IBM's Regatta server allows you to run multiple servers on the same box (virtual servers) they can run a combination of OSes. AIX and Linux. So there you have it. Also AIX5L supports Linux apps, need to recompile though, and Solaris provides an enviroment for running Linux apps. Oh yeah Linux has been released for the OS/390 as well.
The point is that you need to have a physics engine for games (simple, complex, whatever). After you have one you can tweak the variables involved like gravity etc., and you can make your game world behave any way you want. Remember don't program things out. Make a good engine and let other people use it new ways.
I agree. Infact any eningeering degree will cover what you need to know. A computer science degree probably won't, but thats what computer engineering degrees are for.
Marketers are getting really good at advertising to speific characteritics of people. Now they will have our tv watching habits as well. What next? Looking at our DNA to figure out what we can be targetted for. I think a good law suit would be blow all your money/credit on all the *crap* they try to sell to you then turn around and sue them becuase you are a victim to their all powerful advertising campaign. You couldn't resist they pushed your buttons, your instincts.
I used to basically sit on my ass all the time and drink and play games. I started going to the gym,running,lifting etc.. talk about an addicting habit. Sometimes I get a great high from running that lasts awhile.
Check out specbench.org its pretty much the industry standard for performance benchmarking. They have many types of programs that they test with, dbs, compilers...etc. The two main categories are floating point and integer tests.
Magic latern will not stop people who want to be avoided. Like other posters have said just use Linux or whatever. So instead the general populous will be taken advantage of. Kinda like national id cards, the terrorists had proper id, that wasn't the problem. So yet again our freedom will be eroded a little further in the name of security, which won't stop the bad guys anyways.
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Typically games on console platforms are better or look just as good as PC games despite the hardware on the PC is superior. This happens because game developers can optimize code for the specific platform. Will developers for the Xbox do this as well? Or will they still want to release PC versions down the road that will cause them to write for the lowest common denomenator. Thus causing the software to suffer. It seems that if Halo was targetted to be released on the XBox from the start and not for the PC would it have looked better?
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Isn't the xbox arch x86? So I think you owe Linus a dollar.
Keep in mind that NT's posix libraries used to perform an order of magnitude worse than Win32 calls. Thats still the case. $M does that on purpose so developers choose speed over portablility.
You're right don't use java for heavy computations. But Java is great for the middle tier. One solution is to join them via sockets. Dump the computional code into C and pass params and results back via sockets. IMO it works great.
Get wrox's book on Java Servers. They have a good implementation of socket pools for databases. I've used a similiar pool and pool manager in production and it worked great. It will take care of bad connections. Also wrap the result set too, catch all the exceptions in that wrapper so you don't have to constantly be typing try..catch everywhere. Great for websites IMO especially if you use them with servlets. You can typically only keep 3-8 sockets around for hundreds of users.
I'm currently using MainWin to port to AIX. I have had many problems with MainWin, including legit bugs that I uncovered for Mainsoft. They won't accept it as their problem till you prove it for them, this is very difficult and time consuming. Not everything of the system you are porting to is imlemented and you'll have to pay a hefty price for them to add support for it. Also bugs in their libraries vary between the nix's. On top of all that throw GUI and threads and your app will regularly lock up. IMO MainWin is fine for small projects but its not worth the headache.
I know experience means a lot. I'm not for certification, I just thought that if you have no background and limited experience an employer may be more willing to take a chance on you. I wouldn't depend on it, but even if helps just a little (so you can get some experience) why not.
I've played FPS on consoles before and I have to tell you I think the controls always are worse. Just give me my mouse and keyboard. I know XBox will probably have those, but who wants to setup a deskspace in front of their set.
I know certification can be a joke but take a certification course and get it. That way you can show potential employers that have the know how just not applied expeirence. So maybe they would consider you for a junior position.
There are connectors out there that are used where you can just plug them into a jack. Just look in the back of any modern stereo reciever. I'm sure this type of technology can be used/modified for extension cards.
Those who would give up civil liberties for tempory safety deserve niether.
~Benjamin Franklin
We should not give up our liberties so quickly. We would be cheating all the men and women who have fought so fiercely to protect and expand our liberties as we would also be cheating our future generations out of theirs. Where would we be now if our past citizens had not stood up for their liberties so that we can enjoy ours, think about the future. If I were to die in a terrorist attack I would not want others to cherish my memory and loss by stripping themselevs of their freedoms. After all then the terrorists would have won, wouldn't they?
I used to goto Milwaukee School Of Engineering (MSOE) they have one of the top research labs for rapid prototyping. You can do more than make replacement parts. Molecular models and biological models can also be made. Once they recreated a human jaw bone to help solve a crime.
Here is an overview of how rapid protyping works.
here
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IBM's Regatta server allows you to run multiple servers on the same box (virtual servers) they can run a combination of OSes. AIX and Linux. So there you have it. Also AIX5L supports Linux apps, need to recompile though, and Solaris provides an enviroment for running Linux apps. Oh yeah Linux has been released for the OS/390 as well.
Becuase the PS2 has been out for about a year?
