And when exactly did the Republicans use reconciliation to pass legislation that was largely unrelated to the budget as is being threatened at present?
Don't just sit there and troll about with blanket statements... why not name a specific power or two that the Republicans were happy having until a Democrat got their hands on it.
Be warned though... should you opt to point to one that the Democrats have used far more extensively than the Republicans, it won't exactly be a fair comparison and you will be called on it.
Actually... he's right... and you are not only wrong, but rather dumb to boot! It's a good thing you posted anonymously... otherwise that post could come back to haunt you for the utter stupidity you displayed.
>The PC world doesn't have vastly differing hardware and software at all.
So the underlying OS doesnâ(TM)t matter much? Or which version of pixel shaders or how much ram is in the box? Perhaps you should get to know the Steam Hardware Survey: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
Whole heck of a lot of DX 8 & 9 machines out there.
Obviously Steam hasnâ(TM)t gotten the memo that the PC world doesnâ(TM)t have vastly differing hardware... otherwise they wouldnâ(TM)t care much, now would they?
Moving on... let us just focus on the GPU side of things for a moment... shall we?
While it is true that various iterations of Direct X/OpenGL have various standards of supported features... it is not uncommon for game makers to take advantage of specific extensions/features that one GPU class or another exposes that is not fully DX/OGL compatible.
This is coupled with the fact that not all cards of the same GPU type and speed are created equal... after all, letâ(TM)s not forget that the amount of RAM in a given desktop can vary widely, coupled with the amount of ram on the video card is also variable between PCs... the developer needs to be very careful with their memory usage depending on how low end of a machine they want the game to run on.
The advantage of consoles is of course you have a known platform you can target and exploit without the need to worry about lesser systems... or allowing your game to grow with time or have additional features/effects/resolutions only be available with the next wave of video cards that wonâ(TM)t see most desktops for another year or two. At the end of the day... DX and OGL are simply the lowest common denominators... and while they can do much... at times you can do even more if you target something specifically.
>The difference between the 360 and the PS3's CPU architecture is vastly different than the difference between PC's
Half true... though as most competent developers will tell you, with the proper designs up front, writing an application that is available on multiple platforms is extremely doable... it all comes down to the question of if it is worth the time and energy required.
>That being said the reason there is not a lot more cross platform gaming is that it is not in their respective financial interests to provide it.
You finally said something that was correct... although largely nonsensical.
Half true... x64 versions of Windows require signed drivers... however you are not required to have your drivers signed when running an x86 build of 2008.
> for example asking you to select/confirm which folders you share every time you open it up
So you want Limewire to have it's own form of UAC? Or do you think that if you make it scary enough that the majority of users wont just click yes anyway?
I guess you missed when I addressed the non car installed options when I said: "solar and wind still being too expensive and too inefficient to meet current demand."
I just noticed comcast doing it to me this morning as well... odd thing was it would redirect www.pleasedonthijackthis.com but not pleasedonthijackthis.com.
Call me crazy... but I do not use www's unless I have to!
Nice in theory just like regular wind or solar farms... however putting such a thing on your car to power anything more than a fan or two is still extraordinarily expensive and in no way cost effective for the foreseeable future... and that in sunny placed. What about us poor shmucks who live in the Seattle area?
>Power plants are much more efficient than the engines in cars,
True... only that assumes we are building more that will be able to supply the expanded demands on the grid.
It's been how long since we've built a new nuclear plant in the US? Coal is being attacked at every turn, solar and wind still being too expensive and too inefficient to meet current demands.
If we see massive purchases of plug-in cars... you are going to be seeing more rolling blackouts and exploding costs of all forms of energy... and not just in California.
>I'm throwing the Shenanigans flag. No...scratch that...I'm throwing the COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT flag.
Have you forgotten who owns GM now? I actually think that claims now make perfect sense... they are just doing as their new bosses have done for decades.
Apparently you didn't read much of the link you posted... two key bits:
Microsoft had previously been in discussions with Stac to license its compression technology
You know... like how Microsoft has licensed third party apps for use in windows (ex from NT4-XP, the built in defrag engine was built and owned by Diskeeper).
For all you know after a bit of thought Microsoft said "Meh, building one of these on our own shouldn't be to hard, why spend the money when we can do it ourselves for less?" Granted... this did kind of bite them in the rear.
Remember though... licensing the technology is not the same thing as licensing the patents.
a California jury ruled the infringement by Microsoft was not willful
So accidently infringing on someone's patent is suddenly... theft? You must be listening to the MPAA & RIAA too much.
You'd really think if they deliberately did know about the patents and infringed on them willfully the jury might have come to a different verdict... something Stac would have fought for given willful infringement pays 3x what non-willful does.
With all of that hatred... can you still think clearly? Apparently not.
While the designs are remarkably similar (due in part due to Dave Cutler and other VMS persons joining Microsoft), you'll be hard pressed to find any substantive claims (or proof) that Microsoft stole code... instead they implemented a similar design from scratch.
