Well, I don't play many games to be honest. I can tell you my experience with Battlefield 2, a relatively newer game that is fairly taxing on systems as far as I can tell. The problem is, some games don't support widescreen resolutions, and some do it in an odd manner. For BF2, if you run in a widescreen resolution, it crops the top off of the display, so you're actually seeing *less* than in a 4:3 resolution. Not all games are like this, and I'm sure newer games and games of the future will have true widescreen support. So for BF2, I just play in 1600x1200, it doesn't look stretched to me. However, I have played in the native resolution. To get 50+ FPS, I definitely had to turn down the graphical effects to Medium. Although, this is of course highly dependent on the game (BF2) and my graphics card, which is a GO6800 (256 MB RAM) on a Dell laptop with 1 GB system RAM. I realize there are better laptop cards available now from nVidia which probably lay waste to mine. And of course for desktop machines, there are much better. My basic point is that it seems to be promising that if you bought a modern graphics card, you could get good performance in native resolution. I don't know the requirements of UT2004 though, so it's hard to say. I'd look at message boards for that game and find people who have large LCD's. I'm sure they're out there. Good luck.
They do not review the Dell 24" in this story, but let me say I have been so pleased with mine. You can usually get up to 20-25% off from Dell if you do a google search for Dell coupons. You will not be sorry if you get that monitor and have a card that can support the native resolution (1920x1200). I have had no problems with games (BF2) or movies on it.
Is there a central location that tracks the current largest botnets, what their purpose is, their communication mechanisms, etc? I googled and couldn't find much.
While it's popular to bash the RIAA on this argument, apply it to software creators, especially games. The exact same argument applies, but it's $50 instead of $15, so it's an even more of an offense. Not many people complain about paying $50 for game though. I have wondered why that is. Usually people tell me that it's because software takes more money and time to create than music. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's something to think about.
You *must* try R if you think gnuplot is good. www.r-project.org. R is hands down the best environment for data analysis and graphics. The graphing is so much more flexible than anything I've ever used, and the language makes extending the functionality of the core packages a breeze. I've been using it for over three years now, and it does take some getting used to, especially if you haven't programmed in a functional language before, but the time invested in learning R will definitely pay off if you analyze data or produce specialty graphs on a regular basis for work or school. Every programmer should know R!
Luckily in Unix, rogue apps can only mess with my home directory, because we all know I'd never store anything I care about there.
Also, I've had 100% success in Linux getting apps installed in my home directory since I don't have root access to my machine at work../configure --prefix=$HOME
Not true. Statistical models (for example, a multiple linear regression) allow you to "plug in" values of the covariates for your particular situation, and get an estimate for your particular situation. I would say that your method of listening to companies in your situation is also probably very important. I disagree that TCO is somehow "non-statistical". This seems like a fine situation to use regression methods to predict TCO given several covariates.
That's hardly significant. Statistically, you can't really call that a correlation.
That's just wrong. Unless you see the data and their analysis technique, you really don't know how the conclusions were reached. In their paper, you would expect to find a section on how data was collected, the assumptions being made, and the statistical methods used to draw their conclusions. Correlation isn't an on/off phenomenem, there can be weak correlation and strong correlation. Just because there is a weak correlation between two variables does *not* imply that their is not some "statistically significant" relation between them. You can't just go by the estimate alone, you have to know more. I'm guessing that they used some sort of logistic regression models in getting these estimates, it should be easy to verify if their techniques and data were sound.
That would be a field called "behavioral finance". There is already a rich literature there, so you're late to the game to have invented it, but there's certainly plenty of room to contribute original research.
All versions of Windows since NT have had this "real security model" you talk about. There are scores of objects in Windows that can have permissions, not just files, but also devices, registry entries, etc. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Every corporation in the world that uses Windows probably makes extensive use of file permissions and group policy.
For me, the main point of this should be to interface with Windows Media Center. I still have to go through a two or three step process to get recorded TV onto my iPod. I guess I don't see much point to such a device, but maybe someone would.
I've read so many comments like this. I don't understand this obsession with image that so many so-called geeks have.
Agreed, if you're playing a video game system in public, whether it's the original DS, DS Lite, GBA, or PSP, you're giving off a certain image. I'm not saying you should care about that image, but if you are worried about image in general, the fact that you're playing a portable game system on a bus or train says more about you than the looks of the system.
Well it is appealing to think that we're "hard-wired" for things, it's really not that way. We have found models for describing things like you're talking about (catching frisbee's, etc.), but do you really think we (much less your dog) are solving differential equations in your head in order to catch a frisbee? Even if you could somehow do that, how would someone who hasn't been exposed to the maths do it? Things like geometry and calculus are simply really helpful tools to *model* things that occur naturally. That does not mean that is what is actually happening in the real world. Remember, it's not where we find math, it's where we put math.
The third party patch didn't actually (AFAIK) patch the file in the operating system. It simply blocked the calling of the Escape() function, which broke printing on several machines and programs. So while a decent workaround for this week, it really isn't a long term solution. I got this information from SANS' ISC.
