It seems all ya trollers on/. have 1 main problem with macs: They're insignificant and don't matter. Then stop yer damn bitching and talk about something you're interested in, cocklick. People like you make my brain sad.
I run a LinuxPPC server with a few small PHP/MySQL sites on it, and it's performed admirably for about a year now. Lately I've gotten more into YellowDog Linux on the PPC platform, as it seems more geared toward serverhood, and it ships with a nice set of bundled software. There are two Linux boxes on my desk- a G4 450, 256mb running YellowDog, and a Dell PIII 500, 256mb running RedHat 6.0. Given Apple's claims, a 450MHz G4 should lay waste to a 500MHz PIII, especially in floating point operations. I got curious about the speed payoff under Linux, and tried encoding an MP3 from a WAV on both machines, using bladeenc and lame (compiled from source on both). With both encoders, the PIII beat the PPC by a small margin. Generally it would encode the MP3s in about 95% of the PPC's time. I realize this is a very incomplete benchtest, but frankly I was expecting the PPC to perform at least a little better than the Pentium. I'm not sure what is to blame for this... whether it be the encoders' source, yellow dog linux, the kernel, the compiler.... has anyone else tried similar benchtests? I wish the PPC had made a better showing, as its RISC architecture is just much more elegant.
I think it's kind of funny that while reading the Ergo2000 thread, I glanced over at my Win2000 Server (which had been running an install operation), and found that it had made a nice pretty bluescreen, just for me.
Back onto the topic for a moment, someone please help me out with this. What the hell is the X-Box? Talk about an identity crisis. I understand Microsoft's intent to muscle into the console arena with this monster system, and obviously they can afford to do that. To me, it seems like an overbloated, inefficient mess. If you look at a normal console, like a PS2 or Dreamcast, that entire system is built for a very custom purpose. Does anyone else find it absurd that Microsoft is essentially taking an almost full-fledged modern desktop system and dumbing it down to the level of a console? Sure, it'll be a great deal... but, did any engineering go into this thing, aside from the backward type?
What's with all these random asian girl stock photos in the banner ads on slashdot?
I think this X-Box is just going to encourage the type of weak, hype-filled game that seems to be becoming the standard. Sure graphics are important, but it shouldn't take precedence over gameplay, which it almost always does. And really, the PS2 is more than good enough. As developers become better at working its magic, those games will kick. There's no need for a fancier console. What WORSE company to be trying to lead the gaming realm than Microsoft? This console will herald in scores of over-advertised, unimaginative games. I realize Microsoft won't be making most of the games (what have they ever actually created, really,) but the aura that surrounds this thing will be so tainted.
Just as an aside, one of the best, most innovative, least appreciated games of all time:
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It seems all ya trollers on /. have 1 main problem with macs: They're insignificant and don't matter. Then stop yer damn bitching and talk about something you're interested in, cocklick. People like you make my brain sad.
i third.
I run a LinuxPPC server with a few small PHP/MySQL sites on it, and it's performed admirably for about a year now. Lately I've gotten more into YellowDog Linux on the PPC platform, as it seems more geared toward serverhood, and it ships with a nice set of bundled software. There are two Linux boxes on my desk- a G4 450, 256mb running YellowDog, and a Dell PIII 500, 256mb running RedHat 6.0. Given Apple's claims, a 450MHz G4 should lay waste to a 500MHz PIII, especially in floating point operations. I got curious about the speed payoff under Linux, and tried encoding an MP3 from a WAV on both machines, using bladeenc and lame (compiled from source on both). With both encoders, the PIII beat the PPC by a small margin. Generally it would encode the MP3s in about 95% of the PPC's time. I realize this is a very incomplete benchtest, but frankly I was expecting the PPC to perform at least a little better than the Pentium. I'm not sure what is to blame for this... whether it be the encoders' source, yellow dog linux, the kernel, the compiler.... has anyone else tried similar benchtests? I wish the PPC had made a better showing, as its RISC architecture is just much more elegant.
I think it's kind of funny that while reading the Ergo2000 thread, I glanced over at my Win2000 Server (which had been running an install operation), and found that it had made a nice pretty bluescreen, just for me. Back onto the topic for a moment, someone please help me out with this. What the hell is the X-Box? Talk about an identity crisis. I understand Microsoft's intent to muscle into the console arena with this monster system, and obviously they can afford to do that. To me, it seems like an overbloated, inefficient mess. If you look at a normal console, like a PS2 or Dreamcast, that entire system is built for a very custom purpose. Does anyone else find it absurd that Microsoft is essentially taking an almost full-fledged modern desktop system and dumbing it down to the level of a console? Sure, it'll be a great deal... but, did any engineering go into this thing, aside from the backward type? What's with all these random asian girl stock photos in the banner ads on slashdot?
I think this X-Box is just going to encourage the type of weak, hype-filled game that seems to be becoming the standard. Sure graphics are important, but it shouldn't take precedence over gameplay, which it almost always does. And really, the PS2 is more than good enough. As developers become better at working its magic, those games will kick. There's no need for a fancier console. What WORSE company to be trying to lead the gaming realm than Microsoft? This console will herald in scores of over-advertised, unimaginative games. I realize Microsoft won't be making most of the games (what have they ever actually created, really,) but the aura that surrounds this thing will be so tainted.
Just as an aside, one of the best, most innovative, least appreciated games of all time:
Privateer.