Monthly : October 2005

21 Oct

Unbelievable Optimization X

by Marco Mastropaolo

This is something which happened some years ago. There was some-project I won’t name(*) (let’s just say it was a server emulator of some popular MMORPG), with their development forum. I found a post suggesting an optimization they were going to implement. Basically the file saving phase was something like this : if (someplayer->hp != [...]

19 Oct

YaSudoku 0.2

by Marco Mastropaolo

In the past days there were a couple of requests for an update to YaSudoku (the ability to manually input a problem for later solving) and for a new proof of concept of DEP by passing. I’ve done only one of the updates, guess which from the title You can download the YaSudoku update from [...]

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13 Oct

ITP .. and I’m not dead!

by Marco Mastropaolo

Ok, so it’s quite some time since my last post.. but I’m only overloaded with things to do, this blog will be filled soon with some more material. Then, I’ve spent some time browsing wikipedia. I’ve read quite a number of stories/facts about mathematical and philosophical paradoxes (on which I’ve even done a minor contribution), [...]

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06 Oct

Max goes Maya

by Marco Mastropaolo

Autodesk will soon aquire Alias (the makers of Maya). Another monopoly in the world.

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