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Best Mouse For Programming?
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LosManos writes "Which is the best programming mouse? Mandatory musts are wireless, and that it doesn't clog up like old mechanical mice. Present personal preferences are for: lots of buttons, since if I have moved my hand away from the keyboard I can at least do something more than move the pointer; sturdy feeling; not too light, so it doesn't move around by me accidentally looking at it." What would you recommend?<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/215228/Best-Mouse-For-Programming?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/09/215228"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/215228/Best-Mouse-For-Programming?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/UNfO-gzevi8/Whats-the-Importance-of-Graphics-In-Video-Games
An anonymous reader writes "I develop games as a hobby. I've experimented with games on almost every platform available. For me, the gameplay is the most influential factor of a game, with history and graphics dividing second place. But, for some reason, it's not the technical beauty of the graphics that appeal to me. I have played Crysis, and I've played Pokémon games. The graphics of the Pokémon games entertain me as much as the graphics of Crysis. I think both are beautiful. So, why is the current generation of games giving so much importance to the realism in graphic games? I think it is sufficient for a game to have objects that are recognizable. For example, while the water in some games may not look as good as in Crysis, I can still tell it's water. What are your opinions on the current direction of game graphics? Do you prefer easy-to-render 3D scenes that leave space for beautiful effects, like with Radiosity, or more complex 3D scenes that try to be realistic?"<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/058250/Whats-the-Importance-of-Graphics-In-Video-Games?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/09/058250"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/058250/Whats-the-Importance-of-Graphics-In-Video-Games?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/gi_jWfId-ms/Small-High-Resolution-LCD-Monitors
An anonymous reader writes "I'm a veteran user of an old 17" Dell Trinitron CRT monitor. I run it at 1400x1050 with an 80Hz refresh rate — about as high as it goes before it'll go out of the monitor's scan range. More recently I've been looking to finally upgrade to an LCD monitor but found that, for the most part, every 17" monitor on the market runs natively at 1280x1024, as does every 19" monitor — I have to go for a 20" to go higher. Now yes, I know I'm complaining about just 120 pixels horizontal and 26 pixels vertical, but my laptop's 15" display runs natively at 1400x1050. Is there any standalone monitor on the market that'll natively do higher than 1280x1024 without killing my desk space?"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/2215254/Small-High-Resolution-LCD-Monitors?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/08/2215254"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/2215254/Small-High-Resolution-LCD-Monitors?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/0IFWAVsypLI/What-Would-You-Want-In-a-Large-Scale-Monitoring-System
Krneki writes "I've been developing monitoring solutions for the last five years. I have used Cacti, Nagios, WhatsUP, PRTG, OpManager, MOM, Perl-scripts solutions, ... Today I have changed employer and I have been asked to develop a new monitoring solution from scratch (5,000 devices). My objective is to deliver a solution that will cover both the network devices, servers and applications. The final product must be very easy to understand as it will be used also by help support to diagnose problems during the night. I need a powerful tool that will cover all I need and yet deliver a nice 2D map of the company IT infrastructure. I like Cacti, but usually I use it only for performance monitoring, since pooling can't be set to 5 or 10 sec interval for huge networks. I'm thinking about Nagios (but the 2D map is hard to understand), or maybe OpManager. What monitoring solution do you use and why?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/210241/What-Would-You-Want-In-a-Large-Scale-Monitoring-System?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/08/210241"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/210241/What-Would-You-Want-In-a-Large-Scale-Monitoring-System?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/5GHlbSt87cU/Tech-Or-Management-Beyond-Age-39
relliker writes "So here I am at age 39 with two contractual possibilities, for practically the same pay. With one, I continue being a techie for the foreseeable future — always having to keep myself up-to-date on everything tech and re-inventing myself with each Web.x release to stay on top. With the other, I'm being offered a chance to get into management, something I also enjoy doing and am seriously considering for the rest of my working life. The issue here is the age of my grey matter. Will I still be employable in tech at this age and beyond? Or should I relinquish the struggle to keep up with progress and take the comfy 'old man' management route so that I can stay employable even in my twilight years? What would Slashdot veterans advise at this age?"<p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/07/07/2256206/Tech-Or-Management-Beyond-Age-39?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/07/2256206"></a></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/07/07/2256206/Tech-Or-Management-Beyond-Age-39?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/RZ6Sy3LCDgk/Volunteer-Programming-For-Dummies
