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Review – Razer gets wireless right with the Lancehead Gaming Mouse
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Razer has big new ambitions for its Lancehead gaming mouse, the latest rodent to roll off its factory line.
Most gamers snub wireless gaming mice because of the perceived disadvantages, such as higher latency and unreliable performance. However, Logitech's G900 Chaos Spectrum proved that it's possible to have a wireless mouse that works just as well, and is in fact indistinguishable from, its wired counterparts.
Ultimately, it's all about having the right implementation, so we perked up when Razer announced the Lancehead and started talking up its wireless performance. The company promised the usual goodies – reliable operation that is unaffected by even a noisy wireless environment and lag-free usage.
Razer has spared no expense with the Lancehead. This is Razer's new flagship (move over, Razer Mamba), and it improves on the Mamba in several ways, including with a more versatile, ambidextrous design, better handling, and of course, vastly improved wireless performance.
On paper, the Lancehead certainly sounds impressive. It features a 16,000DPI 5G laser sensor, mechanical mouse switches, and support for Razer's Chroma lighting.
It also works in both wired and wireless modes, so you're free to choose between the two. In addition, its ambidextrous shape and side buttons located on both the left and right of the mouse mean that it is truly a mouse for both right-handers and lefties.
Overall, Razer's newest flagship is a versatile mouse that wants to satisfy a vast swath of gamers. However, it's prohibitive S$229.90 price tag means that even if it makes everybody happy, most people won't immediately hand the cash over.
That's far out of the range of the mass market, where a very good gaming mouse can be had for a hundred dollars less. The Lancehead is an unabashedly premium product, in the same company as the S$249 Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum.
The highlight of the Lancehead's arsenal is something Razer calls Adaptive Frequency Technology (AFT). The mouse operates in the 2.4GHz band, but it scans the different frequencies hundreds of times a second and selects the one with the least interference.
This ability to frequency hop helps ensure better transmission stability, in theory, and is what enables to Lancehead to keep transmitting reliably even in a crowded environment with multiple wireless devices. However, Razer says the Lancehead only switches frequencies when it absolutely needs to, thus avoiding performance drops that can occur during this process.
This concept of frequency switching is similar to what Logitech did with the G900, so that explains how both mice manage to turn out strong performances in wireless mode.
In our week using the Lancehead in wireless mode, we didn't notice any signal drops or delayed responses, and the mouse continued to track reliably whether we were in game or working. We experimented with the positioning of the dongle, first placing it in a front USB port on our PC and then plugging it into the rear I/O amidst a tangle of wires.
The mouse worked well in both cases, and there was never any need to plug the dongle into the adapter to link up with the braided cable. This setup helps you minimize the distance between the dongle and the mouse in especially challenging environments, and you can opt to do so anyway for a peace of mind.
More importantly, it was impossible to distinguish between wired and wireless mode, which is really what makes a great wireless mouse.
Finally, the Lancehead's battery is supposedly good for 24 hours with the Chroma lighting on, and we were able to use it for a few hours every day for about a week before it needed charging. That's pretty decent, but the battery life on the Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum is still slightly better.
When it comes to its design and shape, the Lancehead appears more suited to claw and fingertip gamers despite its oblong shape. It was not uncomfortable to palm, but gaming with it felt a little awkward. The mouse also flares outward toward the rear, and that helps provide more support for claw and fingertip grip styles.
That said, the rubber-coated side grips are a nice touch that help make things a little more comfortable. The glossy sides on older mice like the Razer Imperator and Abyssus were a nightmare, and it's good to see that Razer has left that behind.
The mouse's main body also resists dirt and grime quite well, so it won't look absolutely terrible even after gripping it in your sweaty paws.
Good build quality is definitely an expectation at this price point, and the Lancehead fortunately doesn't disappoint. One gripe we've had with Razer mice in the past is how light and sensitive their left- and right-click buttons feel, but that's thankfully not an issue here.
There was just the right amount of resistance and feedback, and the same goes for the side buttons. Similarly, each notch in the scroll wheel felt sufficiently well-defined, so there should be no trouble using it to scroll through items in your inventory and the like.
Two DPI adjustment buttons sit below the scroll wheel. Razer's Synapse software pops up an OSD that shows the DPI level when you change it, and that's actually pretty useful. You can set up to five DPI stagesin Synapse, but you're unfortunately limited to just 100DPI adjustments. While that should be enough for most people, it'd have been nice to see finer-grained 50DPI increments.
Where tracking is concerned, the Lancehead's laser sensor did well enough, although we still felt that mice with the optical PMW3360 sensor felt somewhat smoother, more responsive, and more accurate.
Razer didn't say whether the laser sensor in use is the notorious Philips Twin Eye sensor or some variant of that, but the good news is that we didn't pick up on any z-axis tracking issues. Lift-off distance was low enough, although that's not something that many folks will notice, unless you game at really low sensitivities.
It's worth noting that the wired-only Tournament Edition of the Lancehead actually has a more robust optical sensor, so that mouse might actually be the one you want to take to LAN. Furthermore, it's significantly cheaper at just S$129.90, so the TE mouse makes a lot more sense unless you really want the wireless capabilities.
In general, optical sensors work well on cloth pads while laser sensors favor hard mats, so you might also base part of your decision on the the mouse pad you're using.
