he vodoo1 is what brought true fast 3d performance. I think nvidia was coming out with the tnt at the time but I am not too sure as 3dfx was all the craze then.
If memory serves..... At the time (~1996), 3dfx's closest competitor was the Rendition Verite. Not a bad card, actually. 3dfx had much better marketing, though - Rendition never really figured out what they were doing in the marketplace (sort of like 3Dlabs, but without the professional line).
nVidia was late to market, bringing out the Riva 128 in 1997 - it was notable for having a full OpenGL implementation, but was an otherwise overlooked product. nVidia didn't start challenging 3dfx's market dominance until the time of the Voodoo3, which was contemporaneous (roughly) with the TNT2. The TNT2 was a compelling product with 2d/3d integration, full 32-bit color support and (as with earlier nVidia products) a complete OpenGL implementation. Not only was their 2d better than what 3dfx was producing with the Banshee and Voodoo3, the picture quality and color vibrance in 3d was also superior (IMO).
Ultimately, the end of 3dfx was a tragic one. The company that almost single-handedly launched the 3d accelerator market fell by the wayside because of their inability to evolve and keep pace with the competition. Back in 1996, who'd have thought that a mere 10 years later, 3dfx would be a footnote in graphics history?
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Quake is 10
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The slashdot crowd is absolutely bloody right to expect that 10 years later something with the visuals of Quake and the level of game AI complexity of Nethack should have been written released and shipped.
And that has not happened. The monsters in the newer quakes, dooms and the likes are as daft as in the original. There is no random or even pseudorandom level generation.
Wish granted... Well, not quite so complex, but with vastly better graphics - Check out DungeonDoom for Doom3.
Agreed. The combination of camera and control scheme is annoying to say the least. Add in the warmed over Office Space references (or knock offs), the lame Metal Gear parody and the painful load-times, and you've got a mod I really could've done without.
Actually, the type of community Slackware has is precisely what drew me to it. Every now and again, a "Mine's Better!" flamewar sparks up, and Debian and Gentoo and Fedora and SuSe and more recently Ubuntu users slam and flame eachother to high heaven. Meanwhile, you can always find a thread of content Slackware users cordially chatting with eachother and sharing just how much they love Pat's plucky little distro.
That's it... The community is confident enough in the distribution that they don't need to tear anyone else apart. Slackers just love running Slack, and when it all boils down, that's a pretty attractive quality in a community.
Neither AMD nor ATI have that issue. I believe they are both beat by Intel and nVidia in their respective busiensses, atleast in terms of marketshare.
If memory serves, they're both beat by Intel in their respective businesses. Last time I checked, Intel was still the #1 provider of graphics chips. Scary, ain't it?
Actually, there is a separate story, but it was just submitted so we won't see it until sometime tuesday. I'm going to reserve my review until they post the dupe story wednesday night.
The important question is... Will you come to the defense of Mike Hunt? Mike Hunt is clearly in need of help right now, and only the actions of truly altruistic individuals like yourself can make bare the facts of this obviously hairy situation.
Reports have it that some of Mike Hunt's other staff members - namely Mr.s Jack Mehoff and Holden McGroin - are organizing and mobilizing a grass-roots defense. I suspect they'll be tempted to use some dirty tactics, but this is clearly not the time to be hitting below the belt. We must hold ourselves to the highest standards and refuse to sink into the deep, dank, stinky chasm of corruption.
After all, that's what Mike Hunt would expect of us all.
Do you (or anyone) have any suggestions for a book that teaches beginning concepts, as you say?
I'm currently having some fun with the How to Think Like A Computer Scientist series - http://www.canonicalbooks.com/free-ebooks.shtml
I'm reading the Python version right now, and it's pretty easy to follow.
You might also want to take a look at MIT OpenCourseWare - http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html - I'm slowly working through their computer science courses. Emphasis on slowly.
There's a benefit to reading Slashdot first thing when I wake-up... That made me laugh.:)
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The CVS Cop-Out
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Unless it requires a compiler that costs $1,000 for one seat (unless you're affiliated with an accredited university) and takes over 1,000 MB of your hard drive.
Whoops. That'll teach me not to read the gp. Forward my last post's snarkiness to the original poster that claimed Apple was a software company. Many thanks.:)
Yeah... Did you know Adidas is really a shoe company? I mean, they sell all kinds of clothes, but they're really a shoe company deep down inside. In fact, they're a shoe company trapped in a sports apparel company's profile. It's true.
...
In reality they use the software to drive the hardware sales. But they're not a software company.
Honestly, what the fuck do you think you mean by that? Apple, as a company, makes hardware and software. This would imply that they are both a hardware and software company. It would also imply that you're spouting pointless drivel.
