When a browser is the best in one particular test it will receive 10 points. All other browsers receive 0 points. So, google won with 30 points, i.e. was the best in 3 tests (they migh as well handed out 1.000.000 points when winning a test, that looks much more awesome). Opera had 10 points, losing from Firefox and Chrome. Safari didn't get a single point. Now if give 1 point for 1st place and 5 for last place I would get the following results:
(note: test 4 has 3 browsers with the same result)
Using these numbers it is: 1. Chrome, 2. Opera, 3. Firefox, 4. Safari, 5. IE7 Using their score it was: 1. Chrome, 2. Firefox, 3. Operate. Safari+IE7 "did not place".
In this case I even assume the different tests have equal weight. Which is simply dumb. And then there's the question about the quality of the tests. They picked up some random test suites, and finally a test of real website load times (measured with a (human operated) stopwatch).
It's not like the 60Hz of NTSC is any better. Considering the TV signal is interlaced you'll have a frame rate of either 25 or 30. But that's just refresh rate of old CRT screens. While refresh rate is important, the rendering speed is more important for the responsiveness. An fps of 100 won't show all 100 frames on a 60Hz monitor. But it does mean that the game processes your input 100 times per second. Of course this mostly matters for PC gaming where you use high responsive input like the mouse and keyboard.
They want to remove the dirty parts from space, like Uranus, and the full moon. And not to speak of the dirty images that appear when you connect the right dots.
I beg to differ. Music stays the same every time you play it, playing a game might be different every time you play it. Playing the same music track over and over again, is simply grinding.
They have been accusing innocent people of copyright infringement for years. Although this was limited to just their customers and potential customers. Of course when sales drop you have to expand your target audience.
Good old Games is actually a sort of museum for games. For a entry fee of $6 to $10 per title you can re-experience some of the (PC) classics on current systems (running WinXP or Vista. Just having a digital copy of the software is sadly not enough, you need to be able to run it. DosBox helps a lot, and in some cases virtualization software can also help. But there are still quite some things very difficult like the games that used 3Dfx (or games that rely on an older version of DirectX, specially the versions prior to 7 are very incompatible).
So it's not just legal problems, but it wold help a lot of the "abandonware" concept could have some legal backing. Because technical problems are easier to solve when more people can help, instead of just the few that were lucky enough to buy a copy of the game.
It's not just funny, but also insightful to point out that just because you do X in a game doesn't make the whole game suck (specially not in general).
It's just like saying HL2 sucks because you can't stick to walls and obstacles to take cover. Or fire you gun without sticking your head out.
It behaves just like a real rock. It's really low on maintenance, is has solar cells to recharge itself, but it can last for months on a single charge. It is perfect for a hi-tech Japanese rock garden.
Good idea. Here are a few questions to start with: 1) What is the best editor: Vi or Emacs? 2) Was there a cabal? 3) Did Romero make you his bitch? 4) Rick Astley would never: give you up; let you down; run around and desert you; make you cry; say goodbye; tell a lie and hurt you?
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is it ready for the desktop?
When a browser is the best in one particular test it will receive 10 points. All other browsers receive 0 points. So, google won with 30 points, i.e. was the best in 3 tests (they migh as well handed out 1.000.000 points when winning a test, that looks much more awesome). Opera had 10 points, losing from Firefox and Chrome. Safari didn't get a single point. Now if give 1 point for 1st place and 5 for last place I would get the following results:
Firefox 4 1 4 1 3 4 = 17
IE7 5 5 5 3 4 5 = 27
Chrome 1 2 2 5 1 1 = 12
Opera 2 4 1 3 2 3 = 15
Safari 3 3 3 3 5 2 = 19
(note: test 4 has 3 browsers with the same result)
Using these numbers it is: 1. Chrome, 2. Opera, 3. Firefox, 4. Safari, 5. IE7
Using their score it was: 1. Chrome, 2. Firefox, 3. Operate. Safari+IE7 "did not place".
