If there are AO games I bet they're only sold for personal computers since everyone seems to be too afraid to make a game with AO content for other systems because it appeared to be assumed that it would cause problems like this - limited distribution or not being sold at all.
Nintendo is to blame since it's apparently their policy not to allow AO games on their system. The game could have been sold through alternative channels but it seems like Nintendo is going to refuse to license the game, which means that it most likely won't be sold at all in its current state.
Maybe this means you're having issues dealing with fictional violence, but these types of games are still enjoyed by others regardless of the level of violence.
Apparently you have not tried evaluating Viewsonic displays. Check these spec sheets out: one from their US site and one from their European site. Notice that the same displays which claim to support, according to the specs from the US site, "16.7 million colors" are shown to be 6-bit panels with FRC on the specs from the European site.
You have your squares reversed. Download the image and open it with the GIMP or whatever. The first square uses dithering while the second square uses purely interpolated colors. Even without zooming in, I can see color banding on the first square on my LCD.
I guess that means every monitor can only really display "3 colors." Every display is made up of some collection of red, green, and blue dots. (Much like the CMYK blobs on newspapers) The dots are small enough and closely packed together that your eyes mix them together to create the colors that you perceive. New colors are created by varying the intensity of each RGB component. In the context of this article, different displays can only display each color component (RGB) at a finite level of intensities. In the case of the 6-bit displays used in these laptops, dithering is used to give the illusion of more colors than the display can physically support.
It would be better if they had made the exact specs of the panels available, then people would have known it was 6-bit + dithering instead of 8-bit. Viewsonic does the same thing. Take a look at their web site (the US one anyway) claims most of their displays, which happen to use cheap 6-bit panels with FRC, can display "16.7 million colors." This gives the impression of an 8-bit panel.
Take a look at the huge difference between the specs on the same displays from their US site and European site. The European site has the actual specs listed. Apparently something about false advertising was preventing from misrepresenting what they were trying to sell. (The European site doesn't even attempt to mention "16.7 million colors" for some of the displays!)
There's a huge difference between 30 and 60 frames per second. At 60 FPS everything looks a lot smoother and things have a more fluid movement to them. And as far as color is concerned, at a 32 bit color depth the only thing you're gaining is an alpha channel and a color that fits nicely into 4 bytes instead of 3. Now, your typical desktop computer isn't going to use that last byte to represent more colors (most should just consider the fourth byte as a "don't care" value unless they're doing something fancy with it), so from the user's perspective there's actually no difference between a 24-bit and 32-bit color depth. Computers like it better though. 4 is a power of 2.
It would be easier to just have two monitors and two keyboards coming out of one computer. That way each user can have their own not so cramped space and don't have to fight with the person sitting next to them. Such a Windows computer was actually advertised a while ago, but I have forgot what it was called.
AMD's processors feature the so called "Cool and Quiet" technology. I have an Athlon 64 and it works great. The CPU's frequency and voltage is reduced when it's not being used for much, which is really quite often. It switches back to normal (maximum frequency) when the processor becomes loaded, along with the fan, which only spins faster when the CPU starts to become a bit warm. It's not ideal but it's better than running at full blast all of the time. Some of NVidia's graphics cards will also do the same trick when there's no application using the 3D acceleration features.
Re:Social hack - use "bullfight" for "speed trap".
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Contrary to the opinion of nearly every jerkwad driver on the interstate, approaching 100 MPH is not "reasonable" or safe.
Yeah. Just go into Wal-Mart. Even the really cheap coffee makers have the timer feature. Although ours had a few incidents where it seemed to turn on by itself for no reason because someone accidentally pressed a button.
When I first saw this clock's prototype, which I believe was covered in carpet or something, I said wow, I really want to have this. Although I'm not sure of the value now, other than amusement, since I keep my non-moving alarm clock on the other side of my room. I have to get up and walk across the room to turn it off. I know that getting up and searching for this clock is one of the big selling points, but I noticed that a lot of people seem to keep their alarm clocks like right next to their heads where it's no problem to just reach across and turn the thing off while they're still half asleep. How about people try moving their alarm clocks to some remote location. That works just as well, right?
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If there are AO games I bet they're only sold for personal computers since everyone seems to be too afraid to make a game with AO content for other systems because it appeared to be assumed that it would cause problems like this - limited distribution or not being sold at all.
