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A language for both the beginner and the experienced programmer, Turbo Basic's integrated design permits quick program turnaround without sacrificing the powerful features professional programmers demand. It is compatible with IBM's Advanced BASIC (commonly referred to as BASICA) interpreter version 3.00 and Microsoft's GW BASIC TN (with minor exceptions because these are interpreters), and contains many extensions. Some assembly required.
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When you are an experienced computer user and use a mouse you don’t notice the mouse. Rather you just think about moving the cursor on the screen. The mouse withdraws. However if your cable comes lose you suddenly see the mouse as the mouse. It’s operational failure lets you encounter it anew. Good design shouldn’t call attention to itself but should withdraw the way a mouse does. It becomes an extension of yourself. If it isn’t withdrawing then probably there’s something wrong with the design. (It may turn out to be a calculated tradeoff, of course). 3 books and a tumblr on UI design.
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Unfortunately, it looks like his site host is down at the moment. Link above doesn't work; neither does the top-level link from Google. Too bad, I'd love to check out the books. I like UI/UX design, heh.
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If we can't corrupt the youth of today, the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...
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A maternal nag familiar to the ears of many young gamers usually follows the lines of "you're wasting your life in front of a console." Browbeaten controller wielders rejoice—a new study from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) has proven the superior hand-eye coordination skills honed from hours of joystick-based gaming are the same talents required to master the world's most advanced robotic surgery tools. Patient survives: achievement unlocked!
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I can't help but wonder how many "lifes" you can lose before the game is over xD
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In what will hopefully be the first of many “Metro++” blog posts on improving the Metro experience, I wanted to focus on discoverability of functionality. One of the weaknesses in Metro as it now exists is that the emphasis on typography instead of chrome means that it isn’t always clear when any particular piece of text is meant to be clickable and do something, and when it is meant to simply be read. Hover as a touch effect.
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Fail! You can't implement "hover" on a touch screen, because moving your finger around is already used to pan the screen.
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It's not about moving your finger around on a touchscreen, it's about giving visual feedback if your finger is in the vicinity of an interactive object; without touching the screen.
The technology isn't implemented on mobile -and home- devices today, but it will be over the next couple of years.
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so, you're right. I missed that ... but they need new touch technology before that will work
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The Karaoke Channel boasts that the app's advantage over other singing games is that you don't have to download the tracks. Each song simply streams from the game's servers, which is great until the internet goes down. You can favourite songs, tweak their keys and listen to an optional vocal track. You'll also be able to acquire Achievements. Songs in the key of CREDIT EXPIRED.
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I bet you're loving your Apple right now.
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Another reason not to use Apple products and services.
But that's why I send certain attachments compressed into a .7z file, most email virus scanners don't know to how look inside so they don't complain when you try to send an .exe to someone, I assume it could be of similar usefulness here.
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SkyDrive apparently did something similar with images. I wonder if someone from the FBI found something genuinely nasty, which scared Microsoft and Apple enough to be overly aggressive in getting rid of some files.
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Its always a good idea to do encryption on your files while using online services like SkyDrive. They can't scan it if it's encrypted
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Welcome to the cloud, where service providers can do whatever they please and you can do nothing, not even complain. By the way, the big brother may be watching you...
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Big brother isn't the problem.
It's all the little brothers, little sisters, and all the nephews and nieces.
Big brother has an extended family.
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A logician deducts the truth.
A detective inducts the truth.
A journalist abducts the truth.
Give a man a mug, he drinks for a day. Teach a man to mug...
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smcnulty2000 wrote: It's all the little brothers, little sisters, and all the nephews and nieces Careful, you're implying porn there. (How did you get all those things?)
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I have a project I am working on for the client that targets Azure. I wanted to move up to .NET 4.5 to take advantage on async/await keywords and other improvements. It is a an MVC 4 project. Of course in order to run .NET 4.5 on Azure, you have to update your project configuration. Here's how you do it... Tricks of the (cloud) trade...
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Not one of your best links I'm afraid. It doesn't even stretch past half a screen.
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I’ve been responsible for the technical evaluation portion of some developer interviews recently. I stumbled through the first few, unhappy with my aged and worn approach of asking questions, having the candidate write pseudo code on a white-board, and so. A friend challenged me: he said that the interview should be a positive experience for the candidate even if they don’t get the job. With that in mind, here’s what I decided to do. Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about...
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...your mother.
"I'll tell you about my mother!" Boom!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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Just under a year ago, we unveiled a set of SkyDrive APIs that made it easy for developers on modern mobile platforms to provide their users with the ability to access their SkyDrive content in their favorite apps. And since then, we’ve been working at how we could continue to make this easy for more and more developers.... We also continue to be impressed by the broad range of ways in which developers building apps of all kinds are using the SkyDrive APIs to build great experiences for their users.Here, we wanted to highlight some new additions that we find compelling—IFTTT, DocuSign and SoundGecko. How are you using the SkyDrive APIs?
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This manual supersedes all earlier information about the FORTRAN system. It describes the system which will be made available during late 1956, and is intended to permit planning and FORTRAN coding in advance of that time. An Introductory Programmer's Manual and an Operator's Manual will also be issued. Kickin' it old school.
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Scott Hanselman dubbed JavaScript the assembly language for the web and the number of compilers targeting JavaScript seems to confirm that statement. While there are many attempts at improving the JavaScript development experience through a different language, not all of them will be relevant to a game developer. In particular, you probably want to avoid one that will add overhead to the JavaScript virtual machine (VM) and slow it down. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the different approaches that are out there. To make cool HTML5 games, all we really need is the JavaScript engine and the canvas element.
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