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• Effecient finding of long-range spotting targets

  - by nihohit

  I'm creating a top-down 2d strategy game, with a square grid map. So far, I've used Bresenham's line drawing algorithm in a circle to determine what's in LOS of each unit, and then targedt one of the targets in the circle. Now I find that this limits my units to shoot only at targets that they see. I want to extend my targeting algorithm to target any other unit in range of my weapon, even if they're out of sight range of this given unit, if they're "spotted" by another friendly unit. In other words, I want to enable usage of weapons with ranges longer than sight range. Is there a better way than iterating over all sighted units and computing range and LOSto each of them?

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• Learning to program on punchcards

  - by Plutor

  I'd like to try programming with punch cards once in my life. How can I do this? I'm in my 30s, and grew up entirely in the PC era, programming on computers with screens and keyboards. I want to experience the way my father and grandfather used to work. I imagine the hardware (and probably the cards themselves) are no longer manufactured. Are there any universities or museums with functioning punch card readers anymore? I'm in Boston, but I'm willing to travel to do this. I asked MetaFilter, and I got some mixed answers (along with a lot of "no, don't do this" nay-saying). I did get a pointer to the Retro-Computing Society Of Rhode Island, but I haven't received a response to my email to them yet.

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• SAP courtise les petites structures et les startups, l'éditeur veut faire savoir que ses solutions ne s'adressent pas qu'aux "gros"

  SAP courtise les petites structures et les start-ups Et veut faire savoir que ses solutions ne s'adressent pas qu'aux multinationales HANA n'est pas réservé aux multinationales. SAP a mis les petits plats dans les grands pour le faire savoir lors d'un « concours » de start-ups qui souhaitent utiliser la technologie de In-Memory Computing de l'éditeur allemand pour accélérer de manière drastique le traitement de leurs données ? et donc de leurs temps de calcul. Cette journée parisienne du « SAP Startup Forum » a vu défiler des entreprises très diverses. Certaines ont été lancées depuis plusieurs années (comme Kxen, qui crée des outils de « deuxième génération d'analyse pré...

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• Writing a spell checker similar to "did you mean"

  - by user888734

  I'm hoping to write a spellchecker for search queries in a web application - not unlike Google's "Did you mean?" The algorithm will be loosely based on this: http://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2006T13 In short, it generates correction candidates and scores them on how often they appear (along with adjacent words in the search query) in an enormous dataset of known n-grams - Google Web 1T - which contains well over 1 billion 5-grams. I'm not using the Web 1T dataset, but building my n-gram sets from my own documents - about 200k docs, and I'm estimating tens or hundreds of millions of n-grams will be generated. This kind of process is pushing the limits of my understanding of basic computing performance - can I simply load my n-grams into memory in a hashtable or dictionary when the app starts? Is the only limiting factor the amount of memory on the machine? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Perhaps putting all my n-grams in a graph database with some sort of tree query optimisation? Could that ever be fast enough?

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• If I use locks, can my algorithm still be lock-free?

  - by Joe Pension

  A common definition of lock-free is that at least one process makes progress. 1 If I have a simple data structure such as a queue, protected by a lock, then one process can always make progress, as one process can acquire the lock, do what it wants, and release it. So does it meet the definition of lock-free? 1 See eg M. Herlihy, V. Luchangco, and M. Moir. Obstruction-free synchronization: Double-ended queues as an example. In Distributed Computing, 2003. "It is lock-free if it ensures only that some thread always makes progress".

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• How to use only intel graphics and power off radeon?

  - by luizrogeriocn

  I've been using Linux for quite a while in everyday computing and programming. But now i got this new laptop with amazing battery life on windows which runs pretty cool even while gaming. But for some reason on Ubuntu I get like 1/3 battery life and it gets hot even while browsing the web. I have the proprietary drivers for radeon, but I'm thinking about upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, and I would like to know how can I use only the Intel graphics and have radeon always turned off? Since I do not need the discrete graphics on Ubuntu and I'm pretty sure my problem is related to the radeon sucking up my battery and generating heat. My laptop technical specifications are: Dell latitude 3540 Intel core i7 4500U (with Intel hd4400 graphics ) Ati Radeon HD 8850m with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM 8 GB DDR3L @1600mhz Toshiba 256gb SSD Ubuntu 12.4.3 If you need any additional info, please tell me :)

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• Oracle Solaris 11.1 Now Available; Learn More About It at November 7th Webcast

  - by Larry Wake

  Oracle Solaris 11.1 is now available for download -- as detailed earlier, this update to Oracle Solaris 11.1 provides new enhancements for enterprise cloud computing. Security, network, and provisioning advances, in addition to significant new performance features, make an already great release even better. For more information, you can't do better than the upcoming launch event webcast, featuring a live Q&A with Solaris engineering experts and three sessions covering what's new with Oracle Solaris 11.1 and Oracle Solaris Cluster. It's on Wednesday, November 7, at 8 AM PT; register today.

