Iran's deadly drone arsenal is a 'wake-up call for America': Expert warns US defenses may be unprepared for swarm attacks
A leaked FBI alert about a possible Iranian drone plot targeting California is being described by experts as a wake-up call that the US may be unprepared for a future attack.
West Ham vs Man City - Premier League RECAP: Reaction as Pep Guardiola's side are held in huge blow to title hopes
Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as West Ham take on Manchester City, with Oliver Holt reporting from the ground.
Police hunt 'masked men armed with blades' after fight outside Asda supermarket wounded two, 17 and 24
Officers were called to the Ashfield supermarket just before midnight to a group of men wearing face coverings.
Teen who accidentally killed his teacher during prank praises his widow after charges were dropped
Jayden Wallace was among a group of five 18-year-old students charged over the death of Jason Hughes, a 40-year-old math teacher and coach at North Hall High School .
The £17million 'white elephant' cycle lane everyone loves to hate: Council builds 11ft-wide track with just three problems - it causes traffic jams, looks ugly and no one uses it
A huge new £17m bike lane has been branded a 'monumental waste of public money' - as it has substantially increased congestion while being used by only a handful of cyclists.
How a Raspberry Pi Microcontroller Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom'
"Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku — especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessor
Hampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth episode being cut, [1995's] Doom on the Super NES was not a good version of the game, but it was Doom running on the Super NES, and, for that alone, [programmer Randal] Linden's genius deserves recognition.
But then in 2022 when Audi Sorlie interviewed Linden on the YouTube show DF Retro, "Not really knowing where fate was going to take us, I asked [Linden] a throwaway question regarding the source code for Doom."
If you ever worked on this again, Sorlie asked, would you make any improvements or do anything differently?"
"Yeah," Linden replied. "I have plenty of ideas if I could go back, but, you know, I don't think anyone's asking me to go back to Super Nintendo Doom and improve it."
A few years passed, and Sorlie joined Limited Run Games as lead producer for their development department. When LRG asked him to run down his craziest ideas, a new, improved release of Randal Linden's Doom loomed large. Convincing Linden was easy, and Sorlie said even the folks at license holder Bethesda were more amused than anything.
"You want to go back and develop for Super Nintendo?" they asked Sorlie. "Like, for real...?"
"The trick was actually pretty cool," Linden said. "It's right here." He pointed to a chip on the prototype SNES cartridge, similar to the one Limited Run sent me to test out the game. "It's a Raspberry Pi 2350." Super FX chips are no longer in production for obvious reasons, but with a clever bit of programming, Linden was able to load software onto the Raspberry Pi that fools the SNES into thinking the game has one. "The Super Nintendo doesn't know that it's not talking to a Super FX," he explained. When he programs for it, he writes code almost identical to what he'd write for an authentic Super FX chip.
"I had to go back and reverse-engineer my own code from 30 years ago," Linden laughed. "It's like, what was I doing here? And what was I doing there? Yeah, it was pretty tricky, some of the code. I was like, wow, I used to be very smart." The result of Linden's work? It's Doom, running right on a Super Nintendo, but it's smoother, packed with new content, and even includes rumble.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
How a Raspberry Pi Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom'
"Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku — especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessor
Hampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth episode being cut, [1995's] Doom on the Super NES was not a good version of the game, but it was Doom running on the Super NES, and, for that alone, [programmer Randal] Linden's genius deserves recognition.
But then in 2022 when Audi Sorlie interviewed Linden on the YouTube show DF Retro, "Not really knowing where fate was going to take us, I asked [Linden] a throwaway question regarding the source code for Doom."
If you ever worked on this again, Sorlie asked, would you make any improvements or do anything differently?"
"Yeah," Linden replied. "I have plenty of ideas if I could go back, but, you know, I don't think anyone's asking me to go back to Super Nintendo Doom and improve it."
A few years passed, and Sorlie joined Limited Run Games as lead producer for their development department. When LRG asked him to run down his craziest ideas, a new, improved release of Randal Linden's Doom loomed large. Convincing Linden was easy, and Sorlie said even the folks at license holder Bethesda were more amused than anything.
"You want to go back and develop for Super Nintendo?" they asked Sorlie. "Like, for real...?"
