Category: Science & Geeks
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DirectX, back to the future
Whoever has been using DirectX software on Windows (and this means PC gamers, and only them) knows that you simultaneously need to continuously install new upgrades of the humongous software package from Microsoft in order to keep the best performance out of the PC games and the will to uninstall it or to come back…
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Crysis, the demo is coming
We are told that the demo for the Crysis PC video game will be available tomorow (Saturday) on a large number of game web sites. Update: The demo is now available. Beware! It’s no less than 1.7GB of a download. Go and fetch it from one of the following sites: FileFront Worthplaying Gamershell 3D Downloads…
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Storage on line
Tom’s Hardware just compared 7 online services for online storage of data. Take your storage online
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Spell-checking with Opera
I am in love with the Opera web browser. I use it for 99% of my web browsing, so it is also the tool I use when writing posts for the roumazeilles.net web site. The only thing that I did not have right out-of-the-box after download was the ability of checking my spelling (and several…
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Star War, the backstroke of the West
What happens when you translate English to Chinese to English? This is the question that should have been asked before translating the subtitles to Star Wars, the revenge of the Sith (or is it Star War, the backstroke of the West?) It’s so bad, that it may have been good to store it under “culture”.…
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Print all the world’s SPAM
In 1998, Nick Philip created an art installation willing to show the real volume of SPAM. An email address on nowhere.com forwards all SPAM it receives to fax machines that print it all.
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Lifehacker Top 10: Network utilities
The excellent LifeHacker web site has a good list of top network utilities.
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First astroport will be in New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico, will be the place to go in 2008 or 2009 when Virgin Galactic opens flights to space for business and tourism. In preparation, the SpacePort has to be built. URS Corporation and Foster + Partners have won the international competiton for soon-to-be-realized New Mexico Spaceport Authority Building. Passengers to the Moon,…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Mind Mapping Meetings
This Mind Mapping technique is essentially simple to use, but it can be useful or necessary to be guided not to let yourself wander around aimlessly. That is why I appreciated to find this Beginner’s Guide to Mind Mapping Meetings at FileHacker.