If it is 1080p/30, I don't want it. 1080i with 60 fields per second will be superior.
Both have the same amount of detail, as they have the same resolution. But the interlaced version will feel smoother, because it's updating the screen twice as often.
So, is this just a vacuous PR stunt to try to get more attention back onto the 360? Surely not.
I recently switched from Pipex (with resold BT) to UKonline who are an LLU ISP (part of EasyNet). With Pipex I did get slightly more than the rated speeds, like the GP, but now with UKonline, I don't. Instead, I get exactly the numbers you'd expect - 2048kbps down.
Still, I did manage to go from 1Mbps to 2Mbps and save £8.50/mo whilst still not having a download cap, so I'm not complaining.
my point is that a computer doesn't see things in the sense of functions
You do realise that a function call most certainly doesn't translate into goto statements?
There have been Jump To Subroutine instructions for longer than my knowledge of instruction sets goes back - it pushes the address of the instruction that should be executed following the execution of the function on the stack and jumps function (the address of which you give as a parameter).
Likewise, there is a corresponding Return from Subroutine instruction which takes the address off the stack and jumps to it.
The idea that functions are some sort of modern whimsical high-level construct is definately false, as is any idea that goto has ever been a good idea when you can use a function instead.
I hope they got permission from O'Reilly to do this?!
Well, the story is on MakeZine.com which is owned by O'Reilly, so I think they're safe on that front. Kinda also explains the choice of an O'Reilly cover image too.
Don't be so sure about that monopoly, it all depends on where you live. I'm in the UK and don't know anyone who uses AIM - everyone uses MSN Messenger instead. Not that AOL isn't in a strong position in the places where they do have a monopoly, but doing things like this don't help them in the markets they don't yet control. Maybe they've just decided that it's not past the average user's annoyance threshold and not going to harm them.
I have to say that while I have seen plenty of adverts for the University of Liverpool, I've never receieved spam from them. And, while you may not have heard of them, they are a real English university (with real buildings and everything as well as some age - they were founded in 1881). The Times Good University Guide ranks them 41st best university in the UK (click on "Top 100 Universities").
And the US and Europe play fair on the global markets? Ever heard of agricultural subsidies?
Are you upset about the fact that you can get cheap TVs and electrical junk? Even if some people do lose their jobs here, the increased profits for outsourced manufacturing and cheaper items for consumers more than make up for it. Face it, the average Westerner profits out of trading with the Developing World.
And yet you complain the worker that undercuts your job should pay full price for the software? Well, that's fine, just as long as you are happy to end up getting the same pay as them. After all, if you go global, then do it fair.
That was an official, web-based followup to a British TV advertising campaign for a directory enquiries service (with the telephone number 118118 - see here for more, if you must), which in this case was a spoof of a Honda advert (available from this site).
The original 118-118 adverts featured two 70s style 'atheletes' running around and telling people they'd "Got your number" with each runner having the number 118 displayed on their costume. Personally, I found them mildly irritating.
As for the 118-118 advert, the company (officially called The Number) was taken to the regulatory body for communications, OfCom, by David Bedford who claimed the runners were designed to look like him. David Bedford won, and the runners' appearances were changed.
I'm sorry, but he states he was angry while writing this and you can tell. It's the epitome of bad journalism - he doesn't have any proof, nor make specific allegations, and those he does make seem insubstantial. For example, he flames a site that did "a review in full, or at least in half", which is quite probably Anandtech, the article of which makes it quite clear that it is only the first part.
His only criticisms of the review are that it was an exclusive (which the article makes clear) and that it doesn't cover gaming (although it is only the first part of the review). He himself admits that gaming is not the point of these chips, so why does he feel that Anandtech should have to focus on gaming is the first part of their article? Indeed, in their second part they do cover gaming and conclude that you should buy an Athlon 64 if you mainly play single-threaded games, a fact that would be obvious to anyone who regularly reads any hardware site.
I can't claim that the hardware review sites are all without bias, but compared to mainstream news, hardware reviews are some of the hardest to bias given the ease of doing standardised, repeatable benchmarks.
We had to walk 500 miles uphill to get water than another 500 uphill back. We had to grind the flour with our hands, while it snowed. And it was proper snow then - so thick that you could hide cars in it most days, and that was in Summer. Now take programming, we had to write 500 lines of code to add two numbers together. And we liked it.
And now you tell me programming was easier in my day? You, with your fancy SDL and OpenGL? I'd like to see you code once you've ploughed 300 fields in one day with your bare hands.
He lectures about half of 1st year undergrad Engineering students in Maths.
But, back on topic, I did see (what I assume was) an earlier prototype of this last year on an Open Day. From what I saw of it, the picture was quite good, however it had the same shortcomings as any other image produced by a projector - it wasn't that bright. So people who say this will not replace CRTs are probably right, but this isn't really its intended market.
This is designed for people who want a home cinema but don't have the money for expensive plasma, and don't want the hassle of having a projector that people can walk in front of. These people don't mind that they have to watch a film in the dark - they already do. It gives them a large picture without needing a deep room to allow the image to be projected and with a total cost probably of not much more than the original screen and projector.
