MC2 Post 1772 WIRED calls it The Most Jaw Dropping Game Graphics in 20 Years

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Relax Folks, It's Just (basically) a  Roundup Gallery..... 
Which is OK. 
Nostalgia is Cool.
But we've come a Long way Baby...

        Wingman.

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From:   http://www.wired.com

Link:   http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/05/best-game-graphics-gallery?cid=16451184

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/mdtcvmj

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Myst 1993.   (Gee, I really hated this game.)

1994: Donkey Kong Country  (I'm playing this now on my Nexus 7 tablet and a  NES  emulator.)

1995: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island  (Ditto on this an NES emulator)

1996: Quake   (Made FPS a Classic )

1997: Final Fantasy VII

1998: Grim Fandango      (Gee, I really Dug This Game. )

1999: Soulcalibur

2000: Shenmue

2001: Pikmin

2002: Resident Evil (GameCube)  

('re-Invented'  in the RE movies with 'alice'  Mila Jovovich.
and according to Wikipedia:  Despite a mixed reaction from film critics, the franchise has collectively brought in US $915 million worldwide on a $248 million budget and is the most successful film series to be based on video games.)

2003: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Wake

2004: World of Warcraft

2005: Shadow of the Colossus

2006: Okami

2007: BioShock

2008: Mirror’s Edge

2009: Flower

2010: Limbo

2011: L.A. Noire

2012: Journey

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Video with a Vampire: Watch humans and vampires not get along in Nosgoth

From:   http://www.pcgamesn.com

Link:   http://www.pcgamesn.com/video-vampire-watch-humans-and-vampires-not-get-along-nosgoth

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/lou6cpu

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MC2 Post 1771 The "Crowd" That Has Money to Invest IS Doing It

Taking stock of 2013′s crowdfunded

Linux devices

What’s the latest status on all those cool embedded Linux and Android Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects of 2013? Most are moving forward, but delays are a common problem.

Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have emerged over the last two years as a prime launch path for embedded Linux and Android devices. Sometimes it’s hard to decide when to cover these products: when they first launch, or only when they’ve reach their funding goals?

Here at LinuxGizmos, we’ve done a bit of everything, including covering products before they’ve entered funding, or waiting to see if a product actually emerges. The following blurbs provide the latest updates on every product we’ve covered that went through a Kickstarter or Indiegogo funding round in 2013.




From:   http://linuxgizmos.com

Link:   http://linuxgizmos.com/2013-crowdfunded-linux-devices-update/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/pgkd5kh

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The Hardware "Game".

NSA catalog lets agents deliver cloned hardware to targets

A new examination of the seemingly bottomless well of Snowden documents describes an internal NSA catalog of dead ringers for consumer hardware that the NSA can deploy on unsuspecting targets' systems.

From:   http://www.slashgear.com

Link:   http://www.slashgear.com/nsa-catalog-lets-agents-deliver-cloned-hardware-to-targets-29310250/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/mk8zzxu

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Tom Merritt And Iyaz Akhtar  Gone on TNT.

 
One of the Best Shows on the TWIT Network.

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MC2 Post 1770 Three New Bumps For the Road Ahead

New Geeksphone to run Android 

and Firefox OS on x86

From:   http://linuxgizmos.com

Mozilla’s hardware partner for unlocked Firefox OS phones revealed that it is prepping a new phone that will run both Android and Firefox OS, on an Intel processor.

Not much was heard this month from the early leader in the new wave of mobile Linux operating systems, Firefox OS. However, on Dec. 20, Spanish hardware designer Geeksphone, which has previously introduced the Peak, Peak+, and Keon phones running Firefox OS, tipped a new phone called the Revolution that it will “market” in the first quarter of 2014. The Revolution will ship with Android, but also supports Firefox OS, and other presumably Linux-based “alternatives.”

Link:   http://linuxgizmos.com/new-geeksphone-to-run-android-and-firefox-os-on-x86/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/mun8be8

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First Samsung Tizen phone hits the FCC?

Samsung’s first Tizen phone reportedly will debut at Mobile World Congress Feb. 23, and will reach consumers in Europe and Japan in the second half of 2014.

From:   http://linuxgizmos.com

Link:   http://linuxgizmos.com/first-samsung-tizen-phone-hits-fcc/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/lunce2e

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Ubuntu/Android dual-boot preview emerges

The Ubuntu project has released a preview version of Ubuntu that enables dual-booting Ubuntu and Android on a single smartphone or tablet.

In October, Canonical’s Ubuntu project released Ubuntu 13.10 the first release of Ubuntu that could be loaded onto Samsung-built Galaxy Nexus and LG-manufactured Nexus 4 Android phones. Now, the project has released a developer preview of a version of Ubuntu that lets you dual-boot Android 4.2 or higher and the Ubuntu Touch UI at the click of an icon.

