If ever there was an example of junk DNA in a virus, it would ahve to be JonKatz.
It's sole purpose seems to be posting crap on/. and lying badly about the uses of technology.
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Personally I believe FreeBSD is better, especially Mac OS X with FreeBSD Darwin.
However, I'll be lucky if my game gets accepted without a Linux version.
which is why I'm sticking to a Java 2 engine, with hardly any native code (OS X only).
I'm doing a civ type game, a space game & a wargame.
Maya has been optimised for ppc, it is on OSX.1 (I'm currently trying to get it)
My dream machine is expensive, in New Zealand $.
If I had $5000, it would be about US$2000.
The current high end mac comes with nvidia twinview.
I wouldn't run Quake3, it sucks like ms windows.
Real gamers play Unreal Tournament.
Dual G4 450 is about as fast as a dual 1.4 gig pentium4/athlon. Dual G5 1.6 gig is as fast as dual 4 gig pentium5/athlon whenever that comes out.
Your frame rates would not beat the same 3D card the current macs use.
the cpu's do the processing, the video card is used only at display time, not rendering.
Why buy maya or 3D StudioMax if you have cable?
You can try it out for free, then get rid of it.
in terms of ease of use, value for money and speed, you can't beat a dual G4 mac. (until the dual G5 comes out in february)
finding good 3D software for the mac is easy, Maya is out now for OS X.1 and is available for anyone with Carracho (carracho.de) or MacPhex (try versiontracker.com) and broadband internet.
definately get as much ram as you can, you can put 1.5 gig in a G4 or G5.
1. Macs are faster, the Mhz is no indication of the speed of complex calculations.
2. RISC is a newer and more sophisticated chipset than CISC.
C. (for all hillbillies who can't count to 3) Mac OS X is a FreeBSD OS.
recently, my computer died of memory failure.
My neighbour used his athlon pc here on my cable connection.
He downloaded tons of music videos, movies, episodes of band of brothers & games.
I did try civ3, but it had some problems displaying. Anyway, I was disappointed Civ3 was so simplified.
A Civ game should involve strategic thinking...
So,I've got a Civ style game in progress...
The tech tree is larger, more governments, hex based map, more units, private enterprise, more buildings, more wonders.
Specific governments have special units & wonders only they can build. (Anarchy has Fight Club wonder, can build anarchist)
There are lots more resources, unit orders, diplomatic options and cultural styles.
I admit, I've seen civ3 when my neighbour had his pc on my cable modem while my computer was down.
Civ 3 is barely better than civ2 in most places, worse in some respects.
Empire Earth is really overrated and lacks balance.
I am doing a civilization style game, the main difference is the expanded government types, more units, more military realism and massive dyson sphere internet game.
There are more wonders, with specific wonders for governments. e.g: Anarchy has Fight Club, Fascism has the Holocaust, Dictatorship has Ministry of Truth, Plenty, Peace & Love, etc...
The map is hex based and cities may run over multiple hexes.
You also have private enterprise (unless communist, ecotopian or utopian government) building city improvements.
the real reason Hindenburg exploded was the coating of subtances now used as rocket fuel.
If the hydrogen exploded, noone could have seen the flames. Hydrogen burns in the UV frequencies.
Hydrogen is very safe, you should check your facts first.
I hate that teenage whiner JonKatz...
Dammit, I wish slashdot would stop running his articles, they suck!
Another wrong story by slash on LOTR
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First it was the world premier is in London bullshit. (it's in wellington, new zealand)
Now you say Peter Jackson's studio is running linux. sure, the program is available for linux.
The fact that he's got about 100 indy's running SGI irix is a testament to his money and commitment to the best movies ever made in New Zealand.
I happen to know this because I live in Wellington, location of Peter Jackson's studios.
I even own a house 2km down the road from his studio in the Miramar penisular by the Airport.
Maybe the people who post about LOTR should check their facts with someone who knows what's real for a change?
HFS + is best because you can have a dual boot HFS+ partition.
The hidden partition takes up about 20 - 50 k.
If you have more than 256mb ram, switch off virtual memory (can't be done in OS X)
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You must have a fast connection...
Of course, a Pr0n King needs broadband.
If ever there was an example of junk DNA in a virus, it would ahve to be JonKatz. /. and lying badly about the uses of technology.
It's sole purpose seems to be posting crap on
So how does that explain JonKatz?
maybe that's why you're on /. at 9.27 am?
Personally I believe FreeBSD is better, especially Mac OS X with FreeBSD Darwin.
However, I'll be lucky if my game gets accepted without a Linux version.
which is why I'm sticking to a Java 2 engine, with hardly any native code (OS X only).
I'm doing a civ type game, a space game & a wargame.
Maya has been optimised for ppc, it is on OSX.1 (I'm currently trying to get it)
My dream machine is expensive, in New Zealand $.
