Comment You don't know you've gone too far ... (Score 1) 143
until you get there.
Comment Re:It's like they've forgscotten... (Score 5, Informative) 285
> There was a reason they're called the STANDARD APTITUDE TEST.
It was never called that. The "S" was always for "Scholastic," and while the "A" started out as "Aptitude" it eventually became "Assessment."
Of course your comment is well taken as no one, even you, remembers what "SAT" stands for anymore.
The Best Achievements 107
Like them or not, achievements have become a staple of modern gaming, giving players goals to strive for and a measuring stick with which they can compare themselves to random strangers on the internet. Eurogamer discusses why they've become so popular, and takes a look at some of the most entertaining examples. Quoting:
"... we mock Achievement points because they spell out in large numbers what is so pathetic about video games. But we also celebrate them, because, when used in funny, creative or interesting ways, they also spell out what is so compelling and wonderful about video games. Because for every Achievement in which you have to do nothing more than play through a tutorial there's another that subverts convention, rewarding you for skipping it instead. For every fetch quest that has you collecting dogtags for the millionth time, there's another that makes you fight the baddy with your arms tied behind your back. And for every Achievement you earn in jest for pressing the start button, there's another that only rewards the single best player in the world."
Comment Memory Management (Score 3, Insightful) 731
Try overlays...
Back in the day we had do all the memory management by hand. Programs (FORTRAN) had a basic main "kernel" that controlled the overall flow and we grouped subprograms (subroutines and functions) into "overlays" that were swapped in as needed. I spent hours grouping subprograms into roughly equal sized chunks just to fit into core, all the while trying to minimize the number of swaps necessary. All the data was stored in huge COMMON blocks so it was available to the subprograms in every overlay. You'd be fired if you produced such code today.
Virtual memory is more valuable than full screen editors and garbage collection is just icing on a very tall layer cake...
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