I'd say Doom largely started the graphics card craze too.
That'd be an awfully hard thing for it to do, since DooM didn't use any hardware graphics acceleration (unless they had 2D accelerators back then, if they did I didn't notice). I'm a little curious though as to what really did kick off the rush to buy graphics cards, was it Unreal, which supposedly required hardware acceleration (but really didn't) or the special version of Quake that came with the Voodoo cards? Or am I missing a milestone...
You find a good deal of papers, magazines, empty soda cans etc., but alas, nothing valuable.
>open closet
As you tug open the door of the dusty closet, you can feel something tumbling behind it. You realize a bit too late that it's your collection of antique farming implements.
Really though, if we're gonna have to make a choice between easy, high-speed data access and amateur radio, I think it might be time to retire the morse keyer. Sure, you might not be able to radio some guy in a basement in Hong Kong, but nowadays couldn't you just send him an e-mail?
Ever try to fly a flight sim with a keyboard? Besides, adding computerization would add to the weight of the thing, and that's really important for something like this.
C# has only existed for a fairly short while compared to Java and has made more inroads than Java made in an equal time.
One could also argue that Java has only been good for a fairly short while. There was a long period of time when people didn't have any idea of what to do with the language besides make webpage plugins, and only now it's becoming more ubiquitous as an all purpose language, now that the speed is up there.
They're not replacing the composer with computers, music is still going to need to be written by people who can feel. They're just using computers here to perform the more technical tasks. The people in the pit orchestra aren't expressing themselves, they're reproducing the music on the paper to the best of their abilities. Seems like the perfect candidate for automation, as much as I hate to see my musician friends losing another opportunity for work.
The Spec V is actually a 2.5 Liter V4 with 170HP and 180Torque. I have one and have found it to be a rather well engineered vehicle compared to the Hondas, Acuras and Toyotas. When test driving Hondas, they did indeed feel like toys and I do laugh at those who'd put tons of "performance" parts on them (they'd probably break into a dozen pieces if they hit a pothole too hard). The Nissan felt really solid though, and reminded me more of a European car than anything. With some more parts it could probably be a lot more fun to drive even, but I still kind of doubt whether it will be winning any races against vipers.
Soundtrack takes quite a lot of processor performance as well, I've managed to completely top out my Dual G5 applying a couple admittedly intensive filters on a single mono track. An alert box actually popped up to say something to the likes of "I'm givin' her all she's got Captain, she can't take much more of this!"
I don't think Fink will work unless you have the developer tools installed first, as it needs the GCC compiler that comes with the latest tools. Use the dev tools CD that came with OS X or try downloading them later.
But I don't know about the viability of using open source packages to sync a palm, I know I'd want it to be tied in to my Mac applications, which in my opinion are a bit more useful than whatever someone's ported from *nix.
Am I the only one who thought that was really cool that they could do that? I know I'd like to come to a store and have people be well equipped to help me get stuff efficiently.
He's probably referring to Apple's purchase of emagic, and the subsequent drop of Logic for Windows. That sent quite a few ripples through the audio community, though to most of the people I talked to it had the effect of making them switch to mac rather than get pissed at Apple.
There's some logic (excuse the pun) behind apple's decision there however, as Logic 6's dependance on the low-latency CoreAudio would make a feature equal windows version difficult.
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Don't forget you need a MIDI interface for your computer if you're don't have one already. Those are about 50 bucks for a USB dealie. The good thing about the mAudio keyboards is they use a USB MIDI interface.
If you are still playing the old-school FPS's you should check the PC port of Marathon (http://source.bungie.org/), though I shudder to mention port and marathon in the same sentence. Marathon was released on the Mac around the same time as Doom on the PC, and I had similar reservations about the mud content of Doom. Plus, Marathon has kickass physics, something just starting to come back into style, and probably the best story of any game to date.
It is interesting that you criticize Halo for the graphics, for it was my belief that Halo was an innovative (and fun) game due to the good physics, weapon balance, and AI. Sure, if you evaluate it like Quake it's gonna suck, because the appeals of Quake are mostly graphics based (hmm, a bunch of monsters charge at you and you shoot them. Repeat.) While in Halo, the enemy use team tactics, hide behind cover, and shoot funny things when you shoot at them! Halo should stand as a prime example of why graphics are not king anymore.
