Category: Software
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Signs that you’re a bad programmer
Inability to reason about code Poor understanding of the language’s programming model Deficient research skills / Chronically poor knowledge of the platform’s features Inability to comprehend pointers Difficulty seeing through recursion Inability to think in sets Lack of critical thinking Pinball Programming Unfamiliar with the principles of security Code is a mess Inability to determine…
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The space shuttle as wallpaper
The larger our displays, the tougher it gets to find adequate wallpapers. NASA (through a sélection from Chamorro) comes to our resscue with these exceptionnaly beautiful high-resolution images. Our computer will have a hig-technology look even in 4000×3000 pixels. You can notice that these images being free of copyright will allow to produce impressive posters…
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Mafia Wars: Best weapons
Again in order to give you the best chances to improve a lot your fighting capacity in Mafia Wars, Facebook coooperative online game, here are some of my recommendations on weaponry and the best way to prepare your mafia for combat (fight). Build a powerful mafia (if some of the family members are sleeping on…
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1 minute for a faster Internet (DNS)
There are few things that you can do to significantly improve the speed of your Internet connection. Of course, you can switch to another Internet Service Provider, but it’s a mess. On the opposite, it is easy to have an sub-optimal connection because of the response time of the DNS server of your Internet Provider.…
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Mafia Wars: Combat strategy
In Mafia Wars, fight is a critical par of the game, but it is too often neglected by players. Personally, I love to use it for several good reasons: Stamina points are quickly renewed, Fights are producing a lot of experience points, In fights, you get quick money (specially in cities where jobs are not…
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Mafia Wars: How many points?
When you progress in Mafia Wars on Facebook, you collect points that you should choose how to assign between: Attack Defense Health Energy Stamina Here are my recommendations about the optimum number of points in each. Attack: You should stay with around 1/2 of your level, with a minimum around 50-55. If you are a…
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Mafia Wars: Maximum loot
If you play at Mafia Wars on Facebook, you certainly noticed that some objects are very difficult to get and are absolutely necessary to finish a full campaign. For example, I would list: Concealable camera Computer setup Untraceable Cell Phone Blackmail photos Illegal Transaction Records Politico Corrupto Dossier on Dmitri You will need several hundreds…
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Mafia Wars: Get a large mafia in no time
If you are on Facebook, you certainly know Mafia Wars, this online game, slightly addictive, grouping several million FB users, where you try to progress in a mafia world while doing lowly jobs in New York, Cuba, Moscow (and soon Bangkok or the American West). One of the difficult aspects is to build yourself a…
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An SLR camera + some software = three videos
Fabian Tischer is obviously gifted to create small videos from visual effects supposed to be simple (but actually quite tough to master) in order to offer us some cool movies: Berlin TV tower – lift off from Fabian Tischer on Vimeo. Insider footage showing NASA’s strange theft of famous Berlin landmark. little airport from Fabian…