Mike Barton writes to tell us InfoWorld is reporting IBM has announced that Billy says Jeff shouted something about Tom uttering that John C. Dvorak wrote a crazy article about Bill Gates whispering that The Register claimed Intel held a press conference stating that Adobe leaked news IBM was planning to include ODF support in Lotus Notes.
Basically, HD-DVD will be cheaper because it's going to still use some of the same components of current DVD players. If I remember right, they're still using a red laser. Blue-ray uses a blue laser... hench, it's name. Seriously, if you haven't read up on this, there's no point in trying to flame someone else.
1) Both formats use a 405nm (blue) laser, as opposed to the 650nm red laser of DVDs.
2) It's Blu-ray.
3) "hench, it's name" - Just beautiful.
4) If you haven't read up on this, there's no point in trying to flame someone else.
Although I agree with your intent, I think it's worth noting that William Gibson wrote the screenplay for Johnny Mnemonic. If an author decides to cannabalize and butcher his own work, that's his choice.
In the context of (g|G)od smiting heretics, I tend to prefer "smote" as the past-tense. I reserve "smitten" for describing how one felt about MarySue Rottencrotch in the eighth-grade.
I know y'all like to leave the submissions relatively untouched, but...
Lessing?
In the freaking headline?
fer[sic] christ's sake...
I also realize this is a tech site, and 90% of people here are familiar with the gentlemen in question, but it'd be nice to reference their full names at some point in the blurb.
Now all Nintendo needs to do is officially name the controller the Power Wand. Think of it.
Guess what I'm doing when I get home today? That's right... I'm gonna pick up my Power Wand and play with my Wii. I'm gonna wave my Power Wand all over the place. It'll be so much fun. Jealous?
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I need to visit the restroom.
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he vodoo1 is what brought true fast 3d performance. I think nvidia was coming out with the tnt at the time but I am not too sure as 3dfx was all the craze then.
If memory serves..... At the time (~1996), 3dfx's closest competitor was the Rendition Verite. Not a bad card, actually. 3dfx had much better marketing, though - Rendition never really figured out what they were doing in the marketplace (sort of like 3Dlabs, but without the professional line).
nVidia was late to market, bringing out the Riva 128 in 1997 - it was notable for having a full OpenGL implementation, but was an otherwise overlooked product. nVidia didn't start challenging 3dfx's market dominance until the time of the Voodoo3, which was contemporaneous (roughly) with the TNT2. The TNT2 was a compelling product with 2d/3d integration, full 32-bit color support and (as with earlier nVidia products) a complete OpenGL implementation. Not only was their 2d better than what 3dfx was producing with the Banshee and Voodoo3, the picture quality and color vibrance in 3d was also superior (IMO).
Ultimately, the end of 3dfx was a tragic one. The company that almost single-handedly launched the 3d accelerator market fell by the wayside because of their inability to evolve and keep pace with the competition. Back in 1996, who'd have thought that a mere 10 years later, 3dfx would be a footnote in graphics history?
The slashdot crowd is absolutely bloody right to expect that 10 years later something with the visuals of Quake and the level of game AI complexity of Nethack should have been written released and shipped.
And that has not happened. The monsters in the newer quakes, dooms and the likes are as daft as in the original. There is no random or even pseudorandom level generation.
Wish granted... Well, not quite so complex, but with vastly better graphics - Check out DungeonDoom for Doom3.
... even if I had the chance to work in Microsoft. I know I don't!
Come on, little trooper... Don't be so hard on yourself. There's always janitorial positions.
This is an attention grabbing fluff piece.
Not surprising, really. That's the only type of article The Inquirer runs.
Agreed. The combination of camera and control scheme is annoying to say the least. Add in the warmed over Office Space references (or knock offs), the lame Metal Gear parody and the painful load-times, and you've got a mod I really could've done without.
Actually, the type of community Slackware has is precisely what drew me to it. Every now and again, a "Mine's Better!" flamewar sparks up, and Debian and Gentoo and Fedora and SuSe and more recently Ubuntu users slam and flame eachother to high heaven. Meanwhile, you can always find a thread of content Slackware users cordially chatting with eachother and sharing just how much they love Pat's plucky little distro.
That's it... The community is confident enough in the distribution that they don't need to tear anyone else apart. Slackers just love running Slack, and when it all boils down, that's a pretty attractive quality in a community.
Who needs a pissing match anyway?
Neither AMD nor ATI have that issue. I believe they are both beat by Intel and nVidia in their respective busiensses, atleast in terms of marketshare.
