Dude, read till the end that wikipedia page that you linked to. There's even a smiley in 8.
Wow... I'm sure that's going to help calm people down, now that they know the computer is sad about being crashed (actually a frowning face, it's not happy about it at least). Although if it was a:) that'd be even more hilarious.
When AMD first released dual core CPU's there was some problem with RDTSC. AMD then released this utility. A lot of games had stupid stuttering issues without it, so not always as dire as an application crash, but it was on more than a few games. Problems could also be resolved by forcing the application to a single core.
Unless you really need PhysX (which is a niche feature)
I'm not aware of any game in the market that actually *needs* PhysX to run (although perhaps one exists?) And until a game absolutely mandates support as a minimum requirement all PhysX gets used for is making more crap happen on the screen that doesn't have any direct impact on gameplay. On Borderlands 2 setting PhysX to high will result in tons of shrapnel being thrown all over the ground from explosions, but those objects are all non-clipping, so it doesn't matter beyond the fact that sometimes you have a hard time seeing through it to the weapon drops.
And that's generally all I've seen done with it, extra crap that doesn't impact any game entity or interfere with main logic. Other than the couple non-game demo-ish simulations or whatever, no developer has been willing to make it part of core engine design.
Installing software is kinda at the whim of the developer, some might have quiet installers like "/q" or command line switches, and some might not, depends on them to provide.
Like they did with Vista? Oh wait, nobody bought it so they had to go back to the drawing board and give the people what they wanted with Windows 7.
Back to the drawing board? Hardly... Windows 7 is as close an OS to Vista as XP was to W2K. Some minor UI tweaks, less offensive UAC, and most importantly the fact that by the time Windows 7 rolled out there were actually working drivers for most hardware due to Vista development.
If anything, people thinking that Windows 7 was some kind of major remake of the OS means that Microsoft marketing really did their job in providing damage control. It could have been deployed as a Vista Service Pack, but likely would not have been able to get the buy-in from consumers that somehow Windows 7 did. So Microsoft Marketing gave people what they "wanted", which was simply the perception that they were not getting Vista.
Believe it or not, it is possible to build creative, novel, innovative, non-obvious solutions using only math and algorithms.
Unfortunately, a lot of these patents are not even close to being creative, novel, or innovative. There's a lot of obvious solutions that any expert in the software field would develop the same way, or at least an infringing way, if tasked with a similar problem. The language used seems to be aimed at maximizing the potential that someone will infringe on the patent in some way.
The hackers will make ARM run code compiled for x86?
Well, it's perhaps not that bad. All you need is a Java VM that runs on ARM with OpenGL working. Although if these devices only have OpenGL ES that might be a problem.
Cons: In my opinion, the storytelling of TL2 is somewhat less compelling and expansive than was that of D2.
Agree, the bar has been set pretty low on the story, I'm only vaguely paying any attention to it myself. But at least you can tell they put their focus in on the game play. With where it's at, I'd almost prefer the story to be scaled back even more, with just some brief hand waving about go forth and strike down evil.
Most rogue-likes never even bothered with it at all. And if you didn't dig through the readme files or hear it from someone, the only obvious thing was "we need to go deeper" and yet people still played the hell out of those and had a great time of it.
but that's no surprise I remember that it took M-Audio the better part of a year for Windows 7
I have an M-Audio Firewire audio box that still doesn't have fully working drivers for Windows 7, at least if you consider working _not_ blue screening every few minutes. Apparently if you don't have a TI chipset for Firewire you can pretty much forget about that device ever working in Win 7. But the crazy part is I had this 100% stable working in Vista, no issues at all. Seriously screwed up lack of giving a shit on their part.
Never mind you being forced to delete an account, will Facebook wipe an account of their servers?
I'd doubt it. Probably like a version control system, nothing is ever really gone or lost. On the outside you only see trunk / latest rev, it will look gone at least.
...report to be filed, signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.
That said, simultaneous release should be a given nowadays.
Why exactly should this be a given? Even assuming they are at least thinking ahead in their programming and have a proper localization framework in place, that still doesn't mean all content is equally ready for distribution.
Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person.
