Qube, cube, cube2, darkplaces, axiom and crystal space have definitely been used in retail games. Your research is lacking, anyway, I'm going to get back to my holiday - I won't be posting on Slashdot for a while.
Since when have Open Source 3D engines become popular games?
Since Doom I think. Possibly even earlier old adventure games like nethack which used to be really popular computer games.
Anyway, I mentioned both open source and closed source ones - But again, if you want more - open source or closed source, Google is your key, those were just at the top of my head.
Besides iD tech are there really any engines that use OpenGL?
Off the top of my head... APOCALYX, Irrlicht, Espresso3D, AGE3D, Vortex3D, Qube, Cube, Cube 2, Hero engine, Aleph One, Unreal Engine 3, Axiom Engine, Crystal Space, Dark places, Allegro, Exult...
And if you want more, you'll have to search for it yourself,
Are you suggesting that I should accept processor hegemony without a fight?
Nope, just saying you should stick to a platform and architecture that is NOT becoming completely stagnant due to the fact there is no more 'future' development for that combo intended ever again.
Kind of like the smartphone market before the iphone. None of those vendors have the resources to make a fully integrated product like the iphone, with a smooth as glass UI, a full toolchain, a large third party market for software, and some of the best hardware available.
When the iPhone came out, it still wasn't really anything compared to the Nokia e90 within those regards (fully integrated, brilliant UI and applications), only when the iphone 3GS did, did it somewhat top it, but by then the Nokia N900 came out. That said, for some weird reason the US version of the N900 doesn't support MMS like the European version which is baffling.
Does it really matter? I mean, I started programming when I was 9 in m68k assembler and at 11 I had somewhat Mastered it with extreme proficiency. From there I pretty much learned any other language I fancied.
I don't think the language really matters as much as the aspiration to program.
It is such that most people even if they install Linux have to keep windows just to do real work, so why have two operating systems?
You see, I am a unique user in the way that I actually/hate/ all operating systems. Why do I run Linux, Windows, variations of BSD, Solaris etc? Because they are all shit.
I'm just going to stick to Linux and Windows for this post since that's closer to topic.
It just happens that Linux can run vmware, Second life, firefox, windows media player, skype and a bunch of other applications without the system schedular being so messed up, it makes the entire system painful to use because it's so slow. But then I use Windows for some games that don't run under wine, because as sad as it sounds.. The games that do run actually perform better under Wine, on a d3d to ogl conversion on the fly in ring-3 rather than windows' native dx support that runs on ring-0. But then I have problems with ALSA being a shit because of the OSS compatability layer and Adobe's obsession with using OSS for all their *nix software which locks the hardware for a single application.
Of course, because certain applications run poorly or don't run in Wine I use Windows, which then does it's own stuff poorly like explorer locking up for five minutes because a fileshare I was connected to got disconnected or the file open/save dialogs are frozen when they first appear because windows is doing something (probably printers and network share issues) while I have to deal with 'modernized' UIs that won't just instantly display me controls, because everything has to be integrated together to make it look like a webpage which even mirrors being a slow website and having to deal with the performance degregation where Windows will slowly constantly degrade even if you buy scientologist powered defragmentation software that does thort some of that.
I could also rant about GUIs in Windows, such as, when I get a prompt to do an admin action in Linux, I can actually understand what it's doing. Meanwhile on Windows, I get a prompt.. So and so wants to perform an administrative function.. Okay, details. {0f15391e-105f-4b05-91e3-48b73c60ae64} - Oh jeeze, thanks! A GUID, now even techs feel clueless about the prompt too. See, better round experience for all!
I'm sure there are others like me, but to explain it to you, it's because no operating system is adequate. Hope that makes sense to you and answers your question.
Lets face it, windows just works while Linux is usually a pain in the ass to configure.
Absolute non-sense. Others or I buy a wireless card which has the "Designed for Windows XP" on it, insert the disc first like the instructions tell you, install the drivers, then plug in the wireless card. BLUESCREEN.
Why? Because apparently the drivers didn't support the service pack XP had. This issue has been repeated for me across a lot of hardware, graphic cards, soundcards, motherboard bus controller drivers, wireless cards, bluetooth and even a stupid printer driver (seriously, even Linux doesn't allow sticking drivers like printers directly into the kernel), even on Vista and 7.
The fact that Linux has horrendously documented hardware APIs
This is true.
it has no stable driver binary interfaces
Actually, usermode drivers in Linux have fully stable ABIs, you are able to take things compiled for previous versions of an ABI to future ABIs with no issues, provided you're not changing the architecture of the system in the process (ie: x86 to PPC). Usermode APIs exist for filesystems (although you cannot boot off said filesystem though when using a usermode driver), printers, scanners, softmodems etc. So, this statement is false.
Do you really think grandma is going to be able to debug source code and figure out why some crazy driver doesnt install, when on Windows you just put in the disk, click install and it works?
