In those two cases, wasn't the same decision reached by consensus? That is, the general scientific public thought that Moore's Law had been reached......... but I believe this is the first time that somebody this close to the originator of said law (Andy Grove) has agreed with the belief.
Of course, I'm by no means a history buff, so I could be wrong............ and who knows, maybe Andy Grove's opinon doesn't really count, either.
... I'm gonna hold off until they come out with the Sims Online Pornographers expansion pack. Sex is the only reason people use the Internet anyway.....
Yeah..... sadly, all Bill Gates does is donate hundreds of millions of dollars to finance vaccinations for children in third-world countries who otherwise wouldn't receive them. But then again, not everybody named Gates can put their fortunes to such practical use......
... but when you're developing for a highly-scalable database, you want to wring out as much performance as possible. And that means accepting the fact that if you dump all of your application logic into the middle tier, you'll be sacrificing some potential performance gains for portability.
I also think it's foolish to code all of your stuff to be 100% portable between different databases, since each RDBMS has its own set of customized extensions / improvements. Why would you sacrifice the potential performance of your app just so you can port stuff between SQL Server and Oracle easily, unless you're planning to go back-and-forth between the two?
Do "thin" monitors that are good for gaming exist?
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Somebody in this topic already mentioned that LCDs are prone to ghosting when playing games -- this is the main thing that's keeping me from buying a new monitor. And so, my question is: are there any flat-panel monitors that ARE good for gaming? Will OLED-based monitors remedy this problem?
...... he's merely stating his opinion. A key difference between an opinion and a dictator: an opinion is an idea, to be used or discarded at one's discretion; a dictator force-feeds their opinion(s) down your throat.
Don't get so militant. Relax. Breathe. See you next week.
One is an 80s Kevin Bacon movie; the other is something you don't want to do, unless you enjoy hobbling (different from hobbiting, btw) from one spot to the next.
.... seems to be just the opposite of what you described about the cancer project -- it uses an absolutely amazing client, but a project with a rather frivolous goal. Too bad they can't get any more help on refining the client, and getting it to run *nix..........
.... but the client didn't to be refined enough at the time. If only these auxiliary projects had the amount of time and effort spent on perfecting the clients as SETI or United Devices...........
Taken as a serious post, I think you can see why I responded the way I did. Going on the premise that there's a bunch of sarcasm mixed in makes it easier to swallow.........
Anyway, maybe your problem lies primarily with Windows ME? I've been extremely happy with Windows 2000, coming from a WinNT @ work and Win95 @ home. And what do you mean by "painfully inefficient"? From a corporate standpoint, it appears as though they are the most efficient brand-name (PC) box builder in the business........ even if their components aren't necessarily upgrade-friendly.
I find it amusing that this actually got modded up to +5:Interesting -- but it did allude to the fact that Slashdot users are more intelligent and open-minded than the rest of the populace, so I suppose that could explain it.
I don't even know why you bothered with the "one-hand/other-hand" argument -- both sides seem to be fairly negative, and offer no real argument. Yes, people recommend good games they play to their friends -- it's not peer pressure, it's them making an informed recommendation to another person, in the hopes that they'll derive the same amount of enjoyment from playing.
On to your app argument -- yes, clearly this is "just another app the common computer user will never figure out". Because it's pretty damn hard to locate the game in the same way they do all their other apps: Start Menu >> Programs >> Final Fantasy XI >> Play Final Fantasy. I suspect it'll be even simpler than that, since they'll probably provide a desktop icon. And yes, this process will be easily confused with the process of deleting a directory -- in which you press the "Delete" key and choose "Yes" from the ensuing confirmation screen.
"So goes the way of Windows"? I'd like to see the common user you've described try to install a game on Linux without any kind of programming experience, as opposed to being presented with a Windows interface. There's a reason Windows is in 85-90%+ of desktop computers............. see if you can't figure out why.