In reality, this is more of an innovation in screen design, with silicon to stop the distortion, rather than an advance in projector technology. But, I, for one, welcome our new projection screen overlords.
For people that will use this: How does the increasing complexity of producing artwork/maps for a game affect the amateur scene? Do you think the steeper learning curve makes the mods that finally come out better, or does it just make the whole process more demanding and less fun?
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If it is 1080p/30, I don't want it. 1080i with 60 fields per second will be superior.
Both have the same amount of detail, as they have the same resolution. But the interlaced version will feel smoother, because it's updating the screen twice as often.
So, is this just a vacuous PR stunt to try to get more attention back onto the 360? Surely not.
I recently switched from Pipex (with resold BT) to UKonline who are an LLU ISP (part of EasyNet). With Pipex I did get slightly more than the rated speeds, like the GP, but now with UKonline, I don't. Instead, I get exactly the numbers you'd expect - 2048kbps down.
Still, I did manage to go from 1Mbps to 2Mbps and save £8.50/mo whilst still not having a download cap, so I'm not complaining.
American Idol is a clone of the British "Pop Idol".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Idol
You do realise that a function call most certainly doesn't translate into goto statements?
There have been Jump To Subroutine instructions for longer than my knowledge of instruction sets goes back - it pushes the address of the instruction that should be executed following the execution of the function on the stack and jumps function (the address of which you give as a parameter).
Likewise, there is a corresponding Return from Subroutine instruction which takes the address off the stack and jumps to it.
The idea that functions are some sort of modern whimsical high-level construct is definately false, as is any idea that goto has ever been a good idea when you can use a function instead.
Well, the story is on MakeZine.com which is owned by O'Reilly, so I think they're safe on that front. Kinda also explains the choice of an O'Reilly cover image too.
Don't be so sure about that monopoly, it all depends on where you live. I'm in the UK and don't know anyone who uses AIM - everyone uses MSN Messenger instead. Not that AOL isn't in a strong position in the places where they do have a monopoly, but doing things like this don't help them in the markets they don't yet control. Maybe they've just decided that it's not past the average user's annoyance threshold and not going to harm them.
I have to say that while I have seen plenty of adverts for the University of Liverpool, I've never receieved spam from them. And, while you may not have heard of them, they are a real English university (with real buildings and everything as well as some age - they were founded in 1881). The Times Good University Guide ranks them 41st best university in the UK (click on "Top 100 Universities").
And the US and Europe play fair on the global markets? Ever heard of agricultural subsidies?
Are you upset about the fact that you can get cheap TVs and electrical junk? Even if some people do lose their jobs here, the increased profits for outsourced manufacturing and cheaper items for consumers more than make up for it. Face it, the average Westerner profits out of trading with the Developing World.
And yet you complain the worker that undercuts your job should pay full price for the software? Well, that's fine, just as long as you are happy to end up getting the same pay as them. After all, if you go global, then do it fair.
The original 118-118 adverts featured two 70s style 'atheletes' running around and telling people they'd "Got your number" with each runner having the number 118 displayed on their costume. Personally, I found them mildly irritating.
The Honda advert itself was based upon a Swiss film entitled Der Lauf der Dinge (The way things go). The same Honda advert inspired some Cambridge students as featured previously.
As for the 118-118 advert, the company (officially called The Number) was taken to the regulatory body for communications, OfCom, by David Bedford who claimed the runners were designed to look like him. David Bedford won, and the runners' appearances were changed.
His only criticisms of the review are that it was an exclusive (which the article makes clear) and that it doesn't cover gaming (although it is only the first part of the review). He himself admits that gaming is not the point of these chips, so why does he feel that Anandtech should have to focus on gaming is the first part of their article? Indeed, in their second part they do cover gaming and conclude that you should buy an Athlon 64 if you mainly play single-threaded games, a fact that would be obvious to anyone who regularly reads any hardware site.
I can't claim that the hardware review sites are all without bias, but compared to mainstream news, hardware reviews are some of the hardest to bias given the ease of doing standardised, repeatable benchmarks.
And now you tell me programming was easier in my day? You, with your fancy SDL and OpenGL? I'd like to see you code once you've ploughed 300 fields in one day with your bare hands.
But, back on topic, I did see (what I assume was) an earlier prototype of this last year on an Open Day. From what I saw of it, the picture was quite good, however it had the same shortcomings as any other image produced by a projector - it wasn't that bright. So people who say this will not replace CRTs are probably right, but this isn't really its intended market.
This is designed for people who want a home cinema but don't have the money for expensive plasma, and don't want the hassle of having a projector that people can walk in front of. These people don't mind that they have to watch a film in the dark - they already do. It gives them a large picture without needing a deep room to allow the image to be projected and with a total cost probably of not much more than the original screen and projector.
In reality, this is more of an innovation in screen design, with silicon to stop the distortion, rather than an advance in projector technology. But, I, for one, welcome our new projection screen overlords.
For people that will use this:
How does the increasing complexity of producing artwork/maps for a game affect the amateur scene?
Do you think the steeper learning curve makes the mods that finally come out better, or does it just make the whole process more demanding and less fun?