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Download Now Star Ruler ver 1.0.1.2 Full Only In 2Down.us

• Sep 29, 2010 from 2down in Gaming
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  Star Ruler ver 1.0.1.2 full | 129.34 MB
  
  Ever wanted to rule the galaxy? Now's your chance!
  Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction. Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity.
  Utilize your silver tongue to twist other Empires into submitting under your galaxy-class wit with a complex and full-featured diplomacy system or wheel-and-deal your way to supremacy.
  Research deadly new weapons, new engines, shields, and more with a research web whose contents are shuffled with every game.
  Explore vast interstellar phenomenae such as black holes and asteroid belts and exploit them for yourself or destroy them to deny your foes.
  Match your wits with up to 10 online or LAN-linked opponents, save the Software ,2Down" >Game when dawn breaks, and boot it back up at dusk. It isn't over until you say it is!
  Mod the game to suit your playstyle! Your weapons, your ships, your rules. Almost the entire game can be modified entirely through an editor as simple as notepad. Easily add new models and particle effects to the game with a robust set of out-of-the-box developer tools.
  
  . Vast, Procedurally Generated Galaxies
  - Choose however many systems you desire; you are limited only by the speed of your cpu
  - Rich, diverse, planets whose type, size, number of moons, and other characteristics vary
  - Full 3D too much to handle? Flatten maps for ease of interaction
  - Alter the Galaxy throughout the game with advanced technology
  . Intricate Ship Design and Exciting Combat
  - Massive ship battles fought in real-time with particle effects and directional damage
  - Ships whose individual components can be compromised, destroyed, disabled, repaired, and renovated
  - Ships depend on key components to keep functioning, and failures can lead to catastrophic explosions which can turn the tide of battle
  - Add components that modify the behavior of connected components, such as added health from bulkheads, or faster firing from coolant systems
  - Save and load your custom ships and settings to your profile for easy importation and exportation.
  - Fully simulated newtonian physics
  . Unique Research System
  - Unique Web-Like Research system with unexpected discoveries around every turn
  - Choose between a structured, static web, or a highly varied web each game
  - Develop technologies that lead to different strategies, rather than simply better tools
  . Easy to use interface, complex gameplay
  - Govern your planets with a simple yet powerful interface to customize the behavior of your worlds
  - Numerous easy-to-use interfaces which provide quick solutions to specific problems
  - Customize the GUI via scripting; add new windows, or change pre-existing interface behavior
  . Engaging AI Opponents
  - Choose from various levels of difficulty, with optional 'cheating' AIs
  - Watch for the AIs to attempt different strategies to defeat their opponents
  - Counter their new ship designs, as they adapt their designs to counter your own
  - Engage in complex diplomatic interaction with your opponents
  . Extensive Modding Support
  - Modify data files and Scripts in any editor as simple as Notepad
  - Use developer tools to create particle effects and configure imported models
  - Smart use of AngelScript allows users to create entirely new gamemodes, gameplay, and online experiences
  - All files from the base game are readily available to learn from
  . Multiplayer: Co-Op, Team, and Free-for-all
  - Play with as many competitors as your server can manage, with drop-in-drop-out compatibility
  - Supports both internet and LAN play
  - Dedicated Servers
  - Standard server controls
  - Seamless transitioning: Multiplayer Games can be saved and then played in Singleplayer and then brought back up in Multiplayer
  . Original Soundtrack
  - Experience an all original soundtrack by Artem Bank
  . Much more to come!
  - As time goes on, more and more features, graphics updates, and so on will be added to Star Ruler. We won't be satisfied until we're the best in the genre
  
  Changes:
  . [Fixed] Fixed typos in planetary cannon and space port descriptions.
  . [Fixed] Jump Drives were always available, and did not improve with technology.
  . [Fixed] Disconnect notifications were not being sent and disconnected players were not giving up control of their empires to the AI. (Leading to new players not being able to take over)
  . [Fixed] In Multiplayer, players were able to see the orders given to ships controlled by other empires.
  . [Fixed] The tooltips shown on the planet window when hovering above a building in the "Manage Queue" tab will now always show the correct structure information.
  . [Fixed] Heartbeats to the master server would stop after a single timed out connection, causing live servers to be de-listed.
  . [Fixed] Fixed loading of Unicode files. Fixes issues with some double-byte languages.
  . [Fixed]...

