"Windows, for some time now, has really been a DRM platform, restricting you from making copies of digital files"
There hasn't been ONE GODDAMNED THING preventing me from making copies of ANYTHING. If there is something that's supposed to keep me from copying stuff, it sure as hell isn't working.
Yes, I do, because heat kills the battery. People wonder why their battery fails after a year, and it is because of heat. Heat is bad for most batteries. And people tend to run their laptops full blast when they have it plugged in, so the thing will likely get really hot, especially when doing a game or video chat or watching an HD video that's heavily compressed. I give my battery a charge, pull it out, and pray I don't pop out my power cable by accident.
And it's up to the driver maker to implement power saving features for each device, not the OS.
I've already seen the workprint of Avatar, I'm glad I (unbelievably) spent my money on District 9 - even if scenes shown in the ad trailers were not in the movie.
The geeks here say "Ferngully with mechs" I'm going to have to say that's a bit understated and leave it at that without producing spoilers.
"-#3-From what I have been told (not a game developer, so I don't know how accurate it is) OpenGL is simply no where near parity with DirectX."
I'll help clarify this. See, OpenGL can't compare with DirectX, because DirectX is just more than a graphics package - it's input, sound, video, networking, etc. You need to compare OpenGL to Direct3D, and in doing so, OpenGL wins, because it's an extensible graphics language where you can add in commands not originally built into the spec. Direct3D makes up a spec then always gives you an incremental update to keep up with features game designers are implementing through OpenGL to use on more powerful cards.
But the state of 3D on Linux is a tad bit lackluster, from my personal experience, so most of my gaming is done under windows.
OpenGL is at 3.1 right now, according to the support list for the latest nvidia driver download.
And the thing about OpenGL is that you get the ability to add in extensions not in the spec and use any spare power to process those extensions. Direct3D gets made and then cards have to follow it - OpenGL isn't playing catchup, they've always been ahead by going in the right direction as far as their way of doing things.
"This is why I think leading edge distros like Ubuntu should stop supporting 32-bit and only distribute 64-bit versions of their distros. The only computers that still are 32-bit are either embedded systems or older legacy computers."
There is *NO FUCKING REASON* for a POS cash register to need 64 bit hardware or software. If you can't add prices and add tax with 8 bits you might as well go home, son. There is no reason for moving to solid 64-bit simply because most programmers still haven't mastered 32-bit memory addressing, not to mention people are not writing real code to take advantage of 64-bit architecture, instead they're just porting shit over, it's still reliant upon 32-bit libraries.
People that want to play on my Wii will bring their own wiimotes and sync it up with my machine, there is no need for me to buy any additional thing, EVER.
In fact, I know a person that only owns a wiimote, no wii. He just goes over to friends houses and plays.
Well, in my few years with Demonoid, the only thing I ever managed to find in completion was the original season of Hajime no Ippo, and that was after trying three other trackers found on Demonoid.
Also, the ratio enforcement is nonsense given the crap state of broadband in the USA.
"Fair Use has never allowed you to rebroadcast copyrighted content without consent of the copyright holder whether it be on the internet or through a TV transmitter."
WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG.
Were that the case then FM transmitters for your iPod to FM stereo WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
I gave up demonoid because I couldn't find anything. Almost anything I searched for, they didn't have, and if they did have it, it was a dead torrent. I had no problems using mininova finding the same material and in a faster cleaner interface.
Just give me his credit card number, expiration date, and I'll destroy his credit limit in five minutes, ordering all sorts of things and using my real address as the shipping and billing address. Credit institution calls the man a minute after that, gives him the info on my purchases, he shows up at my door in another three minutes, tops!
Instant $5K out of his paycheck AND added bonus of wreaking havoc with the credit system at the same time!
"None of the CPUs you mentioned have those features."
Umm, I don't know what archaic system you're running but my most recent Phenom system has THREE LEVELS OF CACHE ON-DIE. I've got 128KB L1, 512KB L2 and 2MB L3.
Actually, some server hardware a couple of years ago had three levels of on-die cache.
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"Even if secure room by themselves all you need is a normal guard to watch, which I am guessing is a lot cheaper than putting a pharmacist on staff."
Your assignment for the week is to watch seasons 1-6 of Oz and come back with a full 5,000 word essay on why your sentence wouldn't apply.
And before you say "Oz is just HBO TV" I've been through the prison system and Oz is pretty goddamned close to what Parchman, MS is like.
"Windows, for some time now, has really been a DRM platform, restricting you from making copies of digital files"
There hasn't been ONE GODDAMNED THING preventing me from making copies of ANYTHING. If there is something that's supposed to keep me from copying stuff, it sure as hell isn't working.
Yes, I do, because heat kills the battery. People wonder why their battery fails after a year, and it is because of heat. Heat is bad for most batteries. And people tend to run their laptops full blast when they have it plugged in, so the thing will likely get really hot, especially when doing a game or video chat or watching an HD video that's heavily compressed. I give my battery a charge, pull it out, and pray I don't pop out my power cable by accident.
And it's up to the driver maker to implement power saving features for each device, not the OS.
For three months, at least, that's exactly what it means.
A few of my UK pals that I chat with on Camfrog mentioned that they have already ordered several copies of the movie.
Do you leave your battery plugged into the notebook when you have the notebook plugged into the wall?
enjoy dramatically shortened battery life because of the heat killing your battery.
As others have said - check your hardware and hardware drivers, it's quite doubtful that it's your OS causing the issue.
