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Submission + - Free Pascal 2.2 has been released (freepascal.org)

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Daniel Mantione

on Monday September 10, 2007 @03:24PM

Daniel Mantione writes: "Free Pascal 2.2 has been released. Several new platforms are supported, like the Mac OS X on Intel platform, the Game Boy Advance, Windows CE and 64-Windows. Free Pascal is now the first and only free software compiler that target 64-bit Windows. These advancements were made possible by Free Pascal's internal assembler and linker allowing support for platforms not supported by the GNU binutils. The advancement in internal assembling and linking also allow faster compilation times and smaller executables, increasing the programmer comfort. Other new features are stabs debug support, many new code optimizations, resourcestring smartlinking and more.

Further, Free Pascal has become extremely powerfull in developing portable software over the last years. The release article explains why."

Submission + - Broadcasters launch ads opposing wireless internet

Submitted by kaufmanmoore on Monday September 10, 2007 @03:03PM

kaufmanmoore writes: According to an AP report, The National Association of Broadcasters is launching ads to target lawmakers over a push by a consortium of technology giants including Google, Intel, HP and MSFT who want to use unused and unlicensed TV spectrum for wireless broadband. Broadcasters are airing concerns about the devices creating interference with broadcast television and in a statement NAB chairman Alan Frank takes a swipe at technology companies saying, "While our friends at Intel, Google and Microsoft may find system errors, computer glitches and dropped calls tolerable, broadcasters do not."

Submission + - Brain Differences In Democrats and Republicans

Submitted by i_like_spam on Monday September 10, 2007 @12:24PM

i_like_spam writes: Scientists from NYU and UCLA report in Nature Neuroscience that the brains of Democrats and Republicans process information differently. This new study finds that the differences are apparent even when the brain processes common information, not just political topics. From the study, liberals were more likely to be accurate and showed more brain activity in the region associated with analyzing conflicts. A researcher not affiliated with the study stated, liberals 'could be expected to more readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.' Moreover, 'the results could explain why President Bush demonstrated a single-minded commitment to the Iraq war and why some people perceived Sen. John F. Kerry ... as a flip-flopper.

Comment Smaller is better... (Score 1) 1296

by zerhackermann on Friday September 07, 2007 @12:58PM (#20510155) Attached to: Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software

..usually. As another poster..posted, I dont mind software that makes *wise* use of resources. That said, as a Software QA dude (and Power user for far longer) I have noticed that the rapid expansion of cheap hardware resources have made developers and the programs created very lazy. Hard drives are littered with unnecessary files, memory efficiency is unheard of, etc. Every program acts like it is the only app being run. Most programs I encounter are like bad roommates. They consume resources they don't need or own (like a roommate drinking your last beer), they collide with other apps (like bad roommate arguing with your visitors and friends) and they dont clean up after themselves unless ordered to at gun-point (like...well yeah you get the idea) IMO, there would be far better quality in applications if devs had to make them work within a much smaller resource set *before* they were permitted to expand and use more resources. But then I wouldnt have so much fun detailing how a developers app/feature is "teh suck"

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