Re:As long as they also port over the JIT compiler
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Java For BeOS
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your dead wrong buddy,
check out linuxppc the latest 1.3.1 java has no JITc.
Re:As long as they also port over the JIT compiler
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Java For BeOS
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don't gimme the old "java is slow" anyways BS.
I have done extensive testing, and it's not true all the time.
I have written things in java that are about as fast as a C++ counterpart.
It's java Swing that I have a problem with.
As long as they also port over the JIT compiler
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Java For BeOS
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I used to run linux on PowerPC (apple G3) hardware, now they had claimed to port over java to ppc. However they haven't ported over the "Just In Time" compiler which basically compiles your java apps on the fly when you run them.
Basically this leads to anything java being god aweful slow.
Although BeOS is x86, I don't know how different the OS is... I seriously hope they do the JITC as well, otherwise java is just not useable.
The review only devoted a small paragraph to the section on "running windows apps".
I remember when Lindows was first advertized it was supposed to be able to run 'most' windows apps without any windows OS installed.
That was the only thing that makes this distro interesting, and the only reason it could have been a viable alternative to windows. And it's what pissed of MS so much.
Every geek and his dog, can use a simple wysiwyg Desktop ontop of Linux. As far as I'm concerned the only reason to use this particular distro is out the window.
In otherwords, I've read tons of articles about all the fancyness being incorperated into the.5 kernel.
When is it expected that it becomes stable? how long do I have to wait?
The more I read about this, the more I feel going with the.4 kernel (or linux at all rather), is a mistake for a serious production server.
Linux vs Windows gaming performance
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UT2003 LiveCD
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I know this topic has been touched on already. But I haven't heard anything really solid so far.
Has anyone here actually benchmarked the UT2003 demo on linux and WindowsXP with the exact same hardware? (preferable nvidia.. since they are widely supported)
And using the benchmark utility that's included with the demo?
I suspect (a hunch), the difference would be not much. The overhead of the XP UI running in the background is pretty small.
--Etan
Re:Cool--They make a PPC Linux
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UT2003 LiveCD
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I meant.. DOES NOT make use of Altivec:)
Re:Cool--They make a PPC Linux
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Of course it's targeted to x86.. you don't think they'd just give out the source code of their brand new game, and let people compile it for ppc hardware.
Even so, the G4 isn't so impressive without the use of it's Altivec instructions... which is basically an apple version of mmx/sse.
I'm pretty sure the linux kernel does make use of Altivec.
I agree with the initial question: "Why not just start off with OOP instead of going through the linear hello world approach first".
But oddly all the best programmers I know started off learning something like C , and then later became seasoned and excellent OOP programmers in C++/python/java.
I remember feeling lightyears ahead of my "Intro to programming (using java)" class because I had already tackled some basic C coding in High School."
Is it so hard to beleive that perhaps it's important to learn howto walk before learning how to run ?
Isn't this just an estimate? Didn't we in-fact lose contact with Voyager?
Perhaps ot got caught in the gravity feild of some asteroid, and now is in bits in peices?
Or.. perhaps it became artifically Intelligent with the help of cosmic beings, and now represents the God of some primitive civilization.(only to be destroyed later by Captain Kirk)
If each person has their own DB/hash of spam words and probabilities. Then it's quite likely a spammer could still get through at somepoint.
if it does, it might take a few emails of the exact same kind of spam until your filter starts ignoring it.
Why not have a centralized free online database of the same kind, that way as soon as an email is sent to just a few people, the filter starts to recognize them right away.
So basically your mail program would be contributing and borrowing the hashtable from this central DB online for each "mail session".
If everyone used this, a spammer would be stopped dead in his tracks after the first few emails sent.
My PC and stereo/TV happen to be in the same room, only instead of wifi and laptops I just run over from the couch to the PC to pick a playlist:)
It does get a little annoying, but untill there is a good IR/radio controller out there for my PC. I'm not spending 1k on a laptop just so I don't have to leave my couch:)
Now we can all run the latest games which are still based on the GFX engine written in 1998.
How boring.
A real threat we would never be told about
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A Rock Moves In Space
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When/if this becomes a confirmed earth course, you can rest assured that the experts would never go public with it.
Last thing people want is a whole continent of people on the run.
They used �Intel-like� approach to design?!? HA!
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You see this is what upsets me about technology today.
What we need to clue into is that due to marketing reasons ATI wanted to get the chip running at 300mhz. They didn't care about the possible performance loss, all the marketing assholes want is a high MHZ and they had to take a "different approach" (meaning, shittier design) to reach the 300mhz mark.
The sooner the average joe can accept that MHZ no longer equals performance... the better off chip design will be.
The Pentium 4 basically is less efficient than a pentium 3, however 2ghz makes morons happy. So 2ghz whatever the cost!
Noodle.
The supposed LEGIT MusicNet pay for d/l of music?
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RIAA to Sue You Now
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I checked out musicnet.com which is the legal digital music pay service.
Does anyone know how it works? It says something about 10bucks amonth for the RealOne service for 100downloads and 100streams a month.
I really just want digital music sitting on my HD that I can move anywhere, burn anywhere and play any time.
this site mentions NOTHING about what 10bucks a month entitles me too, how the technology works, or if I even get mp3s or what. Am I supposed to just sign up and spend my money blindly and just hope for the best?
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your dead wrong buddy,
check out linuxppc the latest 1.3.1 java has no JITc.
don't gimme the old "java is slow" anyways BS.
I have done extensive testing, and it's not true all the time.