Ah yes.... because people who read Slashdot are instantly transformed into intelligent and open-minded beings, once they deign to join the community you figure so prominently in, yes? Of course, I see far fewer misspelled, immature and poorly thought-out posts here than any other board I post to. And open-minded? Please........ I have three words for you: "knee", "jerk" and "reactionists". This doesn't describe all Slashdot users, or even most, but there's an awful lot of defensive posts to read the minute anybody says anything negative about Linux or an alternative OSS project.
You would THINK that the 9700 would be better for FF -- if the support and mature drivers were there, since it seems the hardware outguns the GeForce4 by a solid margin. However, it sounds like there are still plenty of kinks to be worked out in the 9700 line.........
Look at it another way: if you were Dell, who would you part with? nVidia, which has market share majority, excellent customer support, regularly releases improved drivers, and is constantly working on bringing bleeding-edge tech to market in a timely manner. Or ATi, which has traditionally focused on the lower-end, OEM markets; has a long history of shoddy drivers support; and an unproven track record in the higher-end markets to which Dell is marketing their computers?
At the end of the day, Dell is going to choose the company with the best all-around features. Having a magnificent piece of technology doesn't mean squat if it can't run reliably, due to driver / compat issues.
Instead of ripping out KaZaA, only to have them reinstall it (or a similar app) later, just install KaZaA Lite. All the taste, but less the craptastic filling of your friendly neighborhood spyware p2p.
..... the bottleneck will exist in other areas. Internet bandwidth seems to be the most likely case -- the technology industry seems pretty motivated to keep improving its wares, but the telecoms seem to be digging their heels in, ratcheting down speeds for the same amount of money. Which could then turn around and bite the techies in the ass, because there won't be any killers apps for their products.
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HotBot was one of my favorite search engines, back in the day.
When exactly was this day that people always talk about?!
In those two cases, wasn't the same decision reached by consensus? That is, the general scientific public thought that Moore's Law had been reached......... but I believe this is the first time that somebody this close to the originator of said law (Andy Grove) has agreed with the belief.
Of course, I'm by no means a history buff, so I could be wrong............ and who knows, maybe Andy Grove's opinon doesn't really count, either.
That is all.
... I'm gonna hold off until they come out with the Sims Online Pornographers expansion pack. Sex is the only reason people use the Internet anyway.....
If only everyone named Gates did stuff this cool.
Yeah..... sadly, all Bill Gates does is donate hundreds of millions of dollars to finance vaccinations for children in third-world countries who otherwise wouldn't receive them. But then again, not everybody named Gates can put their fortunes to such practical use......
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Having just managed and just laid off an entire office of 35 engineers and then myself
So you're saying you laid yourself off? Well then, I guess you have nobody to blame but yourself.......... =P
One person's "Duh!" is another person's "Huh?"/
off of what? The drawingboard, I suppose.......
.... of all the other white trash in your trailer park. Buy one today!
.... like you need to divorce your wife instead.
(it's a joke. laugh.)
... but when you're developing for a highly-scalable database, you want to wring out as much performance as possible. And that means accepting the fact that if you dump all of your application logic into the middle tier, you'll be sacrificing some potential performance gains for portability.
I also think it's foolish to code all of your stuff to be 100% portable between different databases, since each RDBMS has its own set of customized extensions / improvements. Why would you sacrifice the potential performance of your app just so you can port stuff between SQL Server and Oracle easily, unless you're planning to go back-and-forth between the two?
What is this, the name of a new Gundam?
Somebody in this topic already mentioned that LCDs are prone to ghosting when playing games -- this is the main thing that's keeping me from buying a new monitor. And so, my question is: are there any flat-panel monitors that ARE good for gaming? Will OLED-based monitors remedy this problem?
...... he's merely stating his opinion. A key difference between an opinion and a dictator: an opinion is an idea, to be used or discarded at one's discretion; a dictator force-feeds their opinion(s) down your throat.
Don't get so militant. Relax. Breathe. See you next week.
The theory is really cool, the practical applications are nearly zero.
Much like the SETI@Home search, methinks.......... this isn't a troll, this is my honest opinion, but feel free to mod it as you wish.
