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  • What OpenGL version(s) to learn and/or use?

    - by zuko
    So, I'm new to OpenGL... I have general knowledge of game programming but little practical experience. I've been looking into various articles and books and trying to dive into OpenGL, but I've found the various versions and old vs new way of doing things confusing. I guess my first questions is does anyone know some figures about percentages of gamers that can run each version of OpenGL. What's the market share like? 2.x, 3.x, 4.x... I looked into the requirements for Half Life 2 since I know Valve updated it with OpenGL to run on Mac and I know they usually try to hit a very wide user-base, and they say a minimum of GeForce 8 Series. I looked at the 8800 GT on Nvidia's website and it listed support for OpenGL 2.1. Which, maybe I'm wrong, sounds ancient to me since there's already 4.x. I looked up a driver for 8800GT and it says it supports 4.2! A bit of a discrepancy there, lol. I've also read things like XP only supports up to a certain version, or OS X only supports 3.2, or all kinds of other things. Overall, I'm just confused as to how much support there is for various versions and what version to learn/use. I'm also looking for learning resources. My search results thus far have pointed me to the OpenGL SuperBible. The 4th edition has great reviews on Amazon, but it teaches 2.1. The 5th edition teaches 3.3 and there are a couple things in the reviews that mention the 4th edition is better and that the 5th edition doesn't properly teach the new features or something? Basically, even within learning material I'm seeing discrepancies and I just don't even know where to start. From what I understand, 3.x started a whole new way of doing things and I've read from various articles and reviews that you want to "stay away from deprecated features like glBegin(), glEnd()" yet a lot of books and tutorials I've seen use that method. I've seen people saying that, basically, the new way of doing stuff is more complicated yet the old way is bad . Just a side note, personally, I know I still have a lot to learn beforehand, but I'm interested in tessellation; so I guess that factors into it as well, because, as far as I understand that's only in 4.x? [just btw, my desktop supports 4.2]

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  • Novell Wins! SCO Loses!

    <b>Computerworld:</b> "Yes, it's true. After just more than 7-years of SCO lawsuits, SCO has lost its last real chance of causing Linux and the companies that support it-IBM; Novell, and Red Hat--any real trouble."

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  • Ubuntu 12.10 : la première Alpha est disponible, la distribution renonce au format CD et à Migration Assistant

    Ubuntu 12.10 : la première Alpha est disponible La distribution renonce au format CD et à Migration Assistant Mise à jour du 11 juin 2012 par Idelways Quelques semaines après avoir sorti sa nouvelle version à support prolongé, Canonical propose en téléchargement la première alpha d'une nouvelle version 12.10 baptisée Quetzal Quantal. (Lire ci-devant pour plus de détails sur les dessous de ce nom.) Certes très prématurée et surtout pas destinée à la production, c...

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  • Understanding When Social Interactions Should Be Resolved in Another Channel

    - by Christina McKeon
    Guest Blogger: Aphrodite Brinsmead, Senior Analyst at Ovum Agents need to respond to customers’ social comments and questions quickly and in the right tone. But more importantly, they need to offer resolutions. Customers care most about how long it takes to find information rather than which channel they are using. They choose to use social media because they are comfortable with the channel and it offers a convenient way to communicate. Ideally agents will resolve questions within social media, but they need guidance as to how and when to escalate interactions to a more private channel. First, businesses should assess the way in which customers are using social media to communicate with them and categorize posts into groups: complaints, feedback, technical queries or more general support questions. They should then consider the types of interactions that can easily be handled within social media and those that need to be followed up in another channel. This will be very dependent on the industry. Examples of queries that can be resolved in social media include Shipping pricing and timeframes Outage updates and resolution plans Flight status information Product stock check Technical support videos or forum posts Availability of facilities Both customers and agents need to be educated about the types of questions they can expect to resolve within social media. As the channel matures as a customer service tool, it needs to have value other than just as a forum for complaints. Social customer service agents need the power to start a web chat or phone call Any questions where customers need to divulge personal details in order to get a resolution will need to be addressed in a private channel: a private social message, web chat, email or phone call. Customers should never disclose their date of birth, social security, credit card number, or healthcare records in a public forum. Flight issues, changes to a booking, billing queries or account updates will all need to be completed via a private interaction. Agents responding to questions on social media need the ability to start a web chat or phone call with the customer. The customer doesn’t want to have to repeat their question and the agent should be empowered to connect customer records and access account or billing information. These agents will need to be trained across different channels and should be able to view all customer communications in one application. They also need to follow up questions that began on a public forum in the initial channel to make it clear that the issue was addressed. In order to make this possible, social media needs to be integrated as part of a broader customer service strategy. Irrespective of how many channels are used to complete an interaction, businesses should prioritize customer satisfaction and issue resolution. They need a clear strategy and trained agents that can handle and respond to social interactions. Follow me on Twitter @diteb. 

