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   Nintendo Wii U Announcement Trailer(youtube.com)

   2 points by mambodog 15y ago|0 comments
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   Exposing India’s Blood Farmers(wired.com)

   3 points by mambodog 15y ago|0 comments
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   Mothers Against Drunk Driving has had one hell of a run.(drunkard.com)

   10 points by mambodog 15y ago|0 comments
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   E3 2011: Microsoft Keynote (Liveblog)(embed.scribblelive.com)

   1 points by mambodog 15y ago|0 comments
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   Ars Technica's WWDC Keynote Liveblog(embed.scribblelive.com)

   2 points by mambodog 15y ago|0 comments
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   by mambodog 15y ago

   Hmm, you're right, I saw the source for the GPL ioquake3 based part and assumed it was for the entire game.
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   by mambodog 15y ago

   Let's not forget the venerable DOSBox, which allows a huge variety of old games to run on Win7, Mac and Linux. Some of my favourites: Wolf3D, Doom, Rise of the Triad, Hexen, Duke3D, Quake, Sim City 2000, Sim Ant, Civilization, Command &
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   by mambodog 15y ago

   Some FPS additions: AlienArena - like UT, Q3A. Graphically impressive, seems to be actively developed. http://red.planetarena.org/ Nexuiz - like UT, Q3A. Also decent graphics, seems devs are working on a commercial sequel now, so the las
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   by mambodog 15y ago

   Unfortunately with a lot of these fan graphical enhancement mods and addons, the content creators lack sufficient knowledge of visual/art styles and experience applying them. This deep understanding of game art is necessary to successfully
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    When I make some money it'll probably be a Nissan GTR, but for now it's a Ford Falcon. Super boring, but it's an incentive to get on and earn the aspirational stuff.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Only if you're listening to Top 40 hacks.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    By the way, when you post an old article, the convention is to append the year to the title, eg: Why Python? (2000)
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Clearly resolution independent windowing & UI widgets are also a prerequisite, and as this would likely require most existing applications to be extensively modified I don't see either Apple or Microsoft rushing to get it done.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    The "reasonable doubt" part sounds very much like Freenet[1], though IIRC Freenet typically has fairly poor data throughput. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet#Technical_design
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    I absolutely agree with the idea of improving students' interest and motivation by having them work with multimedia (and I would recommend also, games). The part of my CS classes that I found most tedious was the interminable drudgery of te
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Then scan that photocopy in and OCR it. We've come full circle.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Smells like fatalism to me.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Apple is doing the most sensible thing for their business. An uptick in users installing adware on their computers (yes, you have to manually install it) is a far cry from having a platform blighted by drive-by infections and autonomously s
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Nah, but games consoles can.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    What do you mean about Unity? Unity Technologies is a separate company. Do they pay (a significant amount) to licence the tech?
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    The Accidental Sea(youtube.com)

    2 points by mambodog 15y ago|0 comments
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    This is not the case. barrkel's statement is outdated and inaccurate. "Each of the four networks that will be providing the bulk of international connections for Australia is capable of carrying at least a terabit per second of data. The t
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    In addition to Ars Technica, I also read Kotaku Australia. I find Mark Serrels' contributions to the Australian edition to be some of the best material on the site. I read /r/australia as a filter for domestic news (mainly links from The Ag
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    It's also recommended in the Games Art course at my university, and I've seen it referred to among games industry people several times.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    In many ways Reason's design limits the efficiency of its use, and it's hardware modelled approach is of no use (and in fact a hindrance) to the majority of users whom have never touched outboard audio gear. I'm glad that companies like Nat
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Please don't use URL shorteners on HN. If the URL is long (that one was not) you can use the footnote notation[1]. [1] http://spartanpodcast.com/?p=1510
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    Your definition of what constitutes a "full computer" may differ greatly from that of a regular, non-technical user.
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    I'll be honest, my title was adapted from the one I saw on reddit, as the original article title was not sufficiently informative. This interpretation never occurred to me. Little did I realise that I was subconsciously trying to imply that
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    If they had chosen a plan with very little included data allowance it may have had high excess usage costs. Looking at the Telstra Business website[1], their $19/month 1GB plan has an excess usage rate of $0.25 per MB. Yes, megabyte. For yo
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    by mambodog 15y ago

    There would be a certain amount of included data allowance per month for a set fee, and data use over that amount would be charged at a very high rate per MB.