No, seriously. This is like interviewing Anna Nicole Smith. She got famous from showing her tits, and now all of the sudden we're supposed to be interested in her message ?
Let me address a few points:
First the left nipple.
Now the right nipple.
All clear now?
(IIRC, there was a saying about "the medium is the message.)
I read recently that there is a prion disease where you suffer months of insomnia before dying a slow, agonizing death from neural degeneration. So make sure you bookmark that link. If you ever get that disease, you'll want to print out some OMG standards documents and force yourself to read them. It could save your life someday.
True, very true...I was being overly broad, but the simplistic/broad view of the Ati/Nvidia battle is:
Nvidia used brute force and overtook 3dfx (barring 3dfx's stumbles and fall).
Ati tried to "brute force" the Radeon series and could not keep up with Nvidia, until, they (Ati) got smart with the hardware and software optimizations (i.e. finesse).
The point is that Ati overtook Nvidia because of points we both brought up: Smarter with bandwidth, not overdrawing a scene, texture compression and a whole host of other things that, I suppose amounts to "working smarter, not harder".
So, production quotas went better than expected, huh?/end sniping
I have to admit, I knew the horse-power game was one that Nvidia was going to trip over eventually when the Radeons were *really* pushing the Z-axis occlusion.
Face it, Nvidia became top dog by pure horse-power, and to some extent, deeper color depths and kick ass drivers.
ATI finally got their hardware on track not by being able to "outshow" Nvidia's muscle, but by outclassing them by being smarter with the bandwidth and 'getting a clue' with drivers.
(witness the Dawn demo on a 9800 running *faster* than on the FX series.)
Speaking of the Dawn demo, does anyone else remember that this was to showcase the power of the FX, yet the 5200 is a *SLIDESHOW*?
Final thought: Did they use 3Dmark in all the benchmarks? (/low blow, sorry)
Defendant: Your Honour, I was not "trafficing" in narcotics, because at the time of my arrest I was at home, not in traffic at the time.
Defendant: Also, I'm not guilty of "Intent to distribute" the X Kilos of $narcotic/drug because the DEA seized it all before I even thought of selling the stuff. It is not relevant that I was caught selling $narcotic/drug a year later.
Things have gotten so bad with the RIAA now, I almost fear I'll get sued for admitting this, but:
I sing along with the radio, cds I play, and sometimes...well, I don't *KNOW* the lyrics, so I'll look them up on the internet!
I can't help it! Honest! It is the Artists!! They made me do it...why, just look at Mick Jagger (ok, bad Idea)...consider Mick Jagger and the Stones in the song "Miss You" with:
what's them matter man..{something, something} with some Puerto Rican girls just diiieeng to meet-chu. We gonna bring a case of wine {long string of words...I think} like we used to!
And the woohoo-hooo-hooo is just so damn fun to sing I don't know when I'm over the line with; Copyright Infringment, Public Performance and Wreckless Endangerment and Public Indecency.
See what happens when you "Start Me Up"(c)(r)(tm) of Microsoft Corp (right?).
Opening = raised eyebrow + "not quite". ex: Redhat. Competing not on wares, but service/support. (From my perspective, granted).
Middle = Nodding in agreement. Well said.
End = LOL, ex: Plus, the creators of Microsoft have a motivation to make their products solid first time, because they'll lose sales otherwise. They might not do it always, but they are motivated.
Smart ass mode = on
a) you're new here, aren't you?
b) Perhaps you are unaware of a small period of time between DOS 5 and Windows XP?
Smart ass mode = off?
Microsoft is a very forward looking company.
Problem is, they are not looking to the future of computing and making it "better", but looking foward toward getting customers/consumers to upgrade.
From where I "sit" as admin of a few unix servers and a few dozen nt4/5 desktops the "hidden cost" of linux is time. The "hidden cost" of microsoft products is...well...cost. Money (software, hardware, licenses, add-ons, security, viruses/virii).
Now, I'll be the first to admit I have a thick skull at times, so to (KISS) keep it simple, stupid, I say this to myself: Microsoft is a business. Businesses are out to make money. It is safe to assume that Microsoft is out to make money. Also; Microsoft is a monopoly. A monopoly does not like competitions. A monopoly does like to make money. It is safe to assume Microsoft wants more money and less competition.
Witness Licensing 6.0 and Product Aggrivation, uhh, Activation.
I suspect they'll get lazy and start releasing buggy versions first time out of the box
See the part about smart ass mode = on.
You're kidding yourself if you think the availability of free software is going to make people into kinder, gentler people.
Yes. Yes, I do. BUT, it depends on motivation and experience. Hunger to learn + good experience as a newb. Excellent person to have.
Hunger + bad exp...well, depends.
Just want to "Piss of the Evil M$" + good/bad. Probably not, but it *depends largely on the person*.
Good post, BTW...just thought you'd like another perspective.
I gave up mod points for this thread (I *always* mod up, btw) only to be modded into oblivion because I was a few *seconds* too slow./raises eyebrows
How about giving a 5 or 10 minute window to delete our posts if someone beats us to the punch, or moderator (clue-by-four) training (like when you sort *newest first* the posts at the bottom are *not* redundant---/rolleyes/).
