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I remember seeing this run smoothly on a P2 after a very small executable download in late 90's. How far we've come in a big, stupid circle back where we start

I remember seeing this run smoothly on a P2 after a very small executable download in late 90's. How far we've come in a big, stupid circle back where we started. Now instead of a small executable, we need a large executable to sit on top of a large API on top of the CPU before even touching the GPU, and a network connection to download all the dependant APIs and libraries every time the page is loaded. The only impressive thing about this demo is how many YCombinator readers are impressed with blinkenlights

hexasquid 13y ago
I'd venture that the differences these day is that there is no install step and it works on many different systems.
- AsymetricCom 13y ago
  >many different systems. Sure, for varying values of "works" and "different" and "no install step". I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that a DOS executable from the 90's will run on more machines in the world than this demo, given "platforms" similarly to what this demo takes as a given.
  - vectorpush 13y ago
    Sure, for varying values of "works" and "different" and "no install step". You could say the same thing about anything related to web browsers. What's your point? I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that a DOS executable from the 90's will run on more machines in the world than this demo Right... except a user has to trust you enough to download and execute your DOS binary rather than just execute a javascript file in a browser sandbox.
    - AsymetricCom 13y ago
      I already have a sandbox, it's called a computer.
jdlshore 13y ago
People value being not having to manually download and install software. You can either take advantage of this, or you can complain about it.
- daven11 13y ago
  ...or come up with a better way to download and install software, oh wait a minute Apple did that and made a billion dollar industry downloading apps.
  - frenchy 13y ago
    Requiring & depending upon one corporation to monitor code that is written is not technological progress.
    - daven11 13y ago
      until someone comes up with a way to determine what is bad versus good then that is perhaps the best there is. I use companies to do all sorts of things for me - watching software is just one more thing.
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10098 13y ago
Yes. Makes me smile when I hear the word "demo" being thrown around. I always thought the point of a demo was to come up with something impressive with very limited resources. Remember 64k demos? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7y3eKyVUo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7y3eKyVUo

hexasquid 13y ago

I'd venture that the differences these day is that there is no install step and it works on many different systems.

AsymetricCom 13y ago
>many different systems. Sure, for varying values of "works" and "different" and "no install step". I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that a DOS executable from the 90's will run on more machines in the world than this demo, given "platforms" similarly to what this demo takes as a given.
- vectorpush 13y ago
  Sure, for varying values of "works" and "different" and "no install step". You could say the same thing about anything related to web browsers. What's your point? I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that a DOS executable from the 90's will run on more machines in the world than this demo Right... except a user has to trust you enough to download and execute your DOS binary rather than just execute a javascript file in a browser sandbox.
  - AsymetricCom 13y ago
    I already have a sandbox, it's called a computer.

jdlshore 13y ago

People value being not having to manually download and install software. You can either take advantage of this, or you can complain about it.

daven11 13y ago
...or come up with a better way to download and install software, oh wait a minute Apple did that and made a billion dollar industry downloading apps.
- frenchy 13y ago
  Requiring & depending upon one corporation to monitor code that is written is not technological progress.
  - daven11 13y ago
    until someone comes up with a way to determine what is bad versus good then that is perhaps the best there is. I use companies to do all sorts of things for me - watching software is just one more thing.
- deleted 13y ago
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10098 13y ago

Yes. Makes me smile when I hear the word "demo" being thrown around. I always thought the point of a demo was to come up with something impressive with very limited resources. Remember 64k demos? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7y3eKyVUo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7y3eKyVUo