I was wondering when someone was going to get around to improving the wheel. The current version is so impractical, inefficient, and has such a limited range of applications it has been screaming for a face-lift. Someone get this guy a $250 million research grant ASAP!!!
He did, this was the solution to Seattles Washingtons Pothole problem.
I noticed they used the AMD64 3200, But the AMD64 3200+ only has 1/2 the cache compared to the 3400+, that extra cache should boost the build process even more.
Toms hardware has nice review and benchmarks for the 3400 vs the P4 3.4.
Also anyone notice, in both articles, P4's clean house on synthetic benchmarks, but real world (build process) the AMD cleans house.
I'd second that. Deep space 9 had some pretty intense battles, even if only for a few seconds.
I really like how STNG series has large ship's with littler run-abouts, they can't focus all thier power on run-abouts, or the larger ships would win.
Also, with only 1 laser beam (whatever) to shoot at, they had to target 1 thing at a time. Really made it harder. Wondered why the heavier cruisers didnt have multiple laser turrets, and smaller turrets to shoot smaller craft.
But DS9 had some great battles with the dominion. B5 had some great battles also, with a good mix of fighters.
Just wondering how FreeBSD can call it a full Tier1 support when they dont support older platforms and no video support?
I'm currently running gentoo on my sunblade 100. Since both netbsd and FreeBSD doesnt support video, only serial connections. I had a hella of a time looking for another OS besides Solaris, and Gentoo was the most up2date one I found. SuSE/Redhat dropped support years ago.
I had to drop SuSE, and switch to Gentoo for a newer kernel and true framebuffer support on my Sunblade. Also the binary packages for the Sparc 2004 is done, so you can install a sparc 5/20 without compiling. (I was told sparc-2004 was done last week on #gentoo-sparc on freenode irc network, but have not confirmed it.) Going to put Gentoo on my Sparc 20.
Also, the article shows they tested the 2.4 linux kernel, would be nice to see how 2.6 on sparc performs. I havn't tried 2.6 yet, as its still development on sparc.
Since I've used examples in all my posts, and you yet to counter one with logical posts, other than "The whole world", I shall try again to make a simple post that most people would understand, maybe even you.
Text input is little different on Windows than OSX. And since most OS's use a x86'ish type keyboard, the keys are different from a MAC. Logic here would show you, that it would be different.
So while you say the "Whole World" and try to go back before Windows and DOS, every modern OS uses basically the same key commands, except? Yes, OSX. The command key changes keys a little from other OS's.
Yes you can learn them easily, As I stated in many posts. But its enough for a PC convert to notice they are not the same. And all other modern OS's uses basically the same commands, OSX would be the most different.
I knew I shouldn't post about OSX, as the MAC zealots fly out of the wood work if you say anything critical about OSX. I was expecting a flame war about total nonsense, and you didn't fail to provide it.
Now go re-read my posts. Nothing is wrong with OSX, its just a little different.
The mac is different in some ways, not saying that was bad, just saying when you expect something to work on OSX, its a different. That is not a troll statement, but newb, thats ok, you must be young and inexperienced. Hopefully you grow out of it.
The first obvious one is home/end vs command up/down. Do some programming and you might notice, newb.
The second is the way Mac's are more menu centric, when you cycle through a program, you cycle through the windows. On a other platforms, you cycle through the programs. Of course Windows311 started it the whole alt-tab, and most other OS's copied it. KDE/Gnome and are normally plugin startbars for Amiga and MAC. IceWM also has alt-tab, and a great lightweight WM with anti-aliased font support.
And for Fink, since Konsole is an X app, it is the same on all platforms, but Fink doest come standard on the OSX. Try using Apples X-server and Fink, and tell me what differences you see?
You know, there were some things in your comment that made me wonder if you have any idea what you're talking about. No offense.
Seeing, I've used a GUI of some sort or basic text input/output on C64, Apple, Amiga, DOS, Win31-WinXP, Linux, BSD, Solaris and a old fitjistu mainframe The Mac is different on keystrokes combinations and cursor position movement. So, why would the Mac be the standard, if the rest of the world is the same?
Courier, Monaco, and Andale Mono are all installed on your machine by default. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them. In fact, Courier 14 with antialiasing is far easier to read on-screen than any other font. (VGA? What?)
