I'm with you. But what if the rig crew were also at fault and helped cause the disaster (like the report indicates)? I'm asking.. What if they killed themselves?
It's very improbable that it would hit anywhere near a city, though. Is that one of those "The odds are low but the chances are high" type things? haha.
Stickers on your computer? Stickers?! If you didn't assemble the computer yourself it doesn't matter what the stickers say. It could be "Magic smoke inside, don't open!" and it would be just as awe-inspiring as AMD+Intel.
I think PC enthusiasts use better metrics these days anyways. Someone asks you about your box, you say "it's shit slow" or "it'll crush your puny machine". You can get into specific details if you want.. but usually only in the context of personal experiences with specific vendor product lines, not what technology is better (that one is easy). Most Intel stickers point out this fact too.. it's no longer "Intel Inside" but instead "Intel Atom inside" and "Intel Celeron inside" and "Intel Xeon inside" and so on.
I agree with you. Most of the time the theater version is the best. I do enjoy the extended LOTR versions but i doubt i'm with the majority. I also enjoyed the extended Abyss.. it actually makes a lot more sense than the original.
Just because i live in a forest doesn't mean i should run my A/C all day long. I mean that guy probably spent more on electricity than the average American makes each year. But honestly, i don't really care.. if he has the money and the means to support that kind of life, i can be happy for him. But paying extra money to the power company to get green energy (over the same lines as the dirty energy) and buying "carbon offsets".. doesn't give him the title "green". Green is minimal impact, not mitigating a large impact into a smaller one.
It's EXACTLY the same thing windows game support will tell you. Go to your vidcard vendor's website and get up to date drivers. Or update your directX. Or update your Windows.
Does Valve distribute the drivers for video cards? Does reading an online manual scare people versus someone read it for them over the phone?
Those links i posted are the OFFICIAL documents of the respective distros, not just some rabble on a forum. Does pointing a customer to AMD.com to update their videocard drivers offend you? Then why would the official distro docs?
I'm not going to address all the things you said, but the last one struck me.
Pointing a customer to already existing documentation on how to get their GLX setup properly would cost far more than any revenue you could bring in? You are crazy. I can prove it..
You're right about the distro's, i agree with you. But i'd like to challenge you on the last half.
Games can be written for multiple platforms. If your linux version only sells 1000 copies at 50$ and took 100 hrs to stack the engine on top of pre-existing linux libs. You are making good money from it. If you only made the windows version, you would be missing out on that linux money. Very little of your game should rely on the OS. However, if you choose microsoft only technologies, you have essentially removed your ability to create a multi-platform game. This goes for consoles as well. Good luck getting your (purely) C# game onto the PS3, it's not possible.
You wouldn't ship your windows game without the required external libraries, right? then why the hell would you do that with linux? Compile it all static and ship with the game.
I use to play all the Quakes and some UT in linux, at better FPS than windows 2k. You are crazy to think linux is "hardest to develop for".
When i was a kid i was working on my own ogl game for linux... AS A KID. I can post the sourceforge link if needbe.. but it's embarrassing to look at now, hah. But i relearned it as an adult from: http://nehe.gamedev.net/
Seriously, check out nehe. Look on the left side, down to the OpenGL Basecode section. You can see C#, GLX, Cocoa, and so much more there. You can download each version and compare what's more difficult.
Though i am still a big openGL fan, i have used C#+XNA for some projects. Really need to get back to some c++ though.
I'm curious, what fundamental changes need to be made to linux? Because it's had fantastic games in the past.. equal to the windows versions. Linux has only improved since then.
I know what you're trying to say, but there won't be a solar powered tank or bomber anytime soon.. and for good reasons. The US military would probably have to tap into the SPR to continue the zombie fight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve
There are rediculous ammounts of food, ammo, and uniforms stacked up. It would take years of all out war to deplete them with no production in place. But your point about resupply is dead on, it has to be moved from stockpiles to where the fighting is. My guess is the stockpile locations will actually be the main points of conflict because that's where all the survivors will be.
