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Fast File Loading

Reading data efficiently from Hard Disk and DVD units is vital for video games and one of the more important problems to solve in the next generation of games. While we are getting 20x performance in processing power and memory size, we are only getting 4x performance improvement in data devices (dvd for consoles).

I describe in this post how to efficiently read raw data from disk (hdd, dvd) oriented towards streaming files in a realtime application (although the concepts are useful in other areas). The platform used is Win32, but all the topics covered could be easily ported to other platforms.

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Fon Community

My host is joining the Fon Movement, a free WiFi community oriented towards sharing home internet connections to the world. Sharing your connection allows you to use any Fon node in the world for free.

There are already lots of nodes around the globe. You can check your neighborhood here.

What really impressed me is that they are selling is FON Social Router (La Fonera) for just 5 €/$. A 802.11g router with a linux 2.4.0 inside! I couldn’t resist such a bargain.

If you live in Spain, like me, Pc Actual is offering the router, 400 skypeout minutes, skype starter kit and a guide of Pc Tricks in this page.

And now, waiting for it…