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Get ready for 5000

Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 19 06:43:18 2002

Well, folks, I am at 4,999 posts on ars technica.

I want to make 5,000 a real doozy.  A Battlefront thread for the ages.

Any ideas?

OscarWilde

Tue Feb 19 06:53:14 2002

wow all that pressure!!!
Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 19 06:59:07 2002

I know-- I want it to be pretty damn spectacular.
Harbinger

Tue Feb 19 16:17:51 2002

from Jeremy Reimer posted at 1:59 am on Feb. 19, 2002

I know-- I want it to be pretty damn spectacular.

Title: What IS a benchmark?

HitScan

Tue Feb 19 18:41:11 2002

Benchmarking without Blueprints, an Anti-Authoritative Guide.

Blueprint that code!

Programming with AutoCAD 2000

Drugs and you. A mac user's story.

Bitch-Slap, the story of RiscRocket.

Won't somebody please kill my stupid-assed-self, a mac user's plea.

This could be interesting ;)

Magus

Tue Feb 19 23:28:53 2002

I'll sell the popcorn. :)  Do put up some linkage here when you do, eh?
Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 19 23:57:30 2002

I want it to be something a bit wider in scope than the average BF post.... something more memorable.  Kind of a "why are we here" or history of personal computing thingy...  I dunno.  Maybe something involving Apple versus the world.

Damn.  I want to be home so I can watch Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Madan

Tue Feb 19 23:58:09 2002

Shock the masses!

Surprise us all!

Profess your love for the Mac. ;)

M.

Imitation Gruel

Wed Feb 20 00:09:46 2002

I think you should start another Photoshop thread, claiming you will soon provide damn evidence via benchmarks of Photoshop's slowness, vis-a-vis its competitors, especially Paintshop Pro. You'll make a lot of ludicrous remarks, piss a ton of people off, bust several people's guts from the hilarity, and never actually do or present any benchmarks.

Ah hell...maybe I'm just nostalgic and want a repeat of the performance you put on [url=http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=48409524&m=198099107]here[/url].

(Edited by Imitation Gruel at 4:10 pm on Feb. 19, 2002)

DuffMan

Wed Feb 20 00:13:21 2002

You should design a photoshop test to show that the newest P4 can be beaten by...


A hamster with a calculator. Of course it would be a mac hampster. Possibly you could call it the iHamster.

Jeremy Reimer

Wed Feb 20 00:14:20 2002

Ah, yes, the classic thread, my ultimate trolling triumph.

<sniff>

It was a thing of beauty, that thread.

But that's the past.  I want something.... different.

HitScan

Wed Feb 20 02:40:51 2002

But that's the past.  I want something.... different.

[size=5]Ph34r![/size]
OscarWilde

Wed Feb 20 03:51:19 2002

how about a thread about the fact that everyone goes on and on about the mhz/ghz of their computers and yet how few actually use it day in and day out where its critical to their job?

Know what I mean? I'm not saying we don't need it, and i certainly can see why fast computers is a good thing, but reality is that HOW MANY actually use the computer to the max?

Playing a game that takes a lot of processing power does not mean a thing not that I appose.

The reason I ask is because for some reason last night I got interested in 'pi' and started to do some research into the details and story behind 'pi'. Apparently finding the nth decimal of pi is nothing more then just a way to test computational power. Pi is used to a limited decimal in nature so there is no real use there. Then it got me thinking about RC5 which then followed on to the other network computing models like Seti and the amino acids deal.

There are times when we actually can contribute with our computers while actually stressing it.

I'm sure there are people at the BF that actually NEED faster computers for their line of work. Beyond that me thinks that for most people a fast computer is a yardstickof measurement. We can fool ourselves for needing the fastest and greatest, but seriously do we need it?

This is just an objective question though. I know because i'm a 'mac user' it could sound like i'm making excuses, but  it has nothing to do with that.

Again its this whole pi deal and the fact that i'm an insomniac which means i'm up all night and bored so the only thing left is to read up on any topic that i think is interesting.

Speaking of which, anyone know any other math constants i should read about?

I'm gonna look into the natural log, 'e', too!

yay! learning actually gets me all excited!

w00t!

Jeremy Reimer

Wed Feb 20 04:15:59 2002

That's pretty close to the idea for the thread I was going to start... have to tie in Apple and LOONIX in there as well, of course!!!
OscarWilde

Wed Feb 20 04:32:30 2002

You're going to start a thread about pi and natural log e?

huh?

Jeremy Reimer

Wed Feb 20 04:39:32 2002

No, no, the other stuff you said, about how we don't use our computers to full capacity.  But not really just that.
Bad Karma

Wed Feb 20 21:37:34 2002

If you want a meaningful post, how about comparing past predicitions with present computing and segue into present predicition for future computing? It might be a nice break from the usual bullshit.  And, for a change, generate some useful conversation.

You could do a retrospective on the BF past and present, i.e., nothing's really changed.

Or, you could go back and look at the major topics/discussions that were discussed when you had 1 post, 100 posts, 1000 posts, etc., and see what's changed.

Or, an 'idiots' guide to the BF - cast of characters, e.g., "Know your Trolls!"

Or, if you want to troll, you could prove that DF and Spinlock are the same person.

