Sorry I don't have anything constructive to offer on this situation, but I'm watching this to see if anybody finds anything. Something just came up to me the other day and asked for help with this, describing the exact same problem. Also he told me that he got jerked around by HP tech support for a while before he gave up on them trying to figure out the issue:P.
The article offers up this question: might there be other metrics that might be important to supercomputing, rather than relying solely on processing speed?
Yeah. Does the supercomputer do what the customer needed it to do? Nobody in the world lays down money for a "supercomputer" these days so that they can be the fastest kid on the block... or at least they shouldn't. Ostensibly, there are massive amounts of computing work that they need done, and they need something that can do it in a reasonable amount of time. Beyond that... was it worth their money? If the answer to the last two questions was yes, then it was a success. Supercomputers are a tool; a very large tool, but a tool nonetheless.
After a movie like this, I know the only reason they signed over the rights to him is because nobody else would be stupid enough to buy them. But this is a recipe for ultimate crapness: Terrible director working on a movie based on a hack-n-slash RPG that while fun, was shallower than the wading pool at an old age home. Nothing good will come of this.
I think a lot of people here are missing the point of this CD. This is something for tired Opteron owners waiting for x86-64 specific software, this is not a long-term "solution" by any means. This is so you can just stick in your computer, and try out a common application under something 64 bit, so people who shelled out the moneh can test drive their new systems.
At a certain Canadian retail chain that is known for selling Tires, we punch in and out on the company's iSeries, which we incidentally use for almost everything else. We don't use any kind of card, paper or magnetic, we just have a password that we tap in and we can clock in and out.
Since the parent is related to Canada, I'll post this question that came to mind reading this thread... I live in Canada, and there are laws here regarding overtime. Both about being able to choose working it, and minimum overtime wages. Is there no such laws in the States? Like, can a company tether you to their desk with little or no compensation other than your normal rate?
Hell, I get overtime working at myjob, and it's just a hair above minimum wage.
Goddamnit, I'm still so pissed off about the canceling of UO2 that I cry myself to sleep at the base of a grave I carved myself. If I ever meet the guy that made that decision I'm gonna punch him in the face so he won't see me wind up for the kick to his groin.
What really scares me is *if* IBM decided to let people play around with this OS/400, and the general geek public started playing around with it, we'd have a whole new perversion of the english language, a million times worse than l337 speak.
Example:
LTGMR1: HY, HW R Y DNG? CLGY: NT T BD, Y? LTGMR1: I JST GT LTMA MCM TDY, T KCKS SS
Do you have any idea of what they're saying? Neither will you!
You got that backwards. The parent was stating that he found the game fun, and that had nothing to do with the performance of the game, i.e. the fact that it could theoritically handle 10^6 players.
Nothing in there at all about imitating reality, or being realistic.
Ugh... I live in Toronto and got quite nauseous when this came up on the news. I don't know why they thought it deserved a thorough video documentation... it is just really disgusting, and stupid. Really, really, stupid.
Finally, a comment with some sense in it. This is completely true, MSIE for Mac has served its purpose. What Microsoft is doing with regards to this browser is completely logical. Mod parent up!
Sigh... this cold is really affecting my thought process. I read Hitch Hikers Guides to the Galaxy as Hitler's Wives Guide to the Galaxy at first glance.
Did they ever move anything? And shake it?
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3DO Files For Bankruptcy
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· Score: 5, Interesting
This sums up everything I remember about 3DO recently. I mean, I do find it rather remarkable that they held on for so long after that console with their name on kind of didn't do so well... but between then and now, have they done anything interesting? Remarkable? Something that makes this death tragic? This is not a rhetorical question, I really wanna know.
Yeah, me neither. Everybody in my house was into the Quest games, on our Tandy... what was it, 100? It was the one with three-voice sound. Man, I miss that thing. Anyway, my mother, my brothers, I don't know about my sister... my dad always stayed away from it for some reason though. But Sierra games are definitely an important part of my fledgling geekdom.
The interview was a great read. Ken Williams seems to come off a bit strong, though, but I guess it worked for handling his company. It was very interesting to hear from one of the men who had a tremendous effect on the gaming industry.
And since there doesn't seem to be too many threads on the article, it seems like there is not enough people reading it! Come on, people! In addition to the ID reference, there's a Steve Wozniak reference, and a mention of a dying music company! Read it!
Great advice. Nowhere in his post does he mention bandwidth concerns. So if he were to install mod_gzip, he would reduce the capacity of his servers, not increase it.
Mod_gzip isn't the answer to everything.
Yes, goddamnit! I still don't understand why the first Half-Life never made it on to the Mac, it doesn't make any sense. If *any* game, anywhere, would turn a profit on the Mac, it would probably be Half-Life. I mean, the Sims would probably be the first choice of suits everywhere to port to the Mac, but I think Apple users are a fairly different audience. Please, PLEASE port HL2 to the Mac!
But don't forget that it is mods that have carried Half-Life 1 up until this very day. If Half-Life 2 is half as successful as the first, they'll have pulled an amazing profit off of it.
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You guys joke ... but this thing looks more likely to fly than the Taero or whatever.
Sorry I don't have anything constructive to offer on this situation, but I'm watching this to see if anybody finds anything. Something just came up to me the other day and asked for help with this, describing the exact same problem. Also he told me that he got jerked around by HP tech support for a while before he gave up on them trying to figure out the issue :P.
