After I saw "Dr. Strangelove" I rented every Kubrick movie I could get my hands on, including "The Killing" and a few others of his 50's movies ("Fear and Desire", "The Seafarers", etc). I was extremely disappinted to discover that nothing else he had directed was even a fraction as incredible as "Dr. Strangelove".
Yes, I realize that 3.3.3 contained obfuscated code, at first... I also realize that they rather quickly wrote a patch with non-obfuscated code, which also got included in 3.3.6....
Basically, I wouldn't be surprised if the drivers are binary only. Nor would I be surprised if their not. Bear in mind the alliance they now have with SGI, a company that has very rapidly become much more OS friendly. Maybe SGI can have a good influence on nVidia:-)
I'm just curious, but can *anyone* be sure that the driver for nVidia's chips for 4.0 is going to be binary only? Everyone on Slashdot keeps saying that, but I've never heard nVidia say it, so why is everyone so sure?
"the controls don't work quite well (try double-sizing the window during playback.. still see video? I don't) and if you really want to nit-pick, try using the menu bar while your NumLock key is on"
I just tried both things that you mentioned, and had no problems... It double-sized and kept playing nice and smoothly, and I double-sized by using the menu bar while my NumLock key was on.
Well, considering that I've been using 3.9* drivers, which are open source, for my 3dfx card, as developed by Precision Insight, under contract with 3dfx, for a while, I'm doubtful that you know what you're talking about... As for nVidia's drivers... We'll just have to wait and see. (BTW, ATI drivers are being developed by PI under contract with ATI... I believe that they are to be open source as well, although I'm not positive) Adam
The problem is that it should the parents who are doing the filtering, not some abitrary program that can't filter properly... This is just another example of personal responsibility (this time on the part of the parents) being avoided...
If this is implemented, and parents actually believe this will keep their kids from accessing porn at the local library, they are more likely to leave their children unsupervised at the library. Since we know that no filtering software is 100% effective, and that kids, with all their determination, are going to be able to find porn anyway, we'll have a situation that is worse than the one already in place.
At least without any sort of filtering software, parents are less likely to leave their children unattended while browsing the web at the local library.
The only 100% sure-fire way to protect minors, though, is to not let them out of your site... Actually, that probably is not 100% effective...
How about not letting them out of the house? Well, then you'd have to get rid of all radios and TV, and any net connected PC you might have... A little drastic, but, hey, at least you'd protect those kids.
Why? Because it gives parent's a false sense of security... Because it should the parent's who are filtering their children's access, not some computer program that does a half-ass job... Because more parent's are likely to let little Johnny go browse the net at their local library, not realizing that Johnny is looking at Pamela and Tommy go at it.
If you followed the link and read the article, you would see that the existing filtering software won't keep 14 year-old Johnny from learning how to build an atomic bomb...:-) Nor is it likely to keep him from learning the finer points of doing it doggy-style.
Ummm... What part of the show spread the idea that violent games are the toolbox of Satan? Sure, Scully complained about them, but that doesn't mean the show was promoting censorship.
And the Matrix was a complete ripoff of Neuromancer... So, in essence, Gibson and Maddox wrote a ripoff of a Gibson novel... Also, if you only watched fifteen seconds at a time can you be sure that you watched enough to form a sound opinion?
Thanks for that info:-) For the past couple months I've been running back and forth b/w my VooDoo3 and TNT2, using one card for a couple days, and using the other for a couple days... Thanks to your post, though, I realized I could use both cards at the same time, and am currently running xinerama with both. It's the greatest thing since sliced bread:-)
Note: I'm speaking as an individual who has read quite a bit on 3D support under linux and who has used the following 3d chips under linux (not as a developer): Savage4, ATI Rage 128, TNT2, 3dfx.
Currently, the best supported 3D cards under linux are 3dfx and Matrox. 3dfx is probably better supported at the moment. By mid-year Precision Insight plans on having DRI drivers for 3dfx (already available from cvs), Matrox (G200/G400), ATI (Rage 128), and Intel (I810). nVidia should be releasing drivers in the next few months for their line of 3D cards, although the impression I've gotten is that they won't be using DRI (apparently they or SGI didn't feel that DRI was the most appropriate means of doing accelerated 3d for nVidia's cards).
Utah-GLX already supports hardware acceleration for ATI Rage Pro, Matrox, nVidia, S3 Virge, and probably something else that I'm forgetting. However, Utah-GLX doesn't use the Direct Rendering Infrastructure.
I admire the Utah-glx developers greatly for what they've done... However, bear in mind that what PI has developed (the direct rendering infrastructure) goes well beyond what can be done with utah-glx.
Just so you know: PI is also working on drivers for Intel (the i810) and Matrox (G200/G400). According to Daryll Strauss they should all be out by the end of the second quarter, even if they aren't included in XFree86 4.0.
Actually, it doesn't appear that nVidia will be releasing drivers which use the DRI. There was a post on Slashdot in the recent past (during the discussion of Va Linux/SGI/nVidia working together) from an SGI developer saying that the DRI doesn't make much since for nVidia given their hardware design. Despite a # of (very polite) requests, though, I can't get any more info from nVidia on the matter.
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"Science fiction fans seem to like their films to be more thouroughly thought through."
So, something along the lines of "Close Encounters," one of the best sf movies ever?
BTW, if you think ET was a soppy kiddy fantasy flick, you need to watch it again, this time with your eyes, and mind, open.
Adam
After I saw "Dr. Strangelove" I rented every Kubrick movie I could get my hands on, including "The Killing" and a few others of his 50's movies ("Fear and Desire", "The Seafarers", etc). I was extremely disappinted to discover that nothing else he had directed was even a fraction as incredible as "Dr. Strangelove".