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• Oracle dévoile sa Roadmap pour Java, améliorations de la JVM, support du Cloud, fonctionnalités objet et optimisations avancées

  Oracle dévoile sa RoadMap pour Java améliorations de la JVM, support du Cloud et fonctionnalités objet Oracle a dévoilé, lors de la conférence QCon de Londres, sa feuille de route pour le langage Java pour les années à venir. QCon est un événement annuel sur le développement logiciel pour les développeurs, les chefs de projet, les architectes et les analystes métiers. Il porte essentiellement sur la présentation de nouvelles innovations pour Java, .NET, HTML5, mobile et méthodes agiles. Les plans d'Oracle pour le futur sont essentiellement axés sur les améliorations et l'introduction des fonctionnalités objet, la facilité d'utilisation, le support du Cloud computing et des...

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• Help deciding on an area of study for a PhD [closed]

  - by ale

  I am going to start a PhD in about 1 year. My undergraduate degree is in computer science and my master's is in artificial intelligence. I want to get ideas about what's going to be hot in say 5 years i.e. what could I spend 3-4 years studying to potentially have expertise that will be applicable to industry and the computing world ? Impossible to answer factually but some ideas and thoughts would be great. I have narrowed my ideas down to AI (yes, even more AI) and information security. AI seems to becoming popular again but security is always a going to be useful. From a career point of view, if I were to stay working in software development then this might actually be the best move but I've always wanted to do a PhD! Many thanks :).

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• Software Engineering: Off to a Bad Start?

  - by Bob Rhubart

  The opening remarks for Real Software Engineering, Living Social developer Glenn Vanderburg's keynote presentation at QCon 2012 in San Francisco, include this: The people who started the software engineering field and movement, from the very beginning, misunderstood two very important things: software and engineering. And as a result, the field went off in the wrong direction from the very start, and legitimized certain ways of doing things and certain paths of research that really have not been very fruitful. Vanderburg's presentation is fascinating, often funny, and well worth watching, especially in light of how cloud computing and other technological shifts are redefining IT roles. Related Content Dissing Architects, or "What's wrong with this coffee?" Out of the Tower, into the Trenches Readers react to "Out of the Tower; Into the Trenches" IT Architecture, Complex Systems, and Gardening Podcast: Who Gets to be a Software Architect?

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• Ouverture de la rubrique Windows Azure : toutes les ressources et l'actualité de la plateforme Cloud de Microsoft

  Bonjour, La rubrique Windows Azure vient d'être mise en ligne à l'adresse : http://windows-azure.developpez.com/ Cette rubrique hébergera toutes les news et ressources nécessaires au développement sur la plateforme PaaS de Microsoft. Windows Azure est une plateforme dédiée au cloud computing (ou informatique dans le nuage) fournie par Microsoft. Elle a été largement mise en avant au cours de l'année 2010, que ce soit dans les différents événements consacrés aux développeurs et autres professionnel de l'informatique, que dans les blogs ou dans des challenges divers et variés - dont celui en partenariat avec Développez. Au niveau le plus élevé, Azure permet d'héberge...

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• Java Thriving in Oracle's hands

  - by Tori Wieldt

  IDC has published a Technology Assessment of Oracle's stewardship of Java titled "The State of Java: Two and a Half Years After the Acquisition." The overall IDC opinion is that Java under Oracle's stewardship is thriving. Report highlights include: The successful delivery of Java SE 7, which had been stalled at Sun Microsystems Articulation of realistic road maps for Java EE 7 and Java SE 8 The healthy growth of the Java ecosystem The decisiveness with which Oracle handled the Apache Harmony dispute Key vendors joining the OpenJDK including IBM, Apple, and SAP More and more programming languages being hosted on the Java Virtual Machine(JVM) Java's role in major computing trends including Mobile, Cloud, Big Data and Social You can access the full report here (PDF).

