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Comment Re:Quick Answer (Score 1) 254

by marklandm on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @10:16AM (#36449998) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Software To Organise a Heterogeneous Mix of Files?

Use it as a plugin in your word processor?

From the Zotero site:

The word processor plugins are distributed as Firefox extensions, which provide integration support to Zotero and install the necessary components into the word processors. After you have installed a plugin from this page, Firefox will prompt you to install later versions automatically the same way that it does for Zotero.

Comment Re:Quick Answer (Score 1) 254

by marklandm on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @03:18PM (#36366092) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Software To Organise a Heterogeneous Mix of Files?

I agree that Zotero is awesome. I just wish it wasn't tied so closely to Firefox.

Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec 439

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 10, 2010 @04:26AM from the sorry-about-your-luck dept.

Frank Gibeau, label president for EA Games, recently spoke with Develop about the publisher's long term development strategy. Gibeau thinks developing major games without multiplayer modes is a passing fad: "...it’s not only about multiplayer, it’s about being connected. I firmly believe that the way the products we have are going, they need to be connected online. ... I volunteer you to speak to EA’s studio heads; they’ll tell you the same thing. They’re very comfortable moving the discussion towards how we make connected gameplay – be it co-operative or multiplayer or online services – as opposed to fire-and-forget, packaged goods only, single-player, 25-hours-and you’re out. I think that model is finished. Online is where the innovation and the action [are] at."

Simpler "Hello World" Demonstrated In C 582

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @10:03PM from the non-obfuscated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wondering where all that bloat comes from, causing even the classic 'Hello world' to weigh in at 11 KB? An MIT programmer decided to make a Linux C program so simple, she could explain every byte of the assembly. She found that gcc was including libc even when you don't ask for it. The blog shows how to compile a much simpler 'Hello world,' using no libraries at all. This takes me back to the days of programming bare-metal on DOS!"

New Call of Duty Titles Announced, Fired Devs Sue For Name 134

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 05, 2010 @08:44AM from the modern-legal-warfare dept.

eldavojohn writes "Activision has announced new Call of Duty titles while fired Infinity Ward Developer leads Jason West and Vince Zampella sue them for the rights to the name. According to Activision, 'The company intends to expand the Call of Duty brand with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business unit. This will include a focus on high-margin digital online content and further[ing] the brand as the leading action entertainment franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models.' Ars opines that Activision is set to over-saturate the market with tons of CoD titles similar to how it expertly brought down Guitar Hero."

Comment What about Archon? (Score 1) 1120

by marklandm on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @02:57PM (#28856801) Attached to: Which Game Series Would You Reboot?

I remember losing many an hour on my Commodore 64 to this and would love to see similar games come back.

Graphene Transistors Clocked At 26GHz 174

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 11, 2008 @11:17AM from the slightly-faster-than-one dept.

KentuckyFC writes "A team at IBM has built the first high quality graphene transistors and clocked them running at 26 GHz . That doesn't quite knock silicon off its perch. The fastest silicon transistors are an order of magnitude faster than that but the record is held by indium phosphide transistors which have topped 1000 GHz. But it's not bad for a new kid on the block. It took silicon 40 years to get this far. By contrast, the first graphene transistor was built only last year. IBM says 'the work represents a significant step towards the realization of graphene-based electronics.' (Abstract)."

Comment Re:She's only beginning to read at age 6?! (Score 1) 256

by marklandm on Monday December 03, 2007 @12:42AM (#21557071) Attached to: DS Games for Pre-readers?

Remember that all children are different. Check out the American Academy of Pediatrics page on Learning to Read.

http://www.aap.org/publiced/BR_Read.htm

Note the ages mentioned there. While I won't question the poster's abilities, there should be no expectation that everyone should be at that level. What is important here, in my opinion, is to get her to read, not what she is reading. If games serve as a way to get he interested, all the better. However, don't quit doing the other things; read to her and ask her questions. Keep her engaged.

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