Back in The Day I had a GT snowracer. Had metal spike-things that were driven into the ground when you pushed the breaks with your feet. Worked pretty well.
Maybe they still make them, or similar kinds, or maybe you could find an old one.
Oh yeah, and having a steering wheel rocked too;-)
Hasn't Windows supported IPv6 since Win2000?
Somebody must be hoarding all the IPs, because IPv4 allows for 4228250625 IPs, not excluding any restricted ones like LAN IPs or anything at all. Still, there aren't even that many computers on the planet so it still shouldn't be a problem any time soon. I guess it's due to companies buying more IPs than they need, or using them when they are not needed.
Anyhow, I don't know all that much about networking so I could be wrong about anything I say about it.
Maybe I can clear up a few points and refute some others.
1) I also don't know how the AC came up with that idea, since I never applied to McGill. I applied to John Abbott College and was accepted.
2) I do make spelling mistakes, but I doubt they are as frequent as you seem to think they are, nor do I care as I don't really think they matter in such an environment.
3) I puchased my computer and all games myself using money I earned myself. I fail to see how my choice of entertainment is a burden on my parent since I pay for it myself.
Now for some responses to your questions:
1) I have a copy on my hard drive because I am interested in new technology in 3D gaming. I care little about the game or how fast it runs at this point, in fact it is certainly much worse than simply unplayable on my machine. This would also probably explain why I actively follow Tenebrae's progress even though I find Quake 1 quite boring.
2) See response #1
3) You obviously thought it was a fake, you even tried to justify your conclusion with dubious claims. Denying it after you're proven wrong is just lame.
4) Yes, I do suppose I'd have to be on some kind of hallucinogen to experience such things, though I aluded to that in my original post.
As for my interest in DivX, I am quite interested in video compression technology. I try to keep up with the latest new developments, and my primary use of DivX is to do the occasional encode, for example I'm set up to encode a short-film bein produced by a friend. However, I must admit that, lacking a DVD player, DivX is certainly handy for storing copies of movies that I enjoy. I've even been known to purchase the odd DVD to have someone encode it for me, though I really ought to buy a DVD drive. As for a job, I currently have one, but being a full time student I don't work more than a few hours a week. It does produce some spending money however. It mostly provides funds to purchase new hardware and games, as I stated above.
You sir, are a flamer. But I'll give you this; you write an excellent flame, certainly much better than I am capable of, and I got quite a laugh from reading your post. Keep up the good work.
What with the framerate hit WineX gives you, and DooM Alpha being unplayable on most systems today (GeForce 3 on AthlonXP 1900+ here, and when I fire I'm waiting 20-30 seconds for the next frame to render), it will be even worse on WineX.
There have been linux ports of every Id game so far. Just be patient and wait for the DooM 3 linux port.
If it's so fake, could you kindly explain to me why I have a copy of it on my hard-drive and have played it? If it's fake, what was I experiencing when I was trying it out? Was my brain put into some sort of hallucination?
Get it through your obviously thick skull; if so many people have it (myself included), then it's obviously not fake.
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None of this applies, we're talking corporate instant messengers here, where you run a local IM server, not using the free consumer messengers.
I have to agree with previous posts. Email is not a file transfer protocol, it's a mail protocol. It's designed for text. If you want to send files, use a protocol that was designed for it like FTP, HTTP, or DCC file transfer.
If your company is smart they use an instant messenger. If not, I suggest you use one. Using an instant messenger users can send files between each other without going through servers.
People have ported DooM, Quake, and even Quake II to the Pocket PC. Last I heard DooM and Quake ran at very playable speeds. Now I hear news about some new commercial engine that doesn't even look as good as DooM, and I'm supposed to be impressed? Sorry, not buying it.
Not true at all! If you look at the DivX certification page, notice how in order to get DivX certification your product must decode DivX 3.xx as WELL as 4 and 5. And DivX networks and KiSS have already announced that the next DVD player will be DivX certified.
Besides, DivX 4-5 are capable of decoding DivX 3.11 content, and I don't see Microsoft knocking on their door.
Besides, MPEG-4 is supposed to be decoder-independant... That is, any MPEG-4 decoder can decode content from any MPEG-4 encoder. This isn't the case with many codecs because they do non-standard stuff, but it would weaken Microsoft's case. Anyhow, Microsoft is busy pimping WMV9, it'd send the wrong image if they tried to defend an old defunct format like the original codec behind DivX 3.11
Forgive me if I don't know much about it, but why should it be so hard to make it platform independant? I would think most of the proccessing to be done would be just a recompile away from another platform, and sockets on *nix are virtually identical to on the PC. So what's the big thing that's making this so difficult for them?
People might say it's not that easy, but it really is. There are several ISPs that operate EVERYWHERE that Sympatico does, and offers their services at a SUBSTANTIALLY lower cost. I switched over to iStop (http://www.istop.com) a few months ago, and I'm loving it.
I suggest you inquire in the newsgroup can.internet.highspeed about a good ISP in your area, I'm sure Bob Carrick will point you towards his excellent ISP website.
