I feel the exact same way about all those reckless, careless, risk-taking, jock-want-to-be’s who risk their lives and wellbeing playing senseless games on the field, riding bikes and skateboards without thought or concern, and adventuring up mountain sides without care.
I find it absolutely appalling that I am forced to cough up my money to pay for their reckless behavior, broken bones, torn ligaments, hamstring injuries, and more!!
Im having a really hard time trying to figure out if you are serious, or trolling.
Seriously, you have done a bloody good job at straddling that fine line perfectly. I am impressed.
I live in the Southern Hemisphere. Im not a terrorist, im a tourist looking for a holiday this year. Id love to come to the USA for a holiday, to go and see the sights and generally enjoy a holiday in a country full of history and things to see and do. ( love to see NY, the Grand Canyon, the science museums etc)
But this TSA absurdity is so fucked up, so scary and frightening, you couldnt pay me to holiday there. There is no way in hell im going to subject myself to the indignity, radiation exposure, nude body scanning, device seizure and random harassment of Security Theatre in the US. Fuck that shit.
Ill go be a tourist and spend my money in another country.
Its because there are a limited number of devkits being made and there is a limited number of kits being made per day.
The dev kits are for developers, not end users. The manufacturing is not scaled up for mass dev kit production, for very obvious reasons. The consumer version will have no such limits.
Its because these are developer kits, not the final consumer product. There is only a limited number of devkits, and these kits are for developers, not end users.
The Chinese can resell as many consumer Rifts as they wish, there will be no limit. Dev kits are another matter entirely
Wow, if we discover the exact region and mechanism for how consciousness emerges from brain activity, then this, in my mind, is the final nail in the coffin of the Soul Hypothesis ( the religious explanation for consciousness being external to the brain, and as something that survives death ).
Of course, the religionists will carp on about how this study is all a big conspiracy with science finding or some other claptrap, but for the rest of us, this could be a major discovery!
I'm still running Debian on 64 MB of RAM. With Xwindows and icewm. I can even browse the interwebs for a while with firefox until I hit a page with javascript requirements that beat the OS requirements. Sadly that is becoming the norm (I'm looking at you gmail)
Yes, because 64MB of RAM should be enough for anybody, amiright?
Just because you can, doesnt mean you should. In the age of large and cheap computing resources, saving every last byte and cycle is less of a concern than it used to be.
Why post this article on Slashdot? Its obvious flamebait, bringing out all the hatred, hand-wringing and dubious justifications from all sides of this conflict.
Nothing good is going to come from all the comments in here, ive already seem my fair share of sheer hatred in the comments so far.
Add to the fact that most in-vehicle theft is performed with a broken window
Isnt that kinda dangerous for the burglar? Walking around with a broken window to be used to break into a car is unwieldy, and they can easily cut themselves on the glass of the broken window they are carrying.
Not to mention it would look pretty suspicious walking down the street with a broken window.
wow, why so angry? I see you have resorted to ad-hominem attacks and childish name calling.
Did he rape your mother? Did he douse your dog in petrol, set it on fire and burn it to death? Did he kidnap your sister and dissolve her, alive and screaming, in concentrated acid?
Why do the gaming servers respond to requests from non-players?
Ahhh, this question is unanswerable as it is one of the few true mysteries of the universe, like magnets ( wtf, how do they work!), velcro, and the location of the proverbial "other sock".
Why do gaming servers respond to requests from non-players? Well dude, the answer might as well be 42, nobody knows.
Hey, I see what you did there! Ive spent the last 6 minutes rolling on the floor laughing my ass off, and only now have the breath left to sit down and write this, such is the sheer power of your mastery of wit.
You put comedians the world over to shame, your stand above us mere mortals, and we all bow to thee; God of Comedy.
The time when everything needed to be specifically ported to a machine to make it perform bearably or at all. How I missed having stuff not work without that extra length to go to.
On embedded hardware, that time never ended... And the rPi isn't really fast enough that you can just run in all software, or even with just the relatively feeble OpenGL hardware, and pretend.
Not to mention the Pi is only $35 and uses a few watts of power, you cant expect current laptop class performance for that price.
The OP ignores the fact that incorporating this tech into the major Pi distros and projects is only work for the developers of said projects, not end users. End users just wait for the next software update, and then they get vastly improved graphics performance.
I fail to see what on earth is wrong with a major advance in performance to a specific piece of hardware. I just smell the acrid stench of cynicism wafting from the general direction of the OP.
