C++ is by far the most common and (it would seem) regarded as the best choice for low level game programming. So if you are OPOSSED to using C++, you'd better have a good reason/explanation.
As for the rest of your post, it's true but doesn't address why someone would be OPOSSED to C++ for game progamming, which is what is so confusing about this story.
I just had a customer tell me he deleted Firefox because the latest version of Nortons told him it was a security risk, so he's back to IE, and blamed ME for compromising his system
It was probably "Norton Internet Security," aka firewall. Firefox was "trying to access the internet" so Norton prompted the user to authorize this. It's perfectly normal Windows firewall behavior (cf. SP2 firewall, ZoneAlarm, etc).
Nothing to be concerned about.. have you tried explaining this to your customer?
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> How about a cross-compiler that takes advantage of this vendor competition in cooperation to combine both communities of programmers into one pool targeting either virtual machine?
And in other news, Microsoft decides to bundle Cygwin with Longhorn...
(ok so maybe Mono could do Java, not that I understand why they'd want to)
> Uncheck the box associated with the DE you don't want.
It's not so simple, given that the one you DO leave checked is going to be of lesser quality simply because the developers have twice the work maintaining seperate DEs...
I've heard it as MS = "More Shit" but yeah, it's an oldie.
After four years of real schooling, you'd think most graduates would know whether they want 2-4 more years of the same...
I have only one piece of concrete advice, and that is to make up your mind NOW. Don't decide to pick up school again 15 years down the road -- that is a waste of time, resources, and effort. Education is for the young.
Other than that, my only advice is the standard "follow your heart" pitch. Don't continue school unless you seriously enjoy it, or have an equally serious desire for extra cash;)
> If the US loses its satellite constellations, not being able to send messages to subs will be the least of our worries. EVERYTHING runs on GPS now.
Do you have a link, by chance? I'm curious as to how hard it would be to knock out the entire GPS system. Would disableing one satalite only down GPS in a small area? Is there redundancy? etc.
In price/performance, a dual proc Opteron is often comparable to two seperate Athlon64 machines. The difference of course being that you get all that horsepower in a single machine, which can be nice. But if you're going to be running a virtual machine anyway then seperate machines for Linux and Windows is a GOOD thing, because they can both run natively and offer greater flexibility.
Here's a little breakdown:
*** Dual Opteron system
- Single but hopefully high quality PSU required - A good dual motherboard comparable in price to two seperate Athlon64 boards - Hypertransport scales remarkably well but there's still some overhead running 2 processors in the same system. - Few multithreaded games - Less maintenance than 2 seperate machines - Single point of failure - Slightly slower and more expensive Registered RAM required. - To run more than one OS wyou need a virtual machine (slow) or dual boot (cumbersome, higher maintenance) - Only one CD/DVD, Floppy required
*** Two seperate Athlon64 systems
- Can run two different OSes natively - 2 seperate quality motherboards slightly more expensive - Cheaper, unbuffered memory - Requires seperate drives (CD, DVD, Floppy, etc) but only one system needs a quality one - Requires seperate video cards but one of them can be cheap/2D only - Need two seperate cases and PSUs but 350W would be sufficient for at least one of them. - More practical for gaming - More redundant, e.g. if your motherboard gets fried or you damage something it's cheaper/easier to replace.
If you are considering a dual opteron with Gentoo and vmware because you still need windows, forget it!
Get two Socket 754 athlons (3000-3400ish) and put Gentoo on one, Windows on the other.
It's much more practical... you could load the Linux machine with storage (software Raid5 with SATA drives) and maybe put a Raptor in the Windows machine (which could be a SFF for LAN parties, if you like)
Thats what I do... a Gentoo AMD64 syste as a web/file server, a Winddows one for games. Both double as workstations.
You can either use a KVM switch or preferably go with Synergy if you have dual monitors.
