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Arimaa is the first game designed specifically to be hard for computers to play, while easy for people. With its billions of combinations and push-me-pull-you gameplay conditional value strategy, it’s too much for brute force computing. And yet, it’s simple enough for a child to play [Time for user serviceable gadgets?
The price of the disposable culture, companies selling those “extra warranties”…The rising popularity of high-priced cellphones, notebook computers and MP3 players is starting to hit the hip pocket of insurance firms, which are now forking out millions of dollars for lost and broken gadgets. Link.
Time for user serviceable gadgets?
The price of the disposable culture, companies selling those “extra warranties”…The rising popularity of high-priced cellphones, notebook computers and MP3 players is starting to hit the hip pocket of insurance firms, which are now forking out millions of dollars for lost and broken gadgets. Link.
Unlock the PSP to full resolution with the PMF Player
Some caveats, but this is nice. Are you angry that Sony has limited your memory stick videos to “Nintendo DS” resolution? (320×240). Well, a PMF player has finally been released, allowing you to view clips at the PSPs Native Resolution (480×272). Link.
HOW TO play movies on TI Calculators
TI Calculator enthusiasts rejoice. A few weeks ago, Dan Englender released a new flash application usb8x. Usb8x is a driver that interfaces with the On-the-Go USB port in the TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. It is designed to be used by other programmers to create drivers for a variety of USB peripherals, including a keyboard and mouse. Link.
HOW TO – ROM hacking…
G4’s Attack of the Show has a short guide and software listing on how to edit game ROMs (the programs that run on Nintendo cartridges, emulators, etc). The really neat thing is you can change the graphics of games, add your own, as well as edit parameters in the games. Link.
CVS Camera hacking – “Do-it-yourselfers’ are not our target audience”
Nice little overview of the CVS hack from Alex Beam at the Globe – seems like they don’t mind the hacking…“It restored my faith in American ingenuity to see that electrical engineer/hardware tinkerer John Maushammer had taken the trouble to ”hack,” or modify, the new CVS disposable camcorder. After Maushammer’s intervention, described on the Make magazine website makezine.com, the $30 disposable camera becomes . . . reusable! That’s what I call a bargain”… Link.