Quake vs Half-Life arguments aside, this is a problem because they have deceitfully and specifically massaged the drivers to yield slightly better performance under Q3 because they know it is often used as a benchmark in video-card "shootout" articles in magazines and web-sites the world over.
There is no problem with app-specific performance enhancements to a driver (or anything for that matter) if the purpose is to truly provide better performance to the user, but this is not the case here - this is an underhanded trick to get better numbers and more favorable comparisons printed in magazines.
Wow.. it's about time the EFF finally put up the forefinger of logic and said "hey, wait a sec" in regard to the anti-spam movement.
This has to be one of the most often grossly exagerrated problems anyone ever cites -- receive a few unsolicited emails and your inbox is "filled" with spam. And so off you go to champion hamstringing the the email system, banning ISPs, etc, etc.
I am as annoyed by spam as the next guy. But I understand that any time I receive any piece of unsolicited email it is because *I* supplied my email address to the spammer - either directly or indirectly. There are a number of methods an individual can use to reduce the amount of spam received that are quite effective.
These days I get more annoying crap from friends, co-workers and other associates than spam. I'm amazed at how some people can overlook all of the chain letters, images, flash movies and other crap that truly does chew up their resources and then go ballistic when they receive one piece of email that can technically be classified as spam.
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The rules seem to be pretty open - perhaps guide wires could be used ala CO2 racers.
Quake vs Half-Life arguments aside, this is a problem because they have deceitfully and specifically massaged the drivers to yield slightly better performance under Q3 because they know it is often used as a benchmark in video-card "shootout" articles in magazines and web-sites the world over. There is no problem with app-specific performance enhancements to a driver (or anything for that matter) if the purpose is to truly provide better performance to the user, but this is not the case here - this is an underhanded trick to get better numbers and more favorable comparisons printed in magazines.
Wow.. it's about time the EFF finally put up the forefinger of logic and said "hey, wait a sec" in regard to the anti-spam movement. This has to be one of the most often grossly exagerrated problems anyone ever cites -- receive a few unsolicited emails and your inbox is "filled" with spam. And so off you go to champion hamstringing the the email system, banning ISPs, etc, etc. I am as annoyed by spam as the next guy. But I understand that any time I receive any piece of unsolicited email it is because *I* supplied my email address to the spammer - either directly or indirectly. There are a number of methods an individual can use to reduce the amount of spam received that are quite effective. These days I get more annoying crap from friends, co-workers and other associates than spam. I'm amazed at how some people can overlook all of the chain letters, images, flash movies and other crap that truly does chew up their resources and then go ballistic when they receive one piece of email that can technically be classified as spam.