Thanks for the info. While I don't have the abilities to do any of this, or the resources to "encourage" someone else to, it is nice to know that the problems preventing better i386 and any amd64 use are being worked on.
Nice of them to specifically tell us what needs doing, though, rather than just sticking their thumbs up their * and doing nothing - which I would have expected.
Me too. I was excited when I saw they had i386 drivers on FreeBSD (and I had been using the linux x64 ones for a while) but was more than slightly annoyed that they didn't have x64 FreeBSD drivers.
Really, if you can do one, why is the other so much more trouble that you would ignore it?
Must be nice. Over here in Clearwater, I'm surrounded by old people and housing is a tad more expensive. Well, not really the housing, it's the insurance that gets you.
Besides, they aren't permanently skimpily clad. Where were you this winter? We had a FROST for $DEITY's sake!
When I (hypothetically) download an MP3 from, say, U2... and then go use it to sell stuff with. U2 comes around and (nicely) confronts me, and offers to allow me to pay for what I've used. I refuse, state U2 didn't actually write the song, and produce the (forged) recording-studio paperwork to 'prove it'.
Meanwhile, U2 is actually the damn band that recorded the thing.
Work on your reading comprehension, or turn down your assume-o-meter and/or jump-to-conclusion-ometer.
The NFL can't stop someone from making a football game anymore than they can go down to your local athletics field and kick everyone out for playing the game.
They can only prevent you from using real people and real teams.
Model your game as if you were using the real teams, randomize the player and team names, and create original artwork.
Problem solved. If anything it might be BETTER that way, as you don't have players obsessing over their real-life favorite team, distorting their decisions in-game.
I'm sure someone, somewhere, outside the USA, will write something.
Since I don't give a crap about software patents, I will use it and be happy. Since I'm not the one who would be violating the patent, I don't think I will be in legal trouble (but in this case I don't really care)
Well, I'm speaking from the perspective of using a crappy laptop with a crappy ATI chipset. Not even sure if the chipset is related to what they are releasing.
A rear-aspect heatseeker should do it. Use the OHR to vector interceptor(s) behind the B2 and let the sidewinder find the target itself (you won't need radar for that, and you can see the heat from behind the plane).
If Jimmie Joe Fragger crashes in a match, he gets mad and his team loses the round. That's it.
If Jimmie Joe Modeler crashes after tweaking a model for a time, there is no guarantee he can get it "just right" again - and that is lost productivity rather than just lost time.
Gamers are not the only ones who like 3D acceleration.
Quickly and off the top of my head, here are two big ones: 1. Compiz/Fusion and the like is gaining popularity. 2. Some applications NEED good 3D or they crawl. See Blender for instance.
Of these, I would say gaming would be the least demanding - at least if my assumption that "stable is harder than fast" is correct.
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On my phone, any third-party content needs to be signed, or it won't install/run.
You can bypass this first, but to obtain a "developer key" (IMEI number with signature) you have to develop something for the phone.
(sidekick)
They don't need to drop it and switch, what would be nice is if they allowed the user to put it on.
I just did the math. 99.999 uptime is "less than 5 minutes per year" or "less than half a minute per year" depending if i stuck an extra 0 in there...
Clearly, a ridiculous number.
By that time, I'm sure those of us with power/skills would get angry enough to utterly destroy such offenders..
WMV is popular too (unfortunately)
People must be stupid or something, to keep these shitty formats in use like this.
It's the same in Petro (gas stations, etc) except they use something funny called DUKPT (derived unique key per transaction) - 3DES wasn't enough.
These damn pinpads have more tamper-detect on them than a chastity belt. You sneeze and it dumps it's keys.
Thanks for the info. While I don't have the abilities to do any of this, or the resources to "encourage" someone else to, it is nice to know that the problems preventing better i386 and any amd64 use are being worked on.
Nice of them to specifically tell us what needs doing, though, rather than just sticking their thumbs up their * and doing nothing - which I would have expected.
You fail. Just a bit more thought and you would have had a haiku out of that!
Me too. I was excited when I saw they had i386 drivers on FreeBSD (and I had been using the linux x64 ones for a while) but was more than slightly annoyed that they didn't have x64 FreeBSD drivers.
Really, if you can do one, why is the other so much more trouble that you would ignore it?
Must be nice. Over here in Clearwater, I'm surrounded by old people and housing is a tad more expensive. Well, not really the housing, it's the insurance that gets you.
Besides, they aren't permanently skimpily clad. Where were you this winter? We had a FROST for $DEITY's sake!
That's not Quake. That's Quake II.
Long Live the axe!!
take the '/' off the end.
Not smart. Read the bulletin - they didn't TEST vista.
We can sure try!
People are stupid!
You are missing something very important.
When I (hypothetically) download an MP3 from, say, U2... and then go use it to sell stuff with. U2 comes around and (nicely) confronts me, and offers to allow me to pay for what I've used . I refuse, state U2 didn't actually write the song, and produce the (forged) recording-studio paperwork to 'prove it'.
Meanwhile, U2 is actually the damn band that recorded the thing.
Work on your reading comprehension, or turn down your assume-o-meter and/or jump-to-conclusion-ometer.
Oh god! They are self aware! Wait... now that I think of it... I can't really remember anything before slashdot...
Enjoy.
The NFL can't stop someone from making a football game anymore than they can go down to your local athletics field and kick everyone out for playing the game.
They can only prevent you from using real people and real teams.
Model your game as if you were using the real teams, randomize the player and team names, and create original artwork.
Problem solved. If anything it might be BETTER that way, as you don't have players obsessing over their real-life favorite team, distorting their decisions in-game.
Note: I don't watch, OR play, sports.
Patent the process of a click preparing the system to interpret an immediately following click.
Well, I'm not that advanced in blender, but when doing character work and sculpting, wireframe doesn't cut it - i need shading.
I'm sure someone, somewhere, outside the USA, will write something.
Since I don't give a crap about software patents, I will use it and be happy. Since I'm not the one who would be violating the patent, I don't think I will be in legal trouble (but in this case I don't really care)
Well, I'm speaking from the perspective of using a crappy laptop with a crappy ATI chipset. Not even sure if the chipset is related to what they are releasing.
Very unstable, in my particular case.
A rear-aspect heatseeker should do it. Use the OHR to vector interceptor(s) behind the B2 and let the sidewinder find the target itself (you won't need radar for that, and you can see the heat from behind the plane).
True, but you missed stability.
If Jimmie Joe Fragger crashes in a match, he gets mad and his team loses the round. That's it.
If Jimmie Joe Modeler crashes after tweaking a model for a time, there is no guarantee he can get it "just right" again - and that is lost productivity rather than just lost time.
Gamers are not the only ones who like 3D acceleration.
Quickly and off the top of my head, here are two big ones:
1. Compiz/Fusion and the like is gaining popularity.
2. Some applications NEED good 3D or they crawl. See Blender for instance.
Of these, I would say gaming would be the least demanding - at least if my assumption that "stable is harder than fast" is correct.