Nah, I think they've become worse than doom, stripped out the good bits. For instance, FPS maps now are usually straight lines with cutscenes as opposed to the somewhat maze-like doom levels, plus have you ever noticed how slowly you go in those games? Doom guy must be running at at least 50 miles per hour.
You can bork C++ if you code sloppily- just as you can make java fast if you code clean. I think in the end, it's just a question of skill. Minus, of course, the inherent overhead of an interpreted language.
It seems you, as a tried and true apple fanboy, can't see reason, so I see none in continuing this pointless argument. However, I'll see if you can get this point: Just because I do not own an idevice does not mean I can't complain about lack of freedoms for those who do. Hell, Imma invoke goodwin! That's like saying "if you don't like the holocaust, don't move to Germany!".
Also, try and look up a medical syndrome before accusing someone of being the poster boy for it, as by your postings, it seems quite a lot more fitting to you than I:)
Ugh... come up with better arguments would you? An iPod/Phone/Pad/whatever is not an appliance. It is a mobile computer. It can connect to the internet, is designed for such usage, and under certain circumstances, can execute arbitrary code. By contrast, for instance, a microwave has no CPU, and a DVD player is a single-purpose device.
True, it's mostly due to increased bulk- but if a neanderthal were to exist today, he or she probably wouldn't be any less intelligent than an average person. Probably a bit more due to evolutionary pressures in the ice age.
I was not talking about OS X, I was talking about iOS. Whenever I use OS X, I usually use the terminal for file management. In fact. I am talking entirely of iOS in these postings, for clarity. I believe OS X has all of the capabilities I described, and it is what I would consider a "free" operating system (I just don't like it).
For the very last time, here is what constitutes freedom for an OS for me: Primarily, the ability to execute arbitrary code (no, JS does not count). Secondarily, terminal/low level access. Kernel hacking and stuff like that is a bonus, but not required.
iShiny X can have one of those capabilities, code execution. You either jailbreak, which is again becoming harder every day, to the end of being damn near impossible within a few years. Or you gain the ability temporarily from apple if you pay some money.
By the way, constantly resorting to personal attacks makes you look like a troll with no argument.
Well '06 can include Core 2 processors, and for a computer bought then, dual core 64-bit would be the norm. But yeah, I've got P4s hearkening back to '03 that still run xfce just fine. LXDE works wonders on stuff older than that.
I can't execute any arbitrary code other than javascript without forking over protection money to apple. That is a lack of freedom. Neither can I load a custom kernel to my knowledge, or access the command line.
Unless you're speaking of the inconvenience of jailbreaking, which is becoming nearly impossible to do- never mind that it should never be necessary in the first place.
Eh? You greatly underestimate the power of older hardware, it's not difficult for a pentium III era machine to do 480p, with a decent video card, you might even be able to squeeze it up to 720 or 1080p (with vdpau of course [on a pci graphics card]).
Wrong. I've got a Pentium III machine with a R128, with the latest version of gentoo installed. Which of course, as you pointed out, will mean I just compile in support, it's no big deal, but people are still running old hardware with modern distributions.
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Nice! Specs? How many gear-yards do you spin?
As would my 486DX and debian with you.
+5 funny.
Nah, I think they've become worse than doom, stripped out the good bits. For instance, FPS maps now are usually straight lines with cutscenes as opposed to the somewhat maze-like doom levels, plus have you ever noticed how slowly you go in those games? Doom guy must be running at at least 50 miles per hour.
So.... a wolfenstein crossover? Still not seeing it as it seems to have been a secret level.
I can see wolfenstein (well actually I can't) but doom?
Around 600,000 people have joined since I joined, but most of those were Micheal Kristopeit.
You can bork C++ if you code sloppily- just as you can make java fast if you code clean. I think in the end, it's just a question of skill. Minus, of course, the inherent overhead of an interpreted language.
It seems you, as a tried and true apple fanboy, can't see reason, so I see none in continuing this pointless argument. However, I'll see if you can get this point: Just because I do not own an idevice does not mean I can't complain about lack of freedoms for those who do. Hell, Imma invoke goodwin! That's like saying "if you don't like the holocaust, don't move to Germany!".
Also, try and look up a medical syndrome before accusing someone of being the poster boy for it, as by your postings, it seems quite a lot more fitting to you than I :)
*facepalm*
My point is that they'd most likely be about as intelligent as an average human.
Ugh... come up with better arguments would you? An iPod/Phone/Pad/whatever is not an appliance. It is a mobile computer. It can connect to the internet, is designed for such usage, and under certain circumstances, can execute arbitrary code. By contrast, for instance, a microwave has no CPU, and a DVD player is a single-purpose device.
I know- it's that they should be. They're not, largely due to engine deficiencies.
True, it's mostly due to increased bulk- but if a neanderthal were to exist today, he or she probably wouldn't be any less intelligent than an average person. Probably a bit more due to evolutionary pressures in the ice age.
2.4mil, I think.
Wooooooooosh.
Which society are you speaking of?
Joking, but Neanderthals had larger brains than modern humans, actually.
It'd probably run with ease on the r128 machine that was outmoded earlier today, in fact ;)
I was not talking about OS X, I was talking about iOS. Whenever I use OS X, I usually use the terminal for file management. In fact. I am talking entirely of iOS in these postings, for clarity. I believe OS X has all of the capabilities I described, and it is what I would consider a "free" operating system (I just don't like it).
For the very last time, here is what constitutes freedom for an OS for me: Primarily, the ability to execute arbitrary code (no, JS does not count). Secondarily, terminal/low level access. Kernel hacking and stuff like that is a bonus, but not required.
iShiny X can have one of those capabilities, code execution. You either jailbreak, which is again becoming harder every day, to the end of being damn near impossible within a few years. Or you gain the ability temporarily from apple if you pay some money.
By the way, constantly resorting to personal attacks makes you look like a troll with no argument.
Indeed. If it was written in C, I shudder to think of how low the minimum requirements would be.
Well '06 can include Core 2 processors, and for a computer bought then, dual core 64-bit would be the norm. But yeah, I've got P4s hearkening back to '03 that still run xfce just fine. LXDE works wonders on stuff older than that.
Uh.. what? Explain?
I can't execute any arbitrary code other than javascript without forking over protection money to apple. That is a lack of freedom. Neither can I load a custom kernel to my knowledge, or access the command line.
Unless you're speaking of the inconvenience of jailbreaking, which is becoming nearly impossible to do- never mind that it should never be necessary in the first place.
Fascinating. I use Arch+nVidia as well, and I've never had any problems.
Eh? You greatly underestimate the power of older hardware, it's not difficult for a pentium III era machine to do 480p, with a decent video card, you might even be able to squeeze it up to 720 or 1080p (with vdpau of course [on a pci graphics card]).
Wrong. I've got a Pentium III machine with a R128, with the latest version of gentoo installed. Which of course, as you pointed out, will mean I just compile in support, it's no big deal, but people are still running old hardware with modern distributions.