Or if you think ripping off such a design is theft... then perhaps Andrew Tanenbaum should man up and sue Linus for creating Linux... after all, the stated goal of Linus was to replace MINUX.
But then... there was far more to the DEC MS settlement than just allegations of the design of the internals of NT... but lets not let facts get in the way of hatred.
So the need for Windows 2008 goes away AND I demonstrate where you can download a copy of Windows Server 2008 (note you never said what kind) and you still manage cry that what they do give away for free isn't free enough?
Spoken like someone who has not given it a try yet.
While the system requirements on the download page seem to require Server 2008... that is not fully accurate... instead I'd consult the full system requirements page.
Hyper-V Server is a stand-alone, bare-metal hypervisor which is installed directly onto a machine without the need for a paid version of Windows sitting below... but which is also installable as a separate role under the full versions of Windows Server.
Ideally once it's all installed (the stand-alone version), you need only join it to an Active Directory domain in order to easily administer it from another Vista or 2008 box using the Remote Server Administration Tools... but even that is optional really as it can be administered without as well as in the end administration is just DCOM and WMI.
> Just because you use email to send/receive messages doesn't mean you want everyone to know *where* you sent the messages from
A) Not 'everyone' can know where you are when your cell phone is tracked, such information generally requires a warrant.
B) Unless you are using extra means to hide/obscure where you are sending/receiving your email, your IP address will be known and also can be used to have a rough idea of where you are at the time of the sending.
Hell... even using the USPS to send your messages can be used against you... or are you unaware of the tracking possibilities of a postmark? Heck knows those donâ(TM)t require a warrant.
You assume I am looking for a run of the mill pony... oh no! I want one of those genetically engineered super pony's... unfortunately 'Super Pony' just doesn't have a good enough ring to it so we call them "Poneys" given the amount of money required to create them;)
There is a bigger issue with regards to the batteries... where do we get all of the lithium for them?
While it's certainly a noble effort to try to reduce/end our dependency on foreign oil, few realize that the major supplies of lithium are outside of the USA... effectively meaning we replace one addiction/dependency for another.
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And when exactly did the Republicans use reconciliation to pass legislation that was largely unrelated to the budget as is being threatened at present?
Don't just sit there and troll about with blanket statements... why not name a specific power or two that the Republicans were happy having until a Democrat got their hands on it.
Be warned though... should you opt to point to one that the Democrats have used far more extensively than the Republicans, it won't exactly be a fair comparison and you will be called on it.
Nor does he know that this is nothing new this time around... I know they did it for sure last year at least
> The simple fact is your WRONG.
Actually... he's right... and you are not only wrong, but rather dumb to boot! It's a good thing you posted anonymously... otherwise that post could come back to haunt you for the utter stupidity you displayed.
>The PC world doesn't have vastly differing hardware and software at all.
So the underlying OS doesnâ(TM)t matter much? Or which version of pixel shaders or how much ram is in the box?
Perhaps you should get to know the Steam Hardware Survey: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
Whole heck of a lot of DX 8 & 9 machines out there.
Obviously Steam hasnâ(TM)t gotten the memo that the PC world doesnâ(TM)t have vastly differing hardware... otherwise they wouldnâ(TM)t care much, now would they?
Moving on... let us just focus on the GPU side of things for a moment... shall we?
While it is true that various iterations of Direct X/OpenGL have various standards of supported features... it is not uncommon for game makers to take advantage of specific extensions/features that one GPU class or another exposes that is not fully DX/OGL compatible.
This is coupled with the fact that not all cards of the same GPU type and speed are created equal... after all, letâ(TM)s not forget that the amount of RAM in a given desktop can vary widely, coupled with the amount of ram on the video card is also variable between PCs... the developer needs to be very careful with their memory usage depending on how low end of a machine they want the game to run on.
The advantage of consoles is of course you have a known platform you can target and exploit without the need to worry about lesser systems... or allowing your game to grow with time or have additional features/effects/resolutions only be available with the next wave of video cards that wonâ(TM)t see most desktops for another year or two.
At the end of the day... DX and OGL are simply the lowest common denominators... and while they can do much... at times you can do even more if you target something specifically.
>The difference between the 360 and the PS3's CPU architecture is vastly different than the difference between PC's
Half true... though as most competent developers will tell you, with the proper designs up front, writing an application that is available on multiple platforms is extremely doable... it all comes down to the question of if it is worth the time and energy required.
>That being said the reason there is not a lot more cross platform gaming is that it is not in their respective financial interests to provide it.
You finally said something that was correct... although largely nonsensical.
Half true... x64 versions of Windows require signed drivers... however you are not required to have your drivers signed when running an x86 build of 2008.
God I wish I had mod points... I can't believe that you got mod-ed down while that fool above has got a couple of +1's to his post.
> for example asking you to select/confirm which folders you share every time you open it up
So you want Limewire to have it's own form of UAC? Or do you think that if you make it scary enough that the majority of users wont just click yes anyway?