Tios writes "I've been studying programming languages (C++, Java, C, Visual Basic) on my own with the self-guided, basic textbooks and tutorials, and I'm starting to get tired of working with examples that are not put into real use. I'm motivated to utilize my programming potential, but I've not had any experience programming in a team environment with lead developers, mentors, or collaborators. If finding a programming job isn't an option, I wonder if I could volunteer for programming in an open-source community. If this is a good idea, how do I start? What resources are out there that could get me oriented in volunteering? What kind of basic projects are out there, with a supportive team/mentor for me to develop, practice, learn, and contribute?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/07/1440247/Volunteer-Programming-For-Dummies?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/07/1440247"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/07/1440247/Volunteer-Programming-For-Dummies?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/ikHJnmdBbVA/RAID-Trust-Issues-mdash-Windows-Or-a-Cheap-Controller
NicApicella writes "My new system has two sparklin' SATA drives which I would like to mirror. After having been burned by a not-so-cheap, dedicated RAID controller, I have been pointed to software RAID solutions. I now stand in front of two choices for setting up my RAID: a Windows 7 RC software RAID or a hardware RAID done by the cheap integrated RAID controller of my motherboard. Based on past experiences, I have decided that only my data is worth saving — that's why the RAID should mirror two disks (FAT32) that are not the boot disk (i.e. do not contain an OS or any fancy stuff). Of course, such a setup should secure my data; should a drive crash, I want the system up and running in no time. Even more importantly, I want any drive and its data to be as safe and portable as possible (that's the reason for choosing FAT32), even if the OS or the controller screw up big time. So, which should I choose? Who should I trust more, Microsoft's Windows 7 or possibly the cheapest RAID controller on the market? Are there other cheap solutions?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/05/1729257/RAID-Trust-Issues-mdash-Windows-Or-a-Cheap-Controller?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/05/1729257"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/05/1729257/RAID-Trust-Issues-mdash-Windows-Or-a-Cheap-Controller?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/YYKPKGbokWY/Good-PDF-Reader-Device-With-Internet-Browsing
ranjix writes "I need a handheld device which would allow me to read ebooks and/or browse the internet while actively and intensely laying in the hammock (and Yes, I do have a hammock in my mom's basement). I'll try to sum up the basic requirements: (good) PDF reader (and ebooks of whatever sort), WiFi connectivity and Internet browser, screen minimum 4.5", readable in sunlight, etc, fairly responsive, at least 4-5 hours battery. Obviously I looked at the usual suspects: Kindle/Amazon tries to grab one into the proprietary formats and their own network (while other ebook readers don't really browse the internet), laptops/netbooks are pretty hard to hold, and the UMPC arena seems a hodge-podge of 'to be released' (Viliv S5? Aigo whatever?) with 'seriously expensive' (Sony, OQO) or plain 'we recommend you don't buy' (Samsung Q1Ex). Is there anything else I could use in the given circumstances?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/04/2218244/Good-PDF-Reader-Device-With-Internet-Browsing?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/04/2218244"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/04/2218244/Good-PDF-Reader-Device-With-Internet-Browsing?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/qJqG6O9Nkcs/How-To-Get-Your-Program-Professionally-Marketed
one-man orchestra writes "I'm the sole programmer of a small, multi-platform, commercial audio program (a spectrogram editor). After over 6 months on the market, I realized that the program would never just sell itself, and that I need some real marketing done for it. Being a one-man orchestra is becoming increasingly difficult; I only can devote so much time to marketing, my skills in that department are lacking, and I'd much rather spend more time coding. Despite my lackluster part-time marketing effort, I still manage to make a modest living out of the sales. My logical assumption is that with someone competent taking care of that part, revenue could greatly scale up. But what's the right way to go about doing this? What type of people/company do I need to contact? What to expect? What to look out for?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/03/1822249/How-To-Get-Your-Program-Professionally-Marketed?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/03/1822249"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/03/1822249/How-To-Get-Your-Program-Professionally-Marketed?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/U6hKl5ePpFU/Is-the-Kindle-DX-Worth-the-Money
An anonymous reader writes "Now that some little time has passed, and the hype has died down a bit, I'm wondering if anyone has taken the $500 plunge and gotten a Kindle DX. From the academic-paper-reading-geek perspective, is it worth the money? How well does it work with PDFs, and is it easy to get them on and off? I haven't been able to find any good reviews on the interweb that address its usability as I would like to use it."<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/03/1548247/Is-the-Kindle-DX-Worth-the-Money?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/03/1548247"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/03/1548247/Is-the-Kindle-DX-Worth-the-Money?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotAskSlashdot/~3/iM6rae7w2vQ/HTML-Tags-For-Academic-Printing