It's also not entirely clear why Razer put a technically inferior sensor – 450 inches per second tracking on the optical versus 210 IPS on the laser – on the more expensive model. It'd have made a lot more sense to simply use the optical sensor for both models.
At 111g, the Lancehead is lighter than most wireless gaming mice, but it's still heavier than it should be for really fast-paced movements. Casual gamers won't mind it so much, but someone who plays competitively would do better with something lighter.
The Lancehead has one more trick up its sleeve though, but that's in the form of a feature that has yet to arrive. Both the wireless and wired Tournament Edition mice will support Razer Synapse 3, the latest version of Synapse that is still in beta testing.
Synapse 3 adds the ability to store up to four profiles on the onboard memory, which you can cycle through using the hardware button on the underside of the mouse. That fixes one of the biggest complaints about Razer's cloud-based Synapse driver, which doesn't allow you to take more than one profile with you to another PC without first connecting to the internet and logging into Synapse.
All things considered, the Lancehead is really Razer's most capable mouse to date. It is functional and well-built, and gamers looking for a wireless mouse that will function just like a wired model will do well to consider it.
Then again, there aren't many other options in this category, and the few alternatives claiming indistinguishable wired and wireless performance include Logitech models such as the G900 Chaos Spectrum, the G403 Prodigy, and the newer G703 and G903.
Logitech's wireless offerings are equipped with the better PMW3366 optical sensor, but the Lancehead is the more striking mouse with its Chroma lighting and extensive customization options.
The Lancehead is far from perfect – why couldn't Razer just use the optical sensor in the Tournament Edition model? – but it is a solid wireless mouse that will serve you well, especially if you're a fan of the Razer aesthetic. Furthermore, the upcoming support for Synapse 3 and onboard profiles checks one of the key boxes for LAN-friendly equipment.
However, it also costs a hefty S$229.90, so if you don't actually need the wireless functionality, it makes more sense to look at the S$129.90 Tournament Edition mouse, which also comes with a better sensor.
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Giant resonance is a high-frequency collective excitation of atomic nuclei, as a property of many-body quantum systems. In the macroscopic interpretation of such an excitation in terms of an oscillation, the most prominent giant resonance is a collective oscillation of all protons against all neutrons in a nucleus.

In 1947,  G. C. Baldwin and G. S. Klaiber observed the giant dipole resonance (GDR) in photonuclear reactions, and in 1972 the giant quadrupole resonance (GQR) was discovered, and in 1977 the giant monopole resonance (GMR) was discovered in medium and heavy nuclei.

Giant dipole resonance
Giant dipole resonances may result in a number of de-excitation events, such as nuclear fission, emission of neutrons or gamma rays, or combinations of these.

Giant dipole resonances can be caused by any mechanism that imparts enough energy to the nucleus. Classical causes are irradiation with gamma rays at energies from 7 to 40 MeV, which couple to nuclei and either cause or increase the dipole moment of the nucleus by adding energy that separates charges in the nucleus. The process is the inverse of gamma decay, but the energies involved are typically much larger, and the dipole moments induced are larger than occur in the excited nuclear states that cause the average gamma decay.

High energy electrons of >50 MeV may cause the same phenomenon, by coupling to the nucleus via a "virtual gamma photon", in a nuclear reaction that is the inverse (i.e., reverse) of internal conversion decay.

See also
 Neutron emission

References

Further reading
 M. N. Harakeh, A. van der Woude: Giant Resonances: Fundamental High-Frequency Modes of Nuclear Excitation, Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics, Oxford University Press, USA, July 2001,
 P. F. Bortignon, A. Bracco, R. A. Broglia: Giant Resonances, Contemporary Concepts in Physics, CRC Press, July 1998,

External links

 Chomaz, Ph.: Collective excitations in nuclei
 Brink, D. M.: Giant resonances in excited nuclei
 Giant nuclear resonances, AssessScience.com
 Giant nuclear resonance, Answers.com referring to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

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8.1 Extending EU Citizenship to the Eastern End of Europe http://www.eucitizenship.net
8.4 I.S.O.L.A. http://www.isolaproject.org
8.6 Unit for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture http://www.urvt.org
8.7 Everybody's song – Music as a tool for the promotion of diversity and intercultural understanding http://www.everybodys-song.net
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Extending EU Citizenship to the Eastern End of Europe http://www.eucitizenship.net
"Extending EU Citizenship to the Eastern End of Europe," was inaugurated on the 1st of January 2006 and concluded on the 31st of December 2006. Lead Agency is the Future Worlds Center and although most activities focus on the Cyprus reality, the tools and methodologies are tested and disseminated in Denmark, Belgium, as well as in the Southern Eastern end of Europe (Turkey, Palestine, Lebanon). The project responds to the strong need for EU citizenship awareness, especially in the new member states. The proposed awareness activities make use of printed and electronic information material (distributed to relevant bodies as well as to the wide public), workshops (offered to special target groups), panel discussions (for the public) and live Radio/TV programs. The need for relevant, accurate, immediate and easy-to-access information is satisfied using an innovative communication tool, an automated call-answer centre (ACC). The ACC responds on an easy-to-remember, widely publicized toll-free telephone number. It offers a tree-structured number of layered responses. Training in topics relevant to EU Citizenship has been delivered to specialized groups such as: lawyers, teachers, activists, school counsellors, civil servant etc. Curriculum units for high schools focusing on selected fundamental human rights have been developed and will be submitted to the Ministry of Education for inclusion in their regular curriculum. The project has received funding from the EC, DG JLS.
