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Is an ogliopoly a stable configuration for the computer industry?

The Voodoo 3 was too little, too late. 32bit color, hardware TnL, 32Mb memory, FSAA, DXT texture compression, all these things the competition had that they didn't. They got lazy and complacent, they thought they were big enough to start telling people what they wanted, but then NVIDIA set us...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #17
- Dec 22, 2002
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Is an ogliopoly a stable configuration for the computer industry?

> Is OfficeXP much better than Office 95? Christ man, hardware has unlimited growth potential, office software doesn't!! I can tell you exactly what I want and what we will get in 10 years ( we will be near 1000Ghz processors then ), but please share with us your ideal roadmap for 10 years...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #11
- Dec 20, 2002
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Always get service packs. They fix soo many things it's stupid. Rather than "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", my motto is, "something's always broke, fix it even if you haven't noticed it yet". Not as catchy, but it's much more true.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #14
- Dec 20, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What programming language is windows programed in?

Don't be fooled by the .NET name. None of the .NET products (Visual Studio.NET, Windows.NET) used the .NET languages, they are different beasts, it's just a whole branding thing Microsoft have going on. VB wasn't used for any critical parts of Windows, so why should .NET be used now? .NET is...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #7
- Dec 20, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What programming language is windows programed in?

Actually, it's a mix. The core kernel is C (some assembly), the rest is mainly C++, the higher up you get the more C++ there is. There is _NO_ C# in Windows at all. C#/C++.NET is a replacement for Visual Basic, thus it is not intended for performance-critical applications such as an OS!
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #4
- Dec 20, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Is an ogliopoly a stable configuration for the computer industry?

In addition to the fabrication technology being shared, so is much of the research that goes into advancements. The major players in the industry aren't as head-on as you think, the infrastructure behind all the top companies are shared, and even between companies such as AMD and Intel they have...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #6
- Dec 19, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

Ok, now you're just being stupid. The cost of distribution or creation has never meant anything in any industry. Each DVDs in my collection cost 50c to produce and I happily paid $25, the P4 3.06Ghz CPU I'm using cost $25 to produce and are sold for $700, software costs a few dollars. The chair...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #44
- Dec 18, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

It's not name calling, because pure communsim is actually a very nice idea. It was what I thought, an interesting comparison between the ideologies. If you consider it name calling then you've missed the point, so nevermind. I'm in software because it pays very well. I'm not interested in...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #42
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

If you don't see the tie to communism, then you couldn't have studied much economics, or you are missing the ideology. I'm talking about the ideology here, not any personal predujidices or beliefs you may have about a planned economic system. Placing something under the GPL is effectively...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #40
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

But Windows evolves through market demand, it's not a bunch of programmers locked away in a box. The whole free market capitalist system is based on the whole foundation of evolution through demand. Free software doesn't evolve to the same degree, though I won't deny that it is of course guided...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #38
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

> For a model that doesn't work and defies all logic, OSS has been quite succesful so far, no? Communism worked quite well in the USSR for the first 70 years ;-) J/K. But really, if we put it in perspective, the whole GNU movement's had a loong time to prove itself already (their "manifesto"...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #36
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

Yes, yes, and yes. I use Linux occassionally and recently because I'm interested in its future from an observer's point of view. I know what I'm talking about, but you are of course free to disagree. Back on topic, When I mentioned money, I'm not talking about the people using Linux, I'm...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #30
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

> Development tools I am a professional developer, and nothing comes within two miles of Visual Studio. This is, of course, a matter of opinion, but Visual Studio really has become the gold standard, and without an IDE (and compiler backends) to match, the main development community won't be...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #27
- Dec 17, 2002
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Crazy keyboard question...

Never mess with hardware to do something software can do even better. Use the Win32 SendInput API functions, in whatever language of your choice. Or gimme $50 and I'll write one for you with a cute little interface.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #4
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

Again, I said pathetic in scope. You are just being silly if you are going to pretend Linux is on par with Windows XP in areas such as usability, application compatibility and range, multimedia (e.g DirectX), interface, support (Windows comes with great support, and a knowledge library that's...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #23
- Dec 17, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

Linux is making good progress, but perhaps you didn't notice that Microsoft are making great progress. Compare Win98 to WinXP, they are on different levels, XP killed those old complaints of crashes and BSODs in the home OS market (and 2K in the pro market 2 years earlier), you can't say with a...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #15
- Dec 16, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

What are you talking about? Longhorn looks cool. If you're talking about palladium, then you're a conspiracy nut. You're the kind of person who raved when Intel added ids to their P4s. You can disable palladium if you don't like what it offers you, it's an opt-in program.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #11
- Dec 15, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

If they are investing billions, sorta defeats the point, doesn't it?;-) You didn't read what I said, I said scope, because Linux still has a competitive place in the server market (competitive, not dominant, despite what you try to allude), but that's all, it's not a *competitive* workstation...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #9
- Dec 15, 2002
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Viability of propreitary software on the long run

But Linux and Open Office AREN'T functionally equal, they are pathetic in scope compared to WindowsXP and OfficeXP. Notice I say scope, I know how many hacker geeks and server operators will rave about Linux, but that's a fraction of what an OS like WindowsXP can do, and do it best. Software is...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #7
- Dec 14, 2002
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What causes death?

