Well now my 1,4Ghz T-bird is outdated before I've purchased it. Splendid! Someone turn on the brakes.
High-tech brakethrough, YES!
Seriously, this is good but how many years will pass before this will benefit me (in an economicaly defendable way?) They should shoot higher and release when finished. They've managed 100nm but going for 13, why not go straight for 13? At least in the end-user-market. (Maybe they are, yes probably)
The Linux kernel has gotten this good over several years, it is made by many, many people that maintain their own bits of code. That is not hard. A DX like project could be made this way - one on js-support, one on force-feedback-support - but they aren't, at least not in an efficient way (like Linux is.)
There are libraries giving you all these features using GL graphics, but they are not made full time and/or they are made by hobby programmers. The keyword here is time. MS have employed programmers to create, maintain DX. This means better time, and resources making a better product overall. Not just the graphics part. The graphics part of DX is not better than OpenGL, it's just everything around it.
Just sell the game. Put it up on an auction on-line or something. There is always someone willing to buy it. Then migrate.
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I'm not talking about crackers (they are weird), but more about the sharing of knowledge. Not where you went on the net yesterday and where you buy your newspaper. More about sharing new inventions, new file formats and compression routines. Of course some research should be cept a secret, but not for eternety. If it makes a difference in the direction of good share it. If it is bad, don't use it (and if you do, make shure others get a hold to it so that you don't ruin the international balance between hostile nations.)
Sharing of knowledge should be optional but highly recommended.
The mob isn't organized, just following a few basic rules. Each individual knows what to do and how to do it following those rules. No B.Gates.
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Isn't there? There is two large mobs, not guided by any clearly defined leaders. The hackers and the users. The hackers basic rules are:
1. Improve anything that can be improved
2. Support free-flow of information
3. Seek out what's needed and add it
4. Publish all knowledge
The users have got two goals:
1. Communicate
2. Seek out the information wanted
The users will always seek towards the services that attract them, making certain 'piles of sugar.'
The hackers will communicate, together decide on what's important and develope the net.
Within these mobs there are gangs (e.g./., linux communities) leaded by certain people, but no gangs or people are important for the overall rules and evolvement of the net.
I realise that software companies play a role here, but no more than commercialicing the mob products, and helping in the development. They then follow the rule: Make the things that will pay off and become 'sugar piles.'
Were talking about 2.2Ghz clock speed. Not speeded up using the multiplier. (right?) The AMD T-bird has got a clock speed of 266Mhz, but uses a multiplier on 5.
As the space between the lines in the article say: This won't be for desktop computers, yet...
There is an obvious problem that people, keeps forgetting; RAM-speed. The RAM (and mainboard) can't supply the CPU with enough data to process fast enough. Anyone care to elaborate this with some math and tech info, maybe some predictions on RAM vs. CPU-bus speed development?
the Learning Channel and PBS do all sorts of neat documentaries on our spy agencies all the time with their full cooperation, and the NSA has a website and physical museum.
Yes and they do show you everything about it, no secrets at all.
No, it was considered in depth and several people signed off on it. It was planned for months, and is now standard operating procedure to collide our spyplanes into border patrols and then land a planeful of high tech and classified equipment and military personnel in another country.
Yes we can learn anything about you secretly, but if you try to take anything that belongs to us, we want it back. We were just secretly spying on you, everybody knows about it. Please give us back the secret information we've collected that you don't want us to see. And do not spy on our technology. We're not spying on you.
Whereas any Chinese military officer can come over here to America and pay $50 to a small plane pilot to fly over whatever he wants and snap as many pictures as he wants. Then walk into KMart and get them developed in an hour, and mail them via US Mail back to Beijing.
Yes they could make snapshots of the white house, the Cheyenne Mountain a.s.o. All planes are allowed to fly over secret military bases. Get real.
Then what about when you start on a new language - say C++, then you'll need to get the hang on procedural anyways and if your not a programming wizard in Ruby, you'll probably have to walk through python anyways. (If only briefly) My suggestion is stick to python. Or switch to Ruby and stribe grasping mixed languages later on.
