I have an upgraded kernel and X windows 4.1.0, and have never ONCE experienced the problems everyone else speaks, of with the NVIDIA drivers. Not to mention they are faster than all of the DRI drivers. Much much much faster.
NVIDIAs cards are gamer oriented. Not so-called "Real linux user" oriented!
Aye, but, who wants to pay money for their card and for their drivers???? My regret for NVIDIA is that their drivers USE GLX...key in there is X...talks about a slowdown!
ATI could probably get better linux driver's if they'd jsut release ALL of the damned specs on their cards. How's NVIDIA no true to the linux community? Oh right their driver's aren't open-source. BFD! Gamers don't care! I don't care personally! It's their perogative. they'll never get shipped with X or the kernel, wah wah, big deal, they're fast, plenty stable and free as in beer.
Err, not true. NVIDIA's linux drivers ARE plenty fast, but not nearly as fast as in windows. This is due to their using GLX...which means X windows which means SLOW. Direct hardware access or no, if you use X you're going to run slow.
Generally most everyone cares. Particularly since this chip is still in development, benchmarks aren't exactly possible. This is not to mention that no one trusts manufacturer produced benchmarks to much (See: ATI) and at this point Quake 3 benchmarks (See : ATI).
ATI is no where near filling that void sir! Take a look at their drivers. Quite simply, they suck! Particularly the linux drivers. My apologies, but NVIDIA is the only company to have decent (speedwise) linux drivers on the market. I can't say that is true for stability, however, I have zero stability problems due to the drivers, although others have said otherwise. ATI's windows drivers, however are cripplingly unstable ( have been for many years too. ) Not to mention, the card/driver mixer is just behind NVIDIA as far as speed, and only gets ahead in FSAA benchmarks, which personally, I couldn't give a rip about. I want a card that runs stable and runs fast in Linux AND windows (shudder...) not one that runs stable in one OS and fairly fast on one, but hey, the image quality is good. If that was the case I'd have used ATI a long time ago.
It's bloody expensive! $54.99 at cheapest for the card-board box $64.99 for the tin. Most places are more though! Sorry, $50 is my limit for games. I'm yet to buy rogue spear because it's still $40 and that is just to much for a game nearly 2 years old!
I have played the test though and when the price gets lower...I'm all there!!! It is just awesome! The flame effects are unbelievable! Not to mention...linux compatibility! I just wish they had done like Neverwinter Nights is going to do and do a simultaneous release with the binaries all in one box. Oh well. It plays, that all I care about!
It's not hard to espouse an idea that everyone and their brother understood when this country was founded (The U.S.). That is not to mention that I was paraphrasing one of our founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson). You're right on too! The government is always outnumbered by the governed! People also count the military with the government, but it's not! They are suffering just like the rest of the governed.
They can revolt if they like...I mean really...how many people live in China? I think they could pull it off.:-) Not to mention, the miltary. The military lives under the hardships too. I'm sure they wouldn't mind a revolution.
Okay, China shuts down internet bars that don't filter content that the totaltarian government doesn't want their people to see, why is anyone surprised? Isn't this part of what makes them totaltarians?
No, I don't like it, but really, we can't stop them. Governments govern at the consent of the governed, so it's the chinese people who have the options, not us.
I don't see how 90% of IT jobs require a solitary nature. Honestly! At some level in almost ANY field you have to be able to work with people...once in a while you'll find a job where you don't. Whether it's answering user's questions, or being on a programming team, you'll at some point have to work with someone else.
Since when did anyone say geeks wee socially ept? This is from the same crowd that freaks out anytime someone posts a generalization! The geek who can't get a date thing is a stereotype...stereotypes exist, but it's not necesarilly the norm. Perhaps geeks for user groups to become more informed about what they are using? Aside from that, how many people go to linux user groups vs. how many people use linux? Hmm. Suddenly thing look different if I am in your shoes, because the ratio isn't exactly even. I met most of my geek friends ironically by them being friends with, or related to girls I dated. Or I met them through high school sports, or jsut high school classes.
Me, I like to socialize, however I can easily work alone. I also have always made friends whereever I've worked. I used to eat lunch with the same guy everyday, or at my current job, everyone knows me so well that people come to me for advice on non-work issues. The point is, ability to work alone does not equate a need to work alone. The original poster incinuated that people heavily into IT do not like to socialize, or at least prefer not to socialize. I disagreed and I think I fairly well proved him wrong.
I said, IT attracts many types of people, and I know one reply said 90% of IT jobs require solitude...I would completely disagree! I'd say the majority of IT jobs require you to eithr be able to handle people, or to be able to work with people...one or the other...very rarely do you see a job where you can work in almost complete solitude. Even Sys Admins have to be able to deal with people. Otherwise they'll get fired for just generally being assholes to the users. At least in Georgia they would (thank God for "Right to hire,Right to fire.") Your argument simply makes no sense to be honest! In fact, if you'd read what I said to be nothing like how you appear to have read it.
