You make great points and I agree with you, but I had to point out that pixel shaders were actually implemented in DirectX 8.1. When I had an FX5700 I was able to get the pretty water and bump mapping in newer games like HL2, Guild Wars, and Far Cry.
However, there were more effects available in DX9 and the 8.1 effects looked better in 9 anyway. In addition, most modern DX games use features of 9 that make them look visibly worse on older cards (in other words, you're right.)
Pray tell, what do they use it for? Are you saying that otherwise intelligent and respectable people use this "service," or that their use of myspace is actually an example of intelligent and/or respectable behavior?
I'm pretty sure he was just saying exactly as it reads, that there are intelligent people who use MySpace. What do they use it for? To keep up with out-of-town friends, to make some new ones through the grapevine, and to keep their friends updated with blog entries just like you do (unless burndive.blogspot.com isn't yours).
MySpace is chock-full of dumbasses, and yes, it does give the tools necessary for people to make ridiculously unreadable, stupid, bloated pages; but there are perfectly normal, intelligent people who use it as a blog/picture site where they can keep track of friends and vice-versa.
Man, you're completely missing his argument. He wasn't attacking open source in general; in fact, he commended its ability to coordinate those students' projects (of course, once you saw anything negative about open source, I'm sure you stopped reading and started writing a zealous reply, so maybe you didn't see that).
He was commenting on open source's role in professional artistic applications, not in general (specifically open source APPLICATIONS, not OPERATING SYSTEMS, which you're so zealously defending). I don't think he meant "nobody" takes OSS seriously, maybe just most professionals in the field.
And honestly, your whole Disney argument falls through because it supports his original argument: they wanted PHOTOSHOP running on Linux, which clearly has an OSS alternative. Why? Professionals need PROFESSIONAL tools, and GIMP doesn't cut it for every application these companies use Photoshop for.
Both your replies are completely missing his point, and clinging to the literal meaning of one phrase he wrote. Not every negative statement about something is an attack on it as a whole.
You're right about the WPA not working.. I got all excited reading the Wikipedia article on it, having not even realized the WEP I was using was relatively insecure. Then it didn't work, despite the fact I had configured it properly. Good to know it wasn't my fault.
On another note, I also hate having to use ndiswrapper for my WMP54G.
Not only is this slashdotted, but Gamedaily found it necessary to put each of the 5 games (with only a paragraph of text and a couple screenshots each) on seperate pages.
Just wanted to point out that you juxtaposed incompatible statistics to make your point.. maybe they were in different sections of the Wikipedia article, but it was misleading.
If literacy was around 90% at the time of the American Revolution, and now 1 out of 7 people are illiterate, then that makes today's literacy rate about 86%.
The 4% difference, I'm sure, could be attributed to margin of error in however these polls were conducted.
Mine is forever reminded who's boss by the dried yogurt under 'K'.. I know it's in pain, but I can't be bothered to eat like a human being when I'm at my keyboard.
Does it really surprise you that moderators would target an account with assholes like you around? Allow me to explain:
The moderation system impedes intelligent conversation (you're not adding much here) and thus, I post total garbage...
You're not helping your cause much, are you? I only responded in the first place because you were bitching about the moderation system, yet you are a shining example of the system working exactly as intended (and in that case, is it really flawed?)
You haven't been modded down for having unpopular opinions. You've been modded down for being an egotistical asshole about expressing them.
That's exactly what the moderation system is there for: so everyone gets a chance to rate comments (and the meta moderation system is there to enforce fair ratings). Trolls and flamers like yourself get modded down, and people don't have to read their garbage unless they lower their threshold! Let's look at some examples from your history:
Fuck him and his religion. Enough of this mumbo-jumbo bullshit.
Sounds like bigotry to me.
Have a nice day and may your mother get diarrhea this evening
Very intelligent. That really fits well with the whole crusading-for-intelligent-conversations thing.
