"This experience lead to the question: why does an OpenGL version of our game run faster than Direct3D on Windows 7?"
Fuck if I have to explain this again.
OpenGL isn't as CPU-bound as DX is. Pure and fucking simple. DX has WAY more overhead, always has, always will.
This is why Unreal Tournament would run like shit on a 233MHz PII with a 16MB TNT using DX, but ran like a dream using OpenGL or 3Dfx GLide on a 166MHz Pentium w/MMX.
It won't change. You might as well make my post a permanent addition to a slashdot knowledgebase.
We've got enough force to bite through steel, but our teeth can't stand up to the long-term stress. Short-term (as in bite down and get hit hard enough in the jaw,) we could probably cut clean through, but risk shattering our jawbone since it's not as tough as our teeth.
Not happening. No excuse for Yahoo to store shit as plaintext.
This lies squarely on Yahoo in today's world of technology. The common man cannot be expected to understand how Yahoo stores and protects passwords, even with a full explanation.
"Still it will be a hard case to win because there is no law that says they have to be careful or competent."
Negligence is easy enough to prove just by logic. In this day and age of technology, it's ABSOLUTELY inexcusable to bypass TYPICAL security measures, given what Yahoo runs and how it works by default (ie before Yahoo tinkering.)
"Most of your food is grown domestically, not just meat."
Hi, I work in the global horticulture industry, with facilities from UK to Morocco to Australia to Mexico.
No, a huge, MASSIVE chunk of our produce comes from Mexico. Tomatoes, Peppers, Melons, etc. A big exception is fruits, which Mexico doesn't have the climate for (like cherries as an example.)
Our largest local-grown crops are corn, soy, wheat, and rice. Rice is about to be replaced by Mexico, especially since they don't have half of the current drought problem that the lower half of the USA is experiencing right now.
I still can't believe they've not made a simple WINE/DX API wrapper built natively into Linux. I remember GLide wrappers that worked very well under Linux when 3Dfx support SUCKED.
Given the current state of the USA government, I am quite happy that they manage a deadlock instead of shit just getting pushed through like typical.
But it seems that out of the/. population, *YOU* don't tend to do shit about it, whereas I've been part of several counters against some of these bills being proposed.
Yes, I'm calling *YOU* out. Get off your ass and do something about it, or shut your mouth and let the rest of us bitch.
"What I find more interesting, to be honest, is that Open GL is (slightly) outperforming Direct 3D on a windows/nvidia box."
Why would you find that interesting? It's been rather well-known OGL is superior to DX, just by the very nature of being extensible without having to wait for a new update to the OGL spec. If you want a new feature and the card has the power to do it, you can implement it directly into your engine and send the calls direct to the GPU.
Using DX, you're stuck with what you're given, and with the additional abstraction layers in DX, performance drops.
GOL has less overhead. No wonder it beats out DX, which is still partially CPU limited (moreso than OGL.)
7th circuit is not the entire USA. The 7th circuit has jurisdiction over:
Central District of Illinois
Northern District of Illinois
Southern District of Illinois
Northern District of Indiana
Southern District of Indiana
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Western District of Wisconsin
And that's it. Try again when you understand the legal system.
EULAs are not tested very well in court, and that's a 7th circuit decision. California is in the 9th circuit. 7th circuit might be REFERENCED but in the 9th circuit EULAs have been found null and void (try my legal battle with EA over the Spore DRM, which is why EA settled and FAST.)
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"This experience lead to the question: why does an OpenGL version of our game run faster than Direct3D on Windows 7?"
Fuck if I have to explain this again.
OpenGL isn't as CPU-bound as DX is. Pure and fucking simple. DX has WAY more overhead, always has, always will.
This is why Unreal Tournament would run like shit on a 233MHz PII with a 16MB TNT using DX, but ran like a dream using OpenGL or 3Dfx GLide on a 166MHz Pentium w/MMX.
It won't change. You might as well make my post a permanent addition to a slashdot knowledgebase.
We've got enough force to bite through steel, but our teeth can't stand up to the long-term stress. Short-term (as in bite down and get hit hard enough in the jaw,) we could probably cut clean through, but risk shattering our jawbone since it's not as tough as our teeth.
"If the government isn't going to do the job I say we can do the job ourselves via lawsuits."
The irony of this statement......
Guess who handles the lawsuits?
Yup, the government.
Not happening. No excuse for Yahoo to store shit as plaintext.
This lies squarely on Yahoo in today's world of technology. The common man cannot be expected to understand how Yahoo stores and protects passwords, even with a full explanation.
"No, it is not. You need go back to Cryptography 101."
Man can make it, man can break it.
You assume humans are infallible. BIG mistake.
"If a password has more entropy than the hash being used, there will be collisions that make it impossible to tell what the original password is."
Entropy doesn't mean shit if by random chance you get it cracked on the first few tries.