Adam
Bleh... The movie is tedious, boring, and highly overrated... It *may* have been filmed well, but that can't make up for it's drawbacks.
Adam
Hmmm... I guess Jurassic Park and ET were science fact?
Adam
Why waste your time and money seeing a bad adaptation, when you can get a copy of the incredible book in paperback for the same price (if not less)?
Adam
Oh, please! The only good Kubrick movie was "Dr. Strangelove." All the others were monotonous, bories, and just plain bad...
Adam
Yes, I realize that 3.3.3 contained obfuscated code, at first... I also realize that they rather quickly wrote a patch with non-obfuscated code, which also got included in 3.3.6....
Basically, I wouldn't be surprised if the drivers are binary only. Nor would I be surprised if their not. Bear in mind the alliance they now have with SGI, a company that has very rapidly become much more OS friendly. Maybe SGI can have a good influence on nVidia
Ever the optimist,
Adam K
I'm just curious, but can *anyone* be sure that the driver for nVidia's chips for 4.0 is going to be binary only? Everyone on Slashdot keeps saying that, but I've never heard nVidia say it, so why is everyone so sure?
Adam
"the controls don't work quite well (try double-sizing the window during playback .. still see video? I don't) and if you really want to nit-pick, try using the menu bar while your NumLock key is on"
I just tried both things that you mentioned, and had no problems... It double-sized and kept playing nice and smoothly, and I double-sized by using the menu bar while my NumLock key was on.
Adam
Well, considering that I've been using 3.9* drivers, which are open source, for my 3dfx card, as developed by Precision Insight, under contract with 3dfx, for a while, I'm doubtful that you know what you're talking about... As for nVidia's drivers... We'll just have to wait and see. (BTW, ATI drivers are being developed by PI under contract with ATI... I believe that they are to be open source as well, although I'm not positive) Adam
The problem is that it should the parents who are doing the filtering, not some abitrary program that can't filter properly... This is just another example of personal responsibility (this time on the part of the parents) being avoided...
Adam
If this is implemented, and parents actually believe this will keep their kids from accessing porn at the local library, they are more likely to leave their children unsupervised at the library. Since we know that no filtering software is 100% effective, and that kids, with all their determination, are going to be able to find porn anyway, we'll have a situation that is worse than the one already in place.
At least without any sort of filtering software, parents are less likely to leave their children unattended while browsing the web at the local library.
Adam
" they just shouldn't be presuming to tell the librarians how to do their jobs."
Isn't that just what they're doing?
"We're not telling you how to do your job, but we're telling you that you have to block children from accessing indecent material"
Hmm... Seems like a contradiction to me...
Adam
The only 100% sure-fire way to protect minors, though, is to not let them out of your site... Actually, that probably is not 100% effective...
How about not letting them out of the house? Well, then you'd have to get rid of all radios and TV, and any net connected PC you might have... A little drastic, but, hey, at least you'd protect those kids.
Adam
Why? Because it gives parent's a false sense of security... Because it should the parent's who are filtering their children's access, not some computer program that does a half-ass job... Because more parent's are likely to let little Johnny go browse the net at their local library, not realizing that Johnny is looking at Pamela and Tommy go at it.
Adam
If you followed the link and read the article, you would see that the existing filtering software won't keep 14 year-old Johnny from learning how to build an atomic bomb...
Adam
You're bitching because this X-Files episode was "not very realistic"? Right... Would you care to point out an episode that is very realistic?
Adam
Ummm... What part of the show spread the idea that violent games are the toolbox of Satan? Sure, Scully complained about them, but that doesn't mean the show was promoting censorship.
Adam
And the Matrix was a complete ripoff of Neuromancer... So, in essence, Gibson and Maddox wrote a ripoff of a Gibson novel... Also, if you only watched fifteen seconds at a time can you be sure that you watched enough to form a sound opinion?
Adam
3d support is being worked on, under contract with ATI, by Precision Insight. If it's not included in XFree86 4.0, it should be out be the end of Q2.
As for your fonts... My suggestion is downloading
XFree86-Rage128-1.3-2mdk, if you can still find it. It works beautifully.
Adam
Thanks for that info
Adam K
Note: I'm speaking as an individual who has read quite a bit on 3D support under linux and who has used the following 3d chips under linux (not as a developer): Savage4, ATI Rage 128, TNT2, 3dfx.
Currently, the best supported 3D cards under linux are 3dfx and Matrox. 3dfx is probably better supported at the moment. By mid-year Precision Insight plans on having DRI drivers for 3dfx (already available from cvs), Matrox (G200/G400), ATI (Rage 128), and Intel (I810). nVidia should be releasing drivers in the next few months for their line of 3D cards, although the impression I've gotten is that they won't be using DRI (apparently they or SGI didn't feel that DRI was the most appropriate means of doing accelerated 3d for nVidia's cards).
Utah-GLX already supports hardware acceleration for ATI Rage Pro, Matrox, nVidia, S3 Virge, and probably something else that I'm forgetting. However, Utah-GLX doesn't use the Direct Rendering Infrastructure.
I admire the Utah-glx developers greatly for what they've done... However, bear in mind that what PI has developed (the direct rendering infrastructure) goes well beyond what can be done with utah-glx.
Adam
Just so you know: PI is also working on drivers for Intel (the i810) and Matrox (G200/G400). According to Daryll Strauss they should all be out by the end of the second quarter, even if they aren't included in XFree86 4.0.
Adam
Actually, it doesn't appear that nVidia will be releasing drivers which use the DRI. There was a post on Slashdot in the recent past (during the discussion of Va Linux/SGI/nVidia working together) from an SGI developer saying that the DRI doesn't make much since for nVidia given their hardware design. Despite a # of (very polite) requests, though, I can't get any more info from nVidia on the matter.
Adam