Connectix/Microsoft can't readd video card support because of endian issues.
Nvidia about the time they started making Mac video cards said that adding endian support is *trivial*. Specifically they were talking about BI-endian support.
Kind of shot ATI in the foot (and themselves) when PC video cards sell for 70 bucks and the Mac equivalent sells for 300 bucks.
The reason the early voodoo cards were supported is because they were 3d only. If another 3d only card came on the market it could be done.
Uhh, not quite...the real reason was that the voodoo2 could be flashed to add the endian support for macs...irony struck when it could only be done on a PC. {chuckle} Now, IIRC, there is a Mac flash program for 3dfx cards and for Nvidia/ATI cards. Takes some digging to find, on occasion. .
Considering how well my Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro works in Win2k (hint: can't use the hat switch and fire at the same time in MS OS's > 2k}.
I knew I should have stuck with the Logitec Wingman, but the hat switch on that thing kept getting broken {and Descent 2 multiplayer wasn't helping either}.
Oh, and you know why the 3D pro doesn't work properly in 2k...Microsoft won't update the drivers. {I've heard the win98 software will make it work, but no scripted events. Have not tried it, yet}.
IMO, before Microsoft attempts to make universal games and controllers, they should try to make their own hardware work with their software.
As part of the SCOSource effort, SCO has retained David Boies, the lawyer who prosecuted the U.S. government's case against Microsoft Latest News about Microsoft, defended Napster in its case against the RIAA and worked for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election controversy.
That last part made me smile in a rather humorous and menacing way:
David Boise...ponder that for a moment.
Microsoft Case: Worthless Victory.
Napser: Lost Cause.
Al Gore: I don't know where to begin on that.
{veering waaay OT) (I forget where I heard it, but during the debates I was said "Instead of choosing the lesser of two evils, this is like trying to pick the less evil of two lessers". Gore as a VP was ok, but seemed like a wooden dummy at times.
Tho I suppose a wooden dummy would be preferrable to a sock puppet (boosh)...at least the dummy has *some* substance.
(settling back OT:) Damn I need more sleep and less coffee (woah...wierd never thought I'd say that).
Does anyone else besides me see a combination of all 3 cases in this SCO suit?
The two games that illustrate the differences the best (IMO, that is) are Descent and Carmageddon.
In the case of Descent, you had an original game good graphics and exciting game play and well balanced weapons, tactics, and phenominal AI.
Descent II came out and was heavy on the "WOW" factor, despite growing pains with places to get stuck and problems on 1 or two boss levels, but the result was a much Improved game, despite dated graphics (why they never put out a 3dfx version I'll never know).
Descent III: Modern graphics, excellent game play, better AI, more interesting enemies and levels that were just plain awesome.
The formula stayed the same, and the gameplay as well with improved graphics/AI. Not much changed, but it is the reason I'd probably buy Descent 4 when/if it comes out.
Now, Carmageddon OTOH is a slightly different story. Carmageddon I was *truely* original as well as *shocking* when it first came out. Running ppl over? Smashing into other cars is ?allowed?, nay, **ENCOURAGED**? Know what? That game fscking ROCKED! Hours and hours of mindless fun, mayhem and high speed.
Carmageddon II (carpocylapse now): Better (much better) graphics, same gameplay, and a little bit better AI. But, the introduction of special missions annoyed me to no end. If it were not for a skip level code, I'd probably never played the rest of the game. Not much changed except for every four levels was and annoyance/inconvenience/challenge.
Carmageddon TDR 2000 (CIII, essentially): OMFG!! What did you *DO*!?! It's ruined, totally ruined. Yeah, you can run ppl over (no points/time awarded), yeah the same powerups are present with some slight differences, some better {coff*NOT*coff} graphics. You wan't to know what made me uninstall it after 40 minutes? Suddenly Carmageddon was about *racing*. (insert choking sound here) What bright bulb thought *that* was a good Idea?
I doubt I'd ever buy another game of the Carmageddon series unless the only improvement was graphics/gameplay/weapons/enemy AI. What I honestly thought the next step would be, was, the ability do disallow/remove some powerups (the annoying ones) or more level variety.
I suppose it is sort of like coming into a position of responsibility/power; Rule one: Don't change too much. Rule two: Don't change too little.