Courier, Moaco, Andale are not true VGA fonts with extended graphics. This is why I have to use a true VGA font. Most linux distros have Console font, It's the default for KDE, its a true VGA font.
I picked up a Dual 1.42ghz mac last year, and the thing is fast. I normally run a few shells in iterm, and mozilla/imap, and fink for my unix applications, and some media players. It's a great box to use as a desktop. I also like the look of the older G4 cases.
But if the 1.42ghz system is fast and smooth, a 3ghz must compile applications under fink in seconds. I bought a few games for mac to test it out, Ghost Recon, RTCW, plays smoothly. The system is stable, and I hardly ever get the little beachball busy cursor.
While I dont care for the mac way of user input and keyboard commands, I have found work arounds. I just wish I could use the more standard methods of GUI usage. I found some apps to make it more like other OS's. And I'm happy my Intellimouse and MS natural keyboard works on it, and drivers are downloadable from microsoft's site, if you want the extended features.
Also, while its mostly BSD underneath, and if you are a BSD user, you can figure most stuff out, HFS/HFS+ and the GUI takes a little getting used too. Getting proper termcap files are a little bit of a hassle, and a decent VGA fixed width type font (mac's are not fixed font oriented), but all in all, its a great OS.
I couldn't switch full time to OSX, because I play CS. But as a normal desktop, I use it all the time. Most of my applications run under screen on a linux box, so I just need a good term program.
Since google cache doesnt show gfx, and you want to see some pictures, go check out xwinman, a nice list of different types of xwindow managers and a history of each. Not everything has to be a GUI for a microsoft OS. http://www.plig.org/xwinman/
Last i checked Libel required some form of intent since google's results are computer generrated by the web spiders where the intent do the spiders have it out for him?
Well, I suspect he's sueing if the small tidbit of text returns a false impression. He said if it returned the full of text he would have no issue.
Example "Mark Maughan" in google, and it came up with "Law office of Mark Maughan, The Attorney on fraud charges"
When the full text would be "Robert Hanson is being defended by the Law office of Mark Maughan, The Attorney on fraud charges for ISP misconduct."
Been wanting to go back to a true Dual system, (my last was a Dual P3-800, My Dual P2-400 is my Linux box) Keeping an eye out on prices for a new modern Dual system compared to a fast AMD FX.
You can pick up a Dual AMD-2800 for about 500 bux for a barebones cpu's+mb+case (also uses PC2100 ram). Opterons for dual systems are ridiculously priced, 248's are about 900 bux each, and motherboard for 300, so about 2500 dollars for a basic barebones system. Dual Xeon 3.2's with 1meg cache are about the same price, but xeon motherboards are less "workstation" friendly, and more expensive. ( PCI-64 slots, etc)
Also with PCI-X gfx cards about to be released, a bunch of new motherboards will come out. And It looks like Socket 940 is going to be phased out later this year for Socket 939, so a FX buy might be a locked in purchase, with no upgrades. Which the Opteron uses 940, so I'm a little confused about the Opteron's upgrade path.
Hoping if I want 6 months, the prices for Opterons will be down enough to build a basic dual system, with PCIExpress, and at least 2+ ghz CPU's. Something that will be fast as an FX in gaming, but also have the dual cpu smoothness feel with power of running virtual machines and crunch numbers well.
The Xeon line is cheaper, maybe some new motherboards might come out and bump it up to the system im thinking about.
Half the article talks about the the books appearance, leather, colors, hardback. Wheres the details in the article?
Sean Punch, GURPS Line Editor for the past nine years, and David Pulver, a key contributor responsible for many of the core GURPS supplements, took two years to break the system down and rebuild it, guided by a decade and a half of gamer feedback. The new rules are designed to enhance the key strengths of GURPS: compatibility with all genres and flexibility for the GM. You'll still recognize it, but a lot of little things - and a few big ones! - are different.
I guess I expected a little more details in the article about actual changes in 4, other than the mention of the need for a conversion guide from 3.
Haven't played Gurps in over 10 years, but I remember how easy it was to switch genres game, from mid-evil to tech weapons in game, was rather impressed compared to D&D. But then I moved on to Battletech.
Humm, Maybe its time to pick up version 4 and teach the Kids how to play.