(...) They each need their own interpreter. So if I have 5 programs that people have written (...) I need all 5 interperters installed. (...) Unfortunately, I can't think of a good way to fix this problem. So I guess we will just have to get by with it...
Can't you - or sombody else - just write a compilier. (can't be that hard) If an interpeter can read it, why not any other program. E.g. a compilier.
I've heard that the algorithms to calculate tomorrows weather exists, but todays super-computers uses two days to calculate it ("And yesterdays weather was: %s" % (calculate_weather())" Will this do it? If so, they'll need two, one for the weather and one for all the stuff they planned to use this for.
The first thing I looked for was what OS it used. Linux seemed as a good choise, but being no expert I wonder if even Linux can efficiently utilize 1300+ Itanium processors. I realise that Linux (me being a big supporter myself) will have the wanted customizability, but wouldn't making a OS from scratch (Linux-like if that's best) Afterall Linux isn't tested nor built for clusters this big.
The worst thing is that even though they understand the ways of computers better than most adults their skills are in reality scaringly limited to the relativly few youngsters that can comprehend the lower languages of computers. Todays 15-years-olds only know the top of it; how to surf the web and efficiently locate information, how to connect to IRC and communicate with their friends and how to interpret simple error messages and act on them. As children and young people they have an easy time learning languages, they've learned the GUI-language. How the computer GUI talks to its users and how they can talk to them, but they can't get deep down in the computer.
The worst thing about this is that the ones who do understand often is more educated than the rest but will become computer-engineers, -scientists or something else within those fields. The rest - who know the GUI-language - will make out the rest of the society. As Katz say they won't listen to older people and take the knowledge wich they have to offer because they belive they are intelectually superior. They're not, they just know a language older people hasn't had a chance to learn. These people are going to get the jobs like accountanting, nurses, teachers and if it gets really bad doctors and engineers. The knowledge average is falling and if todays 15 yearolds don't get a grip on themselfs it will be a free fall and a lot of F's will be given in school.
... it's the consumers' right because we're invited onto the desktop.
Who invited you? I didn't. Why don't you ask before you ship some extra 'goodies' along with what I downloaded? Why don't you let me deside what I want on my computer instead of almost telling me how to get rid of it? Why, why...
This has got to be banned, because you don't have a choise whether or not you wan't it. You can turn of the TV when the comercials are on (at least look away,) you can easily ignore those banners currently advertising for Compaq and Opera and you don't have to look at all sponsor popups. (right-click, then chose close.) The regular popups we can accept because they pay for whatever service they're looking for.
I'm going to say one word: Ban it! (well, that's two actually)
On rare occations it don't. (But it usually do) You still don't need Windows. You can even depend on Office without Windows. Just use Wine (Windows emulator) office works with it.
Now repeat after me 10 times; I don't need MS, I don't need Windows
I have to use W2K and Office at work because otherwise I wouldn't be able to work efficiently with my clients and co-workers cause they insist on using MS crap.
Then let me help. One name; StarOffice. It supports all MS-Office formats, it's free and aviable on most platforms (including Windows.)
They do it by making it impossible for a third party software to interface properly with the MS crap! They close or obfuscate data structure and APIdocumentation.
Interaction with MS-crap isn't that useful. Let's say passport got a grip on most online banks, shops, stock traders etc. I find it hard to belive that they would substitute all login possibilities with passport. You would still have the possibility to create a username and password, they might even implement non-MS open-source alternatives. For instance; at least half of all/.'ers would not use passport and that's more than 200.000 heavy Internett users and online shoppers. Our opinions are infact heard by capitalistic powers, because we're pro free, open-source alternatives.
we need passport as another example of how microsoft is abusing their monopoly (Read: hotmail, msn messenger, communities, etc)
I don't get this, they don't force us. Of all those things you mentioned I only use hotmail and that's because it's free, resonably reliable and doesn't care if I sign up as A.Nonymus from Yemen. I could just as well have used Yahoo!
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Make the games small, easy, but mentaly challenging. That's whats going to make tomorrows Einstein
Well now my 1,4Ghz T-bird is outdated before I've purchased it. Splendid! Someone turn on the brakes.