Download Now Star Ruler ver 1.0.1.2 Full Only In 2Down.us

• Sep 29, 2010 from 2down in Gaming
  2down.us download Now
  
  
  
  Star Ruler ver 1.0.1.2 full | 129.34 MB
  
  Ever wanted to rule the galaxy? Now's your chance!
  Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction. Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity.
  Utilize your silver tongue to twist other Empires into submitting under your galaxy-class wit with a complex and full-featured diplomacy system or wheel-and-deal your way to supremacy.
  Research deadly new weapons, new engines, shields, and more with a research web whose contents are shuffled with every game.
  Explore vast interstellar phenomenae such as black holes and asteroid belts and exploit them for yourself or destroy them to deny your foes.
  Match your wits with up to 10 online or LAN-linked opponents, save the Software ,2Down" >Game when dawn breaks, and boot it back up at dusk. It isn't over until you say it is!
  Mod the game to suit your playstyle! Your weapons, your ships, your rules. Almost the entire game can be modified entirely through an editor as simple as notepad. Easily add new models and particle effects to the game with a robust set of out-of-the-box developer tools.
  
  . Vast, Procedurally Generated Galaxies
  - Choose however many systems you desire; you are limited only by the speed of your cpu
  - Rich, diverse, planets whose type, size, number of moons, and other characteristics vary
  - Full 3D too much to handle? Flatten maps for ease of interaction
  - Alter the Galaxy throughout the game with advanced technology
  . Intricate Ship Design and Exciting Combat
  - Massive ship battles fought in real-time with particle effects and directional damage
  - Ships whose individual components can be compromised, destroyed, disabled, repaired, and renovated
  - Ships depend on key components to keep functioning, and failures can lead to catastrophic explosions which can turn the tide of battle
  - Add components that modify the behavior of connected components, such as added health from bulkheads, or faster firing from coolant systems
  - Save and load your custom ships and settings to your profile for easy importation and exportation.
  - Fully simulated newtonian physics
  . Unique Research System
  - Unique Web-Like Research system with unexpected discoveries around every turn
  - Choose between a structured, static web, or a highly varied web each game
  - Develop technologies that lead to different strategies, rather than simply better tools
  . Easy to use interface, complex gameplay
  - Govern your planets with a simple yet powerful interface to customize the behavior of your worlds
  - Numerous easy-to-use interfaces which provide quick solutions to specific problems
  - Customize the GUI via scripting; add new windows, or change pre-existing interface behavior
  . Engaging AI Opponents
  - Choose from various levels of difficulty, with optional 'cheating' AIs
  - Watch for the AIs to attempt different strategies to defeat their opponents
  - Counter their new ship designs, as they adapt their designs to counter your own
  - Engage in complex diplomatic interaction with your opponents
  . Extensive Modding Support
  - Modify data files and Scripts in any editor as simple as Notepad
  - Use developer tools to create particle effects and configure imported models
  - Smart use of AngelScript allows users to create entirely new gamemodes, gameplay, and online experiences
  - All files from the base game are readily available to learn from
  . Multiplayer: Co-Op, Team, and Free-for-all
  - Play with as many competitors as your server can manage, with drop-in-drop-out compatibility
  - Supports both internet and LAN play
  - Dedicated Servers
  - Standard server controls
  - Seamless transitioning: Multiplayer Games can be saved and then played in Singleplayer and then brought back up in Multiplayer
  . Original Soundtrack
  - Experience an all original soundtrack by Artem Bank
  . Much more to come!
  - As time goes on, more and more features, graphics updates, and so on will be added to Star Ruler. We won't be satisfied until we're the best in the genre
  
  Changes:
  . [Fixed] Fixed typos in planetary cannon and space port descriptions.
  . [Fixed] Jump Drives were always available, and did not improve with technology.
  . [Fixed] Disconnect notifications were not being sent and disconnected players were not giving up control of their empires to the AI. (Leading to new players not being able to take over)
  . [Fixed] In Multiplayer, players were able to see the orders given to ships controlled by other empires.
  . [Fixed] The tooltips shown on the planet window when hovering above a building in the "Manage Queue" tab will now always show the correct structure information.
  . [Fixed] Heartbeats to the master server would stop after a single timed out connection, causing live servers to be de-listed.
  . [Fixed] Fixed loading of Unicode files. Fixes issues with some double-byte languages.
  . [Fixed]...