2. I doubt ATTWS has trial UMTS stations in all 7 markets. I work for a large cell phone manufacture in San Diego (one of the "initial rollout markets"), and I have used a UMTS device that can receive signals on the 1900MHz band. In San Diego, I have not seen any sort of UMTS pilot. (I know a trial network exists in Dallas, though)
You so sure? (-:
IMHO, UMTS won't be ready to be rolled out until 2005 at the earliest in the US.
Really. (-:
Damn, I hate non-disclosure agreements.
Goto ATTWS Newsroom and search UMTS and some vendor names, for some links and details.
I shouldnt really reply to a troll, but what the heck, you are wrong on so many points.
- Edge is deployed nation wide, ATTWS converted all coverage areas to EDGE last year, All coverage areas. If you include Tmobile and Cingular, the market combined is larger. Dont forget the UK which is all GSM. (You keep Korea). GSM phones will roam in the UK now, Verizon doesnt have any global roaming phones.
- 1xEV-DO is 2.4Mbps UMTS is 2Mpbs on paper, real world trials are showing 1xEV-DO pushing 650Kpbs and UMTS is pushing 2100Kpbs.
- Nokia UMTS phones look like any other phone and are not toasters. Nice FUD.
- Reading the Reports comparing all major telco's from companies like Telephia who monitors all telcos, and then rates them on connect speed, download speed, call startup, etc. ATTWS and Cingular rank higher in data speeds and connect time, and lower ping.
- Comparing TDMA migration to CDMA migration, shows your lack of knowledge on the migration paths. 1xRTT isnt upgradable to 1xEV-DO, this is why Verizon only has 2 markets.
Verizon has no competition at this speed and won't for a while. Carriers using the competing GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) wireless standard aren't close; for instance, AT&T's new EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) service tops out at 200 kbps.
So ATTWS has EDGE nation wide, and Verizons EvDO is only in a 2 markets. ATTWS already has UMTS trials in 7 major markets, at speeds faster than verizon, soon to launch commerically!
So you dont hear it much, ATTWS has the fastest nation wide network. When Cingular takes over, and the 2 merges coverage areas, expect the best nation wide coverage, and fastest speeds around.
I'm just wondering when Cingular starts expanding UMTS past the 7 markets, what will Verzion do? It cant offer what it doesnt have, or built out. Be interesting to see what Verizon does to counter the Cingular advantage.
Even though I was a hardcore HL1 player, I would not buy any game because of the Steam association.
Steam is here, so if you want to play HL2, you have to use steam, there is no way around it. When you go to the next lan party and everyone is playing Hl2, what choice do you have?
But I know how you feel, DRM, and other things just pisses everyone off. I just bought a DVD player, and they had a damn advertisement logo on it, when I removed it, it left the sticky tape on the DVD player. The damn tape wouldnt come off. I uses a wet sponge and tried to remove the tape, but scratched the surface of the dvd player.
I was pretty pissed off. Next time I go into the store, im opening the damn box and looking at the unit first. I'm also sending a nasty letter to the company about such shitty services.
It seems like every company just does what it wants, and fucks the consumers, We can just hope that HL2 doesnt suck using steam.
I had to look up the dates, but heres the list of games that I played way too many hours on, in order..
1992 Wolfenstien 3D 1993 Doom 1994, Heretic, Rise of the Triad (Overlooked as Doom came out before it and took most of the credit for FPS games) Then later that year Doom2 came out. 1995 Hexen 1996 Terminator Skynet (My favorite at the time) and of course Quake. 1997 Quake 2, Hexen 2, Shadow Warrior, Blood 1998 Unreal, Tribes, Half-life, SiN, Blood2, 1999 Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament 2000 Soilder of Fortune, Heavy Metal Fakk2 (That one collected Dust, But I Finally went back and finished it), KISS Psycho Circus (Didnt play this one much, but it was lots of fun) 2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Serious Sam, Red Fraction, Tribes2(Many patch problems, but damn if it dont run great in 2004!) Max Payne, Ghost Recon 2002 BF1942, UT2003, SoF2, MOHAA, Serious Sam 2 2003 Call of Duty, XIII (Didnt get into this one as much), Unreal2.
I still find myself playing CounterStrike and Tribes, with some Mohaa, Serious Sam1/2 action. Don't think all my choices are all mainstream.
But the first game that kept me playing for hours was Duke Nukem 3D on ipx lan parties, so that has to be my number 1 choice.
Then Tribes lasted over 4 years, then Counterstrike going on 5.
All wheeled vechicals, even the Sony/Honda bots can only walk up stairs at a slow speed, and can be tipped over.
