I don't think anyone would want to code in the earlier versions of DirectX as they were basically interfaces to the graphics drivers (or interfaces to the graphics cards in general). I don't know how DirectX became what it is today, but it really did set us back several years when it comes to graphics card innovation (OpenGL extensions used to be something to compete on, but now it's just raw power because you can't really extend DirectX).
1080i can be losslessly shrunk to be 540p (or near-losslessly to 538p), the resolution that you would get from the degredation. So, unless your source material isn't very active, the video quality is basically the same.
So then we'll just run the programs in WINE or ReactOS or something (which would probably work perfectly by the time a Windows OS came out that enforced that).
Combine that with actual decent support for PS2 and PS1 games, and I think I'll end up getting one. Of course, the price needs to be a bit more competitive with the 360. I don't particularly care about getting a Blu-ray player (wouldn't buy movies in that format anyways; too expensive), so the reasons for getting one are really to replace my non-existent PS2 (can't play Guitar Hero anymore;_;) and for a system that should at least be getting good games (but still hasn't).
I usually end up owning all the consoles in each generation, but who knows if the PS3 can survive long enough for me to do that.
Because that's an abuse of monopoly powers. If Comcast is the only ISP in the area, and the only good VoIP you can get is from Comcast, then what incentive does Comcast have to provide anything more than overpriced, basic service? Competitors can't compete with that because Comcast both owns the lines and has top priority.
I don't find that to be the case...my last one was a business connection with Cox cable...$70/mo, static IP, no caps on download/uploads, and no ports blocked...I could run all the servers I wanted. A normal contract with Comcast does almost just that; the differences are: dynamic IP address (although you keep the same one for a long period of time). Yeah, that's it really. Probably lower upload speed, but basically the same.
Now that I'm using att DSL, I can at least say that they block port 25 unless you're sending via their SMTP server (which one depends on where you live and which company you got your "$foo/Yahoo! DSL" from), but that doesn't stop you from using any other port to send email from (e.g. 465 works with smtp.gmail.com, so there's an example port to use).
My only worries with sending email via your own SMTP server on a dynamic IP address is that greylisting might cause a false positive since you'd probably send with the domain name of a dynamic IP address site (e.g. dyndns.com, no-ip.com), but a reverse-lookup on that domain would get something like adsl-70-232-162-204.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net. Perhaps I understand greylisting incorrectly, but I though greylisting didn't allow that.
Then I'll go the NT4 route and wait for SP6 when they replace the Vista kernel with a BSD-derived one (they wouldn't touch Linux due to it being GPL'd of course).
At first I thought I could ruin your joke by going, "Ha! riaa.com uses Apache!" But then I checked the headers, and to my surprise, it was Microsoft IIS 6.0.:(
It's also part of the MPEG-4 standard (ISO/IEC 14496 Part 3) as the standard for audio coding. As someone mentioned earlier, it's covered by less patents than MPEG-1 Part 3 Layer 3 (MP3) was, so it's a bit easier to get licencing if desired.
As it is with all software, would Joe Sixpack rather risk downloading a copy of Windows that contains trojans, rootkits, spyware, or other sorts of menacing software, off of Kazaa, or get a clean, official copy straight from Microsoft for $50? Convenience beats price any time (just look at iTunes Store; they've sold over 2*10^9 songs when you could easily get them on LimeWire (Gnutella) or another network) provided the price is deemed reasonable by Joe Sixpack.
Now I know that the software scene follows strict rules, and any release group that were to release a trojaned/whatevered copy of software would be instantly and permanently ousted from the scene, but that doesn't stop random asshats from infecting a copy and putting it on Kazaa or LimeWire/Gnutella.
With all the shit Joe Blow puts up with while using Windows, I sincerely doubt the lack of ability to play HD content will be the nail in the coffin for switching. It took forever for Windows to get native DVD playback, so Joe Blow ain't too worried about that...
Slashdot Mirror
I don't think anyone would want to code in the earlier versions of DirectX as they were basically interfaces to the graphics drivers (or interfaces to the graphics cards in general). I don't know how DirectX became what it is today, but it really did set us back several years when it comes to graphics card innovation (OpenGL extensions used to be something to compete on, but now it's just raw power because you can't really extend DirectX).
