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Comment Re:Everything. (Score 1) 2

Actually there is a "libs" directory that contains only external libs while all the other files are in other locations, i could also add a readme file in that location to explain that.
But
What about the licensing issues?
What about the css/and graphics files (like the ones of JQueryUI) that could need "modding" for having a consistent graphics style?

Open Source

Submission + - X11 Window System Turns 25 Years Old (phoronix.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The widely used X11 Window System has turned 25 years old today. Version 11 of the X Window System is likely to remain in use for many years to come for backwards compatibility with the many legacy applications, BSD/Solaris systems, and Enterprise Linux distributions. Meanwhile, Wayland is still working to unseat the X Server for the common Linux desktop.
The Internet

Submission + - Europe Rationing Last IPv4 Address Block (bbc.com)

Techmeology writes: "As IPv4 exhaustion draws ever nearer, European ISPs are now unable to acquire more than a handful (1024) of new IPv4 addresses. The measures are being brought in to ration the last /8 available to RIPE NCC, with 400,000 address previously being allocated every day. In addition to the limit, organizations applying for IPv4 addresses will be required to demonstrate that they are deploying IPv6."

Comment Re:Palm recognition (Score 1) 214

I loved Graffiti too on my Palm m512, I Was really sad when palm lost against lexmark and removed graffiti for the same input system of symbian.
Anyway, I've just searched and there is a graffiti port for android. But I just feel strange using the finger instead of a pen (maybe it's time to buy a capacitive pen).
Cya

Comment Durability (Score 1) 329

What about Humidity, dirt, paper-eating bugs etc...
Aluminum and steel are already easily recyclable enough and are highly durable, I used my old steel AT case for 8 years till the ATX era and I think my current steel ATX case will last at least for the same time ;)
No cardboard box can last the same ;)

I do believe that cardboard could be a good replacement for plastic and metal in all situations where you don't need durability (I've seen cardboard chairs at a festival), but I want my pc to last ;)
Cya

Comment What does "good graphics" mean? (Score 2, Interesting) 506

I think that plot and good gameplay is much more important that graphics in the kind of games I do like, but this is not true in any kind of games.
IMHO Gameplay come always first, a game must be fun to play, then came the rest in an order depending on the game kind, as an example an online fps doesn't really need a plot.

Anyway it is also difficult to describe what "good graphics" means.
Saying that "good graphics" means high-resolution and photo realism is like saying that a photo is better that a painting.
It's not a matter of pixel, is something more complex, it's a form art, you have to choose your canvas, and you have to use it well.
An example is Okami (wii and original ps2 version), its low-resolution/low definition graphics to me is the most beautiful eye experience I had from a videogame. The plot and the game-play are just as beautiful, so to me is one of the best game ever.

Anyway It's a matter of taste ;)
Cya

Graphics

What's the Importance of Graphics In Video Games? 506

An anonymous reader writes "I develop games as a hobby. I've experimented with games on almost every platform available. For me, the gameplay is the most influential factor of a game, with history and graphics dividing second place. But, for some reason, it's not the technical beauty of the graphics that appeal to me. I have played Crysis, and I've played Pokémon games. The graphics of the Pokémon games entertain me as much as the graphics of Crysis. I think both are beautiful. So, why is the current generation of games giving so much importance to the realism in graphic games? I think it is sufficient for a game to have objects that are recognizable. For example, while the water in some games may not look as good as in Crysis, I can still tell it's water. What are your opinions on the current direction of game graphics? Do you prefer easy-to-render 3D scenes that leave space for beautiful effects, like with Radiosity, or more complex 3D scenes that try to be realistic?"

Comment Know what it is to know how will fail. (Score 1) 357

Well is difficult to explain what a flash memory is (but there is a detailed explanation on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory). To make a long thing short (and very approximative), a flash memory is a sort of "unconnected capacitor" (floating gate) the charge is changed using a quantum physics effects (not only), and is read due to the "interference" of the charge of this "capacitor" with a "nearby" transistor gate.
So the first thing you have to know is that the data on a new flash memory stays for a long time (10 years at least), but not forever, cause the capacitor discharge due to natural loss of carge.
Due to disk writing (changing the value of a cell) the charge is loss faster and faster so there will be a day that the charge of a cell will be completely loss after just a few hours or less.
The effect you may see depend mostly on the cell type (SLC or MLC) and cell allocation algorithm, but the first thing you'll see is random data corruption of recently updated datas; but, due to the cell allocation algorithms, faulty cells will be eventually assigned to updated fat data and the damage will propagate fast.
My sugestion is: replace a flash memory at the first signs of data corruption.
Cya

Comment Re:Not news (Score 1) 267

Sure, but as you said electromigration dominates.
Mainly because the effect are serious much before you meet the breakdown voltage issue.

Anyway breakdown cause FAST damage of the gate so you noticed that YOU made something wrong :) Electromigration instead doesn't generate any immediate effect, so (this is just an example) everything work fine for a month then your cpu is gone, this create the illusion that the cpu was faulty (while it wasn't) that is something that intel doesn't want to happen.

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