LCDs still suck. The only advantage they offer is a smaller footprint on the desk. The image quality is still terrible, contrast still has a long way to go, response times, etc. Even the best ones I've seen still look like crap when gaming.
They had a rig set up at the local MicroCenter the day Doom 3 came out, and hooked up a pimped out PC with mega video cards and stuff, and hooked it to their top of the line 21" LCD monitor for a demo. It looked like shit, as soon as you'd start moving the entire screen was just a dark grey blur. All the subtleties and details were just completely lost.
Why are there no (or are there?) higher end CRTs with DVI inputs? VGA cables are too short, and can't be extended without expensive repeaters. DVI cables can be much longer. Doing the D/A conversion right in the monitor should have some major IQ advantages too.
This is all a tempest in a teapot. DTV will be stillborn, well, born with Down's syndrome at least.
It's already a clusterfuck. Even geeks like us don't know what the hell is going on. DirecTV uses a different format than Comcast, who uses a different format than OtherCableCo, and none of them use the same formats as broadcast TV because of their encryption or whatever.
The broadcast flag issue is largely a tempest in a teapot. Hardly anyone will be watching broadcast DTV. It won't be up to Hollywood or the FCC to decide what you can record or not, it'll be up to Comcast or DirecTV, because you can only use their tuner/PVR to recieve or record the shows. IIRC, they have composite outputs to your TV, so you can capture on a VCR or what have you, but only at regular analog resolutions.
Show of hands.. Who watches broadcast TV now? The FCC has no say over cable or satellite (yet).
My prediction is: Comcast and DirecTV et al continue their little feature war, and start offering digital outputs, firewire or whatever, and they will slowly loosen restrictions on what you can or cannot record (Pay per views, etc).
As far as broadcast TV goes, if the local networks affiliates (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox) start flipping this flag on, it'll just be another nail in their coffin. It'll never get used, or rather used once or twice, and then never used again as thousands write in to bitch that they couldnt tape the World Series, or whatever.
Short summary, don't waste your money on this because of some slashbot paranoia. This is really the worst written slashvertisement I've seen.
I read that as "we havent even really tested this fucking thing yet and it probably works for shit".
I mean really, linux support is great, but when you advertise that you have no support for the OS that's in 99% of media PCs out there, it doesn't work for your image.
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Maybe he's aware that there have been no long term studies into the full effects of the lasik surgery over your lifetime. What happens in old age? Who knows.
Also, I assumed (the game didn't tell you, that I can remember) that Half Life took place back in some secret government lab during the height of the cold war. I guess I just assumed that from the plot, atmosphere, and that all the characters with square heads looked like 80s pop stars.
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Speaking of which, why are there so many people on Slashdot with XBoxes?
I read right here on slashdot that MS loses money every time you buy an xbox and if I buy Halo 2 then Bill Gates spends a weekend in a Turkish jail, or something like that.
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I've played Wolf3D, Doom, Quake, Half Life, Unreal, NOLF, Far Cry, Doom 3... You name it..
Halo for the XBox has so far been the ONLY FPS game I've played that didnt freeze, lockup, or crash to desktop. I didn't have to spend any time on rage3d or nvforums or any other e-outhouses to figure out why the shadows looked stupid or the sound stuttered.
Maybe that has something to do with it.
More importantly, Halo was (and is) fun. Especially multiplayer. People's criticisms are all valid, yeah yeah, levels look the same but I was too busy taking out Covenant to notice.
Quick, to arms zealots and appleturfers! We must all screech and rant at the top of our lungs to thwart this outrage! Removable battery? How dare they!
Yes they do. I know plenty of people with Macs and they call me just as often as anyone else because they cant get the internet to "come on", or the cd player wont "rewind", etc.
You just swallowed too much slashbot horseshit to see the real world.
However, it gives them no incentive to make a true Linux version.
That's the whole point, IMO. What's a "true linux version"? It's the same architecture on a WINE box, the only difference is executable format and library calls.
I can't wait until there's no such thing as the "linux version", "bsd version" and "windows version", because all three just go ahead and run the binaries whether they're in a.out, ELF or PE format.
I still don't care. The space shuttle is cool as hell. Way cooler than anything you have in your house.
I mean, really, it has a GIANT ROBOT ARM sticking out the back of it. How friggen Star Wars is that? Do the Soyuz capsules have GIANT ROBOT ARMS? No. They barely even have windows.
Here we are, with a fleet of space ships with GIANT FUCKING ROBOT ARMS STICKING OUT THE BACK OF THEM, and all these so called "geeks" on slashdot can't do anything but bitch about it and moan how much they'd rather see the type of boring-ass rockets that you'd see in 1950's sci fi films.
And I can only conclude, you aren't geeks, you're a bunch of poseurs. If high prices negate the "coolness" of technology, why the hell do you all get erections every time you see an iPod?
The real point was an excuse to do a whole lot of research as to what works and what doesn't in space, so it could eventually lead to an inexpensive reusable system. The question: Can you strap a glider onto a big ass rocket, send it to space, land it, and use it again? The answer: yes.