Honestly, I expect grandma to plug the device in and then either it instantly works (unlike the minutes you spend waiting for windows to recognize you plugged in something like a mouse to a USB port that had never had a mouse plugged into before) or restricted manager immediately pops up and offers to download and install the proprietary drivers by just clicking a checkbox. I expect that if grandma had the problems that others and I have had with hardware under windows, she would end up taking her computer to the shop to get them to fix it since the computer would BSOD on every boot even when the hardware wasn't connected.
Hardware developers put drivers through extensive QA testing to make sure it works well so it would be more reliable than open source drivers.
There are more unstable opensource drivers than there are proprietary windows ones? I mean, the worst I have really ran into these past few years when it comes to Linux support is either the hardware works, or it doesn't because there is no driver at all for it, the ones that did work did not had any stability issues with any drivers. Meanwhile I am using windows 7 right now and the stupid soundcard driver fritz out constantly even though it worked fine on Vista (And incase you do the, don't upgrade argument: Vista, which had such a pissy poor schedular that my system was SLOWWWW as hell when running second life, vmware, vlc, skype and various other apps, while running the same apps under Linux didn't have such issues - under 7 this issue is 'mostly' resolved, still huge problems with I/O freezes though).
Though, The fact is, people dont want to wait years for someone to back engineer some piece of hardware and the idea that hardware companies
Actually, the only thing I've had in the recent years that was unsupported was some ancient scanners I was given, all my new hardware has been working pretty fine under Linux, with a few minor problems that were easily resolved and when I say minor - I mean just literally copy pasting a piece of text to fix it, as compared to getting stuck with the problem permanently on the Windows OS I had.
So, to summarize my thoughts on your comments - I can't really visualize all these problems you claim as being common when backed from my own personal experiences and since I spend a hell of a lot of time helping people with both Windows and
Sounds interesting tho and if they combine that with multi touch, it could be a perfect device to use while laying on sofa.
That's very predictable, thus not a surprise. Probably you control it via a anal probe device, that's an example of 'surprise' method of interacting with the device.
Apple is one of the manufacturers of the most reliable laptop computers.
I worked in Unis, large corporations and I found from these places that Apple laptops had a rather large amount of "logicboard failures" and bad manufacturing practices in their products (super amounts of thermal paste, poor soldering) as opposed to HP business laptops, Thinkpads, Acer that had very few issues in comparison... From my large experience, I am skeptical of anyone claiming this.
I use ebooks all the time (not DRMed), the attraction for me is having an entire library of information accessible on the go. I have thousands of ebooks on my netbook (I could store far, far more, but I don't have more), some of them technical manuals which I find useful to look things up and others just happen to be books I tend to enjoy reading. Additionally, in the room I live in, I don't really have any room for storage, so just having it on the laptop, netbook etc. is a God send. Being able to take notes on the book without actually 'defacing' or 'damaging' the book in the process is also a benefit, since I tend to feel a bit guilty for writing all over the place in books. I have no interest in pawning off my books, plus I tend to have many obscure ones that wouldn't sell well.
You did make a point about battery life, but getting into a situation where you couldn't recharge the Kindle (I don't own one) before a week ended (assuming you're using the wireless feature, otherwise it's two weeks) seems rather obscure to me.
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Might be the largest amount of people, but likely not receiving the largest amount profit from.
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Qube, cube, cube2, darkplaces, axiom and crystal space have definitely been used in retail games. Your research is lacking, anyway, I'm going to get back to my holiday - I won't be posting on Slashdot for a while.
Since Doom I think. Possibly even earlier old adventure games like nethack which used to be really popular computer games.
Anyway, I mentioned both open source and closed source ones - But again, if you want more - open source or closed source, Google is your key, those were just at the top of my head.
Off the top of my head... APOCALYX, Irrlicht, Espresso3D, AGE3D, Vortex3D, Qube, Cube, Cube 2, Hero engine, Aleph One, Unreal Engine 3, Axiom Engine, Crystal Space, Dark places, Allegro, Exult...
And if you want more, you'll have to search for it yourself,
Personally, I've not been impressed with the 'correct' opensource effort when it comes to 3D acceleration support, see my blog entry for more details.
The benchmarks say a bunch of numbers.
Yes, although the configuration to do that is not one click go.
If you care about opensource, then you should be getting a Nokia N900, not Google's half proprietary system.
My Nokia 6310i lasted about three weeks at most, my Nokia E90 lasted about a week at most, my current phone, the 3skypephone lasts me a week at most.
Two days? Easy.
If I get another phone, I am considering the Nokia N900 or some Android based phone that is comparable in features and battery life.
Nope, just saying you should stick to a platform and architecture that is NOT becoming completely stagnant due to the fact there is no more 'future' development for that combo intended ever again.
