I couldn't give a monkey's about the TV tuner crap, but ATi have consistently offered BY FAR the best DVD playing and RAMDAC performance (Matrox excepted on the RAMDAC) in their cards. For Mac users with BIG CRTs, ATi provides MUCH better image quality EVERY time. The MacOS nVidia drivers are buggy bastards, I'm afraid.
Unfortnately, it's not JUST him. The level of childishness in this market can be easily seen by the number of ludicrous names given to various gaming products such as "detonator" "annihalator" "eliminator" etc etc etc ad nauseam
...it's funny you should write that - their is a skip behind Sony Music (in Great Marlborough Street, Soho lovers) that is often overflowing with dumped CDs. They seem to scratch them to try and render them useless, but we all know just how well the ancient CD Reed Solomon code deals with scratches. A guy I used to work with has nicked PLENTY of discs out of that bin...
you don't know much about cars, or Sting. The Jag in question (S-type) will probably do 25-35mpg without much trouble, the wood in question is almost certainly walnut, and Sting - of course - is the world's most pretentious twat, who sold out his musical gifts many years ago for a dumptruck full of cocaine and a rather nice Tuscan estate.
maybe you haven't heard of Microsoft, Compaq, Dell, HP and Gateway. If you think that Macs are a minority pastime, try Linux or self-build PCs. x86 FREE, don't make me laugh.
well, seeing as this IS the networked age (err... isn't it?) why not do it online with DRM - in the TV business we do this kind of thing ALL the time with work in progress and sensitive advertisements. Just send the person the appropriate download or access key, backed up by a cast iron NDA for them to sign and voila! Media security achieved!
"So, you are right, it is good to have choice. It is good to be able to choose something besides proprietary software on proprietary hardware. Viva la x86, Viva la Linux."
since when is "x86" non-proprietary? I'll grant you Linux, but intense, margin slashing competition and economies of scale != freedom. If you take the positio that they DO, then the logical conclusion is that one design fits all, and that Linux developers would be better off working for Microsoft.
it's a real shame that you introduced the bogus notion of price intothis equation. Sure, Powermacs are RELATIVELY expensive, but not neccesarily ABSOLUTELY expensive. The dnetc results certainly indicate that the Motorola MPC 74xx is a competitiive product at least, with certain outstanding features. Vive la difference, I say, choice is a wonderful thing.
Has anyone found any other Benchmark comparisons of the G4 (besides the single photoshop benchmark on Apple's website) that might shed some light on the debate?
while I KNOW that the fastest x86 chips are currently ahead of the Moto G4, the G4 certainly can lay down the law when it's running the right kind of code. Look here:-
it's not a "Quicksilver" case. The case was introduced with the Yosemite PowerMac G3 in '98 and is known as "El Capitan". The cheapest way to get one would be with a 350Mhz Yosemite G3. The latest Apple towers have a superficially similar but heavily revised case.
no, no - the reason why it IS fair to describe Baird as "the inventor of TV" is that is was HIM that did the "tele" part by radio. The "vision" part was a widely distributed effort, but I think Farnsworth's claim IS the strongest there.
the French invented SOME stuff - and the very fact that they've got the best rail system in the world proves that they're not a bunch of total wankers.
don't pull that Dresden shit on us. The London Blitz was all the excuse you'd ever need for Dresden. If you add in Southampton, Coventry and Plymouth then I think they got off lightly by being allowed to live at all after trying to enslave the whole fucking continent. And if you think we British are still pissed off at the Nazis, try a Russian or a Pole for size.
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dice? wtf are you talking about?
I couldn't give a monkey's about the TV tuner crap, but ATi have consistently offered BY FAR the best DVD playing and RAMDAC performance (Matrox excepted on the RAMDAC) in their cards. For Mac users with BIG CRTs, ATi provides MUCH better image quality EVERY time. The MacOS nVidia drivers are buggy bastards, I'm afraid.
