It's not like there aren't a thousand other "accepted" hobbies in the world that eat up far more time and money. Let people spend their life / time / money as they see fit. If you don't like it, just don't play. If you're just knocking on other people because you can't seem to find a hobby that interests you as much, I pity you.
I try not to make it a habit to flame people, but do you know what you're talking about? Adding new functionality to DirectX *before* the new hardware comes out, means that when you buy your new GeForce FX 9999, you don't have to wait for Microsoft to release a new version of DirectX 6 months later to use the full potential of the card. This has absolutely nothing to do with embrace and extend. This is their proprietary graphics/multimedia API in the first place. How can they "embrace and extend" their own library?
Your second bit of anti-Microsoft conjecture is no better than your first. When it comes to Microsoft working with Intel to add extensions to the x86 processor set, so what if they did? Do you think they wouldn't benefit all x86 operating systems? At the level of the instruction set, how would you design into an x86 CPU, instructions which only benefit one x86 OS? Yes, Microsoft has worked with Intel on the instruction set, but mostly vice verca. It is Intel who releases the manuals on "how to write an OS for our CPUs." But no matter how they're working together, that is a good thing, not "the evil empire at work."
Please, learn a little and think a little before you post your knee-jerk anti-MS reaction. There are plenty of legitimate reasons and opportunities to bash Microsoft. The problem I see is a lot of people look like that guy from Can't Hardly Wait who keeps trying to find the right second to start the slow clap.
Except, as I understand it, with DirectX, there are multiple implementations of each function. So if you're running a P54C, it loads the pointer to the classic method of that function's implementation. If you're running a Pentium MMX, it loads the pointer to the MMX implementation of that function. Etc. The same goes for choosing between x87, SSE, 3D-Now!, or SSE2.
So it isn't likely DirectX is going to use an MMX implementation of a function when your processor flags don't agree. Other than that, most people aren't doing inline MMX assembly in their games now that DirectX has taken to supporting streaming instructions itself.
"Yeah I know Moore's law isn't really about speed, but still."
But still what? You negated your entire point, and then said "but still." What are people supposed to say to you regarding that but still? I am at a loss as to what to say to that. You're comparing 50% speed increase, to Moore's law which describes a 100% increase in the number of transistors, and you acknowledge that this is an apples to oranges comparison, yet you invite further comments on the topic.
And how on earth did that post get marked insightful?
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I think New Mexico should be forced to trade names with California. I'm looking out the window of our business and I see more Mexican nationals (aka Illegal Immigrants) than Americans. Feels like WE are the new Mexico.
* Nobody is freed, Trinity and Neo die, and we're left with the same situation we had at the beginning of the first movie. We've invested our attention to these three movies all for nothing. It was pointless. Why even have Trinity live in Reloaded?
Wrong. Everyone is freed. There is a peace between men and machines because they need each other. This was hinted around to in M2 when Neo and the Counselor are in a late night talk session in the engineering room, when Smith and the Architect talk about "certain levels of living they are willing to sustain" (more or less quote), etc... Trinity lived in the third movie so she and Neo could illustrate how strong love is. We are not machines, and our purpose in life is greater than programming a computer, greater than showing up to work every day. Our purpose or actually, our hummaness comes from love and emotion. It gives us a reason to live. Sorry you missed this.
Are you guys completely ass-tarded?! The oracle asked the architect at the end, what about the people in the matrix. The architect said, they will be freed, of course. The oracle said, you promise? The architect said, come on, I'm not a human (haha).
The humans in the Matrix being freed wasn't IMPLIED by Matrix Reloaded, it was explicitly stated in Matrix Revolutions at the very end of the movie. Maybe if you guys weren't in such a hurry to get out of the theatre, you'd have seen the very end (not that I blame you for rushing out).
That's certainly a monopoly. There are other, free options, but "nobody does" so it is a monopoly.
This is why I don't agree with the Windows monopoly concept. We all know there are easily a hundred other free operating systems out there. Plus many more that aren't free but aren't from Microsoft. If Microsoft is the operating system of choice, even if the choice is watered down since most people get Windows free (or not free but seemingly so while paying for it in OEM costs) and prefer it, even if that choice is made out of laziness, how is that forcing their hand?