If you're wondering why iStop doesn't offer 3.5mbit residential atm, it's because Bell raised the price for all new lines, and iStop decided they'd rather stop offering the service for new customers than charge old customers way less than what they charge new customers. Ralph Doncaster, owner of iStop, has said that he fully expects Bell Nexxia to once again offer the lower prices for 3.5mbit lines, so he'll be able to offer it again in the future.
McGill passed up a college student, surprise surprise. Last time I checked you had to have a DEC to go to university.
Maybe some people understand that one's grammar on troll-infested messageboards is not even remotely the most important thing in the world. You are obviously not one of them. If it is your whim that I use a spell-checker before every post, you can piss off.
When will Palm learn their lesson and put a decent CPU in their handhelds? PocketPC machines have had 266mhz ARM procs for ages, and recently upgraded to the 400Mhz XScale processor...
This thing costs ~600$ (CDN), and isn't even DivX certified because it doesn't play 3.xx content, which is probably more widely used than 4.xx or 5.xx. I can go to Radio Shack and buy a DVD player for 100$ (CDN), and I know for certain that an MPEG-4 decoder chip does NOT cost 500$!
When these things cost under 200$ (CDN), and are truely DivX certified, I'll buy one. Until then... I could put together a cheap PC with S-Video out for half this price.
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As long as the compiler is efficient and very good at optimizing, more abstraction is OK. But if abstraction comes at the price of too much speed (Or executable bulk), then the compiler should not exist.
Wow, you've shown your ability to copy and paste text from a website. You American's must be such an advanced country to have mastered this difficult art! I congradulate you on your technological acheivment.
Traitor to what? I'm not American, and proud of it. Like the rest of the world is. Open your eyes and see that resentment against the US is building, and for good reason... Just look at your own behaviour and try to think if it could possibly make anyone like the US more. Didn't think so.
In Québec, there used to be a loophole allowing immigrants to go to an english private school that was not funded by the government. One of my best friends was a romanian immigrant who was forced out of the public system by the government when they intervened to prevent him from attending the next year at the same school. Of course, the government recently closed this loophole so even someone from England is forced into french school. It's completely rediculous.
Nevertheless, LCD technology is improving at a very fast pace (While CRT is certainly not). Further more, future flatscreen technologies such as organic LEDs will soon be seen in flatscreens, and they're supposed to blow away LCD with thickness (Credit-card thick) and response time... Plus you can roll or fold them!
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Back in The Day I had a GT snowracer. Had metal spike-things that were driven into the ground when you pushed the breaks with your feet. Worked pretty well.
;-)
Maybe they still make them, or similar kinds, or maybe you could find an old one.
Oh yeah, and having a steering wheel rocked too
Why one institution needs sixteen and a half million IPs is beyond me...
Hasn't Windows supported IPv6 since Win2000? Somebody must be hoarding all the IPs, because IPv4 allows for 4228250625 IPs, not excluding any restricted ones like LAN IPs or anything at all. Still, there aren't even that many computers on the planet so it still shouldn't be a problem any time soon. I guess it's due to companies buying more IPs than they need, or using them when they are not needed. Anyhow, I don't know all that much about networking so I could be wrong about anything I say about it.
You're lucky, patience is something I wish I had more of ;-)
Maybe I can clear up a few points and refute some others.
1) I also don't know how the AC came up with that idea, since I never applied to McGill. I applied to John Abbott College and was accepted.
2) I do make spelling mistakes, but I doubt they are as frequent as you seem to think they are, nor do I care as I don't really think they matter in such an environment.
3) I puchased my computer and all games myself using money I earned myself. I fail to see how my choice of entertainment is a burden on my parent since I pay for it myself.
Now for some responses to your questions:
1) I have a copy on my hard drive because I am interested in new technology in 3D gaming. I care little about the game or how fast it runs at this point, in fact it is certainly much worse than simply unplayable on my machine. This would also probably explain why I actively follow Tenebrae's progress even though I find Quake 1 quite boring.
2) See response #1
3) You obviously thought it was a fake, you even tried to justify your conclusion with dubious claims. Denying it after you're proven wrong is just lame.
4) Yes, I do suppose I'd have to be on some kind of hallucinogen to experience such things, though I aluded to that in my original post.
As for my interest in DivX, I am quite interested in video compression technology. I try to keep up with the latest new developments, and my primary use of DivX is to do the occasional encode, for example I'm set up to encode a short-film bein produced by a friend. However, I must admit that, lacking a DVD player, DivX is certainly handy for storing copies of movies that I enjoy. I've even been known to purchase the odd DVD to have someone encode it for me, though I really ought to buy a DVD drive. As for a job, I currently have one, but being a full time student I don't work more than a few hours a week. It does produce some spending money however. It mostly provides funds to purchase new hardware and games, as I stated above.
You sir, are a flamer. But I'll give you this; you write an excellent flame, certainly much better than I am capable of, and I got quite a laugh from reading your post. Keep up the good work.
What with the framerate hit WineX gives you, and DooM Alpha being unplayable on most systems today (GeForce 3 on AthlonXP 1900+ here, and when I fire I'm waiting 20-30 seconds for the next frame to render), it will be even worse on WineX. There have been linux ports of every Id game so far. Just be patient and wait for the DooM 3 linux port.
