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  1. Re:let's hope it's better than Doom 3 on The Art and Design of Quake 4 · · Score: 1

    Quake takes place in a maze so count on plenty of narrow hallways.

  2. Re:I know it's cliche.. on The Art and Design of Quake 4 · · Score: 1

    In all likely hood yes. It probably the same graphic engine.

  3. Re:bloat = C; on Where Have All The Cycles Gone? · · Score: 1
    Programer don't use asembly unless they have to. who real want to program a while loop or a for loop from scratch.

    while: cmp var2 var1
    jg out
    ....
    jmp while
    out:

    let not forget how hard those complex if statment with "and" and "or" would be with one comparsion per line.
    You are right C++, C, and Java are all bloated. It just programer don't like to build simple structures.
  4. Main Memory is slow on Where Have All The Cycles Gone? · · Score: 1

    Main Memory or the access of the hard drive hasn't increased in years. You may get more cycle a second but there just cycle wasted when accessing main memory.

    asembly trick is to store as much as possible in the register or internal chip memory. It take 10 time longer to access main memory then a register.

    three thing limit rapid access of memory.
    1) for a wire to work it must create a magnetic field. it takes time to build this magnetic feild.
    2) for the wire to work it must warm up. it takes time to warm the wire up.
    3) the previous 2 cause a voltage drop causing it to take time to build up enough charge to be read.

  5. Yeah right on Microsoft Claims Linux Security a Myth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    secure applications as Outlook and Internet Explorer
    Secure should not be in the same sentence as Outlook and IE.

    Linux is secure because it not widely used. If your going to make a virus you go for the big target and right now that windows.

  6. Patent crazy on USPTO Released List of Top 10 Patent Receivers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They don't have 3128 good idea. What typical happen in tec. company is patent everything and see what pan out.

  7. Re:Questions on Breakthrough In JPEG Compression · · Score: 1

    Yeah these were my question for the most part.

    Jpeg compression ruin the image a little.

    It is not due to the algorithm but the computer ability to deal with decimal points. I wonder if the extra compression ruin the image further.

    They alter the huffman code(jpeg compression algorithm) or a second compression algorithm

    I wonder how it handle corrupt files or a slight corruption.

    A jpeg when corrupted loose a color or shade what will happen to the new compression when corrupt.

    and for those that have no clue how jpeg work
    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part1/

  8. Alright who the moron buy stuff using spam on "Spam King" Agrees to Stop Spamming For Now · · Score: 1

    two reason spam is everywhere.

    1) it is real cheap to send large amount of email.

    2) people are dump enough not only to respond to the email but to actualy buy something.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4084871.stm/

  9. AI on Robots in Medicine · · Score: 1

    The Surgery machine that is mention is a simulated neural network, a learning computer of sorts. Most of the pervious mention errors were programming errors. A neural network is not programmed. It has to learn by practice and observing. A computer will not make mistake due to being tired in a several hour surgery. It even state in the article that it can be more precise. It can also learn to stop. People on the other hand can be stubborn and carry on. The reason it take longer is arm articulation is very difficult to do for a computer. People are born with this knowledge to start with.

    The only draw back is the neural network has to have consistent human anatomy. The human body is very uniform for the most part.

    As for the medicine dispenser, it can be simply given a set of governing rules. It can be told not to mix to specific compounds because they are lethal, or have drug interaction. Your right it is a bit of a nuisance in extreme emergency case but on a day to day consistent bases it just quicker. If it handing out pain medication and other long term treatment it just plain quicker.

  10. waste of time on California Sets Fines for Spyware · · Score: 1

    First Tracking, RIAA has been trying to track people down for years. It took some major legal work to get the name to go with the I.P. addresses Second Even if they manage to track the offender, you might have legal jurisdictional problems. The "I love you" virus was made by a kid in the Philippines which has no law against it. It is legally impossible to prosecute the kid.

  11. Scare thought on Comair System Crashes; Passengers Stranded · · Score: 1

    Some company refuse to do a complete system over haul. They just keep patching and upgrading. Their decade old software.

    I did a little researdh Conair was made Y2k compliant with only mirror changes.
    http://budgettravel.about.com/library/weekly/aa101 599.htm What i am saying is the software could be a couple decade old and be a rats nest of code. Kobold anyone?

  12. One step at a time on Russian Supply Ship Docks At ISS · · Score: 1

    It was food mismanagement. They simple ate too much at each meal. We are not going to mars until we can get a working bio-dome.

  13. NES left on for 2 weeks on Nintendo NES Overclocking Guide · · Score: 1

    This would explain why i could leave it on for a couple week straight and not have a complete melt down. It way under clocked.

  14. effort in futility on China Closes 1,129 Web Sites · · Score: 1

    if the local highschool can't block indecent website. what makes China think it can? filtering tec. isn't perfect you get good website ban for trival thing and the indecent ones still slip through. for example you ban the word bikini. you also ban several site on nuke bomb just becasue the island name bikini. The indecent site still get through because they didn't you the word bikini like swimwear. what basicly happen is it break down to a group of people looking a websites which is next to impossible for over 40 millions websites.