2/ When you think about Halliburton and all what the Us does profitering from the Iraq War (oil resources etc..) , this is an extremely hilarious point to make.
I cannot comment on Lineage III, but at the time of Lineage II the technology innovation aspect certainly had its place.
Lineage II uses a heavily modified version of the Unreal engine, and was the first ever to include 'loading on the run' feature. That is, to load seamlessly landcape while running the game. Tim Sweeney went to NCSoft in Korea to give his ideas on how to implement this feature, as it was not present in the actual Unreal engine at the time.
Its output is directly connected to my Hi-Fi amplifier (no pre-amp).
The only thing to be careful about with such a setup is to not shut down your PC (reset/reboot is fine) while your amp is still on.
Investing in a high grade sound card is the same as investing in a good amplifier or speakers : you are likely to use it for a long time (unlike a graphics card for example).
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I don't see how this would affect my PCIe nVidia graphic card ?
Unless you are planning to use an integrated graphics solution (CPU+GPU) for your display needs, this shouldn't affect you.
I won't be able to play BR if I don't use the on-board GPU ? Well.. who told you I was even interested in that ? MPEG-TS runs fine on my graphics card, thank you very much.
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Look at it from the customer point of view :
When Microsoft migrated from DOS to Windows, every program and hardware still worked. You could buy newer machines and still work with your business tools and applications.
When Apple migrated from Apple II to MacOs, every program and hardware stopped working. You had to dump and rebuy everything. The newer machines wouldn't run any of your business tools and applications.
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"Apple's Steve jobs pulled a similar stupid stunt when he pulled the plug on the Power PC and all the development around it. We had built products around that too, but after having our products rendered useless by Apple's decision, (not once but twice, remember Nubus?) we'll never ever develop for Apple ever again."
You can now relate to all the business that owned Apple IIs for their computer needs and found out the Macintosh offered zero, zilch compatibility with Apple II software or hardware.
>- you need an Xbox Live! Gold account, Incorrect. Gold membership is only needed for playing GAMES online.
> - the Xbox 360 is HUGE, even more so with its huge power supply brick Compared to ? It is smaller than the PS3 for example.
> - the Xbox 360 is extremely more noisy than an AppleTV, DVD player, set-top digital decoder box and HDTV, together. The Xbox 360 is only noisy when its DVD player is running.
> - network aware only for Windows computers. Movies have to be in WMV. Correct. Free programs do exist to convert other formats on the fly to VMW though.
> - clumsy interface Your taste. Lot of people disagree though.
* More expensive than the competition. * Shipped later than the competition. * Harder to develop for than the competition.
Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but what you cite was exactly the same when the PS2 came out against the SEGA DreamCast. The PS2 was more expensive, shipped later, and much harder to develop for than the competition. Yet it won.
Couldn't find anything interesting or worthy in this short article.
The problem with opto-computing is the enormous amount of money spent on silicon based one (read Intel, AMD), that dwarfs the advantages you get from using light instead of plain silicon electronics. (Steve Jobs is rumoured to have considered opto-computing at one time for a personal computer)
And no, you don't just replicate the AND, OR, etc.. gates. Because light can cross itself without disturbance of signal, it brings new properties. Namely, to do matrix multiplications in O(1).
There are specialised light computers for sale that do just that (at blazing speed).
> If you are a Boeing, you may make the best airplanes, but you have a heavily government subsidized Airbus to go up against. In this particular case of course, Airbus, having nothing to lose but European tax payers money went way out on a limb with some bad technology and now Boeing is seeing the benefit.
It gets tiring to see the same US propaganda, again and again. And again. ad nauseum.
Airbus gets nil interest loans. That means it has to reimburse every cent back.
Boeing got whole airplanes for free. All expenses re-imbursed. You don't believe me ? Then check who has payed for the flagship of Boeing's fleet, the 747 jumbo jet.
NASA. That means the US taxpayer's money paid for eveything in the design of the 747 and Boeing sold it for pure profit.
And there's another thing called the FAA. It's purpose is to promote and give advantage to the american air industry by tailoring rules and specifications. Don't believe me ? Then check it yourself, it is written in all words in its official creation statement.
Small example : ETOPS. ETOPS regulation defined how long at maximum should an airliner be able to fly with only one reactor operational. Other airplane makers strove hard to meet this requirement, and succeeded. When Boeing couldn't, well, the FAA just reduced the length requirement. Easy as pie.
Not to brag, but the EU community does not (yet ?) acknowledge Software Patents. Makes a good bunch of countries to live in, including english speaking ones.
> Which is why my first computer was a ZX81. The first computer I did real stuff with was a Commodore and my first "really real" computer was a PC XT. I could afford them.
