Shining

by Marshall on December 8, 2006

Looks like a promising new indie film…

Four Fours

by Marshall on December 6, 2006

I just found out about a little math game called Four Fours. Basically what you try to do is try to represent integers using only the number 4 and a few common mathematical operators, for example: 0 = 4 – (…)

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The Math behind Google’s PageRank

by Marshall on December 6, 2006

The American Mathematical Society has a fairly indepth article on how Google computes the PageRank.

N. Korea and iPods

by Marshall on December 5, 2006

No iPods for Kim Jong Il.

Zudeo: Video Downloads

by Marshall on December 4, 2006

The folks that created Azureus, the ever popular bittorrent client, have released their “YouTube competitor”, Zudeo. It looks kinda neat, especially some of the HD content.

Need the Inverse Square Root of a Number, Fast?

by Marshall on December 1, 2006

Quake 3 has a the following bit of code to calculate the inverse square of an integer. The i = 0x5f3759df – (i >> 1); is the most curious part of the function, and apparently is has to do with (…)

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Asteroids Revenge!

by Marshall on December 1, 2006

Asteroids Revenge!Finally, the Asteriods Fight Back