It's a router... or a bridge... in the network card. WTF?
Ok, it either breaks RFCs and causes even MORE lag when you get more than one or two on a network, or it basically does what current stateful firewalls do for you anyway -- defragment packets before they get sent through.
So, if you already have a cheap router on your home network -- and you probably do if you have wireless -- this part is done for you already.
Now about that ping... Assuming it's not breaking any RFCs, I haven't heard ANYTHING to suggest that this can do ANYTHING to improve traffic, once it's beyond your network. Now, gamers, go ahead, ping your routers. That's almost certainly 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, but it's not hard to figure out if you know what you're doing. I have NEVER seen a ping to the router of a LAN of more than 2-3 ms, and usually we're talking about.013 ms, so if you're seeing more than that, you have other problems, or you're on a wireless network, in which case your games will always suck.
As I continue to read through the spec sheet, all I see is either: "Gee, any off-the-shelf router already does this!" or: "Gee, even if that's true, my $100 mobo includes a NIC that already does this. Even if not, the maybe 5% of CPU that you'd save surely costs less than the $280 you're charging for this card."
Really, go the fuck home. I don't want any of these anywhere near my networks, much less my gaming rig.
I do agree with you, somewhat, but seriously, we're getting what we deserve. (I'm a white male.) Somehow, after generations of slavery and oppression, I think the (black|mexican|chinese|generic minority) deserve something. Reparations may be asking a bit much, but they definitely deserve at least a couple of generations of it being fashionable to bash white males, and we deserve to be bashed.
It doesn't bother me much, because it's not bad enough yet to deny me any opportunity that I care about. It doesn't take much casual conversation to prove that I'm a decent human being, and I really don't care about people who don't even give me a chance. Bigots of any kind are not worth my time.
I'm just the opposite. Java is just a bastardized C++, which is a beyond-bastardized C. JavaScript is a real language -- it's a bit like Ruby, kind of a Lisp in C's clothing.
This is where Wiki-like systems could really shine, I think, as a way to build a repository of unpatentable ideas -- instead of filing with the patent office, you file with Wikipedia.
Or maybe just the Internet in general. One word separates print and electronic media forever in my mind, and relegates print media to the stone age: Searchability. Or a simpler word: Google. An index just isn't the same.
What 2d games have that 3d don't is precision (i.e. moving, jumping and landing with near pixel perfect accuracy)
Got me there. Now we actually have to use real-world measurements, like centemeters. Per-centemeter accuracy is something you often can achieve in a 3D world.
and clear perspective (the enemy, and hence his attacks, are frequently not in view to the player in a 3d games).
Then the camera sucks. That's not a problem of 3D, it's a problem with a specific game. Would you claim all 2D games have the same problem if the attacks were always from offscreen?
Every game has good moments and bad ones, and no one gets it perfect all the time. Still, the camera doesn't usually suck for me in most platform games I've played lately, especially if you know how to control it (and actually can control it).
"When I would pitch say, a 'platform shooter with racing bits inbetween levels, set in space', they told me it was unmarketable."
Any gamer or half decent developer thinks of video games in terms of their gameplay, and thus thinks in terms of controls.
Some of us think about plot, also. The best games have enough of both. If I just wanted gameplay, I'd play Tetris. If I just wanted varied gameplay, I'd play Neverball. If I just wanted plot, I'd watch a movie. If I just wanted (somewhat) interactive plot, I'd read a Choose Your Own Adventure book.
You need some of both. And you can't just market the gameplay, unless we're talking about something revolutionary, like the Wii. You have to market plot and graphics, and maybe physics. But how would you market gameplay?
And you do need marketing. Marketing pays the bills. Paying the bills pays for more good games.
I could explain it, but more importantly, have you actually read Ted Stevens' statement? It's not just the "tubes" reference, that's part of a much larger completely moronic rant. He obviously has no fucking clue what he's talking about. Fortunately, you seem to, so you should realize that pretty quickly from the actual statement.
The rules are simple -- don't act like a moron, and you won't be immortalized as one. Ted Stevens, Jerry Taylor, and Steve Ballmer deserve every bit of ridicule they get, and more. Never forget Jerry Taylor or Tuttle, OK.
Does it count that the company execs have explicitly stated that they would like to do this?
You get to shut the fuck up, or at least not post anonymously. Or when I have more time, I'll carefully rip apart the pile of crap you linked to. "If it had been left to the government..." Yes, but it was done with BOTH the corporations AND government support. Take government funds, suffer goverment regulations. Fair's fair.