11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress

• Jul 19, 2010 from mashable(Mashable) in Technology
  Cyrus Patten is the editor of Pingable.org, a blog about everything WordPress. He specializes in the role of technology in community organizing.WordPress is inherently fast, and thats why so many professional bloggers call it their choice platform.Like many new bloggers, I used to think that until I had enough traffic to make a difference, Id worry about the bandwidth and site speed later. But thats not thinking ahead considering that today social media can drive an overwhelming amount of traffic in a very short period of time; you dont want to get caught with a crashed site.When youre not prepared for lots of traffic, its common for a web host to suspend your account temporarily, and thats something you dont want. If your writing is decent and youve been doing some minimal promotion, then it could happen to you. Think positively and prepare your blog as though its going to be a huge success. To do that, here is a tutorial on how to speed up your WordPress site.Note: As always, with everything, you should backup your WordPress installation before making any code changes.1. CachingUtilize WordPress Object CacheBy inserting this simple code into your wp-config.php file, you can set WordPress to begin caching database queries rather than initiating new server requests on each load. You dont have to understand why this works, it just will. 1. // Enable the WordPress Object Cache: 2. define(ENABLE_CACHE, true); Read more on this topic: By reducing the number of queries, youll both increase the speed of your site, and reduce the server resources that are consumed each time you receive a visitor. As a result, youll find that it will make your web host much happier in the event of a huge traffic spike.Utilize a caching pluginThe main plugin that meets this need is the WP Super Cache, which does exactly what it says. It caches posts and stores them as files on the server so that repeated requests are dealt with faster and with fewer resources. The plugin will automatically update as comments are added so the dynamic nature of the blog isnt lost.Another option, which is used right here on Mashable, is W3 Total Cache. Its a plugin that promises 10 times the speed of your site without it.2. Choose the Right HostThere are several web hosts that are optimized to run WordPress. And while WordPress is not that picky, it does have a set of ideal server settings. Most web hosts meet the basic requirements, but you can find more information about whats necessary here.Choosing the right host means more that just buying storage space. Many discount hosts will try to fool you with promises of massive server space at a cheap price because they know you will likely never use the promised enormous allotment. You should really be aware of:BandwidthProcessor speed/typeDatabases allowedDomains allowedWhich versions of PHP, MySQL, etc. are installedLook for hosts that have more of a commitment to WordPress as a CMS and blogging platform and not just a mention at the bottom of their features list. Another solid resource is the WordPress hosting page.Also, though most shared hosts will likely be running Apache, keep in mind that WordPress can also run on NGINX, which can increase your servers speed by changing the structure of the server requests. NGINX powers massive websites like Hulu, SourceForge and WordPress itself.If these big boys choose NGINX, you know it delivers.3. Prune Your PluginsTake a look at your plugin list and remove the inactive ones. Then remove the any actives ones that you dont actually use; they are likely to place a strain on your serve resources because WordPress loads all plugins when a page loads.Make sure youre always running the latest stable release of both WordPress and your plugins. Many older WordPress plugins are not efficient and will weigh your blog down.WordPress 3.0 comes with a revamped plugin update feature, allowing you to update plugins faster, smoother and easier. It also offers a bulk update feature that is completely new to WordPress, so theres no excuse for letting your plugin versions expire.4. Choose the Right ThemeThemes can make or break a WordPress installation. Go for something stylish but simple. Its important to understand that fewer images will equals less loading time, which means a speedier site. Choose themes with the fewest possible images and a CSS-based design. Themes with tables, frames and static HTML will be slower than those based on the latest technologies. You might want to choose a minimalist theme and modify it to suit your needs.There are many resources for minimalist themes, including this one Six Revisions and this one at Tripwire Magazine. Dont just take the themes simplicity as a sign of load speed, though; check the actual speed using something like YSlow or Pingdoms Page Test.5. Compress ImagesWhile a clean page means speed, you have to balance that with the fact that strong supporting images are key to a successful blog. But there is no reason to...

