Does that really make a difference under a (essentially) 32-bit OS? I don't know if it applies for the G5, but i've read that 64-bit apps can only run on a 64-bit OS for the AMD cpus...
So it's a combination of:
Politicians saying 'This is how much it will cost.'
Management saying 'This is how you'll do it.'
Engineers saying 'Awwwww, crap...'
I think the idea behind the smaller cache size is that for 512kb cache, they can sell chips that have had one of the two 512kb caches fail when tested, which would otherwise have been dumped. (My understanding is that the 1mb cache is composed of 2x 512kb units on the die, feel free to correct me if i'm mistaken)
This is the era of "Gameplay? But we've given them all this beautiful eye candy, why would they want gameplay?"
Retro-gaming (8- and 16-bit consoles and, perhaps to a lesser degree, home computers) won't appeal to many new gamers (the games are longer in some cases, and more complex in others, and on the whole just not as pretty), but there's a great deal of nostalgia for those who grew up with older systems (originally Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64, personally, and arcade games of that era), and i reckon that's what this is targeting.
You're unlikely to get four 18 year-olds huddled around a monitor playing Gauntlet, but four 30-something gamers who grew up with it? Different story...
Well, when you consider the number of ways in which XP expects to (and in many cases, i'm sure, does) connect to Microsoft servers, you may come to think that this may just be some crass attempt to do something it's users have said they don't want to have to install/configure themselves. They already have any number of ways in which they could, if they wished, piggyback data between XP and their servers via legitimate connections. But you can trust Microsoft, right?
I'm still praying that people will learn from experience. Don't seem they'll learn much any other way at least...
Unfortunately a lot of that experience won't come about until after they've spent their hard-earned money on their spiffy new computer with shiny 'Trusted Computer' logo... and they realise that it's become 'Where will my computer let me go today?'
If i buy an album with 10 tracks and only like 5 of them, the other 5 are filler. It doesn't matter if the record company was responsible for them being on the album, or if it was the choice of the band - if i don't like them, i don't like them.
You say '...it makes for a shit gig if you're only allowed to play two or three songs...' but you don't get it... We buy music to listen to it - and a lot of what i'm hearing is that people them put together custom cds and playlists so they can hear what they want to hear and the way they want to hear it. And it's not a 'gig' (ie live performance), so that comment doesn't apply anyway.
Ok, perhaps my choice of playlist violates the creative integrity of the musician who's songs i'm choosing to listen to in a manner different to their order on the album - or perhaps i'm evening ruining the auditory experience as intended by the individuals who assembled the track list... Well, tough. I like listening to the music i want to hear, the way i want to hear it.
There's one aspect of paying money for software that tends to get misses - what if you don't live in the country that software product 'X' is sold, and don't have a credit card or other way to pay for it?
That's the reason i don't use shareware (i can't pay for it, in almost all cases) and don't play games that require monthly subscriptions (gee, no Everquest - i feel so left out).
If you can't get full versions of software easily, or if there's are hurdles you have to get over to get it, that's just one more barrier to it's acceptance. (You want product 'X' to take off? Bundle it with new computers!)
There's an alternate use for the test, that came to light in discussion with others on the autistic spectrum (I have Aspergers myself).
Basically go through the test, and count how many questions you can't answer because they're so ambiguously worded, offer personally inappropriate questions, or lack suitable choices. The higher the total, the more literal, pendatic, or just plain difficult you are. (Hmmm, maybe even autistic!)
For example, Question 2 - I prefer to do things the same way over and over again. What kind of things? There are things i enjoy that i do the same way each time... Others i do differently each time. (Both ways intentionally)
Or Question 9 - I am fascinated by dates. Dates? The dried fruit? Pre-mating social rituals? Or those things on the calendar?
Question 13 - I would rather go to a library than to a party. Um, what if i don't like libraries or parties? (And what kind of library? What time of day - ie, how busy/crowded/noisy is it? What kind of party? Tupperware party? Aromatherapy party? Dinner party?)
