Re: [OFFTOPIC] "smack the penguin" 2.4 vs 2.6

[Mark Borgerding <mark@borgerding.net>]

Mark Borgerding wrote:

> Eduard Bloch wrote:
>
>> #include <hallo.h>
>> * Chris Friesen [Fri, Jan 23 2004, 02:36:59PM]:
>>  
>>
>>> Diversion for friday afternoon...how far can you get?
>>>
>>> Personal best is 586
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Which means that you are playing it either on a Windows box (what a
>> shame) or cheating somehow or you have a 5Ghz box or something else is
>> wrong on regular Linux systems. I do not any Linux user who got
>> more than 325.5 with the Linux version of the Shockwave plugin.
>>  
>>
>
> Sounds like 3/4 of the programmers I've ever worked with --  if they 
> can't figure out how to do it, then it can't be done and anyone who 
> says otherwise must be lying or cheating.
>
>
> Still, it does seem like the game is much less predictable on some 
> systems.  I have a linux laptop that plays it quite nicely (thus the 
> 593.4 I reported earlier).  I tried it on my desktop at home, and it 
> was very jerky.
>
> The two systems are pretty comparable.
>
> For anyone who cares: here's the main differences with laptop (good) 
> on the left and the desktop (bad) on the right:
>
> Mozilla: 1.5 on both, build dates 20031107 vs 20031007
> Flash Version:    6.0.79.0   vs   6.0.69.0
> CPU:   Pent M 1700   vs Athlon XP 2100+
> Video: ATI Radeon M9 vs Matrox G400      <=== I think this is the problem
> Kernel: 2.4.21 (debian) vs 2.6.1
>
> I am going to reboot to check against the 2.4 kernel. Who knows? Maybe 
> there will be a pingu bug report against the 2.6 kernel series.


... doesn't seem the same.

It appears that 2.4.22 may be better suited to penguin abuse than 2.6.1.

I rebooted my desktop to 2.4.22.  Within a minute,  I tied my record 
from the laptop.
( http://www.borgerding.net/pingu_proof.png )

Still, the results are far from scientific or conclusive.  I need some 
objective smackage.
Maybe I will try a blind study with my nieces tonight.  I'll reboot the 
machine into either 2.4.22 or 2.6.1 and record their scores.

Coming soon to a techie-site near you, "Pingumark 2004".

- Mark Borgerding