Listen to me. You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, he hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen. We don't need Him. Fuck damnation, man. Fuck redemption. We are God's unwanted children. So be it! But first you have to give up. First, you have to know, not fear, know that someday you're gonna die. It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
Then your competitor (if they can be called that) is garbage and it's no surprise at all they didn't get picked. Obviously there's no need to change anything at all. The question would have been far more interesting if the competitor actually did something better.
I've found it to be valuable for short time periods working through either specific integration tasks or refining certain code that multiple people have had input on. Or sometimes just as a sort of natural thing where I'd bring up an issue with someone and we'd work through it right then. I'd probably go crazy and find another job if I had to pair program all the time.
Woah... full stop, where does "fundamentally unethical" even originate in your fabricated world? We're talking about laws here that people have invented. You can wave your hands all you like, but randomly injecting terms like that doesn't make you right about anything. Breaking a law does not have some kind default automatic ethics association.
What if I get the holy water and find out that it hasn't been properly sanctified? Should I get my money back?
Sure... if you can come up with a scientifically repeatable test where I can independently verify your results of improperly sanctified water. Oh right... maybe not.
Or... just keep using the old uTorrent. It's got the basic and advanced feature set nailed down just fine. There's not a whole lot that needs done to it.
No, Blizzard realized there were still people selling runes 10 years after D2's release and thought: Christ, why aren't we getting a piece of that action?
This is demonstrably not precisely what they thought. Diablo 3 has no runes to sell, because that game mechanic was clearly not fun enough. IMO removal of runes and runewords for sockets was probably the stupidest itemization decision Blizzard made on the game.
So in general perhaps Blizzard wanted to make more money on the game, but by design it pretty much doesn't have an ideal setup for it.
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Dude, read till the end that wikipedia page that you linked to. There's even a smiley in 8.
Wow... I'm sure that's going to help calm people down, now that they know the computer is sad about being crashed (actually a frowning face, it's not happy about it at least). Although if it was a :) that'd be even more hilarious.
When AMD first released dual core CPU's there was some problem with RDTSC. AMD then released this utility. A lot of games had stupid stuttering issues without it, so not always as dire as an application crash, but it was on more than a few games. Problems could also be resolved by forcing the application to a single core.
Unless you really need PhysX (which is a niche feature)
I'm not aware of any game in the market that actually *needs* PhysX to run (although perhaps one exists?) And until a game absolutely mandates support as a minimum requirement all PhysX gets used for is making more crap happen on the screen that doesn't have any direct impact on gameplay. On Borderlands 2 setting PhysX to high will result in tons of shrapnel being thrown all over the ground from explosions, but those objects are all non-clipping, so it doesn't matter beyond the fact that sometimes you have a hard time seeing through it to the weapon drops.
And that's generally all I've seen done with it, extra crap that doesn't impact any game entity or interfere with main logic. Other than the couple non-game demo-ish simulations or whatever, no developer has been willing to make it part of core engine design.
Registry stuff is provided out of the box on command line... Regedit Command Line
And Diskpart provides entirely command line driven disk management.
For managing services you can use SC.
Installing software is kinda at the whim of the developer, some might have quiet installers like "/q" or command line switches, and some might not, depends on them to provide.
Like they did with Vista? Oh wait, nobody bought it so they had to go back to the drawing board and give the people what they wanted with Windows 7.
Back to the drawing board? Hardly... Windows 7 is as close an OS to Vista as XP was to W2K. Some minor UI tweaks, less offensive UAC, and most importantly the fact that by the time Windows 7 rolled out there were actually working drivers for most hardware due to Vista development.
If anything, people thinking that Windows 7 was some kind of major remake of the OS means that Microsoft marketing really did their job in providing damage control. It could have been deployed as a Vista Service Pack, but likely would not have been able to get the buy-in from consumers that somehow Windows 7 did. So Microsoft Marketing gave people what they "wanted", which was simply the perception that they were not getting Vista.
Believe it or not, it is possible to build creative, novel, innovative, non-obvious solutions using only math and algorithms.
Unfortunately, a lot of these patents are not even close to being creative, novel, or innovative. There's a lot of obvious solutions that any expert in the software field would develop the same way, or at least an infringing way, if tasked with a similar problem. The language used seems to be aimed at maximizing the potential that someone will infringe on the patent in some way.
