I have two 21 inch monitors on my dual-head Matrix G450, and I have to say it is extremely useful when writing code and doing other software engineering things.
However, I don't see a huge use for it outside of our community. I can just imagine the questions from Joe-average-user: "Where'd my durn cursor go?" I could see it being useful for servers because one monitor could be the "output" window for all that useful chatter and usage statistics.
It would have to be built into whatever game one is playing for it to be useful there, too. Imagine a simple racing simulator with the main monitor displaying the front view, and the secondary monitor displaying all manner of gauges, a rear view mirror, etc.
Oh yeah - playing a FPS late at night with no lights on. I remember playing Dark Forces and having one of those Terminator-like Dark Troopers pop out of a wall to my right.
I think a person should still contact their own representative. That's what they are there for. They should be the one who contacts the committee and at least says "Hey, this is what my constituents think!" Whether or not this happens, at least you are barking up the right tree.
I can see other representatives brushing people off who are not in their district, simply because they are there to represent their district.
UT seems to be the default game for our LAN parties too. Starcraft and Ages II usually get a game in as well. I gotta ask : Is Jedi Knight good in multiplayer? I love the game, just never played it in MP.
How many keys do I have to hit to save? Control-what? Take this:x
I'd check out the Anandtech article if I were you. It looks like they put a lot of work into improving T&L and fillrate.
"The GeForce3 is thus the first true GPU from NVIDIA. It still features the same T&L engine from before, however now it is fully programmable."
Programmable is very good, maybe now we'll actually get to see hardware T&L in a game, rather than a press release.
Also mentioned in the Anandtech article: "This is what gave the GeForce2 it's "Giga-Texel"
moniker since it was now able to boast a peak fillrate of 1.6 Gtexels/s. The
GeForce3 takes this one step further by now being able to do quadtexturing in
a single pass, offering a theoretical peak fillrate of 3.2Gtexels/s although
it seems like it's definitely time to stop quoting theoretical fillrate numbers in this industry."
I'd say that this is quite an improvement. I'll stop quoting now.
Speaking of classic code, I've always been extremely impressed with Hoare's quicksort (1962). The recursion is pretty cool. Refer to the C standard library to see its implementation (qsort).
If I remember correctly from my college education, computers cannot programmatically detect an infinite loop.
That's not to say that everyone should stop trying.
"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have." - Louis E. Boone
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In my day, we got it tattooed on our backs. We could were no such t-shirts. And we liked it.
If green text on a black background isn't your style, check out the HT article over at www.extremetech.com
However, I don't see a huge use for it outside of our community. I can just imagine the questions from Joe-average-user: "Where'd my durn cursor go?" I could see it being useful for servers because one monitor could be the "output" window for all that useful chatter and usage statistics.
It would have to be built into whatever game one is playing for it to be useful there, too. Imagine a simple racing simulator with the main monitor displaying the front view, and the secondary monitor displaying all manner of gauges, a rear view mirror, etc.
"But I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters." Now there's great acting.
Seriously though, how could "boning" Natalie Portman disturb anybody?
I actually fell out of my chair!
Does TESB have a track named "Vader is Luke's Dad"? I didn't think so.
I can see other representatives brushing people off who are not in their district, simply because they are there to represent their district.
How many keys do I have to hit to save? Control-what? Take this
I'd check out the Anandtech article if I were you. It looks like they put a lot of work into improving T&L and fillrate.
"The GeForce3 is thus the first true GPU from NVIDIA. It still features the same T&L engine from before, however now it is fully programmable."
Programmable is very good, maybe now we'll actually get to see hardware T&L in a game, rather than a press release.Also mentioned in the Anandtech article: "This is what gave the GeForce2 it's "Giga-Texel" moniker since it was now able to boast a peak fillrate of 1.6 Gtexels/s. The GeForce3 takes this one step further by now being able to do quadtexturing in a single pass, offering a theoretical peak fillrate of 3.2Gtexels/s although it seems like it's definitely time to stop quoting theoretical fillrate numbers in this industry."
I'd say that this is quite an improvement. I'll stop quoting now.
Speaking of classic code, I've always been extremely impressed with Hoare's quicksort (1962). The recursion is pretty cool. Refer to the C standard library to see its implementation (qsort).
Recursion is a good thing, unless its with taxes.
That's not to say that everyone should stop trying.
"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have." - Louis E. Boone