High-tech brakethrough, YES!
Seriously, this is good but how many years will pass before this will benefit me (in an economicaly defendable way?) They should shoot higher and release when finished. They've managed 100nm but going for 13, why not go straight for 13? At least in the end-user-market. (Maybe they are, yes probably)
he read the spam mail.
mark, mark, mark, delete, delete, delete
The Linux kernel has gotten this good over several years, it is made by many, many people that maintain their own bits of code. That is not hard. A DX like project could be made this way - one on js-support, one on force-feedback-support - but they aren't, at least not in an efficient way (like Linux is.)
OpenGL only offers graphics, dx offers: graphics, joystick, sound, forcefeedback, mousecapturing.
There are libraries giving you all these features using GL graphics, but they are not made full time and/or they are made by hobby programmers. The keyword here is time. MS have employed programmers to create, maintain DX. This means better time, and resources making a better product overall. Not just the graphics part. The graphics part of DX is not better than OpenGL, it's just everything around it.
Just sell the game. Put it up on an auction on-line or something. There is always someone willing to buy it. Then migrate.
Sharing of knowledge should be optional but highly recommended.
The mob isn't organized, just following a few basic rules. Each individual knows what to do and how to do it following those rules. No B.Gates.
Isn't there? There is two large mobs, not guided by any clearly defined leaders. The hackers and the users. The hackers basic rules are: 1. Improve anything that can be improved 2. Support free-flow of information 3. Seek out what's needed and add it 4. Publish all knowledge The users have got two goals: 1. Communicate 2. Seek out the information wanted The users will always seek towards the services that attract them, making certain 'piles of sugar.' The hackers will communicate, together decide on what's important and develope the net. Within these mobs there are gangs (e.g. /., linux communities) leaded by certain people, but no gangs or people are important for the overall rules and evolvement of the net.
I realise that software companies play a role here, but no more than commercialicing the mob products, and helping in the development. They then follow the rule: Make the things that will pay off and become 'sugar piles.'
Were talking about 2.2Ghz clock speed. Not speeded up using the multiplier. (right?) The AMD T-bird has got a clock speed of 266Mhz, but uses a multiplier on 5.
As the space between the lines in the article say: This won't be for desktop computers, yet ...
There is an obvious problem that people, keeps forgetting; RAM-speed. The RAM (and mainboard) can't supply the CPU with enough data to process fast enough. Anyone care to elaborate this with some math and tech info, maybe some predictions on RAM vs. CPU-bus speed development?
In adition their orbits would be far, far, far, far, far (you get the point) from eachother. Fast and slow dont move in the same orbit.
the Learning Channel and PBS do all sorts of neat documentaries on our spy agencies all the time with their full cooperation, and the NSA has a website and physical museum.
Yes and they do show you everything about it, no secrets at all.
No, it was considered in depth and several people signed off on it. It was planned for months, and is now standard operating procedure to collide our spyplanes into border patrols and then land a planeful of high tech and classified equipment and military personnel in another country.
Yes we can learn anything about you secretly, but if you try to take anything that belongs to us, we want it back. We were just secretly spying on you, everybody knows about it. Please give us back the secret information we've collected that you don't want us to see. And do not spy on our technology. We're not spying on you.
Whereas any Chinese military officer can come over here to America and pay $50 to a small plane pilot to fly over whatever he wants and snap as many pictures as he wants. Then walk into KMart and get them developed in an hour, and mail them via US Mail back to Beijing.
Yes they could make snapshots of the white house, the Cheyenne Mountain a.s.o. All planes are allowed to fly over secret military bases. Get real.
Then what about when you start on a new language - say C++, then you'll need to get the hang on procedural anyways and if your not a programming wizard in Ruby, you'll probably have to walk through python anyways. (If only briefly) My suggestion is stick to python. Or switch to Ruby and stribe grasping mixed languages later on.
(...) They each need their own interpreter. So if I have 5 programs that people have written (...) I need all 5 interperters installed. (...) Unfortunately, I can't think of a good way to fix this problem. So I guess we will just have to get by with it...
