Wednesday, March 25, 2009

How to Patch your Warcraft DOTA become 1.22 [Tutorial in English]

I try to translating

First, download these files:
1. Download this Patch 1.21
2. Download this Patch 1.22

Beginning step:
1. Download both of patch(1.21 and 1.22) to your desktop/PC
2. Extract both of file
3. Cut folder “1.21″ and folder “1.22″ to your folder “Warcraft III” (as default C:\Program Files\Warcraft III)

The instruction to move folder 1.21 to default Warcraft folder:
1. open C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\1.21
2. Copy 8 (eight) files inside the folder 1.21 "C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\1.21" (Do not CUT!!)
3. Paste (REPLACE) into "C:\Program Files\Warcraft III"

The instruction to the folder 1.22 to default Warcraft folder:
1. open C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\1.22
2. Copy 4 (four) files inside the folder 1.22 "C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\1.22" (Do not CUT!!)
3. Paste (REPLACE) into "C:\Program Files\Warcraft III"

Good Luck.

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Patch 1.22
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FEATURES

- There is now a replay auto-save feature in the options menu. Replays
are automatically saved to the “replay” folder.
- The game is now automatically saved in the event of a potential
disconnect. These saved games are placed in the “save” folder.
- Player color selection can now be limited by the number of players in
the game using an option in the “Advanced Options” screen during game
creation.
- Added an option to always show unit and building health bars.
- You can now enable and disable the display of minimap signals
from players and other observers using chat commands:
/showminimapsignals and /hideminimapsignals.
- Added a new in-game cheat “maxfps” to limit the maximum frame rate to
the given number. Example: “maxfps 30″ will set the maximum frame rate
to 30 FPS.

BALANCE CHANGES

HUMAN
- Scout Tower repair rate changed from 12 to 20.
- Knight damage increased: Attack cooldown changed from 1.50 to
1.40 and base damage increased from 25 to 28 (Average damage is 34).

UNDEAD
- Increased Ziggurat base armor from 1 to 5.
- Reduced the build time of the Necropolis from 120 to 100.

NIGHT ELF
- Reduce the Orb of venom poison duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Increase the experience gain from Dryads from Level 2 (40xp) to
Level 3 (60 xp).

FIXES

- The cooldown on unlimited usable items (example: the staff of
preservation) now persists after the item is dropped or traded.
- A cooldown exploit with potions has been fixed.
- When you unburrow a Crypt Fiend, its auto-cast will no longer be toggled
off.
- An exploit bug in which items could lose their cooldowns when transferred
between heroes has been fixed.
- Fixed DotA-specific sound effects on Intel Macs.
- Fixed sound falloff on Intel Macs. Distant sounds should now still be
audible.

MAPS

- New maps from contest winners:
- (2)MeltingValley
- (2)RoadToStratholme
- (4)CentaurGrove
- (4)TidewaterGlades

Saturday, March 7, 2009

About MySQL

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database software, with over 100 million copies of its software downloaded or distributed throughout its history. With its superior speed, reliability, and ease of use, MySQL has become the preferred choice for Web, Web 2.0, SaaS, ISV, Telecom companies and forward-thinking corporate IT Managers because it eliminates the major problems associated with downtime, maintenance and administration for modern, online applications.

Many of the world's largest and fastest-growing organizations use MySQL to save time and money powering their high-volume Web sites, critical business systems, and packaged software — including industry leaders such as Yahoo!, Alcatel-Lucent, Google, Nokia, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Booking.com.

The flagship MySQL offering is MySQL Enterprise, a comprehensive set of production-tested software, proactive monitoring tools, and premium support services available in an affordable annual subscription.

MySQL is a key part of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python), the fast-growing open source enterprise software stack. More and more companies are using LAMP as an alternative to expensive proprietary software stacks because of its lower cost and freedom from platform lock-in.

The MySQL database is owned, developed and supported by Sun Microsystems, one of the world's largest contributors to open source software. MySQL was originally founded and developed in Sweden by two Swedes and a Finn: David Axmark, Allan Larsson and Michael "Monty" Widenius, who had worked together since the 1980's. More historical information on MySQL is available on Wikipedia
Our Continued MySQL Values

We want the MySQL database to be:

* The best and the most-used database in the world for online applications
* Available and affordable for all
* Easy to use
* Continuously improved while remaining fast, secure and reliable
* Fun to use and improve
* Free from bugs


We want the people working on MySQL to:

* Subscribe to the Open Source philosophy
* Aim to be good citizens
* Prefer partners that share our values and mindset
* Answer email and give assistance to users, customers, partners and co-workers
* Be a virtual organization, networking with others

If you want to know more or have a request or proposal for us, please visit our contacts page to learn how to best reach us.


About MySQL

Summary of Popular Database System

In this article we'll explore the changes to several popular databases and compare what they have now and what they hold in the near future.

We will explore 3 databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2000->2005, MySQL 4.0 -> 5.0, and PostGreSQL 7.4->8.0->8.1.

For each database, we'll outline the key features, and what will be in the future additions. In the final part, we will compare side by side key features that we look for in a database management system and compare how each stacks up. + denotes not a new feature, * denotes new feature in this version, - nonexistent ranking 0-3 (0 nonexistent, 1 fair, 2 good, 3 excellent) .

Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server current edition is SQL Server 2000 Standard (note SQL Server 2005 Express is also now available, but the SQL Server 2005 Standard->Enterprise are still in beta), which has been out for a couple of years. In this year, they will be releasing the 2005 version which will have major enhancements. We'll outline the major features below.


The new version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2005 (called Yukon) will have major enhancements. The main ones are listed above. Perhaps the most powerful are the introduction of the PIVOT, UNPIVOT which convert a table to a cross tab query and convert a cross tab to standard tabular format, and CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY predicates which allow one to join correlated functions that return tables.

The new version will have native support for .NET languages as well (such as VB and C#).

MySQL
MySQL is perhaps the most popular open source database around. What is most appealing about it is possibly the ease with which it can be installed and its support for numerous OSes.

In prior versions, MySQL lacked many options that a black-belt DB programmer or DBA would find useful. It is now beginning to make up for this in version MySQL 4.0 (recently released), and the upcoming MySQL 5.


PostGreSQL
PostGreSQL is perhaps the feature-rich open source database around. What is most appealing about it is its relative ease of setup, advanced ANSI-SQL and other Object Relational features, its support for numerous OSes, and its generous licensing model.

In prior versions (7.4 and below), PostGreSQL lacked native Windows support which was a big disadvantage when compared with databases such as MySQL. PostGreSQL 8.0 and above now sport native Windows support and a very simple to use Windows installer.



Popular Database System

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

TIOBE Programming Community Index for February 2009

February Headline: RPG (AS/400) replaces COBOL in top 20

The TIOBE Programming Community index gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. The index is updated once a month. The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors. The popular search engines Google, MSN, Yahoo!, and YouTube are used to calculate the ratings. Observe that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written.

The index can be used to check whether your programming skills are still up to date or to make a strategic decision about what programming language should be adopted when starting to build a new software system. The definition of the TIOBE index can be found here.


Source: Top 20 Language Programming