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• Database Insider - October 2012 issue

  - by Javier Puerta

  The October issue of the Database Insider newsletter is now available. (Full newsletter here) NEWS   Newly Launched Oracle Exadata X3 Redefines Extreme Performance At Oracle OpenWorld 2012, Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X3, a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and fully redundant—and ideally suited for the varied and unpredictable workloads of cloud computing. Read More WEBCASTS What Are Oracle Users Doing to Improve Availability and Disaster Recovery? The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) surveyed more than 350 data managers and professionals regarding planned and unplanned downtime, database high availability, and disaster recovery solutions. Download the report and watch the Webcast today.

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• Que pensez-vous de Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online ? Testez gratuitement pendant 30 jours la solution CRM de Microsoft et partagez votre opinion

  Que pensez-vous de Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online? Testez gratuitement pendant 30 jours la solution CRM Cloud de Microsoft et partagez votre opinion La CRM (Customer Relationship Management) se situe de nos jours comme un outil indispensable pour capter, traiter, analyser les informations relatives aux clients dans le but de les fidéliser. Parmi les solutions de CRM actuellement disponibles sur le marché, figure en bonne place Microsoft Dynamics CRM. [IMG]http://rdonfack.developpez.com/images/MicrosoftDynamicCRM.jpg[/IMG] Le service bénéficie des fonctionnalités de Cloud Computing, permettant un accès instantané à vos données, où que vous soyez, à partir d'u...

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• Announcing: Sun Server X4-8

  - by uwes

  On June 3rd, Oracle announced the latest in its line of workload-specific, enterprise-class servers, the Sun Server X4-8. Co-engineered with Oracle software, these servers are based on the latest Intel® Xeon® E7-8895 v2 processor and are the first to include elastic computing features, maximizing performance by adapting to different workload demands in real time. This server is currently available for quoting, ordering and shipping. This product replaces the Sun Server X2-8.  Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) For More Server Information: Why Buy How to Use x86 Server Family oracle.com OTN

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• La RC de Internet Explorer 9 disponible pour la clôture des TechDays 2011, téléchargez-là et faîtes nous part de vos avis

  La RC de IE9 est disponible Avec Do Not Track, le support de WebM et met encore plus l'accent sur la sécurité Microsoft vient d'annoncer l'arrivée de la Release Candidate de IE9. Une nouvelle qui clôt en beauté les TechDays 2011, son salon dédiée cette année au Cloud Computing. Avec cette nouvelle étape, Internet Explorer 9 intègre toutes ses fonctionnalités finales. Il ne reste plus à l'équipe du projet qu'à corriger les bogues et les dernières imperfections avant la sortie officielle. Cette RC bénéficie d'un très léger toilettage de l'UI avec des onglets carrés (et non plus aux angles arrondies) qui peuvent à présent être placés en dessous d...

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• Is testable code actually more stable? [closed]

  - by Xodarap

  A google scholar search turns up numerous papers on testability, including models for computing testability, recommendations for how ones code can be more testable, etc. They all come with the assertion that more testable code is more stable, however I can't find any studies which actually demonstrate this. I tried looking for studies evaluating the effect of testable code vs. quality, however the closest I can find is Improving the Testability of Object Oriented Systems, which discusses the relationship between design flaws and testability. Is testable code is actually more stable? And why, or why not? Please back up your answers with references or evidence to back up your claim.

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• Showing range on hexagonal grid

  - by user23673

  Here is the situation. I have hexagonal board,and a unit on it,with speed or move value 4.Diffrent terrain has a diffrent cost.When i click on the unit,game should show me a move range. My solution was to check each hex in range of 4,with A* pathfinding,and if path cost was less than 4 then this hex was in range.Finally game nicely show me range of that unit. My question is: Is there other solution to search for range on hex grids or square grid,because even if i am really proud of what i did in my solution,i think,it is a little to exaggerated?:)) What make me ask this question?I noticed that when unit speed is 4 or 6 or even 8,time to computing range for my computer was really good,but when speed was 10 and more i noticed that i needed to wait few second to compute.Well in real games i rather dont see something like this and my A* pathfinding is rather well optimized,so im thinking that my solution is wrong. Thanks for any replies.

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• Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2012

  Windows Server 2012 offers expanded virtualization capabilities and works with Windows Azure, the software company's cloud platform. It can deliver more than 200 public, private and hybrid cloud services. The goal seems to be to deliver any application on any cloud. Rand Morimoto, president of Microsoft partner Convergent Computing, sees a number of major selling points for Windows Server 2012. For instance, its deduplication features can save a company 40 to 50 percent in storage space. Its automated IT management capabilities enable it to manage a large number of virtual machines. It can eve...

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• OpenJDK In the News: Oracle Outlines Plans to Make the Future Java During JavaOne 2012 [..]