Can't you - or sombody else - just write a compilier. (can't be that hard) If an interpeter can read it, why not any other program. E.g. a compilier.
Just a thoughtYes that I can see, but what about the favorable differences.
I've heard that the algorithms to calculate tomorrows weather exists, but todays super-computers uses two days to calculate it ("And yesterdays weather was: %s" % (calculate_weather())" Will this do it? If so, they'll need two, one for the weather and one for all the stuff they planned to use this for.
... Windows on it. Ahhh ...
The first thing I looked for was what OS it used. Linux seemed as a good choise, but being no expert I wonder if even Linux can efficiently utilize 1300+ Itanium processors. I realise that Linux (me being a big supporter myself) will have the wanted customizability, but wouldn't making a OS from scratch (Linux-like if that's best) Afterall Linux isn't tested nor built for clusters this big.
1. Imagine a bewolf-cluster of these ones
2. It must be running Linux
3. Imagine Unreal on it
4. Imagine Quake on it
5. Imagine the cracking power
Redundant, redundant, redundant karma-eater
The worst thing is that even though they understand the ways of computers better than most adults their skills are in reality scaringly limited to the relativly few youngsters that can comprehend the lower languages of computers. Todays 15-years-olds only know the top of it; how to surf the web and efficiently locate information, how to connect to IRC and communicate with their friends and how to interpret simple error messages and act on them. As children and young people they have an easy time learning languages, they've learned the GUI-language. How the computer GUI talks to its users and how they can talk to them, but they can't get deep down in the computer.
The worst thing about this is that the ones who do understand often is more educated than the rest but will become computer-engineers, -scientists or something else within those fields. The rest - who know the GUI-language - will make out the rest of the society. As Katz say they won't listen to older people and take the knowledge wich they have to offer because they belive they are intelectually superior. They're not, they just know a language older people hasn't had a chance to learn. These people are going to get the jobs like accountanting, nurses, teachers and if it gets really bad doctors and engineers. The knowledge average is falling and if todays 15 yearolds don't get a grip on themselfs it will be a free fall and a lot of F's will be given in school.
Who invited you? I didn't. Why don't you ask before you ship some extra 'goodies' along with what I downloaded? Why don't you let me deside what I want on my computer instead of almost telling me how to get rid of it? Why, why ...
This has got to be banned, because you don't have a choise whether or not you wan't it. You can turn of the TV when the comercials are on (at least look away,) you can easily ignore those banners currently advertising for Compaq and Opera and you don't have to look at all sponsor popups. (right-click, then chose close.) The regular popups we can accept because they pay for whatever service they're looking for.
I'm going to say one word: Ban it! (well, that's two actually)
On rare occations it don't. (But it usually do) You still don't need Windows. You can even depend on Office without Windows. Just use Wine (Windows emulator) office works with it.
Now repeat after me 10 times; I don't need MS, I don't need Windows
I have to use W2K and Office at work because otherwise I wouldn't be able to work efficiently with my clients and co-workers cause they insist on using MS crap.
Then let me help. One name; StarOffice. It supports all MS-Office formats, it's free and aviable on most platforms (including Windows.)
They do it by making it impossible for a third party software to interface properly with the MS crap! They close or obfuscate data structure and APIdocumentation.
Interaction with MS-crap isn't that useful. Let's say passport got a grip on most online banks, shops, stock traders etc. I find it hard to belive that they would substitute all login possibilities with passport. You would still have the possibility to create a username and password, they might even implement non-MS open-source alternatives. For instance; at least half of all /.'ers would not use passport and that's more than 200.000 heavy Internett users and online shoppers. Our opinions are infact heard by capitalistic powers, because we're pro free, open-source alternatives.
we need passport as another example of how microsoft is abusing their monopoly (Read: hotmail, msn messenger, communities, etc)
I don't get this, they don't force us. Of all those things you mentioned I only use hotmail and that's because it's free, resonably reliable and doesn't care if I sign up as A.Nonymus from Yemen. I could just as well have used Yahoo!