Well the part of this that actually stores data may be the size of a sugarcube, but if you've ever seen the size of a 400MHz NMR I think you might reconsider your statement. (oh, and leave your wallet at home when you go to work to avoid the NMR's huge magnet going through your credit cards.)
No it wouldn't. Those companies manufacture _huge_ amounts of drives, and preloading them with software would mean a lot of extra work which will of course result in a higher price. I wouldn't pay a single buck more to have my new harddrive preloaded with crap I don't want.
"Rhapsody is a subscription service that pays musicians, record labels, publishers, and songwriters for the music you listen to"
My guess is that it's safe to remove "musicians" and "songwriters" from that list, and just admit to the fact that 99.999% of your monthly $9.95 goes directly to "record labels" and "publishers". Which brings me to another point: Why the f#% should "publishers" get any money? Audiogalaxy/Rhapsody is doing all the publishing here....
Anyway, this kind of business model doesn't work. People still like to actually get to keep what they buy. I'm guessing on bankrupcy within 3 months....
Sure, I'll apply for lead programmer.
Now all I need is a million years experience as a developer, knowledge of all possible API's out there, a PhD in maths, chemistry, graphical design and one in psychology, 25 years experience in the gaming industry, a neat house and a great car.
Just hope a girlfriend isn't required.
... which has heaps of functionality for scientific visualization (which is what it was designed for), but is not fast enough (or very suitable for that matter) to create games with.
Regarding your second paragraph: the GPL does NOT allow you to use GPL'ed code in a commercial application. The LGPL however does.
So, if you're plaaning to use Ogre in a commercial project, you're just going to have to wait for the team to dual license it, like Qt.
3D graphics has unlimited areas of application, and different libraries are made for different purposes. For instance, the Visaulization Toolkit (VTK) is for designed and implemented for scientific data visualization, while CrystalSpace is designed for games.
Except for this I'm not going to add more fuel to the "why not merge KDE and Gnome" etc. discussions. Do your research, and you'll most likely end up with a bit more nuanced opinion yourself.
Students should strive to isolate themselves. It is the best way to prepare them for getting a real job at a real company when they graduate.
I mean, did you ever hear of a job where you actually had to cooperate with others? Where you could knock on some colleagues door and ask a simple question instead of spending an hour digging it out of some book? Come on... get real.
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Well the part of this that actually stores data may be the size of a sugarcube, but if you've ever seen the size of a 400MHz NMR I think you might reconsider your statement. (oh, and leave your wallet at home when you go to work to avoid the NMR's huge magnet going through your credit cards.)
You could have grabbed Gimp for Windoze :)
No it wouldn't. Those companies manufacture _huge_ amounts of drives, and preloading them with software would mean a lot of extra work which will of course result in a higher price. I wouldn't pay a single buck more to have my new harddrive preloaded with crap I don't want.
"Rhapsody is a subscription service that pays musicians, record labels, publishers, and songwriters for the music you listen to"
My guess is that it's safe to remove "musicians" and "songwriters" from that list, and just admit to the fact that 99.999% of your monthly $9.95 goes directly to "record labels" and "publishers". Which brings me to another point: Why the f#% should "publishers" get any money? Audiogalaxy/Rhapsody is doing all the publishing here....
Anyway, this kind of business model doesn't work. People still like to actually get to keep what they buy. I'm guessing on bankrupcy within 3 months....
Sure, I'll apply for lead programmer. Now all I need is a million years experience as a developer, knowledge of all possible API's out there, a PhD in maths, chemistry, graphical design and one in psychology, 25 years experience in the gaming industry, a neat house and a great car. Just hope a girlfriend isn't required.
Yes, you'll have to distribute the code, which for the _wast_ majority of software companies is not an option.
... which has heaps of functionality for scientific visualization (which is what it was designed for), but is not fast enough (or very suitable for that matter) to create games with.
Regarding your second paragraph: the GPL does NOT allow you to use GPL'ed code in a commercial application. The LGPL however does. So, if you're plaaning to use Ogre in a commercial project, you're just going to have to wait for the team to dual license it, like Qt.
3D graphics has unlimited areas of application, and different libraries are made for different purposes. For instance, the Visaulization Toolkit (VTK) is for designed and implemented for scientific data visualization, while CrystalSpace is designed for games. Except for this I'm not going to add more fuel to the "why not merge KDE and Gnome" etc. discussions. Do your research, and you'll most likely end up with a bit more nuanced opinion yourself.
Yes it is, only CS is cross platform, while Ogre is not.
Students should strive to isolate themselves. It is the best way to prepare them for getting a real job at a real company when they graduate.
I mean, did you ever hear of a job where you actually had to cooperate with others? Where you could knock on some colleagues door and ask a simple question instead of spending an hour digging it out of some book? Come on... get real.
Why do they use 133 SDRAM instead of the Double Data Rate everyone else is using these days? (well, except for you know who)