Brain Challenge - Sharpen Your Brain

I got this game a couple of weeks ago and I admit that "It is AWESOME".
It was strange as I didn't know that gameloft was making PC games (There is an XBOX version of that game too).
I never like any mobile game made by gameloft, but I really liked this game as I like all brain enhancing and sharpening tools.
It's more fun than BrainTrainer (Which I'll review soon).

Its name is Brain Challenge

Brain Challenge Features
- Interesting Puzzles
- 20 different games in 5 categories (Logic, Math, Visual, Memory and Focus)
- Stress Management Test
- Keep track of your progress every day
- A creative mode to relax & explore your brain's creative abilities
- Self-adjusting difficulty system based on your brain activity profile

Requirements:
- Operating system: Windows XP or Vista
- Processor speed: Intel Pentium3 733mhz or better processor
- RAM: 256 MB
- Hard drive space: 150 MB
- Graphics Card: 64MB Direct3D 9 compatible video card
- Sound Card: Vista compatible
- DirectX9 compatible driver





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Mindhabits: A Fun Way to Positive Programming - Review

I downloaded this game after reading that it won the First Prize in Great Canadian Video Game Competition.

Stressed out?
Worrying about your next date or the big presentation to your boss? Feeling low? Instead of running to the closest book-store to find a trendy self-help book, get MindHabits. Find relief at the click of a mouse. A video game that is actually good for you? Now, that's a concept!
Based on social intelligence research conducted at McGill University, these stress busting, confidence boosting games use simple, fun-to-play exercises that help players develop and maintain a more positive state of mind.
The game contains:
Daily Tracker: 5 different exercises you perform daily for best results.
4 Different exercises: to perform at any time with many levels to help boosting your self-confidence and stress relief.
I'm using this game for only 3 days and the results are fruitful :)
Here it is the game description and some screen shots here
How it Works? Here
Research that the game is based on here (PDF document)
Game homepage here (press download, play and Enjoy :)

The October Man Sequence - Review

Beside my geeky side, I find it irresistibly amazing and fun to study the human mind.
Computers are awesome but they are linear, when it come to the human mind. This is the real challenge.
That intro was a must to explain why I am writing about a seduction ebook in this geeky weblog!

When I was reading "The Game" by Neil Strauss, Neil said that Ross Jeffiries used a method with a waiter at the restaurant they were setting at. And the waiter was so aroused without even be touched!!
Only words and tonality!!
Ross said that he doesn't teach this method in his seminars as considered to be dangerous (and yes it is!!).
It can create a slave out of the the one you're using this method on, and so it may create a stalker who will never leave you.
It is Evil and it uses the "Dark side of NLP".
After saving money to purchase the book, I red it a couple of times and am still reading it over and over again to make it a part of me...
Man!, the book contains AWESOME info that can be used in many areas in life.
I even used it to heal myself from some unwanted feelings and fears (we all have some).

Let me explain a little more about the book which was written by IN10SE (a seduction Scientist)
The book simplifies the usage of symbol fractionation as you'll

Elicit a state/identity/body sensation --> Turn it into a symbol --> Manipulate the symbol --> Link it to you.

And here it is a list with contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: What it can do?
Intent - Wrestling the Angel
Parts of Mind (Layers, People and Places)
Who can do the October Man?
Beliefs you should have to make it work even better.
Where to do it?
When to do it?
Chapter 2: It starts with YOU
Fames
Values
Authority
The Hypnotic Seductionist Frame
To Evoke Pleasure
Chapter 3: Background and Foundational Understanding
The Unconscious
Symbols - The Language of The Unconscious
Mind-Body Connection
Regression and Vulnerability
How to use that information?
Se*ual Conditionin.
Huna Principles
The Three Elements in Addition to Intent
Principles of Energy Works
Chapter 4: Visualization and Other Exercises
Exercise #1
Exercise #2
Interactive Energy
Sensitive Places to be Touched
The Energetic Touch
Eye Contact - Window to The Soul
Guiding Visualization
Specific Visualization Themes
Chapter 5: Bringing All Elements Together
State Elicitation Example
Creating the October Man - A new Se*ual Identity

The book is only 86 pages with a great design and easy to understand writing, even if your IQ is 69, you'll get the NLP concepts in it and how to use them to your advantage.
But be very careful. I swear that this method was creeping the sh*t out of me when I was using it.
I even tried it via chatting with a an overseas friend and the results were amazing, so again and again BE VERY CAREFUL with it, it's not for faint hearts...
It is so potent that according to IN10SE, using this technique is akin to "bringing a nuclear bomb to a gunfight".

In this course you'll receive:
- The entire 86 page October Man Sequence Ebook
- The 4 CD mp3 October Man Sequence Audio Course
- The Symbolic Morphology Ebook
- The Symbolic Morphology Audio Course
- Advanced Root Chakra massage mp3
- The October Man Sequence process language flash cards (a VERY COOL Concept and learning too!)
- The October Man Sequence Patterns and Themes Workbook
- Secret Principles of Pleasure Ebook
- Secret Principles of Pleasure Audio Course
- This includes an exclusice music CD (10 songs in mp3 format) with original music composed and performed by IN10SE with subliminal track layers that will get any lover in the mood!