The Future Worlds Center is the implementing partner of a UNHCR project, which aims at supporting asylum seekers and refugees throughout their legal procedures. The applicant offers free legal advice to asylum seekers and refugees. Funded by UNHCR.
The Future Worlds Center has established the Safer Internet Awareness Node as member of the Insafe European network. Partners are the University of Cyprus, the Family Planning, the Olive Branch Foundation (Turkish Cypriot NGO), the Cyprus Youth Council and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. The primary objective is to implement a strong campaign, under the acronym "CyberEthics" concerning the safe use of Internet in Cyprus, which will serve the needs of all people that live on the island (i.e., also Turkish Cypriots and other minorities) and address not only issues of pornography, but also racism (currently on the rise in Cyprus), gender discrimination and inappropriate use of peoples' images. The second objective is to engage in the process actors from the government and the civil society, thus contributing towards the eradication of cyber crime through informed actions of European citizens and public institutions that aim to change behaviours, mentality and attitudes, giving special emphasis to rural and less developed areas of the country.
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The Future Worlds Center acts as an implementing partner of the project entitled 'Peaceful Europe', with the lead agency being the Municipality of Senigalia/ Italy. The project includes the development of an educational curriculum on Peace, as well as local and international workshops and seminars for citizens of all ages. The organisation will implement workshops for primary school children and their parents, for high school students, and for elders – the objective of the workshops in all cases being intercultural dialogue and peace. A group of 12 young citizens will take part in a 5-day international event in Italy in May 2007.
Unit for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture http://www.urvt.org
The Unit for Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture is a project funded by the European Refugee Fund and the Asylum Service of Ministry of Interior. This project has been initiated by the Future Worlds Center and it will be registered as a spin off organization. The aim of this project is to create awareness and education on victims of torture, into the already available services in Cyprus dealing with asylum seekers and refugees and to create a unit for their rehabilitation. This unit assists victims of torture by providing multidisciplinary treatment and rehabilitation services, and raises public awareness of issues concerning torture and rehabilitation. It consists of a social worker, a medical doctor, a psychologist, a secretary, and a coordinator.
Everybody's song – Music as a tool for the promotion of diversity and intercultural understanding http://www.everybodys-song.net
The Future Worlds Center developed and coordinates this international youth project which started in December 2006 and runs until May 2008. Its general aim is to reflect on the role of music in intercultural understanding and to identify ways on how to utilise it in youth work. It involves youth organisations from five different South East European countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, FYR Macedonia, Greece and Serbia. Main activities:
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As one of the 5 founding members, the Future Worlds Center was strongly involved in creating an island-wide platform for NGOs active in issues related to development, and NGOs that aspire to assume a more active role in this area. Cyprus was the last EU country to establish a national NGDO platform and the applicant has played an instrumental role in materializing this goal. The creation of the platform has been supported and facilitated by CONCORD (http://www.concordeurope.org) and TRIALOG (http://www.trialog.or.at). Members of the organisation have participated in study visits to Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava, in coordination with TRIALOG organised a conference on Development with speakers from the European Commission (EuropeAid) and the Maltese platform, hand have participated in numerous other European events. (DEEEP Summer School on Sports and Development; DE Meeting in Helsinki, Development Education Partnership Fair in Vienna, Development Education Training for the new Call for Proposals in Warsaw). The Future Worlds Center is the Cypriot representative to the Development Education Forum of DEEEP (http://www.deeep.org).
Talk of the Island is the first bi-communal radio programme on the island of Cyprus. It wants to promote a culture of peace and to display balanced news reporting by informing all island communities about local issues and events that are not typically covered by the current media. The show also provides a forum for open, island-wide dialogue and direct communication about on-going issues. Talk of the Island aspires to be instrumental in providing a vehicle for all Cypriots who share a vision for the future and that of a unified Cyprus. Talk of the Island started broadcasting in October 2005. The program is implemented by two skilled producers working together, one from northern Cyprus and one from southern Cyprus. It is broadcasted weekly in both parts of Cyprus. Talk of the Island is also broadcasted online at http://www.talkoftheisland.org.
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Technology For Peace develops theory on how technology can and must be used in the service of peace. More specifically, originally as a project and for the past two years as self sustaining unit within the organization, Tech4Peace develops educationally relevant and socially responsible IT & Mobile-based curriculum. Through its Development Education program, it aims to internationally promote the use of technology as a means to bridge the various divides on our planet – the digital, cultural, economic, literacy, gender and people with disabilities. The initial purpose of the project was to design and develop a comprehensive virtual infrastructure for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot peace-promoting individuals and groups and indirectly support their activities by introducing an Information Technology dimension to their work. Furthermore, the project aimed to become the central reference, information and meeting point, which will be providing different types of support, information, ideas and inspiration to the various peace building initiatives both in Cyprus and overseas. Although located in Cyprus, it has an international scope.
SteLLLa "Stimulation of eLearning for Life Long Learning for adults", is a partnership of 7 European partners from Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Spain supported by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) and sub-programme GRUNDTVIG. Life long learning will be a key factor for the professional, personal and social success of adults in tomorrows' society. It is the ambitious aim of steLLLa to develop a generic method for autonomous learning for adults that can be implemented in the training courses of various professions. Starting from concrete eLearning tasks; trainers, learners and the partner institutions will create new good practice examples for several domains. Adult learners will be involved in the test settings. The project will promote these new eLearning techniques to enhance the Life Long Learning opportunities for adults. Via transnational meetings and discussions with trainers, learners and specialists, via conferences (life and video), the eLearning platform and our website, we will optimize and promote this eLearning method as a stimulating factor in the open and distance learning for adults.