Some people who are heavily into IT are naturally solitary. Just like some people who are heavily into bar-tending are naturally solitary types, or just like how some people who are heavily into skeet-shooting are naturally solitary types. The two have nothing to do with each other. It's just SOME people are like that!
Sorry you're wrong here, open-source programmers will gradly take money in return for doing their trade. I'd take a hack if I knew much about DSP....I know a good bit, but not enough for this!
Being someone who spent the early half of his education in school and the latter half home-schooled I understand. My point is however, he's you kid...you still have the say. Private schools are still an option by the way. Homeschooling costs just as much believe it or not!:-)
Getting in trouble for writing violent compositions? Get him out of that damned public school, and send him to a school where he'll simply be graded on skill and merit, or asked to redo the assignment and the viloence problem will be brought up with his parents. The ratings system, isn't going to change what games he is given, that's YOUR job. You need to be your kid's moderator, not the government. A 9 year old doesn't even have the money for a video game, so it HAS to go through you first.
Which is why, it's not rude to give a receipt with such gifts. Also, grandparents rarely give such gifts without prompting from the parents. Either way, the parent should still monitor it
Well, if you don't want you 6 year old to see it, be a parent, and monitor what he sees. It's your kid, not the governments...not yet anyhow. It's your job to protect his eyes, not the governments.
It's your job to moderate what games he or she gets, plays. If this is a problem, you don't need to be a parent, because you aren't ready for the responsibility it entails. Sorry being blunt.
The government's job(at least in the US) is according to the constitution, to protect out life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Not babysit. That's YOUR job. Ratings, aren't going to protect your kid, you are.
I disagree...I think the US would have a minor role in it, and our freedoms would be stripped away by everyone else...world government = scary thing. A world government means that if you don't like the laws where you live...tough, there is no refuge, you're just fucked. Actually, the big government is a result of the depression in my opinion...the government began to grow at an exponential rate as of the "New Deal." The big corporations are a result of capitolism and it's methods. Personally, I see nothing wrong with it, if people buy their products, no one holds a gun to their heads. I do not like campaign contributions from big businesses, which is a good reason for term limits: if a congress person (as opposed to congressman) knows they only have 8 years or what have you to do their thing, we less likely to have career politicians who make their money off of big corporations.
Off my soapbox though...remember, the US and other countries with nice liberties like freedom of speech are in the minority. A global government would not help matters.
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I have an upgraded kernel and X windows 4.1.0, and have never ONCE experienced the problems everyone else speaks, of with the NVIDIA drivers. Not to mention they are faster than all of the DRI drivers. Much much much faster.
NVIDIAs cards are gamer oriented. Not so-called "Real linux user" oriented!
Aye, but, who wants to pay money for their card and for their drivers???? My regret for NVIDIA is that their drivers USE GLX...key in there is X...talks about a slowdown!
ATI could probably get better linux driver's if they'd jsut release ALL of the damned specs on their cards. How's NVIDIA no true to the linux community? Oh right their driver's aren't open-source. BFD! Gamers don't care! I don't care personally! It's their perogative. they'll never get shipped with X or the kernel, wah wah, big deal, they're fast, plenty stable and free as in beer.
Err, not true. NVIDIA's linux drivers ARE plenty fast, but not nearly as fast as in windows. This is due to their using GLX...which means X windows which means SLOW. Direct hardware access or no, if you use X you're going to run slow.
Generally most everyone cares. Particularly since this chip is still in development, benchmarks aren't exactly possible. This is not to mention that no one trusts manufacturer produced benchmarks to much (See: ATI) and at this point Quake 3 benchmarks (See : ATI).
ATI is no where near filling that void sir! Take a look at their drivers. Quite simply, they suck! Particularly the linux drivers. My apologies, but NVIDIA is the only company to have decent (speedwise) linux drivers on the market. I can't say that is true for stability, however, I have zero stability problems due to the drivers, although others have said otherwise. ATI's windows drivers, however are cripplingly unstable ( have been for many years too. ) Not to mention, the card/driver mixer is just behind NVIDIA as far as speed, and only gets ahead in FSAA benchmarks, which personally, I couldn't give a rip about. I want a card that runs stable and runs fast in Linux AND windows (shudder...) not one that runs stable in one OS and fairly fast on one, but hey, the image quality is good. If that was the case I'd have used ATI a long time ago.
There is a difference between MSRP and how much people are charging: I said people are charging $60 and $70.
That section name is twice redundant. :-) How expected hehe!
Thanks for the tip!
I get alot of hardware off of ebay but...never tried software! Good deal!
It's bloody expensive! $54.99 at cheapest for the card-board box $64.99 for the tin. Most places are more though! Sorry, $50 is my limit for games. I'm yet to buy rogue spear because it's still $40 and that is just to much for a game nearly 2 years old!
I have played the test though and when the price gets lower...I'm all there!!! It is just awesome! The flame effects are unbelievable! Not to mention...linux compatibility! I just wish they had done like Neverwinter Nights is going to do and do a simultaneous release with the binaries all in one box. Oh well. It plays, that all I care about!
