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Comment Re: Planned Obsolescence (Score 1) 116

by Pax_Europa on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:24PM (#56427273) Attached to: Some Android Device Makers Are Lying About Security Patch Updates

I was given an S4 and installed LineageOS Oreo on it, and it works really well.

Comment Re: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 case (Score 1) 116

by Pax_Europa on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:19PM (#56427245) Attached to: Some Android Device Makers Are Lying About Security Patch Updates

I'm running a hand-me-down Note 4 with the excellent Resurrection Remix 7.1 ROM on it, undervolted and underclocked, rooted with Magisk and it's wonderful.

I saw yesterday that Resurrection Remix has released a new Oreo version that supports the Note 4, which I will get around to installing and trying at some point.

Comment Re: Planned Obsolescence (Score 4, Informative) 116

by Pax_Europa on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:15PM (#56427221) Attached to: Some Android Device Makers Are Lying About Security Patch Updates

I've inherited a hand-me-down Note 4 and am currently running the wonderful Resurrection Remix ROM (7.1),undervolted and underclocked, rooted with Magisk, and it's a fantastic phone IME.

I've just noticed yesterday that Resurrection Remix has just released a new Oreo version for phones that include the Note 4,so it looks like it's still got some life left in this model yet.

Comment Re:Cant be done "right". (Score 1) 203

by Pax_Europa on Monday June 11, 2012 @02:23PM (#40286683) Attached to: The Billions In Mobile Ad Money Nobody Can Grab

But hasn't it been shown that simple, relevantly-tagetted text ads like Google Ads have been shown to be very effective? These hardly use any screen estate, and the screens on most portable 'smart' devices are actually getting quite large and hi-res and can display quite a lot compared to mobiles of old.

Also, ads that use recognisable, simple, company logos would work on these devices - think 'brought to you by AT&T' with their nifty death-star icon tucked somewhere unobtrusive.

I don't think it's undo-able - I reckon it just needs a bit of a paradigm-shift in thinking and design away from how things are done on the Web, which is only really now becoming anything like a 'mature' market.

Where Are the Joysticks For Retro Gaming? 262

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 09, 2010 @03:12AM from the ch-flightstick-pro-was-aces-for-x-wing dept.

Doctor O writes "With all those nice emulators for classic gaming around (such as MAME, VICE or Stella) I want to establish monthly retro gaming evenings with some friends. The problem is I can't find any good joysticks for that purpose. There's a new version of the legendary Competition Pro, but judging from the many one-star reviews on Amazon, it's terrible. I found the USB version of the classic Atari Joystick, but it doesn't seem to be available and would have prohibitive shipping costs to Germany anyway. So, Slashdot to the rescue — where are the suitable USB joysticks for retro gaming?"

Halo Elite Cosplay Puts Others To Shame 115

Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 02, 2010 @03:42PM from the using-your-time-wisely dept.

AndrewGOO9 writes "Pete Mander, a special effects artist from Ontario, Canada seems like he might have either had way too much time on his hands or just really enjoys Halo. Either way, this is one of those costumes that makes all of the cosplayers at a con feel like their best efforts just weren't quite up to par."

The State of Game AI 88

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @12:28AM from the don't-let-it-get-the-railgun dept.

Gamasutra has a summary written by Dan Kline of Crystal Dynamics for this year's Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) Conference held at Stanford University. They discussed why AI capabilities have not scaled with CPU speed, balancing MMO economies and game mechanics, procedural dialogue, and many other topics. Kline also wrote in more detail about the conference at his blog. "... Rabin put forth his own challenge for the future: Despite all this, why is AI still allowed to suck? Because, in his view, sharp AI is just not required for many games, and game designers frequently don't get what AI can do. That was his challenge for this AIIDE — to show others the potential, and necessity, of game AI, to find the problems that designers are trying to tackle, and solve them."

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