I said **primary RGB gradients**, as in, Red, Green, Blue or White for a reason.
Quit changing the topic to steganography which is an apples to oranges comparison and no one gives a shit about _that_ to tell if your monitor is 24-bit.
Your are claiming only 18-bit color - a total of (2^6)^3 = 262144 colors; or 2^6 = 64 colors for primary RGB gradients. That would mean every 4 colors out of 256 primaries you wouldn't be able to tell the difference! Since one can easily tell the difference between:
"An elder starved to death after his refrigerator got hammered by a DoS (Denial of Service) by hackers and was unable to open the fridge."
or
"Hackers are wrecking havoc with consumers as they find their refrigerator keeps turning off and are forced to re-buy all their frozen food. Local supermarkets are staying mum for fear of retaliation."
And there is the potential of all the EF spectrum "pollution" as all these stupid IoT devices are constantly broadcasting:.. in 2070:
"Scientists have completed a 30 year study and have found WiFi devices raise the risks of disease statistically significant."
I'm not saying there *is* a problem, just that there -might- be one after we've had long term uses and studies involved.
Bringing this back on topic: Disappointed with new tech? Welcome to the club. Hardware has become so stagnant in the last 5 years. 28nm. *yawn*. Yet-another-Megaherz or "core"./sarcasm Yay.
When are the GPU OEM's going to move to 22 nm?
When the hell is Knights Corner going to be ready for the masses?
Business as usual. Smaller, Faster, Cheaper.
When is the next (tech) revolution going to happen?
Where the hell is their "backup procedure" ?? Don't they have one??
Likewise their bureaucracy retarded. Buy 5x cheap 1 TB drives and Raid'em (either hardware or software), and if 1 or 2 go bad, you're STILL good to go.
As much as I hated the bloody lens flare every other second, believe it or not JJ Abrams actually apologized for the over-use of the lens flare. But that is Hollywood these days -- form over function.
Bringing this back on topic. This is a retarded law. What's next? Taking a picture of the restaurant's cutlery is illegal?
> a modern COW filesystem with checksumming, compression, multiple devices, caching, and eventually snapshots and all kinds of other nifty features
Instead of yet another FS flavor of the month, or year, (Reiserfs, Btrfs, Bcachefs, etc.) and all the man-hours wasted re-solving the same old problems how about just doing it right the first time (ZFS) ?? Because this is what it is turning into. What advantages bachefs have over ZFS??? There is no way in hell I'm going to trust an unproven, buggy, and incomplete FS when we already have one that works.
Fixing the Butr free space shenanigans would have been a step in the right direction: An existing debugged FS.
Another game dev here. Running with 32GB and Window's retarded Virtual Memory turned off. You'll love the upgrade!
One note: If you are on Windows 7 you will need Windows 7 Professional (or higher), because Win 7 Starter / Home / Premium versions are crippled to only supporting 16 GB. Microsoft "fixed" this in Windows 8.1+
Having 32GB allows you to spin up a few VMs each with 4GB if needed, and still have plenty of available RAM to keep 30+ tabs of Chrome/Firefox open, MSVC, Gimp/Photoshop, VM's all open all the time.
1. A lot of "futuristic" UI relies on touch. This is retarded. Arms get tired. I guess that isn't as flashy as a machine that can read your brainwaves.
2. All these display devices take up tons of physical room. Again this is dumb. A HD version of Google glass, or an implant on the cornea, would provide tons of virtual space and not take up bulky "monitors". I guess "wall sized" monitors is sexy though.
I see people who wear analog watches falling in 3 camps:
* Practical minded -- spends less then ~$250 on a watch. Doesn't care about iHipster fads. Wears a watch for function. I respect people who don't blow money trying to impress others with vanity items. * Retards who spend more then $5,000+ on a watch for form. They care more about what people think about their bullshit pseudo image then using money wisely. Vanity has always had a high price but these idiots take it to a new level. * The people in between -- hard to tell if they are practical or iHipster.
The funny thing about the OSX version is that we get _both_ the menu AND ribbon. Some tasks are easier with the ribbon, others with the menu.
Trying to dictate how users should use the software is just plain ignorance and arrogance but Microsoft has never understand good UI. They always seem to be copying Apple, for better or for worse.
> But suggesting that aesthetics matter has always been blasphemy here at Slashdot.
Graphics (OpenGL/WebGL) and UI/UX guy here. That is NOT blasphemy, contrary to popular opinion. The balance of _form_ AND _function_ really is the sweet spot.
Sadly, most modern UI/UX guys are retarded. Whether they be at Apple, Microsoft, Facebook,Google, etc., they all think that form is the only thing that matters, functionality be damned. Want to tell the difference between a button and static text/image. Too bad! The will ram-rod a broken touch interface down everyone's throat whether they like it or not.