Knowledge is no longer Power, Knowledge is Survival...

Reverse string in VB.net

I was trying to find out how to reverse a string in VB.net and after about 45 minutes of trial and error I found out how :)

here it is

I created a form with 1 textbox and 1 button.
I wanted to reverse the text I entered in the textbox
The idea is you convert the text into an array and use the reverse array built in function in VB.net

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim reverse() As Char = Text.ToCharArray() 'identify the dim and convert it to a char array
reverse = TextBox1.Text
Array.Reverse(reverse) 'Reverse the array (our text)
TextBox1.Text = reverse 'Display the result in the same textbox
Clipboard.SetText(TextBox1.Text) 'Store the new text in the clipboard
End Sub

Have phun

All the partitions are gone !

Some people (and I was one them) got this problem that 'suddenly' they found all the partition in their HDD are gone and they have to repartition the HDD and lose all the data (which totally sucks).
The main cause of this problem is that the partition table either damaged or can't be red.
So we have to REwrite the partition table and I found a good utility to do this and I used it with my old HDD (before it got totally f***ed up due to thousands of bad sectors) and I rescued successfully many important data.

TestDisk
It is an open source utility which can fix the partition table and recover deleted partitions.
It has many other options we only gonna see how to recover our partitions.
I used "Hiren's Boot CD 8.9" which includes version 6.7-WIP of TestDisk.
Also I used M$ Virtual PC 6.

Let's get started.

I have a HDD and I deleted all the partitions, restarted the machine and opened TestDisk (Dos version).
I Chose "No Log" coz I don't need the log file though.
Choose the HDD you wanna recover.
Choose |Intel| (or your OS).Choose "Analyse".
Choose "Proceed".
Give the program sometime to detect the partitions (depends on the HDD status).
And BNAG :)
You have your partitions.
Press "Enter" to continue to rewrite the table.

Choose "Write" and press Enter.
The partition table will be rewritten and you'll have to restart the machine to get the new settings done.
Have phun and congrats.
Your data are back again.

By the way...
You can't get Hiren's Boot CD through their website. Google for it.

TestDisk can run under other operating systems (check this page):
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

:(

I got my HDD f***ed up and I lost some important data including the next 3 or 4 posts subjects and as I got my new PC :) I'll recollect the data and remember the subjects or make new ones (especially the posts about consoles).

See ya very soon

Which console should I buy?

I managed to write this review in a table but Blogger sucks with tables :x (and many other things)
Anyways.
all gamers always worry about which console they should buy.
Capabilities vs Prices.
Today I'll write a review about XBOX 360 showing almost all the details which matter.
I'll also review PS3 and Wii and I'm working on them.

XBOX 360

Price
- Basic model: $299
- Loaded model: $399
- Elite model: $499

Microprocessor
- 3.2 GHx PowerPC with 3 dual threaded processor cores

Graphics Processor
- GPU type: ATI-based custom processor
- Clock speed: 500 MHz
- Video RAM: Up to 512 MB GDDR3 system RAM (700 MHz) plus 10 MB embedded DRAM (eDRAM) frame buffer.
- Video memory bandwidth-21.6 GBPS to system RAM.
- 256 GBPS to eDRAM

Video:
- Native video resolution: 16:9 wide screen 720p, 1080i, 1080p.
- Component HDTV output.
- No HDMI output.

System memory:
- Main system RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 RAM (700 MHz), shared with GPU.
- Memory bandwidth-22.4 GBPS

Storage:
- Optical drive: 12X dual-layer DVD, HD-DVD drive offered as an add-on.
- Supported optical format: XBOX DVD, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD and JPEG photo CD.
- HD-DVD supported with optional HD-DVD drive.
- Hard Drive: 20 or 120 GB removable hard drive (based on the model).
- Memory card ports: 2 XBOX 360 Memory Unit ports (64 or 256 MB each).
- USB 2.0 ports: 3 ports.

Networking:
-Ethernet: 1 port (100 Mbps).
-Wireless: WI-FI ready, 802-11-based controller communications.

Online services:
- Pervasive online experience through XBOX Live Silver (free), XBOX Live Gold; includes ability to download full movies and TV shows.

Multimedia features:
- Full Media Center Extender 2.0 experience
- Live and recorded TV support (including HDTV)
- Support Streaming video, audio and photo slideshows.
- Plays contents from portable media players including iPod and PSP.
- Plays protected WMA files.
- Displays contents from portable storage devices.

Controllers:
- 4 wireless (plus wired controllers via USB ), controllers will work with Windows PCs as well.
- Controllers feature removable batteries.

Reverse compatibility:
- Partial compatibility with original XBOX previous generations titles.

Other Info
- Improves legacy game experience as games are upscaled to HDTV resolutions.

Sales:
- USA 5.4 million consumer sales as of May, 18 2007.
- Japan 420,000 consumer sales as of July, 18 2007.
- Worldwide 11.6 million consumer sales as of July 2007.

A PDF version will be available soon :)
Have phun!

Sources

http://www.wikipedia.org

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