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The Future Worlds Center serves as the National Contact Point in the European network COST Action 219ter: Accessibility for All to Services and Terminals for Next Generation Networks. The Action merges the new mobile technologies to a humanitarian angle, aspiring to the day which new mobile technologies will be accessible and beneficial to all. Driving principle of the action is that the latest mobile systems will provide the opportunity for building a more inclusive telecommunications arena. The applicant has recently organized a European conference in Cyprus (http://www.cnti.org.cy/cost219) and is co-authoring a book chapter in a Cost219ter book publication.
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Professional Panel Discusses Careers in Human Services
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"I want to help people." This is the response BJ Roach frequently receives when she asks first-year students what kind of work they'd like to do after graduation. Roach, a career counselor at the University of Maine Career Center, gently encourages them to go deeper and to ask themselves, "What do I want to help people do? Why?"
For many students, this deep desire to be of service to others doesn't materialize into a career in human services. This disconnect has led to an acute shortage of qualified candidates to fill open positions in the helping professions, particularly those that serve vulnerable populations such as children at risk, the homeless, people with disabilities, ethnically and linguistically diverse communities, and individuals living with addiction or mental health conditions.
In late 2017, this worker shortage led to strategic conversations and a recent collaboration between the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and the Maine Commission on Disability and Employment. The Commission, established in 1997 by the state legislature, promotes collaboration with the public and private sectors to increase awareness and influence policy related to employment for people with disabilities. Some of the Commission's members are also providers of employment services for people with disabilities who struggle to fill open positions.
The Center and the Commission, in partnership with the University of Maine Career Center, hosted a panel discussion this fall at UMaine to help promote careers in human services to students. The panel included five human services' professionals representing a variety of occupations in the field:
Terry Gardner, Child Welfare Worker, Maine Department of Health and Human Services;
James Hiers, Alcohol & Drug Educator, University of Maine Student Wellness Resource Center,
Michelle Houser, Employment Specialist IV, Maine Medical Center, Vocational Services.
Paul Connair, Community Work Incentives Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Vocational Services; and
Hanna Faulkie, Outreach Coordinator/Case Manager, Shaw House.
(Above photo left to right: Terry Gardner, James Hiers, Michelle Houser, Paul Connair and Hanna Faulkie. Photo courtesy of CCIDS.)
The panelists not only provided details about their respective jobs, but shared the unique pathways that led them to their current positions. Paul Connair's vocational journey had its origins in youth ministry. For Hanna Faulkie, a "bombed interview" for her first placement as a UMaine social work intern led to her current work with homeless and unsheltered young people. Terry Gardner "stumbled" into her profession—hired as a clerk by the Office of Child and Family Services right after she completed high school. James Hiers followed his bachelor's degree in criminal justice with a graduate degree in counseling. For Michelle Houser, the work is personal; inspired by her sibling's rehabilitation from a spinal cord injury.
Two of the five panelists, Connair and Houser, work in the Department of Vocational Services at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The department is an accredited community employment services provider for individuals with disabilities. It also provides technical assistance and training to community rehabilitation agencies, employers and schools. Houser is sometimes asked why a large health organization offers vocational services. "At Maine Medical Center," Houser said, "we see work as part of a person's overall health."
The panelists offered strategies to help college students learn more about careers in the helping professions while they're still in school. Most human service professionals are required to pass background checks and are bound by ethical standards to protect their clients' rights to privacy and confidentiality. In most cases, this limits the possibility of job shadowing (an unpaid career exploration method where an individual personally observes or "shadows" another person whose work is of interest to him or her).
But other options to learn more, said the panelists, do exist. Among their suggestions to undergraduates: join a student club or association that aligns with the student's area of interest (i.e., psychology, social work, child development/family relations, community mental health, etc.); conduct brief focused informational interviews with working professionals; or seek paid or unpaid internships with local providers or agencies. College advisors and faculty mentors are also good sources for career guidance and support.
Faulkie also encouraged students to find volunteer work in parallel programs that serve populations or address issues of interest outside of an academic environment. For example: volunteer at a local food pantry to learn firsthand how food insecurity is impacting individuals and families in the community. Or get involved with a grassroots movement or organization to make meaningful connections that may one day lead to fulfilling career.
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April and Pseudo 3D Shenanigans
April turned out to be an eventful, fruitful and an exceptionally busy month over here at 16-BIT Shock HQ. Unfortunately all that activity didn't translate to regular blog updates which isn't something I'm particularly happy about. Ideally I would love to post an article at least once a week but that's not possible with my current work schedule. Nevertheless, I do plan to post on more regular intervals in the coming months.
The increase in workload over April was due to fine-tuning and tweaking of existing game projects. Some further fine-tuning was also applied to the current business model. In order to deal with a shifting gaming landscape, some changes were necessary in how future projects are to be executed. PC & mobile game development are two entirely different beasts and require their own unique approach.
