Comments on: Ball Universe http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2003/02/08/ball-universe/ messy things Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nick http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2003/02/08/ball-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 nick Thu, 05 Feb 2004 20:19:01 +0000 /?p=100#comment-1290 better in JVM 1.4.2, no interpenetration, brighter colors I think. And a brushed metal control panel... better in JVM 1.4.2, no interpenetration, brighter colors I think. And a brushed metal control panel…

]]> By: nate http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2003/02/08/ball-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-133 nate Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:33:32 +0000 /?p=100#comment-133 I remember this thing! I was playing it late last night, and karen caught me, and accused me of playing \"too many games\". And I pointed out, \"No this isn\'t a game, it\'s ball universe\". And then after a good laugh, she claimed it WAS a game, and i wasn\'t allowed to play it anymore because of it\'s \"game\" status. So my only recommendation is to make it less fun so it doesn\'t get categorized as a game and I can play it more. I remember this thing! I was playing it late last night, and karen caught me, and accused me of playing \”too many games\”. And I pointed out, \”No this isn\’t a game, it\’s ball universe\”. And then after a good laugh, she claimed it WAS a game, and i wasn\’t allowed to play it anymore because of it\’s \”game\” status. So my only recommendation is to make it less fun so it doesn\’t get categorized as a game and I can play it more.

]]> By: steve http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2003/02/08/ball-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-132 steve Sun, 09 Feb 2003 12:29:31 +0000 /?p=100#comment-132 Hm.. it\'s actually WORSE than I remember it. The balls inter-penetrate all the time, and you can\'t stack that many of them up. Even the bounces of the walls don\'t look right to me somehow.<br /> <br /> And the JVM on OS X is so slow! On my iBook, it runs about as fast as it used to on my old 120 MHz PC. Maybe I should get the developer preview JDK 1.4.1? Is that any better?<br /> <br /> By the way, I went and got Apple\'s beta X11, and it\'s wayyyyy faster than that OrborOSX I was using before. I\'m using it to run the different hacks in XScreenSaver. Even the OpenGL ones work. I haven\'t figured out if it\'s actually possible to use it as a screensaver, though. Hm.. it\’s actually WORSE than I remember it. The balls inter-penetrate all the time, and you can\’t stack that many of them up. Even the bounces of the walls don\’t look right to me somehow.

And the JVM on OS X is so slow! On my iBook, it runs about as fast as it used to on my old 120 MHz PC. Maybe I should get the developer preview JDK 1.4.1? Is that any better?

By the way, I went and got Apple\’s beta X11, and it\’s wayyyyy faster than that OrborOSX I was using before. I\’m using it to run the different hacks in XScreenSaver. Even the OpenGL ones work. I haven\’t figured out if it\’s actually possible to use it as a screensaver, though.

]]> By: Nicolas http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2003/02/08/ball-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Nicolas Sun, 09 Feb 2003 09:31:44 +0000 /?p=100#comment-131 Even better than I remember it! Start with large balls and high elasticity. Then add small balls, as they all sit near the bottom of the well they will sort themselves by radius. Very cool. Even better than I remember it! Start with large balls and high elasticity. Then add small balls, as they all sit near the bottom of the well they will sort themselves by radius. Very cool.

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