Speaking of game development, how's Duke Nukem Forever coming? (I'm gonna burn for that one)
si je vous rencontre jamais je DONNERAI UN COUP DE PIED VOTRE ÂNE
It's a joke...De Gaulle of some people./Run AWAAAAYYY, RUUUNNN AAAWWWWAAAYYY.
And thanks Freezing Polaris for the translation, my French is rusty, but I was able to figure out what was being said, and it's nice to know the proper way to issue a threat in another language.
Toms Hardware Reviews 65 CPU's, Past & Present HardwarePosted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 18, @08:52AM
and
65 CPUs From 100 MHz to 3066 MHz HardwarePosted by Hemos on Tuesday February 18, @07:18AM
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Slashdot double-take.
Or the majority of us are quoting donkey from Shrek: "When all this is over, I'm going to need some serious therapy...just look at my eye twitch"//twitch, twitch
Heh, and it is strange nobody pointed out what is at the bottom text of a posting window:
Problems regarding accounts or comment posting should be sent to CowboyNeal.
No wonder the answer to all the polls is Cowboyneal...we need a story that just says "Cowboyneal" and points to the first article, instead of duplicates.
I owned a 1977 VW Rabbit. Thing was cheap, but built like a tank and took more abuse than any car should have to go thru and it did quite well.
Mechanically it was sound, but electronically it was a PoS. Almost all the electronics were parallel, and until I went through electronics school a year or so later, only then did I find out how bad it *really* was.
I looked at the wiring diagram and saw the reasons why if your turn signal relay went out, it took the hazzard lights with it (or just a fuse on rare occasions).
The funniest part was (ok it is sad/pathetic too) was adding a generic radio (the *car* was reverse grounded, IIRC, meaning "ground" is positive) and "all hell broke loose", literally.
Turn on the radio....engine would die/sputter...sometimes.
If the engine did not die, sometimes the head lights and interior lights would dim and set off the wipers.
I went through that entire wiring harness from stem to stern and could not find a physical problem.
Compare that to an RX-7 I owned for a decade. Except for the fact it was old when I got it, its only "flaw" was it burned oil as a matter of course (as witnessed by the two tubes that carry oil into the carburator).
The wiring on the RX-7 was complex, but I'll be damned if it took all the "additions" I threw at it. .
If Moore's Law does official die, will there be sightings of it afterwards like that of Elvis?
dripping sarcasm = on Yes, right about the time a Unix System Administrator, Slashdot reader and/or {clueful} DOJ Lawyer can say "Microsoft and innovation" in the same sentence without: laughing, guffawing or cracking a smile. dripping sarcasm = off
(oh, and speaking as a former web monkey thanks for the chuckle with the longest link I've seen in a few years).
As for AI's not getting "upset", well, try Quake3...some funny stuff there because it is semi-random. Like the "DooM" character on a space map and I railed him while both of us were in mid air going in opposite directions. Heh, he called me a camping SOB {or something like that}.
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Connectix/Microsoft can't readd video card support because of endian issues.
Nvidia about the time they started making Mac video cards said that adding endian support is *trivial*.
Specifically they were talking about BI-endian support.
Kind of shot ATI in the foot (and themselves) when PC video cards sell for 70 bucks and the Mac equivalent sells for 300 bucks.
The reason the early voodoo cards were supported is because they were 3d only. If another 3d only card came on the market it could be done.
Uhh, not quite...the real reason was that the voodoo2 could be flashed to add the endian support for macs...irony struck when it could only be done on a PC. {chuckle}
Now, IIRC, there is a Mac flash program for 3dfx cards and for Nvidia/ATI cards.
Takes some digging to find, on occasion.
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Microsoft will update its Sidewinder line
Considering how well my Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro works in Win2k (hint: can't use the hat switch and fire at the same time in MS OS's > 2k}.
I knew I should have stuck with the Logitec Wingman, but the hat switch on that thing kept getting broken {and Descent 2 multiplayer wasn't helping either}.
Oh, and you know why the 3D pro doesn't work properly in 2k...Microsoft won't update the drivers. {I've heard the win98 software will make it work, but no scripted events. Have not tried it, yet}.
IMO, before Microsoft attempts to make universal games and controllers, they should try to make their own hardware work with their software.