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Well, I don't play many games to be honest. I can tell you my experience with Battlefield 2, a relatively newer game that is fairly taxing on systems as far as I can tell. The problem is, some games don't support widescreen resolutions, and some do it in an odd manner. For BF2, if you run in a widescreen resolution, it crops the top off of the display, so you're actually seeing *less* than in a 4:3 resolution. Not all games are like this, and I'm sure newer games and games of the future will have true widescreen support. So for BF2, I just play in 1600x1200, it doesn't look stretched to me. However, I have played in the native resolution. To get 50+ FPS, I definitely had to turn down the graphical effects to Medium. Although, this is of course highly dependent on the game (BF2) and my graphics card, which is a GO6800 (256 MB RAM) on a Dell laptop with 1 GB system RAM. I realize there are better laptop cards available now from nVidia which probably lay waste to mine. And of course for desktop machines, there are much better. My basic point is that it seems to be promising that if you bought a modern graphics card, you could get good performance in native resolution. I don't know the requirements of UT2004 though, so it's hard to say. I'd look at message boards for that game and find people who have large LCD's. I'm sure they're out there. Good luck.
They do not review the Dell 24" in this story, but let me say I have been so pleased with mine. You can usually get up to 20-25% off from Dell if you do a google search for Dell coupons. You will not be sorry if you get that monitor and have a card that can support the native resolution (1920x1200). I have had no problems with games (BF2) or movies on it.
the floors aren't sticky
Speak for yourself.
Come on now, facts and reasoning have no place in a discussion like this.
The future is now!
My main concern was they were focusing on trying to transcribe every word that was I saying, rather than thinking and analyzing
Oh, I'm sure they were thinking and analyzing, but more likely about how to win the current game of Minesweeper or Solitaire.
Is there a central location that tracks the current largest botnets, what their purpose is, their communication mechanisms, etc? I googled and couldn't find much.
While it's popular to bash the RIAA on this argument, apply it to software creators, especially games. The exact same argument applies, but it's $50 instead of $15, so it's an even more of an offense. Not many people complain about paying $50 for game though. I have wondered why that is. Usually people tell me that it's because software takes more money and time to create than music. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's something to think about.
The source is usually Business 101 at Podunk "University", USA, taught by "Dr." Somebody, "PhD".
You *must* try R if you think gnuplot is good. www.r-project.org. R is hands down the best environment for data analysis and graphics. The graphing is so much more flexible than anything I've ever used, and the language makes extending the functionality of the core packages a breeze. I've been using it for over three years now, and it does take some getting used to, especially if you haven't programmed in a functional language before, but the time invested in learning R will definitely pay off if you analyze data or produce specialty graphs on a regular basis for work or school. Every programmer should know R!
Spoiled kids. When I was young, an occasional 3-way was enough.
I too have a 9300. I want to know where you're taking that thing for over 2 hours! My back! It is an awesome machine on my desk though.
Exactly what I was thinking. Shop smart. Shop S-smart.
I heard they got VC funding for this by pitching it as:
A device for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
It's worked before, why not again?
Luckily in Unix, rogue apps can only mess with my home directory, because we all know I'd never store anything I care about there.
./configure --prefix=$HOME
Also, I've had 100% success in Linux getting apps installed in my home directory since I don't have root access to my machine at work.
Not true. Statistical models (for example, a multiple linear regression) allow you to "plug in" values of the covariates for your particular situation, and get an estimate for your particular situation. I would say that your method of listening to companies in your situation is also probably very important. I disagree that TCO is somehow "non-statistical". This seems like a fine situation to use regression methods to predict TCO given several covariates.
That's hardly significant. Statistically, you can't really call that a correlation.
That's just wrong. Unless you see the data and their analysis technique, you really don't know how the conclusions were reached. In their paper, you would expect to find a section on how data was collected, the assumptions being made, and the statistical methods used to draw their conclusions. Correlation isn't an on/off phenomenem, there can be weak correlation and strong correlation. Just because there is a weak correlation between two variables does *not* imply that their is not some "statistically significant" relation between them. You can't just go by the estimate alone, you have to know more. I'm guessing that they used some sort of logistic regression models in getting these estimates, it should be easy to verify if their techniques and data were sound.
That would be a field called "behavioral finance". There is already a rich literature there, so you're late to the game to have invented it, but there's certainly plenty of room to contribute original research.
All versions of Windows since NT have had this "real security model" you talk about. There are scores of objects in Windows that can have permissions, not just files, but also devices, registry entries, etc. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Every corporation in the world that uses Windows probably makes extensive use of file permissions and group policy.
For me, the main point of this should be to interface with Windows Media Center. I still have to go through a two or three step process to get recorded TV onto my iPod. I guess I don't see much point to such a device, but maybe someone would.
I've read so many comments like this. I don't understand this obsession with image that so many so-called geeks have.
Agreed, if you're playing a video game system in public, whether it's the original DS, DS Lite, GBA, or PSP, you're giving off a certain image. I'm not saying you should care about that image, but if you are worried about image in general, the fact that you're playing a portable game system on a bus or train says more about you than the looks of the system.
Well it is appealing to think that we're "hard-wired" for things, it's really not that way. We have found models for describing things like you're talking about (catching frisbee's, etc.), but do you really think we (much less your dog) are solving differential equations in your head in order to catch a frisbee? Even if you could somehow do that, how would someone who hasn't been exposed to the maths do it? Things like geometry and calculus are simply really helpful tools to *model* things that occur naturally. That does not mean that is what is actually happening in the real world. Remember, it's not where we find math, it's where we put math.
The third party patch didn't actually (AFAIK) patch the file in the operating system. It simply blocked the calling of the Escape() function, which broke printing on several machines and programs. So while a decent workaround for this week, it really isn't a long term solution. I got this information from SANS' ISC.
One hand on the mouse, one hand on the snake.
Battle mode?!
:)
You heathen.