> Hmm, or a JNI-based Java bindings for Doom... could see that...:)
Actually there is a project that's done exactly this with Quake II. It's available at http://www.planetquake.com/q2java/. They are also now including some interesting XML based game config stuff. Neat.
Does anyone think it's odd that these formerly relevant computer companies (who are trying to better their position with Microsoft) are suing Netscape?
Of course, this also points out how useless patents for software are, but that's a different topic...
I left Kansas State University earlier this year. At the time that I left, they'd signed a deal with Oracle to provide copies of their database server on several platforms (Solaris [both sparc and x86], Irix, NT and of all things, Novell). There was also talk about getting the Linux version so departments without a lot of cash could have a powerful database server. Found out the other day that the deal for Linux was killed because Linux was "too full of security holes". (sigh) I guess I'm glad I'm gone...
It all depends on what you're planning to do really. A lot of graphics work involves math (especially 3D work). A solid foundation on design principles is also necessary if you're planning to do something more than a simple collection of whiz-bang effects. I remember reading that a large number of demo groups in the early 90s wrote their own raytracers. That's not trivial math there.
A competitor of CyberCash is Authorize.net. My company has set up several e-commerce sites with authorize.net through a company called Electronic Exchange Systems (www.safesolutions.com) and they're able to get you a pretty decent deal on a merchant account and also on the monthly access charges to authorize.net. It's significantly less expensive than CyberCash.
I find it interesting that they make the assumption that 90% of all funding for space projects goes to "overhead". I think that, in general, that figure is too large. I'd also imagine that as soon as a private corporation started to dabble in the space arena, there'd be all sorts of regulation applied (and you think the aerospace industry is regulated...)
Yes, it has a command shell. This is so that you can automate tasks rather than learning an application-specific scripting language...
It's command set is quite DOS-like. This is to reduce the learning curve.
I wouldn't say that it's gui was windows-like exactly. I'd say that Windows had an OS/2 like interface (albeit a much shallower implementation). But it was *REALLY* object oriented. That's the important distinction.
You can remotely admin the box. Since all tools can be command-line driven, you could telnet in and do most anything (well, at least I could do anything that I cared about).
It's interface is old. (shrug) It all depends on what you're used to really. I still like it's consistent use of the right-click (properties). *EVERYTHING* on the desktop was an object and could be manipulated as such. Stuff on the deskbar (startbar) was directly manipulatable by right-clicking. Unlike Windows.
Alas, it's all academic now. I still wish I could have Workplace Shell for Linux. That'd be the best thing that could happen for a consistent user experience. But, I digress...
My first experience with OS/2 was back with version 2.1 when I was looking for a better multi-tasker than DesqView for my BBS. It handled all of my needs better than I thought possible. It also taught me how expressive an Object-Oriented user interface could be. Boy I'll miss it.:(
I disremember the link (I think it was on SharkyExtreme), but I read an interesting article recently on the engineering behind the VooDoo series products. How there hasn't been any innovation from 3Dfx since the original VooDoo chipset was introduced, just refinements.
Me, myself and I are going to stick with nVidia products (well, for the time being at least).
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> Hmm, or a JNI-based Java bindings for Doom ... could see that ... :)
Actually there is a project that's done exactly this with Quake II. It's available at http://www.planetquake.com/q2java/. They are also now including some interesting XML based game config stuff. Neat.
Does anyone think it's odd that these formerly relevant computer companies (who are trying to better their position with Microsoft) are suing Netscape?
...
Of course, this also points out how useless patents for software are, but that's a different topic
I left Kansas State University earlier this year. At the time that I left, they'd signed a deal with Oracle to provide copies of their database server on several platforms (Solaris [both sparc and x86], Irix, NT and of all things, Novell). There was also talk about getting the Linux version so departments without a lot of cash could have a powerful database server. Found out the other day that the deal for Linux was killed because Linux was "too full of security holes". (sigh) I guess I'm glad I'm gone ...
It all depends on what you're planning to do really. A lot of graphics work involves math (especially 3D work). A solid foundation on design principles is also necessary if you're planning to do something more than a simple collection of whiz-bang effects. I remember reading that a large number of demo groups in the early 90s wrote their own raytracers. That's not trivial math there.
A competitor of CyberCash is Authorize.net. My company has set up several e-commerce sites with authorize.net through a company called Electronic Exchange Systems (www.safesolutions.com) and they're able to get you a pretty decent deal on a merchant account and also on the monthly access charges to authorize.net. It's significantly less expensive than CyberCash.
I find it interesting that they make the assumption that 90% of all funding for space projects goes to "overhead". I think that, in general, that figure is too large. I'd also imagine that as soon as a private corporation started to dabble in the space arena, there'd be all sorts of regulation applied (and you think the aerospace industry is regulated ...)
Yes, it has a command shell. This is so that you can automate tasks rather than learning an application-specific scripting language ...
...
It's command set is quite DOS-like. This is to reduce the learning curve.
I wouldn't say that it's gui was windows-like exactly. I'd say that Windows had an OS/2 like interface (albeit a much shallower implementation). But it was *REALLY* object oriented. That's the important distinction.
You can remotely admin the box. Since all tools can be command-line driven, you could telnet in and do most anything (well, at least I could do anything that I cared about).
It's interface is old. (shrug) It all depends on what you're used to really. I still like it's consistent use of the right-click (properties). *EVERYTHING* on the desktop was an object and could be manipulated as such. Stuff on the deskbar (startbar) was directly manipulatable by right-clicking. Unlike Windows.
Alas, it's all academic now. I still wish I could have Workplace Shell for Linux. That'd be the best thing that could happen for a consistent user experience. But, I digress
My first experience with OS/2 was back with version 2.1 when I was looking for a better multi-tasker than DesqView for my BBS. It handled all of my needs better than I thought possible. It also taught me how expressive an Object-Oriented user interface could be. Boy I'll miss it. :(
I disremember the link (I think it was on SharkyExtreme), but I read an interesting article recently on the engineering behind the VooDoo series products. How there hasn't been any innovation from 3Dfx since the original VooDoo chipset was introduced, just refinements.
Me, myself and I are going to stick with nVidia products (well, for the time being at least).