The article offers up this question: might there be other metrics that might be important to supercomputing, rather than relying solely on processing speed?
Yeah. Does the supercomputer do what the customer needed it to do? Nobody in the world lays down money for a "supercomputer" these days so that they can be the fastest kid on the block ... or at least they shouldn't. Ostensibly, there are massive amounts of computing work that they need done, and they need something that can do it in a reasonable amount of time. Beyond that ... was it worth their money? If the answer to the last two questions was yes, then it was a success. Supercomputers are a tool; a very large tool, but a tool nonetheless.
After a movie like this, I know the only reason they signed over the rights to him is because nobody else would be stupid enough to buy them. But this is a recipe for ultimate crapness: Terrible director working on a movie based on a hack-n-slash RPG that while fun, was shallower than the wading pool at an old age home. Nothing good will come of this.
What, she's alive?
Holy crap.
I think a lot of people here are missing the point of this CD. This is something for tired Opteron owners waiting for x86-64 specific software, this is not a long-term "solution" by any means. This is so you can just stick in your computer, and try out a common application under something 64 bit, so people who shelled out the moneh can test drive their new systems.
At a certain Canadian retail chain that is known for selling Tires, we punch in and out on the company's iSeries, which we incidentally use for almost everything else. We don't use any kind of card, paper or magnetic, we just have a password that we tap in and we can clock in and out.
Since the parent is related to Canada, I'll post this question that came to mind reading this thread ... I live in Canada, and there are laws here regarding overtime. Both about being able to choose working it, and minimum overtime wages. Is there no such laws in the States? Like, can a company tether you to their desk with little or no compensation other than your normal rate?
Hell, I get overtime working at my job, and it's just a hair above minimum wage.
Bahahah! I wish I had some goddamned mod points. Plus I wish I could see this in action. :)
Goddamnit, I'm still so pissed off about the canceling of UO2 that I cry myself to sleep at the base of a grave I carved myself. If I ever meet the guy that made that decision I'm gonna punch him in the face so he won't see me wind up for the kick to his groin.
Imagine someone writing games for OS/400 on this:
PLYGM *PLYR(PLYR1) *GM(MGS3)
(It's been a while, my 'syntax' could be wrong)
What really scares me is *if* IBM decided to let people play around with this OS/400, and the general geek public started playing around with it, we'd have a whole new perversion of the english language, a million times worse than l337 speak.
Example:
LTGMR1: HY, HW R Y DNG?
CLGY: NT T BD, Y?
LTGMR1: I JST GT LTMA MCM TDY, T KCKS SS
Do you have any idea of what they're saying? Neither will you!
Mod parent up as hilarious!
You got that backwards. The parent was stating that he found the game fun, and that had nothing to do with the performance of the game, i.e. the fact that it could theoritically handle 10^6 players.
Nothing in there at all about imitating reality, or being realistic.
Ugh ... I live in Toronto and got quite nauseous when this came up on the news. I don't know why they thought it deserved a thorough video documentation ... it is just really disgusting, and stupid. Really, really, stupid.
Nearly perfect timing, too. IE's gone, Safari's here ... out with the old, in with the new.
Finally, a comment with some sense in it. This is completely true, MSIE for Mac has served its purpose. What Microsoft is doing with regards to this browser is completely logical. Mod parent up!
I never, ever have mod points when I need them. Mod parent up!
Sigh ... this cold is really affecting my thought process. I read Hitch Hikers Guides to the Galaxy as Hitler's Wives Guide to the Galaxy at first glance.
This sums up everything I remember about 3DO recently. I mean, I do find it rather remarkable that they held on for so long after that console with their name on kind of didn't do so well ... but between then and now, have they done anything interesting? Remarkable? Something that makes this death tragic? This is not a rhetorical question, I really wanna know.
Yeah, me neither. Everybody in my house was into the Quest games, on our Tandy ... what was it, 100? It was the one with three-voice sound. Man, I miss that thing. Anyway, my mother, my brothers, I don't know about my sister ... my dad always stayed away from it for some reason though. But Sierra games are definitely an important part of my fledgling geekdom.
The interview was a great read. Ken Williams seems to come off a bit strong, though, but I guess it worked for handling his company. It was very interesting to hear from one of the men who had a tremendous effect on the gaming industry.
And since there doesn't seem to be too many threads on the article, it seems like there is not enough people reading it! Come on, people! In addition to the ID reference, there's a Steve Wozniak reference, and a mention of a dying music company! Read it!
Great advice. Nowhere in his post does he mention bandwidth concerns. So if he were to install mod_gzip, he would reduce the capacity of his servers, not increase it. Mod_gzip isn't the answer to everything.
Holy crapola ... was this posted as a /. story before? Mod It Up! That is a very interesting read.
Yes, goddamnit! I still don't understand why the first Half-Life never made it on to the Mac, it doesn't make any sense. If *any* game, anywhere, would turn a profit on the Mac, it would probably be Half-Life. I mean, the Sims would probably be the first choice of suits everywhere to port to the Mac, but I think Apple users are a fairly different audience. Please, PLEASE port HL2 to the Mac!
But don't forget that it is mods that have carried Half-Life 1 up until this very day. If Half-Life 2 is half as successful as the first, they'll have pulled an amazing profit off of it.