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yassim
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Comment #39128031
If I was being paranoid, Id say this is ground softening/ giving cover for, the councils to sell off allotment land, to make up for shortfalls in their budgets. Allotments are chun…
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Comment #11894089
Thanks for the example code.
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Comment #11629347
Thats also a Douglas Adams quote from HHGTTG.
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Comment #11437549
Spyro: Year of the Dragon also tried the game glitch copy protection route. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131439/keeping_the_pir...
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Comment #11282031
I find C++ encourages more pointer use by default, which implies all things are in memory at all the time. C on the other hand has this less implicitly, so things such as handles, …
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Comment #10215478
Hi, Another Game dev here. Firstly, neat article, thanks for writing it. I'm curious as to the problem you're exploring/solving here? "Concatenated struct's in single chunk" is a n…
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Comment #8487089
Some interesting rewards in the Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverbo... I do like the White box idea. I wonder though at the price where they s…
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Comment #7252054
Thank you for the link. I wonder if Tinker Tots is now having a surge of traffic.
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Comment #6145924
Forgive my ignorance, but what does 'LTS' stand for?
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Comment #5742868
Wonderful links. Thankyou.
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Comment #5040314
What was the query? I'd really like to know if it used bullshit correctly? Sure could/should/must not be used to advertise the tech, but If I had a pocket watson, I'd have no probl…
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Comment #4405949
Thankyou.
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Comment #4103666
I'm curious. >9. Latest research proves that Flame is indeed linked to Stuxnet.... Whats the chance that this "Resource 207" is some 3rd party module that more than 1 developer had…
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Comment #3742411
I did really want it to be real, but I now wondering how long till it is. There were enough very clue-y people say "yeah, the physics might actually work". I'm sure it has inspired…
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Comment #3711043
There is also the possibility of a Joker pushing somebody (possibly multiple to be sure) else onto the grenade, thus saving their life and causing destruction. Which has 2 possible…
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Comment #3700880
There is plenty of fiction thats explored some side of the idea. Neal stephenson "the diamond age" is probably a good example. To my mind though, this is only 1/2 of the problem. m…
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Comment #3619564
Okay, I'm loving the idea. I can see this being great for indi stuff. Probably less hassle than hiring VO talent and a studio.
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Comment #3596547
"A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points." (Alan Kay and others) Basicly I think its because they have different points of view on problems we can find similarities in.
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Comment #3593146
Thanks. I'm surprised that actually worked here since proxy information is also semi locked down. I shall have to remember this trick in future.
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Comment #3592540
Thanks. Work fine without logging in.
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Comment #3592075
Thankyou. I cant read the article from work as we block anything with the word games in the meta tags. But your post gave me most of the gist as well as making me smile with what y…
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Comment #3502651
Did theirs? Can real numbers be shown of the money that was generated by piracy with this service vs money that was not? My guess is from this point we will never know the real unb…
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Comment #3497911
By percentage, no the fans that wait in line for a week is not huge. but the free advertising that the news gives them with the"wow look at the weirdos" spots I'm sure adds some we…
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Comment #3478115
Thanks for that. At the moment I can't see it in AU. I still get the monkey king.
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Comment #3458301
I would also expect them to know how it works _all_ the way down through the OS, which can also have an impact on performance. IE, they know how the supporting systems operate thus…