I wish I could watch the trailer, but I downloaded the 1920*1080 version and it plays at 2 fps, tops. If my computer performs this poorly on this, who has a computer that can play it properly? (I'm on an Athlon 64 3400+ w/ 1.5 GB DDRRAM and a GeForce 6800 btw)
Haha, the great thing about space is that there aren't any choke points. Unless they build a space elevator (which would pretty much ensure lasting dominance in space).
I have a Sharp 19" monitor that I bought last year; but it doesn't seem to be on there. A comparison between five monitors hardly seems like a complete "roundup".
I know I shouldn't respond to ACs, but I figured I should clear this up for anyone that happens to be reading. Electronic ink works by having microscopic charged spheres that are white on one side and black on the other. When an electric field is applied, the sphere flips over. But when the electric field is turned off, it stays how it is. So it only needs power when the image is changing.
Yes, because it's clearly so easy to land a helicopter on top of Everest... even ignoring the challenge of performing a landing in such extreme conditions, it's impressive that they were able to design a helicopter that could function perfectly up where the air is so thin. Quite an achievement. I know there will be those who say this "cheapens" the experience of climbing the mountain, but I hope that maybe now we could use helis to clean up Everest; get rid of all those oxy tanks, dead bodies, etc.
There's also the fact that the asteroid belt has a mass of only about 2.3 * 10^21 kg, while Mars has a mass of about 6.42*10^23 kg. In other words, even if you flung EVERY SINGLE ASTEROID at Mars, the mass increase would essentially just be rounding error. The only way to increase Mars' mass substantially is to fling another planet at it (I'm looking at you, Mercury). Of course this would entirely defeat the purpose of making it more hospitable for life.
Whenever people compare the flops value of a graphics card or gaming console to a supercomputer, I just shake my head. If a PS3 could get 2.18 Tflops of universal (not pipelined) processing power, that would put it in the list of the top 100 existing supercomputers - which is clearly not the case. Actually the first 1 Tflops pipeline was built back in the 80's, so it's not really particularily impressive. The average home computer has about 1-2 Gflops, IIRC.
How about an implantable encyclopedia for your brain? Would be better if it could be updated, of course, but you have to have certain trade-offs for it being so small.
It's obvious that the X-box won't be able to handle the full graphical capacity of HL2. I mean, look at what it's built on - 733 Mhz processor, with a modified GeForce 3. My computer has something like four times the power of an X-box, and even it slows down on the highest resolution. Now, I bet the X-box 2 or X-box 360 or whatever it's called could do it quite nicely.
Although, on the other hand, Halo PC just barely runs on my system at full resolution too...
Well, we all know that the martians will eventually be killed by bacteria in our atmosphere.
Anyone else think this is an interesting time for this announcement; considering that the remade "War of the Worlds" is coming out this summer? I call shenanigans.
How the story of Apollo 13 is a glowing testament to the bravery and persistence of the human spirit, but there always has to be the few people that come in and say "OMG we never landed on teh moon!" and ruin it for everyone else. It makes me sick that you would disrespect the people who were involved in the Apollo missions like that. What about the three astronauts who *died* in the fire on Apollo 1? You want to piss on their graves by saying that the moon landings never happened? I'm ashamed to be of the same species as you. Fucking bottom-feeders.
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but those lasers in that picture look FRICKIN' COOL. I want one.
After all, she only had an 11% chance of survival, but Will Smith had a 40% chance.
Develop nanotech and use it to build a space elevator. Cheap, clean, safe, easy access to space!
I wish I could watch the trailer, but I downloaded the 1920*1080 version and it plays at 2 fps, tops. If my computer performs this poorly on this, who has a computer that can play it properly? (I'm on an Athlon 64 3400+ w/ 1.5 GB DDRRAM and a GeForce 6800 btw)
Haha, the great thing about space is that there aren't any choke points. Unless they build a space elevator (which would pretty much ensure lasting dominance in space).
I've always wanted a timeslip (i.e. from the Mars Trilogy)
I have a Sharp 19" monitor that I bought last year; but it doesn't seem to be on there. A comparison between five monitors hardly seems like a complete "roundup".
Not even any replies yet, and it already seems to be slashdotted...
I know I shouldn't respond to ACs, but I figured I should clear this up for anyone that happens to be reading. Electronic ink works by having microscopic charged spheres that are white on one side and black on the other. When an electric field is applied, the sphere flips over. But when the electric field is turned off, it stays how it is. So it only needs power when the image is changing.
Now I can finally get in between my teeth with my toothbrush.
Solar powered Gauss rifle? That must take what, like several years to build up enough charge?
Yes, because it's clearly so easy to land a helicopter on top of Everest... even ignoring the challenge of performing a landing in such extreme conditions, it's impressive that they were able to design a helicopter that could function perfectly up where the air is so thin. Quite an achievement. I know there will be those who say this "cheapens" the experience of climbing the mountain, but I hope that maybe now we could use helis to clean up Everest; get rid of all those oxy tanks, dead bodies, etc.
There's also the fact that the asteroid belt has a mass of only about 2.3 * 10^21 kg, while Mars has a mass of about 6.42*10^23 kg. In other words, even if you flung EVERY SINGLE ASTEROID at Mars, the mass increase would essentially just be rounding error. The only way to increase Mars' mass substantially is to fling another planet at it (I'm looking at you, Mercury). Of course this would entirely defeat the purpose of making it more hospitable for life.
Whenever people compare the flops value of a graphics card or gaming console to a supercomputer, I just shake my head. If a PS3 could get 2.18 Tflops of universal (not pipelined) processing power, that would put it in the list of the top 100 existing supercomputers - which is clearly not the case. Actually the first 1 Tflops pipeline was built back in the 80's, so it's not really particularily impressive. The average home computer has about 1-2 Gflops, IIRC.
I figured they meant 25 TB of RAM. Which would be much more impressive.
I would have put him on the A-list for sure; he broke 100 million page views a couple months ago.
but I wouldn't mind being in his will.
I tried installing XP 64-bit, and it refused to detect my hard drive...
How about an implantable encyclopedia for your brain? Would be better if it could be updated, of course, but you have to have certain trade-offs for it being so small.
You could buy anything and start spinning it around, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you had in mind.
It's obvious that the X-box won't be able to handle the full graphical capacity of HL2. I mean, look at what it's built on - 733 Mhz processor, with a modified GeForce 3. My computer has something like four times the power of an X-box, and even it slows down on the highest resolution. Now, I bet the X-box 2 or X-box 360 or whatever it's called could do it quite nicely. Although, on the other hand, Halo PC just barely runs on my system at full resolution too...
Well, we all know that the martians will eventually be killed by bacteria in our atmosphere. Anyone else think this is an interesting time for this announcement; considering that the remade "War of the Worlds" is coming out this summer? I call shenanigans.
How the story of Apollo 13 is a glowing testament to the bravery and persistence of the human spirit, but there always has to be the few people that come in and say "OMG we never landed on teh moon!" and ruin it for everyone else. It makes me sick that you would disrespect the people who were involved in the Apollo missions like that. What about the three astronauts who *died* in the fire on Apollo 1? You want to piss on their graves by saying that the moon landings never happened? I'm ashamed to be of the same species as you. Fucking bottom-feeders.
Who cares, I know I'll be seeing it. Opening night. Vogon poetry couldn't keep me away from the theater for this one.
Isn't Sharp already selling 3D LCD screens?