The point is that you need to have a physics engine for games (simple, complex, whatever). After you have one you can tweak the variables involved like gravity etc., and you can make your game world behave any way you want. Remember don't program things out. Make a good engine and let other people use it new ways.
I agree. Infact any eningeering degree will cover what you need to know. A computer science degree probably won't, but thats what computer engineering degrees are for.
"..but other companies have done it--Starbucks just switched their old log-in system to Passport and did it smoothly."
Hmmm... I bet an online gaming community is used quite a bit more than starbucks online site. What would you do with a starbucks account any way?
Marketers are getting really good at advertising to speific characteritics of people. Now they will have our tv watching habits as well. What next? Looking at our DNA to figure out what we can be targetted for. I think a good law suit would be blow all your money/credit on all the *crap* they try to sell to you then turn around and sue them becuase you are a victim to their all powerful advertising campaign. You couldn't resist they pushed your buttons, your instincts.
I used to basically sit on my ass all the time and drink and play games. I started going to the gym,running,lifting etc.. talk about an addicting habit. Sometimes I get a great high from running that lasts awhile.
Check out specbench.org its pretty much the industry standard for performance benchmarking. They have many types of programs that they test with, dbs, compilers ...etc. The two main categories are floating point and integer tests.
Kinda makes you wonder where we'll be in another 50 years. They couldn't imagine a small computer, what is it that we can't imagine now?
Magic latern will not stop people who want to be avoided. Like other posters have said just use Linux or whatever. So instead the general populous will be taken advantage of. Kinda like national id cards, the terrorists had proper id, that wasn't the problem. So yet again our freedom will be eroded a little further in the name of security, which won't stop the bad guys anyways.
Typically games on console platforms are better or look just as good as PC games despite the hardware on the PC is superior. This happens because game developers can optimize code for the specific platform. Will developers for the Xbox do this as well? Or will they still want to release PC versions down the road that will cause them to write for the lowest common denomenator. Thus causing the software to suffer. It seems that if Halo was targetted to be released on the XBox from the start and not for the PC would it have looked better?
Isn't the xbox arch x86? So I think you owe Linus a dollar.
Keep in mind that NT's posix libraries used to perform an order of magnitude worse than Win32 calls. Thats still the case. $M does that on purpose so developers choose speed over portablility.
You're right don't use java for heavy computations. But Java is great for the middle tier. One solution is to join them via sockets. Dump the computional code into C and pass params and results back via sockets. IMO it works great.
Get wrox's book on Java Servers. They have a good implementation of socket pools for databases. I've used a similiar pool and pool manager in production and it worked great. It will take care of bad connections. Also wrap the result set too, catch all the exceptions in that wrapper so you don't have to constantly be typing try..catch everywhere. Great for websites IMO especially if you use them with servlets. You can typically only keep 3-8 sockets around for hundreds of users.
I'm currently using MainWin to port to AIX. I have had many problems with MainWin, including legit bugs that I uncovered for Mainsoft. They won't accept it as their problem till you prove it for them, this is very difficult and time consuming. Not everything of the system you are porting to is imlemented and you'll have to pay a hefty price for them to add support for it. Also bugs in their libraries vary between the nix's. On top of all that throw GUI and threads and your app will regularly lock up. IMO MainWin is fine for small projects but its not worth the headache.
This weekend during fox nfl sunday I saw an IBM tv commercial for linux. I thought that was pretty sweet.
I know experience means a lot. I'm not for certification, I just thought that if you have no background and limited experience an employer may be more willing to take a chance on you. I wouldn't depend on it, but even if helps just a little (so you can get some experience) why not.
I've played FPS on consoles before and I have to tell you I think the controls always are worse. Just give me my mouse and keyboard. I know XBox will probably have those, but who wants to setup a deskspace in front of their set.
I know certification can be a joke but take a certification course and get it. That way you can show potential employers that have the know how just not applied expeirence. So maybe they would consider you for a junior position.
There are connectors out there that are used where you can just plug them into a jack. Just look in the back of any modern stereo reciever. I'm sure this type of technology can be used/modified for extension cards.
I think an intersting comparison would be winxp's implemention of unix sockets compared against Linux's implementation.
Those who would give up civil liberties for tempory safety deserve niether. ~Benjamin Franklin
We should not give up our liberties so quickly. We would be cheating all the men and women who have fought so fiercely to protect and expand our liberties as we would also be cheating our future generations out of theirs. Where would we be now if our past citizens had not stood up for their liberties so that we can enjoy ours, think about the future. If I were to die in a terrorist attack I would not want others to cherish my memory and loss by stripping themselevs of their freedoms. After all then the terrorists would have won, wouldn't they?
I used to goto Milwaukee School Of Engineering (MSOE) they have one of the top research labs for rapid prototyping. You can do more than make replacement parts. Molecular models and biological models can also be made. Once they recreated a human jaw bone to help solve a crime.
Here is an overview of how rapid protyping works. here
You acknowledge that the Software is not designed or intended for use in on-line control of aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications; or in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility.
Is this typical to include in an agreement?