Yet another very informed article from Sharky. I think the point argued was indeed a good one. I for one know for a fact that the driving force behind all my PC upgrades has been for killer apps (ok games) and not penis envy.
When Quake 2 came out I upgraded my mobo to AGP so I could buy a RivaTNT. Likewise when Unreal Tournament/Quake 3 etc. surfaced I shelled out on a new chip, a GeForce 2 and some more RAM.
Also, the argument that big player hardware developers (Intel/IBM/AMD) should back leading edge software is an interesting one. However, I don't want to get to the stage where I'll have to buy the Intel version of a chipset in order to play my favourite game.
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Has http://www.dekaresearch.com/ been slashdotted?
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I'm getting my knickers in a twist over this one - I really want to know more about IT.
So what your saying is that it's ok for non-english speaking people to try and use our ASCII system but totally wrong and inappropriate for them to have their own native language system and for us to to try and learn how to use that?
It would seem you embrace the global village idea... providing it is english speaking and conforms to your native character set.
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I heard the news on the way back from the pub today and it still hasn't sunk in. The world operates in mysterious ways... :o(
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Yet another very informed article from Sharky. I think the point argued was indeed a good one. I for one know for a fact that the driving force behind all my PC upgrades has been for killer apps (ok games) and not penis envy.
When Quake 2 came out I upgraded my mobo to AGP so I could buy a RivaTNT. Likewise when Unreal Tournament/Quake 3 etc. surfaced I shelled out on a new chip, a GeForce 2 and some more RAM.
Also, the argument that big player hardware developers (Intel/IBM/AMD) should back leading edge software is an interesting one. However, I don't want to get to the stage where I'll have to buy the Intel version of a chipset in order to play my favourite game.
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I'm getting my knickers in a twist over this one - I really want to know more about IT.
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So what your saying is that it's ok for non-english speaking people to try and use our ASCII system but totally wrong and inappropriate for them to have their own native language system and for us to to try and learn how to use that? It would seem you embrace the global village idea... providing it is english speaking and conforms to your native character set.
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