You don't use meta tags for search engine optimisation anymore. That's so 1998. Search engines, and especially Google, get key words and information from the site's HTML and content now.
JavaScript before the newer engines was slow, but not that slow. I have an MSN client programmed in JavaScript on the Mozilla platform, and it runs great on my Pentium II 233 Mhz.
The newer engines like TraceMonkey, V8, etc. speed up JavaScript quite a bit, though.
I wonder why you complain about JavaScript being slow and then propose Java as an alternative. Now that is slow, especially as a browser plug-in.
If you make the third part web browsers part of the Windows 7 install DVD they will be old versions and prone to vulnerabilities and skip some FOSS web browsers and any other web browser that comes out after the Install DVD is made.
You obviously didn't read the article (oh, right, I'm on Slashdot). The ballot screen is pushed via Windows Update. It is not part of the installation. The ballot screen will let you download your chosen web browser from the vendor's server. So no, it will not be an old version.
Your post is yet more evidence of how misunderstood JavaScript as a language is. It's actually quite neat and versatile. No wonder the language's core (ECMAScript) has so many derivations.
But if so, why all the security advancements in the latests Windows versions? Why isn't it still using Win95 era security?
Simple. They switched from the Win9x codebase to the Windows NT codebase, which was designed for corporations, who needed things like permissions on their machines and networks.
Will Mega Man 10 support progressive scan? Months ago I bought a Wii VGA cable, which allowed me to use the Wii with one of the monitors I keep in my room (so I wouldn't hog the family TV). I was very disappointed that I couldn't play Mega Man 9 this way because apparently Capcom was lazy enough to not include progressive scan support.
This is quite baffling when you consider that:
Mega Man 9 on other platforms does have progressive scan support
The NES aesthetic is a part of the original Mega Man series' identity. Up to and including Mega Man 6, they were NES games.
The graphics being so basic also contributes to the fine-grained gameplay. Look at Mega Man 8 why a graphics upgrade that you're proposing breaks the gameplay. Now, maybe you're arguing for the same shapes, but with more detail. But 8-bit has its charm, and like I said, is part of the series' identity.
I'm part of that 3%. I loathe managed languages. They get in the way, you don't know what you're actually doing when using them. Your analogy with Lego blocks is quite apt, as most of what you end up doing is telling built-in language libraries what to do. It's so bad it's demotivating.
I'm lucky to have attended a school that started out by teaching C. That's how I learned the language, as I didn't get it when trying to learn it by myself. It's probably because of the syntax, as I started out with Basic, followed by Visual Basic (6).
One has to wonder why in the second year the school makes everyone switch to.NET and Java. Ugh. So I'm learning C++ on my own. I'd like to learn assembler later on.
Unlike most others who like bare metal programming, I'm still in my twenties, so there's hope indeed!
I know how managed languages work, and I have a good idea of how the industry works. I didn't know that there were companies out there that used XNA, but I guess there are exceptions.
Look, I know you can learn and make games with XNA. That's not the point. I'm not going to use it for the reasons I gave before. Too many details are hidden from me in managed languages, and I want to learn how games work at a low level, not a high level.
I'll still claim that neither of those things is an issue where XNA development significant departs from AAA title development.
Then you don't know how the industry works. There's a reason XNA is for indies.
in terms of learning about cpu/memory efficiency, you can learn the same techniques on XNA, it's just that your ultimate limitations are slightly lower
Managed languages are very restricted when it comes to this, especially memory, so it's mostly a waste of time.
The grandparent was not arguing that he should not be punished, but that he shouldn't be extradited because of the suffering it would cause him. Just because one is intelligent doesn't mean that (s)he can't suffer from a mental 'disorder' that can make them feel really uneasy in certain situations. How about claustrophobia?
In all, I would suggest people don't get consoles, as too much bargaining power is taken away from you in getting one, and too many games just aren't worth wasting money on.
Nonsense. There are plenty of good games that are worth your money on game consoles, and it's not hard to make out what's good judging from word of mouth/keyboard and reading reviews (fuck the scores, read the review!).
That it's a closed platform doesn't matter at all to the consumers. We don't have to upgrade our hardware, deal with technical issues, and we don't get invasive DRM.
Having said that, there are free demos for many games on PSN and Xbox Live!.
C++ vs c# is a trivial amount of difference, mostly in the libraries. The syntax is similar enough it will take all of a day or two to make the transition.
But one is a non-managed language, and the other is a managed language. That's a non-trivial difference.
How did you learn to program games? I'm struggling to find non-introductory documentation on how to program them the object-oriented way. I use C++ with SDL.
You're talking about an OS that has gotten its third Service Pack only about a year ago and that still gets patches. To say it's 8 years old based on the release date of the release of its first iteration is misleading.
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Fine, Sherlock. I meant the HTML between the body tags.
CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 are finished standards? Since when?