I guess you missed when I addressed the non car installed options when I said: "solar and wind still being too expensive and too inefficient to meet current demand."
I just noticed comcast doing it to me this morning as well... odd thing was it would redirect www.pleasedonthijackthis.com but not pleasedonthijackthis.com.
Call me crazy... but I do not use www's unless I have to!
Nice in theory just like regular wind or solar farms... however putting such a thing on your car to power anything more than a fan or two is still extraordinarily expensive and in no way cost effective for the foreseeable future... and that in sunny placed. What about us poor shmucks who live in the Seattle area?
>Power plants are much more efficient than the engines in cars,
True... only that assumes we are building more that will be able to supply the expanded demands on the grid.
It's been how long since we've built a new nuclear plant in the US? Coal is being attacked at every turn, solar and wind still being too expensive and too inefficient to meet current demands.
If we see massive purchases of plug-in cars... you are going to be seeing more rolling blackouts and exploding costs of all forms of energy... and not just in California.
>I'm throwing the Shenanigans flag. No...scratch that...I'm throwing the COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT flag.
Have you forgotten who owns GM now? I actually think that claims now make perfect sense... they are just doing as their new bosses have done for decades.
Apparently you didn't read much of the link you posted... two key bits:
Microsoft had previously been in discussions with Stac to license its compression technology
You know... like how Microsoft has licensed third party apps for use in windows (ex from NT4-XP, the built in defrag engine was built and owned by Diskeeper).
For all you know after a bit of thought Microsoft said "Meh, building one of these on our own shouldn't be to hard, why spend the money when we can do it ourselves for less?" Granted... this did kind of bite them in the rear.
Remember though... licensing the technology is not the same thing as licensing the patents.
a California jury ruled the infringement by Microsoft was not willful
So accidently infringing on someone's patent is suddenly... theft? You must be listening to the MPAA & RIAA too much.
You'd really think if they deliberately did know about the patents and infringed on them willfully the jury might have come to a different verdict... something Stac would have fought for given willful infringement pays 3x what non-willful does.
With all of that hatred... can you still think clearly? Apparently not.
While the designs are remarkably similar (due in part due to Dave Cutler and other VMS persons joining Microsoft), you'll be hard pressed to find any substantive claims (or proof) that Microsoft stole code... instead they implemented a similar design from scratch.
Or if you think ripping off such a design is theft... then perhaps Andrew Tanenbaum should man up and sue Linus for creating Linux... after all, the stated goal of Linus was to replace MINUX.
But then... there was far more to the DEC MS settlement than just allegations of the design of the internals of NT... but lets not let facts get in the way of hatred.
>sometimes by out-and-out stealing code that was shared under a non-disclosure agreement.
Really? Care to support that assertion?
Again... Windows Server 2008 is NOT required to run or administer a Hyper-V Server box.
So the need for Windows 2008 goes away AND I demonstrate where you can download a copy of Windows Server 2008 (note you never said what kind) and you still manage cry that what they do give away for free isn't free enough?
Oh right... I almost forgot where I was.
Also, yes you can find Windows Server 2008 as a free download on microsoft.com.
Spoken like someone who has not given it a try yet.
While the system requirements on the download page seem to require Server 2008... that is not fully accurate... instead I'd consult the full system requirements page.
Hyper-V Server is a stand-alone, bare-metal hypervisor which is installed directly onto a machine without the need for a paid version of Windows sitting below... but which is also installable as a separate role under the full versions of Windows Server.
Ideally once it's all installed (the stand-alone version), you need only join it to an Active Directory domain in order to easily administer it from another Vista or 2008 box using the Remote Server Administration Tools... but even that is optional really as it can be administered without as well as in the end administration is just DCOM and WMI.
Sell more copies of Hyper-V server? Good sir, that might be tricky given Hyper-V Server 2008 is free. Don't believe me? Go grab a copy for yourself here (do note the site that is hosted on).
> Just because you use email to send/receive messages doesn't mean you want everyone to know *where* you sent the messages from
A) Not 'everyone' can know where you are when your cell phone is tracked, such information generally requires a warrant.
B) Unless you are using extra means to hide/obscure where you are sending/receiving your email, your IP address will be known and also can be used to have a rough idea of where you are at the time of the sending.
Hell... even using the USPS to send your messages can be used against you... or are you unaware of the tracking possibilities of a postmark? Heck knows those donâ(TM)t require a warrant.
You assume I am looking for a run of the mill pony... oh no! I want one of those genetically engineered super pony's... unfortunately 'Super Pony' just doesn't have a good enough ring to it so we call them "Poneys" given the amount of money required to create them ;)
By that logic... the federal government is banning me from owning a poney.
Damn it man... I want my (government paid for) poney!
Agreed! More so when I consider that my mother's family name is Fitzsimmons!
There is a bigger issue with regards to the batteries... where do we get all of the lithium for them?
While it's certainly a noble effort to try to reduce/end our dependency on foreign oil, few realize that the major supplies of lithium are outside of the USA... effectively meaning we replace one addiction/dependency for another.