In this case I even assume the different tests have equal weight. Which is simply dumb. And then there's the question about the quality of the tests. They picked up some random test suites, and finally a test of real website load times (measured with a (human operated) stopwatch).
It's not like the 60Hz of NTSC is any better. Considering the TV signal is interlaced you'll have a frame rate of either 25 or 30.
But that's just refresh rate of old CRT screens. While refresh rate is important, the rendering speed is more important for the responsiveness. An fps of 100 won't show all 100 frames on a 60Hz monitor. But it does mean that the game processes your input 100 times per second. Of course this mostly matters for PC gaming where you use high responsive input like the mouse and keyboard.
They want to remove the dirty parts from space, like Uranus, and the full moon. And not to speak of the dirty images that appear when you connect the right dots.
And while they're at it, sue Slashdot for talking about this.
/. is owned by SourceForge inc., so that's aready covered.
When I watch TV I usually become unhappy. There's almost never anything of interest on.
Shouldn't you use LaTeX for writing your dissertation anyway?
Word always gave up on me on large documents with a lot of content.
I know what you mean. It looks impossible to defeat the boss in this area.
I beg to differ. Music stays the same every time you play it, playing a game might be different every time you play it.
Playing the same music track over and over again, is simply grinding.
What a minute?
Did you just say teenagers are worse than sex offenders?!
If someone could just lend a friend a disc for a few hours and they could have a full copy of a game, infringement might be even more widespread.
Wait... since when is lending my disc to a friend considered copyright infringement? Where did I make a copy?
This sounds like a good cue to post a link to RMS' essay "The Right to Read":
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
They have been accusing innocent people of copyright infringement for years. Although this was limited to just their customers and potential customers. Of course when sales drop you have to expand your target audience.
Where are my mod points when I need them.
Good old Games is actually a sort of museum for games. For a entry fee of $6 to $10 per title you can re-experience some of the (PC) classics on current systems (running WinXP or Vista.
Just having a digital copy of the software is sadly not enough, you need to be able to run it. DosBox helps a lot, and in some cases virtualization software can also help. But there are still quite some things very difficult like the games that used 3Dfx (or games that rely on an older version of DirectX, specially the versions prior to 7 are very incompatible).
So it's not just legal problems, but it wold help a lot of the "abandonware" concept could have some legal backing. Because technical problems are easier to solve when more people can help, instead of just the few that were lucky enough to buy a copy of the game.
It's not just funny, but also insightful to point out that just because you do X in a game doesn't make the whole game suck (specially not in general).
It's just like saying HL2 sucks because you can't stick to walls and obstacles to take cover. Or fire you gun without sticking your head out.
Hyperlinks are more like references rather than footnotes.
advertising is mainly used for branding and manipulating consumer purchase decisions.
advertisements are commercial propaganda
It behaves just like a real rock. It's really low on maintenance, is has solar cells to recharge itself, but it can last for months on a single charge. It is perfect for a hi-tech Japanese rock garden.
ps, I already filed the patent.
I wouldn't want to browse API documentation in a non-frame based environment.
Good idea. Here are a few questions to start with:
1) What is the best editor: Vi or Emacs?
2) Was there a cabal?
3) Did Romero make you his bitch?
4) Rick Astley would never: give you up; let you down; run around and desert you; make you cry; say goodbye; tell a lie and hurt you?
Why not be cheap AND get with the times. Do it in hexadecimal. LOTS of room left.
Oh come on, at least tell the real reason why you want hexadecimal: 5318008
Wait, what do you mean "Garriott will return to Earth"?
While you're trying to be useful, can you fix the redirect loop of your Standford page. Firefox gave up after reaching http://cs.stanford.edu/~guhaj/////////////////////
So, it's better that the technology they have in place?
Sounds a lot like an average Windows advertisement.
Thank you, Thank you very much.
Elvis