Anyway, whatever...
To veer back on topic:
Blue lasers...more data, less dateuhhh....aw, shit did it again.
(note to humor impaired: NOT a troll.) (note to mods having a bad day: just because I used 'a', 'and', 'the' like other posts != redundant) (note to self: Seek Help)
Slashdot Mirror
[darn, not strike out tag]
I just want to know when we'll see 3D-DawnMark2k3?
Full screen Anti- {strike}A**ing{/strike} err...Aliasing.
{strike}Pixie Sha{/strike}..ummm.. Pixel Shading.
Volume {strike}Mammery{/strike} Metric Lighting...uhhh...sorry, I faded out for a second.
What were we talking about?
money would be better spent on massive storage instead of ultra-fast computers
Of course, I agree fully with this arguement.
How else are we going to store all that pr0n?
Oh, yeah and the other data too.
.
(taken out of context, with typo)
...
IBM CEO recently visited India generating news and smoke
.
Who gives a shit?
No, seriously. This is like interviewing Anna Nicole Smith. She got famous from
showing her tits, and now all of the sudden we're supposed to be interested in her message ?
Let me address a few points:
First the left nipple.
Now the right nipple.
All clear now?
(IIRC, there was a saying about "the medium is the message.)
.
*coff*MSN*coff*redirect*coff*from microsoft.com*coff*every friggin update*coff*.
/clears throat
Ahem.
McBride says: "I'm not trying to screw up the Linux business,"
Well, I'd say you're doing a pretty piss-poor job already.
Accusations without facts to back it up.
Sueing over something you *DON'T OWN*.
Cease and Desist (equivalent) letters to businesses.
IMO, this guy's ability to lie and misinform is dwarfed only by the Iraqi Information Minister.
(and my own dig: SCO = Still Can't Operate)
.
states they are looking for DeCSS which is a "Weapon Of Mass Destr^H^H^Hcryption".
(God help us all if it comes to that)
1) Oh, Shit....
2) Fight! Fight! Fight!
3) Microsoft's Lic. 6.0 vs Unix Sys V lic 0.6
4) Are Tux and the BSD Daemon safe from the pillage of The Mouse who buys Congress???
5) Iago from Aladdin: "WHY am I NOT Suprised!!"
.
You mean like most College dorm which are on the same sub-net and now can't be accessed from outside the subnet (i.e. Other Sharers and/or the RIAA).
/Ronald Weasley
/end RW
Bloody Brilliant!!!
Also, please note it was said that "shares can be seen, but not accessed".
Don't forget that OS X has small things like: FTP/HTTP/AFP/SMB/SSH/SFTP....which I hear can be used to *gasp* share anything!!!
Uh-oh. (ssssshhhh!)
I read recently that there is a prion disease where you suffer months of insomnia before dying a slow, agonizing death from neural degeneration. So make sure you bookmark that link. If you ever get that disease, you'll want to print out some OMG standards documents and force yourself to read them. It could save your life someday.
Heh, now That's funny, in a subtle way.
or
OMGLOL! {sniker}
Funny you should mention this. I'm right in the middle of implementing an OMG standard for describing a certain type of research experiment.
/disbelief
/Valley Girl voice, Pitch = High
Speaking of standards, I doubt I'm the only one who read this as either:
OMG = OH...MY...GOD
or
OhMyGaaaad!
.
/hummmm, how to get by the lameness filter? //Oh, yea...add no cap'ed text
/me hides in shame
COMPUTON TRANSFORM!!!!!
True, very true...I was being overly broad, but the simplistic/broad view of the Ati/Nvidia battle is:
Nvidia used brute force and overtook 3dfx (barring 3dfx's stumbles and fall).
Ati tried to "brute force" the Radeon series and could not keep up with Nvidia, until, they (Ati) got smart with the hardware and software optimizations (i.e. finesse).
The point is that Ati overtook Nvidia because of points we both brought up:
Smarter with bandwidth, not overdrawing a scene, texture compression and a whole host of other things that, I suppose amounts to "working smarter, not harder".
You are correct, even if it was a slight nitpick.
Thanks, tho.
/obligatory sniping
/end sniping
quote: "...120+ are listed at the moment".
So, production quotas went better than expected, huh?
I have to admit, I knew the horse-power game was one that Nvidia was going to trip over eventually when the Radeons were *really* pushing the Z-axis occlusion.
Face it, Nvidia became top dog by pure horse-power, and to some extent, deeper color depths and kick ass drivers.
ATI finally got their hardware on track not by being able to "outshow" Nvidia's muscle, but by outclassing them by being smarter with the bandwidth and 'getting a clue' with drivers.
(witness the Dawn demo on a 9800 running *faster* than on the FX series.)
Speaking of the Dawn demo, does anyone else remember that this was to showcase the power of the FX, yet the 5200 is a *SLIDESHOW*?
Final thought: Did they use 3Dmark in all the benchmarks? (/low blow, sorry)
.
