From what I've heard, the Free 3D for the R200 is also significantly slower than the ATI binary driver, and the R200's been out for years. I think part of the problem is that 95% of the people with the know-how to write well-optimized drivers already work for ATI and nVidia.
It's hard to mess up generating a public key. I doubt the software used to do it was even coded by them. While Xbox security is of course quite loose, there's no reason to expect the key isn't strong. What they're doing is like trying to get into a house by breaking down an armoured bolted door as opposed to jumping in the open window right next to the door.
Not all FPS games are clones of an id game, while Freecraft is most definately a Warcraft clone, in both appearence and gameplay. Also, there's a big difference between the using the word "craft" in an obvious attempt to play off of Blizzard's naming scheme, and using the letter 'D' because it's part of a name that you came up with for your game.
By the time any such Linux gaming company would release a game, DoomIII etc. would be released, and that would be the market they're competing in. Quake2 is a decent engine, but I don't believe there's a large market of Linux gamers willing to pay for a Quake2-based game in 2005 (which is how long it'd take, at least).
No, they get to sue everyone who uses "Craft" in the name of a game whose appearence and gameplay is obviously copied from Warcraft. I wish Blizzard wouldn't do this, but they do have a case and it is their right.
Yes, if there's sufficient possibility of it being confused with the real name. Also, this isn't about trademarks, it's about the fact that the entire game was a ripoff of Warcraft II.
There are? I can think of CrystalSpace, and Quake II as the only decent open-source FPS engines (and none of them is that good, compared to the likes of DoomIII, HL2, Halo2, etc), and Freecraft was the only decent RTS engine. Is there some secret 31337 open-source engine repository I'm missing out on?
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That's true, ignoring a few special cases such as distributed.net RSA processing. However, most people would say that the Mac would beat your Win2k box in user experience, and probably longevity. PCs are good for people who want the greatest possible processing power per buck (although this may change with the 970), gamers, and people who want a computer for less than a thousand bucks or so. Macs are good for people who want the best desktop experience possible, and are willing to pay for it. I, personally, use a PC because I don't have a lot of money and I prefer to do a lot of tinkering and have a lot of control over my computer. That doesn't change the fact that OS X is the best available OS for desktop use, and it is cheaper than Windows (especially for upgrades).
That's true, but the Photoshop UI does have some advantages over Gimp - the menu and toolboxes are always visible, and not liable to get hidden behind picture windows. Sure, you can say "Just tell your WM to make the main GIMP window stay on top", but not all WMs (Windows, for example) can easily do that. Even then, it's annoying to maximise an image and have it overlap the toolbox.
I like the way Photoshop for Mac is done. It's not MDI, because all windows are managed by the WM, but it gives it enough hints to ensure that things just work. For example, if I click on the GIMP's icon in my dock/taskbar/panel, I want to see the image I'm working on, not just the GIMP toolbox. Photoshop gets this right, and GIMP doesn't.
Bullshit. PBS wouldn't take the RIAA's money, even if it was offered. And besides, it wasn't a favorable interview - the questions seemed to be slanted towards Lessig's view if anything.
No, many times they don't get paid for giving a concert - the money goes straight back to the label to pay off the artist's "debts" for their studio time, marketing expenses, equipment, and distribution.
Yes, because spending my life playing XBill, Tuxracer, and the original Doom is my idea of a great time. I know, graphics aren't what makes a good game, but there are maybe five games on that list with the polish that you'd expect in a commercial Windows game these days.
These are the 64-bit procs, but the rumour is that Panther, the true 64-bit OS, won't be ready until fall, so this will ship with a slightly modified Jaguar still running at 32 bits.
Apple's not writing these specs for computer professionals. They're writing them for Mac users in general, some of whom have no idea what Serial ATA is.
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From what I've heard, the Free 3D for the R200 is also significantly slower than the ATI binary driver, and the R200's been out for years. I think part of the problem is that 95% of the people with the know-how to write well-optimized drivers already work for ATI and nVidia.
