Not everyone wants to learn the differences in rendering times for document types, and a lot of people just don't care. I'll agree, this is stupid -- consumers should always be informed ones. Maybe the answer is three fold:
1) Manufacturers should report "true" PPM ratings for different types of print jobs. Cite real-world examples, as well as hard stats for us techies.
2) Point of sale people need to stop being fucking crooks, selling the most expensive printer with the highest PPM rating as "the best".
3) People DO need to read up a bit before going and buying something.
Thanks! Is there much a difference in the look of a game rendered by OpenGL as opposed to DirectX? Or does that basically not make any difference due to the fact that the card's doing all the work?
I doubt there's much you'd be able to do with programs that make specific calls to the IE.exe for rendered content. If a programmer makes calls to the user's default selected browser then I'd bet it would load in that.
And this is just me having not run Linux on a decent machine for a long long time.:) How is Linux for handling games that are heavy on the 3D? I've never bothered using it for 3D gaming at all, so if anyone could enlighten me on this it would be great.
Oh, so now we're complaining about what the article DOESN'T say? Christ people, get it together. This is an article on a news service. Picking significant details out of the fluff it says is bad enough, but pulling them out of thin air and making them significant because they're NOT in the article is worse.
This interface guideline stuff was a great read, even as someone who's a Windows developer (please, no stone throwing:D ).
Anyway, it seems that Apple's got a swath of new Switch ads available and they've conveniently left the old Ellen Feiss one there (probably because it's so damn popular. Enjoy.:)
A lot of people perceive mac releases to be some fraction of their PC counterpart, but in the last 12 months, there's been exactly ZERO games that I've wanted to play and couldn't get a mac vs. or expect one in the near future.
Good point there. A lot of mainstream games simply don't interest some people. I will agree with your other point, that recently Mac versions of games have been coming more and more frequently. Don't get me wrong, I'm very much for this! I think the Mac platform as a whole doesn't get as much notoriety as it should.
I guess I should have asked for INTELLIGENT comments, not scathing and/or idiotic ones.
If "good, solid" means "a fraction of a fraction of" then your statement holds. At any rate, I never stated there were NO games for the mac, just a very small amount, comparatively.
Modded down for flamebait? of COURSE, but mod down the idiot I was responding to. Christ this site amazes me sometimes.
The problem is the userbase: 4% apple, 1% linux, and you can guess where the other 95% is. So you compete for the mac game market, you're already competing for 1/20'th the user base you are competing for on the Windows platform.
The trick here is, what percentage of the other 95% play games? Not all PC users use their PCs for gaming at all, I'm sure a huge fraction of that would be just people using it for productivity purposes (the same holds true for the Mac platform I'm sure).
That's interesting you bring up the Halo point, you're dead on. That would have drawn a lot of people and developers to the platform after seeing what it could do graphically, especially when put to gaming use. Definitely a pity!
I guess I should have asked for INTELLIGENT comments, not scathing and/or idiotic ones.
If "good, solid" means "a fraction of a fraction of" then your statement holds. At any rate, I never stated there were NO games for the mac, just a very small amount, comparatively.
I'm amazed at the Mac game industry actually. I'm amazed there ISN'T one. Hardly any games end up on the Mac. For something which is touted as being a multimedia platform, it's quite surprising. It can't simply be that there's a smaller userbase, because there are LOTS of people who use Macs (I'm not one of them, but oh well). Anyone have any ideas?
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You might be correct, but it is still irrelevant. You aren't circumventing any copyright or encryption by running standard linux and programs on your Xbox... Unless you are playing illegal MP3s, illegal DVDs, illegal games, etc.
Oh god, NOBODY who'd hack an XBox would dare do something like that, would they?:D At any rate, I'm consistently amazed at the amount of effort worldwide that's been put towards actually hacking this machine. I'm not yet convinced there's any real benefit to it other than just some people doing stuff as a hobby, but maybe someone might do something really cool.
Of any bands I like, be them indie or no, I like it when bands take an active role in providing some measure of feedback to the fans. I'm not talking specifically of online chats (although those are cool), but more like just the odd entry into a diary/journal like thing, letting people know how the band's doing, little things happening in their lives, etc. This is expecially cool when bands are touring, as a kind of "postcards from the road" thing.:) Anyway, maybe that's dorky, but that's my 2c.
