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May 2010

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May 20, 20101 note
MBR limited to 2.1GB → thinq.co.uk

“Current master boot record partitions are limited to 2.1TB. Of course, this is all fine if you’re using a 3TB drive as a secondary disk, but there are more problems to overcome if you want to use that 3TB drive to boot your OS. Unfortunately, the master boot record is a key part of the standard BIOS setup that motherboards have used for decades.”

May 20, 2010
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May 20, 2010
Google Developers Videostream → youtube.com

“This channel is the home for videos of interest to developers. It will contain interviews, screencasts, and anything that the Google Code folk think is entertaining.”

May 19, 2010
Funny Adobe CS4 crash reports → log.maniacalrage.net
May 18, 2010
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Google Stree View: Wie man aus Versehen WLAN Daten mitschneidet → blog.koehntopp.de

“Google [hat] das Problem umgehend zugegeben und öffentlich gemacht nachdem es entdeckt worden ist und geeignete Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Problems getroffen. […] Alles in allem finde ich das recht gut nachvollziehbar und geradezu vorbildlich gehandhabt, und verstehe die Hysterie und das Fingerzeigen in der Berichterstattung nicht.”

May 16, 2010
One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages → james-iry.blogspot.com

“1987 - Larry Wall falls asleep and hits Larry Wall’s forehead on the keyboard. Upon waking Larry Wall decides that the string of characters on Larry Wall’s monitor isn’t random but an example program in a programming language that God wants His prophet, Larry Wall, to design. Perl is born.” (via czottmann)

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Indiegame: Braid (Win & Mac & XBox360)

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“Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time’s strangeness that creates the puzzles.” (YouTube Link)

May 12, 2010
HowTo: Delete Facebook Account → deletefacebook.com

Zum löschen des Accounts einfach die folgende Adresse besuchen und den Anweisungen folgen, im Anschluss wird der Account nach 14 Tagen gelöscht (wenn man sich nicht wieder einloggt).

https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010
New Programming Jargon → globalnerdy.com

“Fear-Driven Development: When project management adds more pressure, such as by firing a member of the team.”

“Pokemon Exception Handling: For when you just gotta catch ’em all!” …

May 10, 2010
Indiegame: The misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (Win & XBox360)

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“Der griesgrämige P.B. Winterbottom isst für sein Leben gerne Kuchen. Eines Tages beißt er bei seinen Beutezügen aber in das falsche Gebäck und bringt das Raumzeitgefüge aus dem Gleichgewicht. Fortan kann er die Zeit manipulieren und Klone seiner selbst erstellen. Im 2D-Plattformer The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom macht ihr euch diese Fähigkeit zu Nutze. Auf Knopfdruck erzeugt ihr Zeitklone, mit deren Hilfe ihr höhere Ebenen erreicht, Schalterrätsel löst oder Wippen in Bewegung setzt.” (YouTube Link)

May 5, 2010
StZ: Die Freiheit des Internets bewahren  → stuttgarter-zeitung.de

“Rechtspolitik Netzsperren sind der falsche Ansatz. Sie schaden undlösen die Probleme nicht. Von Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger”

May 4, 2010
The Humble Indie Bundle (Pay what you want) → wolfire.com

Pay what you want. If you bought these five games separately, it would cost around $80 but we’re letting you set the price!

All of the games work great on Mac, Windows, and Linux. We didn’t want to leave anyone out.

There is no middle-man. You can rest assured that 100% of your purchase goes directly to the developers and non-profits as you specify (minus credit card fees).

May 4, 2010
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