Im thinking its more like years before we have automation in cars to assist in driving. Always have to have special guides in roads to assist, unassisted will be a long time off.
Thats why I was wondering, why couldn't they use drones to assist the cars? If are going to use drones in warfair, might as well use to assist in plotting destinations. Urban areas will always have to default to some kind of object distance location.
Thus a device-dependent application -- like a 1991 copy of Vsifax for SunOS 4.4 -- works perfectly under Solaris 2.9, while Windows 2003/XP server now contains both a Posix-compliant interface set and four generations of the Win32 interface, but code written explicitly for devices supported by previous generations still often fails.
But yes, if the librarys are not there, it wont work. But you can Install the librarys, and compile support for them in the kernel on Linux. BSD also has good backwards compatability.
As for the DOS comment, DOS was broken on NT4, this is why there was so many 3rd party applications to help DOS run under NT4.
Sounds like you are supporting Microsoft and blaming all vendors, thats the problem he hints at. You cant change technology as easy in windows without breaking older applications.
I remember the Winsock 1 to Winsock 2 migration and the things that broke. But it was worth it, same will be when Longhorn gets released, many new technologies, but some applications will break.
Maybe I read the article wrong, but it didn't state Linux was better, it just stated things that differed. It had multiple Unix type OS's Solaris, Linux, BSD and Mach kernels in the article.
The point that did come up multiple times, Microsoft has to rewrite large portions of windows code to take on new features, which make it incompatible with older software. While Unix based OS's can run older versions of software.
Linux (or BSD/etc) is more modular and can build on newer, better OS implementations. Paging file techniques, VM engines, OS Schedulers, etc.
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I was wondering when someone was going to get around to improving the wheel. The current version is so impractical, inefficient, and has such a limited range of applications it has been screaming for a face-lift. Someone get this guy a $250 million research grant ASAP!!!
He did, this was the solution to Seattles Washingtons Pothole problem.
I noticed they used the AMD64 3200, But the AMD64 3200+ only has 1/2 the cache compared to the 3400+, that extra cache should boost the build process even more.
Toms hardware has nice review and benchmarks for the 3400 vs the P4 3.4.
Also anyone notice, in both articles, P4's clean house on synthetic benchmarks, but real world (build process) the AMD cleans house.
I'd second that. Deep space 9 had some pretty intense battles, even if only for a few seconds.
I really like how STNG series has large ship's with littler run-abouts, they can't focus all thier power on run-abouts, or the larger ships would win.
Also, with only 1 laser beam (whatever) to shoot at, they had to target 1 thing at a time. Really made it harder. Wondered why the heavier cruisers didnt have multiple laser turrets, and smaller turrets to shoot smaller craft.
But DS9 had some great battles with the dominion. B5 had some great battles also, with a good mix of fighters.
Just wondering how FreeBSD can call it a full Tier1 support when they dont support older platforms and no video support?
I'm currently running gentoo on my sunblade 100. Since both netbsd and FreeBSD doesnt support video, only serial connections. I had a hella of a time looking for another OS besides Solaris, and Gentoo was the most up2date one I found. SuSE/Redhat dropped support years ago.
I had to drop SuSE, and switch to Gentoo for a newer kernel and true framebuffer support on my Sunblade. Also the binary packages for the Sparc 2004 is done, so you can install a sparc 5/20 without compiling. (I was told sparc-2004 was done last week on #gentoo-sparc on freenode irc network, but have not confirmed it.) Going to put Gentoo on my Sparc 20.
Also, the article shows they tested the 2.4 linux kernel, would be nice to see how 2.6 on sparc performs. I havn't tried 2.6 yet, as its still development on sparc.
Since I've used examples in all my posts, and you yet to counter one with logical posts, other than "The whole world", I shall try again to make a simple post that most people would understand, maybe even you.
Text input is little different on Windows than OSX. And since most OS's use a x86'ish type keyboard, the keys are different from a MAC. Logic here would show you, that it would be different.
So while you say the "Whole World" and try to go back before Windows and DOS, every modern OS uses basically the same key commands, except? Yes, OSX. The command key changes keys a little from other OS's.
Yes you can learn them easily, As I stated in many posts. But its enough for a PC convert to notice they are not the same. And all other modern OS's uses basically the same commands, OSX would be the most different.