Haha, yes, I am amused. Interested. Bored, maybe. Only reason I want to filter you out is the same reason I filter spam out -- not worth reading, my feelings notwithsantding.
Better to cry, and connect with someone, than to hold it in, and have them see you as a farce. And crying doesn't mean bawling like a little girl at everything.
Letting it pass through you is true -- that's the Litany against Fear. Ever read Dune?
Interesting comment about learning -- so which one of us is afraid of changing our beliefs? I don't think it's me, but I'm genuinely curious.
I was a boy once, trying to be strong, to not cry, to be happy instead, even. And then I learned that fake smiles are worse than real tears, and I have let go of my masks. I stand before you as a naked human soul.
imagine u r in the middle of a big disaster.. u feel the fear growing inside, like everyone else.. who's better if u "share the emotion" ?
Ok, I'll agree with you here, except that hiding it and covering it up is not the right way to deal with it. Let it pass through you, don't feel it at all, become numb, and get through the disaster -- but later, when it's all over, let it out.
If you don't let it out, it will become a scar on your heart.
and btw, showing and sharing "bad emotions" is a form of egoism
Well, anything can be, but in this case, like you say, it depends on the situation. If there's no huge disaster going on, better to heal than to scar.
ego is good too.. it means SelfRespect
Depends how you do it. Self respect is good, but that's different than self-obsession, at the expense of others, and yourself, for no real reason.
Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a crybaby or a pushover. Anyone who doesn't, I don't really care -- if they write me off for something like that, I probably don't want to know them.
Regarding enemy-ness, like I said, it's not about you disagreeing with me or about not liking you, it's about whether I think you have anything interesting or worth reading. I read lots of comments by people who disagree with me strongly, and don't consider marking them an enemy.
I probably will un-foe you anyway, but right now I'm leaving for vacation...
Er, that'll teach me to submit too quickly... I meant, Direct3D is a lot harder to emulate than OpenGL. Mainly because you don't have to emulate OpenGL, because Linux already has that.
IMHO, Linux really can't beat Windows in plain usability, at least once you install Cygwin.
Really? I've had MUCH worse luck getting things working on Cygwin than I have with Wine.
I'm thinking of switching to Linux for philosophical reasons, but those get trumped by pure usability on a regular basis.
Hence dual-boot. I keep everything important on Linux for philosophical reasons, but I give up none of the advantages of Windows.
Trillian beats GAIM/Kopete.
I'd still like to know why. You can install Gaim on Windows, or run it off Knoppix, to give it a test run. And there's a native Yahoo client, and I think there might be a native AOL one also.
RDP slaughters VNC
ssh+screen slaughters any GUI-based one.
Won't always work, I know. But then, you can use rdesktop if you need to connect to a Windows box. There's also X forwarding, which is quick and easy, not sure how the speed measures up to RDP, though.
IE plus Firefox beat Firefox alone
IE at least used to work well on Wine. Haven't tried it lately. IEtab is nice, though, and that's Windows-only.
the ability to replace bookmarks with identical names.
Not sure what you mean. I think I can have multiple bookmarks with the same name -- is that what you mean? Clunky, I know, but I prefer one browser to two, and IE is lacking too much else (security being a big one) for me to prefer it.
From the set of "things Zorba cares about," Windows does everything Linux does, and then some. Linux doesn't do anything I care about better beyond philosophy.
I suspect that Linux, aside from philosophy (and security, and customizability, and...) may provide you with some things you like better, if you can find a way to use it at least half the time. And it looks like the major barrier to dual-booting being worthwhile is Gaim vs Trillian, right?
I mean, I was convinced till I tried it that a Mac would be unusable, after getting used to a lot of things on Linux. Little things, like middle-click-to-paste (and select to copy), virtual desktops, a right mouse button... Then I used it, and I found it wasn't so bad, and was significantly better than trying to do the same thing on Windows.
I'd still prefer Linux, and I'm trying to get it on my Mac, but the point is, you really don't know till you try it for awhile, on a regular basis, so you can get comfortable with it. And this goes for lots of things.
The trouble is, all these things make me think a lot harder. I'm sure I could eat absolutely everything I always ate -- eat better, even -- lose weight faster -- some people have diets that rely on snacks. But this one works for me because it's simple, too simple to forget or to cheat on, and relatively cheap (compared to diet food). Too much more complex and it'd be nutritional engineering, and I'd much rather hack my computers than my diet.