It's very good for 2D, and has no 3D support whatsoever on R300 cards. You're not going to be doing much Linux gaming with that driver.
ATI releases full specs for all their cards, and yet the open-spurce Radeon drivers (especially those for R300 cards) are not that good.
It's hard to mess up generating a public key. I doubt the software used to do it was even coded by them. While Xbox security is of course quite loose, there's no reason to expect the key isn't strong. What they're doing is like trying to get into a house by breaking down an armoured bolted door as opposed to jumping in the open window right next to the door.
"A few short cuts" might reduce the time from trillions of years down to hundreds of billions. Still, it's a waste of CPU.
Not all FPS games are clones of an id game, while Freecraft is most definately a Warcraft clone, in both appearence and gameplay. Also, there's a big difference between the using the word "craft" in an obvious attempt to play off of Blizzard's naming scheme, and using the letter 'D' because it's part of a name that you came up with for your game.
By the time any such Linux gaming company would release a game, DoomIII etc. would be released, and that would be the market they're competing in. Quake2 is a decent engine, but I don't believe there's a large market of Linux gamers willing to pay for a Quake2-based game in 2005 (which is how long it'd take, at least).
No, they get to sue everyone who uses "Craft" in the name of a game whose appearence and gameplay is obviously copied from Warcraft. I wish Blizzard wouldn't do this, but they do have a case and it is their right.
Yes, if there's sufficient possibility of it being confused with the real name. Also, this isn't about trademarks, it's about the fact that the entire game was a ripoff of Warcraft II.
There are? I can think of CrystalSpace, and Quake II as the only decent open-source FPS engines (and none of them is that good, compared to the likes of DoomIII, HL2, Halo2, etc), and Freecraft was the only decent RTS engine. Is there some secret 31337 open-source engine repository I'm missing out on?
That's true, ignoring a few special cases such as distributed.net RSA processing. However, most people would say that the Mac would beat your Win2k box in user experience, and probably longevity. PCs are good for people who want the greatest possible processing power per buck (although this may change with the 970), gamers, and people who want a computer for less than a thousand bucks or so. Macs are good for people who want the best desktop experience possible, and are willing to pay for it. I, personally, use a PC because I don't have a lot of money and I prefer to do a lot of tinkering and have a lot of control over my computer. That doesn't change the fact that OS X is the best available OS for desktop use, and it is cheaper than Windows (especially for upgrades).
I like the way Photoshop for Mac is done. It's not MDI, because all windows are managed by the WM, but it gives it enough hints to ensure that things just work. For example, if I click on the GIMP's icon in my dock/taskbar/panel, I want to see the image I'm working on, not just the GIMP toolbox. Photoshop gets this right, and GIMP doesn't.
Bullshit. PBS wouldn't take the RIAA's money, even if it was offered. And besides, it wasn't a favorable interview - the questions seemed to be slanted towards Lessig's view if anything.
They've been hacked many times before, it's only a matter of time...
mp3.com, etree.org, iuma.org...
I think it depends on the state. I know some states have been considering such a law.
No, many times they don't get paid for giving a concert - the money goes straight back to the label to pay off the artist's "debts" for their studio time, marketing expenses, equipment, and distribution.
Dev kit. Not finished yet, but that's an even better reason to start hacking on it.
The difference is that bittorrent is about 500x faster and more reliable than Freenet.
There are more people than that playing the original Diablo (which is what, seven years old now?) on battle.net right now.
Yes, because spending my life playing XBill, Tuxracer, and the original Doom is my idea of a great time. I know, graphics aren't what makes a good game, but there are maybe five games on that list with the polish that you'd expect in a commercial Windows game these days.
I'd expect Doom III at least, since it's OpenGL and id has always been good about cross-platform releases.
These are the 64-bit procs, but the rumour is that Panther, the true 64-bit OS, won't be ready until fall, so this will ship with a slightly modified Jaguar still running at 32 bits.
Apple's not writing these specs for computer professionals. They're writing them for Mac users in general, some of whom have no idea what Serial ATA is.