To be honest, I don't know what I was thinking. My apologies, that statement was rather misguided. I have, in the past, seen many arguments that vendors should support previous versions of their software (but, d'oh, this is Slashdot;) ) But in the long run its unreasonable for them to support products that COSTS them more than they gain by supporting it.
I don't really know anything significant about Linux vendor support either...
Perhaps they're extending it to 2k6 because of Longhorn? I mean, it makes sense. Just before they released XP they stopped support of 95. They probably want to wait for Longhorn before they drop support of 98. I can't see any other reason they'd support an OS for so long. (Let's ignore the fact that perhaps they should support all of their OS's regardless. Though that'd be some task.)
A $75 card won't last you too much longer now... I find my Radeon 8500 struggling with Halo at 800x600, and DeusEx 2 at 640x480 (with shadows completely off!). All these games now with their realtime physics and shadows...
iTunes will also eat up your RAM for free, too. Damn thing uses 30+MB of RAM. Right now Winamp5 is using... just under 8MB on average. Using separate ripping/burning software is a small price to pay, IMO, when there's that much less bloat to deal with. Not to mention skins, plugins, SHOUTCast, and Internet TV support...
Well, on earlier version of Quake III I believe your framerate actually affected physics, though that ended with one of the earlier patches ( some 1.1x patch) IIRC. I remember reading an article that discussed various events (jump height, grenade bounce, etc...) at different/com_maxfps settings.
I also find that VSync does in fact affect the feel of the game, at least for Quake III anyway.
As far as other games go, I don't know the particular reasons for turning it on or off...
" Now if they could only use this data to somehow put out better music..."
Better music? No no... when they see that half the world's downloading Eminem and Britney what do you think they're gonna do, put out something revolutionary and genre-bending?
MP3.com was going down the tubes for quite some time... I bailed out shortly after they cut off free artist signup and laid off all "non-essential" staff. A clear sign of things to come.
I have to say, though, CNet is a bit of a suprise. But they probably have the capital to do something worthwhile. Something aimed at highlighting talented artists whose music people want to buy... as opposed to anyone willing to fork out money a la MP3.com auction style. Well... I can hope. At least there's less chance of them whoring the corporate Label music...
There was an analogy above about cars and basic maintenance...
I can't help but think that if people can't keep their computers patched (change their oil, so to speak) then they need to get someone to do it for them. Just like they'd get someone do change their oil for them. Hell, I'd do it... $25 or something for patch updates (OS or otherwise), virus/spyware/adware scan, firewall config, defrag etc...
Hopefully more things like this will open up the doors to more serious high-end audio tools for Linux. Lack of such things is probably the one thing keeping me from switching over completely. As for Red-Hat... well, a custom Linux distro made for audio production workstations would garner some attention, no doubt.
Possession of ilegally obtained material is illegal. Yes, once the deed is done you've effectively "gotten away with it"... but that certainly doesn't legitimize it.
RIAA is suing those who upload because thier file directories are shared, and as such they're easire to target than downloaders. Downloading is no more legal than uploading. But unless they track the activity of downloaders in order to accumulate a list, simply suing uploaders is quicker, easier, and would most likely garner much more in fees.
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To be honest, I don't know what I was thinking. My apologies, that statement was rather misguided. I have, in the past, seen many arguments that vendors should support previous versions of their software (but, d'oh, this is Slashdot ;) ) But in the long run its unreasonable for them to support products that COSTS them more than they gain by supporting it.
I don't really know anything significant about Linux vendor support either...
Perhaps they're extending it to 2k6 because of Longhorn? I mean, it makes sense. Just before they released XP they stopped support of 95. They probably want to wait for Longhorn before they drop support of 98. I can't see any other reason they'd support an OS for so long. (Let's ignore the fact that perhaps they should support all of their OS's regardless. Though that'd be some task.)
And proper PNG transparency support for that matter...
How do you find out which pacth is installed? The changelong on unrealtournament.com doesn't even seem to say...
A $75 card won't last you too much longer now... I find my Radeon 8500 struggling with Halo at 800x600, and DeusEx 2 at 640x480 (with shadows completely off!). All these games now with their realtime physics and shadows...
Back in my day we were happy to have textures...
iTunes is free, right?
... just under 8MB on average. Using separate ripping/burning software is a small price to pay, IMO, when there's that much less bloat to deal with. Not to mention skins, plugins, SHOUTCast, and Internet TV support...
iTunes will also eat up your RAM for free, too. Damn thing uses 30+MB of RAM. Right now Winamp5 is using
Well, on earlier version of Quake III I believe your framerate actually affected physics, though that ended with one of the earlier patches ( some 1.1x patch) IIRC. I remember reading an article that discussed various events (jump height, grenade bounce, etc...) at different /com_maxfps settings.
I also find that VSync does in fact affect the feel of the game, at least for Quake III anyway.
As far as other games go, I don't know the particular reasons for turning it on or off...
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
Usually, labels get little (if any) cut of touring/merch profits.
"Well, better get to work rebuying your entire video collection, again."
If it wasn't originally created/taped in HD video, what's the point of rebuying it?
"Yet the system hasn't resulted in an increase in CD sales?"
How is this a surprise? Most college students don't have much money to spare, Internet restrictions or not.
The only people "benefiting" are the kids who can't be arsed to spend their allowance money on a CD.
" Now if they could only use this data to somehow put out better music..."
... when they see that half the world's downloading Eminem and Britney what do you think they're gonna do, put out something revolutionary and genre-bending?
Better music? No no
Hah...
Perhaps they'll do it similarly to eMusic.com ... they havn't got any DRM either.
No no ... when I say "bailed" I meant "deleted my music, etc..."
MP3.com was going down the tubes for quite some time... I bailed out shortly after they cut off free artist signup and laid off all "non-essential" staff. A clear sign of things to come.
... I can hope. At least there's less chance of them whoring the corporate Label music...
I have to say, though, CNet is a bit of a suprise. But they probably have the capital to do something worthwhile. Something aimed at highlighting talented artists whose music people want to buy... as opposed to anyone willing to fork out money a la MP3.com auction style. Well
There was an analogy above about cars and basic maintenance...
... $25 or something for patch updates (OS or otherwise), virus/spyware/adware scan, firewall config, defrag etc...
I can't help but think that if people can't keep their computers patched (change their oil, so to speak) then they need to get someone to do it for them. Just like they'd get someone do change their oil for them. Hell, I'd do it
Hopefully more things like this will open up the doors to more serious high-end audio tools for Linux. Lack of such things is probably the one thing keeping me from switching over completely. As for Red-Hat ... well, a custom Linux distro made for audio production workstations would garner some attention, no doubt.
For whatever it's worth... http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:uhfH21MOZZwJ: www.lionstracs.com/+lionstracs&hl=en&ie=UTF-8. ..
Possession of ilegally obtained material is illegal. Yes, once the deed is done you've effectively "gotten away with it" ... but that certainly doesn't legitimize it.
RIAA is suing those who upload because thier file directories are shared, and as such they're easire to target than downloaders. Downloading is no more legal than uploading. But unless they track the activity of downloaders in order to accumulate a list, simply suing uploaders is quicker, easier, and would most likely garner much more in fees.
Well, with a 4.5" screen it looks like it'd be just around/under 6" wide...
I'm curious if that amount ($10,000,000) is adjusted for inflation. 100+ years would make a bit of a difference!
Not awfully unlike the evil bit...
Who wants to bet they get Linux running on it within a month of its release...