Re: JFrame animation

From:
=?windows-1252?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:14:00 -0500
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On 1/20/2013 3:55 AM, Roedy Green wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:44:56 +0100, Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

Roedy, you have posted plenty of dumb things in your near-constant barrage
of advertisements to your page, but that collection is by far the dumbest
thing you have ever posted. I'm honestly speechless at so much glaring
misinformation and nonsense. If you just deleted that entire page, you
would do yourself a favour.

I am not about to do that. I quite happy to correct any errors on the
page just because a stranger asked me to.

   I am not aware of any errors on that page. Please elaborate.


If you remove the facts that are wrong and all your personal opinions
then it will be a very short article.

"Microsoft?s desktop operating system released 2009-10-22 to replace Vista."

It was released July 22nd not October 22nd.

"It requires reasonably modern hardware, with a Direct-X video card."

Actually DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

"Windows 7 reminds me of the ad teasing Ma Bell for refusing to innovate
and instead concentrating on painting telephones. It is a little less
cluttered than Vista, but basically it seems the same."

So you are surprised that version 6.1 is very similar to
version 6.0. You may be, but you should not.

"New machines come with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 pre-installed.
This is the most important change."

Many does but not not all. And besides they ship with Windows 8 now.

"If you choose 32-bit, you need 32-bit Windows 7 drivers for all your
peripherals."

Vista drivers often work.

"If you have more than 3 Gb of RAM (Random Access Memory), you will want
the 64-bit version. Otherwise you won?t be able to use the RAM above 3 GB."

Actually somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 GB depending on PCI devices.

That was just the first 10-15 lines.

Arne

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