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  1. Re:FPS from 1980 on Tron Legacy Exposed · · Score: 1

    if we re talking about filled triangles, we can look at atari i'robot from 1983: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(arcade_game)

  2. this code will be gpl'd and etc... on Linus Calls Microsoft Hatred "a Disease" · · Score: 1

    so, this mean other VM packages besides virtual pc will be able to use it too?

  3. Re:so, if Apple... on POWER7 To Ship In First Half of 2010 · · Score: 1

    you know most of this number comes from the fixed logic part of the gpus of the consoles, right?

  4. wardriving on Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission · · Score: 1

    so.. they will start mad max like gangs?

  5. Re:laser pointer on Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet · · Score: 2, Informative

    a lot of webcams can.

  6. Re:Processor frequency on Atari 1200XL Stacked Up Against a Dell Inspiron · · Score: 1

    Actually you dont need to even count 64 bit, or multiply.

    A 6502 cpu takes around 2-6 cycles to execute a single instruction, a modern x86 cpu can pull 3-4 instructions on a single cycle, so even if you ignore anything the modern cpus can do and a 6502 cant, you still have 10x-12x more proceessing power per cycle.

  7. Re:No need on Lenovo Tinkers With Larger Delete and Escape Keys · · Score: 1

    well, Ctrl + Alt + Del is still a lot useful on modern windows systems.

    While windows got stable, the same can't be said of all programs running on it, so, a quick way to eliminate em is still needed, and this is why people still offen uses the Ctrl + Alt + Del combo.

    it calls the almighty Task Manager to lay its hammer of destruction on the deviant criminal processes that are locked down.

    And also, you need to press em everytime you boot on a Windows NT computer by default.

  8. Re:Call him Monkey Boy all you want on Sony Makes It Hard To Develop For the PS3 On Purpose · · Score: 1

    Minter didnt killed 360 yet, and he did not only released a game for it (Space Giraffes) as he did a portion of the console bios (the audio cd visualizer thing).

  9. Re:S3 has always been a synonym for "avoid" on S3 Graphics Fails At Delivering Linux Driver · · Score: 1

    4MX was quite insane in T&L speed by the price of it, not many cards of this price range can run that 1 million of triangles 3D mark test at 20-30 fps

  10. i think some are on purpose on Walmart Photo Keychain Comes Preloaded With Malware · · Score: 1

    i got my hands on a pink "MP5" thing (hate that mp4/mp5/mp6 crap), and it not only have a autorun.inf pointing to a virus as you expect, as it keeps rewriting the damn thing when i erase it, and it points to a file on the recycler, and the recycler of the device has a weird file on it its like the own MPthing firmware is actually writing the virus on it

  11. Re:I'm starting to believe... on LHC Repair To Cost At Least $21 Million · · Score: 1

    but that would not cause something like a "invisible force field" that protects the sub particles of being formed instead of lets say the whole thing break down?

  12. Re:Don't buy it on Jaguar, World's Most Powerful Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    and the hardware itself its quite buggy,as you need to align the jumps with 64 bits words but at least there is tempest for it

  13. on par with nintendo Wii? on Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 2, Insightful

    do these guys have the official nintendo devkit or something to affirm that one?
    because you know, you cant compare diferent cpus just by the clock or cache size, that to not mention the video chips that are probably radically diferent.

  14. just no gamecube? on The Complete History of Nintendo · · Score: 1

    where is super mario bros on this timeline ?

  15. flash looks really nice and stuff on Four SSDs Compared — OCZ, Super Talent, Mtron · · Score: 1

    but i'm personally waiting for that memsistor thing.

    yes i know,a long wait.

  16. Re:linux,welcome to the same prison cell as micros on How HP Could Turn a Novelty Into a Revolution · · Score: 1

    the problem is that windows in this case is "democratic".

    Its not about the smartest user,but the mindset of most users of it that will or not buy the next version.

  17. linux,welcome to the same prison cell as microsoft on How HP Could Turn a Novelty Into a Revolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not completely sure about this, but i think the biggest problem with the windows is actually the own windows users.

    They re not exactly OS experts, but they kinda command microsoft with their money, and so far they didnt quite guided it well.

    I imagine what will happen when this userbase starts to commmand linux too.

  18. how bad it would be.. on CC Companies Scotch Mythbusters Show On RFID Security · · Score: 1

    if a big news web site like lets say.. slashdot did a news with a title like "CC Companies Scotch Mythbusters Show On RFID Security" or something,that would kinda ruin the whole point of censoring the episode in first place dont it?

    Not like that will ha... o shi

  19. in raw power he's probably right on Nvidia Claims Intel's Larrabee Is "a GPU From 2006" · · Score: 1

    but the extra programability larrabee have as its just a bunch of cpus with some gpu instructions,this wont allow some kind of workarounds,optimizations and diferent raster techniques that make it overcomes the raw power barrier?

    to not mention the ressurection of some techniques that never catched on in fixed triangle rendering hardwares like nurbs,voxels and etc?

  20. Re:Sweet!! on $12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II · · Score: 1

    nes uses a modified 1.76 mhz 6502,not a Z80 and the design itself probably is a "nes on a chip" just like all the other nes clones

    and to that guy that said that nes is just for sprite moving,nope,it uses a tile engine with 8x8 tile blocks,so its pretty good for text display

  21. software mode the return? on Intel Reveals More Larrabee Architecture Details · · Score: 1

    there is like a LOT of computers with really good cpus and really weak video chips like laptops and dell computers

    Why not just do a software mode driver for em?

    that probably would make the 3D gaming market a bit bigger without forcing the people to buy a 3D acelerator card (thing that is kinda impossible to do on most laptops)

  22. microsoft is not exactly good or evil on Microsoft's Open Source Guru Faces Tough Fight · · Score: 3, Insightful

    microsoft is capitalist,they go where they think the money is.

    if you give em hard proof of a more profitable future in OSS,they will run to it faster than a young puppy chasing a rubber ball.

  23. how fast it will execute the current x86 apps? on Intel Says to Prepare For "Thousands of Cores" · · Score: 1

    because this IS the main selling point on any desktop computer

  24. Re:Short answer: no on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    that alone would not give the level of compatibility they need

    but nothing that the virtual pc emulator that they got now cant solve.

  25. that padlock coprocessor thing from via C7 on Using Distributed Computing To Thwart Ransomware · · Score: 1

    cant that be used to bruteforce that keys MUCH faster? i mean,from what i read its like.. 20 times faster than a regular pc cpu