You see, you're a scumbag that has to spam Slashdot in order to get by and I am an intelligent person that can destroy your arguments without a second thought
And here's the ego I was talking about! Sure, you have an above-average income, but because someone posts a story with a referral link, they're scum? My favorite part is that you just throw in that you're an intelligent person, as if it's relevant.
Oh, and son? I'm not the one with a 9xxxxx user ID.
Yeah, the moderation system is the reason half your posts are modded Troll and Flamebait. I quote:
"And is $900 really that much? I hate poor people so much. But they're a required evil - I just wish you people wouldn't post on Slashdot or have Internet access for that matter. Shouldn't you be at Walmart scumbag?"
Yep, the mod system is definitely what's wrong with Slashdot. It's certainly not fucking assholes like you.
The GameCube was not as powerful as Xbox, as evidenced by multi-platform games like Splinter cell which had entire rooms and effects missing on the GC version. But the GC is definitely more powerful than the PS2. Look at Resident Evil 4 on GC. Nothing prerendered, and one of the best-looking games I've seen. Then look at the PS2 version. Effects missing, blurrier textures. The heirarchy went DC, PS2, GC, Xbox.
You may complain about the size. But at least it's there. *cough* *XBox 360* *cough*
I by no means am a fan of the 360, and I don't see myself buying a PS3 either -- probably just a Wii.
But I have to point out that when the hard drive IS there in the 360 Premium, for the same amount of space, it's $100 less. So I just don't see your point with the sarcasm.
I've also seen a bunch of dumbass articles every time I've visited digg.. here's a prime example: RAINBOW SIX XBOX 360 SCREENSHOT OMG! That's the story. A screenshot of an Xbox 360 game.
This has the most "diggs" of anything on the main page, which is just damn sad. People come to Slashdot for the discussion; I have yet to find another tech website with a better intelligence to stupidity ratio.
And digg stories are frequently just taken from Slashdot as well, sometimes one site has a story before the other, but it's not like it's more than a day's difference.
Slashdot Mirror
Before OS X, I remember Macs calling it virtual memory as well.
However, there were more effects available in DX9 and the 8.1 effects looked better in 9 anyway. In addition, most modern DX games use features of 9 that make them look visibly worse on older cards (in other words, you're right.)
I'm pretty sure he was just saying exactly as it reads, that there are intelligent people who use MySpace. What do they use it for? To keep up with out-of-town friends, to make some new ones through the grapevine, and to keep their friends updated with blog entries just like you do (unless burndive.blogspot.com isn't yours).
MySpace is chock-full of dumbasses, and yes, it does give the tools necessary for people to make ridiculously unreadable, stupid, bloated pages; but there are perfectly normal, intelligent people who use it as a blog/picture site where they can keep track of friends and vice-versa.
I think it came about because Target is like a classy version of Walmart.
Man, you're completely missing his argument. He wasn't attacking open source in general; in fact, he commended its ability to coordinate those students' projects (of course, once you saw anything negative about open source, I'm sure you stopped reading and started writing a zealous reply, so maybe you didn't see that).
He was commenting on open source's role in professional artistic applications, not in general (specifically open source APPLICATIONS, not OPERATING SYSTEMS, which you're so zealously defending). I don't think he meant "nobody" takes OSS seriously, maybe just most professionals in the field.
And honestly, your whole Disney argument falls through because it supports his original argument: they wanted PHOTOSHOP running on Linux, which clearly has an OSS alternative. Why? Professionals need PROFESSIONAL tools, and GIMP doesn't cut it for every application these companies use Photoshop for.
Both your replies are completely missing his point, and clinging to the literal meaning of one phrase he wrote. Not every negative statement about something is an attack on it as a whole.
Firefox doesn't come close to passing Acid2, nor does it claim to. How are Firefox devs fooling their users?
(As an aside, I'm an Opera user. Just thought you should know since these discussions are prone to accusations of being a fanboy.)