Anyway, that's not the only thing this guy's done. Shovelglove and Urban ranger, too.
Because it does that half of what you want better?
I have found myself ONLY booting Windows to play games. I run Linux the rest of the time, which means, work (development), email, web, IM, movies, anime, music, and some games.
I've never had a problem connecting. I can't help you with the GUI, other than saying I like minimalist things, but you may be able to theme the thing a bit.
I'd apply in a heartbeat, except that while I live and breath open source, I don't live and breath open source clustering. Also, I'm probably not qualified (only 4-6 years professional experience, which sounds good until you read a birthdate in 1987), and there's a female to consider. Is the poster, by any chance, somewhere in Pennsylvania?
By the way, run Google searches also. My resume is on a website (run entirely with open-source tools), and NOT on Monster, as their "quick and easy post-your-resume'o'matic" doesn't work for me. It has required questions I don't want on my resume, and doesn't have much room for the stuff I do want.
Still, Slashdot knows my email, shown without obfuscation, so if anyone reading this wants to give me a job, feel free. You can check out my resume, although it's admittedly cruel to people not running Firefox. I really need to tweak it to recognize Safari, Konquerer, OmniWeb, and all the other good browsers. The website may also be a bit slow (it's sitting next to me, and I'm downloading Ubuntu...)
I know you're trolling/joking, but Gaim does have plenty of simleys and sounds, and I'm sure the sounds, at least, will probably work just fine from Trillian.
Did I say I didn't want to make the system secure? Don't read into my comments what you're expecting me to say...
You're right, my mistake. Although there are enough people taking the other side that my comment may actually have an effect.
But remember, Diebold also makes ATMs and has been doing them for some time... I doubt they're *completely* incomptetent in their procedures and design choices.
Not by accident, no. But there is a marked difference in the quality of their voting machines vs their ATMs, I think...
But if, for some reason, I didn't like Gaim, or had a pet client, there's always plugins for IRC and Jabber servers (or proxies) to allow you to talk to MSN/Yahoo/AIM contacts over your favorite protocol.
I wasn't calling you inaccurate, but I don't like any IM protocol other than Jabber, so for reasons other than typos, it is not ok to keep AIMing.
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It's a router... or a bridge... in the network card. WTF?
.013 ms, so if you're seeing more than that, you have other problems, or you're on a wireless network, in which case your games will always suck.
Ok, it either breaks RFCs and causes even MORE lag when you get more than one or two on a network, or it basically does what current stateful firewalls do for you anyway -- defragment packets before they get sent through.
So, if you already have a cheap router on your home network -- and you probably do if you have wireless -- this part is done for you already.
Now about that ping... Assuming it's not breaking any RFCs, I haven't heard ANYTHING to suggest that this can do ANYTHING to improve traffic, once it's beyond your network. Now, gamers, go ahead, ping your routers. That's almost certainly 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, but it's not hard to figure out if you know what you're doing. I have NEVER seen a ping to the router of a LAN of more than 2-3 ms, and usually we're talking about
As I continue to read through the spec sheet, all I see is either:
"Gee, any off-the-shelf router already does this!"
or:
"Gee, even if that's true, my $100 mobo includes a NIC that already does this. Even if not, the maybe 5% of CPU that you'd save surely costs less than the $280 you're charging for this card."
Really, go the fuck home. I don't want any of these anywhere near my networks, much less my gaming rig.
DDR/StepMania isn't sensitive enough to catch this, I think. Yes, it's friggin' accurate, but probably not to less than a 10th of a second.
Interesting moderations on the other flamebait...
I do agree with you, somewhat, but seriously, we're getting what we deserve. (I'm a white male.) Somehow, after generations of slavery and oppression, I think the (black|mexican|chinese|generic minority) deserve something. Reparations may be asking a bit much, but they definitely deserve at least a couple of generations of it being fashionable to bash white males, and we deserve to be bashed.
It doesn't bother me much, because it's not bad enough yet to deny me any opportunity that I care about. It doesn't take much casual conversation to prove that I'm a decent human being, and I really don't care about people who don't even give me a chance. Bigots of any kind are not worth my time.
I'm just the opposite. Java is just a bastardized C++, which is a beyond-bastardized C. JavaScript is a real language -- it's a bit like Ruby, kind of a Lisp in C's clothing.
