Posts by JDX

Re: when 7 inch is enough

Shouldn't have had kids then.

Re: hardware compression

I think it simply means slower because a 10Mb JPG file means transferring 10Mb, whereas a 100Mb BMP file means transferring 10Mb also - so the compressed file is 10X slower even though the actual amount of data copied is the same.

Re: Slight quibble about terminology

>>Prove it.

This isn't an AV site.

Re: not...

So you're a small-minded parochial IT manager only interested in their own departmental budget, not the company's bottom line?

Re: Lemmings all, they are.

>>Remember Clive SInclair?

One thing Apple have a proven record in is reinventing tech we all thought was crap, so that suddenly it's good.

Re: Under the covers

Yes because MS are very strict on what hardware and software you can use on Windows. Come on at least try a bit with these...

Re: As they're doing so well...

How do they know it's you? Same address, or are you using the same email/payment details? Worth trying with the wife's email/CC perhaps.

"the industry used to be quite innovative, it's just stagnated"

People have been saying that for as long as I can remember. It's just a complaint people like to make.

Also, the game developers typically have NO (or minimal) creative input, they make what the designer designs.

Re: I stopped reading after the first point

You missed the point. The articles isn't "how to be good at your job", it's "how to get paid more". It's up to you to choose which you prioritise.

Re: MRI + metal tattoos

Mythbusters may not dive deeply into the theory, but many of the forerunners of science learned through such empirical experiments.

Re: I wonder..

Who uses a search engine to find a job? And people like that certainly don't go on JobServe...

Also - since when is JZ dead?

Re: Never had an issue

I get told to turn it off. I suppose IF 3G is an issue you can see their point that turning it off is far easier than having their staff check things are in airplane mode.

Re: Could be worse

FFS Bob, change the record.

"There's a reason for that."

Apple are also pushing in this direction.

Re: Is it just me...

You can render at the old 1024x768, or at the new 2048x1536. OR at anything in between.

From what actual devs are telling me, if you take your existing 3D game and keep it at 1024x768, it runs about 2X as fast on the iPad3 than on iPad2. BUT if you render it at 2048x1536, it is substantially slower on iPad3... i.e. the 3D rendering capability improvements have not kept up with the 4X pixel count.

This is from real developers running real code. They suggest we might see lots of games running at a reduced resolution (lower than iPad3, higher than iPad2). Or that people will stay at 1024x768 and use the extra power to enable much nicer special effects.

Re: Putting themselves out of their own misery?

Do try to learn at least one thing about software development or security before posting such embarrassing drivel.

If that's beyond you, at least learn to press the Anonymous button.

Re: Sod them

diddums.

Re: Bit mapped thinking

Sorry but as someone who works in graphics and gaming and so on, it IS a big deal. An iPad is a low-power device compared to a gaming PC with proper dedicated GPU, and driving a 2048x1536 display on a low-power GPU could certainly lead to fill-rate problems when using shaders.

For regular apps it's not a big deal, but for games it could be... saying it's all about vector processing doesn't change the fact your pixel shading units have 4X the work to do.