Open Source software is legally free!" "So? On bittorrent, any software is free" You forgot most likelyillegal -- just because the "cost" appears to be zerofor you, doesn't mean it is legally free.
> AMD at one point made processors which used the full precision value of PI and returned correct results for fsin(x). It broke software, so AMD "fixed" it by breaking it in microcode.
They also might be running into an skinning bottleneck. Are they using 4 bones / vertex? How many AIs do they have onscreen at once? What is their poly count per character?
One of their old games, RB6:LV2 doesn't even draw more then 8 characters maximum at any one time, even though the level clearly supports 50+ terrorists.
> I'd hope modern games aren't still stuck in the single-threaded, hard-clocked world of yesteryear, but you never know.
Nah, game devs were forced to multithread their engine back in the PS3 and Xbox360 days. (In the PS2 days you had to offload data to the VU, GS, IOP, and SPU.)
Current gen consoles are basically a dumbed down x86 that have 8 threads.
> Javascript does not stop you from reusing a variable to store different types, which is a whole other class of error I like to avoid by using a strongly typed language.
Yes, I hate typeless languages, such as Lisp, Javascript, etc. for exactly this reason.
I would rather catch things at compile time instead of run-time.
True, Carl Sagan was more insightful then scientific, but he inspired people to think about the bigger picture; witness:
"The Big Bang is our modern scientific creation myth. It comes from the same human need to solve the cosmological riddle [Where did the universe come from?]" -- Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 10, "The Edge of Forever."
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light years and in the passage of ages; when we grasp the intricacy, beauty and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
Pedestal? I guess some people worship him. To me he was just an interesting guy with insightful commentary.
> Adverse effects of acute cannabis use - Cannabis does not produce fatal overdoses.
Indeed! There is no LD50 for Cannabis that I'm aware of...
It is hypocritical that some far worse drugs have social acceptance such as caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol, while safer drugs are socially ostracized.
> Letting you define variables just by using them leaves you open to spelling mistakes and all the bugs it causes just so you can save a couple lines of code.
Indeed. Javascript is a piece of shit without this hack:
"use strict";// Must declare all variables before using
No offense, but you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. There are several orders of magnitude difference between a 1999 GPU and a 2014 GPU, let alone the fixed function pipeline and pixel (fragment) shaders.
I have a GTX Titan, and I *miss* my old work 17" MacBook Pro laptop -- the bigger screen was _nice_. While I appreciate the new slim MacBook Pro and the high resolution Retina brings I _also_ want the fastest nVidia GPU available so I continue to do CUDA research, aka "Big Data on the GPU." when I'm not at home. Current mobile GPU's suck for performance, but they are _finally_ decent.
It is not such much as what you see, but what you don't see.
Content licensing fees go up roughly X% per year. A merged company would have more leverage to bargain for lower licensing rates. This would allow Comcast to not be "forced" a subscription rate increase for consumers; with better bargaining customers would have the same pricing.
Potentially more content would be available.
More resources would be available to pool and expand coverage. The technical term use by the board is "Increase Operating Efficiency." Basically more money would be available to support, and upgrade the "backbone" infrastructure.
Most of TWC cable systems are not digital, and don't take full advantage of DOCSIS 3.0. What this means is that customers living in the TWC zones would down the road have access to higher speed internet. TWC's high speed internet is currently 15 Mbps; Comcast is 25 Mbps.
The full merger proposal is over 200+ pages. If the board thought it would be bad for customers, they definitely would object to it.
Slashdot Mirror
> http://www.phoronix.com/
Please don't link to Phoronix garbage -- all they care about is linking to themselves instead of actually linking to the source
i.e.
* https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/1... Linux 2.6.36-rc4
* https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/2... Linux 2.6.36-rc5 <-- alpha: fix a 14 years old bug in sigreturn tracing
Open Source software is legally free!"
"So? On bittorrent, any software is free"
You forgot most likely illegal -- just because the "cost" appears to be zero for you, doesn't mean it is legally free.
FTFY.
Exactly.
I just bury my head in a book or solving the sudoku in this month's magazine. See, no "technology" required.
So this petition for "re-ban" will still make me ignore the instructions that I've heard before.
I don't buy Abrash's "Myth of technological innovation". Counter-Proof: Multiple Discovery
Newton and Leibniz simultaneously invented Calculus. There have been many other simultaneous tech inventions.
If you are not first, there are always a few other people very, very close.
/Oblg. "Good 'ol Emacs" http://xkcd.com/378/ :-)
> AMD at one point made processors which used the full precision value of PI and returned correct results for fsin(x). It broke software, so AMD "fixed" it by breaking it in microcode.
Do you have a link for that please? Thanks.
Over-rated yeah. Horrible & Boring? It has been a while since I've seen it so could be. Surprised CinemaSins hasn't "reviewed" that one yet.
