I always wonder why the Engineering majors in college choose law as their career. I now understand. Innovation is out and lawsuits are in! AT&T will rather spend money on a lawyer enforcing stupid lock-ins than pay an engineer to develop a better network. A person with a new iPhone can't choose AT&T because it has the good network and compliments the iPhone well. He must either be contractually obligated to it or have no alternative from a competing carrier. Wow, you have to love America just to stand the stench of living here.
Here is a link to the comparison of OpenGL and DirectX. This excerpt answers your question:
Making games that use OpenGL while using the non-Direct3D portion of the DirectX API is no more difficult than making a game using all of the DirectX API. The decision to use Direct3D over OpenGL was made from simple pragmatism: in those days, OpenGL implementations were difficult to work with.[citation needed] Writing an OpenGL implementation requires implementing every feature of OpenGL, even if the hardware doesn't support it. If the hardware can't do it, you have to write a software rasterizer that can handle that feature. This feature is very useful if performance is not a primary goal, such as in professional graphics applications or off-line renderers; it guarantees the existence of functionality. However, in a game situation, where a loss of performance can destroy the feeling of the game, it is more desirable to know that the functionality doesn't exist and to simply avoid using it.
Opengl had certain features that may have hinder the gaming performance early on. That gave DirectX the base and the inertia to dominate the gaming market. I would expect that game developers expertise lie mostly in DirectX. Though OpenGL is now viable, Microsoft would have to be woefully negligent on DirectX to warrant the productivity lost switching to it.
Linux is very mature on the programming side. Linux has the basic set of programs available to make a minimally useful computer. Now resources should be allocate to educating the consumer about it. Moreover, a strong push is need to woo OEM into partnership to get Linux pre-install on computers. Furthermore, overtures should also be made to get developers on board as well. Windows is not the be all and end all of desktop computing. Linux should be bankable in some niches. Gain a foothold and start building a base from there.
Dude, one word- PEDANTIC. You just made his point by highlighting the difference between linux the kernel and KDE/Gnome/whatever else the GUI. There is no unifying vision for Linux (or whatever you technically want to call it) from low level kernel all the way up to the GUI.
I am mac user. I love Apple computers. I think currently Mac OSX is the best operating system out there. However, gaming on the Mac platform is one of its most glaring (frightening) weaknesses. The weakness stems from Apple's stringent control of the Macintosh platform. The control limits the Macintosh platform to a paradigm dictated by Apple. With the exception of the Mac Pro, all current systems Apple sell are intended not to change over their lifetime (except for memory). This situation is advantageous for Apple but terrible for gaming. Gamers like/need to upgrade their systems. In addition, Apple doesn't design any system with gaming as a priority. Gamers who want Mac OS X but are not satify with Apples offerings are left with one option. (buy a PC). For those reasons, I can't see any reason that game developer will take the Mac platform seriously. This deprives the platform of viable avenue of growth and limits its potential. Gaming isn't the only avenue that Apple cedes away to Windows. How long can the Mac platform live on just the creative market?
I live in Baltimore. The murder rate is going over 300 for this year. The biggest threat to me is that robber armed to the teeth getting ready to hold me up. I don't look up in the sky dreading that terrorist who going to hijack a plane and fly it into my house. Yet, my elected officials think that the terrorist is my biggest concern and voted to expand the Patriot Act to include warantless wiretapping. Gee, thanks guys. I feel safer. If people thinks the "war on terror" is overblown is obvious, then I think we need to explain that to the politicians. They don't have a clue.
Has anyone thought that we are watched and recorded by advance alien civilization? Imagine what we would look like on a Discovery Channel special. On some planet, there is HUMAN WEEK.
I read the E.O. From 12866, the original goal was to make the process of creating regulations more effective and efficient. It provides guidelines for agencies to assest the impact of regulation on various sectors of the economy and to minimize the impact. It also directs agencies to finds ways to overcome conflicts arising from different interpretations by different agencies. The Executive Branch is not a homogeneous entity but a heterogenous one. Agencies are not uniform in their interpretations and conclusion with each other and the Executive Branch is too large to micromanage from the top. The original E.O. was intended to begin addressing those issues.
The recent amendments seem to focus on two thing- guidance documents and the "Regulation Policy Officer". The former might be a damage control measure as the administration is in opposition with the Legislative Branch. By using the OIRA and OMB, the President can limit the leverage the Congress can obtain from agency conflicts. The latter is more interesting.
