Adding to that is the fact that an OpenGL implementation is a complex piece of code. It is much more than a simple graphics driver that is just a low-level interface to hardware registers. It needs to keep track of a great deal of state information, and that requires a lot of code. In the early days of OpenGL implementations, the implementations themselves were quite buggy. Indeed, a perfectly functioning game could break when downloading a new graphics driver; this is a complication that many game developers didn't want to have to deal with. This feature is very useful if performance is not a primary goal, such as in professional graphics applications or off-line renderers; it guarantees the existence of functionality. However, in a game situation, where a loss of performance can destroy the feeling of the game, it is more desirable to know that the functionality doesn't exist and to simply avoid using it.
Direct3D didn't have these problems. A Direct3D driver is (or, was in those days) just a low-level interface to hardware registers. And D3D has a query mechanism that tells the application whether or not a particular feature is available in hardware. So game developers chose to use it because it did what they needed. While IHVs did resolve the bug issue to a significant degree, the issue of hardware specificity was never addressed. Even so, the need for it has decreased as more and more OpenGL specified functionality becomes implemented in hardware. Later versions of OpenGL would rarely add functionality that wasn't actually widely available in hardware. As such, the issue has, for the most part, become a non-issue.
At this point, the Windows Vista issue aside, the reason for using one over the other is typically inertia. It is what they have used in the past, so it is what they use now.
How come when 90% of the population is against something they still can't do anything about it. This NSA thing with ATT is bad enough now they want to ruin VOIP. This is no longer the land of the free because the top 10% control everything and make all the decisions regardless of how the rest of the population feels about the matter.
The cameras are inside the housing of the Solid Rocket Boosters and as you can see they do not come out of the two SRBs during their decent through the atmosphere. They fall in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida and are retrieved by NASA ships to be brought back to KSC.
Open Office will natively read Microsoft propetary document's like.doc,.xls,.ppt and then all you have to do is save them as open office document type. What is all this nonsense about a plugin when Open Office already does it.
Also, the often thought anthropogenic cause of global warming, an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide levels, would also have effects, both detrimental and beneficial, on crop yields.
It is hoped that a positive effect of global warming would be increased agricultural yields, because of the role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis.
Assessment of the effects of global climate changes on agriculture might help to properly anticipate and adapt farming to maximize agricultural production.
I think this information is based off a 160 page PDF called Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability. I haven't read the whole thing, but it certainly has a lot of good information on the environmental effects of global warming. It was prepared by the United Nations.
Additionally I am not sure about the moonbase, until we get a definitive answer on the question of if water exists on the moon I don't see the point in building a base there,
Last time I checked we were looking for evidence of water on Mars not the moon. Maybe you are thinking of Helium 3 needed to hopefully fuel the manned spaceship(s) sent to Mars?
Slashdot Mirror
sharepoint sux
"All Played Out"
I think this is good advice for anyone, not just Koreans. ^^
That we could buy the domain name and redirect to myspace.com because I think we all agree that is "what hell means, at least on the Internet".
They have guidelines?????
I also like to be slashdotted. :)
http://www.llbbl.com/data/Es3b-en.pdf
They should just liquidate SCO and give all the money to IBM. Companies like SCO shouldn't exist.
i hate sony and the riaa
WHO CARES
Yea right, they probably think they will just change the standard to whatever IE7 can cobble together to support.
Good comparison article.
You can't make backup copies in case the disc becomes damaged. Stick with DVD, although I hope HD-DVD kicks Blu-ray's (RIAA/Sony) ass.
How come when 90% of the population is against something they still can't do anything about it. This NSA thing with ATT is bad enough now they want to ruin VOIP. This is no longer the land of the free because the top 10% control everything and make all the decisions regardless of how the rest of the population feels about the matter.
The cameras are inside the housing of the Solid Rocket Boosters and as you can see they do not come out of the two SRBs during their decent through the atmosphere. They fall in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida and are retrieved by NASA ships to be brought back to KSC.
I dont' understand how OO can include that feature and get away with it. If OO can do it than why can't MS?
Between /. and digg that news article is not working. Here is a mirror of the article. Too bad /. doesn't have a mirroring service like digg . =(
Anything by MS you know is gonna suck cause it's overpriced and they force you to use closed document standards. Novell GroupWise is the way to go!
Your necon republican FUD is not appreciated.
It's about damn time Dellfuckturds.
Customer: This was a waste of money!
1) Sells the PS3 on ebay.
2) Buys a Revolution and a Xbox360 instead.
a) Buys a Revolution and goes back to playing WoW.
MS: Does this rag smell like chloroform? /pulls out tranq gun and shoots OS
OS: Hey I'm not going to fall for that one.
MS: I was just kidding.
Open Office will natively read Microsoft propetary document's like .doc, .xls, .ppt and then all you have to do is save them as open office document type. What is all this nonsense about a plugin when Open Office already does it.
I think this information is based off a 160 page PDF called Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability. I haven't read the whole thing, but it certainly has a lot of good information on the environmental effects of global warming. It was prepared by the United Nations.
The FCC has not thrown their weight behind the extortion experts at ATT. See this article.