I plan to get neither. It will be at least a couple more years before games actually begin to use the majority of the features of the nv30 and r300. By then those cards will be old news. Look at doom3, which is designed to take advantage of what the geforce 1 can do. I doubt many people who are into computer gaming still use those.
Thats part of the reason why Nvidia is throwing a hissy fit over 3dmark 2003. It doesn't really test dx9 or ps2.0. The majority of the tests use dx8.1 and ps1.4 along with calls that no games will be using. So it isn't really that good of an indication of what dx9 and ps2.0 is capable of.
Check out this article for an indepth analysis of the situation.
"GeforceFX... 41fps in 3dMark Game4 demo, while the Radeon 9700... came back with 45fps in the 3dMark test."
Who cares? 3dMark test is designed around directX 8, while both of those cards are designed to take advantage of directX 9. Wait until the next 3dMark release then you have a valid test.
Walking style has been used forever by actors to define characters. Depending on which part of the body an actor leads with goes a long way in defining the mood and mannerisms of the character. James Dean/Bruce Lee lead with their hips to show that they were cool and relaxed. While macho actors who look like they are about to attack something tend to lead with their chests/chins. Shy/introverted types tend to lead with the top of their heads.
Deus Ex takes place after terrorists have bombed NY. Hence the similarities. Attacks on NY by terrorists and using air planes to kill people are hardly new ideas.
For those who aren't familiar with Go, I highly recommend you check out HnG
It's an immensely popular story about an ancient Go master,his young pupil, and the world of Go.
I wasn't ready for college. I knew I wasn't. I didn't want to apply to any colleges and eventually ended up applying to only one because everyone was pressuring me into going to college.
The result is that I am now massively in debt, I didn't learn a single thing, and I hated the entire expierence of what should have been the best time in my life.
I took a year off, went to a less respectable school and am now learning more and enjoying life more than ever before.
The moral is, if you aren't ready to go - don't go. Take a year off to find out who you are and what you really want to do with your life. Yeah you may not be paying for your education but it is your life. In the long run it will pay off.
Why pay for the naptser brand name? Yeah free publicity... but seriously if their service is at all usuable it will spread by word of mouth about as fast as word of a porn only napster would.
Verizon just donated a lab to my school. I am waiting for them to fall under and have another name change, so then they will need to change the glass doors with their names plastered all over it.
To this day my mother refuses to play *any* games because of her Tetris addiction. Back when Tetris originally came out for the nintendo she would play it from the time I went to school to the time I got back. I guess she felt really guilty about sort of neglecting the kids needs for a game, so I can't get her to even try another game since then.
Tranceport series is probably the best introduction to general electronica you can get. All the tracks are anthems and are readily approachable.
The best that I have heard is Tranceport 3 with Sandra Collins. Her mix isn't all anthems like Oakenfold's original but it is very well mixed and definatly creates a mood. Good stuff.
Yep yep! There was an article a few years ago claiming that if anyone put in around 20 years of focused thought into any one subject they would attain a genius level understanding of that subject. The example they used was of a family of chess players; a few daughters and their dad. The daughters do nothing but play chess and thats it, not sure if they had regular schooling or not, but all were highly ranked chess players.
I refer to this as the MS computer science student college fund. My friends and I used to grab these cds then sell them on ebay. It was a nice alternate source of income.
Universities who know what they are doing really don't teach with MS products (unless you are business majors using VB).
Problem is that isn't always going to be the case and sometimes your employers wants to work with MS products and the people graduating from these schools don't have the expierence of working with MS. So the way they make up for this is to give the product away in the hopes that they will like it enough that they will learn to use it.
In the US in every state, every child who is born in a hospital is required by law to be screened for some particular genetic abnormalities. How many abnormalities that are tested is dependent on where you live and are around 5+ for every state.
Its strange how many people don't realize that this sort of thing has been going on for quite some time.
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I plan to get neither. It will be at least a couple more years before games actually begin to use the majority of the features of the nv30 and r300. By then those cards will be old news. Look at doom3, which is designed to take advantage of what the geforce 1 can do. I doubt many people who are into computer gaming still use those.
Thats part of the reason why Nvidia is throwing a hissy fit over 3dmark 2003. It doesn't really test dx9 or ps2.0. The majority of the tests use dx8.1 and ps1.4 along with calls that no games will be using. So it isn't really that good of an indication of what dx9 and ps2.0 is capable of.
