Seriously, with added fees like this, it's as if they're trying to get people to leave their service and forcing them into T-Mobile's very very welcoming arms.
Not really. The reason why the spendiest MacPro doesn't support OR is all in the GPU, the FirePro D700 isn't designed to achieve high framerates in games.
But those are hard-coded, their scancodes are pre-determined (X11 ComposeKey isn't, it's user-defined). French AZERTY also has a Alt-Gris key, that isn't the issue here. The issue is the lack of a consistent character mapping of French AZERTY keyboards. Meanwhile French Canadian keyboards are extremely consistent in their mapping.
But at least QWERTY is 95% consistent in what keys perform what functions and where they are in the layout. French AZERTY isn't anywhere near that. France just needs to pick up the Canadian French layout, problem solved.
If advertizing CDNs took resposibility and accountability for the content they serve, and vetted every single ad, fewer people would block ads. I'm all for these sites generating revenue with ads, but I'm not about to allow malicious ads to infect my system with some random nasty bug. Using ad-blockers is the equivalent of using a condom. Don't want a virus, protect yourself. That's all people are doing.
Why are you giving them money, or using AdBlock Plus for that matter? The company that makes ABP already makes plenty of money by crippling their own product by default. Not to mention the engine they're using is laggy as hell on mobile. Just move over to UBlock Origin with everyone else.
It was also the first decent general availability 3D Accelerated API. Sure, there was Glide, but that was pretty much VooDoo specific. So of course Microsoft didn't have anything to respond with initially.
Linux may be more effcient, but OpenGL really isn't. Not from a development perspective. The big push to DirectX happened because OpenGL was just a royal pain in the ass to develop with. Where as DirectX is fully documented and has a massive support community, OpenGL is a lot like the wild west. You may have some documentation, but there's no central repository of knowledge for troubleshooting and assistance. Plus the state of graphics drivers under Linux makes it an extra special brand of hell for anyone porting a game over to it.
You do know that falling bullets are pretty much harmless, right? The moment they reach the apex of their trajectory, they begin to tumble and lose all of their penetration power. The terminal velocity of a bullet, even larger calibur rounds, is far far far less than their original muzzle velocity. Without stable flight and the immense burst of speed from being fired, they're about as harmless as the average BB gun.
You are aware that there are some departments that use helicopters as spotters, right? Using FLIR to identify and map out hotspots within a building so teams can take care of or avoid them if it's too hot.
And they should lose their hardware all the same. Shoot it down and let emergency response do their jobs. If it's unregistered, then the owner is probably gonna be pretty pissed off and learn where not to fly as they buy their next one. Drones are cheaper, but not to the point of disposable technology yet.
Registered owners are required to put their registration number on any drone they fly, and it's per-operator instead of per-drone. So if you have 1 unit or 10, it's still the same 5$ fee and all of your drones fly under the same number. It's no different than registering your car. You personally aren't a moron with your car, but enough have to the point that all cars are required to be registered now. I'm sure there was a lot of resistance when that started too, but now it's just part of car ownership. It's all the same, except you're not having to register each drone individually and if I recall, it's good for 3 years. Unlike the annual required car registration, which is per-car.
I'm honestly glad that they're putting these rules into effect. Just after seeing the recent wildfire fighting efforts impeded by drone owners, and even structural firefighting efforts held up, all because drone owners wanted to get video of the destruction. Really? You're going to get in the way of emergency responders, then complain that something is being put in place to dissuade that? Maybe if all of these idiotic drone owners didn't ruin it for everyone, we wouldn't need these at all. But I'm not only glad to see that these rules are being put in place, I hope that emergency response is authorized to SHOOT DOWN drones that get in the way and fine the hell out of the owners of them.
It may be free, but their ad revenue is directly proportional to their users. If the users leave, because of stupid choices on the part of the service, that revenue dries up and the company goes under. So they should take care not to alienate their users. Once they do, something else that does the same thing as 'Classic Twitter' will come along and everyone will leave the old service for the new service. Shall I remind you of 'New Coke'?
If this happens to my account, I'm calling Twitter out on it. I hate this behavior from Facebook, to the point that I don't even go to the site anymore. If I wanted anything other than most recent at the top, I'd set that myself. Not let some half-wit algorithm dictate what's most relevant in respect to my social media experience. I want to be the half-wit in charge of what's most relevant on my Twitter and Facebook timelines.
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All the more reason for me not to vote for that bloated sow.
Listen to Rush then.
Except he has. His B.S. predates his acting carrer by a few decades.
Seriously, with added fees like this, it's as if they're trying to get people to leave their service and forcing them into T-Mobile's very very welcoming arms.