The weakness of open source is that no one takes UI seriously. You get powerful software with tons of options but you almost have to be a computer science major to even understand half of it.
The saddest part is that I agree with you 100%. And you'll probably be ignored, because most people don't understand or value the out-of-the-box experience.:-(
Oh wow, didn't realize he directed "Bicentennial Man". I guess I must be in the minority -- I thought it was charming and under-rated.
Chris seems to be quite hit-and-miss. His earlier work is decent; his later work quite lacking. What is strange is that he has definitely has been involved in some popular, but not good movies:
1. He worked with Robin Williams before when he directed:
* 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire
2. I see his claim to fame wast that he was a nobody until he wrote "Gremlins (1984)" and Steven Spielberg optioned it. He also directed:
* 1990 Home Alone
3. He also wrote:
* 1985 The Goonies" * 1985 "Young Sherlock Holmes
4. He was also (executive) producer on:
* 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian * 2005 Fantastic Four * 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (producer) * 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (executive producer) * 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (executive producer)
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I said **primary RGB gradients**, as in, Red, Green, Blue or White for a reason.
Quit changing the topic to steganography which is an apples to oranges comparison and no one gives a shit about _that_ to tell if your monitor is 24-bit.
Look, it is real easy to prove whether a monitor is 24-bit or 18-bit:
* https://imgur.com/XF3LBOz
Do you see Mach banding in the rows? (Easiest to tell in the greens and grays)
Yes - your monitor is 24-bit
No - your monitor is 18-bit
Show me proof of _any_ LCD monitors that are 18-bit.
And the specific manufacturers and models listed with 18-bit are listed where again???
Oh wait, they aren't.
Stop spouting bullshit. At least link to an article with hard facts and a timestamp.
That's complete nonsense and easy to disprove.
Your are claiming only 18-bit color - a total of (2^6)^3 = 262144 colors; or 2^6 = 64 colors for primary RGB gradients. That would mean every 4 colors out of 256 primaries you wouldn't be able to tell the difference! Since one can easily tell the difference between:
0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0XFC, 0xFB
That means your claim is complete bullshit.
QED.
Exactly.
I could see News like in this ... in 2030s:
"An elder starved to death after his refrigerator got hammered by a DoS (Denial of Service) by hackers and was unable to open the fridge."
or
"Hackers are wrecking havoc with consumers as they find their refrigerator keeps turning off and are forced to re-buy all their frozen food. Local supermarkets are staying mum for fear of retaliation."
And there is the potential of all the EF spectrum "pollution" as all these stupid IoT devices are constantly broadcasting: .. in 2070:
"Scientists have completed a 30 year study and have found WiFi devices raise the risks of disease statistically significant."
I'm not saying there *is* a problem, just that there -might- be one after we've had long term uses and studies involved.
Authority without Accountability = Authoritative Abuse(s)
When are people going to demand an open and transparent government?
More important, who stands to gain (or be hurt) if this information was released?
That way --> to the Geek Hierarchy chart
Bringing this back on topic: Disappointed with new tech? Welcome to the club. Hardware has become so stagnant in the last 5 years. 28nm. *yawn*. Yet-another-Megaherz or "core". /sarcasm Yay.
When are the GPU OEM's going to move to 22 nm?
When the hell is Knights Corner going to be ready for the masses?
Business as usual. Smaller, Faster, Cheaper.
When is the next (tech) revolution going to happen?
/sarcasm Wait, you mean we're not talking about the bible? :-)
Yup, they are complete idiots.
Where the hell is their "backup procedure" ?? Don't they have one??
Likewise their bureaucracy retarded. Buy 5x cheap 1 TB drives and Raid'em (either hardware or software), and if 1 or 2 go bad, you're STILL good to go.
But no, let's overpay 10x for some magical "certification" when the reality is that there are only 3 hard drive manufacturers left in the world.:
* Seagate
* Western Digital
* Toshiba
Everything else is rebranded, rebadged, or relabeled, not an OEM.
> the Xbox 360 was faster than the PS3
That's not entirely correct. The XBox 360 and PS3 devs I talked to basically said the same thing:
* PS3: GPU Bound
* XBox 360: CPU Bound
So which game was faster depended on what you were doing.
You're exactly right! And precisely why I hate split ergonomic keyboards.
Here's a cluestick Logitech, Microsoft, etc., other split keyboard manufacturers:
Put the bloody 5,6,T,Y,G,H,B,N keys on BOTH sides of the split keyboard.
As much as I hated the bloody lens flare every other second, believe it or not JJ Abrams actually apologized for the over-use of the lens flare. But that is Hollywood these days -- form over function.
