I'm not sure if a virtual machine (VM ware player) allows you to have direct access to your graphics hardware. I think VMware workstation allows you to use the hosts video card. But is only supports acceleration for OpenGL.
Besides, this makes justifying PC gaming and the PC as a games platform even more difficult. Especially considering that the xbox 360 and Playstation 3 have already had this game for a while and don't have this DRM system.
Whenever I go for a walk, I normally leave folding@home running. If you have a particularly powerful GPU you can run folding@home using your GPU, which yields better results. If you're interested in GPU folding, I would recommend checking out Bit-techs features on folding
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http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/06/15/what-is...
Is it just me, or has there been an increase in the amount of attacks on apple hardware? Either that or I just seem to be more aware of them.
Apple's increasing popularity seems to be attracting more hackers to target the platform. This attack combined with an iTunes Buffer Overflow attack could lead to fair amount of serious security breaches.
In hindsight, hate was a bit strong. thanks for the bookmarklet. I too prefer the low-band version of the msdn. But I prefer java docs layout. It's a lot easier to use and navigate. With namespaces at the top, classes just below and method/class details as the main view. I think it's very elegant.
I wouldn't describe it as painful myself. But, I would agree with sentiment. Having spent 3+yrs working with Java and then moving to C# (2yrs+ dev) has been a pleasant experience. C# is great language with features like delegates, Indexers, Pointers and Unsafe Code (executed in an unsafe context) and constraints on type parameters.
In contrast, I hate the msdn documentation for C# and still have a soft spot for java documentation.And yes, C# v Java is not the same as JVM v CLR
Agreed, Technology should be like a sewage treatment facility. In that, you know it treats your water supply. But you don't have to be aware of the interact refinement process and engineering splendour that has gone into it.
im in a similar situation at the moment. My friend and I are taking a very low-tech approach. A few beers, pad of A4 paper and a couple of pens seems to do us very well.
We model UIs, entity-relationship's and use cases all free hand. I think it's a lot quicker than using something like visio, etc to mock-up ideas.
Regardless of AMD's intentions in this case or the financial implications of this decision. Intel with either look like a petulant corporation or worse, an organisation that actively strong arms its competition...well at least to any anti-trust commissions any way.
I disagree. We are no more not part of the evolutionary cycle than we are not part of planetary climate change. (Pardon the double negative).
Evolution is no more than genetic drift within a population through reproduction and variation shaped by selective pressure.
What you describe as gene therapy could be seen as a selective pressure. But there are many selective pressures on large populations of humans and these selective pressure vary from one set to another.
I do agree that the dynamics of selective pressures has changed for humans thanks to modern medicine. But I contest it still applies.
"Many hackers are one-trick ponies who know how to use a few specific tools but are clueless after those fail."
I think he has confused script kiddies with hackers. Hackers don't just run scripts and shrug their shoulders when things don't work. Hackers make the scripts and find vulnerabilities in systems. Usually employing some very smart techniques to obtain their goals..(shellcodes, buffer overflows, etc). A fantastic knowledge of C / ASM is usually required...
"the U.S. government believes that you need criminals to think like criminals"..Just for the record (Hackers != Criminals)..