And before you point out "To change off it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars." just bear in mind all it takes is me doing one right thing and that hundreds of thousands of dollars in fixing your shit just got turned into multi-million dollar losses because you refused to ditch the slacking bastards and get your own shit sorted out.
1. Web database servers 2. Not very much considering most actual production machines run a Unix variant (I mean PHYSICAL production, not software production) and I've had the displeasure of having to repair major industry machines, which forced me to learn EIGHT different Unix subsets.
No *REAL* production house (except maybe digital art studios) uses Wintel, and in fact Pixar is likely moving to solid-Tesla computing in the near future.
OpenGL ES 1.1 is defined relative to the OpenGL 1.5 specification and emphasizes hardware acceleration of the API, but is fully backwards compatible with 1.0.
In fact, most of the changes to ES happened in GL first.
"OpenGL 4.0 is close to Direct 3D 11 in terms of features though."
not quite - OpenGL still has the edge in the fact you can always program in extra features - D3D is a set featureset and SUCKS, mainly because it's NOT direct to hardware like OpenGL is or 3dfx GLide was. most of it is purely dependent upon your CPU speed and thus one of the main bottleneck of D3D gaming is the CPU hardware, not the GPU.
Has been a problem since Unreal Tournament. Hasn't been fixed since then. Likely never will due to Microsoft's wish to dominate everything.
"You have to realize that these chips are made in china, malaysia and taiwan."
Not one single of my processor packages has any of those countries you mention - All of them say Singapore or Israel.
COUNTERFEITS might be made in Malaysia, Taiwan, and China. Intel's fab plants are NOT located in those countries. They are located in places like Ireland, and the United States.
"even walk around in the states that require you to carry ID on you"
No. learn about full faith and credit before speaking any further - I've also lived in several of those states and can guarantee you the moment a cop asks you "ID Please" you can go "Show me yours first and prove your government position by showing me your payroll" will get them to back down quickly (two court cases, both in Georgia after leaving the airport.) You have the right to make a government agent properly identify themselves. They have no power to ensure you properly identify yourself.
You must be a fucking republican to only have such a response and no rational basis behind it. Just for your reference, since you're apparently either too young or too fucking ignorant to know about it - Republican strategy is to lie cheat and steal.
BTW Palin was never pregnant with Trig - Two months before she 'gave birth' she was as flat as a fucking stone wall ON EVERY TV PROGRAM SHE APPEARED ON.
Then suddenly TWELVE INCH LUMP OUT OF NOWHERE IN A ONE WEEK TIME SPAN.
"So, you can do physics in Havok. But not on that scale."
We didn't need physx acceleration to do that - we demoed that kind of fun stuff in pure software using 32-bit system vs 64-bit system several years ago - Far Cry, anybody?
"but there are some situations where you'd want the second layer of security. Especially since it's relatively easy to clone a broadcast digital signal compared to a physical key."
Cloning physical keys takes no knowledge, and most physical tumbler locks can be bumped with a blank, no need to cut the grooves to certain heights, just cut to the lowest depth. Takes less than 20 seconds.
If you read the description of how things work - it's almost the EXACT same design principle of the home-made EMP bomb that you could read about in an early 90's issue of Popular Science, just instead of using sequential plastique explosives and a wound copper tube, you're using a carbon nanotube and some other energy source. Same idea, though - burn from the back, go forwards, create a powerful burst of energy.
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And before you point out "To change off it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars." just bear in mind all it takes is me doing one right thing and that hundreds of thousands of dollars in fixing your shit just got turned into multi-million dollar losses because you refused to ditch the slacking bastards and get your own shit sorted out.
"but there's not a lot we can do about it."
Bullshit - ditch the slacking fuckwits and build it yourself in-house.
You're a moron - direct from the OpenGL ES page:
"OpenGL ES 2.0 is defined relative to the OpenGL 2.0 specification"
As in OPENGL CAME FIRST, ES GETS DEFINED BY GL.
Clearly stated directly on the front fucking page of ES.
1. Web database servers
2. Not very much considering most actual production machines run a Unix variant (I mean PHYSICAL production, not software production) and I've had the displeasure of having to repair major industry machines, which forced me to learn EIGHT different Unix subsets.
No *REAL* production house (except maybe digital art studios) uses Wintel, and in fact Pixar is likely moving to solid-Tesla computing in the near future.
"Rendering farms?"
Those would be handled by massively parallel GPU clusters, not slower than crap CPUs.
WRONG.
OpenGL ES 1.1 is defined relative to the OpenGL 1.5 specification and emphasizes hardware acceleration of the API, but is fully backwards compatible with 1.0.
In fact, most of the changes to ES happened in GL first.