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  • SQL Server: Natural Key Versus Surrogate Key

    When designing a database to support applications you need to consider how you are going to handle primary keys. This article explores natural and surrogate keys, and discusses the pros and cons of each, allowing you to determine what makes the best sense in your environment when you are designing your databases. NEW! SQL Monitor 2.0Monitor SQL Server Central's servers withRed Gate's new SQL Monitor.No installation required. Find out more.

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  • Feature: See Savings with Linux

    Simplifying an IT environment involves reducing costs and saving energy but still providing a great solution. Find out how Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle Unbreakable Linux support, and Oracle VM provide a superior solution in an easy-to-launch package that helps companies save money—and the planet.

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  • MySQL User Camp - Bangalore, India

    - by Lenka Kasparova
    Another MySQL User Group meeting called "MySQL User Camp-Bangalore" is announced for Jun 20 in Bangalore, India!! Please find more details below: Date and time: June 20, 2014 at 3PM IST Place: Bangalore, Kalyani Magnum campus Registration: Registration is needed, please contact [email protected] URL Agenda: MySQL 5.7 New Features and NoSQL support in MySQL Sharding as implemented in MySQL Fabric Open discussion with MySQL developers We are looking forward to seeing you on Jun 20!!

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  • New Interoperability Solutions for SQL Server 2012

    - by The Official Microsoft IIS Site
    I am excited to share some great news about how we are opening up the SQL Server data platform even further with expanded interoperability support through new tools that allow customers to modernize their infrastructure while maximizing existing investments and extending virtually any data anywhere. The SQL Server team today introduced several tools that enable interoperability with SQL Server 2012. These tools help developers to build secure, highly available and high performance applications for...(read more)

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  • How do I install RALink 3290?

    - by user108222
    I have been trying for awhile since I removed Win8 from my laptop to get this Bluetooth/Wireless Card working and I've got it so that it at least recognizes wireless, but every time I try to actually use the wireless, I get kernel panics or everything crashes. Can someone explain to me how to install this driver: http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=501 So that I can actually use the wireless on my laptop (and perhaps even the bluetooth).

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  • Oracle Magazine, September/October 2005

    Oracle Magazine September/October 2005 features articles on the release of Oracle Database 10g Release 2, Oracle Fusion Middleware, PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), native XQuery support in Oracle Database 10g Release 2, Oracle Data Provider for .NET, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle ADF, and much more.

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  • Is there a good reason I shouldn't use a java applet for a game?

    - by ryeguy
    I want to make a multiplayer browser-based game. The nice thing about using an applet is that I can make the client and the server in the same language (java/closure/scala/etc). I know there's html5 and javascript, but server side javascript isn't as mature as the jvm platform and browser support is still kind of flaky. Applets don't seem to be widely used (except for Runescape), but is there a reason they're unsuitable or is it just because of the bad reputation they developed in their infancy?

