Yes, like it was rumored that the Mac version would be first, or that Elvis was the lead programmer. I think we're looking at a simple matter of deadlines. The XBox version comes out later and they have more time to add goodies to the code.
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The problem was actually one of training and clueless operators. IIRC. the coordinates of the missile launcher had to be updated several times a day. The technicians went several days without doing so. A Scud flew into the area the Patriot was supposed to be protecting, but the system was so confused as to where it was that it thought it was another batteries' responsibility and did nothing. The Scud crashed into an area with Coalition troops and killed 28, the largest death toll due to a single action in Desert Storm.
Hates new XBox. Hates it!
Without a hard drive, there's even less reason for me to buy the box from Redmond.
I wonder if Microsoft is going to actually start making a profit with the XBox division anytime soon. The XBox 2 does get a head start on the PS3. But I go back to the point: I will not buy an XBox 2.
Comrade Raymond is smart enough to have a minion do stuff like that;)
Seriously though, I think this is just some more spin to help bolster SCOX. He's not the first neurotic guy in the public eye to beg for sympathy.
I refuse to watch CNN or the local news in front of my younger siblings (lowest_age = 2). Just watching the news introduces violence into the home. How many of the parents who wouldn't let their kids buy GTA let them watch the 6:00 news or spend a few hours at the public library? And how many of those kids got a few hours of frag time at a friend's house, where the restrictions were more lax?
These arguments aside, I think there is no exceuse for parents to shake their fingers at the "evil video games". The only scapegoat is yourself.
Re:GNAA FP by lysol lysol lysol
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Ahh, you must be new here. The parent you linked to is what we in the Slashdot community call a "troll". Think of them as strange things that you will soon take for granted, comrade. The particular troll you just experienced is what we like to call flamebait. The author recieves intense gratification from your displeasure, and therefore will do anything to offend you. Whatever you do, *don't* click any links...
But don't fear, these posts will quickly be modded down and will disappear, just like we wish the pollution in Los Angeles would *sigh*.
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That's right, this is the card that Ford Prefect swipes from his new Editor so he can hack into the basement computers with the help of his pet robot and....
Doom 3 is also using OpenGL to get around to all three major platforms, as well as that XBox thing. It's unfortunate that when I took a game programming class as an elective the teacher solemnly intoned that "DirectX is the future and OpenGL is dead". IMHO, if The Carmack uses it it's very alive and well.
I don't really buy into your reasoning. 7 processors does not a survey make.
I know my Dad refuses to buy anything other than Intel silicon because of his past experience-buying a Cyrix 6x86 and getting burned because of it.
Other than the fact that the Athlon XP series did not have a heat spreader and could be crushed when applying a fan too clumsily, I have not heard any reason for an AMD chip to fail faster. Assuming, of course, that you take the normal precautions-heatsink w/ fan and grease, a good cooling system in your case, and no botched overclocking attempts.
I don't really know, but I think Intel's 64-bit chips will probably use a Tejas-style clip system, not pins. Technology that won't work in a current motherboard. But, once AMD upgrades to socket 939 for the FX-51, it won't work in current boards either. AMD and Intel are both set to release the new sockets at about the same time PCI-Express comes out, so upgrade-happy people will need to buy new motherboards anyway.
Perhaps that's why the Dells at school (bought in 2002) have had so many problems-Dell buys from the less-than-reliable manufacturers. Lets see, 60 computers, about 8 hard drive failures, 2 monitors that wouldn't work out of the box, a memory stick that went bad. Fscking Dells.
So you're talking about the "glove mouse" from Minority Report? If they can make an AH-64's guns/sensors move in synch with the pilot's helmet, they can probably do this. Put some IR sensors around the perimeter of your screen, and voila. But it would be expensive.
1) Reliable software is very hard to make. 2) Mathematically provably secure software is impossible or very nearly so. 3) Reliable software that is mathematically provably secure and is affordable simply will never exist. 4) Our county and state gee-whiz government officials don't really understand this and are blowing wads of taxpayer dollars on a hopeless technology project. 5) Representative Democracy gets a big spiked shaft in its rear end. 6).... 7)Profit!
It has improved, but there are still 'goto' statements in the Microsoft example code (memory foggy, I think it was the mesh examples). Oh well, some things never change.
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Yes, like it was rumored that the Mac version would be first, or that Elvis was the lead programmer. I think we're looking at a simple matter of deadlines. The XBox version comes out later and they have more time to add goodies to the code.