The simple truth nobody in the open source community wants to think about is this: Most computer users today don't give a damn about Microsoft's monopoly, and even if their computer didn't come with Windows and even if they were informed of Linux, BSD, and other alternatives, they would still CHOOSE to go buy a copy of Windows and install it. Rant and rave, like it or not, Windows is the operating system most people in the world would choose. They don't need to strong arm anybody. I'm not saying they don't, I'm saying blaming their current success on that is a piss poor excuse. The truth is, they have a product that does what many people want.
"Seriously, am I the only one who is wondering who the Hell is in charge at that project? Kool-Aid Man?"
Who do you think you are bashing the Kool-Aid man like that?! He doesn't deserve to be associated with this crap. He's capable of smashing through reinforced concrete without spilling a single drop! Show the guy some respect!
I doubt it. Therefore, in response let me say, you are clearly pseudo-intellectual douche bag. Take your generalizations about types of thinking and blow them out your ass.
Maybe if you took care of your penis you wouldn't have such a sob story laced with anti-anti-biotic foolishness. Either you're pounding filthy vagina or you aren't keeping your tool clean. Let me suggest you wash more often. Doing so will keep your penis cleaner, and if you don't reek like ass, perhaps you can pull some cleaner women.
Again, the source of your problem is not anti-biotics, and the cure is not "probiotics." The problem is your disrespect for your penis.
Motorola CyberSURFR cable modem: 30 Mb/s (shared) downstream in the 65 to 750 MHz band, 768 kb/s (shared), 680 kb/s effective upstream in the 6 to 42 MHz band
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You retards. Don't be completely stupid. You can't block the phone number from a company's 800 number because they are paying for the call.
I know, I work for a company that sells 800 service. You can *67 and run modemjammer.exe if it gives you a hard on, but we still have your number. *67 works for Caller ID, not ANI.
For proof of this call a number with ANI service like: *67,,,1-800-964-0176
Perhaps you'd be better at offering telephone advice to persons living in Afghanistan.
How many fucking posts does it take to dance your way around saying "might makes right"?
I mean, I agree, might does make right, values and morals are subjective, and the victors determine the rightness of the actions in question, but why the fuck bounce around the topic with stupid analogies about Nazis and Iraq?
Please mod this up for nostalgia and educational value. You know you watched this as a kid. Represent for the Nintendo generation!
Boy: Whew! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?
I'm just a bill. Yes, I'm only a bill. And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill. Well, it's a long, long journey To the capital city. It's a long, long wait While I'm sitting in committee, But I know I'll be a law some day At least I hope and pray that I will But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage. Bill: Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called their local Congressman, and said, "You're right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.
I'm just a bill Yes I'm only a bill, And I got as far as Capitol Hill. Well, now I'm stuck in committee And I'll sit here and wait While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate Whether they should let me be a law. How I hope and pray that they will, But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Listen to those Congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you? Bill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favorably, otherwise I may die. Boy: Die? Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me. Boy: If they vote yes, what happens? Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again. Boy: Oh no! Bill: Oh yes!
I'm just a bill Yes, I'm only a bill And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill Well, then I'm off to the White House Where I'll wait in a line With a lot of other bills For the president to sign And if he signs me, then I'll be a law. How I hope and pray that he will, But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: You mean even if the Whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no? Bill: Yes, that's called a veto. If the president vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you're so old... Boy: By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's not easy to become a law, is it? Bill: No!
But how I hope and pray that I will, But today I am still just a bill.
Congressman: He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law! Bill: Oh yes!!!
Let's take a moment to pray for the creator of "School House Rock," Tom Yohe, who recently passed away due to cancer (December 21, 2000). He was truly a brilliant man, and his contribution to this generation's knowledge in many areas cannot be denied. I know he changed my life for the better.
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"I can't see how you'll get many donations from the U.S.A. with such a chip on your shoulder."
