How did game developers pack entire games into so little memory twenty five years ago?
Besides all the obvious answers already explained here (assembly programming, clever programming, compression, etc), usually the graphics resolution of a hardware has to come in terms with the memory. You can't just have 320*200*8bpp (256 colors) in a C64 because then you would need the entire 64k space as videoram. So usually the resources (sprites, backgrounds) for your game would take much less space than an uncompressed version of the same bitmaps in a modern PC. Believe me, 64k sounds so little, but if you ever program for an oldschool computer and have a little sense of what you are doing and not just throw tons of uncompressed assets in your project without second thinking (like we do in modern comptuers), 64k will feel plenty.As a matter of fact, when I first read that the Atari 2600 has just 128 bytes of RAM, even as a retro coder I was like "Whaaat? And where does the videoram even fit?". Surprise, surprise. There is no videoram, just a single raster line you have to send data synchronized with the display. And also a 4k cartidge for all your static data and code.p.s. After coding for retro machines, any memory size feels too much to me. I mean, ok if your OS is bloated and 2GBs aren't helping then anything less feels ridiculous. But as a programmer, it's very very hard to fill that space unless I am doing something stupid or just throw tons of assets into the project without second thought.
What are some slang terms used among police officers?
The most derogatory terms for the bad guys and citizens who are just pains in the rectum:A.H. = Adam Henry (A-dam H-enry) If you don’t get it…..sometimes you will hear it as “Jack Hole”…..now what starts with an “A” that ends with HOLE ?RICHARD CRANIUM= What starts with a “D” and is a nickname for Richard ? What is the non-medical layman’s term for the Cranium ? Do these clues HEAD you in the right direction ?
How to get a long with these Autistic people in this freak show camp?
You do have empathy and you do have good social skills. So many people think the wrong things about autism , but I am here to let you know the truth. i have had autism for 51 years, i have a grown child with it, a brother, and a young nephew, and I have met untold numbers of people with autism and spoke to their parents, there are so many myths about autism that are wrong, but people will still put themselves out there as having a correct opinion, and will not listen to others to save their lives. you are a good person, and it is excellent that you are calling them out on their bad social skills,,,you are exactly where you need to be,,,it is them that need to change. Blaming the victim is sad, like one other answerer here that clearly did. Ignore him. Please do not call people retard, it is really offensive. I am sorry that we spend so little on education that we throw kids together regardless of whether they are thriving there or not. You must know that even kids without autism like to flirt and make-out right? Step back a little and see the bigger picture. I have been around these kids all my life...from childhood, to volunteering with the handicapped when i was 13, to becoming a pediatric RN, and now I am back in college agin at 51 to get my BA in art education. Labels have never hindered me...I pushed thru and I define my problems, they do not define me. I am glad you voice your feelings, but maybe some if it (like the word retard) should not be done in a public forum...it makes you look...mean, and I sense that is not what you really are. You are a teen with questions. Good. Don't look at the kids labels, look at their age. Kids tease...it's wrong, but they do. Stand up to them but don't stoop to their level. BTW being self-centered is not a hallmark of autism...it is a hallmark of adolescence. My life revolves around my two grown kids and 3 elderly parents.
What song lyrics are dirtier than people know?
OP: What song lyrics are dirtier than people know?Ask any group of 14-year-old boys and they will tell you. Heck, when I was that age we would actively try outdo each other by finding innuendos in Christian rock and gospel music, so pretty much any lyrics can be sexualized if you try hard enough.Heh heh…hard.Ahem. So, I’m going to take my answer in a different direction and suggest a “dirty” song that isn’t just sexual, it’s horrific. It’s so astoundingly grim that I’m amazed it ever got airplay on the radio and wasn’t attacked by Tipper Gore (maybe it was, but Tipper is a different subject). Somehow, this song—which is literally about some undeniably indecent…no…barbaric behavior—hit the Top 10 chart in Britain and the US, became a mainstream rock hit, is on the Rolling Stone magazine top 500 songs of all time list, and partygoers belt out the chorus when it’s played, so I’m absolutely certain that people simply don’t know what the rest of the lyrics are really saying.I present the lyrics to “Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones.Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in the market down in New OrleansScarred old slaver knows he's doin' all rightHear him whip the women just around midnightBrown Sugar, how come you taste so goodBrown Sugar, just like a young girl shouldDrums beatin' cold, English blood runs hotLady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stopHouse boy knows that he's doin' all rightYou should have heard him just around midnightBrown Sugar, how come you taste so goodBrown Sugar, just like a young girl shouldBrown Sugar, how come you dance so goodBrown Sugar, just like a black girl shouldI bet your mama was a Cajun Queen,And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteenI'm no school boy but I know what I likeYou should have heard them just around midnightBrown Sugar, how come you taste so goodBrown Sugar, just like a black girl shouldThere you have it, the rock song about slavery, rape, ephebophilia, and sex of course, that the Rolling Stones performed live on Top of the Pops, a prime time family TV show, with nary a censor batting an eyelid.
Im very over protective of my Kitten, is this normal?
There is nothing wrong with being protective of your animals. You should see me, nobody wants to harm them. I'm like a mama bear and their my cubs. People all treat their animals different so you have to be protective. Your kitten isn't being treated good now and she's a baby. When she becomes a full grown cat they will just abuse her worse. Please find a new home for her, or MOVE OUT! If you love her like your own child, then you wouldn't let her live with someone who abuses her. You're living with your boyfriends family. Do you really think he is going to back you up? So far what you wrote about him, he doesn't sound like a responsible daddy to your kitten anyways. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE HER AN OUTSIDE CAT! Cat's are domestic animals, they die younger, and other animals and cats will kill them. Living outside is harsh and cruel, make her a hermit of the house. You'll have and love her longer like 15-20 years. My grandma knew a lady that had a cat that lived to her late 20's.