I googled and googled and googled, but I couldn't find any direct proof.
If you have no proof, then why the Hell did you say it in the first place? Why not just admit that you have no idea if nVidia did, in fact, make that offer to the XFree86 or DRI developers? Now, unfortunately, with your +3 (Insightful) moderation, you've probably even convinced people that that load of crap is actually true.
I have gotten dualhead working on my 7500. Xinerama and DRI aren't doable, and aren't likely to be doable till someone first implements a xinerama aware version of software Mesa. Non-xinerama and DRI are also not doable (though that will hopefully be fixed).
Anyway, drop me an e-mail at tonenili@comcast.net and I'll pass along my XF86Config-4 file.
The open source community (XFree I believe, but correct me if I'm wrong) wanted the specs to the actual hardware. nVidia was willing to give the community exactly what their Windows driver writing team has and the community did not agree.
I keep hearing this, but I've never actually seen anything to suggest that this is the case. Does anyone have any proof of this?
I'd love to be able to have a cron job grab my favorite programs for me, but I can't seem to decide which card I should get. The Hauppage card is terribly inadequate.
The Hauppage WinTV card, combined with either ffmpeg or the lavtools set (mjepg.sourceforge.net), is exactly what I use to record my favorite programs with cron. The qualiy, though not great, is pretty impressive (better than doing the same thing under Windows).
So the ATI way is to have drivers work on every machine, easily, but you can almost be sure that you will have issues on every machine also.
I own three computers with Radeon cards in them. I have not had one single problem or issue setting up 3D acceleration for any of them under linux.
Now the NVidia drivers may be a bit harder to install *properly*, but when done - they just work properly.
Not for everyone. Which is exactly the point Yohahn was talking about. Nearly every release (except for the most recent, which I haven't tried) of the linux drivers from nVidia had problems with at least one of my computers. Setting up the drivers are not a problem (nVidia does make the installation very easy). But I don't consider lockups every 10-30 minutes to be working "properly".
It will likely be month before we start seeing advanced features like the T&L they have been touting available for Linux.
Or you could just head over to http://dri.sourceforge.net and discover that work as progressed quite rapidly on TCL support and decide to pull the tcl branch from CVS. The most people who test it and report back bugs the quicker the development will progress.
his mundanity and simplicity, joy in all things, and humility were proof of that.
What, exactly, were they proof of?
who would be the exact opposite of Bombadil? Sauron.
And that would have been fine if there had actually been some sort of contrasting of the two characters in the books. However, there wasn't. There was this simple-minded hippie in the first book, and there was the Enemy. And yet still there was no explanation of his existance.
Yes, Tom stands out from all the other characters as being completely unique. However, in the LOTR, Tolkein never once goes into how or why.
Remember the ring had no power over him. Nor did weapons (he had them in a pile and had no use for them). The contrast of his peaceful existance as a powerful entity when compared with every other character in the story is one that is missed in the films.
I just found the Tom Bombadil parts to be highly tedious and annoying, and never saw any sort of explanation for him being a "powerful entity".
So, in the same post that you talk about stealing revenue from WinZip and Paint Shop Pro, you asay that Gobe is going to have to release a demo to earn the trust of the techs? Do you really think that's any way to convince Gobe to release a demo version?
Everyone who is programming applications is free to continue.
And everyone else? There are talented programmers who are sitting around, wanting to write sound drivers, afraid to do so since they'd have to be completely rewritten once Kurt gets around to coding up the media server. There's an IDE driver that's sitting in a limbo state, because it requires changes to the core OS. Changes that others are capable of making, but won't make since Kurt doesn't like others to work on the core OS. I'm sure there are other examples.
Frankly, I applaud their initiative, just as I applauded Kurt's when I first heard about Atheos.
No offense intended to Kurt, but Atheos has been stagnating for quite a while now due to his feeling that only he should modify the core of the operating system combined with the lack of activity from him for the past three months (or more).
when you like the product (ooh, shiny!), and to not tolerate it in others (DVDs on Linux), that makes you a hypocrite and will never get you anywhere.
Unless you have a valid reason for your difference in opinion. For example, you can be in favor of abortion rights in cases where the mothers health is at risk, and against it in all other cases. That doesn't make you a hypocrite.
Not everyone has $999 in their back pocket... Most public schools, for example, can't just go out and buy a lab of brand new computers, and are still forced to use computers from 5 years ago (if they're lucky, that is).
Who says that they're uninvited? I've often told a client that they can work off a particular machine. Do I open every file to make sure there's no porn anywhere on the machine? I sure as Hell shouldn't have to.
Obviously not... People are stupid. This happened over a year ago and people were fired. Apparently people have a short term memory. So the temptation was removed. Tough shit:-)
BTW, anyone who can show that they have a legitimate need for access is given that access.
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Out of curiousity, who are you to decide what serious authors do and don't, should and should not, care about?
Dinivin
An individual (an author) can do anything they like (refuse to link to Amazon) such that it doesn't infringe on anyone elses rights.
An individual (Amazon) can do anything they like (prominently place ads for used books) such that it doesn't infringe on anyone elses rights.
It seems to me that the actions of neither the author's guild, or Amazon, are doing anything to negatively impact your childish dream.
Dinivin
I googled and googled and googled, but I couldn't find any direct proof.
If you have no proof, then why the Hell did you say it in the first place? Why not just admit that you have no idea if nVidia did, in fact, make that offer to the XFree86 or DRI developers? Now, unfortunately, with your +3 (Insightful) moderation, you've probably even convinced people that that load of crap is actually true.