Another area I spent considerable time on is sharpening my physics GML scripting skills. While GML shares a lot of similarities with Java and even C++, it does have it's unique quirks which can be both funny and frustrating. Generally I only foresee limited use of some of the physics code I put together. Mainly for craft and character movement as that's what it's most suited for.
Sega's Galaxy Force II showcased impressive 2D scaling
I even got round to using GM Studio's 3D features, quite a change for a 2D game developer. Surprisingly it seemed a lot easier to implement a 3D environment than I expected it to be. There are no plans to develop any 3D games but if I ever decided to move in this direction, I would love to make something similar to Namco's Cyber Sled or Sega's Virtual On. However I've been experimenting a bit with pseudo-3D – the type of 3D that consists of scalable 2D bitmaps ala After Burner, Out Run, Galaxy Force, Space Harrier etc.
Now this is far more challenging than I expected but I finally got some neat results. There is quite a bit of math involved and precision is mandatory. Any scalable bitmap that is 1 – 2 pixels out of place will seriously mess up proceedings. It's evident why this type of 3D fakery fell out of favour and 3D polygons were readily adopted back in the mid-90's. Far from a practical way to depict a 3D world effectively, but nonetheless it's cool to see again – and quite the nostalgia trip.
This technique will find it's way in some of my game projects, simply because it's interesting and not commonly used nowadays. One of the games I'm currently busy on, comprises of scalable 2D but in a subtle manner. It will also be a title that is drenched in 80's aesthetics to the hilt – I wouldn't have it any other way 🙂
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In Praise Of Zilog's Z80 Microprocessor
The choice of the 8-bit generation!
Video games are an electronic medium and quite naturally require some form of computer hardware to run on. The CPU (central processing unit or processor if you prefer) has always played a vital part in the creation and execution of game code. Without this important component, video games would simply not exist. After all the processor is essentially the brain of a computer system…basic stuff!
And just as human brains can vary in intellectual capacity, various makes and models of microprocessors offer different performance capabilities. For game related tasks, the GPU (graphics processing unit) plays an even greater role within the modern game development paradigm. However, this article is not about development techniques and how they are to be applied to modern hardware. Rather, we will look at a specific microprocessor which played a leading role in defining gaming during it's early stages.
Two prominent periods of gaming are the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, and quite frankly of greatest import. As shiny as our games are, and powerful as our hardware is nowadays – none of this would exist without the groundwork laid down during those halcyon days. And both those eras brought forward to amazing microprocessors that truly revolutionized gaming, namely the Zilog Z80 and the Motorola 68000.
The Z80 is one of the most important microprocessors in gaming history
Zilog's Z80 truly helped to kick start affordable home computing and arcade gaming from the late 70's onward. The Z80 is an 8-bit processor, which is closely based on Intel's earlier 8080 CPU. Due to it's performance and versatility, it was adopted by a large variety of computer and arcade amusement vendors. Either Zilog's original CPU, clones or variants of the Z80 architecture was incorporated into motherboards worldwide. Everyone from Sinclair Research right through to Sega made use of this mighty little chip, benefiting gaming inexplicably.
Some will argue in favour of a rival 8-bit microprocessor, namely the 6502 by MOS Technology. Also very popular and widely used, particularly in the home computer market but also made in-roads in the arcades thanks to Atari. However, the true acid test of which 8-bit processor was better, rests with the greater adoption enjoyed by the Z80, especially among Japanese arcade manufacturers. From Namco's Galaxian through to Irem's M52 system boards, the Z80 was the CPU of choice.
None can downplay the wide adoption of the Z80 when considering it brain-powered the following systems:
Sinclair ZX80 & ZX81
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K / 48K / + / 128K / +2 / +3
Amstrad / Schneider CPC464 / 464plus / CPC664 / CPC6128 / 6128plus
Amstrad GX4000
Cambridge Z88
Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80 series
Coleco's – ColecoVision
Commodore 128 (includes both a Zilog Z80A & MOS 8602)
NEC PC-6001 / mkII / mkIISR (using NEC's μPD780C – a Z80 compatible CPU)
NEC PC-6601
NEC PC-8000 series
NEC PC-8801 (a wide range of models manufactured between 1981 – 1989)
MSX 2 / 2+ / turboR
Sharp MZ-80K series / MZ-80B series / MZ-3500 series
Sharp X1 / X1 turbo / X1 turbo Z / X1 twin
Sony SMC-70
Sega SG-1000 / SG-1000 II / SC-3000 / Mark III / Master System
Sega Mega Drive / Genesis (includes both a Motorola 68000 & Zilog Z80)
SNK Neo Geo (includes both a Motorola 68000 & Zilog Z80)
SNK Neo Geo Pocket / Color (includes both a TOSHIBA TLCS-900H & Z80)
Nintendo Game Boy / Color (Sharp LR35902 – a custom Z80 CPU)
The above list is only a small segment of computer and console systems that the trusty Z80 found itself in. Arcade manufacturers in particular, truly took advantage of this versatile processor in numerous ways. Initially arcade boards would only be designed with a singular Z80 CPU in place. But as games were becoming more complex, some added processing grunt was required. Since the Z80 was affordable and developers already accustomed to coding games for it, a very common solution was to add a secondary Z80 to increase the board's horsepower.
SNK (Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation) were always partial to manufacturing some fantastically exotic boards. During the mid-80's they came up with the SNK Triple Z80 arcade board, and as the name suggests – boasts three Zilog Z80's working in tandem. Two Z80's were allocated to handle main CPU duties, while the third was specifically for sound CPU tasks. The games that ran on this board naturally surpassed the audio and visual fidelity of many of it's counterparts. Resulting in games that had a look, feel and sound closer to the 16-bit standard.