I'm also with you on how slow the US Gov reacts to disasters.. but i would like to point out that it is quick to react to threats. Maybe it's because the military wheels move faster than the civilian ones, i don't know. Less debate involved perhaps.
I think you misunderstood what the AC was trying to say. If the roofer writes the estimate like a 4th-grader but has good references, he will hire the roofer. If he's getting an estimate for his business signage and the sign maker can barely spell, he will pass. High intelligence, or the apperance thereof, is not always a requirement to get shit done.
Phrogman was basically saying if someone looks or acts like a "lower class" he will ignore/dismiss them. Elitism like that is a sign too.
It could also be that it takes more intelligence to learn two written languages. The people you are meeting who write english as a second language could just be smarter than most people.
At first i was agreeing with you.. but then i started thinking about groups who make money by promoting good bands. There are magazines dedicated to just this thing. People pay money to read a magazine about what bands rock, what bands suck, and where to get their music. There are probably blogs who make advert money doing the same thing. Why would a band pay a magazine for their content? The band isn't putting an ad in the magazine, they are the content itself. The magazine should be paying the bands for their time, right?
If a band could pay money and get front page whether they are good or not.. nobody would read that piece of shit magazine. People want to find good music, not bands with deep pockets.
If i was youtube surfing and had to download every video just to watch it.. that would not be fun. Either way.. streaming or download.. everyone receives ONE copy of the video. I prefer streaming but would like the option to download.
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depends on which version of "better"
I'm with you. But what if the rig crew were also at fault and helped cause the disaster (like the report indicates)? I'm asking.. What if they killed themselves?
I'm not sure about that. Huge crime organizations exist and they aren't a product of government interference.. they exist in spite of it.
It's very improbable that it would hit anywhere near a city, though.
Is that one of those "The odds are low but the chances are high" type things? haha.
I think facts can be copied with a citation to the source?
*knock knock*
"Hello Terje, there was a paperwork mixup a few years back. We're here to fix that."
Well then, your hobby better be hunting, fishing, or stealing...
Stickers on your computer? Stickers?! If you didn't assemble the computer yourself it doesn't matter what the stickers say. It could be "Magic smoke inside, don't open!" and it would be just as awe-inspiring as AMD+Intel.
I think PC enthusiasts use better metrics these days anyways. Someone asks you about your box, you say "it's shit slow" or "it'll crush your puny machine". You can get into specific details if you want.. but usually only in the context of personal experiences with specific vendor product lines, not what technology is better (that one is easy). Most Intel stickers point out this fact too.. it's no longer "Intel Inside" but instead "Intel Atom inside" and "Intel Celeron inside" and "Intel Xeon inside" and so on.
Stickers? bah
Why would it get more expensive? The regulation is literally to LEAVE DATA ALONE. Which is what most ISPs are currently doing.
I agree with you. Most of the time the theater version is the best. I do enjoy the extended LOTR versions but i doubt i'm with the majority. I also enjoyed the extended Abyss.. it actually makes a lot more sense than the original.
I'm with you on the concrete home thing.
Some great ideas. First time i've heard about plug-in grid-tie.. very cool stuff.
Just because i live in a forest doesn't mean i should run my A/C all day long. I mean that guy probably spent more on electricity than the average American makes each year. But honestly, i don't really care.. if he has the money and the means to support that kind of life, i can be happy for him. But paying extra money to the power company to get green energy (over the same lines as the dirty energy) and buying "carbon offsets".. doesn't give him the title "green". Green is minimal impact, not mitigating a large impact into a smaller one.
It's EXACTLY the same thing windows game support will tell you. Go to your vidcard vendor's website and get up to date drivers. Or update your directX. Or update your Windows.
Does Valve distribute the drivers for video cards? Does reading an online manual scare people versus someone read it for them over the phone?
Those links i posted are the OFFICIAL documents of the respective distros, not just some rabble on a forum. Does pointing a customer to AMD.com to update their videocard drivers offend you? Then why would the official distro docs?