{grrr}
Universities are run by people who know very little about education - they're called Deans.
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-Professor Beildelman
(faisal.com good
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Now Another Slashdotting Attempt.
Why did I get a funny feeling of Deja vu Reading this?
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(well said, tho)
why putting high quality ram (crucial, mushkin, etc) in an oem box (starts with a D, ends in ell) and the machine gripes about it.
/rolleyes
I can see it now: Error 13.2, good memory in a PoS OEM machine. Strike f1 to setup and f2 to continue.
As part of the SCOSource effort, SCO has retained David Boies, the lawyer who prosecuted the U.S. government's case against Microsoft Latest News about Microsoft, defended Napster in its case against the RIAA and worked for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election controversy.
That last part made me smile in a rather humorous and menacing way:
David Boise...ponder that for a moment.
Microsoft Case: Worthless Victory.
Napser: Lost Cause.
Al Gore: I don't know where to begin on that.
{veering waaay OT)
(I forget where I heard it, but during the debates I was said "Instead of choosing the lesser of two evils, this is like trying to pick the less evil of two lessers".
Gore as a VP was ok, but seemed like a wooden dummy at times.
Tho I suppose a wooden dummy would be preferrable to a sock puppet (boosh)...at least the dummy has *some* substance.
(settling back OT:)
Damn I need more sleep and less coffee (woah...wierd never thought I'd say that).
Does anyone else besides me see a combination of all 3 cases in this SCO suit?
I forsee just that.
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It is well know that IBM is one of the "Big Dawgs".
Does this mean they are going to get a SCOoby snack?
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quote:
"The stealth driver in my mind is the scary concept," says Mertens. "You can hide an elephant with it."
So the first thing they do is hide the \winnt folder?
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The two games that illustrate the differences the best (IMO, that is) are Descent and Carmageddon.
In the case of Descent, you had an original game good graphics and exciting game play and well balanced weapons, tactics, and phenominal AI.
Descent II came out and was heavy on the "WOW" factor, despite growing pains with places to get stuck and problems on 1 or two boss levels, but the result was a much Improved game, despite dated graphics (why they never put out a 3dfx version I'll never know).
Descent III: Modern graphics, excellent game play, better AI, more interesting enemies and levels that were just plain awesome.
The formula stayed the same, and the gameplay as well with improved graphics/AI.
Not much changed, but it is the reason I'd probably buy Descent 4 when/if it comes out.
Now, Carmageddon OTOH is a slightly different story.
Carmageddon I was *truely* original as well as *shocking* when it first came out. Running ppl over? Smashing into other cars is ?allowed?, nay, **ENCOURAGED**?
Know what? That game fscking ROCKED!
Hours and hours of mindless fun, mayhem and high speed.
Carmageddon II (carpocylapse now):
Better (much better) graphics, same gameplay, and a little bit better AI. But, the introduction of special missions annoyed me to no end.
If it were not for a skip level code, I'd probably never played the rest of the game.
Not much changed except for every four levels was and annoyance/inconvenience/challenge.
Carmageddon TDR 2000 (CIII, essentially):
OMFG!! What did you *DO*!?! It's ruined, totally ruined. Yeah, you can run ppl over (no points/time awarded), yeah the same powerups are present with some slight differences, some better {coff*NOT*coff} graphics.
You wan't to know what made me uninstall it after 40 minutes?
Suddenly Carmageddon was about *racing*.
(insert choking sound here)
What bright bulb thought *that* was a good Idea?
I doubt I'd ever buy another game of the Carmageddon series unless the only improvement was graphics/gameplay/weapons/enemy AI.
What I honestly thought the next step would be, was, the ability do disallow/remove some powerups (the annoying ones) or more level variety.
I suppose it is sort of like coming into a position of responsibility/power;
Rule one: Don't change too much.
Rule two: Don't change too little.
Speaking of game development, how's Duke Nukem Forever coming?
(I'm gonna burn for that one)
These chips are targetted at blades. Blades require:
1. Low power consumption
2. Low heat dissipation
Laptops, on the other hand, require:
1. Low power consumption
2. Low heat dissipation
Draw your own conclusions
Uhhhh...Blaptops That's it, they're making Blaptops!!!
When you're done with mobile computing you just stick it back in the rack mount docking station.