If memory serves, they're both beat by Intel in their respective businesses. Last time I checked, Intel was still the #1 provider of graphics chips. Scary, ain't it?
Leave it to the Germans to spell CDE with a K... and bloody near everything else for that matter. ;)
Actually, there is a separate story, but it was just submitted so we won't see it until sometime tuesday. I'm going to reserve my review until they post the dupe story wednesday night.
The important question is... Will you come to the defense of Mike Hunt? Mike Hunt is clearly in need of help right now, and only the actions of truly altruistic individuals like yourself can make bare the facts of this obviously hairy situation.
Reports have it that some of Mike Hunt's other staff members - namely Mr.s Jack Mehoff and Holden McGroin - are organizing and mobilizing a grass-roots defense. I suspect they'll be tempted to use some dirty tactics, but this is clearly not the time to be hitting below the belt. We must hold ourselves to the highest standards and refuse to sink into the deep, dank, stinky chasm of corruption.
After all, that's what Mike Hunt would expect of us all.
...and I'm looking forward to playing through Episode One (an odd name if ever there were one).
It could be worse. They could've called it something really ridiculous, like The Phantom Menace.
Do you (or anyone) have any suggestions for a book that teaches beginning concepts, as you say?
I'm currently having some fun with the How to Think Like A Computer Scientist series - http://www.canonicalbooks.com/free-ebooks.shtml
I'm reading the Python version right now, and it's pretty easy to follow.
You might also want to take a look at MIT OpenCourseWare - http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html - I'm slowly working through their computer science courses. Emphasis on slowly.
A retarded apple.
:)
There's a benefit to reading Slashdot first thing when I wake-up... That made me laugh.
Unless it requires a compiler that costs $1,000 for one seat (unless you're affiliated with an accredited university) and takes over 1,000 MB of your hard drive.
s _Edition
Well, you could research some free (as in beer) tools.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Expres
Or you could stop bothering with open-source software on a platform that's openly hostile towards it.
Just some ideas.
In celebration of it's release, ID Software and Microsoft are teaming up to release Duke Nukem Forever on the same day!
3DRealms, not id. Way to botch a lame joke.
Whoops. That'll teach me not to read the gp. Forward my last post's snarkiness to the original poster that claimed Apple was a software company. Many thanks. :)
Yeah... Did you know Adidas is really a shoe company? I mean, they sell all kinds of clothes, but they're really a shoe company deep down inside. In fact, they're a shoe company trapped in a sports apparel company's profile. It's true.
...
In reality they use the software to drive the hardware sales. But they're not a software company.
Honestly, what the fuck do you think you mean by that? Apple, as a company, makes hardware and software. This would imply that they are both a hardware and software company. It would also imply that you're spouting pointless drivel.
Telephone.
Mike Barton writes to tell us InfoWorld is reporting IBM has announced that Billy says Jeff shouted something about Tom uttering that John C. Dvorak wrote a crazy article about Bill Gates whispering that The Register claimed Intel held a press conference stating that Adobe leaked news IBM was planning to include ODF support in Lotus Notes.
Basically, HD-DVD will be cheaper because it's going to still use some of the same components of current DVD players. If I remember right, they're still using a red laser. Blue-ray uses a blue laser... hench, it's name. Seriously, if you haven't read up on this, there's no point in trying to flame someone else.
1) Both formats use a 405nm (blue) laser, as opposed to the 650nm red laser of DVDs.
2) It's Blu-ray.
3) "hench, it's name" - Just beautiful.
4) If you haven't read up on this, there's no point in trying to flame someone else.
Although I agree with your intent, I think it's worth noting that William Gibson wrote the screenplay for Johnny Mnemonic. If an author decides to cannabalize and butcher his own work, that's his choice.
In the context of (g|G)od smiting heretics, I tend to prefer "smote" as the past-tense. I reserve "smitten" for describing how one felt about MarySue Rottencrotch in the eighth-grade.
I know y'all like to leave the submissions relatively untouched, but...
Lessing?
In the freaking headline?
fer[sic] christ's sake...
I also realize this is a tech site, and 90% of people here are familiar with the gentlemen in question, but it'd be nice to reference their full names at some point in the blurb.
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Wii.
Wii..
Now all Nintendo needs to do is officially name the controller the Power Wand. Think of it.
Guess what I'm doing when I get home today? That's right... I'm gonna pick up my Power Wand and play with my Wii. I'm gonna wave my Power Wand all over the place. It'll be so much fun. Jealous?
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I need to visit the restroom.
Ummm... Nope.
So, would you prefer a rifle or a handgun during an occupation? I'm not betting on that colt...