a programmer $1 an hour to code something for 10 hours on three different platforms, when I can pay him $1 an hour to code something once?
Because you'll end up coding 10 times anyway, at least according to John Carmack.
But then again, what the hell does he know, right?
You're right! Third place is not the same as being dead in the console industry. Just look at, for example, the...
TurboGrafx-16
3D0
Atari Jaguar
Sega 32x
It must compile and run correctly.
You guys must be joking. I just listened to both, and there is no comparison: "Redefined"'s rendition is far superior. The arrangement is on target, musical, and quite complex. Moreover, they harmonize extremely well. Buttonmashers are decent, but they certainly don't harmonize very well.
If you want a good example of a tune which is funny yet well harmonized, search around for Blink 182's "Shit Piss Fuck Cunt Cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd 'n twat". It's about 15 seconds long, funny and musical!
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As long as the ad contains beautiful, buxom women engaging in sexual activites for the namesake of the product, ala "Family Guy"
Pawtucket Ale
If you drink it, beautiful women will have sex in your backyard"
Applying the AC relevancy converter, and we get:
FFFFirst post!
Is MC Chris for real?
Or is he portraying a character who is putting us on, ala Andy Kaufman?
Or is he really this lousy?
I don't "get" it.
Well, I didn't find Andy Kaufman funny, either.
schade.
Hell, the casinos have all that information on me and more, including:
what tables/machines I prefer at what time of day and day of week
what drinks I prefer
how I like my eggs for breakfast
how often I pee
etc.
McDonald's Crew Training Certificate?
Isn't this just fraud? Don't existing laws cover this?
I'm all for prosecuting these types of folks, but creating more laws equates to spending more taxpayer $$.
You are turning this into an ATI v NVIDIA issue.
The reality is that ATI cards work showcase on HL2, whereas NVIDIA cards showcase on Doom3.
#1) Price. $525 for an X850XT PE? I think not...
#2) Same article shows the X850XT PE with HALF the PERFORMANCE of 2 6800GTs in an SLI
Based upon today's numbers, it looks like spending $750 on 2 6800 GT's and getting twice the performance of an available X850XT PE is pretty good. That is, if you base your decision purely upon a single set of benchmarks from a single game...
The reality of the situation is that SLI does work, and works pretty darned well most of the time.
And Inferior Performance.
Same article, two pages earlier.
Oh yeah, and the cheapest you can find an X800 XL is $350, not $200/300.
I suppose this may be true if you are a fan of Grand Turismo. However, aside from that, consoles just don't cut the muster. MMORPG and FPS games don't play very well on consoles when compared to their PC counterpart. Even the "greatest" console FPS, Halo, is just mediocre on the PC.
As far as console first development goes...
Here's a list of PC games that are still not released for the consoles: Doom 3, Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft, Everquest 2, Far Cry, Painkiller.
#1) Doom 3 runs in SFR mode, not AFR.
#2) CPU issue is overblown. I'm not even sure if any additional information is truly sent to the processor.
In AFR, the data for each frame is sent to alternating graphics cards. Since the frames would have been processed anyway, there is not any additional load on the CPU than there would be for an identical system with a video card that is twice as powerful as in an SLI system.
In SFR, the same data is sent to two graphics cards. This would be more data, but seemingly require only a smidgen more CPU power. The video cards send the data between each other over a dedicated bridge, and the video cards handle the task of reassembling the image into a single frame.
#3) SLI card cost. 6600GT AGP cards cost more than their PCIe counterpart. 6800 AGP cards cost less. This has more to do with the amount of time in the market than anything else. In 3 months, the prices will be equal.
#4) Stability. "...certain older cards that are said to be SLI compatible have serious stability problems when used with SLI, but, for example, not all 6800 GT cards can be used with SLI". To date, I have not seen a PCIe 6600GT or 6800GT card released which is not SLI compatible. Not all 6800GT cards can be used with SLI, but that has more to do with the fact that many cards are AGP based and older than two months (when the first SLI motherboards were released).
#5) No benefit. "From what I heard, more than a few games realize no FPS gains at all from the addition of a second video card". First, this is rumor. Many games realize no benefit at low resolutions (640x480, some at 800x600) because the games are more CPU bound than video card bound. All the games that are SLI compatible definitely realize solid FPS gains. Moreover, those gains can be "converted" into graphics enhancements (i.e. no need to go from 60fps to 95 fps, but now you can turn on 8xAA or up the screen resolution, etc.)
#6) Dual GPU cards. The author obviously doesn't know what he's talking about here. The Gigabyte dual GPU card is just an SLI solution on a single graphics card. It's (almost) exactly the same as having 2x6600GT cards. It uses the same technology and produces the same results. So what's this viable new technology on the horizon he is talking about?
#7) SLI cannot be forced. Of course it can! The default mode is "no SLI". This can be changed in the configuration options for the card.
Doom 3 runs in SFR, not AFR as the article states.
I buy mine at Peets.
Now raise the state safe BAC level to 0.20 like I've been saying all these years!
"I must find that tractor beam..."
"Ah, there it is!" (sees tractor cartoon)
I'd rather see the Enterprise get eaten by Unicron.
But it's true.
Bush's law prohibits federal funding for stem cell research, nothing else. Private firms may do as they wish. In addition, as far I can determine, the law does not prohibit state funding for stem cell research. This would be a great way for some states to attract biotech business.
#1) Your post is titled, "4 reasons this guy is wrong". You list 3.
#2) "Economics and mathematics are totally different subjects". Calculus and Physics are totally different subjects, yet they both heavily rely upon math. Perhaps you have not taken enough economics courses to understand how much math is involved...
#3) Did you even RTFA? The president was referring to data prepared for the conference. His statement was not founded upon his child's preference of playtoys.
Supposed to be a reply to the "Doom3 snubbed by ign" post
sorry
It's redundant, but I believe it's important to stress this matter.
I've only recently hopped back on the gaming wagon. However, from the limited number of games I've played recently (HL2, Doom3 and Far Cry), I can say that, far and away Doom3 makes the best use of sound and graphics.
It's so effective, it's downright creepy at times!
The 5.1 sound is terrific, and the graphics are absolutely superb, and most definitely better than what HL2 has put together, with the notable exception of HL2's facial features generation.