You can't?! Well, come on over to my house and watch me paypal him some money for his hard work!
When did Slashdot degrade to one-liners? I expect some kind of summary so I can post my uninformed opinion without actually reading the article!!!
It's not like there aren't a thousand other "accepted" hobbies in the world that eat up far more time and money. Let people spend their life / time / money as they see fit. If you don't like it, just don't play. If you're just knocking on other people because you can't seem to find a hobby that interests you as much, I pity you.
I for one, welcome our new FBI overlords!
I try not to make it a habit to flame people, but do you know what you're talking about? Adding new functionality to DirectX *before* the new hardware comes out, means that when you buy your new GeForce FX 9999, you don't have to wait for Microsoft to release a new version of DirectX 6 months later to use the full potential of the card. This has absolutely nothing to do with embrace and extend. This is their proprietary graphics/multimedia API in the first place. How can they "embrace and extend" their own library?
Your second bit of anti-Microsoft conjecture is no better than your first. When it comes to Microsoft working with Intel to add extensions to the x86 processor set, so what if they did? Do you think they wouldn't benefit all x86 operating systems? At the level of the instruction set, how would you design into an x86 CPU, instructions which only benefit one x86 OS? Yes, Microsoft has worked with Intel on the instruction set, but mostly vice verca. It is Intel who releases the manuals on "how to write an OS for our CPUs." But no matter how they're working together, that is a good thing, not "the evil empire at work."
Please, learn a little and think a little before you post your knee-jerk anti-MS reaction. There are plenty of legitimate reasons and opportunities to bash Microsoft. The problem I see is a lot of people look like that guy from Can't Hardly Wait who keeps trying to find the right second to start the slow clap.
Except, as I understand it, with DirectX, there are multiple implementations of each function. So if you're running a P54C, it loads the pointer to the classic method of that function's implementation. If you're running a Pentium MMX, it loads the pointer to the MMX implementation of that function. Etc. The same goes for choosing between x87, SSE, 3D-Now!, or SSE2.
So it isn't likely DirectX is going to use an MMX implementation of a function when your processor flags don't agree. Other than that, most people aren't doing inline MMX assembly in their games now that DirectX has taken to supporting streaming instructions itself.
"Yeah I know Moore's law isn't really about speed, but still."
But still what? You negated your entire point, and then said "but still." What are people supposed to say to you regarding that but still? I am at a loss as to what to say to that. You're comparing 50% speed increase, to Moore's law which describes a 100% increase in the number of transistors, and you acknowledge that this is an apples to oranges comparison, yet you invite further comments on the topic.
And how on earth did that post get marked insightful?
I salute you sir!
I think New Mexico should be forced to trade names with California. I'm looking out the window of our business and I see more Mexican nationals (aka Illegal Immigrants) than Americans. Feels like WE are the new Mexico.
* Nobody is freed, Trinity and Neo die, and we're left with the same situation we had at the beginning of the first movie. We've invested our attention to these three movies all for nothing. It was pointless. Why even have Trinity live in Reloaded?
Wrong. Everyone is freed. There is a peace between men and machines because they need each other. This was hinted around to in M2 when Neo and the Counselor are in a late night talk session in the engineering room, when Smith and the Architect talk about "certain levels of living they are willing to sustain" (more or less quote), etc... Trinity lived in the third movie so she and Neo could illustrate how strong love is. We are not machines, and our purpose in life is greater than programming a computer, greater than showing up to work every day. Our purpose or actually, our hummaness comes from love and emotion. It gives us a reason to live. Sorry you missed this.
Are you guys completely ass-tarded?! The oracle asked the architect at the end, what about the people in the matrix. The architect said, they will be freed, of course. The oracle said, you promise? The architect said, come on, I'm not a human (haha).
The humans in the Matrix being freed wasn't IMPLIED by Matrix Reloaded, it was explicitly stated in Matrix Revolutions at the very end of the movie. Maybe if you guys weren't in such a hurry to get out of the theatre, you'd have seen the very end (not that I blame you for rushing out).