I would suggest the Zalman CNSP7000A-ALCU as being a more resonable alternative to the Swiftech. Note I'm talking about the -ALCU version, not the -CU. The pure copper -CU is a bit TOO heavy and you risk damaging your core when you move your system. For a few degrees higher temperature it's worth getting the cheaper -ALCU.
But that's beside the point. The grandparent is trying to make an analogy of idealogies.
The story implies that as Linux gains popularity, the number of viruses/vulnerabilities will rise in dramatic fashion.
But note the examples of Apache vs IIS and Mozilla vs IE. With respect to security, no one can deny that these two OSS's track record is superior to Microsoft's.
This suggests that the case of "Linux OS" vs Windows will be similar. It is not suggestive of a dramatic increase in the number of Linux OS viruses as the platform gains market/mindshare.
Have a group of 100 people listen to something played on tubes then on modern equipment. Over and over. See if they can tell the difference, and which they think is best.
Yes it is worth it because usually one guy figures it out and posts a crack to keygen.us or somesuch. That is the (ahem) beauty of 3rd party software "fixes."
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> Why?
C++ is by far the most common and (it would seem) regarded as the best choice for low level game programming. So if you are OPOSSED to using C++, you'd better have a good reason/explanation.
As for the rest of your post, it's true but doesn't address why someone would be OPOSSED to C++ for game progamming, which is what is so confusing about this story.
Actually, you're both exagerating.
The most precise analogy is that it is like saying we could end deaths due to automobile accidents by leaving them in our garages and not using them.
> Something about "Pack the computer into the box and ship it back. You're obviously too stupid to use a computer."
Well then, as a sysadmin it looks like I ought to start deactivating at least half of my users' accounts . . .
I just had a customer tell me he deleted Firefox because the latest version of Nortons told him it was a security risk, so he's back to IE, and blamed ME for compromising his system
It was probably "Norton Internet Security," aka firewall. Firefox was "trying to access the internet" so Norton prompted the user to authorize this. It's perfectly normal Windows firewall behavior (cf. SP2 firewall, ZoneAlarm, etc).
Nothing to be concerned about.. have you tried explaining this to your customer?
> Do you need a good reason to be opposed to C++?
Most emphatically YES when the universe of discourse is game programming!
> It's all an endless loop, in a way.
;)
Oh it's endless, alright. Until the government ends, that is.. ANARCHY!
> IIRC, Paypal is not insured by the FDIC ... I believe the cap is $10,000.
No, it would be $100,000.
> How about a cross-compiler that takes advantage of this vendor competition in cooperation to combine both communities of programmers into one pool targeting either virtual machine?
And in other news, Microsoft decides to bundle Cygwin with Longhorn...
(ok so maybe Mono could do Java, not that I understand why they'd want to)
> Uncheck the box associated with the DE you don't want.
It's not so simple, given that the one you DO leave checked is going to be of lesser quality simply because the developers have twice the work maintaining seperate DEs...
Two words: full disclosure
The editor from Wired magazine was open about linking to one of his own stories, so it was perfectly fine. It was a good story, too.
Not disclosing your relationship to a product you are promoting, however, is extremely low, much like astroturfing.
I've heard it as MS = "More Shit" but yeah, it's an oldie.
;)
After four years of real schooling, you'd think most graduates would know whether they want 2-4 more years of the same...
I have only one piece of concrete advice, and that is to make up your mind NOW. Don't decide to pick up school again 15 years down the road -- that is a waste of time, resources, and effort. Education is for the young.
Other than that, my only advice is the standard "follow your heart" pitch. Don't continue school unless you seriously enjoy it, or have an equally serious desire for extra cash
With WiMax, any freelancer with a video camera can broadcast live television in competition with the big nets.
And because it's unregulated all the commercials will be sponsored by the porn industry... and have clickable links!
Or perhaps a small mirror link that links to a cover page that says "last update xxx:xxx:xxx, use at your own discretion"
> If the US loses its satellite constellations, not being able to send messages to subs will be the least of our worries. EVERYTHING runs on GPS now.