"The trick was actually pretty cool," Linden said. "It's right here." He pointed to a chip on the prototype SNES cartridge, similar to the one Limited Run sent me to test out the game. "It's a Raspberry Pi 2350." Super FX chips are no longer in production for obvious reasons, but with a clever bit of programming, Linden was able to load software onto the Raspberry Pi that fools the SNES into thinking the game has one. "The Super Nintendo doesn't know that it's not talking to a Super FX," he explained. When he programs for it, he writes code almost identical to what he'd write for an authentic Super FX chip.
"I had to go back and reverse-engineer my own code from 30 years ago," Linden laughed. "It's like, what was I doing here? And what was I doing there? Yeah, it was pretty tricky, some of the code. I was like, wow, I used to be very smart." The result of Linden's work? It's Doom, running right on a Super Nintendo, but it's smoother, packed with new content, and even includes rumble.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
GPs were once gatekeepers of our great NHS - now they're happy to dish out sick notes for mental health to just about anyone who wants one
Like fit notes, the issuing of autism referrals is fast becoming a formality for GPs, rather than what it should be - an interrogation of the patient and their symptoms.
William and Harry's 'argument' at 'awkward' Fab Four walkabout with Kate and Meghan after the Queen's death, revealed by lip reader
Princes William and Harry had an 'argument' before their 'awkward' Windsor walkabout with Kate and Meghan in 2022 - just one day after the Queen's death, a lip reader has claimed.
Nearly 1,000 wrong-way driver incidents reported on Britain's motorways in last year
Amounting to about 20 every week, the alarming toll includes motorists entering slip roads the wrong way, reversing on the hard shoulder and even attempting dangerous U-turns.
Body of man is found inside wheelie bin in park: Police fear victim was hit by a car and then moved
The unidentified man, believed to be aged 40 to 50, was found by a member of the public in Cash's Park off Daimler Road at around 5pm on Friday.
Woman who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of raping her at 17 says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor brushed hand against her chest during same New York stay - in 'creepy' encounter at 'meat market' party
Caroline Kaufman, now 32, alleges the 'creepy' encounter happened in 2010 just moments before she was then taken upstairs and raped by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Sudanese national who abducted five-year-old girl while she played in Birmingham street before sexually assaulting her at his locked home is jailed
Mohammed Abdulraziq, 32, held the victim in a downstairs room until her mother heard her crying and she was rescued by two men who forced their way in.
Parents condemn UK's biggest toy chain for flogging 'creepy' products to young girls that 'force them to grow up too quickly'
The Entertainer, who operates 160 stores in the UK, has began stocking products from beauty brand Sol Beauty, including oils, serums and moisturisers.
Ex-Labour minister Phil Woolas who was confronted by Joanna Lumley on live TV dies from brain cancer aged 66
Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown led tributes today to Phil Woolas who passed away on Saturday after a brave battle against the disease.
F1 chiefs CONFIRM cancellation of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia races due to Middle East conflict - leaving month-long gap in the calendar after no suitable alternatives found
JONATHAN McEVOY: The two rounds will not be replaced meaning there will be a hiatus in the calendar through the whole of April, following the Japanese Grand Prix on March 29.
Woman, 43, is arrested for murder as 18-day-old baby girl falls from height from residential property
Police attended a house on Horseferry Road in Westminster, London, following reports that a baby had fallen from a height.
Dubai influencers say Brits who have fled bombing are 'ungrateful' and 'are the type of people we don't mind leaving' - claiming those who have stayed are PROFITING from the war
Dubai influencers have denounced those who have left the besieged city, branding them 'ungrateful' and 'brokies'.
Paris Fury weighs in on nepo baby debate as she says daughter Venezuela, 16, isn't going to 'magically have a career drop in her lap' and discusses her friendship with Molly-Mae Hague
The 16-year-old daughter of boxer Tyson Fury and Paris has been focusing on her social media and has tried her hand at modelling.
Oil boss accused of 'helping funnel cash to Tehran'
The businessman is alleged to have 'dishonest(ly)… allowed' £123 million to be 'misappropriated' from Alliance Petrochemical, a Singapore-based oil firm.