If it's so fake, could you kindly explain to me why I have a copy of it on my hard-drive and have played it? If it's fake, what was I experiencing when I was trying it out? Was my brain put into some sort of hallucination?
Get it through your obviously thick skull; if so many people have it (myself included), then it's obviously not fake.
None of this applies, we're talking corporate instant messengers here, where you run a local IM server, not using the free consumer messengers.
I have to agree with previous posts. Email is not a file transfer protocol, it's a mail protocol. It's designed for text. If you want to send files, use a protocol that was designed for it like FTP, HTTP, or DCC file transfer.
If your company is smart they use an instant messenger. If not, I suggest you use one. Using an instant messenger users can send files between each other without going through servers.
People have ported DooM, Quake, and even Quake II to the Pocket PC. Last I heard DooM and Quake ran at very playable speeds. Now I hear news about some new commercial engine that doesn't even look as good as DooM, and I'm supposed to be impressed? Sorry, not buying it.
Not true at all! If you look at the DivX certification page, notice how in order to get DivX certification your product must decode DivX 3.xx as WELL as 4 and 5. And DivX networks and KiSS have already announced that the next DVD player will be DivX certified. Besides, DivX 4-5 are capable of decoding DivX 3.11 content, and I don't see Microsoft knocking on their door. Besides, MPEG-4 is supposed to be decoder-independant... That is, any MPEG-4 decoder can decode content from any MPEG-4 encoder. This isn't the case with many codecs because they do non-standard stuff, but it would weaken Microsoft's case. Anyhow, Microsoft is busy pimping WMV9, it'd send the wrong image if they tried to defend an old defunct format like the original codec behind DivX 3.11
Forgive me if I don't know much about it, but why should it be so hard to make it platform independant? I would think most of the proccessing to be done would be just a recompile away from another platform, and sockets on *nix are virtually identical to on the PC. So what's the big thing that's making this so difficult for them?
People might say it's not that easy, but it really is. There are several ISPs that operate EVERYWHERE that Sympatico does, and offers their services at a SUBSTANTIALLY lower cost. I switched over to iStop (http://www.istop.com) a few months ago, and I'm loving it.
I suggest you inquire in the newsgroup can.internet.highspeed about a good ISP in your area, I'm sure Bob Carrick will point you towards his excellent ISP website.
If you're wondering why iStop doesn't offer 3.5mbit residential atm, it's because Bell raised the price for all new lines, and iStop decided they'd rather stop offering the service for new customers than charge old customers way less than what they charge new customers. Ralph Doncaster, owner of iStop, has said that he fully expects Bell Nexxia to once again offer the lower prices for 3.5mbit lines, so he'll be able to offer it again in the future.
Overclocking? Has anybody ever tried to OC a C64?
McGill passed up a college student, surprise surprise. Last time I checked you had to have a DEC to go to university.
Maybe some people understand that one's grammar on troll-infested messageboards is not even remotely the most important thing in the world. You are obviously not one of them. If it is your whim that I use a spell-checker before every post, you can piss off.
AFAIK not without an add-in card.
When will Palm learn their lesson and put a decent CPU in their handhelds? PocketPC machines have had 266mhz ARM procs for ages, and recently upgraded to the 400Mhz XScale processor...
This thing costs ~600$ (CDN), and isn't even DivX certified because it doesn't play 3.xx content, which is probably more widely used than 4.xx or 5.xx. I can go to Radio Shack and buy a DVD player for 100$ (CDN), and I know for certain that an MPEG-4 decoder chip does NOT cost 500$!
When these things cost under 200$ (CDN), and are truely DivX certified, I'll buy one. Until then... I could put together a cheap PC with S-Video out for half this price.
As long as the compiler is efficient and very good at optimizing, more abstraction is OK. But if abstraction comes at the price of too much speed (Or executable bulk), then the compiler should not exist.
Wow, you've shown your ability to copy and paste text from a website. You American's must be such an advanced country to have mastered this difficult art! I congradulate you on your technological acheivment.
Traitor to what? I'm not American, and proud of it. Like the rest of the world is. Open your eyes and see that resentment against the US is building, and for good reason... Just look at your own behaviour and try to think if it could possibly make anyone like the US more. Didn't think so.
In Québec, there used to be a loophole allowing immigrants to go to an english private school that was not funded by the government. One of my best friends was a romanian immigrant who was forced out of the public system by the government when they intervened to prevent him from attending the next year at the same school. Of course, the government recently closed this loophole so even someone from England is forced into french school. It's completely rediculous.
I haven't seen Miller since he was on SNL. The joke is not the most difficult to devise for yourself.
Nevertheless, LCD technology is improving at a very fast pace (While CRT is certainly not). Further more, future flatscreen technologies such as organic LEDs will soon be seen in flatscreens, and they're supposed to blow away LCD with thickness (Credit-card thick) and response time... Plus you can roll or fold them!
You're talking about CRTs, of course. Because LCDs DON'T FLICKER, therefore don't cause eye strain the same way CRTs do.