"Most software isn't spouted off as the best thing since sliced bread when it's at this stage."
Of course it is! That's how you get venture funding. You have to make the investors think that your new widget is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then you get funding and start working on the next stage.
Claiming that Microsoft is incompotent and incapable of making a solid P2P/Torrent client is a gross underestimate of the collective intelligence that is Microsoft.
You don't have to beleive the hype, but given time and MS's budget, it can be done.
-Rick
I'm not sure what mobo is in my PC (At Work) But it has a intel based onboard graphics processor, and I just got an ATI Radeon 7k (slow, but works) that has dual monitor support. Have the CRT sitting center on my corner desk and LCDs to either side.
-Rick
Get a machine with Graphics on the motherboard. Add in a top of the line ATI car for dual monitor support and blammo! 3 monitors ready to go.
Works in windows, not sure about *nix though.
-Rick
All Linux has to do is be the first OS to run on CELL, and have an outstanding API toolset for handling threading. Give me the tools to execute out of order, and I will push them as hard as I can.
-Rick
"the claim that the PS3 will offer the equivalent graphics performance of two GeForce 6800 Ultra cards working in tandem came from Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia. Current cost of those cards: about $500 each"
So a machine that will be released in about 1 to 1 1/2 years will perform as well as a current top end machine.
I'm not seeing that as being the "PC Killer" the article makes it out to be. A year and a half ago the top graphcis cards were the NVidia FX 5950 and ATI 9800 XT, which at the time were both pushing the $400+ price range. Those same cards are now considered a serious step down from the NVidia 6800GT and the ATI 850 XT, which are currently pushing the $400+ price range. The cost of the Nvidia 5950 and ATI 9800 are now about $100-$200 range. So comparing a top end video game station that won't be out for a year and a half to a current top end $5000 PC is kinda retarded.
That, and depending on how the Cell processor turns out, we may all be itching to switch PCs in another year anyways.
Retarded monkeys with a better grasp on reality then the author of that pile of steaming fecal mater.
He makes a few decent points, then obscures them in retarded babbling and misguided notions about hardware and software development.
-Rick
Sorry for not being more clear. I do not want to work with Direct-X. I want a simple programming interface, that uses the Windows graphics engine to draw the image. The goal would be to revamp the windows graphics engine to use Direct-X, not your code. That way, your code don't need to get revamped for every DX release, and you don't need to load the DX engine for every form. Let Windows do the work, and use a straight forward easy to use programing interface to get there. IOW, Avalon.
-Rick
Agreed! It would be moronic to build an operating system off of.Net. I don't think that was ever MS's intent. Even just implimenting/embedding.Net into the OS is a long shot. Expecially considering their point of view on mixing managed and unmanaged code.
Will new windows managed code wind up in the.Net frame work, sure. Will the framework give.Net apps direct access to Avalon and Indigo, yeah. But are Avalon and Indigo writen in C#? Hell no!
Write a system management tool in.Net, sure. But if you already have a COM based product that works, works well, and people are familiar with, why bother? The whole system will continue to be a mix of lower level code for the kernal and engines, and Managed/UnManaged code for the tools that interact with them.
-Rick
GDI+ is the biggest piece of crap. I for one will welcome it's demise. You would think that with Direct-X on version 9, and Windows in what it's 8th branch, that they would finally make the switch.
GDI is somewhat easy to use, but it's performance is laughable. Even double buffering will only help so much.
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This guy just keeps getting wackier. I think he needs to adjust his tin-foil hat, it's so tight it's cutting off the circulation to his brain. -Rick
"Most software isn't spouted off as the best thing since sliced bread when it's at this stage." Of course it is! That's how you get venture funding. You have to make the investors think that your new widget is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then you get funding and start working on the next stage. Claiming that Microsoft is incompotent and incapable of making a solid P2P/Torrent client is a gross underestimate of the collective intelligence that is Microsoft. You don't have to beleive the hype, but given time and MS's budget, it can be done. -Rick
So what are you suggesting? Should We go look for WMD in China??? -Rick
Nor Mickey Mouse, he was a rip off from Steam Boat Willie.
-Rick
I'm not sure what mobo is in my PC (At Work) But it has a intel based onboard graphics processor, and I just got an ATI Radeon 7k (slow, but works) that has dual monitor support. Have the CRT sitting center on my corner desk and LCDs to either side. -Rick
Get a machine with Graphics on the motherboard. Add in a top of the line ATI car for dual monitor support and blammo! 3 monitors ready to go. Works in windows, not sure about *nix though. -Rick
This makes it different then the WMI how? -Rick
News flash, Intel to release new product at some point in the future with existing technology. Should be 'Cool', may kill AMD. -Rick
All Linux has to do is be the first OS to run on CELL, and have an outstanding API toolset for handling threading. Give me the tools to execute out of order, and I will push them as hard as I can. -Rick
"the claim that the PS3 will offer the equivalent graphics performance of two GeForce 6800 Ultra cards working in tandem came from Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia. Current cost of those cards: about $500 each"
So a machine that will be released in about 1 to 1 1/2 years will perform as well as a current top end machine.
I'm not seeing that as being the "PC Killer" the article makes it out to be. A year and a half ago the top graphcis cards were the NVidia FX 5950 and ATI 9800 XT, which at the time were both pushing the $400+ price range. Those same cards are now considered a serious step down from the NVidia 6800GT and the ATI 850 XT, which are currently pushing the $400+ price range. The cost of the Nvidia 5950 and ATI 9800 are now about $100-$200 range. So comparing a top end video game station that won't be out for a year and a half to a current top end $5000 PC is kinda retarded.
That, and depending on how the Cell processor turns out, we may all be itching to switch PCs in another year anyways.
-Rick
Retarded monkeys with a better grasp on reality then the author of that pile of steaming fecal mater. He makes a few decent points, then obscures them in retarded babbling and misguided notions about hardware and software development. -Rick
Sorry for not being more clear. I do not want to work with Direct-X. I want a simple programming interface, that uses the Windows graphics engine to draw the image. The goal would be to revamp the windows graphics engine to use Direct-X, not your code. That way, your code don't need to get revamped for every DX release, and you don't need to load the DX engine for every form. Let Windows do the work, and use a straight forward easy to use programing interface to get there. IOW, Avalon. -Rick
Agreed! It would be moronic to build an operating system off of .Net. I don't think that was ever MS's intent. Even just implimenting/embedding .Net into the OS is a long shot. Expecially considering their point of view on mixing managed and unmanaged code.
Will new windows managed code wind up in the .Net frame work, sure. Will the framework give .Net apps direct access to Avalon and Indigo, yeah. But are Avalon and Indigo writen in C#? Hell no!
Write a system management tool in .Net, sure. But if you already have a COM based product that works, works well, and people are familiar with, why bother? The whole system will continue to be a mix of lower level code for the kernal and engines, and Managed/UnManaged code for the tools that interact with them.
-Rick
GDI+ is the biggest piece of crap. I for one will welcome it's demise. You would think that with Direct-X on version 9, and Windows in what it's 8th branch, that they would finally make the switch.
GDI is somewhat easy to use, but it's performance is laughable. Even double buffering will only help so much.
-Rick
That's kind of like saying "I've never used 4 wheel drive beside off roads. My car pretty much has everything I need." -Rick
Agreed, I never RTFA on the SCO stuff, so who the hell is this chicka? -Rick
pick up the phone, hit 0 and say "Operator! Connect me to SlashDot.com! I've got a tin foil hat warning!" -Rick