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I don't know where or why, but at some point I lost Open GL capability on my Raedon 8500. I ended up going to ati.com for the latest drivers just to be safe.
It didn't fix my OpenGL problem, but the next time I showed up in the Display Properties, I had a surprise waiting for me - more video options! For the past several years I've been running at a 1600 by 1200 resolution, largely because my 19" Mag Innovision monitor supposedly can't do more.
Well, these new drivers certainly put this monitor in it's place. It can go as high as 1920 by 1440! Unfortunately for me, that is only available in a 60 Hz refresh rate which kills my eyes, I have found through testing I need at least 66 Hz.
However, I was able to squeeze another 384,000 pixels out of my desktop, expanding the right edge of my screen by a full 320 pixels to a new resolution of 1920 by 1200, running at 75 Hz! It's going to take a while to get used to the horizontal compression I'm sure, but hey, I'll take all the pixels I can get. The more, the merrier.
I've heard of some programs that allow you to tweak the refresh rate of your video. I may try that later and see if I can't fake out my monitor to run the 1920 by 1440 at 66 Hz or more, which is approximately the lower limit of comfort for my eyes. But for now, viva la desktop real estate!
Oh yeah, if you know how to fix my OpenGL, let me know...
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In California, truck license plates are 7 characters, all numbers except for one letter in either the second or the sixth position. Whenever that letter is an X, I get nerd snipped into treating it as a multiplication problem and solving it in my head.
we should have paid more attention to the cats who, for decades, put their bodies on the line to walk on keyboards and sit on laptops and prevent us from programming
Former 2 time world champion DogPlayingTetris becomes the first player to ever rollover the level counter in NES Tetris, performing what's known in the community as "Rebirth". Final score: 29,486,164, 4216 lines, level 347 (256 + 91)... all huge world records. #tetris
I'd also love a 6 hour layover overnight instead of taking the red eye I was going to take and be 7 hours later getting into Cleveland than I wanted, why do you ask? #airporthell
Why yes, I'd love to leave at 4:40 to get to the airport at 6:20 for an 8:20 flight that got delayed to 9:05 which is too late for my connection so now I'm on a 10:20 flight instead. Why do you ask? #airporthell
@shanselman Who at Microsoft do I have to bribe to fix ADO so that those of us on dark mode who copy/paste text from one task to another can do so without our friends on light mode seeing dark text on a dark background?
I updated the blog post with a statement from Revival. While I'm not particularly happy with Revival's decision, I understand their motives. It's just a shame that it was someone from Interplay that had to go and do this. "By games for gamers" my ass.
Damn, got another Tetris world record! This time in the arcade variant developed by Atari. 6,008,005 points, 5,386 lines, round 363. Be warned, it's nearly FIVE HOURS. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2131759212