http://www.laialexander.com Blogging about my life Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:56:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to all the problems with firmware 2.40, Sony withdrew the update. Sony said themselves that there had been problems with some PS3 systems, caused by the update. Version 2.41 of the firmware is now out, it has been downloadable since July 8. This update featured various fixes for problems caused ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/07/10/firmware-241-out-for-ps3/ There have been numerous reports of PS3 system not working the way they should after installing the new update. That is a shame, considering that this was a great update. I have updated my system, and I haven't had any problems, fortunately. Firmware 2.40 included ingame XMB, ingame messaging, trophies ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/07/03/firmware-240-ruins-ps3/ That's right. Blizzard announced that they are working on Diablo III earlier today. I'm pretty psyched. Gamer.no reports that the crowd went wild at the World Wide Invitational when Blizzard brought the news. Recently, I actually got a hold of both Diablo and Diablo II and the expansion packs. Unfortunately ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/28/blizzard-announces-diablo-iii/ You might have read my post, Prime numbers and Ruby, and wondered why the program used a huge amount of time, and even after 25 hours of computing, the program did not have an answer. The code of the program is really not that advanced, but when the input number ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/27/cpu-speed-and-flops/ I'm still a beginner at programming. I have not really decided if I want to learn ruby or c++, but for now I think c++ is more versatile. Anyway, I have made a little program that solves quadratic equations, with both real and complex solutions. The quadratic formula itself can be ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/25/a-program-that-solves-quadratic-equations-c/ I have recently started to learn how to program with Ruby. I am somewhat familiar with programming already, but by noe means an expert. I really do want to learn programming, so I started off with Ruby. One of my first programs is a program that checks if a number ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/19/prime-numbers-and-ruby/ Ever wanted to solve quadratic equations with php? When I started to learn php, I wanted to see if I could make a script that solved quadratic equations. In a course I participated in, we made a MATLAB-script that did just that. A quadratic equation is on the form aX2+bX+c=0, ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/18/solve-quadratic-equations-with-php/ Researchers have recently found that in one-on-one sports, like wrestling, the competitors with red suits win more often. Robert Barton and Russel Hill studied boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The contestants wore either red or blue, and those who wore ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/18/red-team-wins/ A 2CD Age of Conan soundtrack has been announced by FunCom, and it will feature threes songs from the Nowegian band Turbonegro. Turbonegro also performed at the Age of Conan launch event. Lead singer Hank von Helvete claims to have read every Conan comic and is a huge fan of ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/15/turbonegro-age-of-conan-rock-band-ii-guitar-hero-and-singstar/ Limbo of the Lost is a point and click adventure game, developed by Majestic Studios, who has gotten a lot of attention lately. Apparently Majestic Studios have stolen textures, weapons, backgrounds and even whole levels from other games as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Diablo II. Comparison ... http://www.laialexander.com/2008/06/14/limbo-of-the-lost-ripoff-of-the-year/