Question: Are the HOWTO's mentioned hosted on an XBOX running Linux and Apache? That'd be cool...
Uh, why would this be cool?
Point: The DMCA only kicks in if you are circumventing encryption (i.e. to play illegally copied games). If I'm correct, this setup uses the mod chip to entirely bypass the existing OS. So you aren't even running the OS that has the decryption. It should only be illegal if you employ some Linux based software to then circumvent encryption on commerical software or games.
Admittedly my in depth knowledge of DMCA isn't that great, but doesn't it "kick in" if you try to circumvent any kind of copyright protection scheme? Encryption or otherwise? Someone please enlighten.
Yeah, and when it detects no response to those "lag packets" being sent to your machine, yet you're still connected and playing, they can just disconnect you. Which is what would probably happen instead of them trying to DOS your linuX-Box.
Buying an XBox is a complete waste of cash. In case you haven't noticed, XBox sales are tanking compared to the PS2. And with Sony actively developing the PS3, who's going to want MS's offering? Hands down, the PS2 is the better system.
I love my PS2. But one thing, in case you didn't know, the PS*ONE*'s sales are outperforming the X-Box in Japan. In fact it's slaughtering them over there. Personally I think that's a riot, how a years-old platform can outsell the "latest and greatest", on the bases of the software alone.
Personally, there's no reason for me to buy an XBox. The PS2 does me fine for console gaming, and my PC does me fine for PC gaming. I don't want the XBox because there's only like maybe one or two games that are even worth playing. Not enough to justify the expense, imho.
And that's fine. There's nothing to say you can't saw your X-Box in half after you're done buying it. However they sure as hell have the right to make sure the machine connecting to their online SERVICE meets a minimum standard. That being a functioning X-Box with no tampering.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against modding or putting Linux on it or anything. More power to you if you want to do that. Just don't expect them to bend over backwards to accomodate you if you try to use their services.:)
Hmm. I really don't know what to make of this. On one hand it's great that someone who was able to touch so many people simply through an online game. I think we can infer that if someone's able to accomplish that through that much detachment from the real self, he was probably a pretty nice guy in real life. On the other hand, I think it's kind of... weird (for lack of a better word) that those people who enjoyed his company that much in the game would settle for an online in-game funeral. If the person meant that much to you, unplug and make an effort to get to know the real person he was by maybe being there for the family in real life. Mourning his avatar is not the same thing.
I dunno. I'm not intending to be inflammatory or anything, just trying to figure this one out, that's all. Comments?
Oh, reach a plateau they do. That's usually the point whe you can tell if they'll always be just a programmer or if they can move up from there into management.
Students who go into college just looking for "vo-tech on steriods" often don't like where they end up, since what they really get is at most "really expensive vo-tech school."
(And when I say "vo-tech" I include places like DeVry and ITT Tech and most junior colleges.)
Oddly, many employers prefer these kinds of students to ones trained in universities, at least in my area. From talking to some, it stems from experience of these people having not enough practical coding experience or knowledge, or those things in areas that don't fit a common need.
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Physics is such a deep subject that, from there, you can go just about anywhere you want! This is a pun, right? :)
1) Manufacturers should report "true" PPM ratings for different types of print jobs. Cite real-world examples, as well as hard stats for us techies.
2) Point of sale people need to stop being fucking crooks, selling the most expensive printer with the highest PPM rating as "the best".
3) People DO need to read up a bit before going and buying something.
Thanks! Is there much a difference in the look of a game rendered by OpenGL as opposed to DirectX? Or does that basically not make any difference due to the fact that the card's doing all the work?
I doubt there's much you'd be able to do with programs that make specific calls to the IE .exe for rendered content. If a programmer makes calls to the user's default selected browser then I'd bet it would load in that.
And this is just me having not run Linux on a decent machine for a long long time. :) How is Linux for handling games that are heavy on the 3D? I've never bothered using it for 3D gaming at all, so if anyone could enlighten me on this it would be great.
Oh, so now we're complaining about what the article DOESN'T say? Christ people, get it together. This is an article on a news service. Picking significant details out of the fluff it says is bad enough, but pulling them out of thin air and making them significant because they're NOT in the article is worse.