Nothings perfect the first time out. I mean, we don't exactly use the Wright brothers design anymore. It was a pretty crappy airplane, but groundbreaking.
Not really, you could "privately assure the public", I suppose, if you called everyone individually.
For example, Governor A-Hole was kind enough to call me at 11:30 PM last night to let me know how important it was to go out and vote for him on tuesday. I had no idea our governor was a tape recorder. American politics are fascinating. Chalk up write-in vote for Pee Wee Herman.
They've been constantly considering the viability of the Shuttle program since it began in the 70s, and it's always been under the threat of having the plug pulled at any moment.
I don't know why it's so "hip" to hate the shuttle program around here. If you look past the cost, the shuttles are pretty damned cool, and have a better safety record than any commercial passenger jet.
It's just so sci-fi. The shuttles are honest-to-god spaceships, everything else is just strapping a tin can onto a big bottle rocket.
They just needed to shoot lasers and have a socket to mount an R2 utility droid and they'd be teh coolest EVAR!!!1!1!!!
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They missed the whole fun of cat taping!
Put masking tape over the pads of a cats feet, then let it loose on some sort of smooth flooring, hardwood, pergo, linoleum..
It's like a Tom and Jerry cartoon!
They start running and their legs are spinning around but they arent moving yet. Then they slowly build inertia, start steaming for a wall, then the legs start backpedalling, but they cant stop and slam head-first into it.
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LCDs still suck. The only advantage they offer is a smaller footprint on the desk. The image quality is still terrible, contrast still has a long way to go, response times, etc. Even the best ones I've seen still look like crap when gaming.
They had a rig set up at the local MicroCenter the day Doom 3 came out, and hooked up a pimped out PC with mega video cards and stuff, and hooked it to their top of the line 21" LCD monitor for a demo. It looked like shit, as soon as you'd start moving the entire screen was just a dark grey blur. All the subtleties and details were just completely lost.
Why are there no (or are there?) higher end CRTs with DVI inputs? VGA cables are too short, and can't be extended without expensive repeaters. DVI cables can be much longer. Doing the D/A conversion right in the monitor should have some major IQ advantages too.
Why would you show your work?
Do you think you'll impress us with your mastery of 6th grade algebra?
Check this out!
2+2=4
4-2=2
-2-2=-4
What makes you think that the interface has anything to do with how loud the HDD is? (SATA vs PATA)
Do you think that a 40 conductor cable is 10 times louder than a 4 conductor cable?
Similarly, if I hooked up my printer with a USB cable instead of the parallel cable, will it be quieter?
I bet you put that green film on all your CDs to make them sound better and have invested a small fortune in "Monster Cables".
I love when slashdotters talk all technical because I learn so much.
Will my data be all ghosted? Like column 54 on my spreadsheet will show faint trails of what was on column 53?
Who the hell wants a hard drive that big? What's the advantage here, is it more durable, longer lifespan?
It still has mechanical parts to fail, and it sounds like they'd fail faster with all the shaking and tons of read/write heads.
It sounds like something from the Bad Idea Jeans SNL sketch.
No.. yes.. maybe..
This is all a tempest in a teapot. DTV will be stillborn, well, born with Down's syndrome at least.
It's already a clusterfuck. Even geeks like us don't know what the hell is going on. DirecTV uses a different format than Comcast, who uses a different format than OtherCableCo, and none of them use the same formats as broadcast TV because of their encryption or whatever.
The broadcast flag issue is largely a tempest in a teapot. Hardly anyone will be watching broadcast DTV. It won't be up to Hollywood or the FCC to decide what you can record or not, it'll be up to Comcast or DirecTV, because you can only use their tuner/PVR to recieve or record the shows. IIRC, they have composite outputs to your TV, so you can capture on a VCR or what have you, but only at regular analog resolutions.
Show of hands.. Who watches broadcast TV now? The FCC has no say over cable or satellite (yet).
My prediction is: Comcast and DirecTV et al continue their little feature war, and start offering digital outputs, firewire or whatever, and they will slowly loosen restrictions on what you can or cannot record (Pay per views, etc).
As far as broadcast TV goes, if the local networks affiliates (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox) start flipping this flag on, it'll just be another nail in their coffin. It'll never get used, or rather used once or twice, and then never used again as thousands write in to bitch that they couldnt tape the World Series, or whatever.
Short summary, don't waste your money on this because of some slashbot paranoia. This is really the worst written slashvertisement I've seen.
I read that as "we havent even really tested this fucking thing yet and it probably works for shit".
I mean really, linux support is great, but when you advertise that you have no support for the OS that's in 99% of media PCs out there, it doesn't work for your image.
Maybe he's aware that there have been no long term studies into the full effects of the lasik surgery over your lifetime. What happens in old age? Who knows.
Also, I assumed (the game didn't tell you, that I can remember) that Half Life took place back in some secret government lab during the height of the cold war. I guess I just assumed that from the plot, atmosphere, and that all the characters with square heads looked like 80s pop stars.