One is an 80s Kevin Bacon movie; the other is something you don't want to do, unless you enjoy hobbling (different from hobbiting, btw) from one spot to the next.
.... seems to be just the opposite of what you described about the cancer project -- it uses an absolutely amazing client, but a project with a rather frivolous goal. Too bad they can't get any more help on refining the client, and getting it to run *nix..........
.... but the client didn't to be refined enough at the time. If only these auxiliary projects had the amount of time and effort spent on perfecting the clients as SETI or United Devices...........
Heck, I'm 27 now -- at 40yrs of age, I should definitely be considered mature by then. Does that mean my mom can still tell me to act my age?
Taken as a serious post, I think you can see why I responded the way I did. Going on the premise that there's a bunch of sarcasm mixed in makes it easier to swallow.........
Anyway, maybe your problem lies primarily with Windows ME? I've been extremely happy with Windows 2000, coming from a WinNT @ work and Win95 @ home. And what do you mean by "painfully inefficient"? From a corporate standpoint, it appears as though they are the most efficient brand-name (PC) box builder in the business........ even if their components aren't necessarily upgrade-friendly.
I find it amusing that this actually got modded up to +5:Interesting -- but it did allude to the fact that Slashdot users are more intelligent and open-minded than the rest of the populace, so I suppose that could explain it.
I don't even know why you bothered with the "one-hand/other-hand" argument -- both sides seem to be fairly negative, and offer no real argument. Yes, people recommend good games they play to their friends -- it's not peer pressure, it's them making an informed recommendation to another person, in the hopes that they'll derive the same amount of enjoyment from playing.
On to your app argument -- yes, clearly this is "just another app the common computer user will never figure out". Because it's pretty damn hard to locate the game in the same way they do all their other apps: Start Menu >> Programs >> Final Fantasy XI >> Play Final Fantasy. I suspect it'll be even simpler than that, since they'll probably provide a desktop icon. And yes, this process will be easily confused with the process of deleting a directory -- in which you press the "Delete" key and choose "Yes" from the ensuing confirmation screen.
"So goes the way of Windows"? I'd like to see the common user you've described try to install a game on Linux without any kind of programming experience, as opposed to being presented with a Windows interface. There's a reason Windows is in 85-90%+ of desktop computers............. see if you can't figure out why.
Ah yes.... because people who read Slashdot are instantly transformed into intelligent and open-minded beings, once they deign to join the community you figure so prominently in, yes? Of course, I see far fewer misspelled, immature and poorly thought-out posts here than any other board I post to. And open-minded? Please........ I have three words for you: "knee", "jerk" and "reactionists". This doesn't describe all Slashdot users, or even most, but there's an awful lot of defensive posts to read the minute anybody says anything negative about Linux or an alternative OSS project.
You would THINK that the 9700 would be better for FF -- if the support and mature drivers were there, since it seems the hardware outguns the GeForce4 by a solid margin. However, it sounds like there are still plenty of kinks to be worked out in the 9700 line.........
Look at it another way: if you were Dell, who would you part with? nVidia, which has market share majority, excellent customer support, regularly releases improved drivers, and is constantly working on bringing bleeding-edge tech to market in a timely manner. Or ATi, which has traditionally focused on the lower-end, OEM markets; has a long history of shoddy drivers support; and an unproven track record in the higher-end markets to which Dell is marketing their computers?
At the end of the day, Dell is going to choose the company with the best all-around features. Having a magnificent piece of technology doesn't mean squat if it can't run reliably, due to driver / compat issues.
Instead of ripping out KaZaA, only to have them reinstall it (or a similar app) later, just install KaZaA Lite. All the taste, but less the craptastic filling of your friendly neighborhood spyware p2p.
.....the GNU/Linux Guard? After all, GNU runs on Linux............ :)
..... the bottleneck will exist in other areas. Internet bandwidth seems to be the most likely case -- the technology industry seems pretty motivated to keep improving its wares, but the telecoms seem to be digging their heels in, ratcheting down speeds for the same amount of money. Which could then turn around and bite the techies in the ass, because there won't be any killers apps for their products.