Have you ever wondered how can Windows run more than one application at a time, even in a single-processor machine? The answer is easy. It doesn’t. The point is that it switches from one application to another so fast that you don´t notice the change, and it seems both applications are running in parallel.
To allow this, running Windows applications should not always be running.
It´d be a waste of...
AutoBild estudia los efectos del cansancio y del alcohol al volante con simuladores Simax
En el número de esta semana de AutoBild (nº 214, del 18 al 24 de Diciembre de 2009), se publica la primera parte de un estudio realizado en colaboración con Toyota España y Simax, en el que se analizan los efectos del cansancio y del consumo de alcohol en la conducción. ¿Y qué mejor manera para hacerlo...
My ListView won´t show groups! Why?
This is a well documented issue, but just in case it helps someone. If your ListView doesn't show groups, ensure the following (starting with the most obvious, and ending with the probable cause): Ensure your ListView has, at least, one column Ensure you have created Groups correctly Properly assign a group to each Item, through their “Group” property Set listView.ShowGroups property...
Combos de controles en DotNetManía
El número 64 de la gran revista DotNetManía publica un artículo que he escrito sobre creación de combos de controles en Windows Forms con un solo click, además de muchas otras cosas muy muy interesantes. Espero os resulte de ayuda. Saludos! http://www.dotnetmania.com/Articulos/064/index.html...
Google StreetView-ed !
It was funny some months ago when I found the Google Street View car driving around our workplace. Now it has been uploaded to the web. My pictures (excuse the quality): Google version: Ver mapa más grande Jaaaaa… I´m the guy behind the streetlight… !!! Cheers!...
Autonomous car driving by V.A.I.L
Autoblog has published today a very interesting video on autonomous driving. It surely worth the time you´ll invest watching it… img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('629bac2c-7156-48cb-bb74-71d358786d68'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "";" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lUHqPdrDdOCUda49Tb7K2I_pKMPEOtburTu0FjSjFBC8DbqlBKrEQtuRTgYNIjC33MM7o358d_3muRpl9bSXnXz6y42wdeVvcmLOitu97tXa70KS1DqJ4uC6aNDj1lYvXd98ILjSFb8/?imgmax=800"...
The Italian (or Spanish) man who went to Malta… Juas!
Me parto el culo… img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('3973c81c-39dd-4004-bc2e-455a5aa5b92a'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "";" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wbwLaShrvnnE_Jy-JjTKtk5FHDMTofsaijQcmE2TUO47tbmPBAVVe3pMcvBG0jXfRDFiFnC_3Ps_78WeP0dBpUey8A-pMxv5ACFjLA6i5IFw5-QQMIu4q6qh2KT123FQj3JDk4F6Qwo/?imgmax=800"...
Simax ECO-Driving goes U.K.
Simax is starting to distribute the ECO-Experience Simax Simulator in the U.K. Of course, they drive on the left, so we had to develop new environments, with a British look. Want it real? Check this… Simax ECO-Experience allows drivers to improve their driving skills, with a special focus...
Usuario y Password para configuración del router ADSL de timofónica
Si, como a mi, no te dieron el usuario y password para configurar tu router de telefónica no desesperes. Todos suelen tener los mismos. Aqui va una recopilación: Usuario: admin, Password: admin Usuario: adminttd, Password: adminttd Usuario: 1234, Password: 1234 Usuario: user, Password: admin Usuario: admin, Password: 1234 etc Nota: Para acceder a la config de tu router tienes...
Properly scaling Point Sprites in DirectX
When rendering point sprites with DirectX, many people deals with the issue of point sprite scaling. There are many options regarding this, but in the 99% of the cases, people just wants one of the following two things: 1.- Point Sprites with a constant screen-space size This sprites are rendered...
Ultimas apariciones en prensa de Simax
Simax ha aparecido últimamente en prensa y radio, a raíz del galardón en los premios Bancaja, e interesándose especialmente por nuestros productos para formación en conducción ecológica. Ahí van los links: La razón: http://www.larazon.es/noticia/conduccion-ecologica-virtual Punto Radio (con audio...
Dell XPS 630i, the BT Mini-Receiver, download managers, and other crap…
If you are one of the owners of a Dell computer, you´ll probably be happy with it, like me. However, nothing´s perfect, and of course dell is not either. One of the things I hate most on Earth is that too-usual way of managing download from websites. Every company has it’s own download manager, and in a few months you end up with a dozen of them installed on your computer or on your browser: Adobe...
Ramblings about your own, fast C# Maths library
Why not building your own C# Maths library instead of using the ones included in APIs like DirectX or XNA? That would give you some advantages when developing a game or something similar. Keep reading…
It is late at night. Very late. In fact it is so late, that I should say it’s almost early in the morning… but I´m immersed in a task I have delayed for too much time: extend my own Math library, directly...
2D Circle Packing algorithm ported to C#
Yesterday, a friend asked me if I knew of any C# implementation of a Circle Packing algorithm. In fact, I didn’t, but searching a bit I found this algorithm, and this Java Applet implementation.
Packing of different circles into a 2D space, trying to minimize the unused space, is a typical geometrical...
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