DirectX is more than a graphics library... it has a great input section with DirectInput. You don't have to give up on DirectX to use OpenGL (even the big guys at id software use DirectInput alongside the OpenGL graphics.)
Your problem is thinking of DirectX as a "language" when its not.
Pattern recognition. For as fast as they are machines suck at finding similarities in sequence, especially if its a fuzzy logic thing. Even if the computers were artificially intelligent, I don't think intelligence demands pattern recognition as a prerequisite.
Randomness. Assuming the machines are using quantum computing and capable of randomness, it doesn't mean they can recognize it or harness it. Humans generate electric power but never harnessed it for anything until the machines exploited it. Its possible randomness is similar for the machines, they possess a system for generating it but need the function of our brains to utilize it.
Innovation: We fantasize about the power of neural nets but for all we know it may take 1000 years of constant study of real brains to make them as usuable as a brain and as efficient. The machines would naturally want to keep us and what nature designed around to learn how to replicate it. If we destroyed a completely alien enemy we'd still study their technology to try and develop a version that works for us. This may be why the robots aren't so arrogant as to genocide us.
You don't have to be a real democracy to install it in other countries. You can have ideals even if you fall short of perfection and the world will still be better for you trying
AMD processors run hot but Intel has beaten them. The Athlon XP with the reasonable Barton core dissapates 81w of heat with the 3000+ model whereas the Intel Pentium IV 3.06 ghz dissapates 96w (and many say up to 100w)
If your AMD systems are less stable its your own lack of research. Try an nVidia chipset on the motherboard instead of the common Via filth. I'm sure I could hunt down a badly designed bargain chipset on an Intel motherboard to bring the Pentium to its knees as well.
Western Digital is offering a 5 year warranty on this 10K IDE Drive. Many of their drives are going to 1 year but this isn't one of them. Also, according to the link it has quite reasonable sound and heat levels for a high-performance disk drive.
www.newegg.com is the most reliable retailer you can find... cheap 2-3 fedex saver shipping, painless RMA (even exchanged geforce 4200 brands when a gainward had a memory problem.)
Check resellerratings.com before you say newegg is not competent health. Tons of reviews and feedback placing them in the upper echelon of such resellers. Any help you get doesn't justify how much the prices get marked up.
Its all people on the SA forums saying not to go there in these responses, its actually a really good spot (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s =&threadid=379749). There is an entire forum dedicated to P2P movies and popular TV shows. Sign up now, great community.
I say, then, don't worry about it looking old. Look at Blizzard, who has huge PC game sales by title and is very respected in the industry. They always delay games and their games always look dated by the time they come out. It doesn't matter though...
1. The gameplay is still good enough to sell it, despite it looking years old.
2. A dated game just means lower system requirements, which opens up a broader audience. Quake 3 is dying now for Doom 3, but Half-Life still gets more play. Even though it is an old engine, everyone can use it so it remains popular based on gameplay.
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I know for a fact West Point and the University of Arizona have C# classes
DirectX is more than a graphics library... it has a great input section with DirectInput. You don't have to give up on DirectX to use OpenGL (even the big guys at id software use DirectInput alongside the OpenGL graphics.)
Your problem is thinking of DirectX as a "language" when its not.
Pattern recognition. For as fast as they are machines suck at finding similarities in sequence, especially if its a fuzzy logic thing. Even if the computers were artificially intelligent, I don't think intelligence demands pattern recognition as a prerequisite.
Randomness. Assuming the machines are using quantum computing and capable of randomness, it doesn't mean they can recognize it or harness it. Humans generate electric power but never harnessed it for anything until the machines exploited it. Its possible randomness is similar for the machines, they possess a system for generating it but need the function of our brains to utilize it.
Innovation: We fantasize about the power of neural nets but for all we know it may take 1000 years of constant study of real brains to make them as usuable as a brain and as efficient. The machines would naturally want to keep us and what nature designed around to learn how to replicate it. If we destroyed a completely alien enemy we'd still study their technology to try and develop a version that works for us. This may be why the robots aren't so arrogant as to genocide us.
You don't have to be a real democracy to install it in other countries. You can have ideals even if you fall short of perfection and the world will still be better for you trying
Businesses don't buy AMD processors because of their prejudices though. I'd venture that >1% of people who buy Athlon processors overclock them.
AMD processors run hot but Intel has beaten them. The Athlon XP with the reasonable Barton core dissapates 81w of heat with the 3000+ model whereas the Intel Pentium IV 3.06 ghz dissapates 96w (and many say up to 100w)
If your AMD systems are less stable its your own lack of research. Try an nVidia chipset on the motherboard instead of the common Via filth. I'm sure I could hunt down a badly designed bargain chipset on an Intel motherboard to bring the Pentium to its knees as well.
Slackware or Gentoo maybe but I'd pick XP over RedHat anyday
Western Digital is offering a 5 year warranty on this 10K IDE Drive. Many of their drives are going to 1 year but this isn't one of them. Also, according to the link it has quite reasonable sound and heat levels for a high-performance disk drive.
www.newegg.com is the most reliable retailer you can find... cheap 2-3 fedex saver shipping, painless RMA (even exchanged geforce 4200 brands when a gainward had a memory problem.) Check resellerratings.com before you say newegg is not competent health. Tons of reviews and feedback placing them in the upper echelon of such resellers. Any help you get doesn't justify how much the prices get marked up.
Try www.newegg.com
New motherboard (top-of-line Epox Nforce2 model) $85
Athlon 2100+ $94
512 RAM (PC 2700 from Crucial) $110
The US prices aren't that high... Some of you people are being ridiculous about how much a respectable new power-machine costs...
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Its all people on the SA forums saying not to go there in these responses, its actually a really good spot (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s =&threadid=379749). There is an entire forum dedicated to P2P movies and popular TV shows. Sign up now, great community.
I say, then, don't worry about it looking old. Look at Blizzard, who has huge PC game sales by title and is very respected in the industry. They always delay games and their games always look dated by the time they come out. It doesn't matter though... 1. The gameplay is still good enough to sell it, despite it looking years old. 2. A dated game just means lower system requirements, which opens up a broader audience. Quake 3 is dying now for Doom 3, but Half-Life still gets more play. Even though it is an old engine, everyone can use it so it remains popular based on gameplay.