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29. November 2007
Nerd 2.0

HD PC from ALDI Sensation! Or not?

Once again, there are of ALDI in the run a PC with a number of multimedia functions.

Sun is the first discounter Aldi in Germany, a PC with HD-DVD and BluRay disc player. In addition, the device is fully suitable for connecting to other devices as TFT or CRT, for HDMI and Scart connections are available.

But how the PC is really suitable for the new media?

According to Heise is doing not only the Windows Media interface of Windows Vista, the built-in TV card with difficult, but also the pre-installed software "TV Central" is not stable.

At the most violent is probably that the preinstalled version of Power DVD regional code correctly reads from the drive, but here indicates that this is America and no longer can change.

Conclusion: No German HD-DVDs with PowerDVD or BlueRays.

An update could not fix the error, but looks like a multimedia PC?

Answer the question today have probably several thousand buyers of PCs with a "clear yes." I'll stay as comfortable with Yourself ".

28. November 2007
Nerd 2.0

Music industry shows us the finger!

Already far gone through the blogosphere, the message is now on for me too. What am I in Gulli and read the note blog has found, can always be proud of.

After the music industry (BVMI) and on the Web 2.0 train has jumped Federal Association and its website " www.musikindustrie.de has newly designed ".

But what can you see between all the new content quite beautiful website? Of course, one count of illegal downloads since the 01 January 2007. If you look at the entire page after all the source code and look at some element separated from the rest of the site calls, you come suddenly on this:

Whether this was simply the attitude of the creator of the counter now, or a hidden mockery of the visitors is not yet clear.

But the fact is that the middle finger is now gone from the side.

With the further message in the source code, like "This website is powered by TYPO3 - people to share! Inspiring" can be rather adhere to, license policies considered as a change of course. Gulli otherwise would have with "This website is brought to you by TYPO3 - get.content.right" yes sharing his enemy when the music industry un the day should come first.

Your Body-Snatcher

24. November 2007
Nerd 2.0

Peer-to-peer (P2P) client in 15 & 6 lines!

While successively more and more in exchange networks in the eye of investigators of music, software and film industry and the development and the quest for progress is on the other side and on.

So with Ed Felten have TinyP2P and Matthew Skala with Molestar shown how easy it is to network with the simplest means to create a P2P. For, especially in the two programs that its developers sought after the most minimal. Thus TinyP2P just 15 lines of Python - and tops code Molestar all in with 6 lines of Ruby.

I think in near future there will be some more interesting developments in the P2P and maybe then, finally, the bug-proof, anonymous, decentralized P2P network.

Your Body-Snatcher

Sources: taragana.com , olav.net

Nerd 2.0

Bookmarking designs new!

From today you can now more easily add items from my blog in your favorite social bookmarking services.

Just click on "Save & Deploy" and you will open a list of the bookmarking services available to you.

This new version has replaced the old bookmarks, because the new design is still far from clear.

Realized the whole thing was based on the "Save & Tell" - Plugin by Jott, which formerly as the German version of Share This is started.

Have fun with this post wishes Body-Snatcher

14. November 2007
Nerd 2.0

Runs Unreal Tournament III on my computer?

So now after the fourth installment of the Unreal Tournament series was released, one wonders now why I must be 50 € for NEN game but the issue has been almost 4 parts has not changed. This has very aptly inUnreal.de written.

A total of us, the next part of Unreal Tournament has really excited. As the only major criticism is probably just the menu, which, of not only part of the setting, but also the navigation is sometimes cumbersome. Its appearance seems to be not everyone's thing, but this is a matter of taste. Really important, but this is ultimately not in the face of a very successful game play, which should satisfy all fans, especially the first part of the series.

Strong weapons and items, and the Movement have repeatedly memories from UT1. We were able, thanks to Alienware's hardware not only enjoy video on a really high level, the game also features action never stops. In Warfare and Vehicle CTF-manages Epic of mass action to breathe even a nice tactical depth.

Through the single player mode, we can not write anything as we were asked to leave before this outside. As a person of us had not noticed but we do not want to break our agreements with Midway, that person can confirm this, only the positive aspects of the Hands-On Report from planet unreal. The multiplayer mode is expected to provide in any case in this part for a lot of long-term motivation.

Epic closes from buyers?

After this is quite convincing but for the new part, there is still a big question? If the game with me at all, because the requirements in the hardware have increased thanks to huge new graphics. The closed probably for many potential players, for the official requirements but are already well above the average PC.

Minimum system requirements:

  • CPU with at least 2.0 GHz
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Nvidia Geforce 6200 + or ATI Radeon 9600 +
  • 8 GB free hard disk space

Recommended system requirements:

  • 2.4 + GHz Dual Core Processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX + or ATI Radeon x1300 +
  • 8 GB free hard disk space

What is UT at me from?
The exact answer to the question of how UT will look to his own computer shows, this little tool:

UT3 System Score

Have fun with the new part, I may make a recommendation on each case.

Body-Snatcher