(Edited by Bad Karma at 1:38 pm on Feb. 20, 2002)

HitScan

Wed Feb 20 22:00:13 2002

Ah, the Jeremy person wishes to claim the trophy for the next "N-Way Vs SMP" multiple thousand reply anti-logic trollout. Such will involve much pressure, yes. Difficulty, yes. Risctard must be invited, yes, yes. ccox will be missed, heh heheh heeee.

[size=1]I don't know what's wrong with me and my sense of humor either. I don't wanna hear about it :D[/size]

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Wed Feb 20 23:10:18 2002

I don't know what's wrong with me and my sense of humor either. I don't wanna hear about it :D

AYB rather enjoyed it :)

Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 26 04:00:16 2002

I'm starting to write it now...

muahahahaa....

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Feb 26 04:36:07 2002

Link when it's done JR :)
OscarWilde

Tue Feb 26 04:43:41 2002

And it is required that ALL OSY members post in said thread at least ONCE. Off course when i say ALL OSY members, i mean the ones that actually post here on a regular basis. So that means less then 10 of us here?
HitScan

Tue Feb 26 04:46:50 2002

I'll have to post tomorrow during work, or when I'm in class wishing a pack of howler monkeys were trying to tear off my balls and play batchi with them. It's a really fun class you see. indeed.
Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 26 04:47:45 2002

I'm getting scared, it's seven paragraphs long and just getting started...
OscarWilde

Tue Feb 26 04:54:45 2002

don't make it too long, otherwise people will skim through it and end up debating over points that stick out without the rest of the details.

I just plan to go in your thread and smam like a postwhore.
I shall make it a point to promote osy in every post there.

Just wait and see.

fear me people.

Indeed, fear me, indeed.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Feb 26 05:12:02 2002

Yes!

Phe4r da poopy one! :)

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Feb 26 05:59:16 2002

SO Jeremy,

when are you going to post it?

Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 26 06:01:01 2002

It is done.  It's WAAAAY too long, but what can I do?  Post bits of it in chunks?  It's an essay, dammit, it's going in, in its entirety.

I can't help it.  It's something that Must Be Done(tm)

I'm going to go post it now.  Wish me luck!

OscarWilde

Tue Feb 26 06:07:21 2002

now as in RIGHT NOW? Or now as in sometime within the defined by the geneva convention of 'now'?

Cause i don't see it yet...

hmmmm...

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Feb 26 06:17:44 2002

Can't you see it poopy?

Ya know Jeremy, I wish I could use the word "ostensibly" in  a sentence.  All I can manage is, "Poopy"

Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 26 06:24:15 2002

It is done.

I am afraid.

It is way too long.

I am running and hiding.

Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 26 06:25:17 2002

almost forgot, here's the link:


[url]http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=48409524&m=8750944583[/url]

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Feb 26 06:38:48 2002

I read it,

Good post JR.  It pretty much covers all the bases and I share a lot of your feelings on the various issues you addressed.  I don't know why I hang around anymore.  I haven't learned anything much in the BF in awhile, which begs the following question:

Has platform contention gotten that inane, tedious, and old?  Or have most of the forum become so well versed that only the iTards and concrete-brained zealots persist in perpetuating the most base and degraded form of cross platform argument?

I mean, it used to be a thing of glory watching PeterB smacking knowledgless twirps around like red-headed step children.  Nowdays, Most of the time when Peter posts to the BF it is to say, "Why on earth did you post this here?"

same thing with other giants within the forum.  Tagnuts are not often discussed.  Now it seems just to be the same old repitition.

OSes have progressed out of the obscure realm of suckiness.  OSX and XP are excellent OS's.  Only the most dense of trolls talk about DLL Hell anymore, and the braindead resource management issues of <OSX will be as moot as 9x in a year or so.

Thank goodness for OSY! :)

General Stupidity and Sillyness has no limits.

(Edited by AllYorBaseRBelong2Us at 12:43 am on Feb. 26, 2002)

OscarWilde

Tue Feb 26 06:41:02 2002

Well I spent about 10 minutes typing and revising my reply to your thread.

AYB, why don't you post what you did there too.

So far 14 views and one reply (mine).

I shall continue to embark on more replies to that thread till arstechnica implodes with my silliness...

OscarWilde

Tue Feb 26 06:47:47 2002

damn it i had to edit the message four times! fricking a!
OscarWilde

Tue Feb 26 06:48:39 2002

41 views and still my reply is the only one!

come one OSY members!

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Feb 26 07:21:57 2002

don't forget to rate it 5-Stars
Magus

Tue Feb 26 07:35:33 2002

I have spoken.
Imitation Gruel

Tue Feb 26 07:50:52 2002

I put in my two cents. Judge for yourself whether they're worth more or less or equal to that.
Jeremy Reimer

Tue Feb 26 07:54:30 2002

I'm really happy with the replies, guys-- nice job.
Robocop Q Einstein

Fri Mar 1 00:12:55 2002

While kidsafe sucks my ass, this:

See: endless trading of "yah huh" and "nuh uh" in flame-war with Chris Cox (the guy who did altivec optimization in Photoshop...distributed.net client, etc.)

is hilarious.