You don't use meta tags for search engine optimisation anymore. That's so 1998. Search engines, and especially Google, get key words and information from the site's HTML and content now.
JavaScript before the newer engines was slow, but not that slow. I have an MSN client programmed in JavaScript on the Mozilla platform, and it runs great on my Pentium II 233 Mhz.
The newer engines like TraceMonkey, V8, etc. speed up JavaScript quite a bit, though.
I wonder why you complain about JavaScript being slow and then propose Java as an alternative. Now that is slow, especially as a browser plug-in.
You obviously didn't read the article (oh, right, I'm on Slashdot). The ballot screen is pushed via Windows Update. It is not part of the installation. The ballot screen will let you download your chosen web browser from the vendor's server. So no, it will not be an old version.
Your post is yet more evidence of how misunderstood JavaScript as a language is. It's actually quite neat and versatile. No wonder the language's core (ECMAScript) has so many derivations.
Simple. They switched from the Win9x codebase to the Windows NT codebase, which was designed for corporations, who needed things like permissions on their machines and networks.
You must never have worked in tech support and/or as an operator in a call center.
Will Mega Man 10 support progressive scan? Months ago I bought a Wii VGA cable, which allowed me to use the Wii with one of the monitors I keep in my room (so I wouldn't hog the family TV). I was very disappointed that I couldn't play Mega Man 9 this way because apparently Capcom was lazy enough to not include progressive scan support.
This is quite baffling when you consider that:
Damn you, Capcom!
The NES aesthetic is a part of the original Mega Man series' identity. Up to and including Mega Man 6, they were NES games.
The graphics being so basic also contributes to the fine-grained gameplay. Look at Mega Man 8 why a graphics upgrade that you're proposing breaks the gameplay. Now, maybe you're arguing for the same shapes, but with more detail. But 8-bit has its charm, and like I said, is part of the series' identity.
I'm part of that 3%. I loathe managed languages. They get in the way, you don't know what you're actually doing when using them. Your analogy with Lego blocks is quite apt, as most of what you end up doing is telling built-in language libraries what to do. It's so bad it's demotivating.
I'm lucky to have attended a school that started out by teaching C. That's how I learned the language, as I didn't get it when trying to learn it by myself. It's probably because of the syntax, as I started out with Basic, followed by Visual Basic (6).
One has to wonder why in the second year the school makes everyone switch to .NET and Java. Ugh. So I'm learning C++ on my own. I'd like to learn assembler later on.
Unlike most others who like bare metal programming, I'm still in my twenties, so there's hope indeed!
I know how managed languages work, and I have a good idea of how the industry works. I didn't know that there were companies out there that used XNA, but I guess there are exceptions.
Look, I know you can learn and make games with XNA. That's not the point. I'm not going to use it for the reasons I gave before. Too many details are hidden from me in managed languages, and I want to learn how games work at a low level, not a high level.
Then you don't know how the industry works. There's a reason XNA is for indies.
Managed languages are very restricted when it comes to this, especially memory, so it's mostly a waste of time.
Prosecuting hate speech is not a British phenomenon. It has happened in other European countries as well.
Free speech? You can say what you want, but you have to accept the consequences. Hate speech is not acceptable.
The grandparent was not arguing that he should not be punished, but that he shouldn't be extradited because of the suffering it would cause him. Just because one is intelligent doesn't mean that (s)he can't suffer from a mental 'disorder' that can make them feel really uneasy in certain situations. How about claustrophobia?
I don't see the correlation.
I care about performance, which is not entirely tied up in the GPU. I care about memory use as well.
Lucky you. Where I live, video game renting has been outlawed. :(
Nonsense. There are plenty of good games that are worth your money on game consoles, and it's not hard to make out what's good judging from word of mouth/keyboard and reading reviews (fuck the scores, read the review!).
That it's a closed platform doesn't matter at all to the consumers. We don't have to upgrade our hardware, deal with technical issues, and we don't get invasive DRM.
Having said that, there are free demos for many games on PSN and Xbox Live!.
But one is a non-managed language, and the other is a managed language. That's a non-trivial difference.
XNA is not cross-platform, proprietary, and has high system requirements.
I would say there is a substantial difference, as industry games are programmed in C++, which gets more power out of the machine than managed code.
How did you learn to program games? I'm struggling to find non-introductory documentation on how to program them the object-oriented way. I use C++ with SDL.
You're talking about an OS that has gotten its third Service Pack only about a year ago and that still gets patches. To say it's 8 years old based on the release date of the release of its first iteration is misleading.
Speaking of Adblock Plus, its author, Wladimir Palant, was talking about security vulnerabilities in extensions not even a week back, pointing specifically at RSS feed extensions: http://adblockplus.org/blog/amo-getting-serious-about-add-on-security
You're talking to BZ, one of the major Mozilla developers, pal! I don't think he'll get confused about that. :)