I meant with regards to statements like it will play DX 9 and 10 games just fine. I've never seen an Intel GPU solution that plays an game with significant 3D accelleration needs 'fine'.
Intel has been saying with each and every iteration of graphics hardware that it's created that it would be 'competetive'. None have been except at the very, very low end. I like Intel's CPU's quite a bit, but I have heard the boy who cried wolf too many times from them with regards to GPU's to take them very seriously at this point.
I am still trying to find out where the probable cause for a search is. This is no different than asking for permission to wiretap anyone and everyone without a warrant. Oh wait, nevermind, they are doing that too. I guess at least you can't say they are hypocrits; their actions have been fairly consistent and very unconstitutional.
I will be modded down as a troll no doubt, but I have maintained for many years that the real purpose of government run public schools in the US is to indoctrinate, not educate. I saw it beginning when I was young, and having now raised a child who will graduate from High School this year I have seen it get steadily worse.
Yes, it could be contributing. Could is the operative word. As I said, I am sure we are making some contribution just as all lifeforms do. What I disagree with is the current panic and the false 'concensus' that people blather about.
I agree but I would also add that there is absolutely no proof that we are contributing significantly to the warming trend. I'm sure we have some effect, *all* lifeforms affect their environment. I'm also sure it's a good thing to cut down on pollution, but it's NOT a good thing to play chicken little when we haven't a clue about the climate long term and have very little history to compare it to.
I guess it depends on the type of food, but a $0.60 increase on a $2.00 loaf of bread is a far cry from doubling, which is what rice prices in Asia have done.
Are C developers lazy because they let the compiler do the dirty work of register allocation?
If they never bothered to learn how to manually allocate registers and resources then yes, yes they are. I have no problems with using higher level languages and things like garbage collection. It's the not learning how to do it yourself part that troubles me.
Actually in general I agree, but I also think that every single CS student should have to write his/her own garbage collection libraries/routines before they ever graduate. It's like teaching someone to walk on crutches otherwise.
Ah, nostalgia. I started coding around age 12. I did use BASIC at first, but found out very quickly how to POKE opcodes directly into memory, so I started doing most stuff in Z-80 machine language (not assembly, there were no memnonics for the opcodes with what I had to work with). Then came Pascal, then the C's, etc.
Proper coding is language and GUI independant. I'd love to see some 'coders' who are used to doing everything all nice and GUI'ish write a device driver or OS kernel (yes, I've done both). Not all, but many, are not really very good these days and the quality or lack thereof of software and all the bloat it entails stands as a testement to that fact.
I consider a proper coder to be anyone who can write a proper flowchart and the pseudo-code/logic for their target application. It has nothing to do with the language they finally use to implement.
That being said, I agree with you otherwise. The first thing I thought of when I read the summary was 'lazy coders' when garbage collection was cited as a driving factor. That's the sad fact; many of the kids being cranked out of schools today can't code their way out of a paper bag without a compiler/interpreter that does most of the dirty work for them.
That must be why almost every version of Windows requires a reboot for even the most trivial of changes or updates. Vista is a bit better in this regard but it still needs a reboot when kernel level patches are applied.
It's called 'Climate Change' now for exactly the reasons GP stated. The whole 'Climate Change' scare is just another power/money grab. The science is NOT at all settled, and the infamous UN report was penned and influenced by non scientist politicians.
Talk to me in 20 years when the glaciers are advancing.
Have you seen the recent news about food prices in Asia? Rice prices have doubled and people are starting to protest and even riot. If the current trends continue, including the short sightedness of trying to use food as fuel, that emerging market could collapse rather quickly.
We are *so* insulated here in the US and Europe. Food prices have inched up here, but nothing like what they've done in developing parts of the world. Maybe we should stop paying farmers to NOT grow food, then maybe people will be able to afford iPods in other parts of the world.
Then again, as others have pointed out in this discussion, they are more likely to buy cheap fakes anyways.
I would not go that far. While my 'favorite' is still Windows 2000, I'm not unhappy with my Vista machine and XP could arguably be said to have improved on earlier versions as well.
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I've often bitched about the over use of the whatcouldpossiblygowrong tag, but if ever there was a time for it, this is it.
You are correct. I should have looked it up in the first place. Still, I was hardly off topic as the mods seemed to believe :)
I meant with regards to statements like it will play DX 9 and 10 games just fine. I've never seen an Intel GPU solution that plays an game with significant 3D accelleration needs 'fine'.
I think it was a spelling error. The word is 'staunches' and I believe it's spelled the same in US and UK English.
Oh I do tend to agree. I am just sick of hearing them talk about it. Show me a shipping product.
