Vyoma
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Yes prorip, you are right.
What you were saying about the 'quick responses' and 'small amount of space' made me go through Michael Abrash's books mentally. (I am like total fan of his works. I worship him - maybe because only his books where available back in those days on assembly, optimization and graphics put together).
I would like to tell you all one of the trick that he had up his sleeve, one that explained where to go for optimization. Consider the following pseudo code (with the relative time taken in the square brackets):
START
TASK A [10]
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TASK B [10]
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TASK C [120]
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TASK D [10]
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LOOP 500 TIMES
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TASK E [10]
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TASK F [40]
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END LOOP
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(the logic moves on)
Say, the values in the square bracket are time take for the task to be done when written in a 3GL (3rd Generation Language).
Now, if you notice the above code, on the first glance, we would jump at optimizing task C, since it takes way too much time. But according to Michael Abrash, and what I have found myself, optimization should be done for those that are repetitive. In the above example, Task F should be optimized.
Let us look at both the cases.
1. Case 'Task C' reduced to 50%:
Time saved = 120 - (120 x 50%) = 60
2. Case 'Task F' reduced to 50%:
Time saved = 500 x (40 - (40 x 50%)) = 500 x (40 - 20)
= 500 x 20 = 10000
3. Case 'Task F' reduced to 75%:
Time saved = 500 x (40 - (40 x 75%)) = 500 x (40 - 30)
= 500 x 10 = 5000
As can be seen, when both the optimization lead to reduction to 50%, optimizing Task F is better. (Case 1 Vs Case 2)
Even when Task F is reduced to only 75% as opposed to the whooping 50% of Task C, the time saved for Case 3 is way higher than that of Case 1. (Case 1 Vs Case 3).
Now these case are theoretical, but trust me, real-case senarious are a lot closer to this than we think.
Oops! I got carried away.
Hope this not way off track, but what I was making a point is that Assembly when used with right strategy can lead to powerful applications. -
During the design phase, I was going through many articles and resources. I was also looking out for how best to modularize the final layout. That is when I stumbled across CSS Zen Garden. http://www.csszengarden.com/
You need to visit the site to realize the beauty of the site. I usually restrain myself from making such remarks but I have to give it to this site. Going through this site, really affected the personal CMS project I am undertaking. It made me revisit the option of using CSS.
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Yes, as Quatrux said, it does not have enough Christmas feel to it. The Christmas colors would involve, semi-dark green, bright read, and white with light-blue tinge. The green for the christmas trees, the bright read for the Santa Claus attire and the white with blue-tinge for the snow. You may add a silver or gold bells. (I am just trying to set the mood here for you to work on the Sig). Do not just make only what I said above, but theme it over your earlier Sig, or over your earlier Sig theme. I hope I am making sense.Also, make it a bit more assymetric.
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OK. It was the firewall problem.There was no problem with the cPanel.Sorry for the false alarm.
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As I said earlier, I want to design and code a CMS myself. There is nothing like hands-on practicals that would teach me all the concepts and tricks. After that I may shift to something else.It is something like:
I need to reinvent the wheel,
'Cause I need to feel the thrill!
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Well, the point is that I do know of all those CMS, but what I wanted to do was to design and code one of my own. I want to know what it takes to create a CMS in terms of implementation. For that sake, I would like some design documentation or something of that sorts, that gives me the architectural and functional views. If there are none, that is fine. I will try to work something out, and may be
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Here is what I felt I need - a simple content management system. I have a lot of things that I need to put on the web, and by now, I am pretty much tired of repetitively coding in HTML. So, I need to resort to a Content Management System (CMS). I know there are a lot of CMS around, a lot of free ones too. One that seems good being PHPNuke.
But, as I said, I need a pretty simple CMS. Simple in the keyword. So, I thought about designing a system for myself. That would ensure that I would learn a lot during the process. So are there any resources that you would like to point me at, that would be of help? More in terms of architecture design and such? Because that is the phase I am presently at.
I would be keeping track of things on how I proceed at my blog. The link is: My Blog for those who wish to see for themselves. [Moderators, please remove this, if it is not appropriate to post link].
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Can you try using firefox instead once ? None of us are having the problem with firefox. In case you can't use anything other than IE, let me know, I'll see what can be done.