The hackers will make ARM run code compiled for x86?
Well, it's perhaps not that bad. All you need is a Java VM that runs on ARM with OpenGL working. Although if these devices only have OpenGL ES that might be a problem.
I was actually excited from the title, fabricating a custom chip to do this. Then the summary quickly dispels that.
Cons: In my opinion, the storytelling of TL2 is somewhat less compelling and expansive than was that of D2.
Agree, the bar has been set pretty low on the story, I'm only vaguely paying any attention to it myself. But at least you can tell they put their focus in on the game play. With where it's at, I'd almost prefer the story to be scaled back even more, with just some brief hand waving about go forth and strike down evil.
Most rogue-likes never even bothered with it at all. And if you didn't dig through the readme files or hear it from someone, the only obvious thing was "we need to go deeper" and yet people still played the hell out of those and had a great time of it.
Is that when they put the Start Menu back in?
A deluxe feature such as that might be a little too much to give away in a service pack. That will probably need to wait until Windows 9.
Also the fact that Microsoft is working on their own tablet might indicate their level of caring about OEMs is starting to drop.
but that's no surprise I remember that it took M-Audio the better part of a year for Windows 7
I have an M-Audio Firewire audio box that still doesn't have fully working drivers for Windows 7, at least if you consider working _not_ blue screening every few minutes. Apparently if you don't have a TI chipset for Firewire you can pretty much forget about that device ever working in Win 7. But the crazy part is I had this 100% stable working in Vista, no issues at all. Seriously screwed up lack of giving a shit on their part.
3rd Rule of Vista: If a driver says "stop", times out, or blue screens the up-time is over.
Never mind you being forced to delete an account, will Facebook wipe an account of their servers?
I'd doubt it. Probably like a version control system, nothing is ever really gone or lost. On the outside you only see trunk / latest rev, it will look gone at least.
One does not simply "file" a report in the UK.
...report to be filed, signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.
That said, simultaneous release should be a given nowadays.
Why exactly should this be a given? Even assuming they are at least thinking ahead in their programming and have a proper localization framework in place, that still doesn't mean all content is equally ready for distribution.
Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person.
Listen to me. You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, he hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen. We don't need Him. Fuck damnation, man. Fuck redemption. We are God's unwanted children. So be it! But first you have to give up. First, you have to know, not fear, know that someday you're gonna die. It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
So you're saying it's OK to be a self absorbed self centred misanthrope?
Nothing to do with the post/GP, but when did this stop being OK?
Then your competitor (if they can be called that) is garbage and it's no surprise at all they didn't get picked. Obviously there's no need to change anything at all. The question would have been far more interesting if the competitor actually did something better.
I've found it to be valuable for short time periods working through either specific integration tasks or refining certain code that multiple people have had input on. Or sometimes just as a sort of natural thing where I'd bring up an issue with someone and we'd work through it right then. I'd probably go crazy and find another job if I had to pair program all the time.
fundamentally unethical
Woah... full stop, where does "fundamentally unethical" even originate in your fabricated world? We're talking about laws here that people have invented. You can wave your hands all you like, but randomly injecting terms like that doesn't make you right about anything. Breaking a law does not have some kind default automatic ethics association.
The Anno series is pretty good. It's a shame there is Ubisoft involvement since it could probably be better without their "help".
What if I get the holy water and find out that it hasn't been properly sanctified? Should I get my money back?
Sure... if you can come up with a scientifically repeatable test where I can independently verify your results of improperly sanctified water. Oh right... maybe not.
Or... just keep using the old uTorrent. It's got the basic and advanced feature set nailed down just fine. There's not a whole lot that needs done to it.
No, Blizzard realized there were still people selling runes 10 years after D2's release and thought: Christ, why aren't we getting a piece of that action?
This is demonstrably not precisely what they thought. Diablo 3 has no runes to sell, because that game mechanic was clearly not fun enough. IMO removal of runes and runewords for sockets was probably the stupidest itemization decision Blizzard made on the game.
So in general perhaps Blizzard wanted to make more money on the game, but by design it pretty much doesn't have an ideal setup for it.