Want to see something cool? Here's something quite close to the Wolfenstein 3D engine implemented in a GPU shader. Obviously you cannot control the game as the GPU has no access to input devices. But the whole thing is calculated on the GPU, running silky smooth.
Browse the whole site of Shadertoy, it's fun stuff. Although in my experience WebGL likes still to explode a lot so it's a matter of luck if you can get the site to work.
Do they even make pocketable little 9" PCs any more?
I'm still a bit upset that they stopped making those nice 8.9" and 10.1" machines. Surely they were a bit low performance but they were fun to use. Well, at least there's still the 11.6" category.
It would still be an improvement. Obtaining those horses would create an extra step for NSA. All the ways you can make the spying process even slightly harder for NSA is good, as they currently can basically just set up taps almost anywhere and start listening without too much effort.
This. id Software has proven that it's possible and that it doesn't necessarily hurt the company. You can still sell the game as the customer has to pay to get the art assets. On the other hand, you cannot immediately GPL-license your engine if you still plan to license it...
Let's still not forget that even if they end up designing a system which has some disadvantages, it would still be zillion times better than the current system. I just don't want this plan to be discontinued because some perfectionist nerd found some theoretical flaw from it, which can only be exploited by milking a Mongolian horse under full moon. That being said, of course we should still try to make as robust system as possible.
That is an example of what annoys me sometimes in OOP: I have to chant three times "flame flame flame" if I just want a flame. Of course I know why it has to be written three times (and with C++11 you can put "auto flame = new Flame()" there if you really want to). Anyway, it just would be cool if I could just say "new flame" and it all somehow magically worked. It would be more intuitive.
It's also interesting how some people express themselves perfectly in face-to-face communication but their e-mails are void of capital letters, have gibberish sentences and bad formatting.
But it would also be silly to upgrade from Android 2 to Android 4.1 just to fix an occasional MP3 skip -- which probably can be avoided in Android 2 too if the app is coded properly.
Jolla is a very small company and doesn't have the resources to ship to the entire world from day one. I'm sure they will ship to North American customers as soon as they can.
Actually, even when a big fat company like Samsung launches a product, many times it is initially available only in Korea for some while.
I cannot for the life of me understand why so many people on slashdot think that the day when things are cheaper is a stupid day to buy things or makes you a materialistic sheep.
Exactly. And those same people upgrade their phones every 2 years even if the old one does its job just fine.
People just forget the past so quickly. Sure, we can argue simple things like if "upstart" is a good runlevel daemon and all that, but think about all the improvements Ubuntu has brought to the Linux world over time. The high quality of other distros these days is due to Ubuntu pushing the bar higher.
Hardware detection: Ubuntu made all your devices "just work" without manual module configuration and kernel recompilation. Unity: good-looking, well-specced desktop that anyone can use. The community and documentation are great. Media playback works easily, printing works great. Nice and clean system configuration file structure. Ubuntu Software Center introduces newbies to high-quality picks of open source software without having to do random poking in the repositories. Ubuntu was stable enough platform to provide the base for Steam. And remember how Ubuntu made enabling non-free drivers easy: you just have that little PCI card tray icon, and from the pop-up dialog you select your device. Ubuntu comes with LibreOffice preinstalled, rivaling the MS Office monopoly from the start.
I mean, are you sure you would want a Linux world without all these improvements?
Let's not forget all the little things that Ubuntu has improved -- the things which we take for granted today.
From a philosophic point of view, 4K is pure aristocracy. 1080p was about perfecting the traditional TV, and was somewhat justified, but 4K is just "we gave you more pixels, because we can". The good side is of course that selling people another round of screens is good for the economy and employment. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a high-quality 480p image, going higher than that is fun, but does not bring significant enhancement to my enjoyment.
Also, the higher resolutions make me desire a higher frame rate, has anyone else noticed this? I mean, when running the same material SD vs. HD, the extra-sharp image somehow screams more to be in a higher frame rate.
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Want to see something cool? Here's something quite close to the Wolfenstein 3D engine implemented in a GPU shader. Obviously you cannot control the game as the GPU has no access to input devices. But the whole thing is calculated on the GPU, running silky smooth.
Browse the whole site of Shadertoy, it's fun stuff. Although in my experience WebGL likes still to explode a lot so it's a matter of luck if you can get the site to work.
Please do the responsible thing and file a bug report.
Nice!
Do they even make pocketable little 9" PCs any more?