Unfortnately, it's not JUST him. The level of childishness in this market can be easily seen by the number of ludicrous names given to various gaming products such as "detonator" "annihalator" "eliminator" etc etc etc ad nauseam
Urban : 21.1 - 15.3mpg
Extra Urban : 38.7 - 30.5mpg
Combined : 29.6 - 22.5mpg
These are the UK published figures, so I wasn't far off (looks like the American system gives shitty figures, too).
what, of Sting's good looks and enormous fortune? not me...
...it's funny you should write that - their is a skip behind Sony Music (in Great Marlborough Street, Soho lovers) that is often overflowing with dumped CDs. They seem to scratch them to try and render them useless, but we all know just how well the ancient CD Reed Solomon code deals with scratches. A guy I used to work with has nicked PLENTY of discs out of that bin...
you don't know much about cars, or Sting. The Jag in question (S-type) will probably do 25-35mpg without much trouble, the wood in question is almost certainly walnut, and Sting - of course - is the world's most pretentious twat, who sold out his musical gifts many years ago for a dumptruck full of cocaine and a rather nice Tuscan estate.
maybe you haven't heard of Microsoft, Compaq, Dell, HP and Gateway. If you think that Macs are a minority pastime, try Linux or self-build PCs. x86 FREE, don't make me laugh.
I think the problem's up your end
well, seeing as this IS the networked age (err... isn't it?) why not do it online with DRM - in the TV business we do this kind of thing ALL the time with work in progress and sensitive advertisements. Just send the person the appropriate download or access key, backed up by a cast iron NDA for them to sign and voila! Media security achieved!
why bother when you can just crack the case, rip the disc and then reglue? you're obviousy not very sneaky.
"So, you are right, it is good to have choice. It is good to be able to choose something besides proprietary software on proprietary hardware. Viva la x86, Viva la Linux."
since when is "x86" non-proprietary? I'll grant you Linux, but intense, margin slashing competition and economies of scale != freedom. If you take the positio that they DO, then the logical conclusion is that one design fits all, and that Linux developers would be better off working for Microsoft.
it's a real shame that you introduced the bogus notion of price intothis equation. Sure, Powermacs are RELATIVELY expensive, but not neccesarily ABSOLUTELY expensive. The dnetc results certainly indicate that the Motorola MPC 74xx is a competitiive product at least, with certain outstanding features. Vive la difference, I say, choice is a wonderful thing.
sorry to break it to you, but there's absolutely NOTHING cool about winning Quakecon.
Has anyone found any other Benchmark comparisons of the G4 (besides the single photoshop benchmark on Apple's website) that might shed some light on the debate?
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while I KNOW that the fastest x86 chips are currently ahead of the Moto G4, the G4 certainly can lay down the law when it's running the right kind of code. Look here:-
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it's not a "Quicksilver" case. The case was introduced with the Yosemite PowerMac G3 in '98 and is known as "El Capitan". The cheapest way to get one would be with a 350Mhz Yosemite G3. The latest Apple towers have a superficially similar but heavily revised case.
Jeeps are for fucking Barbie and Ken. Real men drive Honda Civics and women crazy in bed.
why would anyone post a comment like that unless they were on Dell's payroll?
I understand that the eye can manage about 13-15 lines per degree at best.
no, no - the reason why it IS fair to describe Baird as "the inventor of TV" is that is was HIM that did the "tele" part by radio. The "vision" part was a widely distributed effort, but I think Farnsworth's claim IS the strongest there.
"Interviews with Steve Wozniak are always a fun read (mainly because he is one of the few legends in the computing industry with a real personality"
hey, that's not fair! Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have personalities too, just unpleasant ones...
that's a pretty easy argument when your capital city ISN'T in ruins.
the French invented SOME stuff - and the very fact that they've got the best rail system in the world proves that they're not a bunch of total wankers.
don't pull that Dresden shit on us. The London Blitz was all the excuse you'd ever need for Dresden. If you add in Southampton, Coventry and Plymouth then I think they got off lightly by being allowed to live at all after trying to enslave the whole fucking continent. And if you think we British are still pissed off at the Nazis, try a Russian or a Pole for size.
hahaha, the might Britain reduced to being a fucking lackey
when America is forced to kneel before China, you'll be eating those badly chosen words.