My personal experiences with the Z80 were both positive and enjoyable, owning a ZX Spectrum played a big part in this. I learned to program on it, firstly in BASIC and then later on in machine code – wasn't easy but I got the nitty-gritty. Later on I got hold of Zeus Assembler which made programming in assembly far more palatable to machine code.
Generally it didn't take long to get accustomed to how the accumulator and various registers within the Z80 work together. The architecture is simple and elegant enough, not hard to figure out why it was so readily adopted. Not bad for a microprocessor that was originally intended for cash registers, instead of computers, consoles and arcade machines.
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Top 10 Articles Of 2014
We're almost a fortnight into 2015 and I hope it's been going great for everyone. Here at 16-BIT Shock HQ, things are moving along at a brisk pace. Work on game projects resumed early last week, after a short holiday break.
Before moving on with fresh content for the new year, let's take this opportunity for a brief recap of top posts on this blog. Several articles proved to be quite popular with readers and it would be great to showcase them again. Particularly for those who discovered this blog, only recently. The following list features a quick rundown of those posts truly, resonating with folks during 2014, and my personal viewpoint of why that is the case.
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Tools Of The Trade – GameMaker : Studio – Certainly the most read article on this site by a large margin, and quite understandably so. With the explosion of indie game development in recent years, everyone is looking around for the best ways to make games. This article gives a brief overview of one of the most popular game engines in existence today.
Project MSG – Early Development – The game project I've been working on and has fortunately excited a few people. It's a 2D retro-style shooting game with a top-down view perspective set within a cyberpunk universe. Many folks loved the logo and the pixel-art style, and in turn generated some interesting conversation between us. I appreciate all the input I've received and will be sharing more about this project in the near future.
Developing For Vintage Hardware – It's a no-brainer why this post struck a nerve, after all the number of retro gaming and computer aficionados keeps growing. Homebrew development is both intriguing and reinvigorating within the game development scene. Vintage consoles and computer systems, with their limited capabilities offer alternative, frankly more interesting roads for creative expression.
Cybermanga – I'm a huge fan of anime & manga, particularly from the 80's – 90's. And it seems so are plenty of people visiting this site, even attracting significant traffic from Japan. The influence of these art forms play a big part in my own creative path and this post gives a brief overview.
This Is For Retro Lovers – On the 2nd of June 2014, I wrote this blog's very first post. Short, sweet and straight to the point – ultimately setting the general tone for future articles. Surprisingly it attracted a far larger audience than I was expecting, considering it was very early days for the blog.
The 16-BIT Shock Design Philosophy – Probably one of the more important articles I've written here. The goal was to convey the direction that my game development projects were to take. Worth a read for recent visitors.
Prototyping And Arcade Presentation – A fairly recent article, managing to gain far more traction than I was expecting. I covered an issue in games that I feel should gain more attention, and that's the matter of how they are presented. Arcade games in particular are a great example of how this could be done.
Anti-Establishment – Another one of those articles that had a significant impact with readers. Further reiterating key points from the 16-BIT Shock Design Philosophy article. Perhaps a tad more cheeky, but still attracting small trickles of traffic several months after it was published.
Tools Of The Trade – GraphicsGale – At one point, pixel art seemed like it was a dying art form. Fortunately it has been rejuvenated recently with all the interest in retro and indie gaming. One of the better, if not the best pixel art editor is GraphicsGale. A personal favourite of mine which I go into more detail in this post.
FM Synthesis & Video Games: Kick Drums & Toms – Last but not least, is this excellent article by Joe Giliver from Ocular Audio. Joe's vast knowledge in music composition and FM synthesis is a great help in understanding what is substantially niche subject matter. Lately FM synthesis, is enjoying growing interest which is in line with the resurgence of retro gaming, computing and 80's synthesizer music.
Plenty of reading there, great way to start the new year I would think. Future articles will tread similar ground for the most part. However, there will be a shift in focus around the periods when I'll be releasing my game projects. Naturally there will be greater emphasis on these as should be expected.
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BREAKING: Ndubuisi Kanu, former military administrator of Imo, Lagos, is dead
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Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, a former Lagos state and old Imo State military Governor has reportedly died of suspected COVID-19 complications.
A source close to the family confirmed to TheNewsGuru, TNG that he died in Lagos today at 3am. Born November 3, 1943, Admiral Kanu would have been 78years old this year.
The Admiral who has not enjoyed the best of health in recent years was said to have gone home to the east during the Christmas season for the introduction ceremony of his daughter who was getting married to a man (both of them from abroad). "He was noticed to have had mild cough then and his condition deteriorated suddenly. Had to quickly fly back to Lagos where Covid-19 infection was diagnosed. He had been on intensive care with oxygen." Says TNG source.
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REAR ADMIRAL GODWIN NDUBUISI KANU (NN, RTD)
Rear Admiral Kanu was an accomplished military officer having had a successful tenure in the Nigerian Naval Command. A graduate of National Defence Academy, India, he served in various leadership positions both in core naval postings and in special assignments. He was a Member of the Supreme Military Council (1975 – 1976), first Military Governor of Imo State (1976 – 1977), Military Governor of Lagos State (1977 – 1978), Member of the Supreme Military Council (1978 –1979), Member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council, AFRC (1986 – 1989), Member of Special Committee on Review of the Report of the Political Bureau (1988) and Chairman of Special AFRC Committee on Creation of Local Governments. He retired honourably in October 1990 and is presently a Maritime Consultant.