One could argue likewise that it is pointless getting an art degree, for those skills can be acquired outside of education and the job market there is similarly limited. For someone like myself interested in both things, I have decided to pursue undergraduate education in Engineering, while pursuing independant research in the artistic fields and possibly obtaining graduate education in animation or electronic music. Computational science is a much more technically challenging subject, and is necessary for the more cutting edge artistic fields.
People out of art schools going into the arts face similarly steep competition to the people out of computer schools going into IT. If you can demonstrate a strong ability in the field and possess unique skills that have some relevance to your profession, it can be quite an asset I think. One of the chief directors at Pixar for example has degrees in CS and Robotics of all things, rather unorthodox at first glance but quite applicable to the developing field of computer animation.
I don't mean to nitpick, but he is proposing acquiring a degree in Engineering/CS, not IT. CS is more than managing computer systems and even programming. At least I hope so, for I'm studying it with no intention of becoming a "programmer." You can use computer science skills to jump to the head of any field if you are good, for computers have the potential to make paradigm shifts in any profession. This person with a medical background could likely have great sucess working on the development of medical technology and research, and have little chance of being "outsourced to India."
Wait, so if the X-box 2 is scheduled to come out sooner, like in 2005, and Halo 2 was supposed to come out late 2004, does this mean that Halo 2 might be pushed back to be released on the X-Box 2? I mean, I'm all for the new technology, but I want my Halo! Sooner the better I think.
Then again, you can keep the original data files around for much longer than you can keep a negative of film. If you're concerned about CD-ROMs decaying, put them on a hard drive or rotate the media every ten years or so.
According to this O'Reilly's book that I just bought on Java, Java tends to be a little more sluggish because the code cannot be optimized by the compiler for the platform, except during runtime. With Java 2 they have the Just-In-Time optimization routines, so the longer you have the program running, the faster it gets supposedly. The interface will never be quite as snappy, but a Java application does have the potential to have good math performance if it runs for a long time, i.e. in an enterprise situation.
And yeah, best way to improve performance would be writing a better virtual machine.
Read the FAQ that comes with XGrid. To the question "Does XGrid work with any Unix system?" the short answer is "No.", the long answer is, "...Xgrid uses an XML property list protocol built on top of BEEP for all of its inter-computer communication and coordination, and because these protocols are open, it is possible a client, agent, or controller could be written to run on other UNIX-based computers and interoperate with Xgrid. However, no such programs have been written."
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That'd be an awfully hard thing for it to do, since DooM didn't use any hardware graphics acceleration (unless they had 2D accelerators back then, if they did I didn't notice). I'm a little curious though as to what really did kick off the rush to buy graphics cards, was it Unreal, which supposedly required hardware acceleration (but really didn't) or the special version of Quake that came with the Voodoo cards? Or am I missing a milestone...
>search desk drawer
You find a good deal of papers, magazines, empty soda cans etc., but alas, nothing valuable.
>open closet
As you tug open the door of the dusty closet, you can feel something tumbling behind it. You realize a bit too late that it's your collection of antique farming implements.
**** You have died. ****
YOUR SCORE WAS 0 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 80.
QUIT, RESTART, RESTORE?
Perhaps it's a seemingly higher resolution screen that you can peer into to see, like Spock is always wont to do on the original "Star Trek."
Really though, if we're gonna have to make a choice between easy, high-speed data access and amateur radio, I think it might be time to retire the morse keyer. Sure, you might not be able to radio some guy in a basement in Hong Kong, but nowadays couldn't you just send him an e-mail?
Ever try to fly a flight sim with a keyboard? Besides, adding computerization would add to the weight of the thing, and that's really important for something like this.
One could also argue that Java has only been good for a fairly short while. There was a long period of time when people didn't have any idea of what to do with the language besides make webpage plugins, and only now it's becoming more ubiquitous as an all purpose language, now that the speed is up there.
They're not replacing the composer with computers, music is still going to need to be written by people who can feel. They're just using computers here to perform the more technical tasks. The people in the pit orchestra aren't expressing themselves, they're reproducing the music on the paper to the best of their abilities. Seems like the perfect candidate for automation, as much as I hate to see my musician friends losing another opportunity for work.
The Spec V is actually a 2.5 Liter V4 with 170HP and 180Torque. I have one and have found it to be a rather well engineered vehicle compared to the Hondas, Acuras and Toyotas. When test driving Hondas, they did indeed feel like toys and I do laugh at those who'd put tons of "performance" parts on them (they'd probably break into a dozen pieces if they hit a pothole too hard). The Nissan felt really solid though, and reminded me more of a European car than anything. With some more parts it could probably be a lot more fun to drive even, but I still kind of doubt whether it will be winning any races against vipers.