I have written things in java that are about as fast as a C++ counterpart.
It's java Swing that I have a problem with.
I used to run linux on PowerPC (apple G3) hardware, now they had claimed to port over java to ppc. However they haven't ported over the "Just In Time" compiler which basically compiles your java apps on the fly when you run them.
Basically this leads to anything java being god aweful slow.
Although BeOS is x86, I don't know how different the OS is... I seriously hope they do the JITC as well, otherwise java is just not useable.
--noodles
The review only devoted a small paragraph to the section on "running windows apps".
I remember when Lindows was first advertized it was supposed to be able to run 'most' windows apps without any windows OS installed.
That was the only thing that makes this distro interesting, and the only reason it could have been a viable alternative to windows. And it's what pissed of MS so much.
Every geek and his dog, can use a simple wysiwyg Desktop ontop of Linux. As far as I'm concerned the only reason to use this particular distro is out the window.
--noodles
Threads too complicated?? then don't use C!
Try Threads in java... easy as hell.
Threads in Python? no problem...
yaddaa yaddaa yaddaa
A google like search to find anything you've ever done on your computer?
Ummmm that's already been around since oldarse 486s...
Try MS FastFind (or just Find) which comes with >win98.
OR htdig for linux!
I don't get it, didn;t it take years to map the genome? thats right map it.. not make sense of it?
Now they can do it in a week or two?
are they using some sort of new horribly fast maineframe?
Anyone here have details on this? and how it's done?
In otherwords, I've read tons of articles about all the fancyness being incorperated into the .5 kernel.
.4 kernel (or linux at all rather), is a mistake for a serious production server.
When is it expected that it becomes stable? how long do I have to wait?
The more I read about this, the more I feel going with the
I know this topic has been touched on already. But I haven't heard anything really solid so far.
Has anyone here actually benchmarked the UT2003 demo on linux and WindowsXP with the exact same hardware? (preferable nvidia.. since they are widely supported)
And using the benchmark utility that's included with the demo?
I suspect (a hunch), the difference would be not much. The overhead of the XP UI running in the background is pretty small.
--Etan
I meant.. DOES NOT make use of Altivec :)
Of course it's targeted to x86.. you don't think they'd just give out the source code of their brand new game, and let people compile it for ppc hardware.
.
Even so, the G4 isn't so impressive without the use of it's Altivec instructions... which is basically an apple version of mmx/sse
I'm pretty sure the linux kernel does make use of Altivec.
--Me
You must be a complete moron!
Keaton was the only batman I could take seriously, most of the other batmans were seriously pitiful.
But oddly all the best programmers I know started off learning something like C , and then later became seasoned and excellent OOP programmers in C++/python/java.
I remember feeling lightyears ahead of my "Intro to programming (using java)" class because I had already tackled some basic C coding in High School."
Is it so hard to beleive that perhaps it's important to learn howto walk before learning how to run ?
--Me
People can get used to anything:)
Perhaps ot got caught in the gravity feild of some asteroid, and now is in bits in peices?
Or.. perhaps it became artifically Intelligent with the help of cosmic beings, and now represents the God of some primitive civilization.(only to be destroyed later by Captain Kirk)
--Me
Just a thought.
--Me
Honestly anyone could have told you months ago the 9700 would beat the gf4... it's a new generation card.
And whats the use in getting it this month, since most games out now are still based on 5year old GFX engines that run decently on a geforce2.
and please spare me the tears of 60fps vs 200fps :)
--me
if it does, it might take a few emails of the exact same kind of spam until your filter starts ignoring it.
Why not have a centralized free online database of the same kind, that way as soon as an email is sent to just a few people, the filter starts to recognize them right away.
So basically your mail program would be contributing and borrowing the hashtable from this central DB online for each "mail session".
If everyone used this, a spammer would be stopped dead in his tracks after the first few emails sent.
--me
ID software is in business to make money.
Unless of course by "GPL Later" you mean 15 years from now when quake3 will seem like pacman compared to other games.
--me
Heh... your arguments seemed valid right up until you mentioned that you work on Mac OS 7.6.1.
:)
Then your credibility flew right out the window
--doodle
My PC and stereo/TV happen to be in the same room, only instead of wifi and laptops I just run over from the couch to the PC to pick a playlist:)
It does get a little annoying, but untill there is a good IR/radio controller out there for my PC. I'm not spending 1k on a laptop just so I don't have to leave my couch:)
Now we can all run the latest games which are still based on the GFX engine written in 1998.
How boring.
When/if this becomes a confirmed earth course, you can rest assured that the experts would never go public with it.
Last thing people want is a whole continent of people on the run.
What we need to clue into is that due to marketing reasons ATI wanted to get the chip running at 300mhz. They didn't care about the possible performance loss, all the marketing assholes want is a high MHZ and they had to take a "different approach" (meaning, shittier design) to reach the 300mhz mark.
The sooner the average joe can accept that MHZ no longer equals performance... the better off chip design will be.
The Pentium 4 basically is less efficient than a pentium 3, however 2ghz makes morons happy. So 2ghz whatever the cost!
Noodle.
I checked out musicnet.com which is the legal digital music pay service.
Does anyone know how it works? It says something about 10bucks amonth for the RealOne service for 100downloads and 100streams a month.
I really just want digital music sitting on my HD that I can move anywhere, burn anywhere and play any time.
this site mentions NOTHING about what 10bucks a month entitles me too, how the technology works, or if I even get mp3s or what.
Am I supposed to just sign up and spend my money blindly and just hope for the best?