If it was iGlass, the love-in would be tremendous. Of course, if Apple made it, there would be no customer input, no previews, no leaks and no idea the product even existed until after the "one more thing..." moment arrived.
But after that, the store lines would already be forming.
The only acceptable response to those people is a good old fashioned Trolling.
Remember, they are just a (vocal) minority, most of us here at Slashdot do actually have a modicum of intelligence, and can see the true merit behind such scientific endeavours.
Since you seem to have put some effort into your Trollpost, Ill put some effort in judging how well you did.
After some deliberation, I have awarded you a 4/10.
You scored points for the effort required to type out your Trollpost, as well as doing some research on the current bunk believed by serious UFO nutcases. I also awarded you points for your attention to spelling and grammar. ( many Troll attempts fail at even simple primary school level English )
Unfortunately, I marked you down due to the obvious nature of your Troll attempt, and the lack of anything controversial thats required to elicit an acceptable response to a proper Troll. Nothing you have posted is even slightly believable to even the uneducated, so is not likely to succeed as a viable Troll post.
In all, not a bad attempt, I surely have seen worse on Slashdot, but with some more effort and research, you should be able to pull off a good Troll in the future.
Also, a lot of algorithms, perhaps even most, rely on branching, which is something GPUs suck at. And only some can be reasonably rewritten in a branchless way.
nonsence, I play Farcry3 on my GPU, and it renders branches just fine thank you very much.
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I feel the exact same way about all those reckless, careless, risk-taking, jock-want-to-be’s who risk their lives and wellbeing playing senseless games on the field, riding bikes and skateboards without thought or concern, and adventuring up mountain sides without care.
I find it absolutely appalling that I am forced to cough up my money to pay for their reckless behavior, broken bones, torn ligaments, hamstring injuries, and more!!
Im having a really hard time trying to figure out if you are serious, or trolling.
Seriously, you have done a bloody good job at straddling that fine line perfectly. I am impressed.
So which is it? I truly cannot tell.
I live in the Southern Hemisphere. Im not a terrorist, im a tourist looking for a holiday this year. Id love to come to the USA for a holiday, to go and see the sights and generally enjoy a holiday in a country full of history and things to see and do. ( love to see NY, the Grand Canyon, the science museums etc)
But this TSA absurdity is so fucked up, so scary and frightening, you couldnt pay me to holiday there.
There is no way in hell im going to subject myself to the indignity, radiation exposure, nude body scanning, device seizure and random harassment of Security Theatre in the US.
Fuck that shit.
Ill go be a tourist and spend my money in another country.
Its because there are a limited number of devkits being made and there is a limited number of kits being made per day.
The dev kits are for developers, not end users. The manufacturing is not scaled up for mass dev kit production, for very obvious reasons. The consumer version will have no such limits.
Its because these are developer kits, not the final consumer product. There is only a limited number of devkits, and these kits are for developers, not end users.
The Chinese can resell as many consumer Rifts as they wish, there will be no limit. Dev kits are another matter entirely
Wow, if we discover the exact region and mechanism for how consciousness emerges from brain activity, then this, in my mind, is the final nail in the coffin of the Soul Hypothesis ( the religious explanation for consciousness being external to the brain, and as something that survives death ).
Of course, the religionists will carp on about how this study is all a big conspiracy with science finding or some other claptrap, but for the rest of us, this could be a major discovery!
I thought you were joking about the Flat Earth membership increase, so I did some research and discovered it to be shockingly true.
Then I read the Flat Earth FAQ on their website....
I now exist in a dual state of utter horrified disbelief that people can be so gullible and stupid, and total despair at the state of Humanity
You are right, were morons. We deserve whatever we reap from our stupidity. The world would be a better place without us.
I used to have such high hopes for the future of Humans, now I have a total lack of faith in Humanity.
I'm still running Debian on 64 MB of RAM. With Xwindows and icewm. I can even browse the interwebs for a while with firefox until I hit a page with javascript requirements that beat the OS requirements. Sadly that is becoming the norm (I'm looking at you gmail)
Yes, because 64MB of RAM should be enough for anybody, amiright?
Just because you can, doesnt mean you should. In the age of large and cheap computing resources, saving every last byte and cycle is less of a concern than it used to be.
This dude has balls of steel and I think deserves our help. If a fund is established, I'll gladly chip in a few bucks.
Do you really want to be seen as aiding and abetting the enemy?
Look what happened to Bradley Manning.
Oh noes! I didn't capitalize my 'i'....
I apologize from the very bottom of my cold, cold heart.
