I just have to give this obligatory rant now.. since it's almost on topic:
In all tests of new graphics cards, the average FPS is shown. And with new cards, it's usually something like 165 fps and such. But who cares? The only interesting figure is how much time there will be between frames when there are a large number of enemys on the screen, doing something that takes calculation time, such as shooting. So, instead of giving average fps's, make a demo that does some beyond-the-usual action and show us the WORST fps. THAT's what matters. You don't want that below 40 or something if you play like CounterStrike.
of course they would. "Haha, don't they know that number is a private net number". At least if it were like 10.45.12.4 - if it was 192.168.*.* it might show that it was intentional.
Sounds like a good idea. I just guessed you might be doing so, since it works just as good as you described it did on the dual machine on my single p2/400. Strange. Maybe you didn't enable busmaster DMA? Shouldn't matter that much, though. Strange indeed.
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Do these Creationists really exist? How common are they? What kind of people are creationists - any academic people? even scientists? Is it true that the Creationist stuff is taught at school, as an alternative to Darwin - not just as a joke from the teacher, like "well, then there's another theory also - that God created earth 5687.33453 years ago. Don't write that on the exam. That's all for this course. Good bye and good luck on the exam!!!"??
you say? Well, if I'd been there bowing, I'd never have had to admit I didn't know how a since long non-existent nation (miss)spelled 'optimize', now would I?
see my answer to Andreas Bombe. Don't know why you bring up roots of negative numbers - roots of negative numbers are imaginary - but that's not relevant here. No roots of negative numbers have been mentioned. And I stand by my statement - when you write sqrt(x), you denote the POSITIVE root. Not the negative one. Note that this is different from saying that x^2=4 --> x=2 - as stated in the other reply, this is missing one solution and thus incorrect. I'm just saying that the given the equation
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I just managed to download the cover! Wow! It came down quickly (100 Kb/s) when it finally started. The rest of the chapters are still dead, though :(
:(((((
If I _knew_ they wouldn't ever pull the links I wouldn't download it, but that has happaned one time too many.
on the CPUs of today, you also want to avoid the conditional jumps that pester Bresenham's. These can be just as expensive as divides.
I just have to give this obligatory rant now.. since it's almost on topic:
In all tests of new graphics cards, the average FPS is shown. And with new cards, it's usually something like 165 fps and such. But who cares? The only interesting figure is how much time there will be between frames when there are a large number of enemys on the screen, doing something that takes calculation time, such as shooting. So, instead of giving average fps's, make a demo that does some beyond-the-usual action and show us the WORST fps. THAT's what matters. You don't want that below 40 or something if you play like CounterStrike.
pointy-haired tip of today: try smarter, not harder
That really sux. Please do us both a favour - mail them and tell them to at least provide a 'in english, please'-link that can be bookmarked.
...and we all know where to find the 'big ass without add'-version, don't we?
www.goatse.cx, of course!
when apple finally breaks 1 ghz intel will be making the IA64, and this silly game is over.
of course they would. "Haha, don't they know that number is a private net number". At least if it were like 10.45.12.4 - if it was 192.168.*.* it might show that it was intentional.
Sounds like a good idea. I just guessed you might be doing so, since it works just as good as you described it did on the dual machine on my single p2/400. Strange. Maybe you didn't enable busmaster DMA? Shouldn't matter that much, though. Strange indeed.
Good Guess: That's because you run win9x/ME on the P3-800 and winNT or w2k on the dual...
uhmm.. what was introduced to the market in 1963?
I've heard about this before but never understood it. Just HOW does the rocks jump from, say, earth to Mars? What causes them to leave earth gravity??
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bill 1619 , Title 6 , Section 305 . This is not multi-level
marketing . Why work for somebody else when you can
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Well, this will likely be your only chance to have 0wn3d BSD - so go for it!!
yeahm these are 'religious' matters too. vi/emacs and linux/bsd discussions never produce anything useful because of this.
Look at Europe. Essentially nobody there is religous. None of your evil scenarios have happened.
isn't all encryption (no matter key length) fully distributable these days? (Except like Iraq and such)?
yeah, it was a pretty 'good' troll
That link bug could cause a great disaster on slashdot...
A CB clone might give us the long-needed vbscript virus compatibility, though. Bet THAT is holding a lot of Windows users back.
Do these Creationists really exist?
How common are they?
What kind of people are creationists - any academic people? even scientists?
Is it true that the Creationist stuff is taught at school, as an alternative to Darwin - not just as a joke from the teacher, like
"well, then there's another theory also - that God created earth 5687.33453 years ago. Don't write that on the exam. That's all for this course. Good bye and good luck on the exam!!!"??
oh yeah? Have you checked /dev/btc yet?
Uhh... I don't get it? When it crashes, IF it crashes, I get a blue screen of death?
Everybody who says something that teases the audience should include a link to the wonder... :)
you say? Well, if I'd been there bowing, I'd never have had to admit I didn't know how a since long non-existent nation (miss)spelled 'optimize', now would I?
Exactly.
see my answer to Andreas Bombe. Don't know why you bring up roots of negative numbers - roots of negative numbers are imaginary - but that's not relevant here. No roots of negative numbers have been mentioned.
And I stand by my statement - when you write sqrt(x), you denote the POSITIVE root. Not the negative one. Note that this is different from saying that x^2=4 --> x=2 - as stated in the other reply, this is missing one solution and thus incorrect. I'm just saying that the given the equation
x^2 = 4
the solution is written as
x = ± sqrt(4) = ± 2
Have you never seen ± sqrt(x) anywhere?