We're not devolving, evolution is too slow a process to matter either way any more. In the time it takes for our IQs to go up or down 5 points we'll have life extension and genetic engineering down to a 'T'.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #25
- Dec 9, 2002
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For Overall Preformance - Win2k or XP

Every new OS is slightly slower than the last, but each new OS is also years of work and improvements by a crack team of developers. Speed might be the first thing you see, but it'll be the last thing that counts. If you really care about the few % (and you shouldn't on a machine like yours)...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #6
- Dec 8, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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LCD gamers

It's free blurring, not anti-aliasing. If you can't tell the difference, good for you (but get your eyes checked soon!). As has been said, it happens in non-native resolution. In native resolution, most LCDs are sharper than CRTs, and much sharper if you happen to have a digital input.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #5
- Dec 8, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

Start here: http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:oEKKphn9rTQC:www.astronomy.net/forums/blackholes/messages/5532.shtml+rayredbourne&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 And copy-shortcut pastes, then put them into google to retrieve the cache, the more posts you read from that guy, the more crazy he gets. On to...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #46
- Dec 7, 2002
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

Ok, let me tell you a little about our Mr. Redbourne. He is a nutter, quite literally, he believes his mind has evolved to a state where he can see and understand the whole universe. He spoke of how he e-mailed NASA, the US goverment, and basically every country in the world to present his...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #42
- Dec 7, 2002
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?Radeon 9700 TX?

It's the same as the 9700Pro, but a slower clock. I'm pretty sure it's identical to the upcoming Radeon 9700 (non-pro), which is clocked at 275Mhz core, compared to the pro's 325Mhz.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #2
- Dec 7, 2002
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

> It is LOGICALLY impossible for something to both have mass and not have mass. There, you've said it again. You can't accept that the kind of fundamental logic that you hold so dear might not be able to explain all the phenomena in our universe. Many people far more knowledgable than you on...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #40
- Dec 7, 2002
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

Do you have anything worthwhile to contribute to this thread, or are one-liners all you can muster?
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #34
- Dec 7, 2002
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

I think you've proven full well that you've reached the limits of your potential. You said yourself you can't grasp the concept of wave-particle duality, and it also follows that you can't grasp many of the concepts of quantum mechanics, as none of them make sense in our 'rational' world, and if...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #31
- Dec 7, 2002
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Artificial Intelligence/Human Intelligence - Playing GOD?

Dejitaru, you aren't thinking ahead enough, your basing your ideas off our current technology, not future technology. You are assuming we would create a passive database type program to emulate humans. Scientists know full well that we couldn't begin to emulate humans using such rudimentary...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #22
- Dec 7, 2002
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

Hmm let's think about it. A couple of laypeople (you and the guy who runs the site), who have no formal education in physics, vs the whole scientific community, past and present, who dedicate their lives to understanding the universe we live in. Are you so arrogant to believe that you really...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #26
- Dec 6, 2002
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Electromagnetic waves - what are they?

That guy is a sad loser. I'm not going to dignify his ramblings with rebuttles, but suffice to say, if he believed any of what he wrote, he'd set out to prove it or put it to good use, and wow the whole scientific community, not ramble on some pathetic website. Come on, he thinks the egyptians...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #25
- Dec 6, 2002
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Artificial Intelligence/Human Intelligence - Playing GOD?

You have to look at this from a more reductionist perspective. Everything that seems amazing or magical about us can be broken down into simpler functions that computers can emulate. Not yet of course, but in time, perhaps even centuries or longer, whatever behaviour or vibe a real person gives...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #16
- Dec 5, 2002
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How to make fire come out of a tailpipe

You didn't search hard enough (i.e. clicking the first link google returns) http://odin.prohosting.com/~forumtwo/jul01/20011117-4-000236.html http://www.hotrodsetc.net/menu.html
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #2
- Dec 5, 2002
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Would this work? (zero-gravity perpetual generator)

Who's to say he's *creating* energy? ;) I'm not arguing that this works, of course.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #5
- Dec 5, 2002
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Artificial Intelligence/Human Intelligence - Playing GOD?

What on earth do the two have to do with each other? Can you give one reason you think computers couldn't be considered sentient? One real reason that is. For example, saying that they are merely bunches of transistors isn't a real reason, because we are merely bunches of molecules.
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #14
- Dec 5, 2002
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Artificial Intelligence/Human Intelligence - Playing GOD?

Attributing sentience to a soul is like saying physics is the work of god -- it's an utterly useless concept in advancing our understanding of the universe, and you will never become any wiser because of it. To answer your original question, you have to look at the goals of A.I. Simulating the...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #13
- Dec 5, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Quiet Cooling for my P4 3.06ghz

http://www.quietpc.com/cpup4.php
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #4
- Dec 5, 2002
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Artificial Intelligence/Human Intelligence - Playing GOD?

Dejitaru, You say 'Nope' so bluntly as if you understood the nature of sentience. Not knowing what sentinence is means you don't know what it isn't, so don't be so quick to jump to conclusions. It's stupid to rely on your basic human intuition here, because we're well beyond that. We're...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #9
- Dec 5, 2002
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What causes death?

You won't live longer by eating less, unless you are overeating, and then the danger is from obesity, not free radical ("oxygen") damage. Your body is bobarded with free radicals when you breath too, so try breathing less, and let me know how that works out for you ;-)
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #12
- Dec 4, 2002
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Oil Cooled Motherboard

Safe in what regard? To you it's safe (you CAN'T hurt yourself on the low power going around a PC). To your components, well, you'd have to be extremely unlucky for a sealed TESTED watercooling system to first spring a leak, then leak all over your critical components, then to build enough...
- FuriousBroccoli
- Post #13
- Dec 4, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional

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