Theories Behind Magic Trinkets in Video Game and Virtual Reality by Lance Winslow
In Gaming we deal between Simulation, Augmented Reality, Fantasy and Virtual Reality. The best fantasy has some reality basis behind it. Trun your mind on for a second and let me explain. Having studied the ancient art and cultures and myths of ancient civilizations we know that many groups of... Yes, no kidding, very interesting, but it took how many years to get back the theories and basic ideas of over 200 years ago, with what was then modern science and although the ancient cultures did not fully understand how it worked they were aware of its power (my theory).

What is a Good Program Spec? by Tim Bryce
"Whenever you see a ratio of 1:4 analysts:programmers you will find systems analysis being performed at the wrong time and by the wrong person." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION Since the industry is preoccupied with producing software faster (and not necessarily better), let's stop and consider... This blueprinting approach also highlights the need for basic systems work in the earlier phases of design, with the programmers being the beneficiaries of more precise specifications (as opposed to vague concepts), thereby simplifying their job.

Second Life is What You Make of It by Madison Lockwood
Second Life (SL) is a privately owned, partly subscription-based 3-D virtual world, introduced in 2003 by West Coast company Linden Lab. Users can visit this virtual world almost as if it were a real place via their home computer and an internet connection. ... Beyond the entry level there is a tiered structure of fees; basic membership is $9.95 per month. ... Not only are visual elements popular, but music has become a standard component of the SL experience. ... Residents spend a quarter of the time they're logged in, tens of thousands of hours a day, creating things that become part of...

Desktop Search is Not Search - This One is and Has a Random Option by Doug Pederson
Where are all the Great Desktop Search applications? If put to the test, net Search programs, would not measure up to this Search. Net and Desktop Search are from opposite ends, of the search spectrum. Their PR / propaganda on the Web may look impressive. ... This Visual Basic program, has evolved over the past 6 years from a text Search Engine - Image Archive, to this Multimedia Player. ... See them, like you shoot them. ... Set the display time to 1/10 second, for play back. ... Play the first 5 seconds, from each of your video files.

Create ASP in Minutes by Rudolf Vanek
DBxtra goes ASP Getting to the information hidden within corporate databases has always been a problem for all levels of an organization. IT shops are constantly being pushed to produce more while having little time to accommodate reporting requirements. ... Ultimately created and ported over to the web server is an Active Server Page (.asp) that contains Visual Basic Script (VBScript), database connectivity (ODBC), and standard HTML, plus a style sheet (.css file) that contains the editing done through the GUI Designer.

Linux Power Tools - Great Tools to Make System Administration Easy by Amarjyoti Krishnan
World War II - Germany decided to attack Poland. Poland had many great warriors. They all prepared to fight the Germans. They were all ready with the best armor, the best and well trained horses, and ofcourse the best weapons , swords , spears .... And the Pols were brave and were ready to give... It has two basic items used to organize your notes - “Books” and “Pages”. ... LyX lets you concentrate on writing, leaving details of visual layout to the software. ... LyX (http://www.lyx.org) is an example of a great document processor.

Credit Card Fraud Prevention Using PHP and MYSQL Database by Ivy Tang
Credit card fraud has become pervasive on the Internet. According to MasterCard International, account takeover fraud has increased by 369% since 1995. It has become one of the fastest growing types of fraud, and one of the more difficult to combat. More than $700 million in online sales were... It is the perfect solution to automate the fraud detection using client side programming languages like C++ & Visual Basic; or service side programming languages like ASP, PHP, JSP and CFML. ... For example, company XYZ received a credit-card order from IP address 161.139.12.3.

Web Standards by Mike Vollmer
HTTP Protocol The web is run on port 80. You are probably wondering what "port 80" is, right (whether you actually are or not is irrelevant)? Well, the answer is easy (not really). See, the Internet and the web are different. The Internet is the infrastructure (ie the physical wires, the server... Hiding your Connection If you have a copy of Visual Basic 6, making a web browser is easy, thanks to Winsock and the code templates included, so I will not put in an example of that. ... Instead I will explain cool and potentially dangerous things you can do to keep yourself safe.

Automating MS Excel Using Visual Studio.NET by Vahe Karamian
Introduction I have written this article to address requests I have been getting through e-mail on how to automate MS Excel. Most people who are looking at this article might also be interested at the following articles for automating MS Word documents. ... The framework will allow you to create an Excel object and control some of the basic functionalities such as getting worksheet information and extracting data from the worksheet given a range. ... If found return true; for( int i=1; i<=this.excelSheets.Count; i++ ) { this.excelWorksheet =...

OpenGL Terrain Generation - An Introduction by Vahe Karamian
Introduction NOTE: For the HTML version of this article with graphics and downloads please visit the following link: http://www.codeproject.com/opengl/OPENGLTG.asp I have always been interested in computer graphics and their applications. Data representation and visualization is one of the... Started with BASIC on Apple II computers then moved on to Pascal. ... At the age of 16 I got my first computer, and I started transferring the code over to Quick Basic. ... The solution was compiled using MS Visual Studio 2003, so you should be able to compile and run it easily.