Link:   http://linuxgizmos.com/ubuntu-android-dual-boot-developer-preview-released/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/mbwlcvj

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What's  the Big SCARE from Beacon Demo on TWIET # 72

How did it Scared the pants off the Twiet Riot Crew???

Link:  http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-enterprise-tech/72

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Cosmic neutrinos named Physics World 2013 

Breakthrough of the Year

The Physics World award for the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year goes to "the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory for making the first observations of high-energy cosmic neutrinos". Nine other achievements are highly commended and cover topics ranging from nuclear physics to nanotechnology

Link:   http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/13/cosmic-neutrinos-named-physics-world-2013-breakthrough-of-the-year

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MC2 Post 1769 Learning How to Ride The Rails of the RUBY Express

Ruby on Rails Tutorial

Learn Web Development with Rails

Michael Hartl

This Free Tutorial has been called one of the best for learning a difficult set of 'programs' for Web Development.

From:   http://ruby.railstutorial.org

Link:   http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book#sec-1_2_1_4

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/kfxob2c

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Unless otherwise noted, you should use the exact versions of all software used in the tutorial, including Rails itself, if you want the same results. Sometimes minor version differences will yield identical results, but you shouldn’t count on this, especially with respect to Rails versions. The main exception is Ruby itself: 1.9.3 and 2.0.0 are virtually identical for the purposes of this tutorial, so feel free to use either one.

 
Rails Installer (Windows)

 
It's Best to Run both Ruby and Rails on an Apple or Linux Machine.  If you must use a Windows Platform, then you can best run Ruby and Rails in a Virtual Machine  (like  Oracle's VM VirtualBox) running almost any recent Distro of Linux.  It plays nicer there.

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Learning About Ruby on Rails on Wikipedia, 

the free encyclopedia.

Link:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails

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Stick a Linux Podcast in your Ear and Learn More

  About Software Development

 

If You're Not Afraid of Learning Something

Start Here.
 

I listen on my Nexus 7 Tablet running the Stitcher app. 

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MC2 Post 1768 Is It TIME for Another Netflix Blinge ???

Cruise and Gibson  GONE!

"Like Pages in a Book..."

*Scene

'Top Gun' and 'Braveheart' among movies disappearing from Netflix on January 1st

From:  http://www.theverge.com

Over the years, Netflix's customers have grown accustomed to a revolving selection of movies and TV shows. The company's licensing deals often result in some films disappearing after spending time in Netflix's streaming library. Unfortunately, it looks like the beginning of 2014 will mark the end of  Watch Instantly rights for dozens of popular titles including Top Gun, Braveheart, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Netflix displays an "expiration date" whenever content is added to your personal queue, but the company has made it difficult to monitor those losses on a larger scale.

 

Thankfully some Redditors have proven up to the task; they've assembled a list of notable titles that are due to be removed as we ring in 2014. The entire casualty list — which also includes Being John Malkovich, Titanic, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July — can be viewed in full here, meaning the VERGE's Page on the List...

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See the FULL  (redditors)  LIST  at the Sites Linked Below, 

and Binge Away  sweeties.

 

Before 2013 Is Gone!

Wingman.

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Link:   http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/27/5248302/top-gun-braveheart-among-movies-disappearing-from-netflix-january-1-2014

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/mh8t8ma

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The *Scene at the top is One of my Favorites from Raymond Bradbury's:
 

"Something Wicked This Way Comes"  (Not on NetFlix, by the way.)

Where Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) 
Scares the  Beejeebers out of us 

by tearing away the Years left to 
 Jason Robards' Life

Like Pages From a Book.

A Classic Bradury Scene.

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MC2 Post 1767 Santa Anita's Opening Day and CES is only 12 Days Away

From:   http://www.santaanita.com/

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Las Vegas, NV

JANUARY 7-10, 2014

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The Days of Chrome are Upon US!

Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/23/apple-mac-pro-review-2013/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/po2ccsd

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Apple Mac Pro review (2013)

Apple released an updated version, and it addresses a little more than just the wireless card and I/O options. Redesigned from the ground up, it's now much smaller and lighter, with a space-age cylindrical shape, an overhauled cooling system that's half as loud and a spec sheet that includes standard dual GPUs, PCIe SSDs, 802.11ac WiFi, up to 64GB of RAM and the latest Intel Xeon processors, once again going up to 12 cores.

 

In short, these are specs that bring the Mac Pro into the modern age -- and make it ready to handle 

the coming onslaught of 4K content.

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A New Gadget Descends on Gadgetrocity  

(wingman's home)

Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player

Link:  http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/?gclid=CMnhxaWYzrsCFcKDQgodlxwAMA

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/m82qtaj

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MC2 Post 1766 A Soon as a MP Chip become "The Hot Chip" in Cell Phones

Someone Adapts it  for SBC and of course Linux.

Why?

Simple.

    

Linux is Open Source and pretty darn 

Stable And Powerful. 