The problem was actually one of training and clueless operators. IIRC. the coordinates of the missile launcher had to be updated several times a day. The technicians went several days without doing so. A Scud flew into the area the Patriot was supposed to be protecting, but the system was so confused as to where it was that it thought it was another batteries' responsibility and did nothing. The Scud crashed into an area with Coalition troops and killed 28, the largest death toll due to a single action in Desert Storm.
That's right, because everyone here will buy a copy to play with the grandkids when they come over. Right?
Hates new XBox. Hates it!
Without a hard drive, there's even less reason for me to buy the box from Redmond.
I wonder if Microsoft is going to actually start making a profit with the XBox division anytime soon. The XBox 2 does get a head start on the PS3. But I go back to the point: I will not buy an XBox 2.
And here in San Diego a shockingly large number of the inconsiderate people in SUVs are listening to Duran Duran. A coincidence? I think not...
Comrade Raymond is smart enough to have a minion do stuff like that;)
Seriously though, I think this is just some more spin to help bolster SCOX. He's not the first neurotic guy in the public eye to beg for sympathy.
I refuse to watch CNN or the local news in front of my younger siblings (lowest_age = 2). Just watching the news introduces violence into the home. How many of the parents who wouldn't let their kids buy GTA let them watch the 6:00 news or spend a few hours at the public library? And how many of those kids got a few hours of frag time at a friend's house, where the restrictions were more lax?
These arguments aside, I think there is no exceuse for parents to shake their fingers at the "evil video games". The only scapegoat is yourself.
Ahh, you must be new here. The parent you linked to is what we in the Slashdot community call a "troll". Think of them as strange things that you will soon take for granted, comrade. The particular troll you just experienced is what we like to call flamebait. The author recieves intense gratification from your displeasure, and therefore will do anything to offend you. Whatever you do, *don't* click any links...
But don't fear, these posts will quickly be modded down and will disappear, just like we wish the pollution in Los Angeles would *sigh*.
That's right, this is the card that Ford Prefect swipes from his new Editor so he can hack into the basement computers with the help of his pet robot and....
Can you imagine what the people who had to sort through those blogs felt like afterward? One job I think I would have turned down...
Doom 3 is also using OpenGL to get around to all three major platforms, as well as that XBox thing. It's unfortunate that when I took a game programming class as an elective the teacher solemnly intoned that "DirectX is the future and OpenGL is dead". IMHO, if The Carmack uses it it's very alive and well.
You mean you actually read the article?
Are you new here?
I don't really buy into your reasoning. 7 processors does not a survey make.
I know my Dad refuses to buy anything other than Intel silicon because of his past experience-buying a Cyrix 6x86 and getting burned because of it.
Other than the fact that the Athlon XP series did not have a heat spreader and could be crushed when applying a fan too clumsily, I have not heard any reason for an AMD chip to fail faster. Assuming, of course, that you take the normal precautions-heatsink w/ fan and grease, a good cooling system in your case, and no botched overclocking attempts.
I don't really know, but I think Intel's 64-bit chips will probably use a Tejas-style clip system, not pins. Technology that won't work in a current motherboard. But, once AMD upgrades to socket 939 for the FX-51, it won't work in current boards either. AMD and Intel are both set to release the new sockets at about the same time PCI-Express comes out, so upgrade-happy people will need to buy new motherboards anyway.
Perhaps that's why the Dells at school (bought in 2002) have had so many problems-Dell buys from the less-than-reliable manufacturers. Lets see, 60 computers, about 8 hard drive failures, 2 monitors that wouldn't work out of the box, a memory stick that went bad. Fscking Dells.
Tom, is that you?
So you're talking about the "glove mouse" from Minority Report? If they can make an AH-64's guns/sensors move in synch with the pilot's helmet, they can probably do this. Put some IR sensors around the perimeter of your screen, and voila. But it would be expensive.
Sorry, dude, had me confused there....
1) Reliable software is very hard to make.
2) Mathematically provably secure software is impossible or very nearly so.
3) Reliable software that is mathematically provably secure and is affordable simply will never exist.
4) Our county and state gee-whiz government officials don't really understand this and are blowing wads of taxpayer dollars on a hopeless technology project.
5) Representative Democracy gets a big spiked shaft in its rear end.
6)....
7)Profit!
It has improved, but there are still 'goto' statements in the Microsoft example code (memory foggy, I think it was the mesh examples). Oh well, some things never change.
It's an OpenGL game, dude. No d3d required, ya know?
Better yet, let's Slashdot them!
Since most of Slashdot's readers are qualified nerds, we find ~10%-20% of the posts to be good, interesting reading. Everyone else out there would rather watch paint dry.
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Deus Ex: Invisible War. What other proof do you need that they have experience at thievery...