I'll take Janie over Ellen anyday. At least she seems like she's got half a brain. :)
Anyway, it seems that Apple's got a swath of new Switch ads available and they've conveniently left the old Ellen Feiss one there (probably because it's so damn popular. Enjoy. :)
Good point there. A lot of mainstream games simply don't interest some people. I will agree with your other point, that recently Mac versions of games have been coming more and more frequently. Don't get me wrong, I'm very much for this! I think the Mac platform as a whole doesn't get as much notoriety as it should.
I guess I should have asked for INTELLIGENT comments, not scathing and/or idiotic ones. If "good, solid" means "a fraction of a fraction of" then your statement holds. At any rate, I never stated there were NO games for the mac, just a very small amount, comparatively. Modded down for flamebait? of COURSE, but mod down the idiot I was responding to. Christ this site amazes me sometimes.
The trick here is, what percentage of the other 95% play games? Not all PC users use their PCs for gaming at all, I'm sure a huge fraction of that would be just people using it for productivity purposes (the same holds true for the Mac platform I'm sure).
That's interesting you bring up the Halo point, you're dead on. That would have drawn a lot of people and developers to the platform after seeing what it could do graphically, especially when put to gaming use. Definitely a pity!
If "good, solid" means "a fraction of a fraction of" then your statement holds. At any rate, I never stated there were NO games for the mac, just a very small amount, comparatively.
I'm amazed at the Mac game industry actually. I'm amazed there ISN'T one. Hardly any games end up on the Mac. For something which is touted as being a multimedia platform, it's quite surprising. It can't simply be that there's a smaller userbase, because there are LOTS of people who use Macs (I'm not one of them, but oh well). Anyone have any ideas?
Oh god, NOBODY who'd hack an XBox would dare do something like that, would they? :D At any rate, I'm consistently amazed at the amount of effort worldwide that's been put towards actually hacking this machine. I'm not yet convinced there's any real benefit to it other than just some people doing stuff as a hobby, but maybe someone might do something really cool.
Of any bands I like, be them indie or no, I like it when bands take an active role in providing some measure of feedback to the fans. I'm not talking specifically of online chats (although those are cool), but more like just the odd entry into a diary/journal like thing, letting people know how the band's doing, little things happening in their lives, etc. This is expecially cool when bands are touring, as a kind of "postcards from the road" thing. :) Anyway, maybe that's dorky, but that's my 2c.
Uh, why would this be cool?
Point: The DMCA only kicks in if you are circumventing encryption (i.e. to play illegally copied games). If I'm correct, this setup uses the mod chip to entirely bypass the existing OS. So you aren't even running the OS that has the decryption. It should only be illegal if you employ some Linux based software to then circumvent encryption on commerical software or games.
Admittedly my in depth knowledge of DMCA isn't that great, but doesn't it "kick in" if you try to circumvent any kind of copyright protection scheme? Encryption or otherwise? Someone please enlighten.
Yeah, and when it detects no response to those "lag packets" being sent to your machine, yet you're still connected and playing, they can just disconnect you. Which is what would probably happen instead of them trying to DOS your linuX-Box.
I love my PS2. But one thing, in case you didn't know, the PS*ONE*'s sales are outperforming the X-Box in Japan. In fact it's slaughtering them over there. Personally I think that's a riot, how a years-old platform can outsell the "latest and greatest", on the bases of the software alone.
Personally, there's no reason for me to buy an XBox. The PS2 does me fine for console gaming, and my PC does me fine for PC gaming. I don't want the XBox because there's only like maybe one or two games that are even worth playing. Not enough to justify the expense, imho.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against modding or putting Linux on it or anything. More power to you if you want to do that. Just don't expect them to bend over backwards to accomodate you if you try to use their services. :)
I dunno. I'm not intending to be inflammatory or anything, just trying to figure this one out, that's all. Comments?
It was probably modded as redundant because a hundred other people posted that it was a repost. Oh well, shit happens.
This phenomenon can be attributed to massive communal angst from having our story submissions rejected. :)
Oh, reach a plateau they do. That's usually the point whe you can tell if they'll always be just a programmer or if they can move up from there into management.
(And when I say "vo-tech" I include places like DeVry and ITT Tech and most junior colleges.)
Oddly, many employers prefer these kinds of students to ones trained in universities, at least in my area. From talking to some, it stems from experience of these people having not enough practical coding experience or knowledge, or those things in areas that don't fit a common need.
Does this have any bearing on what I was commenting on? No. I was simply listing perspectives.