That's certainly a monopoly. There are other, free options, but "nobody does" so it is a monopoly.
This is why I don't agree with the Windows monopoly concept. We all know there are easily a hundred other free operating systems out there. Plus many more that aren't free but aren't from Microsoft. If Microsoft is the operating system of choice, even if the choice is watered down since most people get Windows free (or not free but seemingly so while paying for it in OEM costs) and prefer it, even if that choice is made out of laziness, how is that forcing their hand?
The simple truth nobody in the open source community wants to think about is this: Most computer users today don't give a damn about Microsoft's monopoly, and even if their computer didn't come with Windows and even if they were informed of Linux, BSD, and other alternatives, they would still CHOOSE to go buy a copy of Windows and install it. Rant and rave, like it or not, Windows is the operating system most people in the world would choose. They don't need to strong arm anybody. I'm not saying they don't, I'm saying blaming their current success on that is a piss poor excuse. The truth is, they have a product that does what many people want.
"Seriously, am I the only one who is wondering who the Hell is in charge at that project? Kool-Aid Man?"
Who do you think you are bashing the Kool-Aid man like that?! He doesn't deserve to be associated with this crap. He's capable of smashing through reinforced concrete without spilling a single drop! Show the guy some respect!
"Oh yeah!"
More Kool-Aid man stuff!
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Linux running Microsoft-IIS/6.0?
Think a little bit. Just think.
Can you say "ad Hominem"?
I doubt it. Therefore, in response let me say, you are clearly pseudo-intellectual douche bag. Take your generalizations about types of thinking and blow them out your ass.
Maybe if you took care of your penis you wouldn't have such a sob story laced with anti-anti-biotic foolishness. Either you're pounding filthy vagina or you aren't keeping your tool clean. Let me suggest you wash more often. Doing so will keep your penis cleaner, and if you don't reek like ass, perhaps you can pull some cleaner women.
Again, the source of your problem is not anti-biotics, and the cure is not "probiotics." The problem is your disrespect for your penis.
You can do it with Outlook via message rules in two seconds also.
>they are held to a higher standard
aka anti-Microsoft hyprocricy?
Just come out and say it if you have the balls, I'm sure your karma will survive.
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>Hitler would have been right if he had just >fought a little harder.
>
>Which, surprisingly, you seem to agree with.
"Oh. I'm a Nazi? Sure. Bye"
You retards. Don't be completely stupid. You can't block the phone number from a company's 800 number because they are paying for the call.
I know, I work for a company that sells 800 service. You can *67 and run modemjammer.exe if it gives you a hard on, but we still have your number. *67 works for Caller ID, not ANI.
For proof of this call a number with ANI service like: *67,,,1-800-964-0176
Perhaps you'd be better at offering telephone advice to persons living in Afghanistan.
How many fucking posts does it take to dance your way around saying "might makes right"?
I mean, I agree, might does make right, values and morals are subjective, and the victors determine the rightness of the actions in question, but why the fuck bounce around the topic with stupid analogies about Nazis and Iraq?
Godwin if you please?
Audio Version Available here from School-House-Rock.com
Please mod this up for nostalgia and educational value. You know you watched this as a kid. Represent for the Nintendo generation!
Boy: Whew! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?
I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law some day
At least I hope and pray that I will
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.
Bill: Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called their local Congressman, and said, "You're right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.
I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Listen to those Congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?
Bill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favorably, otherwise I may die.
Boy: Die?
Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.
Boy: If they vote yes, what happens?
Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.
Boy: Oh no!
Bill: Oh yes!
I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: You mean even if the Whole Congress says you
should be a law, the president can still say no?
Bill: Yes, that's called a veto. If the president vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you're so old...
Boy: By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's not easy to become a law, is it?
Bill: No!
But how I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Congressman: He signed you, Bill!
Now you're a law!
Bill: Oh yes!!!
Let's take a moment to pray for the creator of "School House Rock," Tom Yohe, who recently passed away due to cancer (December 21, 2000). He was truly a brilliant man, and his contribution to this generation's knowledge in many areas cannot be denied. I know he changed my life for the better.