The tech to get the response times so low does tend to jack colors and produce some odd artifacts, but none of those relate to how quickly it displays the data on the screen, not as far as I've ever heard anyway.
The 2ms 'response time' is just about the pixels response to the electrical signal. In other words, those 2ms means: this LCD can change a pixel from black to white in 2ms. It doesn't mean: this LCD will change the pixel 2ms after the computer or console tells the screen to change the pixel.
Since a couple of years, LCDs have a 'image enhancement' mode that adds some lag, from 40 to 105 ms. This is precisely to have a buffer that lets the chip preprocess some stuff and reduce ghosting or other things. I think that the 15ms or less to change a pixel is also possible only because of this processing.
You can't say that 105 ms is not noticeable, and this is probably what the GP is talking about. And DLP HDTVs seems to have up to 250ms of lag.
However, modern LCDs have also a 'gaming mode' with (virtually) no processing lag, but with the usual ghosting and other LCD classic issues.
Just curious, are you the kind of person who believe that you can write code that work for all cases, or are you the kind of person who believes that corner cases will always crept in your code and make it more complex than you really like in the long run.
Come on, my standard response time to implement a feature in my current job is 15 minutes. When I was in college I was always the first or at least the second finishing the exams, about an hour earlier than anybody else.
But I can talk to people, I'm nice to coworkers and clients.
It doesn't mean I was the best, a classmate was faster than me by about 20% consistently. But he also was very sociable and could work very well in a team.
If someone doesn't document, and is harsh with coworkers and clients, I don't want him in my team. Period.
It totally depends, not only on the code the guy produces, but also on the related activities.
If that somebody when asked about documentation, smirks, "What documentation?, then I would NOT want to have him in my team.
Mainly because I know people that can write amazingly good systems, use source version control systems all the time, have everything well documented, and can work nicely with people in the office.
How is an in-browser version any better than the standard Quake 3 if you have to download and install a plugin?
If you think about it, the only way a in-browser version can be as good as the standalone client is by doing it as a plugin. Do you expect the thing to be done with javascript in a canvas? Now that's nonsense.
I think it is awesome, and I already have some friends in the site.
It's not some flash abomination, it is, as far as I can tell, the whole real game, with some added Internet ladder features.
I play fullscreen with a 2048x1536 resolution, and it is as smooth as any game I have ever played.
The fact that Clockwork Orange did not win for Best Movie and the boring and predictable French Connection won is enough for me to dismiss most of the winners.
However, it surprised me this year and I think the winners are mostly good actors/movies. (Specially because 'Benjamin Button' did not won Best Movie.)
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The tech to get the response times so low does tend to jack colors and produce some odd artifacts, but none of those relate to how quickly it displays the data on the screen, not as far as I've ever heard anyway.
The 2ms 'response time' is just about the pixels response to the electrical signal. In other words, those 2ms means: this LCD can change a pixel from black to white in 2ms. It doesn't mean: this LCD will change the pixel 2ms after the computer or console tells the screen to change the pixel.
Since a couple of years, LCDs have a 'image enhancement' mode that adds some lag, from 40 to 105 ms. This is precisely to have a buffer that lets the chip preprocess some stuff and reduce ghosting or other things. I think that the 15ms or less to change a pixel is also possible only because of this processing.
You can't say that 105 ms is not noticeable, and this is probably what the GP is talking about. And DLP HDTVs seems to have up to 250ms of lag.
However, modern LCDs have also a 'gaming mode' with (virtually) no processing lag, but with the usual ghosting and other LCD classic issues.
In our systems I'd say it's about 35% IE6, 30% IE7, the rest other browsers, including Firefox.
Our clients are 90% banking and other big companies.
McDonalds is probably the most standarized food in the world.
It will always taste the same (in my opinion, awful, but that's just personal opinion).
And, more importantly, robots don't cough or spit in the food they prepare.
WHOOSHes are overrated.
In this case the reply was more interesting than the joke.