I don't see the point in Apple wasting time in developing for a stagnant platform that no longer receives software even from Apple.
I lost the links, but not too long ago I found information showing that the US had only marginally more towers than Germany did back in 2006.
When the iPhone came out, it still wasn't really anything compared to the Nokia e90 within those regards (fully integrated, brilliant UI and applications), only when the iphone 3GS did, did it somewhat top it, but by then the Nokia N900 came out. That said, for some weird reason the US version of the N900 doesn't support MMS like the European version which is baffling.
Oh well, I don't live in the US.
I can't tell if this is a satire.
Does it really matter? I mean, I started programming when I was 9 in m68k assembler and at 11 I had somewhat Mastered it with extreme proficiency. From there I pretty much learned any other language I fancied.
I don't think the language really matters as much as the aspiration to program.
What is a 'furriner'? Even my spell checker doesn't recognize that word.
I'm aware that Compaq is already shite, hence why I said HP business laptops and not HP Compaq.
Flamebait? It's a joke and poking fun at the choice of words.
Absolute non-sense. Others or I buy a wireless card which has the "Designed for Windows XP" on it, insert the disc first like the instructions tell you, install the drivers, then plug in the wireless card. BLUESCREEN.
Why? Because apparently the drivers didn't support the service pack XP had. This issue has been repeated for me across a lot of hardware, graphic cards, soundcards, motherboard bus controller drivers, wireless cards, bluetooth and even a stupid printer driver (seriously, even Linux doesn't allow sticking drivers like printers directly into the kernel), even on Vista and 7.
This is true.
Actually, usermode drivers in Linux have fully stable ABIs, you are able to take things compiled for previous versions of an ABI to future ABIs with no issues, provided you're not changing the architecture of the system in the process (ie: x86 to PPC). Usermode APIs exist for filesystems (although you cannot boot off said filesystem though when using a usermode driver), printers, scanners, softmodems etc. So, this statement is false.
Honestly, I expect grandma to plug the device in and then either it instantly works (unlike the minutes you spend waiting for windows to recognize you plugged in something like a mouse to a USB port that had never had a mouse plugged into before) or restricted manager immediately pops up and offers to download and install the proprietary drivers by just clicking a checkbox. I expect that if grandma had the problems that others and I have had with hardware under windows, she would end up taking her computer to the shop to get them to fix it since the computer would BSOD on every boot even when the hardware wasn't connected.
There are more unstable opensource drivers than there are proprietary windows ones? I mean, the worst I have really ran into these past few years when it comes to Linux support is either the hardware works, or it doesn't because there is no driver at all for it, the ones that did work did not had any stability issues with any drivers. Meanwhile I am using windows 7 right now and the stupid soundcard driver fritz out constantly even though it worked fine on Vista (And incase you do the, don't upgrade argument: Vista, which had such a pissy poor schedular that my system was SLOWWWW as hell when running second life, vmware, vlc, skype and various other apps, while running the same apps under Linux didn't have such issues - under 7 this issue is 'mostly' resolved, still huge problems with I/O freezes though).
Actually, the only thing I've had in the recent years that was unsupported was some ancient scanners I was given, all my new hardware has been working pretty fine under Linux, with a few minor problems that were easily resolved and when I say minor - I mean just literally copy pasting a piece of text to fix it, as compared to getting stuck with the problem permanently on the Windows OS I had.
So, to summarize my thoughts on your comments - I can't really visualize all these problems you claim as being common when backed from my own personal experiences and since I spend a hell of a lot of time helping people with both Windows and
That's very predictable, thus not a surprise. Probably you control it via a anal probe device, that's an example of 'surprise' method of interacting with the device.
I worked in Unis, large corporations and I found from these places that Apple laptops had a rather large amount of "logicboard failures" and bad manufacturing practices in their products (super amounts of thermal paste, poor soldering) as opposed to HP business laptops, Thinkpads, Acer that had very few issues in comparison... From my large experience, I am skeptical of anyone claiming this.
Exclusive Kindle releases are only available on the Kindle, and there are certainly a few.
I use ebooks all the time (not DRMed), the attraction for me is having an entire library of information accessible on the go. I have thousands of ebooks on my netbook (I could store far, far more, but I don't have more), some of them technical manuals which I find useful to look things up and others just happen to be books I tend to enjoy reading. Additionally, in the room I live in, I don't really have any room for storage, so just having it on the laptop, netbook etc. is a God send. Being able to take notes on the book without actually 'defacing' or 'damaging' the book in the process is also a benefit, since I tend to feel a bit guilty for writing all over the place in books. I have no interest in pawning off my books, plus I tend to have many obscure ones that wouldn't sell well.
You did make a point about battery life, but getting into a situation where you couldn't recharge the Kindle (I don't own one) before a week ended (assuming you're using the wireless feature, otherwise it's two weeks) seems rather obscure to me.
I hope this answers your question.