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  • Advantages to Multiple Methods over Switch

    - by tandu
    I received a code review from a senior developer today asking "By the way, what is your objection to dispatching functions by way of a switch statement?" I have read in many places about how pumping an argument through switch to call methods is bad OOP, not as extensible, etc. However, I can't really come up with a definitive answer for him. I would like to settle this for myself once and for all. Here are our competing code suggestions (php used as an example, but can apply more universally): class Switch { public function go($arg) { switch ($arg) { case "one": echo "one\n"; break; case "two": echo "two\n"; break; case "three": echo "three\n"; break; default: throw new Exception("Unknown call: $arg"); break; } } } class Oop { public function go_one() { echo "one\n"; } public function go_two() { echo "two\n"; } public function go_three() { echo "three\n"; } public function __call($_, $__) { throw new Exception("Unknown call $_ with arguments: " . print_r($__, true)); } } Part of his argument was "It (switch method) has a much cleaner way of handling default cases than what you have in the generic __call() magic method." I disagree about the cleanliness and in fact prefer call, but I would like to hear what others have to say. Arguments I can come up with in support of Oop scheme: A bit cleaner in terms of the code you have to write (less, easier to read, less keywords to consider) Not all actions delegated to a single method. Not much difference in execution here, but at least the text is more compartmentalized. In the same vein, another method can be added anywhere in the class instead of a specific spot. Methods are namespaced, which is nice. Does not apply here, but consider a case where Switch::go() operated on a member rather than a parameter. You would have to change the member first, then call the method. For Oop you can call the methods independently at any time. Arguments I can come up with in support of Switch scheme: For the sake of argument, cleaner method of dealing with a default (unknown) request Seems less magical, which might make unfamiliar developers feel more comfortable Anyone have anything to add for either side? I'd like to have a good answer for him.

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  • ExplorerCanvas and JQuery

    - by PhubarBaz
    I am working on a Javascript app (CloudGraph) that uses HTML5 canvas and JQuery. I'm using ExplorerCanvas to support canvas in IE. I recently came across an interesting problem. What I was trying to do is restore the user's settings when the page is loaded. I read some information from a cookie that I set the last time the user accessed the application. One of these settings is the size of the canvas. I decided that the best place to do this would be when the document is ready using JQuery $(document).ready(). This worked fine in browsers that natively support the canvas element. But in IE it kept getting errors the first time I would hit the page. It seemed that the excanvas element wasn't initialized yet because I was getting null reference and unknown properties errors. If I refreshed the page the errors went away but the resized canvas wasn't drawing on the entire area of the canvas. It was like the clipping rectangle was still set to the default canvas size. I found that the canvas element when using excanvas has a div child element which is where the actual drawing takes place. When I changed the width and height of the canvas element in document.ready it didn't change the width and height of the child div. Initially my solution was to also change the div element when changing the canvas element and that worked. But then I realized that having to refresh the page every time I started the app in IE really sucked. That wouldn't be acceptable for users. Since it seemed like the canvas wasn't getting initialized before I was trying to use it I decided to try to initialize my app at a different time. I figured the next best place was in the onload event. Sure enough, moving my initialization to onload fixed all of the problems. So, it looks like the canvas shouldn't be manipulated until the onload event when using ExplorerCanvas. There might be ways to do it when the document is ready. I found some posts on initializing excanvas manually, but for me waiting until onload worked just fine.

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  • La télévision chinoise s'en prend à Windows 8 et critique sa sécurité, Pékin intensifie sa guerre contre les géants de l'IT américains

    La télévision chinoise s'en prend à Windows 8 et critique sa sécurité Pékin intensifie sa guerre contre les géants de l'IT américainsLa Chine n'apprécie pas Windows 8. Le gouvernement a intensifié sa guerre contre le système d'exploitation, après avoir interdit l'OS sur ses nouveaux PC, sous prétexte qu'il voulait éviter qu'un scénario similaire à Windows XP puisse se produire, c'est-à-dire, éviter de se retrouver plus tard avec un nombre important de PC sous un OS qui ne bénéficiera plus de support.La...

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  • Keyword Research - Most Important SEO Method

    Keyword optimization involves proper keyword choice and positioning based on comprehensive keyword research. It's likely you have an excellent site and effective programming to support your site however all these will be of no avail if you do not obtain presence within the search engines. You will not get the desired return of investment if the site does not make it to the search engines.

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  • Dell Backs Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud

    <b>The VAR Guy:</b> "It's one small step for Dell, and one big strategic win for Canonical's Ubuntu Linux cloud strategy. Specifically, Dell on March 24 said it would support Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) as an infrastructure solution."