 

It's also a primary choice for Big Boxes aka

 SuperComputers.

 

$59 Open SBC runs Linux on Quad-Core Exynos

From:   http://linuxgizmos.com

Hardkernel and its community Odroid project have announced an open-hardware single board computer based on Samsung’s quad-core 1.7GHz Exynos 4412 Prime SoC.

 

The Odroid-U3 is claimed to be “100 percent software compatible” with the Odroid-U2 that began shipping in Dec. 2012 and is now being discontinued. As with other Odroid SBCs, the U3 runs a variety of Linux OSes including Android, and is supported with discussion forums, schematics, source code, and documentation available at the Odroid open hardware community website.

 

In comparison to the older Odroid-U2, the Odroid-U3 SBC offers three, rather than two, USB Host ports. It also adds a small 8-pin I/O header with UART, IRQ, I2C, and GPIO signals, plus DC power. The new I/O header lets the Odroid-U3 stack with like-sized I/O expansion boards, such as the Odroid-U3 I/O Shield shown below.

Link:   http://linuxgizmos.com/open-sbc-runs-linux-on-quad-core-exynos-4412/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/mg7e6wj

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MC2 Post 1765 BlackBerry Will Try to Stay Mobile while Analysts Scratch Heads

BlackBerry posts 3Q loss of $4.4B.

From:   http://www.tri-cityherald.com

BlackBerry also announced Friday that it's entering into a five-year partnership with Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles products in vast factories in China.

Foxconn, known for its manufacturing contract work on Apple's iPhones and iPads, will jointly design and manufacture most BlackBerry devices and manage inventory of the devices in an agreement that will offload much of BlackBerry's manufacturing costs.

Link:   http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/12/20/2739916/blackberry-posts-3q-loss-of-44b.html

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/l2dpq3q

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MC2 Post 1764 A Little Bit of Linux-Sighted News Here and There

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1.    Roku gains YouTube    Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/roku-gains-youtube/
Dec 17, 2013
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2.    $38 Android tablet the new king of cheap
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/38-android-tablet-the-new-price-king/
Dec 17, 2013
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3.    RJ45-sized Linux networking server goes IPv6
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/rj45-sized-linux-networking-server-goes-ipv6/
Dec 14, 2013
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4.    ARM/FPGA module offers PCIe and HSMC expansion
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/arm-fpga-module-offers-pcie-and-hsmc-expansion/
Dec 13, 2013
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5.    Mini-PCs support analog and IP video surveillance
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/mini-pcs-support-analog-and-ip-video-surveillance/
Dec 12, 2013
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6.    Linux-ready 3.5-inch SBC rides on AMD SoC
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/linux-ready-3-5-inch-sbc-with-amd-g-series-soc/
Dec 12, 2013
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7.    Linux-ready module features quad-core AMD SoC
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/linux-ready-module-features-quad-core-amd-soc/
Dec 11, 2013
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8.    BeagleBone Black gains 720p camera cape
                Link: http://linuxgizmos.com/beaglebone-black-gains-720p-camera-cape/
Dec 10, 2013
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9.    AirPlay alternative mirrors and streams to TVs and PCs
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/airplay-alternative-mirrors-and-streams-to-tvs-and-pcs/
Dec 10, 2013
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10.    Open source IoT alliance taps Qualcomm AllJoyn
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-iot-inititiative-taps-qualcomm-alljoyn-framework/
Dec 10, 2013
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 11.    Haswell Mini-ITX boards get expansive
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-iot-inititiative-taps-qualcomm-alljoyn-framework/
Dec 9, 2013   
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12.    Linux-based Tor gadget protects IP identity
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/linux-based-tor-device-protects-internet-identity/
Dec 9, 2013
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13.    Customizable Android tablet is MIL-SPEC rugged
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/android-tablet-offers-mil-spec-ruggedization/
Dec 6, 2013
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14.    Embedded Linux dev tools speed up
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/embedded-linux-development-tools-speed-up/
Dec 6, 2013
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15.    Open-spec Neo900 phone heads toward production
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Dec 6, 2013
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16.    Linux drone hijacks other drones in mid flight
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/linux-drone-hijacks-other-drones-in-mid-flight/
Dec 5, 2013

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17.    Marvell SoC targets Jelly Bean-ready Google TV
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/marvell-updates-its-google-tv-soc/
Dec 5, 2013
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18,    Industrial computer runs Linux on quad-core i.MX6
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/industrial-computer-runs-linux-using-quad-core-i-mx6/
Dec 3, 2013
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19.    Android eyewear beats Google Glass to market
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/android-based-eyewear-device-beats-google-glass-to-market/
Dec 3, 2013
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Embedded developer Robert Feranec

20.    Free seminar unravels mysteries of ARM hacking
                Link:  http://linuxgizmos.com/free-seminar-unravels-mysteries-of-arm-hardware-and-software-hacking/
Dec 2, 2013
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