I'm wondering how much(if any) time you're going to put into optimizing Quake 3 for G4/AltiVec. You said earlier that AltiVec wouldn't give much of a speedup, but other Mac developers have said it would.
There's even a little mini-game where reflective balls float around. It runs for 1000 frames and then gives you the avg FPS. Supposedly the G4 version is much(maybe 2x) faster.
Would it not be possible to optimize the G4 that much since you want to really have only one code base?
I'm wondering how much(if any) time you're going to put into optimizing G4s for AltiVec. You said earlier that AltiVec wouldn't give much of a speedup, but other Mac developers have said it would.
There's even a little mini-game where reflective balls float around. It runs for 1000 frames and then gives you the avg FPS. Supposedly the G4 version is much(maybe 2x) faster.
Would it not be possible to optimize the G4 that much since you want to really have only one code base?
Please God, get IBM to come onboard. The people at Motorola couldn't get up clock speed to save their lives. IBM is talking 500-700MHz G3s. If they start making G4s using SOI and using their amazing talent, Apple won't get screwed.
Steve Jobs should be on his knees begging IBM to make G4s. Motorola has made it abundantly clear that they can't meet deadlines, can't produce enough chips to meet even Apple's small demand, and can't keep up with Intel(much less AMD) in terms of clock speed and processing power
is that the earth is pretty much in a black hole(very very close to one) and that screws up all scientific laws so that's why the light seems to be from so far away(the problem with this theory is that all the light waves here would be fucked all to hell and it would probably look pyscedelic)
or maybe that light used to move faster than it does now
A mormon biology teacher? I hope that he actually teaches science and doesn't try to brainwash the kids(i.e. he teaches evolution, and not creationism?)
I had never heard that. I guess now I'll be compelled to starting believing creationism.
Of course, I might be more compelled if you could actually provide a link instead of just telling me some vague things about an article that may or may not exist.
Wouldn't that mean that the universe expanded faster than the speed of light? I don't think it will ever be possible to see the big bang with a telescope.
"Pizza Hut chief executive officer Mike Rawlings said the company is paying about half the price of a 30-second TV ad during the Super Bowl - currently up to $2.5 million - for rights to put the ad on the rocket." This is called reading comprehension(or math skills?). I wonder what Kartoffel got on the SAT? Hehe.
Hopefully around January, realistically probably a bit later.
The sad thing about OS X is that Apple has finally also got the MacOS to a useable state w/ 8.5/8.6/9.0
Back at 7.5.3 it crashed many, many times a day. Now, it can stay up for days at a time(mine does). OS X is actually less necessary now that Apple finally fixed MacOS.
But I'm still looking forward to it. And there are a lot of people who wouldn't consider getting a Mac until it's out, so Apple should get it out ASAP.
Slashdot Mirror
You know RealVideo will still look like crap.
Cmdr. Taco is reporting his personal experience with caffeine, YMMV
I'm wondering how much(if any) time you're going to put into optimizing Quake 3 for G4/AltiVec. You said earlier that AltiVec wouldn't give much of a speedup, but other Mac developers have said it would.
There's even a little mini-game where reflective balls float around. It runs for 1000 frames and then gives you the avg FPS. Supposedly the G4 version is much(maybe 2x) faster.
Would it not be possible to optimize the G4 that much since you want to really have only one code base?
Thanks.
Shoulda hit "preview" the first time.
I'm wondering how much(if any) time you're going to put into optimizing G4s for AltiVec. You said earlier that AltiVec wouldn't give much of a speedup, but other Mac developers have said it would.
There's even a little mini-game where reflective balls float around. It runs for 1000 frames and then gives you the avg FPS. Supposedly the G4 version is much(maybe 2x) faster.
Would it not be possible to optimize the G4 that much since you want to really have only one code base?
Thanks.
Please God, get IBM to come onboard. The people at Motorola couldn't get up clock speed to save their lives. IBM is talking 500-700MHz G3s. If they start making G4s using SOI and using their amazing talent, Apple won't get screwed.
Steve Jobs should be on his knees begging IBM to make G4s. Motorola has made it abundantly clear that they can't meet deadlines, can't produce enough chips to meet even Apple's small demand, and can't keep up with Intel(much less AMD) in terms of clock speed and processing power
C'mon IBM, you can do it!
is that the earth is pretty much in a black hole(very very close to one) and that screws up all scientific laws so that's why the light seems to be from so far away(the problem with this theory is that all the light waves here would be fucked all to hell and it would probably look pyscedelic)
or maybe that light used to move faster than it does now
grabbing at straws guys, grabbing at straws
That is funny as hell:
"Should children be exposed to facts? are reason and empirical evidence suitable school subjects?" Clearly the answer to thes questions is no"
ROTFL
A mormon biology teacher? I hope that he actually teaches science and doesn't try to brainwash the kids(i.e. he teaches evolution, and not creationism?)
I had never heard that. I guess now I'll be compelled to starting believing creationism.
Of course, I might be more compelled if you could actually provide a link instead of just telling me some vague things about an article that may or may not exist.
I didn't know this was happening anywhere. I thought even in Kansas they were just not teaching anything.
Anyone know other states that are teaching creationism?
If I were a student at a school teaching creationism I think I'd sue saying it was unconstitutional(1st amendment).
so how about we put a HD in the fish's head?
Wouldn't that mean that the universe expanded faster than the speed of light? I don't think it will ever be possible to see the big bang with a telescope.
nt == no text
God those people are awful. And when you're in some public arguement, it's hard to disagree with them.
"Yes, I do think we should give money to NASA while people are starving somewhere."
It's a way of distorting the truth to make it impossible to take other positions. Like "so what you are saying is that we should kill babies"
Some people are just idiots. If you want to take that position, fine. Just don't distort the truth.
I really hope so
but it missed the deadline, so no money for the programmer, and the project dies. I guess that's just life.
Myth: Microsoft is not afraid of Linux, according to Microsoft.
Reality: Microsoft is scared shitless of Linux, this webpage is proof.
Also, does the text on that page look like crap to anyone else? I'm using Communicator 4.7 on a Mac and I can't even read the small text.
What do you mean?(I'm actually curious, I'm American and just wondering what you mean you can't say "fuck". Do you mean just on TV or something?)
The US has 250-280 million. How many does Pakistan have? I remember it was a lot.
"Pizza Hut chief executive officer Mike Rawlings said the company is paying about half the price of a 30-second TV ad during the Super Bowl - currently up to $2.5 million - for rights to put the ad on the rocket." This is called reading comprehension(or math skills?). I wonder what Kartoffel got on the SAT? Hehe.
check out the simpsons video, the designers obviously are aware of the similarities
Here's a mirror of the movies in case the site is Slashdotted:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/crayz/zorb/
Well they wouldn't load w/ a plugin, so here are the URLs for others w/ problems:
a vi i
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/original_test.
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/harnessed2.avi
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/hydro_zorb2.av
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/Simpsons.avi
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/Austria_1.avi
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/Austria_2.avi
http://www.zorb.com/Images/Video/Austria_3.avi
Someone should post a mirror before that site gets Slashdotted.
The hell with Dreamcast, get me one of those suckers. Anyone find a price?
It looks very expensive.
Hopefully around January, realistically probably a bit later.
The sad thing about OS X is that Apple has finally also got the MacOS to a useable state w/ 8.5/8.6/9.0
Back at 7.5.3 it crashed many, many times a day. Now, it can stay up for days at a time(mine does). OS X is actually less necessary now that Apple finally fixed MacOS.
But I'm still looking forward to it. And there are a lot of people who wouldn't consider getting a Mac until it's out, so Apple should get it out ASAP.