This is where Wiki-like systems could really shine, I think, as a way to build a repository of unpatentable ideas -- instead of filing with the patent office, you file with Wikipedia.
Or maybe just the Internet in general. One word separates print and electronic media forever in my mind, and relegates print media to the stone age: Searchability. Or a simpler word: Google. An index just isn't the same.
Because we're right.
Or do you really think we're wrong?
Got me there. Now we actually have to use real-world measurements, like centemeters. Per-centemeter accuracy is something you often can achieve in a 3D world.
Then the camera sucks. That's not a problem of 3D, it's a problem with a specific game. Would you claim all 2D games have the same problem if the attacks were always from offscreen?
Every game has good moments and bad ones, and no one gets it perfect all the time. Still, the camera doesn't usually suck for me in most platform games I've played lately, especially if you know how to control it (and actually can control it).
Some of us think about plot, also. The best games have enough of both. If I just wanted gameplay, I'd play Tetris. If I just wanted varied gameplay, I'd play Neverball. If I just wanted plot, I'd watch a movie. If I just wanted (somewhat) interactive plot, I'd read a Choose Your Own Adventure book.
You need some of both. And you can't just market the gameplay, unless we're talking about something revolutionary, like the Wii. You have to market plot and graphics, and maybe physics. But how would you market gameplay?
And you do need marketing. Marketing pays the bills. Paying the bills pays for more good games.
UT2004? Quake 4?
You're right, there aren't that many, but old games can still be good, and Quake 4 is pretty recent. So is Doom 3.
I mean, I have a Windows partition, but if you're going to FUD, at least make sure you aren't missing something obvious. Stick to the gray areas.
I could explain it, but more importantly, have you actually read Ted Stevens' statement? It's not just the "tubes" reference, that's part of a much larger completely moronic rant. He obviously has no fucking clue what he's talking about. Fortunately, you seem to, so you should realize that pretty quickly from the actual statement.
The rules are simple -- don't act like a moron, and you won't be immortalized as one. Ted Stevens, Jerry Taylor, and Steve Ballmer deserve every bit of ridicule they get, and more. Never forget Jerry Taylor or Tuttle, OK.
Does it count that the company execs have explicitly stated that they would like to do this?
You get to shut the fuck up, or at least not post anonymously. Or when I have more time, I'll carefully rip apart the pile of crap you linked to. "If it had been left to the government..." Yes, but it was done with BOTH the corporations AND government support. Take government funds, suffer goverment regulations. Fair's fair.
Better to cry, and connect with someone, than to hold it in, and have them see you as a farce. And crying doesn't mean bawling like a little girl at everything.
Letting it pass through you is true -- that's the Litany against Fear. Ever read Dune?
Interesting comment about learning -- so which one of us is afraid of changing our beliefs? I don't think it's me, but I'm genuinely curious.
I was a boy once, trying to be strong, to not cry, to be happy instead, even. And then I learned that fake smiles are worse than real tears, and I have let go of my masks. I stand before you as a naked human soul.
Ok, I'll agree with you here, except that hiding it and covering it up is not the right way to deal with it. Let it pass through you, don't feel it at all, become numb, and get through the disaster -- but later, when it's all over, let it out.
If you don't let it out, it will become a scar on your heart.
Well, anything can be, but in this case, like you say, it depends on the situation. If there's no huge disaster going on, better to heal than to scar.
Depends how you do it. Self respect is good, but that's different than self-obsession, at the expense of others, and yourself, for no real reason.
Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a crybaby or a pushover. Anyone who doesn't, I don't really care -- if they write me off for something like that, I probably don't want to know them.
Regarding enemy-ness, like I said, it's not about you disagreeing with me or about not liking you, it's about whether I think you have anything interesting or worth reading. I read lots of comments by people who disagree with me strongly, and don't consider marking them an enemy.
I probably will un-foe you anyway, but right now I'm leaving for vacation...
Er, that'll teach me to submit too quickly... I meant, Direct3D is a lot harder to emulate than OpenGL. Mainly because you don't have to emulate OpenGL, because Linux already has that.
Bastards. But even then, Doom 3 runs VERY well under Wine/Cedega, so Prey should also. OpenGL is a lot harder than Direct3D.
Really? I've had MUCH worse luck getting things working on Cygwin than I have with Wine.
Hence dual-boot. I keep everything important on Linux for philosophical reasons, but I give up none of the advantages of Windows.
