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Comment Re:Pascal (Score 1) 634

by architimmy on Saturday July 25, 2009 @06:39PM (#28822311) Attached to: The Best First Language For a Young Programmer

I started programming in HS with Pascal. I loved it! It hooked me on programming for life. Java followed in college and other languages have sort of layered up on that. But I would consider those two to be the basis for my interest.

Comment Just last night (Score 1) 664

by architimmy on Monday December 22, 2008 @10:10AM (#26199635) Attached to: Will People Really Boycott Apple Over DRM?

Just last night I sent a friend a direct link to a band on Amazon. She replied "oh cool, I'll go get this on iTunes."

Do We Live In a Giant Cosmic Bubble? 344

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 01, 2008 @11:20AM from the i-live-in-my-own-universe dept.

Khemisty writes "Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this condition could account for the apparent acceleration of the universe's expansion, for which dark energy currently is the leading explanation. Until now, there has been no good way to choose between dark energy or the void explanation, but a new study outlines a potential test of the bubble scenario. If we were in an unusually sparse area of the universe, then things could look farther away than they really are and there would be no need to rely on dark energy as an explanation for certain astronomical observations. 'If we lived in a very large under-density, then the space-time itself wouldn't be accelerating,' said researcher Timothy Clifton of Oxford University in England. 'It would just be that the observations, if interpreted in the usual way, would look like they were.'"

Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders 309

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday October 01, 2008 @05:33AM from the thinking-outside-pandora's-box dept.

Croakyvoice writes "Finally, months after the official announcement, 3,000 lucky people can now pre-order Pandora, possibly the world's fastest handheld console. It boasts a processor capable of up to 900 MHZ, PowerVR 3D graphics, a large 800x480 LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, dual SD card slots, TV out, dual analogue and digital controls, a clamshell DS Lite-style shape, and a 43-button mini keyboard. The console already boasts an amazing amount of ready-for-release software such as Ubuntu and many full-speed emulators for systems such as Snes, Amiga, Megadrive, and many more that are not publicly announced yet. The console is as powerful as the original Xbox and on a par with the Nintendo Wii. Those interested should visit OpenPandora.Org. For the full history of Pandora from inception until the present, check out the Pandora Homebrew Site."

Comment Impressionist (Score 1) 176

by architimmy on Sunday June 08, 2008 @12:17AM (#23698201) Attached to: Google Earth Beaten By Autorendering From Photos

This is sort of cool. It's kind of like an impressionist model. I'm not exactly sure why the applet seems like it's interpreting and processing all the data locally though... Kind of slow. I could imagine this sort of thing being handy for quick pre-vis stuff I do all the time at my architecture job. That is if it looked sharper. Right now it's a bit amorphous.

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