Question 16 - I tend to have very strong interests, which I get upset about if I can't pursue. If someone loves, say, Baseball. Or Gridiron and the Superbowl. Or some traditionally non-geeky or social activity... Is that as valid as, say, a fascination with (and encyclopedic knowledge of) doorknobs? (as an example...)
Ok, my post is slightly tongue-in-cheek, but my point is that often autistics use very precise language, and any test that indicates it's designed to detect autistic inclinations (for lack of a better word) should be very precisely (and specifically) worded. And without the cultural bias or preconceptions in this test. (Question 24, for example. I don't like the museum *or* the theatre, but there's not 'None of the above' entry, so that any answer i make will be wrong, and skew my results)
Why am i making such a fuss about this? Why, because i'm autistic myself, and dislike such crass inaccuracies...
The stereotypical Autism-Humour difficulty isn't always the case - i have Aspergers myself, and have something of a reputation amongst friends on- and off-line as a quiet comedian. (And a funny, one at that. Well, occasionally...).
In many ways autistics are like NTs (Neuro-typicals - more simply, non-autistics) in that abilities cover a wide range, humour being one of these. There are autistics who have trouble with humour, as well as autistics who have no problem with it. As well as the majority, who are between those extremes.
Autistic adults are more likely to have difficulties with social functioning and/or understanding, and humour which is reliant on social knowledge can often perplex (or just not seem funny).
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I'm waiting for Sauerbraten before i start getting excited. ('Oldskool' doesn't do anything for me, anyway...)
Does that really make a difference under a (essentially) 32-bit OS? I don't know if it applies for the G5, but i've read that 64-bit apps can only run on a 64-bit OS for the AMD cpus...
Just what we need, an overpriced device for our overpriced device...
So it's a combination of: Politicians saying 'This is how much it will cost.' Management saying 'This is how you'll do it.' Engineers saying 'Awwwww, crap...'
It's Microsoft making money on something - consider the audience on /.
If you can setup and read RSS feeds, you could always try dodgeit...
I think the idea behind the smaller cache size is that for 512kb cache, they can sell chips that have had one of the two 512kb caches fail when tested, which would otherwise have been dumped. (My understanding is that the 1mb cache is composed of 2x 512kb units on the die, feel free to correct me if i'm mistaken)
But they're waterproof (-ish), so safe to add to your hot chocolate without fear of short circuit...
Mmmmmm, ScummVM...
This is the era of "Gameplay? But we've given them all this beautiful eye candy, why would they want gameplay?"
Retro-gaming (8- and 16-bit consoles and, perhaps to a lesser degree, home computers) won't appeal to many new gamers (the games are longer in some cases, and more complex in others, and on the whole just not as pretty), but there's a great deal of nostalgia for those who grew up with older systems (originally Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64, personally, and arcade games of that era), and i reckon that's what this is targeting.
You're unlikely to get four 18 year-olds huddled around a monitor playing Gauntlet, but four 30-something gamers who grew up with it? Different story...
It sounds like it's aimed at retro-gamers. (I play SNES and Genesis games on my machine, and joypads are the only way to go)
I see your 2 cents and raise you a dime...
Considering the complexity of modern spyware, does anyone else think there's a good possibility that disabling said spyware won't be that easy?
Well, when you consider the number of ways in which XP expects to (and in many cases, i'm sure, does) connect to Microsoft servers, you may come to think that this may just be some crass attempt to do something it's users have said they don't want to have to install/configure themselves. They already have any number of ways in which they could, if they wished, piggyback data between XP and their servers via legitimate connections. But you can trust Microsoft, right?
I'm still praying that people will learn from experience. Don't seem they'll learn much any other way at least...
Unfortunately a lot of that experience won't come about until after they've spent their hard-earned money on their spiffy new computer with shiny 'Trusted Computer' logo... and they realise that it's become 'Where will my computer let me go today?'
I thought they were trying to avoid telling it to the judge? "Hey IBM, you show us your source code, and we'll tell you which bits are ours."