Speaking of which, why are there so many people on Slashdot with XBoxes?
I read right here on slashdot that MS loses money every time you buy an xbox and if I buy Halo 2 then Bill Gates spends a weekend in a Turkish jail, or something like that.
I've played Wolf3D, Doom, Quake, Half Life, Unreal, NOLF, Far Cry, Doom 3... You name it..
Halo for the XBox has so far been the ONLY FPS game I've played that didnt freeze, lockup, or crash to desktop. I didn't have to spend any time on rage3d or nvforums or any other e-outhouses to figure out why the shadows looked stupid or the sound stuttered.
Maybe that has something to do with it.
More importantly, Halo was (and is) fun. Especially multiplayer. People's criticisms are all valid, yeah yeah, levels look the same but I was too busy taking out Covenant to notice.
It's just a fun and well put-together game.
Compete with Apple!
Quick, to arms zealots and appleturfers! We must all screech and rant at the top of our lungs to thwart this outrage! Removable battery? How dare they!
Yes they do. I know plenty of people with Macs and they call me just as often as anyone else because they cant get the internet to "come on", or the cd player wont "rewind", etc.
You just swallowed too much slashbot horseshit to see the real world.
Step 1 - Sue Microsoft
Step 2 - embrace linux
Step 3 - Sue IBM
Step 4 - Sell worthless stock at inflated price
linux is just a buzzword to the suits
However, it gives them no incentive to make a true Linux version.
That's the whole point, IMO. What's a "true linux version"? It's the same architecture on a WINE box, the only difference is executable format and library calls.
I can't wait until there's no such thing as the "linux version", "bsd version" and "windows version", because all three just go ahead and run the binaries whether they're in a.out, ELF or PE format.
For there to be a "next" cool thing, there would have to have been a "first" cool thing.
Since there has never been anything "cool" about your online diaries, I'm confused as to what this means.
The math behind it was obvious centuries ago.
The patent covers collapsing 3D coordinates onto a 2D plane and applying different transformation matrices to change the viewpoint.
This is all HS freshmen level cartesian mathematics.
These thieves have been stealing others hard work for years. Crush them and liberate the indy game business
Go go lunix yoda doll
A lot of people still run it nearly a decade later. That's the real litmus test for reliability, in my books.
People know, if all else fails, it takes about a half hour to format and reinstall and they're playing games again.
Reliability on a desktop or gaming machine doesn't necessarily have to measured the same way a server is.
I still don't care. The space shuttle is cool as hell. Way cooler than anything you have in your house.
I mean, really, it has a GIANT ROBOT ARM sticking out the back of it. How friggen Star Wars is that? Do the Soyuz capsules have GIANT ROBOT ARMS? No. They barely even have windows.
Here we are, with a fleet of space ships with GIANT FUCKING ROBOT ARMS STICKING OUT THE BACK OF THEM, and all these so called "geeks" on slashdot can't do anything but bitch about it and moan how much they'd rather see the type of boring-ass rockets that you'd see in 1950's sci fi films.
And I can only conclude, you aren't geeks, you're a bunch of poseurs. If high prices negate the "coolness" of technology, why the hell do you all get erections every time you see an iPod?
No, that was all media spin and typical yapping.
The real point was an excuse to do a whole lot of research as to what works and what doesn't in space, so it could eventually lead to an inexpensive reusable system. The question: Can you strap a glider onto a big ass rocket, send it to space, land it, and use it again? The answer: yes.
Nothings perfect the first time out. I mean, we don't exactly use the Wright brothers design anymore. It was a pretty crappy airplane, but groundbreaking.
Not really, you could "privately assure the public", I suppose, if you called everyone individually.
For example, Governor A-Hole was kind enough to call me at 11:30 PM last night to let me know how important it was to go out and vote for him on tuesday. I had no idea our governor was a tape recorder. American politics are fascinating. Chalk up write-in vote for Pee Wee Herman.
They've been constantly considering the viability of the Shuttle program since it began in the 70s, and it's always been under the threat of having the plug pulled at any moment.
I don't know why it's so "hip" to hate the shuttle program around here. If you look past the cost, the shuttles are pretty damned cool, and have a better safety record than any commercial passenger jet.
It's just so sci-fi. The shuttles are honest-to-god spaceships, everything else is just strapping a tin can onto a big bottle rocket.
They just needed to shoot lasers and have a socket to mount an R2 utility droid and they'd be teh coolest EVAR!!!1!1!!!
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Pick any two.
They missed the whole fun of cat taping!
Put masking tape over the pads of a cats feet, then let it loose on some sort of smooth flooring, hardwood, pergo, linoleum..
It's like a Tom and Jerry cartoon!
They start running and their legs are spinning around but they arent moving yet. Then they slowly build inertia, start steaming for a wall, then the legs start backpedalling, but they cant stop and slam head-first into it.
True AMERICAN comedy.
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