Within 60 days of the date of this Executive order, each agency head shall designate one of the agency's Presidential Appointees to be its Regulatory Policy Officer, advise OMB of such designation, and annually update OMB on the status of this designation. The Regulatory Policy Officer shall be involved at each stage of the regulatory process to foster the development of effective, innovative, and least burdensome regulations and to further the principles set forth in this Executive order.
The Excutive employs two types of employees. One is the regular civil servants who acquired the job through meritocratic system. The other is appointed by the President who are loyal to him and his priorities. The President is exerting more political control on the regulatory process by giving his appointees a strong influence over the process. The intention of this is to get more of his priorities turn over to regulation in the limited time he has left. Instead of revising the regulations after they are written, the administration is doing it from the beginning in the conception phase.
The Excutive Branch is the President "Ship" and he can run anyway he wants so long as it at least sits in the gray area of legality. I only fret from this because I firmly believe that the priorities of the President is not shared with the majority of Americans
I believe that democracy is faltering because ordinary American are detached from the political process. The past seven years have seem to be a "vote and forget". That reality is changing as the politicians of both parties are running this government into the ground. I only suggest this exercise so as to demonstrate how we can become more familiar with the how our government works. Moreover, I hope we as citizens can develop ways to associate the policies of our government with the officials we delegated to set them. For more information of this EO, go to wikipedia.
I think if we are going to discuss this issue. We need to go straight to the source and decide for ourselves what it means. Here is the link to EO 12866 including admendments set forth by EO 13422. No conspiracy theories! no partisanship! Lets just read the thing and make our own minds on the implications.
I think there should be a rule that an internet publication be restricted from publishing article involving linux on the desktop, linux-some other comparison, or generally anything that can start a done-to-death flamewar if they do not possess the bandwidth to handle the Slashdot effect. Publications using cable/dsl connections and pentium X servers need not apply!
I see absolutely no need to continue developing the desktop (workstations are another story). Here is what is out for the laptop.Core Extreme from Intel. 250 GB hard drives from various vendors. Great graphics solution from Nvidia and AMD. Notebooks can be fitted with up to 4 GB of ram. Notebooks utilized power more efficiently which is important in this energy conscience age. I personally have no need for desktop and will never buy one again. A laptop combined with a good display is enough. It is time for the OEM to get clever and start experimenting on new designs built around mobile components. Imac is a good example of a destop built from laptop components. Maybe special docking station for the hardcore users who want more expansion that the express card slot. A eSATA for notebooks perhaps for extra hard drives.
I not surprise that people are choosing XP over Vista. Windows user have weathered a stormy 6 years with XP. People as a whole have learn to secure the OS and I haven't heard of a major malware outbreak in years. No one going to abandon a devil they know for one they don't . Instead of foisting Vista on the consumer, continue to sell both and let people naturally migrate over to Vista. If Vista is truly better than XP, people will migrate. Microsoft would be wise to use the time to listen to user feedback and continue to improve Vista incrementally. Microsoft has the monopoly so they won't lose anything in that scenario.
Were you pictured in one of the first 3? I am not the type of guy to put a man down and not help him back up. Here is some advice to bring balance back to your life. First, switch to this. It is a compromise (and not my first choice) but it will give you time to implement my other advice. Second, buy and start using this and these. Third, stop eating these and talk to these people. It is not everything but it is a start. Just imagine yourself as cool as this guy. Read the DISCLAIMER
This guy looks like he couldn't reproduce unless test tubes were involved. Then there is this guy. Wolf!!! Then, look at these studmuffins here. Which one do you want has your wingman? I am not saying sex is impossible with any of these chaps (except maybe the second one) but it will take a lot of work. They have to put down the Linux sometime. In your case, Ubuntu is basically giving up on the whole hardcore linux crap for a social life. Just ask this playa.
The faces of Microsoft aren't much to look at. But hey, they are rich and can buy all the tail they need!
If this guy can sell these. He shouldn't have any trouble smooth talking a lady. This guy doesn't seem to have a problem. I say Mac users are a happy bunch.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the BSD folks. Their OS is "infirmed" but they got heart. Just look at their mascot. These guys are classy.
I don't know where you rabid fanboys originated. As a mac user, I tend to think of myself and fellow Apple aficionados as pretty lay back and easy going. We haven't given up our chances of having sex just to install and use Linux nor are we as well used as the Microsofties are after being bent over again and again. We are happy bunch, but, I suppose a few lunatics got a little defensive when it appear that someone was actively looking to rain on our sunny world. Lunatics. You have nothing to fear. The worm is for a vulnerability that has probably been patched. Second, it is a local worm and not internet worm. Third, test worms like this give both Apple and us greater insight on how vulernabilities can be exploited. It gets us thinking about security which in my case is something that I have been laxed on lately. Please stop all this nonsense and take your meds.
