I have tried patching the ATI drivers, and it works fairly well, but does not take advantage of the NForce2's specific features over the NForece1. I am wondering if anyone managed to port the linux-2.4.20-agpgart.diff to the 2.4.21 kernel. If you know where an equivalent patch for the 2.4.21 kernel is, you should reply with the link!
I remember paying $40 for Apple II games in the 80s. Inflation must certainly take its toll on game prices eventually, and I am all for supporting game developers. What I am not for is supporting the near-extortion practices of game publishers (coughmicrosoftcough) who force developers to get games out the door prematurely. That, I believe, is why we see games with so much less spit and polish than we used to. The first time I saw a game seg fault on the Xbox, I raged. Because of that, I am willing to pay $60 for a Blizzard game that I know will be clean and well-concieved. And for software which is belted out before a Christmas deadline so that a trillion dollar multinational corporation can recoup losses on the system itself, I'll pay nothing at all...
You are absolutely right. I think I misrepresented my opinion. I was in fact attempting to suggest my preference, not condemn the opinions of those who enjoy more simulation-oriented driving games. I do, however, believe that there is more profit to be made (and more fun for me to have) in making unrealistic (fantastic?) racing games than in spending money to license the name of a real racing franchise and then simulating it. As a wise man once said: "If I wanted real life, I would go back to work."
If spam is really a problem with the fundamental flexability of the smtp system, I do not see that politicians will have much success controlling it. It seems to me that the only really successful campaigns against offensive internet use are grass-roots based, starting with end users becoming genuinely fed up and accepting new (possibly painfully new) techniques, instead of just being annoyed, but unwilling to take the next step. Perhaps./ should have an article examining the current alternatives to smtp and easy ways./ readers can make it a part of their companies, and homes.
As a hardcore gamer, I have always found that the best part of racing games is a feeling of liberation. Because of that, I feel that racing game developers in general should focus not on making games more realistic, but on making them less realistic, open-ended, and with wildness packed into every crack. I loved GTA not for the realism of the driving experience, but because I could jump over a bay when the dishes are piling up in the sink. I am much more interested in Midnight than I am in anything Formula 1 related or otherwise grounded in reality!
Am I right in saying that SCO can choose to cancel IBM's license if it wants to, as long as it meets any contractual obligations it made? They are only doing this as a punitive endeavor to make IBM settle out of court on the completely unrelated Linux issue, right?
Considering the incredible independant talent out there (ex. Alex at www.cynicmusic.com) who probably require much more reasonable fees for their content, and help support people who the industry has not "discovered" (or choosen not to discover) yet, I would suspect that if a publisher made a post on./ and asked for quality independant musicians, the publisher would get more than enough contacts to make their project fly at a fraction of the cost.
-Benjamin "Durandal" Edelen
bkedelen@yahoo.com
I did say "in my mind"...
If you are genuinely interested in exploring how unbelieveably more powerful a human being is than a Turing machine (at least one order of magnitude), I would suggest reading Mitsugi Saotome's Aikido And The Harmony Of Nature.
It is a definitive work on human potential.
-Benjamin "Durandal" Edelen
bkedelen@yahoo.com
I'm afraid I do not see the connection between DNA and computing systems at all. Since any system with a discreet base is a Turing machine, and a human being is a provably more powerful machine than the Turing machine (we being able to attempt the halting problem, and whatnot) it is somewhat presumptuous to assume that DNA is a base 4 system, and thus life is subject to the rules bonding a discreet base system. The base of the universe is e (non-terminating, not-repeating decimals give the real world its spice), and the fact that man can even attempt questions like "is this beautiful" and "what is love" in my mind makes all comparisions of this kind impossible.
-Benjamin "Durandal" Edelen
bkedelen@yahoo.com
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He is right, most of us use alsa.
I have tried patching the ATI drivers, and it works fairly well, but does not take advantage of the NForce2's specific features over the NForece1. I am wondering if anyone managed to port the linux-2.4.20-agpgart.diff to the 2.4.21 kernel. If you know where an equivalent patch for the 2.4.21 kernel is, you should reply with the link!
I remember paying $40 for Apple II games in the 80s. Inflation must certainly take its toll on game prices eventually, and I am all for supporting game developers. What I am not for is supporting the near-extortion practices of game publishers (coughmicrosoftcough) who force developers to get games out the door prematurely. That, I believe, is why we see games with so much less spit and polish than we used to. The first time I saw a game seg fault on the Xbox, I raged. Because of that, I am willing to pay $60 for a Blizzard game that I know will be clean and well-concieved. And for software which is belted out before a Christmas deadline so that a trillion dollar multinational corporation can recoup losses on the system itself, I'll pay nothing at all...
You are absolutely right. I think I misrepresented my opinion. I was in fact attempting to suggest my preference, not condemn the opinions of those who enjoy more simulation-oriented driving games. I do, however, believe that there is more profit to be made (and more fun for me to have) in making unrealistic (fantastic?) racing games than in spending money to license the name of a real racing franchise and then simulating it. As a wise man once said: "If I wanted real life, I would go back to work."
If spam is really a problem with the fundamental flexability of the smtp system, I do not see that politicians will have much success controlling it. It seems to me that the only really successful campaigns against offensive internet use are grass-roots based, starting with end users becoming genuinely fed up and accepting new (possibly painfully new) techniques, instead of just being annoyed, but unwilling to take the next step. Perhaps ./ should have an article examining the current alternatives to smtp and easy ways ./ readers can make it a part of their companies, and homes.
As a hardcore gamer, I have always found that the best part of racing games is a feeling of liberation. Because of that, I feel that racing game developers in general should focus not on making games more realistic, but on making them less realistic, open-ended, and with wildness packed into every crack. I loved GTA not for the realism of the driving experience, but because I could jump over a bay when the dishes are piling up in the sink. I am much more interested in Midnight than I am in anything Formula 1 related or otherwise grounded in reality!
Am I right in saying that SCO can choose to cancel IBM's license if it wants to, as long as it meets any contractual obligations it made? They are only doing this as a punitive endeavor to make IBM settle out of court on the completely unrelated Linux issue, right?
Considering the incredible independant talent out there (ex. Alex at www.cynicmusic.com) who probably require much more reasonable fees for their content, and help support people who the industry has not "discovered" (or choosen not to discover) yet, I would suspect that if a publisher made a post on ./ and asked for quality independant musicians, the publisher would get more than enough contacts to make their project fly at a fraction of the cost.
-Benjamin "Durandal" Edelen
bkedelen@yahoo.com
I did say "in my mind" ...
If you are genuinely interested in exploring how unbelieveably more powerful a human being is than a Turing machine (at least one order of magnitude), I would suggest reading Mitsugi Saotome's Aikido And The Harmony Of Nature.
It is a definitive work on human potential.
-Benjamin "Durandal" Edelen
bkedelen@yahoo.com
I'm afraid I do not see the connection between DNA and computing systems at all. Since any system with a discreet base is a Turing machine, and a human being is a provably more powerful machine than the Turing machine (we being able to attempt the halting problem, and whatnot) it is somewhat presumptuous to assume that DNA is a base 4 system, and thus life is subject to the rules bonding a discreet base system. The base of the universe is e (non-terminating, not-repeating decimals give the real world its spice), and the fact that man can even attempt questions like "is this beautiful" and "what is love" in my mind makes all comparisions of this kind impossible. -Benjamin "Durandal" Edelen bkedelen@yahoo.com