I'd still like to know why. You can install Gaim on Windows, or run it off Knoppix, to give it a test run. And there's a native Yahoo client, and I think there might be a native AOL one also.
ssh+screen slaughters any GUI-based one.
Won't always work, I know. But then, you can use rdesktop if you need to connect to a Windows box. There's also X forwarding, which is quick and easy, not sure how the speed measures up to RDP, though.
IE at least used to work well on Wine. Haven't tried it lately. IEtab is nice, though, and that's Windows-only.
Not sure what you mean. I think I can have multiple bookmarks with the same name -- is that what you mean? Clunky, I know, but I prefer one browser to two, and IE is lacking too much else (security being a big one) for me to prefer it.
I suspect that Linux, aside from philosophy (and security, and customizability, and...) may provide you with some things you like better, if you can find a way to use it at least half the time. And it looks like the major barrier to dual-booting being worthwhile is Gaim vs Trillian, right?
I mean, I was convinced till I tried it that a Mac would be unusable, after getting used to a lot of things on Linux. Little things, like middle-click-to-paste (and select to copy), virtual desktops, a right mouse button... Then I used it, and I found it wasn't so bad, and was significantly better than trying to do the same thing on Windows.
I'd still prefer Linux, and I'm trying to get it on my Mac, but the point is, you really don't know till you try it for awhile, on a regular basis, so you can get comfortable with it. And this goes for lots of things.
The trouble is, all these things make me think a lot harder. I'm sure I could eat absolutely everything I always ate -- eat better, even -- lose weight faster -- some people have diets that rely on snacks. But this one works for me because it's simple, too simple to forget or to cheat on, and relatively cheap (compared to diet food). Too much more complex and it'd be nutritional engineering, and I'd much rather hack my computers than my diet.
Anyway, that's not the only thing this guy's done. Shovelglove and Urban ranger, too.
I'd just as soon not do that, and not have a contract with them. Because in the corporate world, Free isn't always Free, and doesn't always stay Free.
Problem is, they probably won't let you do that. Have you tried? "I'm sorry, sir, but if you'd just let me help you..."
Suggested by what? My Firefox just says this:
Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at next-gen.biz.
* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Doesn't say anything about emailing the admin... Hmm...
Wait, nevermind, it's up now. But that has to be the strangest Slashdotting I've seen in awhile.
Oh. PHP. It all makes sense now.
Development? You serious?
Is OpenGL+SDL that bad?
Anyway, my Linux manages to do this, be sexy, and still play Half-Life 2.
Because it does that half of what you want better?
I have found myself ONLY booting Windows to play games. I run Linux the rest of the time, which means, work (development), email, web, IM, movies, anime, music, and some games.
I've never had a problem connecting. I can't help you with the GUI, other than saying I like minimalist things, but you may be able to theme the thing a bit.
Well, they're selling them at cost, but would we buy them for $200? I would.
Hey, I'm getting there...
I'd apply in a heartbeat, except that while I live and breath open source, I don't live and breath open source clustering. Also, I'm probably not qualified (only 4-6 years professional experience, which sounds good until you read a birthdate in 1987), and there's a female to consider. Is the poster, by any chance, somewhere in Pennsylvania?
By the way, run Google searches also. My resume is on a website (run entirely with open-source tools), and NOT on Monster, as their "quick and easy post-your-resume'o'matic" doesn't work for me. It has required questions I don't want on my resume, and doesn't have much room for the stuff I do want.
Still, Slashdot knows my email, shown without obfuscation, so if anyone reading this wants to give me a job, feel free. You can check out my resume, although it's admittedly cruel to people not running Firefox. I really need to tweak it to recognize Safari, Konquerer, OmniWeb, and all the other good browsers. The website may also be a bit slow (it's sitting next to me, and I'm downloading Ubuntu...)
I know you're trolling/joking, but Gaim does have plenty of simleys and sounds, and I'm sure the sounds, at least, will probably work just fine from Trillian.
You're right, my mistake. Although there are enough people taking the other side that my comment may actually have an effect.
Not by accident, no. But there is a marked difference in the quality of their voting machines vs their ATMs, I think...
Hurrah for Gaim.
But if, for some reason, I didn't like Gaim, or had a pet client, there's always plugins for IRC and Jabber servers (or proxies) to allow you to talk to MSN/Yahoo/AIM contacts over your favorite protocol.
I wasn't calling you inaccurate, but I don't like any IM protocol other than Jabber, so for reasons other than typos, it is not ok to keep AIMing.