"Alternative" Hairstyles (I let my facial hair grow) Stains (but I wash before I wear it again..) Mismatching shoes and belt.. heh I never realized brown belt/black shoes was bad. Good to know. Tie and short sleeved shirts - I don't wear ties unless I have to and I like wearing T-shirts to work, does that clear me? Binary Watch - I would if I could read binary that easily! (One day...)
Oh, and I shower every morning before work (my clothes may be worn more than once between washes, but at least my hair looks kempt)!
I for one will not be punishing them for a single bad year. I actually made the recent decision to buy myself my first laptop. I've already made my choice of OS for it, Ubuntu Desktop (I've decided to begin my transition away from Microsoft). Beyond OS, I know I want 4GBs RAM, and a good-sized hard drive. Last but definitely not least, an AMD quad-core processor. I'm not now nor am I ever going near Intel if I can help it, even if I have to wait until Q2 2008 or later for my laptop.
More disturbing is that it's not *your* proximity. It's *your arm's* proximity. This technology could bring about a whole new and horribly gruesome form of breaking and entering.:|
Employer: Is your password really that long? Come on! Hurry up and finish already. Me(from within the booth after 5 minutes of dancing): Ssssh, I'm trying to concentrate - this is the best part!
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I'm 25. The first computer I toyed with was an Apple IIe.:) At the time though I was 8ish, so I got to enjoy the games in those nice big 5¼ floppies, heh. That's where my knowledge begins.:) Programming came in grade 5-6 and after though.
My point remains (and this is where I rephrase to remain what I figure is correct: ), the reason they get integrated (aside from early releases and prototypes and such) is because the technology in question has gotten mature enough and/or plateaued in advancement, at which point it takes another breakthrough before it becomes popular to split that component off into its own hardware piece again. Then there's the fact that it's good for business, etc etc etc.
I'm probably mildly (or wildly) inaccurate in some respect because there are 1001 interpretations of every aspect and issue I touched on, so feel free to correct me or add to what I've said.:)
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I didn't think of this until after I posted, but how do you think graphics cards came about? They started off integrated with motherboards too, then it was discovered that dedicated hardware can perform MUCH better relatively cheaply. Same deal with sound cards, ditto network cards, what with the KillerNIC now. It's pure logic really, specialization leads to better performance.
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You're missing the point.
The whole point of a physics card is to move the calculations away from the CPU (which is so generalized it can't be optimized better than a hardware implementation). Having a card dedicated to processing physics simulations means it gets 100% of the PPU's attention instead of 10% of CPU1's attention, 11% of CPU2's attention, 5% of CPU3's attention and 13% of CPU4's attention (This is after all a PPU, not a CPU). Not only that, the PPU and the hardware on which it is set is optimized for pure physics calculations, not graphics, not playing music or mailing spam: physics. This, a CPU is not. This leaves more CPU time available for those irritating background processes that kick in at all the worse possible times during multiplayer games, meaning those impact your game's performance that much less.
It's the exact same principle as a graphics card. Yes current non-physics hardware can simulate half-decent physics, though in practice, ragdoll physics et al get repetitive very quickly, still better than prefab animations though. Good luck successfully reproducing REAL physics without specialized dedicated hardware.
My first accepted submission (of 2, heh). Wow, I never knew editors modified/. submissions. Makes sense though, being "editors" and all. Oh well, close enough.:)
You know, when you listen closely enough on a clear moonlit night, you can still hear Duke say "I wanna kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum." Followed by hordes of aliens firing missiles over the horizon, gurgling "Suck it down." Unfortunately, there have yet to be sightings of suicidal tentacled strippers.:(
Right. So... what happens if you bet your life savings on a team?
You are simultaneously filthy stinking rich and homeless I figure, right? So... you sleep in your Humvee, eat in your Mercedes-Benz, lounge in your limo and handle toiletries in your specially outfitted Oldsmobile?
Finally someone says the "b" word! Argh! I hate it when people give numbers in thousands of millions and whatnot, it just rubs me the wrong way. Only one continent used to speak like this, five hundred years ago! People, PLEASE! Learn this!
Untrue, I managed to keep my system up long enough to experience that bug. It completely hangs the system. The only thing you can do to remedy it is a hard reset.
You can shoot someone with a gun in the thigh and they won't die. Tazer them and you never know. Electricity travels throughout the entire body and anything or anyone the victim is touching. This leaves it up to the victim's constitution and chance, whether or not they survive.
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Finally someone is correct. Mod parent up. :)
You have 7 monitors plugged into your wristwatch?
"Alternative" Hairstyles (I let my facial hair grow)
Stains (but I wash before I wear it again..)
Mismatching shoes and belt.. heh I never realized brown belt/black shoes was bad. Good to know.
Tie and short sleeved shirts - I don't wear ties unless I have to and I like wearing T-shirts to work, does that clear me?