I knew I shouldn't post about OSX, as the MAC zealots fly out of the wood work if you say anything critical about OSX. I was expecting a flame war about total nonsense, and you didn't fail to provide it.
Now go re-read my posts. Nothing is wrong with OSX, its just a little different.
Go away, troll.
Wheres the clue jar for the newbies...
The mac is different in some ways, not saying that was bad, just saying when you expect something to work on OSX, its a different. That is not a troll statement, but newb, thats ok, you must be young and inexperienced. Hopefully you grow out of it.
The first obvious one is home/end vs command up/down. Do some programming and you might notice, newb.
The second is the way Mac's are more menu centric, when you cycle through a program, you cycle through the windows. On a other platforms, you cycle through the programs. Of course Windows311 started it the whole alt-tab, and most other OS's copied it. KDE/Gnome and are normally plugin startbars for Amiga and MAC. IceWM also has alt-tab, and a great lightweight WM with anti-aliased font support.
And for Fink, since Konsole is an X app, it is the same on all platforms, but Fink doest come standard on the OSX. Try using Apples X-server and Fink, and tell me what differences you see?
You know, there were some things in your comment that made me wonder if you have any idea what you're talking about. No offense.
Seeing, I've used a GUI of some sort or basic text input/output on C64, Apple, Amiga, DOS, Win31-WinXP, Linux, BSD, Solaris and a old fitjistu mainframe The Mac is different on keystrokes combinations and cursor position movement. So, why would the Mac be the standard, if the rest of the world is the same?
Courier, Monaco, and Andale Mono are all installed on your machine by default. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them. In fact, Courier 14 with antialiasing is far easier to read on-screen than any other font. (VGA? What?)
Courier, Moaco, Andale are not true VGA fonts with extended graphics. This is why I have to use a true VGA font. Most linux distros have Console font, It's the default for KDE, its a true VGA font.
The point is, it doesnt come with one.
I picked up a Dual 1.42ghz mac last year, and the thing is fast. I normally run a few shells in iterm, and mozilla/imap, and fink for my unix applications, and some media players. It's a great box to use as a desktop. I also like the look of the older G4 cases.
But if the 1.42ghz system is fast and smooth, a 3ghz must compile applications under fink in seconds. I bought a few games for mac to test it out, Ghost Recon, RTCW, plays smoothly. The system is stable, and I hardly ever get the little beachball busy cursor.
While I dont care for the mac way of user input and keyboard commands, I have found work arounds. I just wish I could use the more standard methods of GUI usage. I found some apps to make it more like other OS's. And I'm happy my Intellimouse and MS natural keyboard works on it, and drivers are downloadable from microsoft's site, if you want the extended features.
Also, while its mostly BSD underneath, and if you are a BSD user, you can figure most stuff out, HFS/HFS+ and the GUI takes a little getting used too. Getting proper termcap files are a little bit of a hassle, and a decent VGA fixed width type font (mac's are not fixed font oriented), but all in all, its a great OS.
I couldn't switch full time to OSX, because I play CS. But as a normal desktop, I use it all the time. Most of my applications run under screen on a linux box, so I just need a good term program.
If it's displayed on a screen, couldn't it technically be called "graphical"?
Then what do you call Twin?
Here's the Google cache.
Since google cache doesnt show gfx, and you want to see some pictures, go check out xwinman, a nice list of different types of xwindow managers and a history of each. Not everything has to be a GUI for a microsoft OS. http://www.plig.org/xwinman/
Last i checked Libel required some form of intent since google's results are computer generrated by the web spiders where the intent do the spiders have it out for him?
Well, I suspect he's sueing if the small tidbit of text returns a false impression. He said if it returned the full of text he would have no issue.
Example "Mark Maughan" in google, and it came up with "Law office of Mark Maughan, The Attorney on fraud charges"
When the full text would be "Robert Hanson is being defended by the Law office of Mark Maughan, The Attorney on fraud charges for ISP misconduct."
Sounds like the digital version of "Sound Bites"
IANAL, but it sounds like he has a case.
I do get PCI-X and PCI-Express mixed up, name sounds pretty close.
The roadmap shows 939 for FX AMD 53/59, 940 is being ditched for FX, but not Opteron. So yes, 754 is end of life, and so is 940 for FX.
Why by a 940 FX board when you can only upgrade to single cpu opterons?