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  Phil Rogers, AMD Corporate Fellow and HSA Foundation President, joined Oracle on stage to discuss Project Sumatra, which was recently approved in the OpenJDK Community. Project Sumatra will explore how Java can be extended to support heterogeneous computing models for improved performance and power consumption.Oracle plans to propose Project Nashorn, a new JavaScript engine for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), later this year in the OpenJDK Community. Oracle expects to enhance Project Nashorn with the support of several other OpenJDK Community contributors, including IBM, Red Hat and Twitter.The OpenJDK Community continues to host the development of the reference implementation of Java SE 8. Weekly developer preview builds of JDK 8 continue to be available from jdk8.java.net.Quotes taken from the 13th press release from Oracle mentioning OpenJDK, titled "Oracle Outlines Plans to Make the Future Java During JavaOne 2012 Strategy Keynote".

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• Announcing Oracle Solaris 11.1

  - by Larry Wake

  This morning, we announced Oracle Solaris 11.1, the first update to Oracle Solaris 11.This builds on all the things we've done to make Oracle Solaris the best operating system for enterprise cloud computing, so no surprises on what we've focused on: enhancements for cloud infrastructure, extreme availability for enterprise applications, and continued payoff from our co-engineering work with the rest of the Oracle software portfolio. You can learn more by visiting oracle.com/solaris, and our Oracle Technology Network Oracle Solaris 11.1 page. If you're at Oracle OpenWorld, be sure to attend Solaris engineering VP Markus Flierl's general session at 10:15 today, in Moscone South 103, where he'll be going into detail on Oracle Solaris 11.1 . And, be sure to sign up for our online launch event on November 7th, featuring Markus, fellow engineering VP Bill Nesheim, and a deep bench of Solaris engineers. It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since Solaris 2.0 first shipped -- stay tuned for the next 20!

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• Spécial Rétrospective 2010 sur Développez : quels événements IT vous ont le plus marqué cette année ?

  Spécial Rétro 2010 Quels événements IT vous ont le plus marqué cette année ? En collaboration avec Idelways Cloud computing, mobiles, réseaux sociaux, HTML5, Wikileaks... l'année 2010 touche à sa fin et force est de constater qu'elle fut riche en rebondissements dans le domaine du développement et dans l'IT d'une manière générale. Cette année a tout particulièrement été marquée par le retour fracassant d'Oracle sur le devant de la scène médiatique. Rachats, poursuites judiciaires, forks, déclarations assassines, abandons et lancement de produits... bref, Oracle était partout en 2010. Tout a vraiment commencé après la

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• Amazon sort le SDK AWS pour Node.js, un kit de développement open source qui facilite l'accès à ses solutions Cloud

  Amazon sort AWS SDK pour Node.js un kit de développement open source qui facilite l'accès à ses solutions Cloud aux développeurs Node.js Voila une nouvelle qui va certainement ravir les développeurs JavaScript utilisant Node.js. La team AWS (Amazon Web Services) Developer Tools vient de publier un kit de développement qui permettra aux développeurs Node.js d'accéder facilement à sa plateforme de Cloud Computing. Ce nouveau SDK permettra d'exploiter avec souplesse les fonctionnalités des solutions d'Amazon Web Services, notamment la plateforme de stockage Cloud Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), ainsi qu'Amazon DynamoDB. Le SDK est...

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• Is there any way around the field-of-use restrictions in Java?

  - by Muton

  Current field-of-use restrictions defined in "Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform Products" prohibit its use in embedded systems. "General Purpose Desktop Computers and Servers" means computers, including desktop and laptop computers, or servers, used for general computing functions under end user control (such as but not specifically limited to email, general purpose Internet browsing, and office suite productivity tools). The use of Software in systems and solutions that provide dedicated functionality (other than as mentioned above) or designed for use in embedded or function-specific software applications... are excluded from this definition and not licensed under this Agreement. Do these restrictions also apply to OpenJDK and other possible implementations? Is the only way to use Java in such an environment to acquire a separate license from Oracle?

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• Windows 8: Paradigm Shift

  You've probably heard a lot about the loss of the Start button in Windows 8. While it isn't completely lost - you can still get to it via a convoluted path - its disappearance is merely a sign of the rethinking that went into the operating system's creation. Window 8's designers made certain assumptions while building the new system: Users will interact with the operating system predominantly through a touch interface. Users will do their computing on mobile devices, and may in fact use several different devices for the same purposes. They may even want to get work done on devices they do n...

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