Binary Watch - I would if I could read binary that easily! (One day...)
Oh, and I shower every morning before work (my clothes may be worn more than once between washes, but at least my hair looks kempt)!
I for one will not be punishing them for a single bad year.
I actually made the recent decision to buy myself my first laptop. I've already made my choice of OS for it, Ubuntu Desktop (I've decided to begin my transition away from Microsoft). Beyond OS, I know I want 4GBs RAM, and a good-sized hard drive. Last but definitely not least, an AMD quad-core processor. I'm not now nor am I ever going near Intel if I can help it, even if I have to wait until Q2 2008 or later for my laptop.
But he doesn't lack enough money to be bought out to have enough money to sue them...
More disturbing is that it's not *your* proximity. It's *your arm's* proximity. This technology could bring about a whole new and horribly gruesome form of breaking and entering. :|
After someone says something like that, I can only feel bad for the baby. :|
I would call them crackers rather than hackers of any colour hat, any day of the week.
Employer: Is your password really that long? Come on! Hurry up and finish already.
Me(from within the booth after 5 minutes of dancing): Ssssh, I'm trying to concentrate - this is the best part!
I'm 25. The first computer I toyed with was an Apple IIe. :) At the time though I was 8ish, so I got to enjoy the games in those nice big 5¼ floppies, heh. That's where my knowledge begins. :) Programming came in grade 5-6 and after though.
:)
My point remains (and this is where I rephrase to remain what I figure is correct: ), the reason they get integrated (aside from early releases and prototypes and such) is because the technology in question has gotten mature enough and/or plateaued in advancement, at which point it takes another breakthrough before it becomes popular to split that component off into its own hardware piece again. Then there's the fact that it's good for business, etc etc etc.
I'm probably mildly (or wildly) inaccurate in some respect because there are 1001 interpretations of every aspect and issue I touched on, so feel free to correct me or add to what I've said.
I didn't think of this until after I posted, but how do you think graphics cards came about? They started off integrated with motherboards too, then it was discovered that dedicated hardware can perform MUCH better relatively cheaply. Same deal with sound cards, ditto network cards, what with the KillerNIC now. It's pure logic really, specialization leads to better performance.
The whole point of a physics card is to move the calculations away from the CPU (which is so generalized it can't be optimized better than a hardware implementation). Having a card dedicated to processing physics simulations means it gets 100% of the PPU's attention instead of 10% of CPU1's attention, 11% of CPU2's attention, 5% of CPU3's attention and 13% of CPU4's attention (This is after all a PPU, not a CPU). Not only that, the PPU and the hardware on which it is set is optimized for pure physics calculations, not graphics, not playing music or mailing spam: physics. This, a CPU is not. This leaves more CPU time available for those irritating background processes that kick in at all the worse possible times during multiplayer games, meaning those impact your game's performance that much less.
It's the exact same principle as a graphics card. Yes current non-physics hardware can simulate half-decent physics, though in practice, ragdoll physics et al get repetitive very quickly, still better than prefab animations though. Good luck successfully reproducing REAL physics without specialized dedicated hardware.
WO/PPPOE
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Yes but relatively speaking, the influence of a country should definitely be taken into account of your equation.
How much media coverage would the Queen Mum's fatal heart attack (God forbid) get, versus a homeless person's murder?
Heheh.
/. submissions. Makes sense though, being "editors" and all. Oh well, close enough. :)
My first accepted submission (of 2, heh). Wow, I never knew editors modified
lol. I guess.
I get your joke, but uhh.. missiles tend to be disposable, how do you rent something that can only be used once? ;)
You know, when you listen closely enough on a clear moonlit night, you can still hear Duke say "I wanna kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum." Followed by hordes of aliens firing missiles over the horizon, gurgling "Suck it down." :(
Unfortunately, there have yet to be sightings of suicidal tentacled strippers.
Right. So... what happens if you bet your life savings on a team?
You are simultaneously filthy stinking rich and homeless I figure, right? So... you sleep in your Humvee, eat in your Mercedes-Benz, lounge in your limo and handle toiletries in your specially outfitted Oldsmobile?
Finally someone says the "b" word! Argh! I hate it when people give numbers in thousands of millions and whatnot, it just rubs me the wrong way.
Only one continent used to speak like this, five hundred years ago!
People, PLEASE! Learn this!
Thank you, that is all.
Untrue, I managed to keep my system up long enough to experience that bug. It completely hangs the system. The only thing you can do to remedy it is a hard reset.
You can shoot someone with a gun in the thigh and they won't die. Tazer them and you never know. Electricity travels throughout the entire body and anything or anyone the victim is touching. This leaves it up to the victim's constitution and chance, whether or not they survive.
OMG Ponies!1!! Taco's wife designed most (if not all) of the topic icons. :)
Careful, if Skype's encryption is already ROT13'd, you might help the police!