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  • RDA version 4.28 released

    - by THE
    Oracle proudly presents: RDA 4.28  This version of RDA comes with a new HCVE rule set (pre installation checks) Doc ID 1435695.1 now alsocollects Calc Manager Information Enjoy a faster resolution and clear communication about what Software is installed, the logs retrieved and have Tech Support react faster to the issue at hand by getting a detailed overview of the system they are dealing with. More information about RDA in general can be found here.

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  • iPhone Apps - The New Business Website?

    That the alternatives of a website or an app are more similar than distinct, and can be seen in the adoption by large websites of iPhone apps. If your target market has elements of mobility, social media involvement and immediacy in decision making, then consider having an iPhone app in addition to and in support of your traditional website.

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  • Working with Windows and Unix

    - by user554629
    Beware of new line characters One of the most frequent issues we encounter in Tech Support is the corruption of files that are transferred between Windows and Unix.   The transfer can occur at any stage, but ultimately involves a transfer of a file using an ftp client that is running on Windows;  it could be ftp or filezilla. Windows uses two characters to mark the end of a line in a text file (CR/LF),carriage return, linefeed.   Unix uses a single character (CR). In all situations, it is best to use binary mode transfer for all files, including ascii text files. Common problems: upload a core file from unix to windows using ftp in ascii mode.The file is going to be larger on Windows than Unix.ftp doesn't know if this is a text file with real line-ends, it takes every ascii CR and transmits two ascii characters CR/LF.The core file, tar file, library ... will be corrupted when transferred to Oracle. download a shell script to Windows, and transfer it to Unix using ftpIf the file is edited on Windows, the unix script line-end chars will be doubled.Unix doesn't know how to handle that, and will likely tell you the script is not executable.Why?  The first line of a shell script ( called "sh-bang" ), identifies the command interpreter the unix shell should use for this script.   Common examples:#/bin/sh#/bin/ksh#/bin/bash#/bin/perl#/bin/sh^M    # will not be understood.#/bin/env ksh # special syntax.  Find ksh and run it dos2unix is a common utility found on most unix platforms, that repairs the issue of Windows LineEnd characters in unix script files.   I've written my own flavor of this utility for use in Tech Support and build environments, that is a bit easier to use, and has some nice side-effects. accepts a list of files:   dos2unix *.sh repairs the file in-place.  Doesn't generate a new file you have to name retains the same timestamp;  it is the encoding that changed, not the file content. Here are the versions of dos2unix for each of the environments we work in.They are compressed with gzip, to avoid the ftp ascii transfer trap,and because I am quite limited in the number of files I can upload to this blog. AIX Linux Solaris sparc  Windows 

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  • What about Ubuntu 12.04 core updates every 6 months?

    - by user71747
    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is supported for 5 years, and will get some core updates for 2 years : I guess those updates include the kernel, graphic drivers and X11. But will these updates be optionnal, or not ? I would like to stick with my present version of the kernel and X11, because I'm using an AMD/ATI graphic card with fglrx driver, but according to this link, support for ATI HD 2000/3000/4000 cards will be dropped soon. Thanks !

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  • Visual Studio 2010 Web Development Improvements

    - by Aamir Hasan
    VS2010 emulates what is available in previous framework versions through reference assemblies. These assemblies contain metadata that describes functionality available in previous versions. VS2010 itself uses the .NET 4 framework, so when adding multitargeting support the team decided against running a previous framework version inside the same process. When your application is compiled to 100 percent guarantee application compatibility, previous compiler versions are used.Web development in Visual Studio 2010 has been enhanced for greater CSS compatibility, increased productivity through HTML and ASP.NET markup snippets and new dynamic IntelliSense JavaScript.Improved CSS CompatibilityHTML and JavaScript SnippetsJavaScript IntelliSense Enhancements

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  • Announcement: ZFS Backup Appliance

    - by uwes
    Announcing Product Software Changes for Sun ZFS Backup Appliance Effective December 4th, 2012, Replication and Cloning software licenses are no longer mandatory purchases with Sun ZFS Backup Appliance.   Replication and Cloning are still available as optional additions on new Sun ZFS Backup Appliance quotes, or as additions to existing systems. For More Product Information Go To External: ZFS Storage Appliance Oracle.com page External: ZFS Storage Appliance Oracle Technical Network.com page External: Software download support.oracle.com page

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