"there are much better examples to show that OpenGL has won over Direct3D than the poor examples used by the person above."
Not to an average joe, who wouldn't give two flying fucks about your latest CAD program.
"OpenGL 4.0 is close to Direct 3D 11 in terms of features though."
not quite - OpenGL still has the edge in the fact you can always program in extra features - D3D is a set featureset and SUCKS, mainly because it's NOT direct to hardware like OpenGL is or 3dfx GLide was. most of it is purely dependent upon your CPU speed and thus one of the main bottleneck of D3D gaming is the CPU hardware, not the GPU.
Has been a problem since Unreal Tournament. Hasn't been fixed since then. Likely never will due to Microsoft's wish to dominate everything.
"PICTURES" extension is likely his mistaken naming for GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT.
What, you don't have flashblock and noscript installed?
Holy hell the quality of geek declines rapidly as the years go by.
Almost EVERY SINGLE pricewatch deal I'm looking at right now has FREE SHIPPING.
Sorry, even TEN years ago when dirt cheap drives and pricewatch were the big kings on the internet, most shipping was free even then.
"You have to realize that these chips are made in china, malaysia and taiwan."
Not one single of my processor packages has any of those countries you mention - All of them say Singapore or Israel.
COUNTERFEITS might be made in Malaysia, Taiwan, and China. Intel's fab plants are NOT located in those countries. They are located in places like Ireland, and the United States.
"There's nothing here that would prevent me from shopping with them again."
Pricewatch.com - newegg advertises there and is beaten regularly by better and faster companies, usually by an easy 20%.
"even walk around in the states that require you to carry ID on you"
No. learn about full faith and credit before speaking any further - I've also lived in several of those states and can guarantee you the moment a cop asks you "ID Please" you can go "Show me yours first and prove your government position by showing me your payroll" will get them to back down quickly (two court cases, both in Georgia after leaving the airport.) You have the right to make a government agent properly identify themselves. They have no power to ensure you properly identify yourself.
You must be a fucking republican to only have such a response and no rational basis behind it. Just for your reference, since you're apparently either too young or too fucking ignorant to know about it - Republican strategy is to lie cheat and steal.
BTW Palin was never pregnant with Trig - Two months before she 'gave birth' she was as flat as a fucking stone wall ON EVERY TV PROGRAM SHE APPEARED ON.
Then suddenly TWELVE INCH LUMP OUT OF NOWHERE IN A ONE WEEK TIME SPAN.
Bullshit. You're drinking the kool-aid, pal.
"You can’t sue a Chinese company, so I assume you mean the US company that imported the stuff? "
You don't do much international business, do you? Yes you can sue a foreign company.
*goes back to dealing with China on an RMA*
"If they are cautious about approving a new procedure, it is usually because there is insufficient data to really declare it safe."
That doesn't stop them from taking bribes and pushing bullshit pharmaceuticals into the market without required testing - Vioxx, anyone?
"If you buy an Android phone, they force you to buy an unlimited text and data package"
If what you say is true - THAT is illegal. You may not tie a service to a device as a requirement and force them to pay extra for it.
"So, you can do physics in Havok. But not on that scale."
We didn't need physx acceleration to do that - we demoed that kind of fun stuff in pure software using 32-bit system vs 64-bit system several years ago - Far Cry, anybody?
What, you don't own a kill-a-watt so you can determine that? So much for being a geek!
"but there are some situations where you'd want the second layer of security. Especially since it's relatively easy to clone a broadcast digital signal compared to a physical key."
Cloning physical keys takes no knowledge, and most physical tumbler locks can be bumped with a blank, no need to cut the grooves to certain heights, just cut to the lowest depth. Takes less than 20 seconds.
If you read the description of how things work - it's almost the EXACT same design principle of the home-made EMP bomb that you could read about in an early 90's issue of Popular Science, just instead of using sequential plastique explosives and a wound copper tube, you're using a carbon nanotube and some other energy source. Same idea, though - burn from the back, go forwards, create a powerful burst of energy.
It's about 15 years new.
Some enterprising person godwinned the entire issue nicely for us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrAOQ4TzQc
I PREORDERED Heavy Rain from Gamestop.
Come arrival day, I got the call - they put a disc OUT OF CASE into a Heavy Rain box and slapped a sticker on it.
I was LESS than happy.
And just how often do you think DRM is mentioned in the regular news that every-day non-geek people watch/read?
Probably VERY LITTLE, and thus there's no rational reason for thinking that everyone, not even 10% of the population, knows jack shit about DRM.
These people don't deserve it, and you shouldn't be talking like some sanctimonious ass while you clearly display total ignorance of reality.