If I had $5000, it would be about US$2000.
The current high end mac comes with nvidia twinview.
I wouldn't run Quake3, it sucks like ms windows.
Real gamers play Unreal Tournament.
Dual G4 450 is about as fast as a dual 1.4 gig pentium4/athlon. Dual G5 1.6 gig is as fast as dual 4 gig pentium5/athlon whenever that comes out.
Your frame rates would not beat the same 3D card the current macs use.
the cpu's do the processing, the video card is used only at display time, not rendering.
Why buy maya or 3D StudioMax if you have cable?
You can try it out for free, then get rid of it.
in terms of ease of use, value for money and speed, you can't beat a dual G4 mac. (until the dual G5 comes out in february)
finding good 3D software for the mac is easy, Maya is out now for OS X.1 and is available for anyone with Carracho (carracho.de) or MacPhex (try versiontracker.com) and broadband internet.
definately get as much ram as you can, you can put 1.5 gig in a G4 or G5.
1. Macs are faster, the Mhz is no indication of the speed of complex calculations.
2. RISC is a newer and more sophisticated chipset than CISC.
C. (for all hillbillies who can't count to 3) Mac OS X is a FreeBSD OS.
That's what I've been doing for my games for a couple of years now, you can just set them to play off a playlist.
how about http://fuck.us or http://dont.fuck.with.us
recently, my computer died of memory failure.
My neighbour used his athlon pc here on my cable connection.
He downloaded tons of music videos, movies, episodes of band of brothers & games.
I did try civ3, but it had some problems displaying. Anyway, I was disappointed Civ3 was so simplified.
A Civ game should involve strategic thinking...
So,I've got a Civ style game in progress...
The tech tree is larger, more governments, hex based map, more units, private enterprise, more buildings, more wonders.
Specific governments have special units & wonders only they can build. (Anarchy has Fight Club wonder, can build anarchist)
There are lots more resources, unit orders, diplomatic options and cultural styles.
I admit, I've seen civ3 when my neighbour had his pc on my cable modem while my computer was down.
...
Civ 3 is barely better than civ2 in most places, worse in some respects.
Empire Earth is really overrated and lacks balance.
I am doing a civilization style game, the main difference is the expanded government types, more units, more military realism and massive dyson sphere internet game.
There are more wonders, with specific wonders for governments. e.g: Anarchy has Fight Club, Fascism has the Holocaust, Dictatorship has Ministry of Truth, Plenty, Peace & Love, etc
The map is hex based and cities may run over multiple hexes.
You also have private enterprise (unless communist, ecotopian or utopian government) building city improvements.
It should be a lot cooler than Civ or EE.
I program games and e commerce apps in java2.
Java uses resources for localization a lot like the mac.
Fortunately, I speak french and german, so I'm not likely to take much more time on translation.
However, for languages I don't speak, I would be happy to let someone translate for free.
My neighbour got it on his PC while my mac is down with bad memory and he is using my cable modem for now at my place.
Civ3, works but the video resolution is fuct.
Does anyone know how to get around this?
the real reason Hindenburg exploded was the coating of subtances now used as rocket fuel.
If the hydrogen exploded, noone could have seen the flames. Hydrogen burns in the UV frequencies.
Hydrogen is very safe, you should check your facts first.
you can get a hydrogen cracker that fills your car up overnight.
Just connect a garden hose, leave it running & plug it into your garage power outlet.
It costs about $7 US to fill a standard 2.5 kg tank (2.5 kg gets about 500km)
So how much will $7 US get you in gasoline?
200 km if you're lucky?
Open GL is available for mac.
I hate that teenage whiner JonKatz...
Dammit, I wish slashdot would stop running his articles, they suck!
First it was the world premier is in London bullshit. (it's in wellington, new zealand)
Now you say Peter Jackson's studio is running linux. sure, the program is available for linux.
The fact that he's got about 100 indy's running SGI irix is a testament to his money and commitment to the best movies ever made in New Zealand.
I happen to know this because I live in Wellington, location of Peter Jackson's studios.
I even own a house 2km down the road from his studio in the Miramar penisular by the Airport.
Maybe the people who post about LOTR should check their facts with someone who knows what's real for a change?
shit, porn & 8 year old girls...
You've got the shit, we've all got porn...
Who's got 8 year old girls?
Jon Katz?
swapoff -a does not work.
I'm running x.1 , is swapoff one of those commands which have been replaced?
12
12 is the number of times I have sex each day.
that sucks, I'd need 2 iPod's just to fit my mp3's on.
I think i Prefer owning discs.there must be a decent mp3 CD player out there.
HFS + is best because you can have a dual boot HFS+ partition.
The hidden partition takes up about 20 - 50 k.
If you have more than 256mb ram, switch off virtual memory (can't be done in OS X)
count me in dude, I think taco is that motherfucker who's been dropping down my karma to -6 or something.