Bringing this back on topic. This is a retarded law. What's next? Taking a picture of the restaurant's cutlery is illegal?
> a modern COW filesystem with checksumming, compression, multiple devices, caching, and eventually snapshots and all kinds of other nifty features
Instead of yet another FS flavor of the month, or year, (Reiserfs, Btrfs, Bcachefs, etc.) and all the man-hours wasted re-solving the same old problems how about just doing it right the first time (ZFS) ?? Because this is what it is turning into. What advantages bachefs have over ZFS??? There is no way in hell I'm going to trust an unproven, buggy, and incomplete FS when we already have one that works.
Fixing the Butr free space shenanigans would have been a step in the right direction: An existing debugged FS.
Reminds me of this xkcd #927: Standards
No one of importance.
This video about Phil Fish explains the concept of being famous for nothing of substance.
Another game dev here. Running with 32GB and Window's retarded Virtual Memory turned off. You'll love the upgrade!
One note: If you are on Windows 7 you will need Windows 7 Professional (or higher), because Win 7 Starter / Home / Premium versions are crippled to only supporting 16 GB. Microsoft "fixed" this in Windows 8.1+
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u...
Having 32GB allows you to spin up a few VMs each with 4GB if needed, and still have plenty of available RAM to keep 30+ tabs of Chrome/Firefox open, MSVC, Gimp/Photoshop, VM's all open all the time.
Which mods?
There are 2 problems:
1. A lot of "futuristic" UI relies on touch. This is retarded. Arms get tired.
I guess that isn't as flashy as a machine that can read your brainwaves.
2. All these display devices take up tons of physical room. Again this is dumb. A HD version of Google glass, or an implant on the cornea, would provide tons of virtual space and not take up bulky "monitors". I guess "wall sized" monitors is sexy though.
That's a pretty good summary.
I see people who wear analog watches falling in 3 camps:
* Practical minded -- spends less then ~$250 on a watch. Doesn't care about iHipster fads. Wears a watch for function. I respect people who don't blow money trying to impress others with vanity items.
* Retards who spend more then $5,000+ on a watch for form. They care more about what people think about their bullshit pseudo image then using money wisely. Vanity has always had a high price but these idiots take it to a new level.
* The people in between -- hard to tell if they are practical or iHipster.
The funny thing about the OSX version is that we get _both_ the menu AND ribbon. Some tasks are easier with the ribbon, others with the menu.
Trying to dictate how users should use the software is just plain ignorance and arrogance but Microsoft has never understand good UI. They always seem to be copying Apple, for better or for worse.
> But suggesting that aesthetics matter has always been blasphemy here at Slashdot.
Graphics (OpenGL/WebGL) and UI/UX guy here. That is NOT blasphemy, contrary to popular opinion. The balance of _form_ AND _function_ really is the sweet spot.
Sadly, most modern UI/UX guys are retarded. Whether they be at Apple, Microsoft, Facebook,Google, etc., they all think that form is the only thing that matters, functionality be damned. Want to tell the difference between a button and static text/image. Too bad! The will ram-rod a broken touch interface down everyone's throat whether they like it or not.
The weakness of open source is that no one takes UI seriously. You get powerful software with tons of options but you almost have to be a computer science major to even understand half of it.
The saddest part is that I agree with you 100%. And you'll probably be ignored, because most people don't understand or value the out-of-the-box experience. :-(
This really needs to be modded up insightful. For every excuse that X will industry it has turned out to be false.
The problem is Yahoo jumped the shark a long time ago.
History of Google search page vs Yahoo Portal crap
http://praveenrajan.com/blog/u...
As opposed to DirectX where you can only support Windows, Windows Mobile, and Xbox ??
OpenGL provides a cross-platform solution on non-Microsoft platforms. Wake me up when I can run DirectX on OSX, Android, or iOS.
Hit the nail on the head.
Who watches the watchers?
What accountability will there be?
Oh wow, didn't realize he directed "Bicentennial Man". I guess I must be in the minority -- I thought it was charming and under-rated.
Chris seems to be quite hit-and-miss. His earlier work is decent; his later work quite lacking. What is strange is that he has definitely has been involved in some popular, but not good movies:
1. He worked with Robin Williams before when he directed:
* 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire
2. I see his claim to fame wast that he was a nobody until he wrote "Gremlins (1984)" and Steven Spielberg optioned it. He also directed:
* 1990 Home Alone
3. He also wrote:
* 1985 The Goonies"
* 1985 "Young Sherlock Holmes
4. He was also (executive) producer on:
* 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
* 2005 Fantastic Four
* 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (producer)
* 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (executive producer)
* 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (executive producer)