Nintendo is to blame since it's apparently their policy not to allow AO games on their system. The game could have been sold through alternative channels but it seems like Nintendo is going to refuse to license the game, which means that it most likely won't be sold at all in its current state.
That quote at the bottom of the post indicates that the parent might be somewhat insecure about something
Maybe this means you're having issues dealing with fictional violence, but these types of games are still enjoyed by others regardless of the level of violence.
Hey, most SUVs wouldn't be so bloody if the drivers could actually see the road in front of their vehicles.
Maybe they could call it the Wii Too.
Apparently you have not tried evaluating Viewsonic displays. Check these spec sheets out: one from their US site and one from their European site. Notice that the same displays which claim to support, according to the specs from the US site, "16.7 million colors" are shown to be 6-bit panels with FRC on the specs from the European site.
You have your squares reversed. Download the image and open it with the GIMP or whatever. The first square uses dithering while the second square uses purely interpolated colors. Even without zooming in, I can see color banding on the first square on my LCD.
This is not the case of all 6-bit panels. Some use actual dithering while others use FRC (Frame Rate Control), which is what you described.
I guess that means every monitor can only really display "3 colors." Every display is made up of some collection of red, green, and blue dots. (Much like the CMYK blobs on newspapers) The dots are small enough and closely packed together that your eyes mix them together to create the colors that you perceive. New colors are created by varying the intensity of each RGB component. In the context of this article, different displays can only display each color component (RGB) at a finite level of intensities. In the case of the 6-bit displays used in these laptops, dithering is used to give the illusion of more colors than the display can physically support.
Take a look at the huge difference between the specs on the same displays from their US site and European site. The European site has the actual specs listed. Apparently something about false advertising was preventing from misrepresenting what they were trying to sell. (The European site doesn't even attempt to mention "16.7 million colors" for some of the displays!)
In fact, I'm using it to write this Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all
Yes, but having a bunch of cheap hard drives really isn't as portable and would probably use much more energy overall.
It would probably be easier to use wget to do the same thing: wget http://www.somesite.org/
There's a huge difference between 30 and 60 frames per second. At 60 FPS everything looks a lot smoother and things have a more fluid movement to them. And as far as color is concerned, at a 32 bit color depth the only thing you're gaining is an alpha channel and a color that fits nicely into 4 bytes instead of 3. Now, your typical desktop computer isn't going to use that last byte to represent more colors (most should just consider the fourth byte as a "don't care" value unless they're doing something fancy with it), so from the user's perspective there's actually no difference between a 24-bit and 32-bit color depth. Computers like it better though. 4 is a power of 2.
It would be easier to just have two monitors and two keyboards coming out of one computer. That way each user can have their own not so cramped space and don't have to fight with the person sitting next to them. Such a Windows computer was actually advertised a while ago, but I have forgot what it was called.
AMD's processors feature the so called "Cool and Quiet" technology. I have an Athlon 64 and it works great. The CPU's frequency and voltage is reduced when it's not being used for much, which is really quite often. It switches back to normal (maximum frequency) when the processor becomes loaded, along with the fan, which only spins faster when the CPU starts to become a bit warm. It's not ideal but it's better than running at full blast all of the time. Some of NVidia's graphics cards will also do the same trick when there's no application using the 3D acceleration features.
Contrary to the opinion of nearly every jerkwad driver on the interstate, approaching 100 MPH is not "reasonable" or safe.
Why are you worried if you don't download commercial music? MP3s aren't illegal.
The chairs are one of the few running jokes that are funny around here. You should be yelling at the Soviet Russia and the overlords people.
Because it's painfully boring and somewhat lengthy (especially the double checking.)
TurboTax doesn't charge for filing online; you only have to pay for the software that you used.
Yeah. Just go into Wal-Mart. Even the really cheap coffee makers have the timer feature. Although ours had a few incidents where it seemed to turn on by itself for no reason because someone accidentally pressed a button.
When I first saw this clock's prototype, which I believe was covered in carpet or something, I said wow, I really want to have this. Although I'm not sure of the value now, other than amusement, since I keep my non-moving alarm clock on the other side of my room. I have to get up and walk across the room to turn it off. I know that getting up and searching for this clock is one of the big selling points, but I noticed that a lot of people seem to keep their alarm clocks like right next to their heads where it's no problem to just reach across and turn the thing off while they're still half asleep. How about people try moving their alarm clocks to some remote location. That works just as well, right?
They didn't seem to care how many you requested to be sent to "friends" even if your friend's address was your address repeated 20 times.