You compare supressing the teaching of children to masterbate to supressing proper sex education that goes beyond abstinence only (that lesson has serve our current crop of teenage mothers so well!!), stem cell research that might save thousands from suffering, and mental health issues that impacting millions of Americans. Damn, you hit it on the money. Clinton was horrible president because he could have save thousands from the pain of trial and error. Hell, lets teach them how to have sex while were at it.
We bash Bush because he is the worst President in recent history. The US Government doesn't accomplish anything it sets out to do. Bring democracy to the Middle East- oops sorry, evacuate New Orleans- oops sorry, capture bin Laden- oops sorry, retard illegal immigration-oops sorry, or even get me a passport in 6 weeks- oops sorry. The failure is bad enough but he will knowingly do something wrong just to appease his base. We should and will bash Bush everday from now until he leaves office.
Its not about you, but our democracy. The presence of the illegal wiretapping program illustrates the fundamental imbalance in the system of checks and balances. The program was started in clear violation of FISA. Yet, no other branch of government has been able to exert any oversight of the program. Checks and balances should allow one branch to question or put the breaks on such a program. If you didn't sleep in US govenment class, then I wouldn't have to explain how dangerous such an imbalance is. The government has violated the rights of individuals many times in history but that system is present to rectified the violation.
Bush has always been decisive and consistent! He will decisively do want he wants no matter how moronic or corrupt it is. He will consistently not care what you, I, or anyone else thinks about it.
Dude, open your eyes! Earth is the only planet in this solar system with a diverse biosphere. Mars does not have one! Venus does not have one! The Moon does not have one! If the Rare Earth hypothesis is valid, then Earth represents only but a few places in the galaxy where a complex species can thrive. We can live in space but, we can't thrive in it. A species would have an easier time adapting itself to Earth than adapting some other lifeless body to its physiology. In addition, the distance between Earth-type worlds might be extremely large- hundereds of light years. Moreover, an species capable of instellar travel will not have an unlimited supply of energy to travel the cosmos. That species won't be beyond economic considerations and will have to be strategic in deciding which star sytems to colonize (Oh, they will have to colonize to survive!). Finding another Earth type world is like winning the lottery. Thus, we should all be worried if another species found us.
Of course, the invasion may not be militaristic in nature but peaceful. After the aliens settle, their technological prowess will make them better able to compete for resources and our species will be decimated. Open your eyes to this fact. This planet was home to two intelligent species. There is only one now!
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I always wonder why the Engineering majors in college choose law as their career. I now understand. Innovation is out and lawsuits are in! AT&T will rather spend money on a lawyer enforcing stupid lock-ins than pay an engineer to develop a better network. A person with a new iPhone can't choose AT&T because it has the good network and compliments the iPhone well. He must either be contractually obligated to it or have no alternative from a competing carrier. Wow, you have to love America just to stand the stench of living here.
Here is a link to the comparison of OpenGL and DirectX. This excerpt answers your question:
Opengl had certain features that may have hinder the gaming performance early on. That gave DirectX the base and the inertia to dominate the gaming market. I would expect that game developers expertise lie mostly in DirectX. Though OpenGL is now viable, Microsoft would have to be woefully negligent on DirectX to warrant the productivity lost switching to it.
Linux is very mature on the programming side. Linux has the basic set of programs available to make a minimally useful computer. Now resources should be allocate to educating the consumer about it. Moreover, a strong push is need to woo OEM into partnership to get Linux pre-install on computers. Furthermore, overtures should also be made to get developers on board as well. Windows is not the be all and end all of desktop computing. Linux should be bankable in some niches. Gain a foothold and start building a base from there.
Dude, one word- PEDANTIC. You just made his point by highlighting the difference between linux the kernel and KDE/Gnome/whatever else the GUI. There is no unifying vision for Linux (or whatever you technically want to call it) from low level kernel all the way up to the GUI.
I am mac user. I love Apple computers. I think currently Mac OSX is the best operating system out there. However, gaming on the Mac platform is one of its most glaring (frightening) weaknesses. The weakness stems from Apple's stringent control of the Macintosh platform. The control limits the Macintosh platform to a paradigm dictated by Apple. With the exception of the Mac Pro, all current systems Apple sell are intended not to change over their lifetime (except for memory). This situation is advantageous for Apple but terrible for gaming. Gamers like/need to upgrade their systems. In addition, Apple doesn't design any system with gaming as a priority. Gamers who want Mac OS X but are not satify with Apples offerings are left with one option. (buy a PC). For those reasons, I can't see any reason that game developer will take the Mac platform seriously. This deprives the platform of viable avenue of growth and limits its potential. Gaming isn't the only avenue that Apple cedes away to Windows. How long can the Mac platform live on just the creative market?
