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Wrote on the subject of New game: Thiefs at Dec. 25, 2009, 4:40 a.m...

hamei wrote:

oh you can say that again :evil:

the younger devs even don't know anything else but liunx/gcc ...

hamei wrote:

Can I cross-link this to the "you guys are so mean and rude to the glorious Linux Community" thread ?

"Don't know anything else" wouldn't be so bad. It's the don't know and don't care part that is somewhat annoying. Monoculture monoculture monoculture, crap

yeah, thought about that other thread, too

and yes, i second the second part also i'm afraid ...

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Wrote on the subject of Porting libtorrent/rtorrent at Dec. 26, 2009, 1:25 p.m...

great contribution again!
thanks for doing that during the holidays

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Wrote on the subject of Best current options for SGI video editing? at Dec. 27, 2009, 3:36 p.m...

piranha is fast and the shake gui sucks

there're some tweaks for the shake gui to gain quite some speed. has been posted here some time ago i think ...

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Wrote on the subject of Best current options for SGI video editing? at Dec. 29, 2009, 2:02 p.m...

loonvf wrote:

Piranha is fast you say?
What version, machine and setup are you using?

it's been a while but i used several versions (all 3.x) on an octane mxe, octane2 v6 and ir2e onyx2. all with dual r12k or higher.

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Wrote on the subject of iMac thoughts? at Jan. 3, 2010, 12:17 p.m...

nekonoko wrote:

skywriter wrote:

and a cheap atom htpc nettop in january.

I just got an Atom machine myself - was my parent's Hackintosh before they got the new iMac for Christmas. I'm going to put Solaris or BSD on it and see how it does as a server.

but you're not thinking about running the forum on it?

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Wrote on the subject of Rebirth of my O2...(I'm baaaaaaack, anyone remember me?) at Jan. 6, 2010, 6:26 a.m...

hi vegac, (very) long time no see

i've been out myself for a while but it seems there's a comeback going on these days.
now we just need cosmos back

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Wrote on the subject of Rebirth of my O2...(I'm baaaaaaack, anyone remember me?) at Jan. 7, 2010, 6:06 a.m...

strandedinnz wrote: I've got twin babies and no Tezro .. can I trade a baby for a Tezro ? They'll be good workers when they are bigger!!!

.... still laughing ...

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Wrote on the subject of Porting libtorrent/rtorrent at Jan. 7, 2010, 9:28 a.m...

new server?
i noticed that the 'server info' page is empty now ...

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Wrote on the subject of Nekochan.net operating costs? at Jan. 9, 2010, 3:48 p.m...

skywriter wrote:

with the atom i could save the real cash for an imac

you could also run osx on the atom and save much more

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Wrote on the subject of Snow leopard is it worth the upgrade? at Jan. 16, 2010, 8:12 p.m...

semi-fly wrote:

foetz wrote: the gfx performance is worse than 10.5, filesystem perf.

Interesting. How did you come to that conclusion?

that's not a secret. apple admitted it on their own.

and regarding filesystem speed it's just the usage. opening folders e.g. takes twice as long compared to 10.5. same disk.

Generally speaking, 10.6 and the native apps now have a smaller CPU, memory, and disk-usage footprint, which translates into greater available system resources. Also, Apple engineers have added compression logic (Extended Attributes) and better block storage algorithms to HFS+ in 10.6, so disk performance, if anything should be faster in addition to video.

sounds good but doesn't match the reality. at least in my case.

foetz wrote: as long as there're no apps with grand central and/or opencl support 10.5 is the better choice.

Finder? Mail? Most of the native Applications?

don't care about finder or apple's mail or the native apps.
i want the os to be a secure and solid platform for my apps. not more, not less. and 10.5 is doing a better job there so far.

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Wrote on the subject of Snow leopard is it worth the upgrade? at Jan. 17, 2010, 9:34 a.m...

mila wrote: I must say that SL is quicker, on laptop it wakes up rather quick

and is it quicker anywhere else?
no offence but that's not exactly a major factor.

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Wrote on the subject of SGI Art Gallery at Jan. 25, 2010, 4:35 a.m...

dclough wrote:

Is anybody here into space/sci-fi graphics? Space vessels, nebulae, stuff like that?

i did such stuff some time ago. but it's been a while since i touched a wireframe tho

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Wrote on the subject of Octane V8 R14K 550MHz 2GB at Jan. 31, 2010, 12:01 p.m...

very nice, the 550 has always been quite rare

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Wrote on the subject of Best current options for SGI video editing? at Feb. 2, 2010, 11:04 p.m...

well, the picture format should be something uncompressed of course and the disk array should be able to deliver ~180mb/s for hd use

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Wrote on the subject of Best current options for SGI video editing? at Feb. 3, 2010, 5:37 p.m...

loonvf wrote:

Hi Foetz,

Thanks for the update. very usefull to know that also Pirana needs uncompressed pictures instead of direct mpeg/jpeg stuff.

And that can be on either a Fuel or an Octane2, right?

you're welcome!
anyhow i did not say it MUST be uncompressed. i just never used anything else

and yes, octane2 is fine. onyx as well ...