Soundtrack takes quite a lot of processor performance as well, I've managed to completely top out my Dual G5 applying a couple admittedly intensive filters on a single mono track. An alert box actually popped up to say something to the likes of "I'm givin' her all she's got Captain, she can't take much more of this!"
I don't think Fink will work unless you have the developer tools installed first, as it needs the GCC compiler that comes with the latest tools. Use the dev tools CD that came with OS X or try downloading them later.
But I don't know about the viability of using open source packages to sync a palm, I know I'd want it to be tied in to my Mac applications, which in my opinion are a bit more useful than whatever someone's ported from *nix.
Am I the only one who thought that was really cool that they could do that? I know I'd like to come to a store and have people be well equipped to help me get stuff efficiently.
He's probably referring to Apple's purchase of emagic, and the subsequent drop of Logic for Windows. That sent quite a few ripples through the audio community, though to most of the people I talked to it had the effect of making them switch to mac rather than get pissed at Apple.
There's some logic (excuse the pun) behind apple's decision there however, as Logic 6's dependance on the low-latency CoreAudio would make a feature equal windows version difficult.
Don't forget you need a MIDI interface for your computer if you're don't have one already. Those are about 50 bucks for a USB dealie. The good thing about the mAudio keyboards is they use a USB MIDI interface.
Anybody notice that looking at Bud Ice under that microscope thing shows nothing? That must be why it goes down so smooth...
And how exactly are we to distinguish the VoIP dropoffs from the RealPlayer dropoffs?
If you are still playing the old-school FPS's you should check the PC port of Marathon (http://source.bungie.org/), though I shudder to mention port and marathon in the same sentence. Marathon was released on the Mac around the same time as Doom on the PC, and I had similar reservations about the mud content of Doom. Plus, Marathon has kickass physics, something just starting to come back into style, and probably the best story of any game to date.
It is interesting that you criticize Halo for the graphics, for it was my belief that Halo was an innovative (and fun) game due to the good physics, weapon balance, and AI. Sure, if you evaluate it like Quake it's gonna suck, because the appeals of Quake are mostly graphics based (hmm, a bunch of monsters charge at you and you shoot them. Repeat.) While in Halo, the enemy use team tactics, hide behind cover, and shoot funny things when you shoot at them! Halo should stand as a prime example of why graphics are not king anymore.
People out of art schools going into the arts face similarly steep competition to the people out of computer schools going into IT. If you can demonstrate a strong ability in the field and possess unique skills that have some relevance to your profession, it can be quite an asset I think. One of the chief directors at Pixar for example has degrees in CS and Robotics of all things, rather unorthodox at first glance but quite applicable to the developing field of computer animation.
I know all the british folks pronounce the car a Jag-you-are, so I'm pretty sure it's up to interperatation.
I don't mean to nitpick, but he is proposing acquiring a degree in Engineering/CS, not IT. CS is more than managing computer systems and even programming. At least I hope so, for I'm studying it with no intention of becoming a "programmer." You can use computer science skills to jump to the head of any field if you are good, for computers have the potential to make paradigm shifts in any profession. This person with a medical background could likely have great sucess working on the development of medical technology and research, and have little chance of being "outsourced to India."
Wait, so if the X-box 2 is scheduled to come out sooner, like in 2005, and Halo 2 was supposed to come out late 2004, does this mean that Halo 2 might be pushed back to be released on the X-Box 2? I mean, I'm all for the new technology, but I want my Halo! Sooner the better I think.
I might guess not, considering that he's not using any GUI apps that it would be practical to create PDF's from.
Then again, you can keep the original data files around for much longer than you can keep a negative of film. If you're concerned about CD-ROMs decaying, put them on a hard drive or rotate the media every ten years or so.
And yeah, best way to improve performance would be writing a better virtual machine.
Read the FAQ that comes with XGrid. To the question "Does XGrid work with any Unix system?" the short answer is "No.", the long answer is, "...Xgrid uses an XML property list protocol built on top of BEEP for all of its inter-computer communication and coordination, and because these protocols are open, it is possible a client, agent, or controller could be written to run on other UNIX-based computers and interoperate with Xgrid. However, no such programs have been written."