I miss being able to fry my morning egg on my CPU heatsink. Now I have to go all the way downstairs and use the damn stove.
Intel has been saying with each and every iteration of graphics hardware that it's created that it would be 'competetive'. None have been except at the very, very low end. I like Intel's CPU's quite a bit, but I have heard the boy who cried wolf too many times from them with regards to GPU's to take them very seriously at this point.
I am still trying to find out where the probable cause for a search is. This is no different than asking for permission to wiretap anyone and everyone without a warrant. Oh wait, nevermind, they are doing that too. I guess at least you can't say they are hypocrits; their actions have been fairly consistent and very unconstitutional.
I will be modded down as a troll no doubt, but I have maintained for many years that the real purpose of government run public schools in the US is to indoctrinate, not educate. I saw it beginning when I was young, and having now raised a child who will graduate from High School this year I have seen it get steadily worse.
Unfortunately it's probably more like 70%, with 30% being actual Tolkien fans who know better.
I may not even go see The Hobbit after this crap.
They are going to make it up, completely. In this instance sequel is code for "Let's milk all the $$$ we can out of this."
Yes, it could be contributing. Could is the operative word. As I said, I am sure we are making some contribution just as all lifeforms do. What I disagree with is the current panic and the false 'concensus' that people blather about.
I agree but I would also add that there is absolutely no proof that we are contributing significantly to the warming trend. I'm sure we have some effect, *all* lifeforms affect their environment. I'm also sure it's a good thing to cut down on pollution, but it's NOT a good thing to play chicken little when we haven't a clue about the climate long term and have very little history to compare it to.
I guess it depends on the type of food, but a $0.60 increase on a $2.00 loaf of bread is a far cry from doubling, which is what rice prices in Asia have done.
Because of this: The only solution I can see is single-payer universal coverage along the lines of the Canadian model
The submitter obviously has a political agenda and spun the submission thusly.
Are C developers lazy because they let the compiler do the dirty work of register allocation?
If they never bothered to learn how to manually allocate registers and resources then yes, yes they are. I have no problems with using higher level languages and things like garbage collection. It's the not learning how to do it yourself part that troubles me.
YOU HAD 8 KILOBYTES TO WORK WITH???? Lucky you ;)
Just teasing...a little. I started on 4k. The expansion to 16k gave me a woody (remember, I was like 12 or 13 at the time).
Actually in general I agree, but I also think that every single CS student should have to write his/her own garbage collection libraries/routines before they ever graduate. It's like teaching someone to walk on crutches otherwise.
Ah, nostalgia. I started coding around age 12. I did use BASIC at first, but found out very quickly how to POKE opcodes directly into memory, so I started doing most stuff in Z-80 machine language (not assembly, there were no memnonics for the opcodes with what I had to work with). Then came Pascal, then the C's, etc.
Proper coding is language and GUI independant. I'd love to see some 'coders' who are used to doing everything all nice and GUI'ish write a device driver or OS kernel (yes, I've done both). Not all, but many, are not really very good these days and the quality or lack thereof of software and all the bloat it entails stands as a testement to that fact.
I consider a proper coder to be anyone who can write a proper flowchart and the pseudo-code/logic for their target application. It has nothing to do with the language they finally use to implement.
That being said, I agree with you otherwise. The first thing I thought of when I read the summary was 'lazy coders' when garbage collection was cited as a driving factor. That's the sad fact; many of the kids being cranked out of schools today can't code their way out of a paper bag without a compiler/interpreter that does most of the dirty work for them.
Yeah I know. Get off my lawn.
That must be why almost every version of Windows requires a reboot for even the most trivial of changes or updates. Vista is a bit better in this regard but it still needs a reboot when kernel level patches are applied.
It's called 'Climate Change' now for exactly the reasons GP stated. The whole 'Climate Change' scare is just another power/money grab. The science is NOT at all settled, and the infamous UN report was penned and influenced by non scientist politicians.
Talk to me in 20 years when the glaciers are advancing.
Your ideas are relevant to my interests. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Seriously, I consider all DRM to be a form of malware in a sense.
Have you seen the recent news about food prices in Asia? Rice prices have doubled and people are starting to protest and even riot. If the current trends continue, including the short sightedness of trying to use food as fuel, that emerging market could collapse rather quickly.
We are *so* insulated here in the US and Europe. Food prices have inched up here, but nothing like what they've done in developing parts of the world. Maybe we should stop paying farmers to NOT grow food, then maybe people will be able to afford iPods in other parts of the world.
Then again, as others have pointed out in this discussion, they are more likely to buy cheap fakes anyways.
I would not go that far. While my 'favorite' is still Windows 2000, I'm not unhappy with my Vista machine and XP could arguably be said to have improved on earlier versions as well.