I'm an audiophile so I use it to test my sub placement & volume. The ship battle is a treat. :)
i.e.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/...
And just exactly how do you propose to _fix_ invalid data if you can't access it??
You first need _access_ to it.
Second, he already has that right.
But I guess it is easy to just knee-jerk react focusing on the symptom instead of actually thinking about the problem.
> Where did that come from, and what does it have to do with women being attacked just for being women on gaming forums?
Because the person burning the book is (probably) trolling -- as in, trying to get an emotional response out of someone or a group of people.
Trolling can manifest in many forms. Obviously that one is not as severe as mentioned in the article, but still trolling / griefing none the less.
So you're saying That is the lesser of two weevils? :-)
With apologies to Paul Bettany in Master and Commander
The editors over at hothardware are idiots; the original site that hosted the article uses those exact same terms too.
They might be running into skinning performance. See my previous post
They also might be running into an skinning bottleneck. Are they using 4 bones / vertex? How many AIs do they have onscreen at once? What is their poly count per character?
One of their old games, RB6:LV2 doesn't even draw more then 8 characters maximum at any one time, even though the level clearly supports 50+ terrorists.
> I'd hope modern games aren't still stuck in the single-threaded, hard-clocked world of yesteryear, but you never know.
Nah, game devs were forced to multithread their engine back in the PS3 and Xbox360 days. (In the PS2 days you had to offload data to the VU, GS, IOP, and SPU.)
Current gen consoles are basically a dumbed down x86 that have 8 threads.
> Javascript does not stop you from reusing a variable to store different types, which is a whole other class of error I like to avoid by using a strongly typed language.
Yes, I hate typeless languages, such as Lisp, Javascript, etc. for exactly this reason.
I would rather catch things at compile time instead of run-time.
Awesome find! Thanks!
LOL, marijuana is just as "deadly" as potato chips. That will make it easy to remember. :-)
True, Carl Sagan was more insightful then scientific, but he inspired people to think about the bigger picture; witness:
Pedestal? I guess some people worship him. To me he was just an interesting guy with insightful commentary.
> Adverse effects of acute cannabis use
- Cannabis does not produce fatal overdoses.
Indeed! There is no LD50 for Cannabis that I'm aware of ...
It is hypocritical that some far worse drugs have social acceptance such as caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol, while safer drugs are socially ostracized.
> Letting you define variables just by using them leaves you open to spelling mistakes and all the bugs it causes just so you can save a couple lines of code.
Indeed. Javascript is a piece of shit without this hack:
Didn't we learn anything from BASIC in the 80's??
Robocop showed *both* sides ... killer robots, and technology used to help a person put an end to corruption.
Technology is *tool*; it be used or abused.
* A fire can be used for light & heat (i.e. camping), or to burn someone.
* A gun can be used to protect or to hurt.
Lastly, Technology is NOT the problem -- people _misusing_ it are.
Me too.
I much prefer the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard for gaming. --The thin original design before Logitech jumped the shark.
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech...
No offense, but you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. There are several orders of magnitude difference between a 1999 GPU and a 2014 GPU, let alone the fixed function pipeline and pixel (fragment) shaders.
I have a GTX Titan, and I *miss* my old work 17" MacBook Pro laptop -- the bigger screen was _nice_. While I appreciate the new slim MacBook Pro and the high resolution Retina brings I _also_ want the fastest nVidia GPU available so I continue to do CUDA research, aka "Big Data on the GPU." when I'm not at home. Current mobile GPU's suck for performance, but they are _finally_ decent.
/pedantic Since the topic is Computer Science, both terms are fine. As in FIFO, etc.
LOL! That is so funny but sad because it is all too true. Could the publishers shit on the customers any more ...
I propose a new movement for people selling digital goods:
Respect My Time
Guilty parties: ... Warframe, Defiance, Diablo 3
- "freemium" pay-to-win "Social Games"
- Any game you grind for gear
- DVDs
- BluRays
Who else do we add to the Name & Shame list ?
Sure, there are numerous advantages:
It is not such much as what you see, but what you don't see.
Content licensing fees go up roughly X% per year. A merged company would have more leverage to bargain for lower licensing rates. This would allow Comcast to not be "forced" a subscription rate increase for consumers; with better bargaining customers would have the same pricing.
Potentially more content would be available.
More resources would be available to pool and expand coverage. The technical term use by the board is "Increase Operating Efficiency." Basically more money would be available to support, and upgrade the "backbone" infrastructure.
Most of TWC cable systems are not digital, and don't take full advantage of DOCSIS 3.0. What this means is that customers living in the TWC zones would down the road have access to higher speed internet. TWC's high speed internet is currently 15 Mbps; Comcast is 25 Mbps.
The full merger proposal is over 200+ pages. If the board thought it would be bad for customers, they definitely would object to it.