"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music"
Be warned though, the binary ATI drivers are still quite buggy with newer hardware. I have a system with an onboard Radeon 3200 and, while the system is stable and performs quite fast, i keep getting graphical glitches (OpenGL and xvideo mainly) with regularity.
I'd like to fault it on my hardware, but in my experience this is typical of ATI drivers, and in this regard nVidia beats them hands down. The OSS drivers are much better but still lacking, atleast for newerd GPUs.
Releasing driver source code reveals most of the same information that is included in detailed technical specifications. It almost always includes enough info to make a compatible, competing product, and often has enough info to greatly simplify the process of reverse-engineering the device.
This is a common misconception that must end. A driver does NOT allow a competitor to clone a device - it doesn't include blueprints, for God's sake. A driver is merely a "translator" between the device and the OS (in an ideal world, that should be it). Now, there are reasons for hardware manufacturers not to release sources for drivers, such as:
- Software market segmentation: Sometimes, in a same product line, the only thing diferentiating otherwise identical hardware is the software running it, be it firmware or device drivers. This means that a device could get features from a more expensive one merely with a driver update.
- Patents: Applies notably to gfx cards - some drivers use/implement technologies covered by third partys' patents.
- Plain old cheating: Both major gfx card companies were caught "cheating" with their device drivers, to improve benchmarks for example.
- etc...
Depending on the device, a driver might reveal more or less about the inner workings of the device, but that's about it. Don't take it from me - there's a lot of expensive hardware with open source drivers out there which never got plagiarized.
And by the way, Creatives' monotpoly on gaming oriented soundcards was hurt the second someone decided to include audio in the mobo chipset. Nowadays i'd rather have onboard sound from an nVidia or AMD chipset than a Creative one.
Stay the fuck away from the TV remake. Forgive me for beint this blunt, but it really is that bad.
The 1971 is perhaps the most accurate book-to-movie conversion i've seen. I first saw it arround 5 years ago, and it found it gripping. There was little a remake could improve over it.
As soon as Apple drops the lame i prefix, and Sun drops the j prefix.
Touché, sir! Are we really arguing about the NAME of the program, as if it had anything to do with its user acceptance? Come on, the reason people choose Photoshop is that it's an overall better app and users are very accostumed to it. Don't get me wrong though, i use Gimp a lot and it just keeps getting better and better with each release.
The holy grail of loudspeaker design is the point source: a single point that can produce the entire spectrum.
Also known as full-range drivers. They do have some issues though (intermodulation distortion and low power), so, like every other speaker technology, you end up making compromises in order to achive the desired result.
And yes, in case you all were wondering, their new album most certainly does SUCK. Listening to Metallica is like having banged the prom queen in high school only to see her become a queen of the 300-pound welfare sort:(
Actually, i downloaded some of the clips that were floating arround the net prior to the release and i thought it wasn't half bad - excellent for the standarts the band set for itself lately, in fact. I DID notice the awful mixing though, and i read the CD sounded much better. Well, it didn't.
It's a shame. Lately a lot of bands are going with this loudness trend and i just can't help it, it sounds horrible. After 5 minutes i have to switch to something else.
I can't find the 386 crore figure anyway in TFA, but yes, 7.7 million USD is damn cheap. Even if it were 77 millon NASA should really start considering outsourcing their launches.
I mean, i enjoy a good storyline in a game as much as anyone else, but the thing is, some games don't really need good stories in order to be enjoyable. Specially FPSs, which has been iDs' forte since forever. There are a lot of games with "deep" storylines that are shit to play and boring too.
Seconded. You can say whatever you want about Perl, but the online documentation at perl.org is second to none. Manuals, tutorials and references are very well written and organized.
From TFA: "While sure to raise the ire of Hollywood, the program does have significant limitations: the DVDs it makes will only be playable on the computer where they were created; or, users can pay $20 per computer to play the DVDs on up to five additional computers."
So, it does NOT create standard DVDs. Right? Meh. I'll stick to DVDShrink, thanks.
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I've never had anyone offer a blowjob in exchange for a cigarette.
Heroin, on the other hand...
Oh for fucks' sake. You can get a cigarette easily on a shop anywhere for a few dollars. Try that with heroin.
"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music"
Wrong example...
Be warned though, the binary ATI drivers are still quite buggy with newer hardware. I have a system with an onboard Radeon 3200 and, while the system is stable and performs quite fast, i keep getting graphical glitches (OpenGL and xvideo mainly) with regularity.
I'd like to fault it on my hardware, but in my experience this is typical of ATI drivers, and in this regard nVidia beats them hands down. The OSS drivers are much better but still lacking, atleast for newerd GPUs.
