> gaming, business applications, enterprise servers or streaming media from your computer to your TV you won't go wrong with Windows.
what a bunch of astroturfing crap. Let's see. Gaming, ok sounds good it's better on windows. starting off nicely. Business applications, lost it with that one already, wtf is a business application(just about anything other than games?) enterprise servers(yes if you want your enterprise servers to be shitty, windows is much better) streaming media from your computer to your TV, yes that way I can store my movies on my tv's hard drive. Oh wait, my tv lacks a hard drive. Perhaps you meant tv out.
I did this one year, but I don't buy that many games. I found this to be the absolute best magazine for reading on the crapper that I subscribe to it still just so I can poop.
Think about it this way, if patents are used against the rich and powerfull, then there is more of a chance those same rich and powerfull who used to be for software patents will be against them in the future.
I only have a ps2 so replies are taken from my knowledge
> HDTV support. already there, it's more of a function of what games support it.
> Better surround-sound. some games support dts(gtaIII vc) however i think it could be better because they don't support dts dynamically, but the do suport PL II very well. I think the next generation will have this wrapped up.
> Better data caching to reduce load times. this is my biggest pet peeve. Or they could just put in a faster drive.
> Support for a PC monitor. what's the point?
> Headphone jack built in. why? most people would just plug in their headphones to their tv, or reciever.
> Wireless controller standard built in. I hope not. 1. you never loose a wired controller 2. wireless control latencies are still more poor than my reflexes.
> Standardised MP3 support for in-game audio. well then you have the problem that you need a harddrive, and of course this drives the cost up. Harddrives and video cards are the two items that haven't gotten cheaper over the years(video cards have gotten more expensive!).
> There are tons of other things they could add. But will they? Or will the PS3 be a PS2 with marginally better graphics?
> the desire to make money is often what drives proprietary software developers to address their users wants and needs
but also, the desire to make money is often what drives proprietary software developers to not address users wants and needs. For example, microsoft claiming that fixing bugs is not profitable.
If Slashdot has only one opinion why do post like this always get moderated up.
"I know I'm going to get moderated down for this, but Micrsoft is a great company that brought the pc to the masses, without it's innovation we would still be stuck in the dark ages and linux would have never come to be"
I browse with highest rated comments first and whenever a story comes out that makes microsoft look bad there's always someone modded +5 to defend them.
These kind of optimizations are extremely effective in some scenarios because it significantly reduces memory use and read/write of memory, and can be illustrated quite easily by turning optimization off in any good Scheme interpreter (like DrScheme).
sounds to me like it's not really changing your algorithm(same thing happens), but rather running it more efficiently. Or is there something I am missing?
either a poor compiler, or the optimization isn't turned on, or the function that is called is in another file. Newer versions of msvc(if you can get the optimizing ones which are quite expensive), do this much better.
well the first thing to optimize is the algorithm. Use a O(n^2) algorithm that does the same job as an O(e^n) algorithm if you can. Algorithmical optimization makes the most difference. I am working on a program who's speed is directly proportional to how how often a particular function is called. Well, I try to reduce calls to this function by various means, no compiler I've sean can optimize an algorithm, only the implementation of it. With that I'm happy to have the compiler do the work.
> You must be about the only person I've ever known that got taxed by Amazon.com.
You obviously don't live in Washington, Nevada, or the handfull of other states where Amazon has a physical presence. If you did you would be paying sales tax.
> For commecial vehicles, you can subtract 3. Simply because buses are good (keep people from driving themselves), and big trucks carry more with less emissions than several smaller ones.
Loop holes like this are always bad. If a bus polutes and burns alot it would still be cost effective for 20 people to take one and split the charge. You wouldn't even notice the difference in fare. Though since busses are run by the government they shouldn't even pay taxes. You just have to make sure that one big truck which carries twice as much as two small trucks doesn't get charged more than twice the tax. People will use whatever is most efficient. A smaller truck when that is all they need.
> No, moron. The whole reason the situation exists is because people are using less gas due to hybrids, etc. Raising the gas tax would cause more people to switch to hybrids, which would cause even less gas taxes to be collected
There is a limit to our technology with respect to fuel economy. Eventually if you keep raising taxes less people will drive(in theory, or you just start getting more money). If less people drive, you don't need as much road maintanance.
and the dumbest part of all this is that z3 is trademarked. Before you know it all random combinations of one number and letter will be trademarked. If BMW wants a trademark for their car they should have to come up with something a little more creative.
yes, when I worked at Microsoft, I thought now I would get to see what a properly run windows network was like. Turned out it was just like everyother windows network. Shit doesn't work. You see stuff by accident you aren't supposed to. Exchange still looses peoples email. in other words it just like any other windows network.
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> gaming, business applications, enterprise servers or streaming media from your computer to your TV you won't go wrong with Windows.
what a bunch of astroturfing crap. Let's see. Gaming, ok sounds good it's better on windows. starting off nicely. Business applications, lost it with that one already,
wtf is a business application(just about anything other than games?)
enterprise servers(yes if you want your enterprise servers to be shitty, windows is much better)
streaming media from your computer to your TV, yes that way I can store my movies on my tv's hard drive. Oh wait, my tv lacks a hard drive. Perhaps you meant tv out.