MySQL will still be supported and growing.
Or do you think Oracle wants everybody to switch to PostgreSQL ?
PostgreSQL with the userbase of MySQL (and then of course more developers) could absolutely threat Oracle even in the high end.
But a cheap DB to lure people away from PostgreSQL, that's something Oracle wants to have.
Then a SVN hook script seems to be my webmaster :P
Well, this really doesn't help to reduce the IE6 marketshare.
Firefox should help us to eradicate this backwards browser from the net. Dropping support in the OS that IE6 runs doesn't help.
That doesn't happen in Opera.
I would first warn them about it, and after a while, if policy doesn't change, report them to the BSA.
With a big 'I told you' smile.
Because business will try to get away with anything if not for regulations, and that includes screwing their employees, that is, you.
We already are overpopulated, we already are consuming much more than the biosphere is able to produce with sustainability and we know it.
So, anything that we should do when the warning system fires, we should be doing NOW.
Just curious, are you the kind of person who believe that you can write code that work for all cases, or are you the kind of person who believes that corner cases will always crept in your code and make it more complex than you really like in the long run.
This is not a trick question, but an honest one.
The most innovative was Opera until a year ago, now Safari and Chrome.
Firefox has never been the most innovative IMHO.
And the add-ons.
That's to be insecure by design, not only by implementation.
Why pressure Sony?
They have chosen the wrong platform.
What they should do, is to develop games for the Wii.
In fact, they should develop HUNDREDS of GOOD* games for the Wii, that would guarantee very strong sales.
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*This means gameplay, no fancy graphics.
Come on, my standard response time to implement a feature in my current job is 15 minutes. When I was in college I was always the first or at least the second finishing the exams, about an hour earlier than anybody else.
But I can talk to people, I'm nice to coworkers and clients.
It doesn't mean I was the best, a classmate was faster than me by about 20% consistently. But he also was very sociable and could work very well in a team.
If someone doesn't document, and is harsh with coworkers and clients, I don't want him in my team. Period.
AFAIC, he can go and fund a startup or something.
It totally depends, not only on the code the guy produces, but also on the related activities.
If that somebody when asked about documentation, smirks, "What documentation?, then I would NOT want to have him in my team.
Mainly because I know people that can write amazingly good systems, use source version control systems all the time, have everything well documented, and can work nicely with people in the office.
Well, if the porn industry adopts the video tag, both Firefox and Opera will rise in usage. A lot.
I want a tablet netbook to use as an ebook (txt, html or pdf) reader, to open some excel files in meetings, and not much more.
I already have two powerful desktops with big screens. And totally agree with you.
So, it won't be economically sustainable to produce crap like all those reality shows??
Hell yeah!!!!
Too much bloody marketshare.
The day IE gets less than 50% marketshare, lots of web developers will rejoice.
In fact, that should be a Internet wide campaign: Let's reduce IE to less than 50% marketshare !!!
I approve that campaign (TM)
I voraciously read all that, and I don't own anything Apple, or buy that many games, etc.
The fact that they sell the technology doesn't mean that the technology is not interesting per se.
This site is news for nerds, no 'news for consumers'.
You can play fullscreen if that's what bothers you.
How is an in-browser version any better than the standard Quake 3 if you have to download and install a plugin?
If you think about it, the only way a in-browser version can be as good as the standalone client is by doing it as a plugin. Do you expect the thing to be done with javascript in a canvas? Now that's nonsense.
I think it is awesome, and I already have some friends in the site.
It's not some flash abomination, it is, as far as I can tell, the whole real game, with some added Internet ladder features.
I play fullscreen with a 2048x1536 resolution, and it is as smooth as any game I have ever played.
The fact that Clockwork Orange did not win for Best Movie and the boring and predictable French Connection won is enough for me to dismiss most of the winners.
However, it surprised me this year and I think the winners are mostly good actors/movies. (Specially because 'Benjamin Button' did not won Best Movie.)