Happy 4th of July to everyone out there!

This has had to be one of the hardest weeks (work and personal) I’ve had in a while and I’m glad it’s almost over. I just want to go home right now.

So let’s see. A quick update? I saw Terminator 3 last night and fully enjoyed it. Once you realize it’s a different movie from the first 2, you really start to get into it. The electric co. screwed up something bad and I’ve been without the juice at home for the last day. It’s on now. I have absolutely no plans this weekend so far and that means more time to Galaxies.

More later when I have time.

I’m not dead. Quite the contrary, I feel very alive. Sad you say? Pure happiness I say. More to come.

This is the first full day of SW Galaxies being up. What do I get?

“06/26/2003 08:25 PM – All servers are currently down while we resolve some technical issues involving the database. At this time we have no estimated time of completion but will update as the situation changes.”

Jack shit!

For my German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese speaking friends.

It is the reason I upgraded my PC a couple of months ago and today, I’ll finally be able to completely cut myself off from all social contact, turn pale while, and never bathe again. I am, of course, talking about Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided.

It’s kind of a shame because I just picked up this great Xbox Live game, Midtown Madness 3, and now I’ll have to show it the same neglect that I’ll be showing my good friends for the next couple of weeks.

Tom Yager: “In his keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that the Power Mac G5 is the world’s fastest PC. He used SPEC (System Performance Evaluation Corporation) benchmark results to support that claim… The test results are invalidated by severely lopsided testing conditions.”

If this is to be believed, it’s quite a shame, especially when processor specs should be taken with a grain of salt. My understanding is SPEC relies heavily on the CPU (not a complete system) and has very little bearing in real-world use. Yager does bring this point to light.

“Apple’s real-world performance demos were impressive enough to make Jobs’ point… The Power Mac G5 shows major ass-kicking potential.”

So now if the real-world tests are to be believed, you can’t deny how impressive Apple’s Power Mac G5 is.

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Hmm. Must have been in an altered state.

MacCentral: “Apple’s new chip, which they call the G5 and IBM calls the PowerPC 970, marks the beginning of a new era for Apple. The PowerPC 970 is the first modern PowerPC to embrace a 64-bit architecture.”

Everything you really need to know about G5 and the new Power Macs is in this somewhat lengthy article.