Do you have a link, by chance? I'm curious as to how hard it would be to knock out the entire GPS system. Would disableing one satalite only down GPS in a small area? Is there redundancy? etc.
> Compare the tone of my post with the moderation. I was joking, not trying to be insightful....
;)
A joke can contain insights.
And no karma is given for "Funny" mods, so you should be thankful
I have a Dell 2001FP, a 21" Sun Trinitron, a 19" NEC, and a 17" ViewSonic.
I notice no difference in "mouse lag" between the four.
> The joke will be on you when, the following year, they release the High Definition version.
I'm for one am waiting for HDTV Star Wars and LotR both. Who's with me?!?
In price/performance, a dual proc Opteron is often comparable to two seperate Athlon64 machines. The difference of course being that you get all that horsepower in a single machine, which can be nice. But if you're going to be running a virtual machine anyway then seperate machines for Linux and Windows is a GOOD thing, because they can both run natively and offer greater flexibility.
Here's a little breakdown:
*** Dual Opteron system
- Single but hopefully high quality PSU required
- A good dual motherboard comparable in price to two seperate Athlon64 boards
- Hypertransport scales remarkably well but there's still some overhead running 2 processors in the same system.
- Few multithreaded games
- Less maintenance than 2 seperate machines
- Single point of failure
- Slightly slower and more expensive Registered RAM required.
- To run more than one OS wyou need a virtual machine (slow) or dual boot (cumbersome, higher maintenance)
- Only one CD/DVD, Floppy required
*** Two seperate Athlon64 systems
- Can run two different OSes natively
- 2 seperate quality motherboards slightly more expensive
- Cheaper, unbuffered memory
- Requires seperate drives (CD, DVD, Floppy, etc) but only one system needs a quality one
- Requires seperate video cards but one of them can be cheap/2D only
- Need two seperate cases and PSUs but 350W would be sufficient for at least one of them.
- More practical for gaming
- More redundant, e.g. if your motherboard gets fried or you damage something it's cheaper/easier to replace.
If you are considering a dual opteron with Gentoo and vmware because you still need windows, forget it!
Get two Socket 754 athlons (3000-3400ish) and put Gentoo on one, Windows on the other.
It's much more practical... you could load the Linux machine with storage (software Raid5 with SATA drives) and maybe put a Raptor in the Windows machine (which could be a SFF for LAN parties, if you like)
Thats what I do... a Gentoo AMD64 syste as a web/file server, a Winddows one for games. Both double as workstations.
You can either use a KVM switch or preferably go with Synergy if you have dual monitors.
I would suggest the Zalman CNSP7000A-ALCU as being a more resonable alternative to the Swiftech. Note I'm talking about the -ALCU version, not the -CU. The pure copper -CU is a bit TOO heavy and you risk damaging your core when you move your system. For a few degrees higher temperature it's worth getting the cheaper -ALCU.
Some of the relevent vulnerabilites are in IE...
But that's beside the point. The grandparent is trying to make an analogy of idealogies.
The story implies that as Linux gains popularity, the number of viruses/vulnerabilities will rise in dramatic fashion.
But note the examples of Apache vs IIS and Mozilla vs IE. With respect to security, no one can deny that these two OSS's track record is superior to Microsoft's.
This suggests that the case of "Linux OS" vs Windows will be similar. It is not suggestive of a dramatic increase in the number of Linux OS viruses as the platform gains market/mindshare.
I would like to see a "blindfold" test.
Have a group of 100 people listen to something played on tubes then on modern equipment. Over and over. See if they can tell the difference, and which they think is best.
Has this been done?
> Intels still run faster, even if they don't crunch the big numbers all in one cycle.
s/run\ faster/have\ higher\ clockspeeds
Yes it is worth it because usually one guy figures it out and posts a crack to keygen.us or somesuch. That is the (ahem) beauty of 3rd party software "fixes."
"Emulating" architectures and "Emulating" native OS libraries/APIs are very different things.
Is Transitive claiming to do BOT universally!? If so I am very skeptical, because even doing 1 of the 2 would be impressive.