If you actually bothered to THINK about it - all operations of a computer are random power discharges.
therefore, it's not an option on compile - the compiler automatically puts it in without you needing to say so! That's the POWER OF LINUX!
You have apparently never tried making games using 3DFX Glide, otherwise you'd be singing praises of OpenGL left and right.
I'll concede the point there - converting from USD to Zambian dollars must be insane.
I've already seen the workprint of Avatar, I'm glad I (unbelievably) spent my money on District 9 - even if scenes shown in the ad trailers were not in the movie.
The geeks here say "Ferngully with mechs" I'm going to have to say that's a bit understated and leave it at that without producing spoilers.
"-#3-From what I have been told (not a game developer, so I don't know how accurate it is) OpenGL is simply no where near parity with DirectX."
I'll help clarify this. See, OpenGL can't compare with DirectX, because DirectX is just more than a graphics package - it's input, sound, video, networking, etc. You need to compare OpenGL to Direct3D, and in doing so, OpenGL wins, because it's an extensible graphics language where you can add in commands not originally built into the spec. Direct3D makes up a spec then always gives you an incremental update to keep up with features game designers are implementing through OpenGL to use on more powerful cards.
But the state of 3D on Linux is a tad bit lackluster, from my personal experience, so most of my gaming is done under windows.
OpenGL is at 3.1 right now, according to the support list for the latest nvidia driver download.
And the thing about OpenGL is that you get the ability to add in extensions not in the spec and use any spare power to process those extensions. Direct3D gets made and then cards have to follow it - OpenGL isn't playing catchup, they've always been ahead by going in the right direction as far as their way of doing things.
your puny Z80 can bow before my 8800 altair, made a year before in 1975.
"This is why I think leading edge distros like Ubuntu should stop supporting 32-bit and only distribute 64-bit versions of their distros. The only computers that still are 32-bit are either embedded systems or older legacy computers."
There is *NO FUCKING REASON* for a POS cash register to need 64 bit hardware or software. If you can't add prices and add tax with 8 bits you might as well go home, son. There is no reason for moving to solid 64-bit simply because most programmers still haven't mastered 32-bit memory addressing, not to mention people are not writing real code to take advantage of 64-bit architecture, instead they're just porting shit over, it's still reliant upon 32-bit libraries.
"Easiest method: Females' pointer finger is longer than the ring, on males it's longer ring than pointer... test it out at home."
Funnily enough the test to see if a man is gay is the exact same thing - a gay man's pointer finger is longer than the ring.
It's true for me. 100% gay male here.
People that want to play on my Wii will bring their own wiimotes and sync it up with my machine, there is no need for me to buy any additional thing, EVER.
In fact, I know a person that only owns a wiimote, no wii. He just goes over to friends houses and plays.
"The first day of owning a Wii you end up spending more on controllers and games than the console cost."
Really? A simple Nyko wiimote charger with battery packs was all I needed for my Wiimote and nunchuk, that was thirty bucks.
I've got over fifty wii games, each costing an average of 30 bucks each.
Whomever modded you informative is a moron, or is a sucker that shops at Best Buy.
Well, in my few years with Demonoid, the only thing I ever managed to find in completion was the original season of Hajime no Ippo, and that was after trying three other trackers found on Demonoid.
Also, the ratio enforcement is nonsense given the crap state of broadband in the USA.
"but not a lot of, say, bleeding edge video cards bother to support Server OS's because who the hell puts a 1GB graphics card in a server?"
I'm trying to stop laughing hard enough to answer your question.
Guess what the QUADRO line of cards from nVidia is designed for?
And since it's a UDA (universal driver architecture) for their drivers, the same stuff works for the lower end gaming cards with a simple .INI entry.
I've NEVER had a driver issue.
"Fair Use has never allowed you to rebroadcast copyrighted content without consent of the copyright holder whether it be on the internet or through a TV transmitter."
WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG.
Were that the case then FM transmitters for your iPod to FM stereo WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
"The major differences in the sharing of digital media vs a cd / dvd copy"
None whatsoever. CDs and DVDs ARE digital media on a physical format.
"It's fine if you want to lend your friend a copy of your cd, because now you can't listen to that copy while he's got it."
Nope, instead I listen to the ORIGINAL, not the COPY.
You're joking me, right?
I gave up demonoid because I couldn't find anything. Almost anything I searched for, they didn't have, and if they did have it, it was a dead torrent. I had no problems using mininova finding the same material and in a faster cleaner interface.
Just give me his credit card number, expiration date, and I'll destroy his credit limit in five minutes, ordering all sorts of things and using my real address as the shipping and billing address. Credit institution calls the man a minute after that, gives him the info on my purchases, he shows up at my door in another three minutes, tops!
Instant $5K out of his paycheck AND added bonus of wreaking havoc with the credit system at the same time!
Then re-read TFS or TFA because he says he's staying ON GRID and it's explicitly mentioned.
"None of the CPUs you mentioned have those features."
Umm, I don't know what archaic system you're running but my most recent Phenom system has THREE LEVELS OF CACHE ON-DIE. I've got 128KB L1, 512KB L2 and 2MB L3.
Actually, some server hardware a couple of years ago had three levels of on-die cache.
"I'm fairly sure that this thing was designed and written to work on the developer's own computer, and practically nothing else."
Nope, you're wrong. MenuetOS has run on everything from my old 400MHz Celeron to my dual-core 64-bit Athlon64X2 AM2+, no problems.