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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:28:31 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> and anisotropic texture filtering
>
> What does this mean, btw? I know what the words mean, but what effect
> does it have on the visuals? Is it just that some of the filters that
> represent anisotropic surfaces get their visuals improved, or does it
> apply to surfaces based on real materials that are isotropic?
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=anisotropic+texture+filtering
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>> and anisotropic texture filtering
>
> What does this mean, btw? I know what the words mean, but what effect
> does it have on the visuals? Is it just that some of the filters that
> represent anisotropic surfaces get their visuals improved, or does it
> apply to surfaces based on real materials that are isotropic?
Textures viewed "edge-on" look better.
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Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=anisotropic+texture+filtering
Thanks!
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, closing Process Explorer still doesn't let me run the
>>> game.
>>
>> Did you try rebooting? And have you downloaded the latest patch?
>
> Well, I have Process Explorer set to start automatically at boot. :-P
>
> I disabled this, rebooted, and now Crysis runs just fine. WTF?? o_O
>
SecuROM sucks. :)
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:29:48 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Like many/any will tell the truth there if they're, say, 14.
>
> That's not the point of the question. The point of the question is legal
> coverage. Valve doesn't care if children see it. Valve only cares if
> lawyers will yell at them for letting children see it.
Yes, I do know that - it's kinda stupid that one has to cover oneself
using a method that anyone/everyone lies when using.
I'm over 18 (obviously) and I sometimes use fake dates on those age
verification forms, because I'm old enough and by how much isn't any of
their business.
Jim
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:43:35 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Like many/any will tell the truth there if they're, say, 14.
>
> It's a test of math skills then? :-D
LOL, good one. :-)
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
>
> Yes, I do know that - it's kinda stupid that one has to cover oneself
> using a method that anyone/everyone lies when using.
Leisure Suit Larry had such question at the start of the game. I once
tested what it says if you answer under 18 :).
> I'm over 18 (obviously) and I sometimes use fake dates on those age
> verification forms, because I'm old enough and by how much isn't any of
> their business.
If there's pull-down menus, it's enough to check the year far enough,
then just slap something to month and date.
> Jim
-Aero
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On 2/4/2009 11:47 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>
>> Advice: When you're going to shell out lots of money, do your research
>> to find out whether the product can actually do what you want.
>
> Yeah. I made the mistake of assuming that just because the product I
> bought says CUDA all over it, it would be able to do CUDA...
>
Have you actually researched CUDA?
Do you plan on using it yourself?
I've looked into it a bit, and it's not useful for anything I would want
to do.
There actually IS a version of TMPGEnc that uses it... to run slower
than an Intel Core 2 Quad. Great achievement, NVidia.
OpenCL, whenever it gets released (the specs have been finalized, I
believe) *looks* useful, just like CUDA *looks* useful (although OpenCL
is vendor agnostic, so you've got access to a much larger installed
base), but we have no way of knowing how fast things will run until AMD
and NVidia get some implementations finished & shipped (hopefully later
this year, but if they have to cut staff then maybe early next).
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:41:47 +0200, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I do know that - it's kinda stupid that one has to cover oneself
>> using a method that anyone/everyone lies when using.
>
> Leisure Suit Larry had such question at the start of the game. I once
> tested what it says if you answer under 18 :).
I remember that, yeah. Used to sell it, in fact - even though I was
under 18. That was kinda weird, but it was a funny game.
>> I'm over 18 (obviously) and I sometimes use fake dates on those age
>> verification forms, because I'm old enough and by how much isn't any of
>> their business.
>
> If there's pull-down menus, it's enough to check the year far enough,
> then just slap something to month and date.
Yeah, though often I'll pick the earliest year. I figure if they're
using the data for demographic research, something that throws the stats
off is a bonus. ;-)
Jim
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