26 January 2007

xplorer² lite: free windows explorer replacement (file manager)

The easiest file manager I've found. Navigate with dual panes and a folder tree. Lot's of quick keys and useful tools built in.

xplorer² lite: free windows explorer replacement (file manager)

pdfforge.org

The best pdf printer driver. So many options...

pdfforge.org

BooZet's Free Software » Visual CD » Overview

I can never remember which disk my files are on after backing up my computer files DVD's. This program is the best I've found so far.

Save the disk catalogs to your hard-drive then search them using keywords. It will even find files inside archives and can look at the tags in mp3's. Once you've found the file, insert the disk and click on the search result to open it.

BooZet's Free Software » Visual CD » Overview

19 January 2007

8 line solution to Labyrinth maze program

Here is the solution: 
1 EXIT? 8 2 
2 WALL? 3 5 
3 RIGHT 
4 GOTO 1 
5 STEP 
6 LEFT 
7 GOTO 1 
8 QUIT 

 An explanation: The basic idea is that if you always turn in the same direction and follow the walls, you will eventually find the exit. There is an annual maze competition using robotic mice and one year a team worked this out and built a faster mouse instead of a smarter mouse and they won! The program first checks to see if the robot is at the exit. If it is the program ends, if not it looks in front to see if there is a wall. If there is a wall then turn right and start the cycle again. If there isn't a wall, take a step forward, turn left and start the cycle again.