Always account for a margin of uncertainty, and for a margin of certainty.
If you can find out how long the PW is, you've just won half the battle and Entropy in theory might not be an issue.
"Still it will be a hard case to win because there is no law that says they have to be careful or competent."
Negligence is easy enough to prove just by logic. In this day and age of technology, it's ABSOLUTELY inexcusable to bypass TYPICAL security measures, given what Yahoo runs and how it works by default (ie before Yahoo tinkering.)
This is my face when sites insist on using a hash instead of AES-256 or better for encrypting/securing passwords.
My face, look at it.
Wells Fargo had to sue itself, actually.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/13/1727218/wells-fargo-bank-sues-itself
It was quite enjoyable to follow. The backtracking and confusion was so hilarious.
"Most of your food is grown domestically, not just meat."
Hi, I work in the global horticulture industry, with facilities from UK to Morocco to Australia to Mexico.
No, a huge, MASSIVE chunk of our produce comes from Mexico. Tomatoes, Peppers, Melons, etc. A big exception is fruits, which Mexico doesn't have the climate for (like cherries as an example.)
Our largest local-grown crops are corn, soy, wheat, and rice. Rice is about to be replaced by Mexico, especially since they don't have half of the current drought problem that the lower half of the USA is experiencing right now.
Funny, everything I've got has a made in China or Taiwan or Japan sticker on it.
I don't know of any roads between the continental 48 and Asia - do you?
People said California had higher COL versus where I lived (Memphis, TN.)
WRONG. I actually do better here in California, and don't have to rely upon social programs to stay afloat.
"trademark dispute with Metro AG, a German retail giant."
And they're just a retailer, not a software and hardware company, so there would be no real confusion to any half-assed consumer.
Therefore there is no trademark dispute. Microsoft is avoiding this lawsuit even though they're in the right, for once.
I wonder why they'd avoid this?
I still can't believe they've not made a simple WINE/DX API wrapper built natively into Linux. I remember GLide wrappers that worked very well under Linux when 3Dfx support SUCKED.
The fact you imply I have any political affiliation with any of those parties is hilarious.
I'm the only surviving member of Benjamin Franklin's Party of Common Sense.
In my viewpoint, you're all equally stupid. Democraps, libtards, and republicunts, all the same.
You keep fucking that dog!
Given the current state of the USA government, I am quite happy that they manage a deadlock instead of shit just getting pushed through like typical.
But it seems that out of the /. population, *YOU* don't tend to do shit about it, whereas I've been part of several counters against some of these bills being proposed.
Yes, I'm calling *YOU* out. Get off your ass and do something about it, or shut your mouth and let the rest of us bitch.
"glibtard principles."
Sounds like a RepubliCUNT to me.
"What I find more interesting, to be honest, is that Open GL is (slightly) outperforming Direct 3D on a windows/nvidia box."
Why would you find that interesting? It's been rather well-known OGL is superior to DX, just by the very nature of being extensible without having to wait for a new update to the OGL spec. If you want a new feature and the card has the power to do it, you can implement it directly into your engine and send the calls direct to the GPU.
Using DX, you're stuck with what you're given, and with the additional abstraction layers in DX, performance drops.
GOL has less overhead. No wonder it beats out DX, which is still partially CPU limited (moreso than OGL.)
>doesn't understand 'implication'
but you keep claiming your citation as if it were applicable to the entire country. All over the thread. It doesn't. Period.
I know way more than you'd suspect. I've done it from criminal and civil sides, from unlawful detainers to suing the shit out of EA.
As a former car dealer - no. The manufacturer keeps the copy, dealers just have access through an encrypted database.
"all software alters something on your computer without your explicit permission"
Not if you never give it command inputs, unless it's a true virus or worm.
Hi, my name is executable. I don't think you've heard of me.
"This Ubisoft one violates the "don't do anything on the system not related to your product" clause"
If you want to go further I'd say this goes firmly against the anti-tying provisions provided in the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
7th circuit is not the entire USA. The 7th circuit has jurisdiction over:
Central District of Illinois
Northern District of Illinois
Southern District of Illinois
Northern District of Indiana
Southern District of Indiana
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Western District of Wisconsin
And that's it. Try again when you understand the legal system.
Your name is too fitting for your ignorance, realityimpaired.
EULAs are not tested very well in court, and that's a 7th circuit decision. California is in the 9th circuit. 7th circuit might be REFERENCED but in the 9th circuit EULAs have been found null and void (try my legal battle with EA over the Spore DRM, which is why EA settled and FAST.)
Nope, someone that simply doesn't put up with bullshit.
You keep using *path as if you knew what it actually meant.
"Sociopathy is the result of social conditioning which leads to a lack of natural human values."
I have no values for lawbreakers. There are laws that even reaffirm my right to take their life. Learn about legal killing to prevent a felony.
Hell, just read the law, sometime.