Most probably because you were working, and so had considerable money to spend. A whole generation of computer enthusiasts grew with ATARI ST and AMIGA machines because the PC was an overpriced computer (with a retarded architecture and a retarded CPU. not even talking about its OS.. )
Eh.. Maybe you could have a look at what the wonderful machines of the past had.
Both the NeXTstation (NeXT) and the ATARI Falcon 030 had a Motorola 56001 DSP, in addition to their main CPU. Such an inclusion boosted the range and availabity of new kind of software on each.
> Go to a show. Most live bands sing and play instruments at fairly high bitrates.
One does not preclude the other. I saw Depeche Mode, Toto, Joe Satriani last summer. It was an absolute blast. Now, why do I have to use an almost 30 years old audio format to enjoy it until they come live again ?
What you describe looks a lot like recreating a continouous EMP effect using a directed beam weapon. However, the EMP effect has been well-known for more than half a century and a certain %, if not all by now, of military aircraft are hardened against such electromagnetic surges.
Anyone with recent knowledge of the art cares to chim in ?
"I can clearly remember my commdore64 taking 10 minutes to load up an app I had written,"
Sorry to tell you that, but commodore always sucked at I/O with their machines. ATARI 800XL with disk drive was way way faster, as was the ATARI ST compared to the AMIGA reading files from floppy disk.
"Today I can simultaneously rip a DVD, listen to MP3s, browse the internet, and play a game with a core 2 duo."
That's funny, because we've been able to BURN a DVD, listen to MP3, browse the internet, and play a game with mono-core CPU, just by using Linux for years. And don't get me started on BeOS..
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1/ Source/credible links please ?
..) , this is an extremely hilarious point to make.
2/ When you think about Halliburton and all what the Us does profitering from the Iraq War (oil resources etc
by 'first ever' I meant concerning the Unreal engines, not other game engines of course.
I cannot comment on Lineage III, but at the time of Lineage II the technology innovation aspect certainly had its place.
Lineage II uses a heavily modified version of the Unreal engine, and was the first ever to include 'loading on the run' feature. That is, to load seamlessly landcape while running the game.
Tim Sweeney went to NCSoft in Korea to give his ideas on how to implement this feature, as it was not present in the actual Unreal engine at the time.
When I built my home theater system 2 years ago, I decided to invest in a professional audio card.d &name=News&file=article&sid=7 ]
[For example, after reading buyers reviews and critics, I settled on the Terratec phase 28. http://audioen.terratec.net/modules.php?op=modloa
Its output is directly connected to my Hi-Fi amplifier (no pre-amp).
The only thing to be careful about with such a setup is to not shut down your PC (reset/reboot is fine) while your amp is still on.
Investing in a high grade sound card is the same as investing in a good amplifier or speakers : you are likely to use it for a long time (unlike a graphics card for example).
I don't see how this would affect my PCIe nVidia graphic card ?
.. who told you I was even interested in that ?
Unless you are planning to use an integrated graphics solution (CPU+GPU) for your display needs, this shouldn't affect you.
I won't be able to play BR if I don't use the on-board GPU ? Well
MPEG-TS runs fine on my graphics card, thank you very much.
Look at it from the customer point of view :
When Microsoft migrated from DOS to Windows, every program and hardware still worked. You could buy newer machines and still work with your business tools and applications.
When Apple migrated from Apple II to MacOs, every program and hardware stopped working.
You had to dump and rebuy everything. The newer machines wouldn't run any of your business tools and applications.
"Apple's Steve jobs pulled a similar stupid stunt when he pulled the plug on the Power PC and all the development around it. We had built products around that too, but after having our products rendered useless by Apple's decision, (not once but twice, remember Nubus?) we'll never ever develop for Apple ever again."
You can now relate to all the business that owned Apple IIs for their computer needs and found out the Macintosh offered zero, zilch compatibility with Apple II software or hardware.
"There was no service for MS to copy from "
Yes there was.
You are forgetting the DreamCast and SegaNet. (Phantasy Star Online anyone ?)
But I don't mean it in a copy sort of way.
SEGA shared its know-how with MS to help them build Xbox Live.
>- you need an Xbox Live! Gold account,
Incorrect. Gold membership is only needed for playing GAMES online.
> - the Xbox 360 is HUGE, even more so with its huge power supply brick
Compared to ? It is smaller than the PS3 for example.
> - the Xbox 360 is extremely more noisy than an AppleTV, DVD player, set-top digital decoder box and HDTV, together.
The Xbox 360 is only noisy when its DVD player is running.
> - network aware only for Windows computers. Movies have to be in WMV.
Correct. Free programs do exist to convert other formats on the fly to VMW though.
> - clumsy interface
Your taste. Lot of people disagree though.
>This reminds me of playing quake3 on the dreamcast, and getting trounced by all the folks who played on PC
You were too cheap to buy the DreamCast keyboard and mouse ?