Dinivin
I have gotten dualhead working on my 7500. Xinerama and DRI aren't doable, and aren't likely to be doable till someone first implements a xinerama aware version of software Mesa. Non-xinerama and DRI are also not doable (though that will hopefully be fixed).
Anyway, drop me an e-mail at tonenili@comcast.net and I'll pass along my XF86Config-4 file.
Dinivin
The open source community (XFree I believe, but correct me if I'm wrong) wanted the specs to the actual hardware. nVidia was willing to give the community exactly what their Windows driver writing team has and the community did not agree.
I keep hearing this, but I've never actually seen anything to suggest that this is the case. Does anyone have any proof of this?
Dinivin
I don't give a damn about the source
Good for you. Some of us do give a damn about the source (and not for purely philosophical reasons, for practical reasons).
Dinivin
I'd love to be able to have a cron job grab my favorite programs for me, but I can't seem to decide which card I should get. The Hauppage card is terribly inadequate.
The Hauppage WinTV card, combined with either ffmpeg or the lavtools set (mjepg.sourceforge.net), is exactly what I use to record my favorite programs with cron. The qualiy, though not great, is pretty impressive (better than doing the same thing under Windows).
Dinivin
Oh, and of course dual-head doesn't seem to want to work in either OS (Windows makes a valiant effort).
Why not? It's a piece of cake to set up under Linux.
Dinivin
And you honestly think that other video card manufacturers don't pull the same kind of stunts? Then you really are quite naive.
Dinivin
So the ATI way is to have drivers work on every machine, easily, but you can almost be sure that you will have issues on every machine also.
I own three computers with Radeon cards in them. I have not had one single problem or issue setting up 3D acceleration for any of them under linux.
Now the NVidia drivers may be a bit harder to install *properly*, but when done - they just work properly.
Not for everyone. Which is exactly the point Yohahn was talking about. Nearly every release (except for the most recent, which I haven't tried) of the linux drivers from nVidia had problems with at least one of my computers. Setting up the drivers are not a problem (nVidia does make the installation very easy). But I don't consider lockups every 10-30 minutes to be working "properly".
Dinivin
It will likely be month before we start seeing advanced features like the T&L they have been touting available for Linux.
Or you could just head over to http://dri.sourceforge.net and discover that work as progressed quite rapidly on TCL support and decide to pull the tcl branch from CVS. The most people who test it and report back bugs the quicker the development will progress.
Dinivin
his mundanity and simplicity, joy in all things, and humility were proof of that.
What, exactly, were they proof of?
who would be the exact opposite of Bombadil? Sauron.
And that would have been fine if there had actually been some sort of contrasting of the two characters in the books. However, there wasn't. There was this simple-minded hippie in the first book, and there was the Enemy. And yet still there was no explanation of his existance.
Yes, Tom stands out from all the other characters as being completely unique. However, in the LOTR, Tolkein never once goes into how or why.
Dinivin
Remember the ring had no power over him. Nor did weapons (he had them in a pile and had no use for them). The contrast of his peaceful existance as a powerful entity when compared with every other character in the story is one that is missed in the films.
I just found the Tom Bombadil parts to be highly tedious and annoying, and never saw any sort of explanation for him being a "powerful entity".
Dinivin
Seriously, though, what red blooded American male wouldn't want to see Elijah naked? Mmmm...
Dinivin
I think it would be a tough scene to film, but it adds a lot to the rest of the story. :(
Not really. Tom Bombadil adds nothing to the story that Peter Jackson didn't handle in a better way.
Dinivin
So, in the same post that you talk about stealing revenue from WinZip and Paint Shop Pro, you asay that Gobe is going to have to release a demo to earn the trust of the techs? Do you really think that's any way to convince Gobe to release a demo version?
Dinivin
Everyone who is programming applications is free to continue.
And everyone else? There are talented programmers who are sitting around, wanting to write sound drivers, afraid to do so since they'd have to be completely rewritten once Kurt gets around to coding up the media server. There's an IDE driver that's sitting in a limbo state, because it requires changes to the core OS. Changes that others are capable of making, but won't make since Kurt doesn't like others to work on the core OS. I'm sure there are other examples.
Frankly, I applaud their initiative, just as I applauded Kurt's when I first heard about Atheos.
Dinivin
No offense intended to Kurt, but Atheos has been stagnating for quite a while now due to his feeling that only he should modify the core of the operating system combined with the lack of activity from him for the past three months (or more).
Dinivin
when you like the product (ooh, shiny!), and to not tolerate it in others (DVDs on Linux), that makes you a hypocrite and will never get you anywhere.
Unless you have a valid reason for your difference in opinion. For example, you can be in favor of abortion rights in cases where the mothers health is at risk, and against it in all other cases. That doesn't make you a hypocrite.
Dinivin
Not everyone has $999 in their back pocket... Most public schools, for example, can't just go out and buy a lab of brand new computers, and are still forced to use computers from 5 years ago (if they're lucky, that is).
Dinivin
Get it... It's a great read (but only if you like The Simpsons & philosophy).
Dinivin
And that's all well and good, but it still results in the client deciding to take their business elsewhere. Why take the chance?
Dinivin
Who says that they're uninvited? I've often told a client that they can work off a particular machine. Do I open every file to make sure there's no porn anywhere on the machine? I sure as Hell shouldn't have to.
Dinivin
Nice try, moron. Sitting comfortably at my desk at home at 10:15 PM.
Dinivin
All it takes is a couple high profile examples.
:-)
Obviously not... People are stupid. This happened over a year ago and people were fired. Apparently people have a short term memory. So the temptation was removed. Tough shit
BTW, anyone who can show that they have a legitimate need for access is given that access.
Dinivin