It's not hard to espouse an idea that everyone and their brother understood when this country was founded (The U.S.). That is not to mention that I was paraphrasing one of our founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson). You're right on too! The government is always outnumbered by the governed! People also count the military with the government, but it's not! They are suffering just like the rest of the governed.
They can revolt if they like...I mean really...how many people live in China? I think they could pull it off. :-) Not to mention, the miltary. The military lives under the hardships too. I'm sure they wouldn't mind a revolution.
Okay, China shuts down internet bars that don't filter content that the totaltarian government doesn't want their people to see, why is anyone surprised? Isn't this part of what makes them totaltarians?
No, I don't like it, but really, we can't stop them. Governments govern at the consent of the governed, so it's the chinese people who have the options, not us.
I don't see how 90% of IT jobs require a solitary nature. Honestly! At some level in almost ANY field you have to be able to work with people...once in a while you'll find a job where you don't. Whether it's answering user's questions, or being on a programming team, you'll at some point have to work with someone else.
Since when did anyone say geeks wee socially ept? This is from the same crowd that freaks out anytime someone posts a generalization! The geek who can't get a date thing is a stereotype...stereotypes exist, but it's not necesarilly the norm. Perhaps geeks for user groups to become more informed about what they are using? Aside from that, how many people go to linux user groups vs. how many people use linux? Hmm. Suddenly thing look different if I am in your shoes, because the ratio isn't exactly even. I met most of my geek friends ironically by them being friends with, or related to girls I dated. Or I met them through high school sports, or jsut high school classes.
Me, I like to socialize, however I can easily work alone. I also have always made friends whereever I've worked. I used to eat lunch with the same guy everyday, or at my current job, everyone knows me so well that people come to me for advice on non-work issues. The point is, ability to work alone does not equate a need to work alone. The original poster incinuated that people heavily into IT do not like to socialize, or at least prefer not to socialize. I disagreed and I think I fairly well proved him wrong.
Since when does gender equate personality?
I said, IT attracts many types of people, and I know one reply said 90% of IT jobs require solitude...I would completely disagree! I'd say the majority of IT jobs require you to eithr be able to handle people, or to be able to work with people...one or the other...very rarely do you see a job where you can work in almost complete solitude. Even Sys Admins have to be able to deal with people. Otherwise they'll get fired for just generally being assholes to the users. At least in Georgia they would (thank God for "Right to hire,Right to fire.") Your argument simply makes no sense to be honest! In fact, if you'd read what I said to be nothing like how you appear to have read it.
I'd disagree.
Some people who are heavily into IT are naturally solitary. Just like some people who are heavily into bar-tending are naturally solitary types, or just like how some people who are heavily into skeet-shooting are naturally solitary types. The two have nothing to do with each other. It's just SOME people are like that!
$20k == extremely interested programmers!
Sorry you're wrong here, open-source programmers will gradly take money in return for doing their trade. I'd take a hack if I knew much about DSP....I know a good bit, but not enough for this!
Being someone who spent the early half of his education in school and the latter half home-schooled I understand. My point is however, he's you kid...you still have the say. Private schools are still an option by the way. Homeschooling costs just as much believe it or not! :-)
ChrisD=Chris DiBona, hardly a new guy. Been around for a long time.
Getting in trouble for writing violent compositions? Get him out of that damned public school, and send him to a school where he'll simply be graded on skill and merit, or asked to redo the assignment and the viloence problem will be brought up with his parents. The ratings system, isn't going to change what games he is given, that's YOUR job. You need to be your kid's moderator, not the government. A 9 year old doesn't even have the money for a video game, so it HAS to go through you first.
Which is why, it's not rude to give a receipt with such gifts. Also, grandparents rarely give such gifts without prompting from the parents. Either way, the parent should still monitor it
Well, if you don't want you 6 year old to see it, be a parent, and monitor what he sees. It's your kid, not the governments...not yet anyhow. It's your job to protect his eyes, not the governments.
It's your job to moderate what games he or she gets, plays. If this is a problem, you don't need to be a parent, because you aren't ready for the responsibility it entails. Sorry being blunt.
The government's job(at least in the US) is according to the constitution, to protect out life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Not babysit. That's YOUR job. Ratings, aren't going to protect your kid, you are.
I disagree...I think the US would have a minor role in it, and our freedoms would be stripped away by everyone else...world government = scary thing. A world government means that if you don't like the laws where you live...tough, there is no refuge, you're just fucked. Actually, the big government is a result of the depression in my opinion...the government began to grow at an exponential rate as of the "New Deal." The big corporations are a result of capitolism and it's methods. Personally, I see nothing wrong with it, if people buy their products, no one holds a gun to their heads. I do not like campaign contributions from big businesses, which is a good reason for term limits: if a congress person (as opposed to congressman) knows they only have 8 years or what have you to do their thing, we less likely to have career politicians who make their money off of big corporations.
Off my soapbox though...remember, the US and other countries with nice liberties like freedom of speech are in the minority. A global government would not help matters.
It goes that high on the LCD?
Yes, I know you can adjust the font size...i was referring to the default!
You're boring, aren't you? :-)
It's funny...not a troll...stupid moderators.