I got the impression they either paraphrased the press release, or it was written by the Phoenix PR department.
And then they get told it's the P2P software's fault...
I'll just stick with http://www.mini-itx.com/projects.asp for my mod-viewing pleasure... (Hey, some of them are pretty nifty...)
When will people learn? Usually afterwards... Sometimes...
Gosh i hope not, then i'd have to delete my copy of 'I Think I Love You'...
If i buy an album with 10 tracks and only like 5 of them, the other 5 are filler. It doesn't matter if the record company was responsible for them being on the album, or if it was the choice of the band - if i don't like them, i don't like them.
You say '...it makes for a shit gig if you're only allowed to play two or three songs...' but you don't get it... We buy music to listen to it - and a lot of what i'm hearing is that people them put together custom cds and playlists so they can hear what they want to hear and the way they want to hear it. And it's not a 'gig' (ie live performance), so that comment doesn't apply anyway.
Ok, perhaps my choice of playlist violates the creative integrity of the musician who's songs i'm choosing to listen to in a manner different to their order on the album - or perhaps i'm evening ruining the auditory experience as intended by the individuals who assembled the track list... Well, tough. I like listening to the music i want to hear, the way i want to hear it.
There's one aspect of paying money for software that tends to get misses - what if you don't live in the country that software product 'X' is sold, and don't have a credit card or other way to pay for it?
That's the reason i don't use shareware (i can't pay for it, in almost all cases) and don't play games that require monthly subscriptions (gee, no Everquest - i feel so left out).
If you can't get full versions of software easily, or if there's are hurdles you have to get over to get it, that's just one more barrier to it's acceptance. (You want product 'X' to take off? Bundle it with new computers!)
There's an alternate use for the test, that came to light in discussion with others on the autistic spectrum (I have Aspergers myself).
Basically go through the test, and count how many questions you can't answer because they're so ambiguously worded, offer personally inappropriate questions, or lack suitable choices. The higher the total, the more literal, pendatic, or just plain difficult you are. (Hmmm, maybe even autistic!)
For example, Question 2 - I prefer to do things the same way over and over again. What kind of things? There are things i enjoy that i do the same way each time... Others i do differently each time. (Both ways intentionally)
Or Question 9 - I am fascinated by dates. Dates? The dried fruit? Pre-mating social rituals? Or those things on the calendar?
Question 13 - I would rather go to a library than to a party. Um, what if i don't like libraries or parties? (And what kind of library? What time of day - ie, how busy/crowded/noisy is it? What kind of party? Tupperware party? Aromatherapy party? Dinner party?)
Question 16 - I tend to have very strong interests, which I get upset about if I can't pursue. If someone loves, say, Baseball. Or Gridiron and the Superbowl. Or some traditionally non-geeky or social activity... Is that as valid as, say, a fascination with (and encyclopedic knowledge of) doorknobs? (as an example...)
Ok, my post is slightly tongue-in-cheek, but my point is that often autistics use very precise language, and any test that indicates it's designed to detect autistic inclinations (for lack of a better word) should be very precisely (and specifically) worded. And without the cultural bias or preconceptions in this test. (Question 24, for example. I don't like the museum *or* the theatre, but there's not 'None of the above' entry, so that any answer i make will be wrong, and skew my results)
Why am i making such a fuss about this? Why, because i'm autistic myself, and dislike such crass inaccuracies...
The stereotypical Autism-Humour difficulty isn't always the case - i have Aspergers myself, and have something of a reputation amongst friends on- and off-line as a quiet comedian. (And a funny, one at that. Well, occasionally...).
In many ways autistics are like NTs (Neuro-typicals - more simply, non-autistics) in that abilities cover a wide range, humour being one of these. There are autistics who have trouble with humour, as well as autistics who have no problem with it. As well as the majority, who are between those extremes.
Autistic adults are more likely to have difficulties with social functioning and/or understanding, and humour which is reliant on social knowledge can often perplex (or just not seem funny).