Yeah, i agree. A 300$ tax is not a tax, it's a fee. A tax is a percentage of worth, right?
You can statically link, but you have to distribute your object files to fullfill the needs of the LGPL.
I'm not going to address all the things you said, but the last one struck me.
Pointing a customer to already existing documentation on how to get their GLX setup properly would cost far more than any revenue you could bring in? You are crazy. I can prove it..
Gentoo, my distro of choice.. google says the docs are here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml and here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
Or lets pick Ubuntu, google says here: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/hardware.html#graphics-cards
How much revenue was that? less than a minute of googling.
I would like to address some of your other points but i feel you really haven't taken the time to look into them yourself.
You're right about the distro's, i agree with you. But i'd like to challenge you on the last half.
Games can be written for multiple platforms. If your linux version only sells 1000 copies at 50$ and took 100 hrs to stack the engine on top of pre-existing linux libs. You are making good money from it. If you only made the windows version, you would be missing out on that linux money. Very little of your game should rely on the OS. However, if you choose microsoft only technologies, you have essentially removed your ability to create a multi-platform game. This goes for consoles as well. Good luck getting your (purely) C# game onto the PS3, it's not possible.
You wouldn't ship your windows game without the required external libraries, right? then why the hell would you do that with linux? Compile it all static and ship with the game.
I use to play all the Quakes and some UT in linux, at better FPS than windows 2k. You are crazy to think linux is "hardest to develop for".
When i was a kid i was working on my own ogl game for linux... AS A KID. I can post the sourceforge link if needbe.. but it's embarrassing to look at now, hah. But i relearned it as an adult from: http://nehe.gamedev.net/
Seriously, check out nehe. Look on the left side, down to the OpenGL Basecode section. You can see C#, GLX, Cocoa, and so much more there. You can download each version and compare what's more difficult.
Though i am still a big openGL fan, i have used C#+XNA for some projects. Really need to get back to some c++ though.
I'm curious, what fundamental changes need to be made to linux? Because it's had fantastic games in the past.. equal to the windows versions. Linux has only improved since then.
I know what you're trying to say, but there won't be a solar powered tank or bomber anytime soon.. and for good reasons. The US military would probably have to tap into the SPR to continue the zombie fight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve
There are rediculous ammounts of food, ammo, and uniforms stacked up. It would take years of all out war to deplete them with no production in place. But your point about resupply is dead on, it has to be moved from stockpiles to where the fighting is. My guess is the stockpile locations will actually be the main points of conflict because that's where all the survivors will be.
I'm also with you on how slow the US Gov reacts to disasters.. but i would like to point out that it is quick to react to threats. Maybe it's because the military wheels move faster than the civilian ones, i don't know. Less debate involved perhaps.
I think you misunderstood what the AC was trying to say. If the roofer writes the estimate like a 4th-grader but has good references, he will hire the roofer. If he's getting an estimate for his business signage and the sign maker can barely spell, he will pass. High intelligence, or the apperance thereof, is not always a requirement to get shit done.
Phrogman was basically saying if someone looks or acts like a "lower class" he will ignore/dismiss them. Elitism like that is a sign too.
It could also be that it takes more intelligence to learn two written languages. The people you are meeting who write english as a second language could just be smarter than most people.
At first i was agreeing with you.. but then i started thinking about groups who make money by promoting good bands. There are magazines dedicated to just this thing. People pay money to read a magazine about what bands rock, what bands suck, and where to get their music. There are probably blogs who make advert money doing the same thing. Why would a band pay a magazine for their content? The band isn't putting an ad in the magazine, they are the content itself. The magazine should be paying the bands for their time, right?
If a band could pay money and get front page whether they are good or not.. nobody would read that piece of shit magazine. People want to find good music, not bands with deep pockets.
If i was youtube surfing and had to download every video just to watch it.. that would not be fun. Either way.. streaming or download.. everyone receives ONE copy of the video. I prefer streaming but would like the option to download.