Also try accessing it through: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ and see if it works.
I actually do not have much of a choice on the browser, since I do not have a PC and internet connection at home. But I think, I do know the problem.
It may be due to firewall issues on that particular port from where I browse.
I will try from somewhere else and then let you know.
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Welcome Maxam.These forums are for coding-interested people and many other kinds too. (ruben, I am not trying to contradict you. Please do not kill me! I want to live! *ahem! Sorry, just being nice.)Anyway, you can find a lot of people around here that have a different set of talents. These are divided as sections, that inlcude programming, designing, gaming, science and technology and so on and so forth.You can post around here with your opinions and knowledge, and that way we help each other.Again, welcome to Xisto, Maxman.
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Me? A graphic designer/pro?I do not know that for sure.
I mean, I have been skecting and drawing since I was in 4th or 5th grade (Most of my works of those times have been fed to fire). And soon, I was into CG, a bit of 3D designing, a bit of photography(I am bad at this), a bit of comic-making, a lot of gaming and roleplaying, and lately I am into guitar. And yes, all along, I have been a bit of programmer, and now that is kind of related to my job.Come to think of it, I am not a graphic designer by profession. But some times, I tend to get good results.
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well asm sucks on an x86, as i looked around it, it is best to program assembly for the dead m68k and PPC processors, but asm is such a language, that it is quite hard to make it run smoothly in a short time, especially if the code is more serious, it is hard to port the applications written in assembly too. :/
ASM sucks on an x86? Well, cannot exactly agree with that. I remember, I made a brick like game during my Engineering study all on a x86 Real mode platform. You move on to Protected mode, then it really gets tougher. But again, I do not know much about m68k, so I may be wrong.
Assembly, by nature should be very hard to port. Assembly used on its own cannot, in my opinion make amazing programs. But, what you can do is, build the most repetitive and basic funtionality of your program in Assembly, wrap it up in a function, and then you can use it in any high level language. This is where the actual power lies. It is one of the techniques used by Michael Abrash as can be quite evident when one reads through his books, Zen of Game Programming, or the Black Book. Note here though, that my opinions are limited by the scope of graphics and game programming, and I may not be accurate in other domains of applicaitons.
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Well, it is more of a writing-thrill than gaming. (May be I should not have put this thread here).The concepts of time can be managed, and I have seen systems which do it beautifully, and they rarely bogs one down. And, since it is usually a small community, when there are people playing against each other, a GM (moderator) comes into picture. It all settles quite well.I actually am a GM in one of such forums, and people play by writing. There have yet not been any player vs player, but there have been quite a bit of player vs NPC. As a GM, I was moderating such threads.The amazing part is that the story that comes up as a end result can be quite amazing, since it was not done by one person but many. And if it is a GM moderated thread, the story is very coherent with that of the realm.
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m^e said:
The requests can be made in any of the relevant forums.
Well m^e, that is what I was suggesting. Have one section where people can make requests, and that can be made a no-post-count zone. The pros of such a approach is, people just no where to look if they feel like they have some time to spare and their talents could be of use.
It was those links that you suggested, made me think in this terms.
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Hmmm...There does not seem to be one. Well ...fine. I think I will work something out. Maybe I will program the games myself, now that I have got a website hosted at Xisto.Anyway, thank you guys for the input.
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I am using IE. I cleared all the temporary internet files, and tried again.
The error is persistant. Oddly I can visit http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ but not http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. -
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Shoot! I should not have said that. Sorry for double posting, but I seem to be having a problem with the cPanel now.
When I try to access http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, I get the follwoing error:The page cannot be displayed There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.
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Please try the following:
Open the http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
Click the Refresh button, or try again later.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.
You can also see a list of related sites.
HTTP 500 - Internal server error
Internet Explorer
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Well you could make the section not provide any hosting credits. Something like these Help sections or the Music sections. That way, people who post in these section do not get any credits, but one would be providing them with a platform where we can talk about it.
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Yes curare, I have to agree with you in terms of the fact that Google cares about copyrights. It is just another part of the almost-good image they have.What worries me though is that, they are a almost-perfect-good image. I mean, even if they are doing something hideous, and they are able to cover it up, then imagine what they are capable of. I mean, they would be having a major impact and say on the lives in the future, where the future promises to be more cyber-intensive.(This is just a speculation and not based on anyfacts).