No, normally it's worse, but this time the title includes Windows - so brace yourself for a flood of cliches.
Well, yes, but does it run Linux?
Considering it took 16 years for it to become widely available in its original form, I'm not sure I'd exactly call that ineffective.
Maybe it's just no one cared too much about it...
You could always call them the Nahasapeemapetilon family...
There's this little known language that almost every modern cellphone supports though...
HUSH! You're making me verrry angry!
More to the point, where's the 64-bit love for linux?
Hear, hear! Not having a 64-bit build of Opera is a riot waiting to happen
They'll end up burying the competition, you'll see!
A very insightful comment... wrapped in a Star Trek reference in vulcan. I love this place.
Releasing driver source code reveals most of the same information that is included in detailed technical specifications. It almost always includes enough info to make a compatible, competing product, and often has enough info to greatly simplify the process of reverse-engineering the device.
This is a common misconception that must end. A driver does NOT allow a competitor to clone a device - it doesn't include blueprints, for God's sake. A driver is merely a "translator" between the device and the OS (in an ideal world, that should be it). Now, there are reasons for hardware manufacturers not to release sources for drivers, such as:
- Software market segmentation: Sometimes, in a same product line, the only thing diferentiating otherwise identical hardware is the software running it, be it firmware or device drivers. This means that a device could get features from a more expensive one merely with a driver update.
- Patents: Applies notably to gfx cards - some drivers use/implement technologies covered by third partys' patents.
- Plain old cheating: Both major gfx card companies were caught "cheating" with their device drivers, to improve benchmarks for example.
- etc...
Depending on the device, a driver might reveal more or less about the inner workings of the device, but that's about it. Don't take it from me - there's a lot of expensive hardware with open source drivers out there which never got plagiarized.
And by the way, Creatives' monotpoly on gaming oriented soundcards was hurt the second someone decided to include audio in the mobo chipset. Nowadays i'd rather have onboard sound from an nVidia or AMD chipset than a Creative one.
So you are the one slowing down my torrents...
Stay the fuck away from the TV remake. Forgive me for beint this blunt, but it really is that bad.
The 1971 is perhaps the most accurate book-to-movie conversion i've seen. I first saw it arround 5 years ago, and it found it gripping. There was little a remake could improve over it.
That fun? Sign me up!
As soon as Apple drops the lame i prefix, and Sun drops the j prefix.
Touché, sir! Are we really arguing about the NAME of the program, as if it had anything to do with its user acceptance? Come on, the reason people choose Photoshop is that it's an overall better app and users are very accostumed to it. Don't get me wrong though, i use Gimp a lot and it just keeps getting better and better with each release.
I've said it before and i'll say it again: this world needs a Centurions movie. Fuck the Transformers.
The holy grail of loudspeaker design is the point source: a single point that can produce the entire spectrum.
Also known as full-range drivers. They do have some issues though (intermodulation distortion and low power), so, like every other speaker technology, you end up making compromises in order to achive the desired result.
And yes, in case you all were wondering, their new album most certainly does SUCK. Listening to Metallica is like having banged the prom queen in high school only to see her become a queen of the 300-pound welfare sort :(
Actually, i downloaded some of the clips that were floating arround the net prior to the release and i thought it wasn't half bad - excellent for the standarts the band set for itself lately, in fact. I DID notice the awful mixing though, and i read the CD sounded much better. Well, it didn't.
It's a shame. Lately a lot of bands are going with this loudness trend and i just can't help it, it sounds horrible. After 5 minutes i have to switch to something else.
I can't find the 386 crore figure anyway in TFA, but yes, 7.7 million USD is damn cheap. Even if it were 77 millon NASA should really start considering outsourcing their launches.
Oh, come on. He's an expiert in this field.
I mean, i enjoy a good storyline in a game as much as anyone else, but the thing is, some games don't really need good stories in order to be enjoyable. Specially FPSs, which has been iDs' forte since forever. There are a lot of games with "deep" storylines that are shit to play and boring too.
Seconded. You can say whatever you want about Perl, but the online documentation at perl.org is second to none. Manuals, tutorials and references are very well written and organized.
Why the hell does iTunes requires a kernel system driver?
Ah, DRM. Sorry. My bad.
From TFA: "While sure to raise the ire of Hollywood, the program does have significant limitations: the DVDs it makes will only be playable on the computer where they were created; or, users can pay $20 per computer to play the DVDs on up to five additional computers."
So, it does NOT create standard DVDs. Right? Meh. I'll stick to DVDShrink, thanks.