Been wanting to go back to a true Dual system, (my last was a Dual P3-800, My Dual P2-400 is my Linux box) Keeping an eye out on prices for a new modern Dual system compared to a fast AMD FX.
You can pick up a Dual AMD-2800 for about 500 bux for a barebones cpu's+mb+case (also uses PC2100 ram). Opterons for dual systems are ridiculously priced, 248's are about 900 bux each, and motherboard for 300, so about 2500 dollars for a basic barebones system. Dual Xeon 3.2's with 1meg cache are about the same price, but xeon motherboards are less "workstation" friendly, and more expensive. ( PCI-64 slots, etc)
Also with PCI-X gfx cards about to be released, a bunch of new motherboards will come out. And It looks like Socket 940 is going to be phased out later this year for Socket 939, so a FX buy might be a locked in purchase, with no upgrades. Which the Opteron uses 940, so I'm a little confused about the Opteron's upgrade path.
Hoping if I want 6 months, the prices for Opterons will be down enough to build a basic dual system, with PCIExpress, and at least 2+ ghz CPU's. Something that will be fast as an FX in gaming, but also have the dual cpu smoothness feel with power of running virtual machines and crunch numbers well.
The Xeon line is cheaper, maybe some new motherboards might come out and bump it up to the system im thinking about.
Half the article talks about the the books appearance, leather, colors, hardback. Wheres the details in the article?
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Sean Punch, GURPS Line Editor for the past nine years, and David Pulver, a key contributor responsible for many of the core GURPS supplements, took two years to break the system down and rebuild it, guided by a decade and a half of gamer feedback. The new rules are designed to enhance the key strengths of GURPS: compatibility with all genres and flexibility for the GM. You'll still recognize it, but a lot of little things - and a few big ones! - are different.
I guess I expected a little more details in the article about actual changes in 4, other than the mention of the need for a conversion guide from 3.
Haven't played Gurps in over 10 years, but I remember how easy it was to switch genres game, from mid-evil to tech weapons in game, was rather impressed compared to D&D. But then I moved on to Battletech.
Humm, Maybe its time to pick up version 4 and teach the Kids how to play
2. I doubt ATTWS has trial UMTS stations in all 7 markets. I work for a large cell phone manufacture in San Diego (one of the "initial rollout markets"), and I have used a UMTS device that can receive signals on the 1900MHz band. In San Diego, I have not seen any sort of UMTS pilot. (I know a trial network exists in Dallas, though)
You so sure? (-:
IMHO, UMTS won't be ready to be rolled out until 2005 at the earliest in the US.
Really. (-:
Damn, I hate non-disclosure agreements.
Goto ATTWS Newsroom and search UMTS and some vendor names, for some links and details.
I shouldnt really reply to a troll, but what the heck, you are wrong on so many points.
- Edge is deployed nation wide, ATTWS converted all coverage areas to EDGE last year, All coverage areas. If you include Tmobile and Cingular, the market combined is larger. Dont forget the UK which is all GSM. (You keep Korea). GSM phones will roam in the UK now, Verizon doesnt have any global roaming phones.
- 1xEV-DO is 2.4Mbps UMTS is 2Mpbs on paper, real world trials are showing 1xEV-DO pushing 650Kpbs and UMTS is pushing 2100Kpbs.
- Nokia UMTS phones look like any other phone and are not toasters. Nice FUD.
- Reading the Reports comparing all major telco's from companies like Telephia who monitors all telcos, and then rates them on connect speed, download speed, call startup, etc. ATTWS and Cingular rank higher in data speeds and connect time, and lower ping.
- Comparing TDMA migration to CDMA migration, shows your lack of knowledge on the migration paths. 1xRTT isnt upgradable to 1xEV-DO, this is why Verizon only has 2 markets.
Verizon has no competition at this speed and won't for a while. Carriers using the competing GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) wireless standard aren't close; for instance, AT&T's new EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) service tops out at 200 kbps.
So ATTWS has EDGE nation wide, and Verizons EvDO is only in a 2 markets. ATTWS already has UMTS trials in 7 major markets, at speeds faster than verizon, soon to launch commerically!
So you dont hear it much, ATTWS has the fastest nation wide network. When Cingular takes over, and the 2 merges coverage areas, expect the best nation wide coverage, and fastest speeds around.
I'm just wondering when Cingular starts expanding UMTS past the 7 markets, what will Verzion do? It cant offer what it doesnt have, or built out. Be interesting to see what Verizon does to counter the Cingular advantage.