...compatibility problems go the way of the Moose.
Phew!
For a moment I was worried all those problems were coming my way.
It's A Non issue, apparently.
{bah-dum-bum}
Almost like printing your own money....
/smacks forhead
Hey!? Wait-just-a-moment.
doh!
No Comment
Defendant: Your Honour, I was not "trafficing" in narcotics, because at the time of my arrest I was at home, not in traffic at the time.
Defendant: Also, I'm not guilty of "Intent to distribute" the X Kilos of $narcotic/drug because the DEA seized it all before I even thought of selling the stuff. It is not relevant that I was caught selling $narcotic/drug a year later.
Yeah, that'll work.
"The technology is 30 years old...who'd want to use it?"
Wasn't that one of Microsoft's arguments against Linux at one time?
And, I *KNEW* I was a geek when this kept me laughing for 30+ minutes...laughing so hard I had tears rolling down my eyes and my sides hurt:
Ethernet: A device used to catch the Ether-bunny.
{snerk...hahahahaha}
Things have gotten so bad with the RIAA now, I almost fear I'll get sued for admitting this, but:
/where's that sarcasm tag in the HTML specs?
I sing along with the radio, cds I play, and sometimes...well, I don't *KNOW* the lyrics, so I'll look them up on the internet!
I can't help it! Honest! It is the Artists!! They made me do it...why, just look at Mick Jagger (ok, bad Idea)...consider Mick Jagger and the Stones in the song "Miss You" with:
what's them matter man..{something, something} with some Puerto Rican girls just diiieeng to meet-chu. We gonna bring a case of wine {long string of words...I think} like we used to!
And the woohoo-hooo-hooo is just so damn fun to sing I don't know when I'm over the line with; Copyright Infringment, Public Performance and Wreckless Endangerment and Public Indecency.
See what happens when you "Start Me Up"(c)(r)(tm) of Microsoft Corp (right?).
[snipped to take out of context]
I bet if this was Red hat Network Update, you wouldn't be winging.
[end snippage]
I'm the admin of RedHat servers and Windows clients...of course I'm always winging it.
Of course WU doesn't cost anything like RHN, but I know I start bitching and winging...err...whining when I get "Due to heavy load" from RHN.
Ah well.
I guess it's not surprising they have hired the big guns like David Boies.
Agreed.
But considering the results of the Microsoft Antitrust Trial....the "Big Gun" is shooting blanks.
.
Opening = raised eyebrow + "not quite". ex: Redhat.
Competing not on wares, but service/support. (From my perspective, granted).
Middle = Nodding in agreement. Well said.
End = LOL, ex:
Plus, the creators of Microsoft have a motivation to make their products solid first time, because they'll lose sales otherwise. They might not do it always, but they are motivated.
Smart ass mode = on
a) you're new here, aren't you?
b) Perhaps you are unaware of a small period of time between DOS 5 and Windows XP?
Smart ass mode = off?
Microsoft is a very forward looking company.
Problem is, they are not looking to the future of computing and making it "better", but looking foward toward getting customers/consumers to upgrade.
From where I "sit" as admin of a few unix servers and a few dozen nt4/5 desktops the "hidden cost" of linux is time. The "hidden cost" of microsoft products is...well...cost. Money (software, hardware, licenses, add-ons, security, viruses/virii).
Now, I'll be the first to admit I have a thick skull at times, so to (KISS) keep it simple, stupid, I say this to myself:
Microsoft is a business.
Businesses are out to make money.
It is safe to assume that Microsoft is out to make money.
Also;
Microsoft is a monopoly.
A monopoly does not like competitions.
A monopoly does like to make money.
It is safe to assume Microsoft wants more money and less competition.
Witness Licensing 6.0 and Product Aggrivation, uhh, Activation.
I suspect they'll get lazy and start releasing buggy versions first time out of the box
See the part about smart ass mode = on.
You're kidding yourself if you think the availability of free software is going to make people into kinder, gentler people.
Yes. Yes, I do. BUT, it depends on motivation and experience.
Hunger to learn + good experience as a newb.
Excellent person to have.
Hunger + bad exp...well, depends.
Just want to "Piss of the Evil M$" + good/bad.
Probably not, but it *depends largely on the person*.
Good post, BTW...just thought you'd like another perspective.
I gave up mod points for this thread (I *always* mod up, btw) only to be modded into oblivion because I was a few *seconds* too slow. /raises eyebrows
How about giving a 5 or 10 minute window to delete our posts if someone beats us to the punch, or moderator (clue-by-four) training (like when you sort *newest first* the posts at the bottom are *not* redundant---/rolleyes/).
Anyway, whatever...
To veer back on topic:
Blue lasers...more data, less dateuhhh....aw, shit did it again.
(note to humor impaired: NOT a troll.)
(note to mods having a bad day: just because I used 'a', 'and', 'the' like other posts != redundant)
(note to self: Seek Help)
Original part of the headline:
Blue-Laser DVDs which can store 36GB of date.
Is that all one date or a bunch of little dates?
(and who says geeks can't get dates)
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