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Here is what I suggest:Have a section for Work Requests. Here people can ask for something to be done, in return for Hosting credits. I know by now that Hosting Credits are of real value, and I would love to trade using them for getting some work done that requires talents or resources that I do not have. So, someone requests for a work to be done. Someone else does the work and the person who requested, pays him/her with Hosting Credits. Requests could range from, graphic requests, sig requests, write-ups, and such things.That would mean someone would have to prepare a draft for a guidelines on posting there - you know, that explains what a fair deal would be like. And yes, you may need to subdivide them into further sections later, but may not be necessary in the begining. But later one may require to do it. And may be, a moderator to handle the section.This would help in community interaction, people will know each others work much better.I am sorry if this is an idea laready implemented. If so, could you please point me to that section.
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Yes, m^e. I was able to access my cPanel. Everything seems fine now. I am off to designing my website.
Moderator may close this thread. It has served its purpose.
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Here are some of the games I tried, atleast the demo:DaggerfallFinal Fantasy VIIDiabloDiablo II (and expansion)RagnarokA3What do I like the most? Diablo II - with the Lord of Destruction expansion set. That is, in my terms, one of the amazing and addicting experience I had and I am having. It is like I go and kill Baal, then I go again with a harder level. Then there are different characters I can try the same thing. Then there is this Battle.net where I can do the same again with my friends.
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The Good: The background - I like the way you got the effect even when on closer observation, it looks like a image is tiled over and over again. As I said, the good part is that it is not noticeable.
The Bad: The ships on either side to the Sig. I like the blending, but work on the proper angle for the ships. The right one is way into the profile look, but not a good one since there are less details.
The Ugly: The head in the middle of the Sig. What you should really work on is something called a one-third rule. I will try to explain.
+-----+-----+-----+
|.....|.....|.....|
+----(1)---(2)----+
|.....|.....|.....|
+----(3)---(4)----+
|.....|.....|.....|
+-----+-----+-----+
Say, the sheet is in a almost 4:3 or 3:2, width to height ratio.
Then, divide the width into 3 equal parts and do the same with the height. Now you get the zones 1, 2, 3 and 4. There are good focus point of the subject. This is where one should place the images.
Note that it is just a guide, and one has to tinker around with the positioning. That is where your skill as a designer comes into picutre. But do not place a picture in the middle.
Do not take offence. I am just giving some suggestions. Take it or trash it.
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In one sense, yes, the Google is feared. But it is feared by its competitors in the field it moves.As an end user, it is good for me. Competitors should be fearing each other. That would make it possible for a drive to serve better. And who profits from good service? End-users.There are some services provided by Google that made them beat the other competitors atleast in terms of me as the sole end-user. Here are the services that I use from Google:-Search Engine: There is no denying they are good at it. It was rare that I went to any other search engine like Yahoo or AskJeeves, even long back when I started to use internet.-Friends gouping (Orkut): It is a good one, and I am connected to more of my friends there than Hi5 or something else.-Email (GMail): This, in my opinion is one of the most cherished of the Google's services I use. I mean, it is simple, robust and clutter free - what can beat that?-Marketing (AdSense and AdSearch): I have not been much of a fan about the link or banner exchanges and all the pay-for-click jargons. But these services from Google really made me think. I do not vouch for them yet, but I still have to try it out.-Blogging (Blogster): I was not much of a guy who maintained a journal or diary. But Blogs, in perspective of Blogster made it much more easier, and I have started doing it. I do not know how long it will trudge.I have a fair idea of the hiring criteria of Google and I have to tell that they have got a talented bunch working there.Yes. We should fear, for Google may just dominate the world.[Note: All information I provided here are my own opinion due to the experiences I have. I do not have exact proofs for the things I said, but I got a fair idea. So, do not rely on what I said. Go look for yourself.
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Xmas Sig japanese style
in Graphics, Design & Animation
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If you have drawn those images, then, I have to say, you are amazing.But even other wise, I like the Sig. Maybe you should have brought the saturation a bit less on the red and green in the background. Not much, but a little bit. Overall, I like it.