That you got 5 Insightful indicates that most people are quite ignorant of many of C++'s features.
It's very easy to have "automatic memory management" in C++ without resorting to GC. STL containers and reference-counted smart pointers make this trivial. I have written numerous commercial applications in C++ and most of them do not have a single explicit "delete" or "free" statement. And I get templates, which lets the optimizer do some amazing things.
A bit of history, Quake [wikipedia.org], is the grand-daddy that started it all: first true-3D Game
What about Ultima Underworld? 4 years before Quake, and it was fully 3D, except for monsters/NPCs which were sprites. But so were the monsters in System Shock, and nobody would argue that's not a 3D game.
Thinking the death of Bin Laden will change anything is like thinking the death of Roosevelt in 1945 meant the end of WW2. (For those lacking in history, it didn't).
What do you mean? The war in Europe ended the following month, and the war in the Pacific ended later that year. Obviously without his death in April 1945 WWII could have gone on for MUCH longer!
Those TVs aren't calibrated for proper movie brightness. Post production for movies is all designed for a specific set of conditions, certain ambient brightness level, etc, and cranking up the brightness like they do for the eye-catching "demo mode" at box stores takes those scenes way out of "spec". A properly calibrated TV at home will help "hide" things like that, just like in the theater. (I design software for the film post production industry)
Take another look. I just bought Tron Legacy for $25, and for that I got *4* discs - one Blu-Ray version of the movie, one 3D Blu-Ray version, one regular DVD ("for the car"), and an extensive making-of. I see more and more bundles like this all the time.
As someone who works at home and pays over $10K/year in property taxes, I'll happily accept this mileage tax.
Oh, you're *not* going to lower my property taxes now that the mileage tax is paying for the roads? Well, I think you know where you can stuff your hat.
I don't know - the card is certainly fast, but when all you can do to beat your competition's single-GPU card is to stick two of your slower GPUs on it, it just feels hollow to me. All Nvidia has to do is come back with a $800 card with two 580s on it to decimate AMD's nuts in return. Is this *really* all that amazing?
I don't need to watch thirty minutes of actors in front of a green screen being superimposed onto a moving truck on the highway, thirty seconds would be plenty.
Replying to this whole "thread" I also agree that the minor characters are the likeable ones. Brody, Volker, and Park for instance should get more time. And I'll give you Greer, but they write him like we're not supposed to like him, but in a different way than Rush.
This actually reminds me of Caprica - not a likable character in the bunch. WTF are these writers trying to prove?
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In one of the photos it looks like the elevator trim tab is completely missing.
The human life lost is indeed tragic, but I'm personally devastated that we've lost yet another irreplaceable P51.
I heard that it actually didn't boot at all, but flew directly out of Steve's ass over the ether into your computer.
Maybe he was looking at the GPS and not paying attention to the road.
Nah he was more likely doing a google+ update. "Hey what does this switch do?"
Probably has something to do with lack of sex with women.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
You thought.... poorly.
As someone with an EE background, what I've not understood with their design is how they compensate for a lack of wiping action on the contacts.
I occasionally stick my power cords into a plate of Indian food. There's plenty of wiping action after that.
That you got 5 Insightful indicates that most people are quite ignorant of many of C++'s features.
It's very easy to have "automatic memory management" in C++ without resorting to GC. STL containers and reference-counted smart pointers make this trivial. I have written numerous commercial applications in C++ and most of them do not have a single explicit "delete" or "free" statement. And I get templates, which lets the optimizer do some amazing things.
A bit of history, Quake [wikipedia.org], is the grand-daddy that started it all: first true-3D Game
What about Ultima Underworld? 4 years before Quake, and it was fully 3D, except for monsters/NPCs which were sprites. But so were the monsters in System Shock, and nobody would argue that's not a 3D game.
Linux has already filled those markets.
Outside world? Sounds like they don't want/need it.
How far down into the sand do you have to stick your head before you can't hear anything again?
They will be the same pill, regardless of which one you pick. The "choice" is an illusion.
Surely Apple sending you overtightened replacements would void the warranty? Did you need a special tool to correct the tightness level?
Thinking the death of Bin Laden will change anything is like thinking the death of Roosevelt in 1945 meant the end of WW2. (For those lacking in history, it didn't).
What do you mean? The war in Europe ended the following month, and the war in the Pacific ended later that year. Obviously without his death in April 1945 WWII could have gone on for MUCH longer!
Those TVs aren't calibrated for proper movie brightness. Post production for movies is all designed for a specific set of conditions, certain ambient brightness level, etc, and cranking up the brightness like they do for the eye-catching "demo mode" at box stores takes those scenes way out of "spec". A properly calibrated TV at home will help "hide" things like that, just like in the theater.
(I design software for the film post production industry)
Take another look. I just bought Tron Legacy for $25, and for that I got *4* discs - one Blu-Ray version of the movie, one 3D Blu-Ray version, one regular DVD ("for the car"), and an extensive making-of. I see more and more bundles like this all the time.
His name wasn't Bob was it?
As someone who works at home and pays over $10K/year in property taxes, I'll happily accept this mileage tax.
Oh, you're *not* going to lower my property taxes now that the mileage tax is paying for the roads? Well, I think you know where you can stuff your hat.
You must be using it wrong.
What, falling?
I don't know - the card is certainly fast, but when all you can do to beat your competition's single-GPU card is to stick two of your slower GPUs on it, it just feels hollow to me. All Nvidia has to do is come back with a $800 card with two 580s on it to decimate AMD's nuts in return. Is this *really* all that amazing?
Fox News has a science tech section? You just blew my mind!
That's called "buzzing" you know.
I don't need to watch thirty minutes of actors in front of a green screen being superimposed onto a moving truck on the highway, thirty seconds would be plenty.
Good, because that sequence wasn't shot in front of a green screen.
Man I'm so glad people agree with me.
Replying to this whole "thread" I also agree that the minor characters are the likeable ones. Brody, Volker, and Park for instance should get more time. And I'll give you Greer, but they write him like we're not supposed to like him, but in a different way than Rush.
This actually reminds me of Caprica - not a likable character in the bunch. WTF are these writers trying to prove?