Author Topic: 3dmark05 tests and Dec.19 Youtube/Google Blackout Boycott. (Read 9589 times)

Plague Bringer · « **on:** December 15, 2008, 03:00:53 am »

Find a video.

I'll describe it in as much detail as possible and hope that someone recognizes it.

First off, it's cgi. It features an airship over a large body of water. The airship passes over a large skeleton, and then proceeds into a canyon. The airship is then attacked by a large sea serpent, and proceeds to fire it's cannons at the beast. The airship then leaves and heads towards a rather large cityscape. Also, if I remember correctly, it's one in a series of videos that people can render as a stress test for their computer. I remember a video featuring a forest, as well.

Thanks for any names, descriptions, or links.

player1 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 15, 2008, 04:23:39 am »

this?

Annihilation · « **Reply #2 on:** December 15, 2008, 05:19:46 am »

Quote from: player1 on December 15, 2008, 04:23:39 am

this?

Should be <3 3dmark.

Hendrich · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2008, 05:50:04 am »

pffft, the only way my crap computer could run those tests if it had a upgrade by the guys who made the

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Plague Bringer · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2008, 12:10:39 pm »

Quote from: player1 on December 15, 2008, 04:23:39 am

this?

Oh, One, thank you! It's embarrassing to say that I searched for, I kid you not, an hour straight and didn't find anything. Thanks again.

player1 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 16, 2008, 03:54:03 am »

I couldn't find it at all under videos, or with really intensive search strings, so I just entered "airship+sea monster" into Google, and there it were. The description you gave made it really easy for me. As soon as I saw the word "test", I was pretty sure I'd found it (since I remembered back when you were checking out a variety of game engines).

Kind of reminds me of when I'm building scenery, and I'm standing right next to it, worrying over one little detail, and somebody else walks in and goes, "Hey, didja realize that thing ain't level?" The old other-dude perspective. At least you were brave enough to say "Fuck it. Somebody find this for me." If I still was running Windows, I might even have looked for a free download on that page (or if this thing had a real graphics card in it).

Cheers!

Death On Ice · « **Reply #6 on:** December 16, 2008, 04:17:21 am »

I did the exact same search, came up with the result and said to myself: this can't be it, there's no video, or even pictures...
Now I look in the sidebar and see images, but no video...?

player1 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 16, 2008, 05:13:17 am »

Apparently the video is the test software, and as well as watching it, it gives you a performance benchmark. I didn't see "free" or "click meh", so I stayed away (plus I don't need a rendering tool to tell me this laptop has circa 1999 gfx ability).

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2008, 12:13:02 pm »

Here's the rendered video, if any of you are interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGoI5qJM2A8

Anyone taking part in the YouTube blackout boycott on the 19th?

Kaine · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2008, 01:15:35 pm »

I'll do it, just because I like to be a pain in the ass, but I doubt it'll be too effective. The petition I saw had less than a 100 names on it, and that's definitely not going to be a big enough minority for Youtube to go back and re-tool it's new policy.

I did change my homepage to "msn.com" rather than my typical google, so hell, at least I can feel like a rebel.

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #10 on:** December 17, 2008, 01:40:29 am »

Mmm. It's far too small scale to be something great, but I may rebel a little bit.

player1 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 17, 2008, 01:46:13 am »

Cool video. I'm gonna hafta watch that again (had to walk away). So, is it a free tool or what?

Topic: Other - Hadn't heard anything about it. Background?

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #12 on:** December 17, 2008, 02:24:23 am »

I'm not quite sure. I remember seeing the video a year ago, and it was a good demonstration of a concept that I had in my head for my friend.

Other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d3NWP7TnoE

player1 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 17, 2008, 02:38:30 am »

I guess I'd better watch that before the boycott...

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #14 on:** December 17, 2008, 02:45:49 am »

Haha. Yes, you had better.

Basically the idea behind the boycott is that, since YouTube and Google are pay-per-click websites, if enough people black them out for a while, they'll be forced to listen to the users. People have a gripe with YouTube shutting down free speech after being bought by Google.

Death On Ice · « **Reply #15 on:** December 17, 2008, 06:40:13 am »

Check this out, it's in some other language but perfectly understandable. The one you want is obviously the one with the airship.

PS: Very cool video.

gareth · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2008, 12:30:31 pm »

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Archangel · « **Reply #17 on:** December 20, 2008, 02:03:00 am »

youtube is crap to start with, what's your problem? if you desperately want some movie or something, just torrent it. odds are you'll find something.

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #18 on:** December 20, 2008, 06:27:11 am »

Torrenting is not only illegal (that's hasn't stopped any of us, though), it's dangerous. All it takes is one bad torrent to require a complete wipe of your hard drive.

Death On Ice · « **Reply #19 on:** December 20, 2008, 08:02:12 am »

Quote from: Death On Ice on December 17, 2008, 06:40:13 am

Check this out, it's in some other language but perfectly understandable. The one you want is obviously the one with the airship.

PS: Very cool video.

Did you not see my above message?
Gareth, you said the message body is empty... but it's not.

Tremulant · « **Reply #20 on:** December 20, 2008, 05:08:25 pm »

Quote from: Plague Bringer on December 20, 2008, 06:27:11 am

Torrenting is not only illegal (that's hasn't stopped any of us, though), it's dangerous. All it takes is one bad torrent to require a complete wipe of your hard drive.

Torrenting is illegal? Ooooh, what's a bad torrent?

Bissig · « **Reply #21 on:** December 20, 2008, 08:08:35 pm »

Torrenting is not illegal. Torrenting copyrighted stuff on a global scale without prior permission is illegal. (At least that's what they try to sell to the public - also: respect your local law)

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #22 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:45:41 am »

Torrenting certain files without certain permissions is illegal. Pirating is illegal, and pirates use torrents as a form of information sharing. By bad torrent, I was referring to one containing a virus. It's not all that hard to sneak one in, especially with all of the careless users.

Archangel · « **Reply #23 on:** December 21, 2008, 03:10:59 am »

lol windows

Syntac · « **Reply #24 on:** December 21, 2008, 04:45:52 am »

It's not hard to sneak one in...if the user is a total asshat.

Oh, and:

Quote from: Kaine on December 16, 2008, 01:15:35 pm

I'll do it, just because I like to be a pain in the ass

Seconded!

Death On Ice · « **Reply #25 on:** December 23, 2008, 10:52:48 pm »

Quote from: Kaine on December 16, 2008, 01:15:35 pm

I'll do it, just because I like to be a pain in the ass

Taken out of context, this quote is quite amusing.

Plague Bringer · « **Reply #26 on:** December 23, 2008, 11:07:03 pm »

Quote from: Death On Ice on December 23, 2008, 10:52:48 pm

Quote from: Kaine on December 16, 2008, 01:15:35 pm
I'll do it, just because I like to be a pain in the ass
Taken out of context, this quote is quite amusing.

Haha. Very funny.

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