PS3 and/or XBox 360 Emulator: Part 2

New fact: The PS3 doesn't necessarily use every processor so computers might be able to handle more than we expected

Anyway, conversion to a different processors machine code would be the best option (because obviously TIME and SPACE isn't enough when running conditionals, which are a common solution to emulators.) For example, one would convert 01 in an Intel processor to it's equivalent in a PPC processor. Thus, it would be readable on a PPC processor. Ofcourse, the only problem is that not every processor has equivalent commands. So, the program would have to be dynamic enough that it could develop code that would use the most low-level commands of each processor to recreate/emulate the other commands. It could watch the commands virtually and then run if else statements using a map algorithm to find the "path" that emulates the initial command.

This should be FUN, because times are changing! Software is going to have to become more efficient, or those 500 GHz and theoretical 1 THz processor could just come out.

Windows 7 Review: Part 1 -- The Bootup

Windows 7!!!

Windows 7 definitely got better -- there is no doubt in my mind -- however, it still is not the best OS and has some serious flaws.

I would like to begin with the boot process. It is a bit quicker, but not too much. Also, there is a problem with dual booting sometimes because if you shut down incorrectly and you run a different operating system before doing the protocol "Start WINDOWS normally" any mounting of the drive could erase the drive/partition.

Additionally, I noticed that the system does not utilize multiple cores initially, unless preset by the hardware manufacturer. I figured this out through msconfig, which smoothly leads into my next point. The computer has never booted faster than 22 seconds and tends to rarely even get that fast It is safer to say it boots at around 28-50 seconds. The login, then, takes 20-30 seconds. Adjusting settings in msconfig does not actually, noticeably, speed up your boot.

Lastly, the part I found most amazing about the boot, because everything else had minimal performance increase, was the new animated logo.

In sum, the boot really isn't anything special.

Next, week I will talk about the login and the succeeding post will be about the Desktop environment (specifically the speed increase with the Aero theme.)

Favorite Key of the Week

Escape Key

Samsung Blast Review

The Samsung Blast has a nice form factor(slide), is very thin and looks nice.

On the inside the Samsung Blast has 11 MB of RAM (disappointing when you look at the smart phone capabilities of 256 MB but not bad.) The RAM is sufficient though because I have never had any application crash on me. When compared to phones like the EN V and other Samsung phones the processor seems pretty slow but only really noticeable when starting the camera application otherwise it doesn't seem slow at all. Another hardware feature is the 1.3 Megapixel camera. I think that a theme of this phone is give you only what you need. But then again whenever it came out it could have been really advanced.

Call quality is pretty good and volume is nice. Unfortunately, it is hard to talk when slid closed because it blocks the microphone. Anyway, you can navigate the entire phone with it closed without opening until text-input is required. For the outer key input devices it has a shortcut key and quick access to the web. When it comes to the keyboard this phone is great. The keys are about the size of that of a Blackberry and it is QWERTY. However, it has T9 text prediction to help with typing because there are two characters per key. Nonetheless, I enjoyed texting, e-mailing and browsing the web on it.

The texting setup was great except for the fact that it was not organized as if it were a chat, like the iPhone.

E-mailing had a nice interface but was a little slow because it is on an EDGE network.

Web browsing was as good as any other phone of the kind. Of course it had limitation but it was good that the screen was a little larger then normal. Overall it was a fully-functioning browser. This seems like a pretty good office suite beside the fact that there were no word processing applications.

Unfortunately, many SD cards were not recognized by the Samsung Blast. But, I didn't have a problem because transferring music through bluetooth was VERY easy.

For battery life, my phone died at about 5 o'clock. It lasted from 7 in the morning to 5 o'clock.

Lastly, voice control was ok but not good enough to the point where it is actually worth using.

Overall, this was a nice phone and satisfied my technological needs. If it had an office suite and a better battery I might never have upgraded. (Hopefully, by Saturday I will have a review of the Samsung SGH-T439 and the iPhone)