Heh.
si je vous rencontre jamais je DONNERAI UN COUP DE PIED VOTRE ÂNE
/Run AWAAAAYYY, RUUUNNN AAAWWWWAAAYYY.
It's a joke...De Gaulle of some people.
And thanks Freezing Polaris for the translation, my French is rusty, but I was able to figure out what was being said, and it's nice to know the proper way to issue a threat in another language.
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Mandrake was a French distro....so it will never die.
Surrender, yes, but die? Never (pronounced: Nev'air!)
{SEG}
That's not a bad idea, actually.
It is a sticky wicket.
TMI, my friend, TMI.
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My first thought was GRUB....and after seeing the screenshots... I think, ok "WinGRUB". ;)
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Toms Hardware Reviews 65 CPU's, Past & Present
//twitch, twitch
HardwarePosted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 18, @08:52AM
and
65 CPUs From 100 MHz to 3066 MHz
HardwarePosted by Hemos on Tuesday February 18, @07:18AM
='s
Slashdot double-take.
Or the majority of us are quoting donkey from Shrek: "When all this is over, I'm going to need some serious therapy...just look at my eye twitch"
Heh, and it is strange nobody pointed out what is at the bottom text of a posting window:
Problems regarding accounts or comment posting should be sent to CowboyNeal.
No wonder the answer to all the polls is Cowboyneal...we need a story that just says "Cowboyneal" and points to the first article, instead of duplicates.
IMO.
Shouldn't that be gleaned?
I though gleam was related to "shiney objects". (OOOoooh!)
{heh, and no, I'm not new here}
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that would be me as exampled yesterday:
/etc/fstab and rendered your RH 8 machine non-bootable...what do you do?
Pop Quiz hotshot:
You mucked about in your
Break out the Slackware 7 disk, boot, mount the drive and fix the fstab file.
(oh, and Redhat....where is cfdisk? sheesh).
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I need to go to bed earlier as I read the title as "Hilary Rosen was going to be beheaded".
And I thought "Karma's a bitch, ain't it"?
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They're gonna buy them...
:)~
They're not gonny buy them...
They're gonna buy them...
They're not gonny buy them...
Sheesh, it is like this Microsoft rumor is on a Bungie cord.
Oh, wait.....
Agreed.
I owned a 1977 VW Rabbit. Thing was cheap, but built like a tank and took more abuse than any car should have to go thru and it did quite well.
Mechanically it was sound, but electronically it was a PoS. Almost all the electronics were parallel, and until I went through electronics school a year or so later, only then did I find out how bad it *really* was.
I looked at the wiring diagram and saw the reasons why if your turn signal relay went out, it took the hazzard lights with it (or just a fuse on rare occasions).
The funniest part was (ok it is sad/pathetic too) was adding a generic radio (the *car* was reverse grounded, IIRC, meaning "ground" is positive) and "all hell broke loose", literally.
Turn on the radio....engine would die/sputter...sometimes.
If the engine did not die, sometimes the head lights and interior lights would dim and set off the wipers.
I went through that entire wiring harness from stem to stern and could not find a physical problem.
Compare that to an RX-7 I owned for a decade.
Except for the fact it was old when I got it, its only "flaw" was it burned oil as a matter of course (as witnessed by the two tubes that carry oil into the carburator).
The wiring on the RX-7 was complex, but I'll be damned if it took all the "additions" I threw at it.
.
If Moore's Law does official die, will there be sightings of it afterwards like that of Elvis?
:)
dripping sarcasm = on
Yes, right about the time a Unix System Administrator, Slashdot reader and/or {clueful} DOJ Lawyer can say "Microsoft and innovation" in the same sentence without: laughing, guffawing or cracking a smile.
dripping sarcasm = off
We could call it "Moose's Law".
Very insightful post and excellent points.
(oh, and speaking as a former web monkey thanks for the chuckle with the longest link I've seen in a few years).
As for AI's not getting "upset", well, try Quake3...some funny stuff there because it is semi-random. Like the "DooM" character on a space map and I railed him while both of us were in mid air going in opposite directions. Heh, he called me a camping SOB {or something like that}.
Funny.
Skim thru the manual a little bit, and next time someone bitches about vi being difficult show them this.
Oye, veigh.