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Wrote on the subject of Free: 4 racks of Onyx2 in Sweden at Feb. 5, 2010, 1:01 p.m...

great offer

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Wrote on the subject of Maya rendering problem at Feb. 9, 2010, 11:57 a.m...

yes, and keep in mind that that limit will also affect render times

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Wrote on the subject of Maya rendering problem at Feb. 10, 2010, 9:27 p.m...

tomo wrote:

17 mins when O2 was only rendering and 37 mins when playing music and browsing web

hehe, never saw that kind of bench

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI Coffee Mug Design... at Feb. 11, 2010, 8:36 a.m...

the first one for me please

and maybe inverted (black mug, light logo)

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Wrote on the subject of Alpha Emulator.. at Feb. 19, 2010, 5:33 p.m...

that's nice. gonna give it a try especially because i've never been able to get vms on my real alpha

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Wrote on the subject of Alpha Emulator.. at Feb. 19, 2010, 6:28 p.m...

skywriter wrote:

foetz wrote:

that's nice. gonna give it a try especially because i've never been able to get vms on my real alpha

we vax fans also consider vms on alpha as an abomination.

hehe, yeah, never liked it really but i'm still curious. got an old oracle book with quite a lot of vms examples and it's one of a few operating systems i never tried.

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Wrote on the subject of Alpha Emulator.. at Feb. 19, 2010, 8:23 p.m...

an alpha emu for windows to run windows?
anyway i'm sure it's the worst

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Wrote on the subject of Alpha Emulator.. at Feb. 20, 2010, 12:21 a.m...

hamei wrote:

FX!32

oh yes, used that once, too :twisted:

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Wrote on the subject of InfiniteReality promo video at Feb. 24, 2010, 1:45 p.m...

thanks for the upload

btw could you upp the original video somewhere? i think that's too precious for flv

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Wrote on the subject of Who is COPAN systems..? at Feb. 25, 2010, 11:56 a.m...

don't like it either but the 'old' sgi lacked exactly that kind of behavior. maybe it's working for them for now.
looking at apple, ibm or sap shows what good pr and buying other companies can do ...

that aside the client list on their site looks quite good

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Wrote on the subject of Adobe Photoshop 20th Anniversary at Feb. 28, 2010, 1:25 p.m...

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Photoshop 3.0 for the Mac and Photoshop 3.0 for Windows, IRIX, and Solaris

1994, wow, and i'm still using it

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Wrote on the subject of Adobe Photoshop 20th Anniversary at Feb. 28, 2010, 6:24 p.m...

josehill wrote:

Me, too! While I use the CS3 version on my workhorse Mac, I still look at Photoshop 3 as one of the best pieces of commercial software ever released. A terrific balance of power, performance, and reliability.

especially the speed is nuts. already looking forward to see that running on the 1ghz r16k

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Wrote on the subject of Missing IP numbers.. at March 5, 2010, 6:47 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

Which makes you wonder what happened between IP35 (Fuel) and IP53 (Tezro).

could be just a joke. 35 <-> 53

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Wrote on the subject of Missing IP numbers.. at March 9, 2010, 10:37 a.m...

josehill wrote:

miod wrote:

Maybe. But then it got lost when the 1GHz R16000 Tezro were introduced, as these are IP59...

By then, the Keepers of the Olde Wayes had long departed the building. Those who followed had incomplete knowledge of the Legends.

hehe, could indeed be true

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Wrote on the subject of Apple powermac G4 at March 10, 2010, 12:32 p.m...

iirc yes

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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 deskside IR2E, 2xR14K 500Mhz, 2xR12K 400Mhz, 8GB, DIVO at March 10, 2010, 2:09 p.m...

eMGee wrote:

bplaa.yai wrote:

This is the kind of machines that is really more impressive/fun for real, but pretty boring in a video...

A computer that is powered up with an ignition key and a gigantic graphics pipe? I tend to disagree!

hehe, well, remember the hot-rod onyx?

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Wrote on the subject of Any AIX or IBM mainframe programmers here? at March 10, 2010, 5:27 p.m...

PymbleSoftware wrote:

I have done AIX device drivers (1997) and a fair amount of AIX work.
I once was in a team of 6 programmers who ported more than a Gb of source code from Tru64 to AIX at a Telco.
Early AIX was woeful. A real nightmare. Modern stuff is alright.

i had the 'pleasure' of working with aix once. a few years back. the box had one of these 604e cpus and aix 4.3.x. hasn't been a pleasure at all

haven't touched ibm since then tho

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Wrote on the subject of "Unlimited Detail" - new rendering technology at March 11, 2010, 4:56 p.m...

mmh, "entirely software based" sounds slow somehow

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Wrote on the subject of Adobe Photoshop 20th Anniversary at March 14, 2010, 9:05 a.m...

josehill wrote:

Besides, I keep hearing that anything that can be done in Photoshop can be done in the Gimp, so the problem is already solved.

maybe it 'can' be done but they key is how ... it's useless if it takes 3 times as long e.g.

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Wrote on the subject of web development favorites at March 21, 2010, 6:29 p.m...

josehill wrote:

I still use NEdit as my preferred editor just about everywhere except on the Mac, where I like BBEdit or BBedit's surprisingly capable little brother, the free TextWrangler.

hehe, exactly the same here

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Wrote on the subject of configure help at March 22, 2010, 10:37 a.m...

also be sure the libs are in your LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH

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Wrote on the subject of video format help needed ! at March 22, 2010, 10:40 a.m...

could you post the source file of the working vof?

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Wrote on the subject of Restore your yellowed plastics? at March 22, 2010, 7:04 p.m...

that almost going in some sort of home improvement direction ... like it

i used to take window cleaner to scrub my keyboards. worked fine so far

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Wrote on the subject of Nekochan.net operating costs? at March 22, 2010, 7:24 p.m...

nekonoko wrote:

Not to worry - I don't plan on modding any SGI machines. It was more a comment that the O2 case design isn't very practical for a headless server.

glad to hear that

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Wrote on the subject of configure help at March 23, 2010, 10:54 a.m...

just place /usr/nekoware/bin before /usr/sbin in your PATH

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