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Once again, please stop assuming that 'old news' isn't still 'news' to someone. If you were a teenager in 2005, and have since published papers during your continued education, then this news is highly relevant and worthwhile to the discus
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Please kind sir, I yearn for a resurgence of interest in the Denshi Block system .. please add it to your catalog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakken_EX-System Denshi blocks are a fabulous way to learn electronics and they belong in your
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Hey, I wrote one of these apps too .. its called "Fall Detector" and you can find it here: https://market.android.com/details?id=at.spantec.securemotio... You can use it to create a 'breadcrumb' trail as you wander around (hitting the gre
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Reaper. Its simply the best value for money in DAW software out there. ( http://www.reaper.fm/ )
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I have a growing stack of machines I refuse to throw out. My wife hates me, but when we have to re-boot after the Info-Apocalypse, this stack is going to be worth its weight in homegrown rice and subsistence farmed guinea pig flesh ..
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15y ago
Awesome. I hope I, as a developer, can make some money with this new service. Lets see ..
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Ditto. I have come to love my little "TAG" button that comes with the Chrome delicious plugin, but it doesn't work any more .. this is definitely a feature regression. I wouldn't have so much use out of Delicious if it weren't so easy to
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The faster-than-light neutrinos got slowed down on their way to us by other faster-than-light neutrinos they encountered on the way?
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Android and iOS consume my day. It is a wonderful time to be programming in these environments - so rich, so easy to use, and so fun.
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Anyone know if this uses the SoundTouch patent? http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080284755
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15y ago
What are you talking about? The linux sources are full of simple examples of working kernel modules.
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15y ago
I feel the same .. all my state machines are lovely. There is nothing quite so rewarding as making an: enum { APP_START, APP_INIT, APP_DO_TASK_A, APP_DO .. APP_FREE, APP_QUIT }
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15y ago
> No one was pining for that functionality in 1995, but for some reason we got it, and every browser maker since then has seen fit to faithfully recreate it. Ever done some real data entry? Serious data entry, that is, where its all yo
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15y ago
If its a true linux PC, you can just put the compiler onboard, where it belongs, and forget entirely about any further steps being required.
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As an avid user of my Open Pandora gaming console, and as one who grew up with 8-bit computers in his blood .. I found this article very interesting. I've also asked myself the question whether the old games are still fun. I personally gre
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Make it cheaper, move manufacturing to asteroids parked in Lagrange orbit = global warming solved. Delivery of all goods is simply a drop shipment.
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Sure, and the next thing you know, Hitler is invited to the party and everyone has to go home ..
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Chromium 13.0.782.107 (Developer Build 94237 Linux) Ubuntu 11.04 user here.. just want to report that Arrows don't move, A doesn't shoot. Looks interesting though!
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You know what really works? Swap your keyboard and mouse every month. The subtle changes in geometry and force between 3 or 4 sets of keyboards/mice somehow prevents RSI from becoming chronic. I once suffered terribly from RSI, until I go
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Here's mine: __attribute__((constructor)) void __maiin(void) { if (rand() < 0.05) exit(); //if (rand() < 0.05) close(1); //if (rand() < 0.05) main(); // and so on .. } The program will r
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You might be surprised at how much of a clunky mess most plastic cases look during the manufacturing process before they move in the production line to the finishing step. I would say, don't judge a book by its color. There are plenty of e
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Great, now answer: why not.
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I've ported some 3D games, written in C++, to both iOS and Android .. and I don't get what the problem is? If you want to use OpenGL ES - just use it. Its quite feasible to have a full C++ - based game on Android and iOS, using the same c
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15y ago
Make a 'russian doll' arrangement with your disks - put your smallest disk in the most-used computer, and make full backups of that disk on the next-larger disk, etc. For example I have an 80gig disk (SSD) in my MBP, its the most-used disk
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The point is not: how. The point is: why.
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Just install both alongside each other.
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Lego Tehnics set for the win. See my other earlier post about the fantastic Lego Idea Books that you can use to turn any box of boring parts into amazing contraptions ..
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I recently got these books: http://nostarch.com/technic_set.htm Lego Technic Idea Book Set My son (4 year old) and I have an absolute blast with these books, our box full of Technics parts, and a quiet afternoon in the sunshine .. we've b