Why post this article on Slashdot? Its obvious flamebait, bringing out all the hatred, hand-wringing and dubious justifications from all sides of this conflict.
Nothing good is going to come from all the comments in here, ive already seem my fair share of sheer hatred in the comments so far.
Why post this Slashdot? Because its on Twitter?
I know with my Nissan, and I believe that all cars are the same, you need to press on the unlock button twice to unlock the passenger doors..
Not all cars. In my car ( 2006 model), pressing the unlock button unlocks all doors ( except the boot, which has its own unlock button on the keyfob )
Add to the fact that most in-vehicle theft is performed with a broken window
Isnt that kinda dangerous for the burglar? Walking around with a broken window to be used to break into a car is unwieldy, and they can easily cut themselves on the glass of the broken window they are carrying.
Not to mention it would look pretty suspicious walking down the street with a broken window.
wow, why so angry?
I see you have resorted to ad-hominem attacks and childish name calling.
Did he rape your mother?
Did he douse your dog in petrol, set it on fire and burn it to death?
Did he kidnap your sister and dissolve her, alive and screaming, in concentrated acid?
So again I ask, why so angry?
Why do the gaming servers respond to requests from non-players?
Ahhh, this question is unanswerable as it is one of the few true mysteries of the universe, like magnets ( wtf, how do they work!), velcro, and the location of the proverbial "other sock".
Why do gaming servers respond to requests from non-players? Well dude, the answer might as well be 42, nobody knows.
EVE Offline. That is all.
Hey, I see what you did there! Ive spent the last 6 minutes rolling on the floor laughing my ass off, and only now have the breath left to sit down and write this, such is the sheer power of your mastery of wit.
You put comedians the world over to shame, your stand above us mere mortals, and we all bow to thee; God of Comedy.
So if Dao is optionally typed, what are the other programming input options? Voice input? Graphical point n click input?
The time when everything needed to be specifically ported to a machine to make it perform bearably or at all. How I missed having stuff not work without that extra length to go to.
On embedded hardware, that time never ended... And the rPi isn't really fast enough that you can just run in all software, or even with just the relatively feeble OpenGL hardware, and pretend.
Not to mention the Pi is only $35 and uses a few watts of power, you cant expect current laptop class performance for that price.
The OP ignores the fact that incorporating this tech into the major Pi distros and projects is only work for the developers of said projects, not end users.
End users just wait for the next software update, and then they get vastly improved graphics performance.
I fail to see what on earth is wrong with a major advance in performance to a specific piece of hardware.
I just smell the acrid stench of cynicism wafting from the general direction of the OP.
All is light. That is all.
That proton over there disagrees.
All the hate is because it is not made by Apple.
If it was iGlass, the love-in would be tremendous. Of course, if Apple made it, there would be no customer input, no previews, no leaks and no idea the product even existed until after the "one more thing..." moment arrived.
But after that, the store lines would already be forming.
The only acceptable response to those people is a good old fashioned Trolling.
Remember, they are just a (vocal) minority, most of us here at Slashdot do actually have a modicum of intelligence, and can see the true merit behind such scientific endeavours.
Since you seem to have put some effort into your Trollpost, Ill put some effort in judging how well you did.
After some deliberation, I have awarded you a 4/10.
You scored points for the effort required to type out your Trollpost, as well as doing some research on the current bunk believed by serious UFO nutcases. I also awarded you points for your attention to spelling and grammar. ( many Troll attempts fail at even simple primary school level English )
Unfortunately, I marked you down due to the obvious nature of your Troll attempt, and the lack of anything controversial thats required to elicit an acceptable response to a proper Troll.
Nothing you have posted is even slightly believable to even the uneducated, so is not likely to succeed as a viable Troll post.
In all, not a bad attempt, I surely have seen worse on Slashdot, but with some more effort and research, you should be able to pull off a good Troll in the future.
Call me cynical, but am I the only person who *wants* a wide scale pandemic that kills off a large percentage of the human race?
We have shown that we cannot, by ourselves, take care of the human population explosion.
Nature could possibly take care of this highly political problem all by itself.
Also, a lot of algorithms, perhaps even most, rely on branching, which is something GPUs suck at. And only some can be reasonably rewritten in a branchless way.
nonsence, I play Farcry3 on my GPU, and it renders branches just fine thank you very much.
How much did Disney pay for this blatant slashvertisement?
Disney paid $0.00
Lego X-Wing models are nerdy enough to warrant mention on Slashdot.
Sorry if this doesnt fit into your conspiracy theory way of thinking, but thems the breaks.
No good deed goes unpunished