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1-Pixel Pac-Man 41

Posted by Soulskill from the point-based-ghostbusting dept.
szczys writes: Retro games just aren't the same since the display technology resolution has exploded. I went the opposite direction and chose a display with less resolution than the original. This reinvention of Pac-Man uses a 32x32 RGB LED module which are made for LED billboards. This makes the player just one pixel. Add in an Atari joystick and we have a winner.This is a great programming challenge. If you've never looked at Pac-Man AI before, it's fascinating and worth your time!

Comment Eve system (Score 1) 197

by asciiRider (#37689066) Attached to: <em>WoW</em> To Add Avenue For Real-Money Gold Buying

When people mention how this is implemented in Eve (my game) - they often forget to mention that it allows the isk grinders to play for free. So - for two players, CCP gets both subscriptions, one player gets to 'pay with isk to play' and one player essentially pays for two subs. Everybody is happy.

I work hard I'm not going to work in-game. I'm most certainly not going to try and compete with unemployed guys who play 18 hours a day. If I can help them by paying for their game time in return for their in game money I think it's a fair deal.

Comment Re:This is Bad News (Score 1) 231

by asciiRider (#31071472) Attached to: IBM Releases Power7 Processor

A couple of reasons -

Dynamic LPAR, add 5 fiber adapters and 20G of RAM without bringing the OS down. Maybe add 4 virtual processors and only entitle the system to 1, allowing it to donate unused cycles back to the sharepool.

When I want to apply a service pack I don't get some silly Python error. It just works. Oh, also I can apply the service pack to a copy of the disk while the system is up and just reboot when I please. (alt_disk_copy.)

Feel like adding a virtual ethernet adapter to the system mentioned above? No Problem? While it's up? No problem!

If you want to move a completely virtualized system to a different machine, while it's running, no problem!

  AIX LVM simply blows everything else away.

The briefing center in Texas has great breakfast burritos.

Anyway, you get the idea. You don't simply buy a processor, you buy a enterprise Unix OS that can do everything. Linux is almost there...
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems May Have Violated Bribery Law 111

Posted by Soulskill from the my-friend-abraham-lincoln-asks-you-to-look-the-other-way dept.
Afforess writes "In a new file submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Sun Microsystems admitted that 'we have identified potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the resolution of which could possibly have a material effect on our business.' The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it 'unlawful to make a payment to a foreign official for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person.' Yet, Sun would not release further details, only that it 'took remedial action.' Oracle, the new owner of Sun Microsystems, also said that they had prior knowledge of the infraction, yet also refused to release any details."

Comment Obvious (Score 1) 178

by asciiRider (#26320699) Attached to: Linux Kernel 2.4 Or 2.6 In Embedded System?

Ummmm...

If it aint broke...don't fix it.

Take your time - you're lucky - you have no real reason to rush. What you have works. Ask around (you're doing this now) - try it out. Run parallel for a while in test. Then make a nice easy switch when you have no more questions...
Unix

Taking a Look at Nexenta's Blend of Solaris and Ubuntu 248

Posted by timothy from the little-a-this-little-a-that dept.
Ahmed Kamal writes "What happens when you take a solid system such as Ubuntu Hardy, unplug its Linux kernel, and plug in a replacement OpenSolaris kernel? Then you marry Debian's apt-get to Solaris' zfs file-system? What you get is Nexenta Core Platform OS. Let's take Nexenta for a quick spin, installing and configuring this young but promising system."
Cellphones

Passport Required To Buy Mobile Phones In the UK 388

Posted by Soulskill from the and-dna-samples-for-special-ringtones dept.
David Gerard points out a Times Online story that says: "Everyone [in the UK] who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance. Phone buyers would have to present a passport or other official form of identification at the point of purchase. Privacy campaigners fear it marks the latest government move to create a surveillance society. A compulsory national register for the owners of all 72m mobile phones in Britain would be part of a much bigger database to combat terrorism and crime. Whitehall officials have raised the idea of a register containing the names and addresses of everyone who buys a phone in recent talks with Vodafone and other telephone companies, insiders say." We've recently discussed other methods the UK government is using to keep track of people within its borders, such as ID cards for foreigners and comprehensive email surveillance.

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