1080i can be losslessly shrunk to be 540p (or near-losslessly to 538p), the resolution that you would get from the degredation. So, unless your source material isn't very active, the video quality is basically the same.
So then we'll just run the programs in WINE or ReactOS or something (which would probably work perfectly by the time a Windows OS came out that enforced that).
I don't think that's long enough to warrant a copyright.
Impeachment is to politicians as indictment is to us normal folk.
You do know that comparing USB 2.0 bandwidth to HDMI is like comparing OC12 to dial-up, right?
And according to copyright law, we're allowed to make backup copies via format shifting and time shifting.
Why waste all that space on a file that was already compressed in the first place? Hugely redundant.
Do you know if any mainframes use x86 processors? Me neither.
How many skateboards would one need to do this anyways?
Combine that with actual decent support for PS2 and PS1 games, and I think I'll end up getting one. Of course, the price needs to be a bit more competitive with the 360. I don't particularly care about getting a Blu-ray player (wouldn't buy movies in that format anyways; too expensive), so the reasons for getting one are really to replace my non-existent PS2 (can't play Guitar Hero anymore ;_;) and for a system that should at least be getting good games (but still hasn't).
I usually end up owning all the consoles in each generation, but who knows if the PS3 can survive long enough for me to do that.
Because that's an abuse of monopoly powers. If Comcast is the only ISP in the area, and the only good VoIP you can get is from Comcast, then what incentive does Comcast have to provide anything more than overpriced, basic service? Competitors can't compete with that because Comcast both owns the lines and has top priority.
No, and that's because there's no competition of ISPs in the US due to government-granted monopolies.
Now that I'm using att DSL, I can at least say that they block port 25 unless you're sending via their SMTP server (which one depends on where you live and which company you got your "$foo/Yahoo! DSL" from), but that doesn't stop you from using any other port to send email from (e.g. 465 works with smtp.gmail.com, so there's an example port to use).
My only worries with sending email via your own SMTP server on a dynamic IP address is that greylisting might cause a false positive since you'd probably send with the domain name of a dynamic IP address site (e.g. dyndns.com, no-ip.com), but a reverse-lookup on that domain would get something like adsl-70-232-162-204.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net. Perhaps I understand greylisting incorrectly, but I though greylisting didn't allow that.
Let us know when the game(s) arrive that are DX10-exclusive...
Then I'll go the NT4 route and wait for SP6 when they replace the Vista kernel with a BSD-derived one (they wouldn't touch Linux due to it being GPL'd of course).
Do you have any other games that have OpenGL renderring as an option? Try them out and see what happens...
Explain how my parents work then. My father's a Stern fan, and my mother's an Oprah fan. Doesn't make sense...
But the FCC isn't elected, so why should they care about "campaign contributions"?
The artists still make more with the minimum price than they would going with iTunes, an RIAA label, etc.
At first I thought I could ruin your joke by going, "Ha! riaa.com uses Apache!" But then I checked the headers, and to my surprise, it was Microsoft IIS 6.0. :(
It's also part of the MPEG-4 standard (ISO/IEC 14496 Part 3) as the standard for audio coding. As someone mentioned earlier, it's covered by less patents than MPEG-1 Part 3 Layer 3 (MP3) was, so it's a bit easier to get licencing if desired.
As it is with all software, would Joe Sixpack rather risk downloading a copy of Windows that contains trojans, rootkits, spyware, or other sorts of menacing software, off of Kazaa, or get a clean, official copy straight from Microsoft for $50? Convenience beats price any time (just look at iTunes Store; they've sold over 2*10^9 songs when you could easily get them on LimeWire (Gnutella) or another network) provided the price is deemed reasonable by Joe Sixpack.
Now I know that the software scene follows strict rules, and any release group that were to release a trojaned/whatevered copy of software would be instantly and permanently ousted from the scene, but that doesn't stop random asshats from infecting a copy and putting it on Kazaa or LimeWire/Gnutella.
Kramer (Michael Richards)? Steve Ballmer? Mel Gibson?
Yeah, right...
With all the shit Joe Blow puts up with while using Windows, I sincerely doubt the lack of ability to play HD content will be the nail in the coffin for switching. It took forever for Windows to get native DVD playback, so Joe Blow ain't too worried about that...