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Attached is a Linux port for an x264 benchmark from here – in both i386 and amd64 form. See how you compare to XP-based machines! Download x264 benchmark

The Xbox 360 is, today, the best current-generation games console. It has the best online experience, and the widest selection of top-tier games. However, it’s enormously unreliable compared to the competition and its predecessors. And, lo and behold, mine’s busted. There are some horror stories concerning Xbox 360 returns, so I thought I’d document the [...]

This script, written in Python, enables you to control a Linux-based PC using Sony’s PLAYSTATION 3 remote (capitalization theirs not mine). For a video of the remote in action, see here. Python’s certainly not my language of choice, but it is based on a previous script downloaded from here, which itself is based on a [...]

We were tasked, when I was an undergrad, with a 3D graphics project: “Make an animation about a robot”. I rather liked my effort, so I’ve attached it here. Requires a C compiler, and GLUT headers/libraries. Ought to be happy on Windows, Linux or Mac (no Mac binary included though) Download Bob the Robot here

Doomsday is my favorite Doom engine replacement. It makes the game look really rather pretty. However, the command-line parameters are a pain. The Windows version of Doomsday used to come with a simple Visual Basic UI called “Kickstart”, and I ported it to Linux using GTK2-Perl. I believe there’s a new UI for both versions [...]

[UPDATE] I neglect this site a little sometimes. I’m now providing a more focused set of Mono packages for the latest long-term release of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron. Found on the same URL. This seems as good a place to start as any. For a while now, I’ve been producing a set of packages for the [...]

FOR THE ATTENTION OF: David Cameron MP Witney Monday 11 September 2006 Jo Shields 41 The Springs Witney Oxon OX28 4AJ directhex@apebox.org Dear David Cameron, It seems the current government has been working hard to prevent impossible people (http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/08/the_uk_terror_p.html) from doing impossible things (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/flying_toilet_terror_labs/) though the exciting phenomenon known as Airport Security Theatre. As a [...]

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Take a large (800+) user help channel, and consider the population makeup. Out of those 800, very few have any useful knowledge or experience to offer – about 750 of those 800 are merely idlers with nothing to say, porno spambots, or other internet flotsam. The remaining 50 can be subdivided into about 20% with [...]

The record industry, in its infinite wisdom, is fighting the good fight against the dangerous terrorists known as ‘consumers’. These shady individuals are known not only to buy music, but to play it how they see fit as well! This criminal underclass, with sloping brow and tiny brains, must (understandably) be controlled. So, enter the [...]