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Public Beta Release Last January 9, 2009, Microsoft released the Windows 7 Beta to the public. I don’t think Microsoft expected much demand since the servers were facing technical difficulties. The put down the site to ensure a better download experience. The link to the ISO was shared by some helpful users and still worked. [...]

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I just bumped into a clever little code snippet used to find the inverse square root: float InvSqrt(float x){ float xhalf = 0.5f * x; int i = *(int*)&x; // store floating-point bits in integer i = 0x5f3759d5 – (i >> 1); // initial guess for Newton’s method x = *(float*)&i; // convert new bits [...]

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Is it rape if you used the Force? Even if you used Force Persuasion to do it? It is consensual after all…. In the wiki entry, Force Persuasion (aka the Jedi Mind Trick) influences the actions of the “weak-minded” so that means that you’re bending them rather than forcing them. In the end, they become [...]

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