I'm still a bit upset that they stopped making those nice 8.9" and 10.1" machines. Surely they were a bit low performance but they were fun to use. Well, at least there's still the 11.6" category.
I feel ya. Possibly a saner and still effective system would be to simply enforce end-to-end encryption in all communications.
Sadly, no.
Good point. The final versions seem to be at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ (use the "View Legal Code" links).
It would still be an improvement. Obtaining those horses would create an extra step for NSA. All the ways you can make the spying process even slightly harder for NSA is good, as they currently can basically just set up taps almost anywhere and start listening without too much effort.
Sure. They can be found at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/Drafts.
On the other hand, you cannot immediately GPL-license your engine if you still plan to license it...
I meant, to license it on proprietarily to be bought by other game companies.
This. id Software has proven that it's possible and that it doesn't necessarily hurt the company. You can still sell the game as the customer has to pay to get the art assets. On the other hand, you cannot immediately GPL-license your engine if you still plan to license it...
Let's still not forget that even if they end up designing a system which has some disadvantages, it would still be zillion times better than the current system. I just don't want this plan to be discontinued because some perfectionist nerd found some theoretical flaw from it, which can only be exploited by milking a Mongolian horse under full moon. That being said, of course we should still try to make as robust system as possible.
Like to see alternatives to GNU.
You probably mean GPL.
Flame flame = new Flame();
That is an example of what annoys me sometimes in OOP: I have to chant three times "flame flame flame" if I just want a flame. Of course I know why it has to be written three times (and with C++11 you can put "auto flame = new Flame()" there if you really want to). Anyway, it just would be cool if I could just say "new flame" and it all somehow magically worked. It would be more intuitive.
It's also interesting how some people express themselves perfectly in face-to-face communication but their e-mails are void of capital letters, have gibberish sentences and bad formatting.
But it would also be silly to upgrade from Android 2 to Android 4.1 just to fix an occasional MP3 skip -- which probably can be avoided in Android 2 too if the app is coded properly.
Jolla is a very small company and doesn't have the resources to ship to the entire world from day one. I'm sure they will ship to North American customers as soon as they can.
Actually, even when a big fat company like Samsung launches a product, many times it is initially available only in Korea for some while.
Things are so complex these days that even a small subarea is its own big world.
A past requirement of "being good with computers in general" might today be an equally large job than of fully mastering some modern API.
Hey, those guys are from Estonia! Greetings from Finland to our "little brother" (who is actually doing better than us).
I cannot for the life of me understand why so many people on slashdot think that the day when things are cheaper is a stupid day to buy things or makes you a materialistic sheep.
Exactly. And those same people upgrade their phones every 2 years even if the old one does its job just fine.
People just forget the past so quickly. Sure, we can argue simple things like if "upstart" is a good runlevel daemon and all that, but think about all the improvements Ubuntu has brought to the Linux world over time. The high quality of other distros these days is due to Ubuntu pushing the bar higher.
Hardware detection: Ubuntu made all your devices "just work" without manual module configuration and kernel recompilation. Unity: good-looking, well-specced desktop that anyone can use. The community and documentation are great. Media playback works easily, printing works great. Nice and clean system configuration file structure. Ubuntu Software Center introduces newbies to high-quality picks of open source software without having to do random poking in the repositories. Ubuntu was stable enough platform to provide the base for Steam. And remember how Ubuntu made enabling non-free drivers easy: you just have that little PCI card tray icon, and from the pop-up dialog you select your device. Ubuntu comes with LibreOffice preinstalled, rivaling the MS Office monopoly from the start.
I mean, are you sure you would want a Linux world without all these improvements?
Let's not forget all the little things that Ubuntu has improved -- the things which we take for granted today.
Have you encountered a brand that hasn't been DOA out of the box?
The parent was probably talking about a RAM stick.
From a philosophic point of view, 4K is pure aristocracy. 1080p was about perfecting the traditional TV, and was somewhat justified, but 4K is just "we gave you more pixels, because we can". The good side is of course that selling people another round of screens is good for the economy and employment. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a high-quality 480p image, going higher than that is fun, but does not bring significant enhancement to my enjoyment.
Also, the higher resolutions make me desire a higher frame rate, has anyone else noticed this? I mean, when running the same material SD vs. HD, the extra-sharp image somehow screams more to be in a higher frame rate.
Of course there are surveillance plans running in EU also, but not necessarily anything as massive and intrusive that NSA is conducting.