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Downloadable Game: Secret Maryo ChroniclesSecret Maryo Chronicles is an Open Source two-dimensional platform game with a style designed similar to classic sidescroller games. It uses the platform independent library SDL and, since version 0.98, the OpenGL accelerated Graphics Renderer. The game is developed in C++. http://www.secretmaryo.org/
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Top 10 Signs You May Have Overclocked Your PC Too Much 10. Powering it on requires 40 minutes of manual adjustments and a room full of chanting monks. 9. You can make microwave popcorn by placing a bag near the case. 8. Agreement with the local power authority to operate your PC only during the hours of 2:00 and 6:00 AM. 7. You can't remember what a gallon of gasoline costs, but you can name what liquid nitrogen is selling for to the penny. 6. You buy Intel CPUs in the handy 12-pack. 5. Next door neighbors call police to complain about the sound of illegal drag races. In your house. 4. You achieve 20,000 FPS on Crysis and finish the game in 95 seconds. 3. Your room maintains a toasty 75F degrees, despite the fact it's -30F outside and you've stopped paying the heating bill. 2. You have to "top off" your liquid cooling system every 15 minutes. 1. The only advice you get from fellow overclockers anymore is, "Run! Get out of the house, NOW!" |
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Interesting new article series by Darek MihockaDarek Mihocka over at emulators.com has written a series of articles recently, covering, his view of some things that have happened in the computer industry since he began working back in the 80's, flaws in CPUs/operating systems, compilers, ways corporations cheat consumers and what he thinks is the next killer app, to name a few things. In coming weeks I'll also take the "hype" out of "hypervisors", explain why Microsoft should dump the entire Windows programming model, and pose the question "with Gateway gone, should Dell worry?". http://www.emulators.../docs/nx01_intro.htm I believe a total of 11 articles are available at the time of writing this. Most of them are highly technical, describing low level virtual machines details, or in-depth explanations on how some part of a CPU works, but some are easy to understand. I can recommend the part about standards and why we should not accept proprietary or DRM'ed things: http://www.emulators...s/nx02_standards.htm In the chapter called "One night in Paris" he explains what he thinks is the next killer app: http://www.emulators.../docs/nx07_vm101.htm I believe it would be the next killer application for some company like Google to provide virtual machine hosting services on the web, for hotels and airports to rent laptop computers, and for yours truly to develop the virtual machine client technology to host virtual machines on any PC, Mac, even my Playstation 3. This would allow one not only to "remote desktop" into a virtual machine, but to actually migrate it (either move it or clone it) to the local computer. He also gives detailed explanations to this view of his... I am firmly convinced that much of the past 20 years worth of progress in personal computers - from the extra complexity added to microprocessors to the entire "software stack" upon which the Windows operating system, its device drivers, its runtimes, and its applications are built upon - should be re-evaluated and redesigned from the ground up. |
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SuperboyAC's DC blog #5 (The State of MiniDisc and Sony)The MiniDisc and Sony
Why Minidisc is still relevant and how Sony should move on For those that aren't hip to the MiniDisc scene, you aren't aware that it is on the verge of extinction. I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing. As a fan of all things MD related (just because they are so cool!) it is sad to see the demise of the format just over the horizon. However, I can't say it was unexpected or anything, because it just doesn't make sense for it to continue. Sony has nobody to blame but themselves, and the story of the Minidisc is so typical of Sony. Time after time, Sony will create a brilliant piece of hardware and utterly ruin it with poor decisions and implementations. Well, the Minidisc is no different. Sony made mistake after mistake after mistake with the Minidisc, and just when you thought they learned from their mistakes, they made yet another mistake. If Sony was your employee, you would have fired him long ago. I don't want to get too sidetracked here, but I've researched Sony a little bit over the years and it's just amazing that they have lasted this long--they have done some remarkably asinine things in the past. Fortunately for them, they'll come up with something great once in a blue moon that saves their ass (Playstation). |
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Why the Windows Registry ExistsRaymond Chen asks "Why are INI files deprecated in favor of the registry?" then goes on to explain why: http://blogs.msdn.co...523907.aspx#comments Basically a big bullet list of why Windows outgrew .INI files. The registry tried to address these concerns. You might argue whether these were valid concerns to begin with, but the Windows NT folks sure thought they were. Frankly, it makes sense. The NT development team saw a world of commercial software spinning out of control with thousands of unmanaged .INI files crammed into the Windows (well, WinNT) folder and came up with the registry as a solution. Love it, hate it, you're stuck with it -- so here's some salve for your impotent rage: at least now you know WHY they did it. And as usual, the comments are worth a read as well.
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Current DonationCoder.com Programming Contests Going on Right Now Are you a programmer? We are running a bunch of programming contests/challenges in November and December. Win some fun prizes and get some nice donations:
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