* More expensive than the competition.
* Shipped later than the competition.
* Harder to develop for than the competition.
Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but what you cite was exactly the same when the PS2 came out against the SEGA DreamCast.
The PS2 was more expensive, shipped later, and much harder to develop for than the competition. Yet it won.
Get your Ass on Mars !!
Actually, Neptune is more associated with water.
Salty water.
Asking my elders here :
Isn't FAT a rip-off from CP/M ?
Wouldn't it be considered prior art if presented in court ?
Couldn't find anything interesting or worthy in this short article.
.. gates. Because light can cross itself without disturbance of signal, it brings new properties.
The problem with opto-computing is the enormous amount of money spent on silicon based one (read Intel, AMD), that dwarfs the advantages you get from using light instead of plain silicon electronics.
(Steve Jobs is rumoured to have considered opto-computing at one time for a personal computer)
And no, you don't just replicate the AND, OR, etc
Namely, to do matrix multiplications in O(1).
There are specialised light computers for sale that do just that (at blazing speed).
> If you are a Boeing, you may make the best airplanes, but you have a heavily government subsidized Airbus to go up against. In this particular case of course, Airbus, having nothing to lose but European tax payers money went way out on a limb with some bad technology and now Boeing is seeing the benefit.
It gets tiring to see the same US propaganda, again and again. And again. ad nauseum.
Airbus gets nil interest loans. That means it has to reimburse every cent back.
Boeing got whole airplanes for free. All expenses re-imbursed.
You don't believe me ? Then check who has payed for the flagship of Boeing's fleet, the 747 jumbo jet.
NASA.
That means the US taxpayer's money paid for eveything in the design of the 747 and Boeing sold it for pure profit.
And there's another thing called the FAA.
It's purpose is to promote and give advantage to the american air industry by tailoring rules and specifications.
Don't believe me ? Then check it yourself, it is written in all words in its official creation statement.
Small example : ETOPS.
ETOPS regulation defined how long at maximum should an airliner be able to fly with only one reactor operational. Other airplane makers strove hard to meet this requirement, and succeeded.
When Boeing couldn't, well, the FAA just reduced the length requirement. Easy as pie.
Not to brag, but the EU community does not (yet ?) acknowledge Software Patents.
Makes a good bunch of countries to live in, including english speaking ones.
> Which is why my first computer was a ZX81. The first computer I did real stuff with was a Commodore and my first "really real" computer was a PC XT. I could afford them.
.. )
Most probably because you were working, and so had considerable money to spend.
A whole generation of computer enthusiasts grew with ATARI ST and AMIGA machines because the PC was an overpriced computer (with a retarded architecture and a retarded CPU. not even talking about its OS
>PC's don't typically come with DSPs.
.. Maybe you could have a look at what the wonderful machines of the past had.
Eh
Both the NeXTstation (NeXT) and the ATARI Falcon 030 had a Motorola 56001 DSP, in addition to their main CPU.
Such an inclusion boosted the range and availabity of new kind of software on each.
> Go to a show. Most live bands sing and play instruments at fairly high bitrates.
One does not preclude the other.
I saw Depeche Mode, Toto, Joe Satriani last summer. It was an absolute blast.
Now, why do I have to use an almost 30 years old audio format to enjoy it until they come live again ?
I can't wait for DRM to completely fade away so bands can proceed to the next step : make available tracks at better than CD quality.
.. ) is capable of outputting better sound sampling than done for the last 25 years.
.. Right now, I can't even found anything above 44-48kHz/16 bits.
Every soundcard worth its name nowadays (think audigy, etc
I wish I could hear my favourite bands in 192kHz/24 bits someday
What you describe looks a lot like recreating a continouous EMP effect using a directed beam weapon.
However, the EMP effect has been well-known for more than half a century and a certain %, if not all by now, of military aircraft are hardened against such electromagnetic surges.
Anyone with recent knowledge of the art cares to chim in ?
I wish I had some mod points today to give you some +funny. :)
Thanks for the laugh
"I can clearly remember my commdore64 taking 10 minutes to load up an app I had written,"
..
Sorry to tell you that, but commodore always sucked at I/O with their machines.
ATARI 800XL with disk drive was way way faster, as was the ATARI ST compared to the AMIGA reading files from floppy disk.
"Today I can simultaneously rip a DVD, listen to MP3s, browse the internet, and play a game with a core 2 duo."
That's funny, because we've been able to BURN a DVD, listen to MP3, browse the internet, and play a game with mono-core CPU, just by using Linux for years.
And don't get me started on BeOS
You are mistaken.
Bungie never promised any date for Halo 2.
The official line was "ships when ready"
You are confusing blogs and web magazines expectations with official word from the studios.