What is wattage? You were probably thinking of power.
That's even worse then when people say amperage when they mean current. This could all be avoided if people used potential difference instead of voltage, then they wouldn't think the word has to end in 'age'.
This would work better if Kazaa or the like were still popular, but:
-Encrypt all your data
-Rename file to 'LindseyLohanXXX.mpg'
-Release on p2p network
Now when you need the file back, just look for people sharing it and download it.
They mentioned in the article that there will also be a specular map, a bump map, and an 'index layer' which I assume just describes what shader to use for an effect.
This should give a lot of detail, but not any more than what's already been seen in the Unreal 3 screenshots. And we've already seen video capture of that engine months ago...
Then again, the first PGR looked really good, and was quite fun to play. It's just that this isn't the first time seomthing of this detail has been done.
Not so, I'm doing a co-op term for university in California next term and I will have to pay taxes to both the US and Canada. The only good thing is that I can deduct taxes paid to the US from my Canadian taxes.
How is blocking ads any different then putting a "no soliciters" sign on your door? Or putting your name on the do-not-call list?
Ads are an apsect of the world that we can attempt to filter out. I can wear yellow glasses if I don't like the colour blue, and it doesn't matter what any hooloovoo thinks, I can still do it.
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Well, AC is still useful for certain things. Induction motors won't work without it so we would have to replace all the motors in our appliances with DC ones.
Also, we would still have to increase voltages even with superconductors because they saturate at a certain current per cross section. To reduce the current and keep the power the same the voltage would need to be increased. (not sure if this is true for the nano tubes, but it is for super-conductors)
so maybe long distance transmission would be done in DC and then local transmission would be done in AC. (DC would probably make the power grid easier to control as well, wouldn't have to make sure that every generator is syncronised)
I think I can explain the "fresh out of college" thing.
At waterloo most students are in the co-op program that has them work within their field full-time every other term. (there are three full terms in the school year, and co-op students don't get summer, just school or work).
It sucks having no summer, but by the time I graduate I should have 6 terms (2 years) of full time work.
You could have properly clipped drawing in OpenGL, but it would probably be more trouble than it's worth. Too many calls to glViewport or glScissorTest would probably slow things down a bit.
I guess the point would be to use this sort of thing on a platform where hardware can be controlled (Macs) or use it in simple applications entirely for it's "whiz bang" appeal (a video player, game, or other similar apps where GUI rules arn't followed anyways).
I was just pointing out that you could probably get a more 'snappy' GUI by doing things entirely in hardware these days, even with lighting, fog, and rotation. Not that I would want something like that in an OS (although OS X pulls it off nicely), it would just be a distaction after the initial awe wore off.
Well, if your 2d images of controls are in system memory, then yes, it is MUCH faster to just draw a textured quad. If both were kept in video memory, then I suspect the difference is speeds between a straight blit and drawing a textured quad would probably be negligable (compared to a blit from system memory).
I don't really know much about graphics hardware performance except for that unless you're using many fancy pixel shaders the biggest bottleneck on a graphics card is the AGP bus.
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Probably not, but without amatures the airplane would never have been invented.
Shouldn't that be:
ForAll n > 2 ThereDoesNotExist a, b, c SuchThat a^n + b^n = c^n
Your statement is much harder to prove because it is false.
What is wattage? You were probably thinking of power.
That's even worse then when people say amperage when they mean current. This could all be avoided if people used potential difference instead of voltage, then they wouldn't think the word has to end in 'age'.
You might want to run memtest86 on that machine... Every time I've had stability problems with WinXP it's been bad hardware.
Wow, you sure got that one wrong!
For Unix has no gonads.
You forgot the evil genuis laugh at the end of your post.
That and the mention of octorocks with 'fricken laser beams attached to their heads.'
Mwah ha ha ha
This would work better if Kazaa or the like were still popular, but:
-Encrypt all your data -Rename file to 'LindseyLohanXXX.mpg' -Release on p2p network
Now when you need the file back, just look for people sharing it and download it.
Is that supposed to be a hard question?
It's so they can't fall down the hole when you're taking them out (if they were square you could fit them down at an angle)
They mentioned in the article that there will also be a specular map, a bump map, and an 'index layer' which I assume just describes what shader to use for an effect.
This should give a lot of detail, but not any more than what's already been seen in the Unreal 3 screenshots. And we've already seen video capture of that engine months ago...
Then again, the first PGR looked really good, and was quite fun to play. It's just that this isn't the first time seomthing of this detail has been done.
If you look carefully it's not just transparency, but blurring as wel.l
Not sure if that's at all usefull, but it is more than just transparency.
It is licensed in north american you know...
Hey! I could have bought some meat flavoured gum with that!
I don't know, they'd have to be pretty good in order to hit something as small as a planet...
Hey, that could describe any porn movie with a pizza guy in it!
hmmm, I have absolutely no idea.
Good question to ask my co-op advisor...
Not so, I'm doing a co-op term for university in California next term and I will have to pay taxes to both the US and Canada. The only good thing is that I can deduct taxes paid to the US from my Canadian taxes.
How is blocking ads any different then putting a "no soliciters" sign on your door? Or putting your name on the do-not-call list?
Ads are an apsect of the world that we can attempt to filter out. I can wear yellow glasses if I don't like the colour blue, and it doesn't matter what any hooloovoo thinks, I can still do it.
Well, AC is still useful for certain things. Induction motors won't work without it so we would have to replace all the motors in our appliances with DC ones.
Also, we would still have to increase voltages even with superconductors because they saturate at a certain current per cross section. To reduce the current and keep the power the same the voltage would need to be increased. (not sure if this is true for the nano tubes, but it is for super-conductors)
so maybe long distance transmission would be done in DC and then local transmission would be done in AC. (DC would probably make the power grid easier to control as well, wouldn't have to make sure that every generator is syncronised)
Actually I think it goes: Give a man a fish and he owes you one fish, teah a man to fish and you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
That's what happened at the school I'm at now. At first they had nice windy paths between buildings that the students completely ignored.
After that they tore up all the paths and paved where the grass was worn to dirt from everybody walking on it.
I think I can explain the "fresh out of college" thing.
At waterloo most students are in the co-op program that has them work within their field full-time every other term. (there are three full terms in the school year, and co-op students don't get summer, just school or work).
It sucks having no summer, but by the time I graduate I should have 6 terms (2 years) of full time work.
I certainly hope not!
I could perform fully in most jobs after finishing 1st year (this is from experience in a co-op system). What were the other 3 years of my degree for?
You should really get that pain in all the diodes down your left side looked at.
You could have properly clipped drawing in OpenGL, but it would probably be more trouble than it's worth. Too many calls to glViewport or glScissorTest would probably slow things down a bit.
I guess the point would be to use this sort of thing on a platform where hardware can be controlled (Macs) or use it in simple applications entirely for it's "whiz bang" appeal (a video player, game, or other similar apps where GUI rules arn't followed anyways).
I was just pointing out that you could probably get a more 'snappy' GUI by doing things entirely in hardware these days, even with lighting, fog, and rotation. Not that I would want something like that in an OS (although OS X pulls it off nicely), it would just be a distaction after the initial awe wore off.
Well, if your 2d images of controls are in system memory, then yes, it is MUCH faster to just draw a textured quad. If both were kept in video memory, then I suspect the difference is speeds between a straight blit and drawing a textured quad would probably be negligable (compared to a blit from system memory).
I don't really know much about graphics hardware performance except for that unless you're using many fancy pixel shaders the biggest bottleneck on a graphics card is the AGP bus.