In retirement, the first class graduate of Sandhurst Military Institute in UK, was running a successful shipping and maritime company called RAGNK Ltd, with head office in Victoria Island Lagos.
At one point, he was a Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, among other private sector institutions.
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What are some of the health problems caused by cigarette smoking?
What are the risks of tobacco smoke to nonsmokers?
Is smoking addictive?
Are other tobacco products, such as smokeless tobacco or pipe tobacco, harmful and addictive?
Is it harmful to smoke just a few cigarettes a day?
What are the immediate health benefits of quitting smoking?
What are the long-term health benefits of quitting smoking?
Does quitting smoking lower the risk of getting and dying from cancer?
Is it important for someone diagnosed with cancer to quit smoking?
Where can I get help to quit smoking?
Tobacco smoke contains many chemicals that are harmful to both smokers and nonsmokers. Breathing even a little tobacco smoke can be harmful (1-4).
Of the more than 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 250 are known to be harmful, including hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and ammonia (1, 2, 5).
Among the 250 known harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 69 can cause cancer. These cancer-causing chemicals include the following (1, 2, 5):
Aromatic amines
Beryllium (a toxic metal)
1,3–Butadiene (a hazardous gas)
Cadmium (a toxic metal)
Chromium (a metallic element)
Cumene
Nickel (a metallic element)
Polonium-210 (a radioactive chemical element)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Tobacco-specific nitrosamines
Vinyl chloride
Smoking is the leading cause of premature, preventable death in this country. Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke cause about 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States (1). Of those premature deaths, about 36% are from cancer, 39% are from heart disease and stroke, and 24% are from lung disease (1). Mortality rates among smokers are about three times higher than among people who have never smoked (6, 7).
Smoking harms nearly every bodily organ and organ system in the body and diminishes a person's overall health. Smoking causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, cervix, colon, and rectum, as well as acute myeloid leukemia (1–3).
Smoking also causes heart disease, stroke, aortic aneurysm (a balloon-like bulge in an artery in the chest), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (chronic bronchitis and emphysema), diabetes, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, age-related macular degeneration, and cataracts, and worsens asthma symptoms in adults. Smokers are at higher risk of developing pneumonia, tuberculosis, and other airway infections (1–3). In addition, smoking causes inflammation and impairs immune function (1).
Since the 1960s, a smoker's risk of developing lung cancer or COPD has actually increased compared with nonsmokers, even though the number of cigarettes consumed per smoker has decreased (1). There have also been changes over time in the type of lung cancer smokers develop – a decline in squamous cell carcinomas but a dramatic increase in adenocarcinomas. Both of these shifts may be due to changes in cigarette design and composition, in how tobacco leaves are cured, and in how deeply smokers inhale cigarette smoke and the toxicants it contains (1, 8).
Smoking makes it harder for a woman to get pregnant. A pregnant smoker is at higher risk of miscarriage, having an ectopic pregnancy, having her baby born too early and with an abnormally low birth weight, and having her baby born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate (1). A woman who smokes during or after pregnancy increases her infant's risk of death from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (2, 3). Men who smoke are at greater risk of erectile dysfunction (1, 9).
The longer a smoker's duration of smoking, the greater their likelihood of experiencing harm from smoking, including earlier death (7). But regardless of their age, smokers can substantially reduce their risk of disease, including cancer, by quitting.
Secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke, involuntary smoking, and passive smoking) is the combination of "sidestream" smoke (the smoke given off by a burning tobacco product) and "mainstream" smoke (the smoke exhaled by a smoker) (4, 5, 10, 11).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Surgeon General, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer have classified secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) (5, 11, 12). Inhaling secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in nonsmoking adults (1, 2, 4). Approximately 7,300 lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult nonsmokers in the United States as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke (1). The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that living with a smoker increases a nonsmoker's chances of developing lung cancer by 20 to 30% (4).
Secondhand smoke causes disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and children (2, 4). Exposure to secondhand smoke irritates the airways and has immediate harmful effects on a person's heart and blood vessels. It increases the risk of heart disease by an estimated 25 to 30% (4). In the United States, exposure to secondhand smoke is estimated to cause about 34,000 deaths from heart disease each year (1). Exposure to secondhand smoke also increases the risk of stroke by 20 to 30% (1). Pregnant women exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of having a baby with a small reduction in birth weight (1).
Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk of SIDS, ear infections, colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis. Secondhand smoke exposure can also increase the frequency and severity of asthma symptoms among children who have asthma. Being exposed to secondhand smoke slows the growth of children's lungs and can cause them to cough, wheeze, and feel breathless (2, 4).
Smoking is highly addictive. Nicotine is the drug primarily responsible for a person's addiction to tobacco products, including cigarettes. The addiction to cigarettes and other tobacco products that nicotine causes is similar to the addiction produced by using drugs such as heroin and cocaine (13). Nicotine is present naturally in the tobacco plant. But tobacco companies intentionally design cigarettes to have enough nicotine to create and sustain addiction.