I did this one year, but I don't buy that many games. I found this to be the absolute best magazine for reading on the crapper that I subscribe to it still just so I can poop.
Think about it this way, if patents are used against the rich and powerfull, then there is more of a chance those same rich and powerfull who used to be for software patents will be against them in the future.
Glad to see nothing has changed, since I was in high school.
welcome to the internet. . .
It may take a while to adjust.
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well you forgot something.
all ee sounds should be replaced by 33
all oo sounds should be replaced by 00
I only have a ps2 so replies are taken from my knowledge
> HDTV support.
already there, it's more of a function of what games support it.
> Better surround-sound.
some games support dts(gtaIII vc) however i think it could be better because they don't support dts dynamically, but the do suport PL II very well. I think the next generation will have this wrapped up.
> Better data caching to reduce load times.
this is my biggest pet peeve. Or they could just put in a faster drive.
> Support for a PC monitor.
what's the point?
> Headphone jack built in.
why? most people would just plug in their headphones to their tv, or reciever.
> Wireless controller standard built in.
I hope not.
1. you never loose a wired controller
2. wireless control latencies are still more poor than my reflexes.
> Standardised MP3 support for in-game audio.
well then you have the problem that you need a harddrive, and of course this drives the cost up. Harddrives and video cards are the two items that haven't gotten cheaper over the years(video cards have gotten more expensive!).
> There are tons of other things they could add. But will they? Or will the PS3 be a PS2 with marginally better graphics?
I doubt it. There isn't demand.
> the desire to make money is often what drives proprietary software developers to address their users wants and needs
but also, the desire to make money is often what drives proprietary software developers to not address users wants and needs. For example, microsoft claiming that fixing bugs is not profitable.
don't complain about propriatary software, Micrsoft is just out to make money.
If Slashdot has only one opinion why do post like this always get moderated up.
"I know I'm going to get moderated down for this, but Micrsoft is a great company that brought the pc to the masses, without it's innovation we would still be stuck in the dark ages and linux would have never come to be"
I browse with highest rated comments first and whenever a story comes out that makes microsoft look bad there's always someone modded +5 to defend them.
> why should i ever buy a CD again?
So that you have a physical object with higher audio fidelity. Basically a pre-backed up version of the audio without restrictions.
I mean that I forgot the time when you can buy it again. I think it's 6:00 or something.
Can't buy alchohol after 2am.
sounds to me like it's not really changing your algorithm(same thing happens), but rather running it more efficiently. Or is there something I am missing?
either a poor compiler, or the optimization isn't turned on, or the function that is called is in another file.
Newer versions of msvc(if you can get the optimizing ones which are quite expensive), do this much better.
The following is perfectly valid code, though bad from a maintainability point of view.
well the first thing to optimize is the algorithm. Use a O(n^2) algorithm that does the same job as an O(e^n) algorithm if you can. Algorithmical optimization makes the most difference. I am working on a program who's speed is directly proportional to how how often a particular function is called. Well, I try to reduce calls to this function by various means, no compiler I've sean can optimize an algorithm, only the implementation of it. With that I'm happy to have the compiler do the work.
> You must be about the only person I've ever known that got taxed by Amazon.com.
You obviously don't live in Washington, Nevada, or the handfull of other states where Amazon has a physical presence. If you did you would be paying sales tax.
> For commecial vehicles, you can subtract 3. Simply because buses are good (keep people from driving themselves), and big trucks carry more with less emissions than several smaller ones.
Loop holes like this are always bad. If a bus polutes and burns alot it would still be cost effective for 20 people to take one and split the charge. You wouldn't even notice the difference in fare. Though since busses are run by the government they shouldn't even pay taxes. You just have to make sure that one big truck which carries twice as much as two small trucks doesn't get charged more than twice the tax. People will use whatever is most efficient. A smaller truck when that is all they need.
> No, moron. The whole reason the situation exists is because people are using less gas due to hybrids, etc. Raising the gas tax would cause more people to switch to hybrids, which would cause even less gas taxes to be collected
There is a limit to our technology with respect to fuel economy. Eventually if you keep raising taxes less people will drive(in theory, or you just start getting more money). If less people drive, you don't need as much road maintanance.
and the dumbest part of all this is that z3 is trademarked. Before you know it all random combinations of one number and letter will be trademarked. If BMW wants a trademark for their car they should have to come up with something a little more creative.
> easilly meets the hardware requirements for longhorn TODAY
nobody knows what the hardware requirements for longhorn will really be.
and don't forget that if you commit the fraud and walk out. They now have you real fingerprint on file which they can just turn over the police.
yes, when I worked at Microsoft, I thought now I would get to see what a properly run windows network was like. Turned out it was just like everyother windows network. Shit doesn't work. You see stuff by accident you aren't supposed to. Exchange still looses peoples email. in other words it just like any other windows network.
f$cking = fucking
why do people do this.
fuck, shit, asshole, cunt