11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress

• Jul 19, 2010 from mashdevdesign(Mashable - Dev & Design) in Technology
  Cyrus Patten is the editor of Pingable.org, a blog about everything WordPress. He specializes in the role of technology in community organizing.WordPress is inherently fast, and that's why so many professional bloggers call it their choice platform.Like many new bloggers, I used to think that until I had enough traffic to make a difference, I'd worry about the bandwidth and site speed later. But that's not thinking ahead considering that today social media can drive an overwhelming amount of traffic in a very short period of time; you don't want to get caught with a crashed site.When you're not prepared for lots of traffic, it's common for a web host to suspend your account temporarily, and that's something you don't want. If your writing is decent and you've been doing some minimal promotion, then it could happen to you. Think positively and prepare your blog as though it's going to be a huge success. To do that, here is a tutorial on how to speed up your WordPress site.Note: As always, with everything, you should backup your WordPress installation before making any code changes.1. CachingUtilize WordPress Object CacheBy inserting this simple code into your wp-config.php file, you can set WordPress to begin caching database queries rather than initiating new server requests on each load. You don't have to understand why this works, it just will. 1. // Enable the WordPress Object Cache:
  2. define(ENABLE_CACHE, true);
  Read more on this topic: By reducing the number of queries, you'll both increase the speed of your site, and reduce the server resources that are consumed each time you receive a visitor. As a result, you'll find that it will make your web host much happier in the event of a huge traffic spike.Utilize a caching pluginThe main plugin that meets this need is the WP Super Cache, which does exactly what it says. It caches posts and stores them as files on the server so that repeated requests are dealt with faster and with fewer resources. The plugin will automatically update as comments are added so the dynamic nature of the blog isn't lost.Another option, which is used right here on Mashable, is W3 Total Cache. It's a plugin that promises 10 times the speed of your site without it.2. Choose the Right HostThere are several web hosts that are optimized to run WordPress. And while WordPress is not that picky, it does have a set of ideal server settings. Most web hosts meet the basic requirements, but you can find more information about what's necessary here.Choosing the right host means more that just buying storage space. Many discount hosts will try to fool you with promises of massive server space at a cheap price because they know you will likely never use the promised enormous allotment. You should really be aware of:BandwidthProcessor speed/typeDatabases allowedDomains allowedWhich versions of PHP, MySQL, etc. are installedLook for hosts that have more of a commitment to WordPress as a CMS and blogging platform and not just a mention at the bottom of their features list. Another solid resource is the WordPress hosting page.Also, though most shared hosts will likely be running Apache, keep in mind that WordPress can also run on NGINX, which can increase your server's speed by changing the structure of the server requests. NGINX powers massive websites like Hulu, SourceForge and WordPress itself.If these big boys choose NGINX, you know it delivers.3. Prune Your PluginsTake a look at your plugin list and remove the inactive ones. Then remove the any actives ones that you don't actually use; they are likely to place a strain on your serve resources because WordPress loads all plugins when a page loads.Make sure you're always running the latest stable release of both WordPress and your plugins. Many older WordPress plugins are not efficient and will weigh your blog down.WordPress 3.0 comes with a revamped plugin update feature, allowing you to update plugins faster, smoother and easier. It also offers a bulk update feature that is completely new to WordPress, so there's no excuse for letting your plugin versions expire.4. Choose the Right ThemeThemes can make or break a WordPress installation. Go for something stylish but simple. It's important to understand that fewer images will equals less loading time, which means a speedier site. Choose themes with the fewest possible images and a CSS-based design. Themes with tables, frames and static HTML will be slower than those based on the latest technologies. You might want to choose a minimalist theme and modify it to suit your needs.There are many resources for minimalist themes, including this one Six Revisions and this one at Tripwire Magazine. Don't just take the theme's simplicity as a sign of load speed, though; check the actual speed using something like YSlow or Pingdom's Page Test.5. Compress ImagesWhile a clean page means speed, you have to balance that with the fact that strong supporting images are key to a successful blog. But there...

