Television and video have motion blur-- the effect of the capture device essentially "averaging" the motion that occurred across the duration of capturing that frame.
So how long before this feature comes to games -- either through video card hardware, or the game engine itself? Make it more like what people expect to see. Could be an interesting effect.
There is a significant chance that the 6600 is a way of salvaging "reject" 6800s in which one or more of the pipelines failed QA.
Then why not sell it at a reduced price as a 15- or 11-pipeline chip, rather than cutting it back to 8? Promise someone they get at least 8 pipelines, and some may get lucky getting more. Why kill perfectly good pipelines just for marketing? Think about it!
And just how is this a big setback for solar power advocates? Is every automobile accident with a regular car a setback for gasoline advocates? Are solar cars supposed to be accident free? Or all 21-year-olds excellent drivers (I know they think they are)?
This is just an example of muddy thinking that doesn't belong on Slashdot.
And how many people are disturbed by this on their 85Hz to 110Hz vertical refresh monitors? More than should be, I'll bet.
Standard movies only run at 24fps, and American television is only a true 30fps (1/2 of the interlaced frame is written every 1/60 of a second). Demanding frame rates much above those seems an absurd form of posturing.
they differ from their higher-end brethren by having only 8 pixel pipes (unlike the 12 & 16 of the 6800 line)
And I'll bet they cost pennies less to make than the higher-end chips. Translation: the higher-end chips should cost pennies -- not hundreds of $$$s -- more to buy.
Think about it. How much has it cost Nvidia to engineer this new chip? Either it is a crippled version of their existing chip, or they had to re-engineer it, make new masks, and setup a new, qualified production line at quite high costs.
Wouldn't we -- and they -- have been better off if they just punched out larger quanitites of the higher-end chips at less cost?
Much as I believe the Internet once was, and always should have been, first come first served, this was clearly deceptive. The person should have taken FallwellSucks.com and left it at that.
What I want to know is how the Intel Prescott EM64 instruction set differs from the Athlon/Opteron AMD64 instruction set. The difference has got to be there. Microsoft is announcing that they now implement both EM64 and AMD64. Why make such an announcement if their AMD tested code ran on Intel without problem?
I fear that Intel didn't do it right, and we'll be stuck with the lowest common denominator as a result. Can someone point me to where a list of known incompatabilities are.
Why feel the need for formal a formal education that many people wondered about the usefulness of at the time, when most people who use computers now see the value of it and find their own ways to learn it to the level they deem necessary?
From the Register: IBM is donating half a million lines of code from its Cloudscape database to the open source community...Cloudscape is a small-footprint Java database, designed to be embedded in handheld computers or point-of-sale terminals.
And just how does.5M lines of Java code translate to "small"?
Or is this a new usage of the word "small" of which I was not previously familiar?
its quite amusing that Sony tries to promote its terrible formats but always fail...Betamax
You need to recall that VHS is also a Sony developed format. They sold the rights to it after developing Betamax, which they felt was a superior system -- and still got Betamaxs to the market first.
This means that, when you transfer your MP3 files to the new Walkman, Sony's PC software must laboriously convert them first into ATRAC3 files. Sony claims it designed the player this way because ATRAC3 produces superior sound
Let me get this straight. Is Sony trying to say if I convert my compressed MP3 format directly to their compressed ATRAC3 format, my music will automagically sound better?
The cloners were taking away from Apple's revenue when they promised to go after non-Apple markets.
The cloners were showing what everyone else has said about Apple all along -- their hardware is too d@mn expensive!!
They could make a profit selling the hardware only for less than Apple. And don't give me all this R&D crap. None of the cloners were able to set their production lines up for free.
If Apple was paying attention they'd realize they are really a software and operating system company. PC's beat out Apples not because of any inherent superiority, but rather because while generally comparable, PC's simply cost less and give you more bang for your buck. Considering what Apple is charging for OS updates every year, they should pump as much cheap hardware as possible out there and sell operating systems to every one of them. Look at Microsoft. About the only hardware they sell is the MS Mouse, and they're so far ahead of Apple that you can't see Steve Jobs in the rearview mirror.
At minimum, release OS-X for the Intel/AMD hardware platform in addition to your own line. It's no secret that they have a version ready to go, and only Jobs is keeping it from happening. I'm sorry if he's still in love with hardware because that's how it all started, but get real.
And I'm no Intel shill. The G5 is wonderful hardware, as is the AMD-64.
Sounds like what AOL Instant Messaging periodically does to the other IM services.
Seriously though, if Apple keeps this up they should be prosecuted for attempting to maintain an illegal monopoly.
Imagine, if you will, that your Chevy only ran on Chevy Gas. And every time someone else formulated a compatible gasoline, Chevy installed a new carburetor as part of a "performance upgrade" that only ran on their, new next, version gasoline. How long would that be allowed?
Historically Apple has not been friendly to competition, when it's on their turf. Remember clone Macs a few years ago? They waffled on that faster than John Kerry.
