Before CLI, what interface was used to program computers? [closed] - interface

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As I have been working through the CLI on my Raspberry Pi, I have begun to wonder what was used before the CLI. How were computers programmed without even a rudimentary interface? And how did we go from that ancient interface to the CLI, and eventually the GUI?
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Before the CLI: Patch cords. Front panel lights and switches. Punched cards. Punched 35mm film. Punched sheet paper. Paper tape. Magnetic pencil dots on paper. Analog knobs and dials. Initial gear positions. And that's just a partial list.

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writing a game server? [closed]

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I want to write an mmo game server, but I can't seem to find any links that will tell me where to start off. Do I have to have my own server? Could I make a game server using GoDaddy as a host? Any information is a help.
I've made demo games with a server/client on LAN, and I am comfortable enough with network programming. My issue is making an online server. I just don't know where to start.
Yes, you are to buy server, where you server-side game will run. Goddady the cheapest solution is virtual dedicated server...
First of all, give a look at what is network-programming, try to create an echo server or a little chat and test all of this locally before buying anything.
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What's the technology behind Skype's anit-shake video recording? [closed]

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Skype added an anti-shake feature in it's video conference app on iPhone. How can that be done?
This is quite a complicated thing to pull off, but it's probably a combination of some powerful blur detection/removal algorithms, and the gyroscope. I would start by looking into how to detect motion with the iPhone, and see what kind of results you can get with that. If it's not enough, start looking into shift/blur direction detection algorithms. This is not a trivial problem, but is something that you could probably accomplish given enough time. Hope that Helps!

What is Metro, is it going to replace .NET completely? [closed]

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Heard that Microsoft is planning to release Metro (http://connect.microsoft.com/metro), calling next generation technologies and some of them said its going to replace .NET, is it true?
How Metro is important for a .NET developer?
Metro style is a new type of ux. It will not be replaced and in fact the new windows 8 has two modes. It all depends on the goal of your application. Take a look at this blog it explains it pretty well.
http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/posts/11-09-15/i-know-what-you-re-thinking-and-you-re-wrong.aspx
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Metro is the new GUI, started with Windows Phone 7, prior to that similar interface used in MS Zune player.

how to use accelerometer to change voice (auto tune) [closed]

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I am interested in creating an auto tune app and did a bit of research and apparently thats now possible by using accelerometer that apple provides but I have no idea how to do that. can someone help out by giving me a link to a tutorial or give me an example code to change the voice inserted into the function.
Thanks in advance.
The accelerometer reports back physical acceleration of the device. This has absolutely nothing to do with digital signal processing of a recorded waveform, and as others said, there will be no easy way to do this. You can browse the audacity source (plugins specifically) to see algorithms having to do with time-stretching and will see that this is very complex. Not only is the science of the signal processing complicated, the art of getting it to sound good (at all) is incredible.

Deployment Strategies [closed]

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i need to evaluate Software Deployment Strategies but literature is lacking. So i thought i could ask you which Strategies you know / use so that i can pick them up and evaluate them.
Thank you for your help
Are you sure you want a strategy? Deployment is more tactically and operational driven than strategic. From a software quality point of view, early feedback is seen as important and is driving towards an ASAP strategy. Take a look at the work of Kent Beck and google on lean startups. A thought experiment. Depending on your capital situation, market and competitors, you might prefer an ALAP strategy. But most companies are not Apple.