meketrefi writes "It's been quite a while since I got interested in the idea of using html (instead of .doc. or .odf) as a standard for saving documents — including the more official ones like academic papers. The problem is using HTML to create pages with a stable size that would deal with bibliographical references, page breaks, different printers, etc. Does anyone think it is possible to develop a decent tag like 'div,' but called 'page,' specially for this? Something that would make no use of CSS? Maybe something with attributes as follows: {page size="A4" borders="2.5cm,2.5cm,2cm,2cm" page_numbering="bottomleft,startfrom0"} — You get the idea... { /page} I guess you would not be able to tell when the page would be full, so the browser would have to be in charge of breaking the content into multiple pages when needed. Bibliographical references would probably need a special tag as well, positioned inside the tag ..." Is this such a crazy idea? What would you advise?<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/02/236258/HTML-Tags-For-Academic-Printing?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/02/236258"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/02/236258/HTML-Tags-For-Academic-Printing?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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todd10k writes "I've recently decided to go back to college. I have a lot of experience with games, having played them for most of my adult life, and have always toyed with the idea of making them one day. I've finally decided to give it my best. What I'd like to know is: what are the best languages to study? What are the minimum diploma or degree requirements that most games companies will accept? Finally, is C++ the way to go? ASP? LUA?"<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/02/1536226/What-Are-the-Best-First-Steps-For-Becoming-a-Game-Designer?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/02/1536226"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/02/1536226/What-Are-the-Best-First-Steps-For-Becoming-a-Game-Designer?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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tnok85 writes "I started a new job ~7 months ago at a very large company working a 12-hour night shift (7PM-7AM) in a fairly high volume NOC. Our responsibilities extend during the night to basically cover everything but the most complex situations regarding UNIX/Windows/Linux/App administration, at which point we'll reach out to the on-calls. I live 1.5 hours away as well, so it turns into 4-5 15 hour days a week of sitting still — throw in almost an hour to get ready to leave, and a bit of time after I get home to unwind and I'm out of time to work out. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure I have a very slow metabolism, ever since I was a pre-teen I would gain weight fairly quickly if I didn't actively work out, regardless of how much or what I eat. (Barring starving myself, I suppose...) So, how does somebody who works a minimum of 60 hours over 4 days, often adding another 12 another day, and sometimes working 7-10 days straight like this, stay in shape? I can't hold a workout schedule, (which every person I've talked to in my history says is necessary to stay in shape) and I can't 'wake up early' or 'work out before bed' because I need sleep. Any thoughts/opinions/suggestions?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/01/190236/Staying-In-Shape-vs-a-Busy-IT-Job-Schedule?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/07/01/190236"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/07/01/190236/Staying-In-Shape-vs-a-Busy-IT-Job-Schedule?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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Michael writes "Part of our business at my work involves transferring mission critical files across a 2 mbit microwave connection, into a government-run telecommunications center with a very dodgy internal network and then finally to our own server inside the center. The computers at both ends run Windows. What sort of protocols or tools are available to me that will guarantee to get the data transferred across better than a straight Windows file system copy? Since before I started working here, they've been using FTP to upload the files, but many times the copied files are a few kilobytes smaller than the originals."<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/06/30/1617227/Guaranteed-Transmission-Protocols-For-Windows?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/06/30/1617227"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/06/30/1617227/Guaranteed-Transmission-Protocols-For-Windows?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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gigne writes "I'm in the market for a new, in-car GPS/sat nav. I am preferably looking for one that has live, up-to-date traffic information and route planning that doesn't make you want to cry. I'm not quite dumb enough to drive off a cliff, but something that doesn't even try and lead me to watery doom is preferable. The only thing I absolutely must have is the ability to hack it. It would be preferable if it ran GNU/Linux, but given a convincing argument, I would be swayed to another OS. Without wanting the Moon on a stick, what is the best device that would offer a decent modding community and a good feature set?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/06/27/2216250/Hackable-In-Car-GPS-Unit?from=rss"><img src="http://ask.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/06/27/2216250"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/06/27/2216250/Hackable-In-Car-GPS-Unit?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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