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That's more than enough for many biological, and some nasty chemical warfare agents.
But it would be more fun to see Bond use it in the next movie to sneak the microdot out, or receive a weapon while in custodity.
Btw, aren't there video cameras that small now? Since it already has the wireless link installed...
So how long before this feature comes to games -- either through video card hardware, or the game engine itself? Make it more like what people expect to see. Could be an interesting effect.
Then why not sell it at a reduced price as a 15- or 11-pipeline chip, rather than cutting it back to 8? Promise someone they get at least 8 pipelines, and some may get lucky getting more. Why kill perfectly good pipelines just for marketing? Think about it!
We ought to be able to find these people and hurt them...
And just how is this a big setback for solar power advocates? Is every automobile accident with a regular car a setback for gasoline advocates? Are solar cars supposed to be accident free? Or all 21-year-olds excellent drivers (I know they think they are)?
This is just an example of muddy thinking that doesn't belong on Slashdot.
And how many people are disturbed by this on their 85Hz to 110Hz vertical refresh monitors? More than should be, I'll bet.
Standard movies only run at 24fps, and American television is only a true 30fps (1/2 of the interlaced frame is written every 1/60 of a second). Demanding frame rates much above those seems an absurd form of posturing.
And I'll bet they cost pennies less to make than the higher-end chips. Translation: the higher-end chips should cost pennies -- not hundreds of $$$s -- more to buy.
Think about it. How much has it cost Nvidia to engineer this new chip? Either it is a crippled version of their existing chip, or they had to re-engineer it, make new masks, and setup a new, qualified production line at quite high costs.
Wouldn't we -- and they -- have been better off if they just punched out larger quanitites of the higher-end chips at less cost?
And why would you do that? Can you run Safari under OS-X? Photoshop? Illustrator? iTunes? Trade discs with your other Mac friends?
I really think people buy Macs because they want to run the Mac operating system along with Mac applications.
As for Spike Lee and Spike TV, my mileage varies.
In half the space (@ 90nm)!
I fear that Intel didn't do it right, and we'll be stuck with the lowest common denominator as a result. Can someone point me to where a list of known incompatabilities are.
If IBM has this many possible patents against Linux, do they have enough to assert against SCO to stop their Unix business in its tracks?
If IBM burned to the ground in a similar manner, who would be affected?
Just my way of helping you understand who's important here -- and who's not.
Wonder if the software discount they offered previously is still in effect?
I hope as a last gasp, it leaked out onto the P2P networks.
Why feel the need for formal a formal education that many people wondered about the usefulness of at the time, when most people who use computers now see the value of it and find their own ways to learn it to the level they deem necessary?
And just how does .5M lines of Java code translate to "small"?
Or is this a new usage of the word "small" of which I was not previously familiar?
You need to recall that VHS is also a Sony developed format. They sold the rights to it after developing Betamax, which they felt was a superior system -- and still got Betamaxs to the market first.
I wonder why they just don't have PS2 connectivity for this Walkman?
Let me get this straight. Is Sony trying to say if I convert my compressed MP3 format directly to their compressed ATRAC3 format, my music will automagically sound better?
This sounds like both an Outer Limits, and Stargate SG-1 episode that I recall.
The cloners were showing what everyone else has said about Apple all along -- their hardware is too d@mn expensive!!
They could make a profit selling the hardware only for less than Apple. And don't give me all this R&D crap. None of the cloners were able to set their production lines up for free.
If Apple was paying attention they'd realize they are really a software and operating system company. PC's beat out Apples not because of any inherent superiority, but rather because while generally comparable, PC's simply cost less and give you more bang for your buck. Considering what Apple is charging for OS updates every year, they should pump as much cheap hardware as possible out there and sell operating systems to every one of them. Look at Microsoft. About the only hardware they sell is the MS Mouse, and they're so far ahead of Apple that you can't see Steve Jobs in the rearview mirror.
At minimum, release OS-X for the Intel/AMD hardware platform in addition to your own line. It's no secret that they have a version ready to go, and only Jobs is keeping it from happening. I'm sorry if he's still in love with hardware because that's how it all started, but get real. And I'm no Intel shill. The G5 is wonderful hardware, as is the AMD-64.
Seriously though, if Apple keeps this up they should be prosecuted for attempting to maintain an illegal monopoly.
Imagine, if you will, that your Chevy only ran on Chevy Gas. And every time someone else formulated a compatible gasoline, Chevy installed a new carburetor as part of a "performance upgrade" that only ran on their, new next, version gasoline. How long would that be allowed?
Historically Apple has not been friendly to competition, when it's on their turf. Remember clone Macs a few years ago? They waffled on that faster than John Kerry.
Virus writers, when caught, should have their hands cut off -- or at least a mouse finger. The world just doesn't need this kind of crap going on.
Okay, shut down the war until the moon rises again.
Let's see. Stealth fighter-bombers no moon. Communication yes moon. Bomb first, and talk about it afterwards.