Oh, and think of the new and exciting ways things can be censored.
Where does the censorship come in? It sounds to me like the owner of the domain (in the example give, MSNBC) would be responsible for maintaining the object ID table. DNS would resolve the domain name to an IP address, then the handle would be resolved by the object ID table that resides on that domain's server. Different than how it works today, but I don't see any new censorship opportunities.
Can you please explain where the possibility for censorship lies? I think I'm missing something here.
Third of all, 60 fps now will mean about 15fps in new games in 2 years.
No doubt. But my point was that with my chip that is aready 2+ years old (and wasn't exactly top-of-the-line then), I can play any available game at 800x600 with all textures, sound fx, etc. turned up to max, and I get frame rates that are at least movie quality. (At higher resolutions it is still playable with only a little jerkiness.) And I expect to get at least another year out of it.
Three or four years ago, you needed to buy the newest, fastest, most expensive chip out there once a year (at least) if you wanted to play the latest games at a decent resolution with all the fx enabled. That is no longer the case. Right now, games simply aren't pushing the limits of the newest processors, so even the bleeding-edge gamers won't see it as a worthwhile investment. And certainly the casual gamer/web surfer won't benefit greatly from the P4's (not yet, anyway).
Someday we may all need that kind of muscle, but for most of today's consumer-level uses, its overkill. And that's why I think the sales will be sluggish...It's simply more than people need at a price higher than they're willing to pay.
Of course, this thread is practically dead by now so you'll probably never see this post anyway:)
Given code that's designed and optimized for the Pentium 4/Rambus combo, I'm sure it'll look much nicer than it looks running current apps. Nobody's bothered optimizing for that sort of environment yet.
Hey, you stole that argument from all the people who are justifying their PlayStation 2 purchase!
Are these being marketed for home desktops? Who in their right mind is going to waste their money on a P4? Hell, I can run any app that I'd want to on my current machine, and that is 2 years old and has a 475 mHz clock! We're at the point now where most users (even high-end gamers) do not have a use for top-of-the-line machines. Quake at 200 fps? Can anyone out there actually tell the difference between 60 and 200 fps?
Back in the dark ages (say, 4 years ago) you needed a high-end PC if you just wanted to surf the Web and print a document at the same time. But these 1 gHz+ machines have are overkill for general-purpose users. Combine that in with mediocre reviews and recent evidence that PC market growth is finally leveling off, and it can only translate to sluggish sales.
The best part of all of this is that people who have been chugging along with older P2s will be able find moderately-clocked P3 chips cheap.
Is there anyone out there that is planning on getting a P4 for non-corporate use? Or even corporate use, for that matter?
..are absolutely ludicrous. They want to sell me a license to something, but not clue me in on the terms of that license until after I've paid for it? That just flies in the face of common sense.
I recently bought a new video card that came packaged with a driver/apps CD-ROM in a sealed envelope. The seal said something to the effect of: "By breaking this seal you agree to the licensing statement enclosed." The licensing statement itself was printed on a piece of paper inside the sealed envelope! (Luckily I don't live in Maryland so the license isn't legally binding.)
Although, I suppose that's not much different than those install-time EULAs where everyone just clicks the "Agree" button without reading.
I would ask this Exchange faction why they want to change. If they want some specific feature, see if it can be implemented for them on the current system. If they want it just "because", well, that's not a very good reason to switch from a solid and reliable system.
If you can prove to management there isn't anything they want that you can't already do, then it would be hard to justify the expense and potential problems that come with the switch.
I just got an ASUS DVD-ROM drive and watched The Matrix on it last night. It looked just as good as my friend's DVD player on his TV...none of flickering or pausing that you mentioned. It depends a lot on the drive and also the MPEG decoder. Software decoding tends give a poorer image (especially on a slow processor), and a good decoder card can give noticibly better performance over a cheap one.
Like most things, you get what you pay for. If you want a quality image, don't skimp on a no-name decoder card.
IBM is actually marketing a new product that they are making from the recycled parts.
From the press release:
"It's a high-protein feed for farm animals, insulation for low-income housing, a powerful explosive and a top-notch engine coolant.
And best of all, it's made from one hundred percent recycled animals^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcomputer parts!"
I think the only fair thing to do is for all of Florida to re-vote. Although I'm sure Bush won't like that because some of those 90,000 Nader voters are bound to switch to Gore in light of recent events.
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Where does the censorship come in? It sounds to me like the owner of the domain (in the example give, MSNBC) would be responsible for maintaining the object ID table. DNS would resolve the domain name to an IP address, then the handle would be resolved by the object ID table that resides on that domain's server. Different than how it works today, but I don't see any new censorship opportunities.
Can you please explain where the possibility for censorship lies? I think I'm missing something here.
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No doubt. But my point was that with my chip that is aready 2+ years old (and wasn't exactly top-of-the-line then), I can play any available game at 800x600 with all textures, sound fx, etc. turned up to max, and I get frame rates that are at least movie quality. (At higher resolutions it is still playable with only a little jerkiness.) And I expect to get at least another year out of it.
Three or four years ago, you needed to buy the newest, fastest, most expensive chip out there once a year (at least) if you wanted to play the latest games at a decent resolution with all the fx enabled. That is no longer the case. Right now, games simply aren't pushing the limits of the newest processors, so even the bleeding-edge gamers won't see it as a worthwhile investment. And certainly the casual gamer/web surfer won't benefit greatly from the P4's (not yet, anyway).
Someday we may all need that kind of muscle, but for most of today's consumer-level uses, its overkill. And that's why I think the sales will be sluggish...It's simply more than people need at a price higher than they're willing to pay.
Of course, this thread is practically dead by now so you'll probably never see this post anyway :)
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Hey, you stole that argument from all the people who are justifying their PlayStation 2 purchase!
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Back in the dark ages (say, 4 years ago) you needed a high-end PC if you just wanted to surf the Web and print a document at the same time. But these 1 gHz+ machines have are overkill for general-purpose users. Combine that in with mediocre reviews and recent evidence that PC market growth is finally leveling off, and it can only translate to sluggish sales.
The best part of all of this is that people who have been chugging along with older P2s will be able find moderately-clocked P3 chips cheap.
Is there anyone out there that is planning on getting a P4 for non-corporate use? Or even corporate use, for that matter?
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I recently bought a new video card that came packaged with a driver/apps CD-ROM in a sealed envelope. The seal said something to the effect of: "By breaking this seal you agree to the licensing statement enclosed." The licensing statement itself was printed on a piece of paper inside the sealed envelope! (Luckily I don't live in Maryland so the license isn't legally binding.)
Although, I suppose that's not much different than those install-time EULAs where everyone just clicks the "Agree" button without reading.
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If you can prove to management there isn't anything they want that you can't already do, then it would be hard to justify the expense and potential problems that come with the switch.
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Like most things, you get what you pay for. If you want a quality image, don't skimp on a no-name decoder card.
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From the press release:
"It's a high-protein feed for farm animals, insulation for low-income housing, a powerful explosive and a top-notch engine coolant. And best of all, it's made from one hundred percent recycled animals^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcomputer parts!"
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I think the only fair thing to do is for all of Florida to re-vote. Although I'm sure Bush won't like that because some of those 90,000 Nader voters are bound to switch to Gore in light of recent events.
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