Not really. The reason why the spendiest MacPro doesn't support OR is all in the GPU, the FirePro D700 isn't designed to achieve high framerates in games.
No idea.
But those are hard-coded, their scancodes are pre-determined (X11 ComposeKey isn't, it's user-defined). French AZERTY also has a Alt-Gris key, that isn't the issue here. The issue is the lack of a consistent character mapping of French AZERTY keyboards. Meanwhile French Canadian keyboards are extremely consistent in their mapping.
There's more to French than the é.
The 'oe' ligature.
If you're using Linux, sure. But 98% of the world isn't. It's a Mac and Windows world, and MacOX can't use ComposeKey.
They still wouldn't be able to type in French on it though.
But at least QWERTY is 95% consistent in what keys perform what functions and where they are in the layout. French AZERTY isn't anywhere near that. France just needs to pick up the Canadian French layout, problem solved.
If advertizing CDNs took resposibility and accountability for the content they serve, and vetted every single ad, fewer people would block ads. I'm all for these sites generating revenue with ads, but I'm not about to allow malicious ads to infect my system with some random nasty bug. Using ad-blockers is the equivalent of using a condom. Don't want a virus, protect yourself. That's all people are doing.
Why are you giving them money, or using AdBlock Plus for that matter? The company that makes ABP already makes plenty of money by crippling their own product by default. Not to mention the engine they're using is laggy as hell on mobile. Just move over to UBlock Origin with everyone else.
It was also the first decent general availability 3D Accelerated API. Sure, there was Glide, but that was pretty much VooDoo specific. So of course Microsoft didn't have anything to respond with initially.
Linux may be more effcient, but OpenGL really isn't. Not from a development perspective. The big push to DirectX happened because OpenGL was just a royal pain in the ass to develop with. Where as DirectX is fully documented and has a massive support community, OpenGL is a lot like the wild west. You may have some documentation, but there's no central repository of knowledge for troubleshooting and assistance. Plus the state of graphics drivers under Linux makes it an extra special brand of hell for anyone porting a game over to it.
It's not even American. The stuff bought in NA is brewed and imported from Canada.
You do know that falling bullets are pretty much harmless, right? The moment they reach the apex of their trajectory, they begin to tumble and lose all of their penetration power. The terminal velocity of a bullet, even larger calibur rounds, is far far far less than their original muzzle velocity. Without stable flight and the immense burst of speed from being fired, they're about as harmless as the average BB gun.
You are aware that there are some departments that use helicopters as spotters, right? Using FLIR to identify and map out hotspots within a building so teams can take care of or avoid them if it's too hot.
To certify you're competent enough to drive safely to begin with.
And they should lose their hardware all the same. Shoot it down and let emergency response do their jobs. If it's unregistered, then the owner is probably gonna be pretty pissed off and learn where not to fly as they buy their next one. Drones are cheaper, but not to the point of disposable technology yet.
Registered owners are required to put their registration number on any drone they fly, and it's per-operator instead of per-drone. So if you have 1 unit or 10, it's still the same 5$ fee and all of your drones fly under the same number. It's no different than registering your car. You personally aren't a moron with your car, but enough have to the point that all cars are required to be registered now. I'm sure there was a lot of resistance when that started too, but now it's just part of car ownership. It's all the same, except you're not having to register each drone individually and if I recall, it's good for 3 years. Unlike the annual required car registration, which is per-car.
I'm honestly glad that they're putting these rules into effect. Just after seeing the recent wildfire fighting efforts impeded by drone owners, and even structural firefighting efforts held up, all because drone owners wanted to get video of the destruction. Really? You're going to get in the way of emergency responders, then complain that something is being put in place to dissuade that? Maybe if all of these idiotic drone owners didn't ruin it for everyone, we wouldn't need these at all. But I'm not only glad to see that these rules are being put in place, I hope that emergency response is authorized to SHOOT DOWN drones that get in the way and fine the hell out of the owners of them.
It may be free, but their ad revenue is directly proportional to their users. If the users leave, because of stupid choices on the part of the service, that revenue dries up and the company goes under. So they should take care not to alienate their users. Once they do, something else that does the same thing as 'Classic Twitter' will come along and everyone will leave the old service for the new service. Shall I remind you of 'New Coke'?
If this happens to my account, I'm calling Twitter out on it. I hate this behavior from Facebook, to the point that I don't even go to the site anymore. If I wanted anything other than most recent at the top, I'd set that myself. Not let some half-wit algorithm dictate what's most relevant in respect to my social media experience. I want to be the half-wit in charge of what's most relevant on my Twitter and Facebook timelines.