I take your point, but the fact remains that the FASTEST SGI workstation is treacly slow - in absolute terms - vs the fastest Intel-based 'station. ILM couldn't care a fuck how much it costs, they want cutting edge speed (hint - they didn't buy their previous solution based on cost, they bought it based on capability).
I work in TV, and I know first hand that SGI is losing out to commodity hardware running Linux, Windows and even to the Mac. SGI gear is just about hanging on thanks to discreet - but it's just a matter of time before an inferno for Intel product lands and a lot of Onyx racks hit eBay.
I don't hate Jews, but I hate the state of Israel - does that make me anti-semitic? (I would say "some of my best friends are Jewish" but they aren't, though I did once go out with a really beautiful girl called Jessica who is Jewish, I used to work with a really nice guy called Alex who is Jewish and I really like the Jewish bakery in Stanmore where I used to get my walnut wheat cakes in the morning). It's time for the ourage of Israel to STOP, aqnd the only way it's gonna stop is if America makes it stop, coz they're paying for the whole fucking show anyway.
huge for a pda - but JUST the right size for a tablet. Rumour has it that Apple may get into the tablet game, I hope so - I just hope they don't get into the Airpanel game. A compact pen-driven, optical driveless, keyboardless MacOSX notebook is a VERY attractive concept to me, some pitifully crippled techno bauble is of no use whatsoever.
that's not really fair. Honda designs and builds some of the finest engines money can buy - in fact, if an American car company EVER makes a car (in America) as well-engineered and reliable as a humble Honda Accord, I'll eat my shoes.
have you checked out the BMW 330D? 204bhp, 296lb/ft.
my Mazda Xedos 6 (2L V6 24v DOHC VRIS) makes just over 170bhp - I'd certainly expect an extra 1000cc to make a bigger difference - in fact, I think the 2L V6 as used in the Jag X-type (an evolution of MY motor) makes around 190bhp.
who cares about extras? If you like the movie - buy it, if you want to watch athousand boring interviews with the nobodys who played the corpses in the pivtal battle scene, get a life. Every single bit wasted on fucking trailers directly affects the quality of the picture and sound of the movie.
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how can a person walk and chew bubblegum at the same time?
you never seen a weather report?
I take your point, but the fact remains that the FASTEST SGI workstation is treacly slow - in absolute terms - vs the fastest Intel-based 'station. ILM couldn't care a fuck how much it costs, they want cutting edge speed (hint - they didn't buy their previous solution based on cost, they bought it based on capability).
I work in TV, and I know first hand that SGI is losing out to commodity hardware running Linux, Windows and even to the Mac. SGI gear is just about hanging on thanks to discreet - but it's just a matter of time before an inferno for Intel product lands and a lot of Onyx racks hit eBay.
Unless, of coures, SGI fights back...
not even close
further proof that commodity hardware is killing innovative companies like SGI, and a FREE UNIX is helping it happen.
Linux is great for a company like ILM which is stuffed full of coders who can adapt it to suit their needs, not so good for many other companies.
but the processing power of the Intel/Linux combinaton IS superior.
Go and have a look at SPEC.org if you don't believe.
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is this stuff not taught in American public schools anymore?
he could look at a monitor? People in TV do, you know.
you wouldn't sound so fucking stupid if you could spell
whiping?
I don't hate Jews, but I hate the state of Israel - does that make me anti-semitic? (I would say "some of my best friends are Jewish" but they aren't, though I did once go out with a really beautiful girl called Jessica who is Jewish, I used to work with a really nice guy called Alex who is Jewish and I really like the Jewish bakery in Stanmore where I used to get my walnut wheat cakes in the morning). It's time for the ourage of Israel to STOP, aqnd the only way it's gonna stop is if America makes it stop, coz they're paying for the whole fucking show anyway.
"Double-sided blade i guess"
do you mean "a doubled edged sword"?
nice astroturf!
BTW, you misspelled "sentence".
huge for a pda - but JUST the right size for a tablet. Rumour has it that Apple may get into the tablet game, I hope so - I just hope they don't get into the Airpanel game. A compact pen-driven, optical driveless, keyboardless MacOSX notebook is a VERY attractive concept to me, some pitifully crippled techno bauble is of no use whatsoever.
Singapore, eh?
Still, have you SEEN the new 5 series? Damned ugly.
ISO standard video formats have been declared illegal by Microsoft and the MPAA.
No, the REAL AGP drives a Lexus - the Japanese Mercedes.
that's not really fair. Honda designs and builds some of the finest engines money can buy - in fact, if an American car company EVER makes a car (in America) as well-engineered and reliable as a humble Honda Accord, I'll eat my shoes.
have you checked out the BMW 330D? 204bhp, 296lb/ft.
my Mazda Xedos 6 (2L V6 24v DOHC VRIS) makes just over 170bhp - I'd certainly expect an extra 1000cc to make a bigger difference - in fact, I think the 2L V6 as used in the Jag X-type (an evolution of MY motor) makes around 190bhp.
"the suspension is so smooth, you can't tell that you're on a road at all"
I take it you're an AMERICAN "driver" and the above statement qualifies as a GOOD THING?
absolutely NOBODY FUCKING CARES about your stupid fucking car
Jesus fucking wept, how's it feel to head up the list of the world's most pathetically insecure fucknuts?
why don't you get on with your life?
Lynne, I'm not going to your Baptist church if that's what you're saying.
until music pirates start signing, promoting and paying the musicians, I think there'll still be plenty of record companies around.
if you can't fucking spell DOLLARS just write BUCKS, OK?
Jesus wept!
who cares about extras? If you like the movie - buy it, if you want to watch athousand boring interviews with the nobodys who played the corpses in the pivtal battle scene, get a life. Every single bit wasted on fucking trailers directly affects the quality of the picture and sound of the movie.
It doesn't, but when I DO buy a DVD (probably once a month or so), I don't want to be beholden to MS to actually watch the thing.
Are you supporting Microsoft's freedom to innovate?
Doesn't that make it difficult to sit down?