All that graphics memory is going to continue to be important as ever more complex and detailed games such as Doom III continue to be developed. With the kind of high resolution textures presented in such applications, a large amount of high-bandwidth memory is advantageous for rendering them in real time, high polygon count models worlds.
For those of you planning to never buy another game, well, why ask in the first place?
Seriously, when are all these big name vendors going to start using a truely free format? I can't imagine that the likes of Sharp or Sony want to be beholden to some german company in a case of patent infringement.
is there a public, digital archive of news stories?is there a public, digital archive of news stories?
Have you tried the Google Cache to find what your looking for? Or, alternatively, the Wayback Machine? I'm sure you'll be able to find what you're looking for between those two sites.
Just go ahead and copy it. Nobody will notice it, and honestly, who's going to sue you over "theft" of something that is past its usefulness to most people?
It should be a part of your fair use rights, but IANAL, so you should probably check with one.
Hello? We're talking about x86 hardware, which essentially owns 100% of the consumer market, where "content" is dispersed and consumed. I think the people buying brand new ultra-expensive Sun or SGI workstations to watch movies and listen to copyrighted music are in the minority, to say the least.
Palladium means that anyone who wants to be able to view Palladium-protected media will have to have Palladium-compliant hardware. It's a goddamn goldmine for Intel and AMD! Imagine all the people who wouldn't otherwise bother to upgrade buying new chips so they can watch their DVD movies or whatever. That's a large amount of sales.
Why are you asking Slashdot questions that are best answered by a lawyer? We're technology professionals, not legal professionals. You got a problem with how Linux works? Fine, we can help. You got a legal problem? You're playing with fire by submitting to Ask Slashdot.
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For those of you planning to never buy another game, well, why ask in the first place?
We should be thanking Ingo Molnar right about now. It only took 2 seconds!
Seriously, when are all these big name vendors going to start using a truely free format? I can't imagine that the likes of Sharp or Sony want to be beholden to some german company in a case of patent infringement.
Have you tried the Google Cache to find what your looking for? Or, alternatively, the Wayback Machine? I'm sure you'll be able to find what you're looking for between those two sites.
It should be a part of your fair use rights, but IANAL, so you should probably check with one.
Just take a gander at the king of all subwoofers they made out of an old hard drive motor at MIT!
Hello? We're talking about x86 hardware, which essentially owns 100% of the consumer market, where "content" is dispersed and consumed. I think the people buying brand new ultra-expensive Sun or SGI workstations to watch movies and listen to copyrighted music are in the minority, to say the least.
Palladium means that anyone who wants to be able to view Palladium-protected media will have to have Palladium-compliant hardware. It's a goddamn goldmine for Intel and AMD! Imagine all the people who wouldn't otherwise bother to upgrade buying new chips so they can watch their DVD movies or whatever. That's a large amount of sales.
Why are you asking Slashdot questions that are best answered by a lawyer? We're technology professionals, not legal professionals. You got a problem with how Linux works? Fine, we can help. You got a legal problem? You're playing with fire by submitting to Ask Slashdot.