Burning Brighter: The Future of Firefox, Browsers and the Web [Interview]

• Jul 08, 2010 from lifehacker in Technology
  Remember the Browser Wars of the Aughts? Internet Exploder gripped the web. Firefox 1.0 challenged the king. Six years later, IE is waning. (But still strong.) WebKit rules smartphones. Where does Mozilla, and the web, go from here?
  Christopher Blizzard is the Director of Developer Relations at and Open Source Evangelist at Mozilla. We sunk into the plush furniture at the Ace Hotel to talk about the future of Mozilla and the web over Stumptown coffeedecaf for Christopher.
  Giz: So you've got an iPhone app coming up, right?
  Christopher: It isn't just about the browser as a piece of technology, but it's also sort of who you are, where you go, what you know, and trying to make everything really easy on mobile devices. 'Cause it's still a huge pain in the butt to type on devices and get something. So connecting data, connecting who you arewhich your browser knows you better than anyone really. It's kinda creepy, actually. And bringing those cross-mobile and desktop. So I use that technology [Firefox Sync] on multiple operating systems and a machine at home and for me it's been revolutionary. Like everything syncs. I start up a new browser and it knows exactly who I am.
  Giz: So I know on the desktop side, the big thing has kinda been a Javascript speed race. Where do you see Firefox competing on the desktop at this point? Chrome and Safari now have extensions, which was a really big thing that Firefox had first. So what's sort of the next step for Firefox? If you look at growth rates, Chrome is sort of speeding up faster than anybody in part because Google's pushing it kinda hard. Like, if you go to YouTube on a non-Chrome browser it says, 'Hey, try Chrome'.
  Christopher: Yeah, so, there's a bunch of stuff. Javascript and the C front, that battle's not finished. They have what we callwell, Chrome-inspireda baseline JIT [compiler] in their browsers. And it basically, when you download the code, it compiles it and it runs it into the native code. It's pretty fast and it's consistent.
  In Firefox, since 3.5, we showed this thing called tracing. So tracing takes code as it's running and optimizes it. It's a very different approach.
  We're going to do a baseline JIT for Firefox 4. It's not done yet, and it hasn't landed in any tree yet, so nobody's tested it. It's gonna give similar performance characteristics to Chrome. But we're also gonna do tracing on top of that. What we discovered, is that for a lot of applications, especially when you want to do anything that's actually CPU intensive, we smoke everybody. It's not even fair.
  What we're gonna have, I think, with Firefox 4 is that we're gonna have a Javascript engine that's a generation ahead of everybody else, which will be pretty interesting. We're kind of excited about that. Our larger mission is drive apps on the web...so I think that's going to be really important to see.
  You see Google pushing native client nowit's part of a solution for building performance on the web. And what we've seen is actually with tracing is that we can get a lot of those performance benefits or get really close. And we know we're only gonna get faster to what you can do with native client or you can even do with native code. So, this is gonna go on for a couple more years.
  Giz: It's interesting that you have the three biggest players in tech with each one pushing their own browser: Microsoft has theirs; Apple has theirs; now Google's pushing theirs; and Mozilla's like the true independent at this point.
  Christopher: We're the only one that makes browsers! We don't sell ads, we don't make operating systems. We don't sell hardware. We just make browsers.
  Giz: Before, when it was Mozilla vs. Microsoft, it's easier for people to get behind that in a way. People don't feel so bad about using Google's browser. They're not like, Fuck Google.' That was kind of like a big part of [Mozilla vs. Microsoft]. So where does Mozilla go from there, in this kind of environment? How do you compete?
  Christopher: We ask that question a lot internally too, and it always comes back to the fact that we care about people. It actually is the most important thing. And the web is a democratizing force. So as long as we continue to make things that people love, people are gonna continue to use it. As long as we stand behind the technology that we have, and continue to improve and invest in it as a mechanism for getting the larger goals done, we're gonna be fine. I'm not that worried about competing with them.
  We don't have as many resources in terms of cash, but in terms of team coherency, we're much better in terms of team size. We're about the same as everybody else. Sometimes larger, sometimes smaller.
  We have a lot of assets too. We have strong brand identity. It's really interesting that people continue to choose Firefox over and over and over again. We've seen a lot of pickup from Chrome, but we know we're still adding users at twice their rate. We know that people love us. When we go out, they go oh I love...