Even though I was a hardcore HL1 player, I would not buy any game because of the Steam association.
Steam is here, so if you want to play HL2, you have to use steam, there is no way around it. When you go to the next lan party and everyone is playing Hl2, what choice do you have?
But I know how you feel, DRM, and other things just pisses everyone off. I just bought a DVD player, and they had a damn advertisement logo on it, when I removed it, it left the sticky tape on the DVD player. The damn tape wouldnt come off. I uses a wet sponge and tried to remove the tape, but scratched the surface of the dvd player.
I was pretty pissed off. Next time I go into the store, im opening the damn box and looking at the unit first. I'm also sending a nasty letter to the company about such shitty services.
It seems like every company just does what it wants, and fucks the consumers, We can just hope that HL2 doesnt suck using steam.
I had to look up the dates, but heres the list of games that I played way too many hours on, in order. .
1992 Wolfenstien 3D
1993 Doom
1994, Heretic, Rise of the Triad (Overlooked as Doom came out before it and took most of the credit for FPS games)
Then later that year Doom2 came out.
1995 Hexen
1996 Terminator Skynet (My favorite at the time) and of course Quake.
1997 Quake 2, Hexen 2, Shadow Warrior, Blood
1998 Unreal, Tribes, Half-life, SiN, Blood2,
1999 Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament
2000 Soilder of Fortune, Heavy Metal Fakk2 (That one collected Dust, But I Finally went back and finished it), KISS Psycho Circus (Didnt play this one much, but it was lots of fun)
2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Serious Sam, Red Fraction, Tribes2(Many patch problems, but damn if it dont run great in 2004!) Max Payne, Ghost Recon
2002 BF1942, UT2003, SoF2, MOHAA, Serious Sam 2
2003 Call of Duty, XIII (Didnt get into this one as much), Unreal2.
I still find myself playing CounterStrike and Tribes, with some Mohaa, Serious Sam1/2 action. Don't think all my choices are all mainstream.
But the first game that kept me playing for hours was Duke Nukem 3D on ipx lan parties, so that has to be my number 1 choice.
Then Tribes lasted over 4 years, then Counterstrike going on 5.
Haven't you seen that show...Battle bots?
All wheeled vechicals, even the Sony/Honda bots can only walk up stairs at a slow speed, and can be tipped over.
Im thinking its more like years before we have automation in cars to assist in driving. Always have to have special guides in roads to assist, unassisted will be a long time off.
Thats why I was wondering, why couldn't they use drones to assist the cars? If are going to use drones in warfair, might as well use to assist in plotting destinations. Urban areas will always have to default to some kind of object distance location.
Thus a device-dependent application -- like a 1991 copy of Vsifax for SunOS 4.4 -- works perfectly under Solaris 2.9, while Windows 2003/XP server now contains both a Posix-compliant interface set and four generations of the Win32 interface, but code written explicitly for devices supported by previous generations still often fails.
But yes, if the librarys are not there, it wont work. But you can Install the librarys, and compile support for them in the kernel on Linux. BSD also has good backwards compatability.
As for the DOS comment, DOS was broken on NT4, this is why there was so many 3rd party applications to help DOS run under NT4.
Sounds like you are supporting Microsoft and blaming all vendors, thats the problem he hints at. You cant change technology as easy in windows without breaking older applications.
I remember the Winsock 1 to Winsock 2 migration and the things that broke. But it was worth it, same will be when Longhorn gets released, many new technologies, but some applications will break.
Maybe I read the article wrong, but it didn't state Linux was better, it just stated things that differed. It had multiple Unix type OS's Solaris, Linux, BSD and Mach kernels in the article.
The point that did come up multiple times, Microsoft has to rewrite large portions of windows code to take on new features, which make it incompatible with older software. While Unix based OS's can run older versions of software.
Linux (or BSD/etc) is more modular and can build on newer, better OS implementations. Paging file techniques, VM engines, OS Schedulers, etc.
It's more of a design philosophy article.
Or have an automated computer call the customer, and inform them they need to clean their computer.
Middle of nowhere, no starbucks, no tacobell.
No real coder could work there.
Music firms might come knocking if you are swapping pop
Guess I won't be busted for sharing my Australian didgeridoo, german barbershop quartet or christian gangster rap collection.