The amount of nicotine that gets into the body is determined by the way a person smokes a tobacco product and by the nicotine content and design of the product. Nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the mouth and the lungs and travels to the brain in a matter of seconds. Taking more frequent and deeper puffs of tobacco smoke increases the amount of nicotine absorbed by the body.
Yes. All forms of tobacco are harmful and addictive (4, 11). There is no safe tobacco product.
In addition to cigarettes, other forms of tobacco include smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes, hookahs (waterpipes), bidis, and kreteks.
Smokeless tobacco: Smokeless tobacco is a type of tobacco that is not burned. It includes chewing tobacco, oral tobacco, spit or spitting tobacco, dip, chew, snus, dissolvable tobacco, and snuff. Smokeless tobacco causes oral (mouth, tongue, cheek and gum), esophageal, and pancreatic cancers and may also cause gum and heart disease (11, 14).
Cigars: These include premium cigars, little filtered cigars (LFCs), and cigarillos. LFCs resemble cigarettes, but both LFCs and cigarillos may have added flavors to increase appeal to youth and young adults (15, 16). Most cigars are composed primarily of a single type of tobacco (air-cured and fermented), and have a tobacco leaf wrapper. Studies have found that cigar smoke contains higher levels of toxic chemicals than cigarette smoke, although unlike cigarette smoke, cigar smoke is often not inhaled (11). Cigar smoking causes cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, esophagus, and lung. It may also cause cancer of the pancreas. Moreover, daily cigar smokers, particularly those who inhale, are at increased risk for developing heart disease and other types of lung disease.
Pipes: In pipe smoking, the tobacco is placed in a bowl that is connected to a stem with a mouthpiece at the other end. The smoke is usually not inhaled. Pipe smoking causes lung cancer and increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx, and esophagus (11, 17, 18).
Hookah or waterpipe (other names include argileh, ghelyoon, hubble bubble, shisha, boory, goza, and narghile): A hookah is a device used to smoke tobacco (often heavily flavored) by passing the smoke through a partially filled water bowl before being inhaled by the smoker. Although some people think hookah smoking is less harmful and addictive than cigarette smoking (19), research shows that hookah smoke is at least as toxic as cigarette smoke (20–22).
Bidis: A bidi is a flavored cigarette made by rolling tobacco in a dried leaf from the tendu tree, which is native to India. Bidi use is associated with heart attacks and cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, and lung (11, 23).
Kreteks: A kretek is a cigarette made with a mixture of tobacco and cloves. Smoking kreteks is associated with lung cancer and other lung diseases (11, 23).
There is no safe level of smoking. Smoking even just one cigarette per day over a lifetime can cause smoking-related cancers (lung, bladder, and pancreas) and premature death (24, 25).
The immediate health benefits of quitting smoking are substantial:
Heart rate and blood pressure, which are abnormally high while smoking, begin to return to normal.
Within a few hours, the level of carbon monoxide in the blood begins to decline. (Carbon monoxide reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen.)
Within a few weeks, people who quit smoking have improved circulation, produce less phlegm, and don't cough or wheeze as often.
Within several months of quitting, people can expect substantial improvements in lung function (26).
Within a few years of quitting, people will have lower risks of cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases than if they had continued to smoke.
Quitting smoking reduces the risk of cancer and many other diseases, such as heart disease and COPD, caused by smoking.
Data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey show that people who quit smoking, regardless of their age, are less likely to die from smoking-related illness than those who continue to smoke. Smokers who quit before age 40 reduce their chance of dying prematurely from smoking-related diseases by about 90%, and those who quit by age 45-54 reduce their chance of dying prematurely by about two-thirds (6).
Regardless of their age, people who quit smoking have substantial gains in life expectancy, compared with those who continue to smoke. Data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey also show that those who quit between the ages of 25 and 34 years live about 10 years longer; those who quit between ages 35 and 44 live about 9 years longer; those who quit between ages 45 and 54 live about 6 years longer; and those who quit between ages 55 and 64 live about 4 years longer (6).
Also, a study that followed a large group of people age 70 and older (7) found that even smokers who quit smoking in their 60s had a lower risk of mortality during follow-up than smokers who continued smoking.
Yes. Quitting smoking reduces the risk of developing and dying from cancer and other diseases caused by smoking. Although it is never too late to benefit from quitting, the benefit is greatest among those who quit at a younger age (3).
The risk of premature death and the chances of developing and dying from a smoking-related cancer depend on many factors, including the number of years a person has smoked, the number of cigarettes smoked per day, and the age at which the person began smoking.
Quitting smoking improves the prognosis of cancer patients. For patients with some cancers, quitting smoking at the time of diagnosis may reduce the risk of dying by 30% to 40% (1). For those having surgery, chemotherapy, or other treatments, quitting smoking helps improve the body's ability to heal and respond to therapy (1, 3, 27). It also lowers the risk of pneumonia and respiratory failure (1, 3, 28). In addition, quitting smoking may lower the risk that the cancer will recur, that a second cancer will develop, or that the person will die from the cancer or other causes (27, 29–32).
NCI and other agencies and organizations can help smokers quit:
Visit Smokefree.gov for access to free information and resources, including Create My Quit Plan, smartphone apps, and text message programs
Call the NCI Smoking Quitline at 1–877–44U–QUIT (1–877–448–7848) for individualized counseling, printed information, and referrals to other sources.
See the NCI fact sheet Where To Get Help When You Decide To Quit Smoking.
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