Did anyone notice that the 4 games don't work with integrated graphics? That eliminates 2 of the 3 "consumer" systems that Apple sells!
I live in Baltimore. The murder rate is going over 300 for this year. The biggest threat to me is that robber armed to the teeth getting ready to hold me up. I don't look up in the sky dreading that terrorist who going to hijack a plane and fly it into my house. Yet, my elected officials think that the terrorist is my biggest concern and voted to expand the Patriot Act to include warantless wiretapping. Gee, thanks guys. I feel safer. If people thinks the "war on terror" is overblown is obvious, then I think we need to explain that to the politicians. They don't have a clue.
Has anyone thought that we are watched and recorded by advance alien civilization? Imagine what we would look like on a Discovery Channel special. On some planet, there is HUMAN WEEK.
I read the E.O. From 12866, the original goal was to make the process of creating regulations more effective and efficient. It provides guidelines for agencies to assest the impact of regulation on various sectors of the economy and to minimize the impact. It also directs agencies to finds ways to overcome conflicts arising from different interpretations by different agencies. The Executive Branch is not a homogeneous entity but a heterogenous one. Agencies are not uniform in their interpretations and conclusion with each other and the Executive Branch is too large to micromanage from the top. The original E.O. was intended to begin addressing those issues.
The recent amendments seem to focus on two thing- guidance documents and the "Regulation Policy Officer". The former might be a damage control measure as the administration is in opposition with the Legislative Branch. By using the OIRA and OMB, the President can limit the leverage the Congress can obtain from agency conflicts. The latter is more interesting.
The Excutive employs two types of employees. One is the regular civil servants who acquired the job through meritocratic system. The other is appointed by the President who are loyal to him and his priorities. The President is exerting more political control on the regulatory process by giving his appointees a strong influence over the process. The intention of this is to get more of his priorities turn over to regulation in the limited time he has left. Instead of revising the regulations after they are written, the administration is doing it from the beginning in the conception phase.The Excutive Branch is the President "Ship" and he can run anyway he wants so long as it at least sits in the gray area of legality. I only fret from this because I firmly believe that the priorities of the President is not shared with the majority of Americans
I believe that democracy is faltering because ordinary American are detached from the political process. The past seven years have seem to be a "vote and forget". That reality is changing as the politicians of both parties are running this government into the ground. I only suggest this exercise so as to demonstrate how we can become more familiar with the how our government works. Moreover, I hope we as citizens can develop ways to associate the policies of our government with the officials we delegated to set them. For more information of this EO, go to wikipedia.
I think if we are going to discuss this issue. We need to go straight to the source and decide for ourselves what it means. Here is the link to EO 12866 including admendments set forth by EO 13422. No conspiracy theories! no partisanship! Lets just read the thing and make our own minds on the implications.
I think there should be a rule that an internet publication be restricted from publishing article involving linux on the desktop, linux-some other comparison, or generally anything that can start a done-to-death flamewar if they do not possess the bandwidth to handle the Slashdot effect. Publications using cable/dsl connections and pentium X servers need not apply!
No. Consumers are better able to mitigate the weakness of XP. MS did impprove some things with SP2.
I see absolutely no need to continue developing the desktop (workstations are another story). Here is what is out for the laptop.Core Extreme from Intel. 250 GB hard drives from various vendors. Great graphics solution from Nvidia and AMD. Notebooks can be fitted with up to 4 GB of ram. Notebooks utilized power more efficiently which is important in this energy conscience age. I personally have no need for desktop and will never buy one again. A laptop combined with a good display is enough. It is time for the OEM to get clever and start experimenting on new designs built around mobile components. Imac is a good example of a destop built from laptop components. Maybe special docking station for the hardcore users who want more expansion that the express card slot. A eSATA for notebooks perhaps for extra hard drives.
I not surprise that people are choosing XP over Vista. Windows user have weathered a stormy 6 years with XP. People as a whole have learn to secure the OS and I haven't heard of a major malware outbreak in years. No one going to abandon a devil they know for one they don't . Instead of foisting Vista on the consumer, continue to sell both and let people naturally migrate over to Vista. If Vista is truly better than XP, people will migrate. Microsoft would be wise to use the time to listen to user feedback and continue to improve Vista incrementally. Microsoft has the monopoly so they won't lose anything in that scenario.