Along those lines, you might as well say Peter Molyneux. Not that I can respect him anymore after Fable...
On another note, I also hate having to use ndiswrapper for my WMP54G.
Not only is this slashdotted, but Gamedaily found it necessary to put each of the 5 games (with only a paragraph of text and a couple screenshots each) on seperate pages.
If you wave a $10,000 bill at them, they'll wonder when they got teleported to the year 1847 ;-)
If literacy was around 90% at the time of the American Revolution, and now 1 out of 7 people are illiterate, then that makes today's literacy rate about 86%.
The 4% difference, I'm sure, could be attributed to margin of error in however these polls were conducted.
Mine is forever reminded who's boss by the dried yogurt under 'K'.. I know it's in pain, but I can't be bothered to eat like a human being when I'm at my keyboard.
Does it really surprise you that moderators would target an account with assholes like you around? Allow me to explain:
You're not helping your cause much, are you? I only responded in the first place because you were bitching about the moderation system, yet you are a shining example of the system working exactly as intended (and in that case, is it really flawed?)
You haven't been modded down for having unpopular opinions. You've been modded down for being an egotistical asshole about expressing them.
That's exactly what the moderation system is there for: so everyone gets a chance to rate comments (and the meta moderation system is there to enforce fair ratings). Trolls and flamers like yourself get modded down, and people don't have to read their garbage unless they lower their threshold! Let's look at some examples from your history:
Sounds like bigotry to me.
Very intelligent. That really fits well with the whole crusading-for-intelligent-conversations thing.
And here's the ego I was talking about! Sure, you have an above-average income, but because someone posts a story with a referral link, they're scum? My favorite part is that you just throw in that you're an intelligent person, as if it's relevant.
Oh, and son? I'm not the one with a 9xxxxx user ID.
"And is $900 really that much? I hate poor people so much. But they're a required evil - I just wish you people wouldn't post on Slashdot or have Internet access for that matter. Shouldn't you be at Walmart scumbag?"
Yep, the mod system is definitely what's wrong with Slashdot. It's certainly not fucking assholes like you.
Not an old joke at ALL. Oh, and your post after the joke doesn't even make sense. And it's not relevant. Maybe that's why you posted anonymously?
The GameCube was not as powerful as Xbox, as evidenced by multi-platform games like Splinter cell which had entire rooms and effects missing on the GC version. But the GC is definitely more powerful than the PS2. Look at Resident Evil 4 on GC. Nothing prerendered, and one of the best-looking games I've seen. Then look at the PS2 version. Effects missing, blurrier textures. The heirarchy went DC, PS2, GC, Xbox.
You forgot to put his typo in bold. Come on, people, if you're going to be an ass, you might as well go all out :-)
I by no means am a fan of the 360, and I don't see myself buying a PS3 either -- probably just a Wii.
But I have to point out that when the hard drive IS there in the 360 Premium, for the same amount of space, it's $100 less. So I just don't see your point with the sarcasm.
You might want to check out point #3 on your website at geocities. It reads, "From a pubic notice..."
What was that?
The headline says "high DPI"... if each pixel was rendered as a 2x2 block, wouldn't that make it a lower DPI? Correct me if I'm wrong...
I, too, can compress data to 100% its size. I call it the "I'm going to take a fucking nap and not do a goddamn thing" algorithm ;-)
This has the most "diggs" of anything on the main page, which is just damn sad. People come to Slashdot for the discussion; I have yet to find another tech website with a better intelligence to stupidity ratio.
And digg stories are frequently just taken from Slashdot as well, sometimes one site has a story before the other, but it's not like it's more than a day's difference.
I think the original poster knew very well what Mac and Linux are, and was making a crack about the capitalization in TFA..
Just yesterday my Morrowind map fell off my wall, all on its own.. I think it knows Oblivion is coming.
I'm ready to never sleep again.