Check out this article for an indepth analysis of the situation.
"GeforceFX ... 41fps in 3dMark Game4 demo, while the Radeon 9700 ... came back with 45fps in the 3dMark test."
Who cares? 3dMark test is designed around directX 8, while both of those cards are designed to take advantage of directX 9. Wait until the next 3dMark release then you have a valid test.
That seemed perfectly obviously the moment the submitter mentioned Marc's name.
Not posting to /. will probably help you get that paper done faster.
Fiat Lux is available in MPEG-1 format at PocketMovies.net.
I bet a lot of geeks are like that to an extent.
I know personally I carry a multi-tool/swiss army knife, tweezers, duct tape and a variety of "just in case" things with me wherever I go.
I guess it is sort of a MacGyver complex.
Walking style has been used forever by actors to define characters. Depending on which part of the body an actor leads with goes a long way in defining the mood and mannerisms of the character. James Dean/Bruce Lee lead with their hips to show that they were cool and relaxed. While macho actors who look like they are about to attack something tend to lead with their chests/chins. Shy/introverted types tend to lead with the top of their heads.
Deus Ex takes place after terrorists have bombed NY. Hence the similarities. Attacks on NY by terrorists and using air planes to kill people are hardly new ideas.
I remember Fractint having a few fractal based songs. My favorite "math" music though has to be Aphex Twin! .
Here are some links to past /. discussions on this topic:
Wired on Autism in the Valley L.A. Times Columnist Says Geek-Autism is a Good Thing
Why geek geniuses may lack social graces
For those who aren't familiar with Go, I highly recommend you check out HnG It's an immensely popular story about an ancient Go master,his young pupil, and the world of Go.
I wasn't ready for college. I knew I wasn't. I didn't want to apply to any colleges and eventually ended up applying to only one because everyone was pressuring me into going to college.
The result is that I am now massively in debt, I didn't learn a single thing, and I hated the entire expierence of what should have been the best time in my life.
I took a year off, went to a less respectable school and am now learning more and enjoying life more than ever before.
The moral is, if you aren't ready to go - don't go. Take a year off to find out who you are and what you really want to do with your life. Yeah you may not be paying for your education but it is your life. In the long run it will pay off.
Why pay for the naptser brand name? Yeah free publicity... but seriously if their service is at all usuable it will spread by word of mouth about as fast as word of a porn only napster would.
Have you seen Much Ado About Nothing (1993)? Keanu ruined that movie for me.
I don't see why he can't buff up. Toby McGuire (sp?) did it for Spiderman. It's not like Christopher Reeve was ever buff.
nice mirror here thanks to www.shacknews.com. You will need to register for an account to download though.
Verizon just donated a lab to my school. I am waiting for them to fall under and have another name change, so then they will need to change the glass doors with their names plastered all over it.
To this day my mother refuses to play *any* games because of her Tetris addiction. Back when Tetris originally came out for the nintendo she would play it from the time I went to school to the time I got back. I guess she felt really guilty about sort of neglecting the kids needs for a game, so I can't get her to even try another game since then.
Tranceport series is probably the best introduction to general electronica you can get. All the tracks are anthems and are readily approachable.
The best that I have heard is Tranceport 3 with Sandra Collins. Her mix isn't all anthems like Oakenfold's original but it is very well mixed and definatly creates a mood. Good stuff.
Yep yep!
There was an article a few years ago claiming that if anyone put in around 20 years of focused thought into any one subject they would attain a genius level understanding of that subject. The example they used was of a family of chess players; a few daughters and their dad. The daughters do nothing but play chess and thats it, not sure if they had regular schooling or not, but all were highly ranked chess players.
I refer to this as the MS computer science student college fund. My friends and I used to grab these cds then sell them on ebay. It was a nice alternate source of income.
Universities who know what they are doing really don't teach with MS products (unless you are business majors using VB).
Problem is that isn't always going to be the case and sometimes your employers wants to work with MS products and the people graduating from these schools don't have the expierence of working with MS. So the way they make up for this is to give the product away in the hopes that they will like it enough that they will learn to use it.
In the US in every state, every child who is born in a hospital is required by law to be screened for some particular genetic abnormalities. How many abnormalities that are tested is dependent on where you live and are around 5+ for every state.
Its strange how many people don't realize that this sort of thing has been going on for quite some time.
Life. sized. ASCII. porn.
You can tell you are a geek when you get a woody from looking at a freaken case.