Were you pictured in one of the first 3? I am not the type of guy to put a man down and not help him back up. Here is some advice to bring balance back to your life. First, switch to this. It is a compromise (and not my first choice) but it will give you time to implement my other advice. Second, buy and start using this and these. Third, stop eating these and talk to these people. It is not everything but it is a start. Just imagine yourself as cool as this guy. Read the DISCLAIMER
This guy looks like he couldn't reproduce unless test tubes were involved. Then there is this guy. Wolf!!! Then, look at these studmuffins here. Which one do you want has your wingman? I am not saying sex is impossible with any of these chaps (except maybe the second one) but it will take a lot of work. They have to put down the Linux sometime. In your case, Ubuntu is basically giving up on the whole hardcore linux crap for a social life. Just ask this playa.
The faces of Microsoft aren't much to look at. But hey, they are rich and can buy all the tail they need!
If this guy can sell these. He shouldn't have any trouble smooth talking a lady. This guy doesn't seem to have a problem. I say Mac users are a happy bunch.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the BSD folks. Their OS is "infirmed" but they got heart. Just look at their mascot. These guys are classy.
I don't know where you rabid fanboys originated. As a mac user, I tend to think of myself and fellow Apple aficionados as pretty lay back and easy going. We haven't given up our chances of having sex just to install and use Linux nor are we as well used as the Microsofties are after being bent over again and again. We are happy bunch, but, I suppose a few lunatics got a little defensive when it appear that someone was actively looking to rain on our sunny world. Lunatics. You have nothing to fear. The worm is for a vulnerability that has probably been patched. Second, it is a local worm and not internet worm. Third, test worms like this give both Apple and us greater insight on how vulernabilities can be exploited. It gets us thinking about security which in my case is something that I have been laxed on lately. Please stop all this nonsense and take your meds.
3 hypothetical worms in seven years. At this rate, I may have to switch to Linux next century!
Maybe they were giving us another opportunity to bash Bush. Not even he can't be oppressive, imcompetent, and corrupt everday.
You compare supressing the teaching of children to masterbate to supressing proper sex education that goes beyond abstinence only (that lesson has serve our current crop of teenage mothers so well!!), stem cell research that might save thousands from suffering, and mental health issues that impacting millions of Americans. Damn, you hit it on the money. Clinton was horrible president because he could have save thousands from the pain of trial and error. Hell, lets teach them how to have sex while were at it.
We bash Bush because he is the worst President in recent history. The US Government doesn't accomplish anything it sets out to do. Bring democracy to the Middle East- oops sorry, evacuate New Orleans- oops sorry, capture bin Laden- oops sorry, retard illegal immigration-oops sorry, or even get me a passport in 6 weeks- oops sorry. The failure is bad enough but he will knowingly do something wrong just to appease his base. We should and will bash Bush everday from now until he leaves office.
A public official actually concerned about businesses reaming the consumer. What has become of the United States?
Its not about you, but our democracy. The presence of the illegal wiretapping program illustrates the fundamental imbalance in the system of checks and balances. The program was started in clear violation of FISA. Yet, no other branch of government has been able to exert any oversight of the program. Checks and balances should allow one branch to question or put the breaks on such a program. If you didn't sleep in US govenment class, then I wouldn't have to explain how dangerous such an imbalance is. The government has violated the rights of individuals many times in history but that system is present to rectified the violation.
Bush has always been decisive and consistent! He will decisively do want he wants no matter how moronic or corrupt it is. He will consistently not care what you, I, or anyone else thinks about it.
Let me guess. You also can't understand why consumers will still pay money for Windows when they can have Linux for free.
Dude, open your eyes! Earth is the only planet in this solar system with a diverse biosphere. Mars does not have one! Venus does not have one! The Moon does not have one! If the Rare Earth hypothesis is valid, then Earth represents only but a few places in the galaxy where a complex species can thrive. We can live in space but, we can't thrive in it. A species would have an easier time adapting itself to Earth than adapting some other lifeless body to its physiology. In addition, the distance between Earth-type worlds might be extremely large- hundereds of light years. Moreover, an species capable of instellar travel will not have an unlimited supply of energy to travel the cosmos. That species won't be beyond economic considerations and will have to be strategic in deciding which star sytems to colonize (Oh, they will have to colonize to survive!). Finding another Earth type world is like winning the lottery. Thus, we should all be worried if another species found us.
Of course, the invasion may not be militaristic in nature but peaceful. After the aliens settle, their technological prowess will make them better able to compete for resources and our species will be decimated. Open your eyes to this fact. This planet was home to two intelligent species. There is only one now!