Dr. Claus Volko

I've successfully managed to install SDL on my Visual Studio. After some tweaking the .exe file is 40 kb (debug mode, so I guess it will be even smaller in release mode). This means it will probably be no problem to create a 96k game with this configuration. I guess the first thing I'll code is gonna be "shadeblobs" :-) ((c) by one of our proofreaders) OK, I've managed to reduce the size of my SDL template .exe to 7168 bytes. It's still in debug mode as I get a linker error when trying to build the project in release mode (it says: "msvcrt.lib(MSVCR71.dll) : error LNK2005: _exit bereits in LIBC.lib(crt0dat.obj) definiert" - maybe somebody knows how to fix that?). Anyway, this leaves more than 88 kb for code, gfx and music - that oughtta be enough to make something decent. What a coincidence: CoaXCable has asked me to join his group CoolPHat as a demo/game coder - so maybe he has some ideas about what I could code (i.e. better ideas than I currently h

I tried some tests from http://queendom.com/tests/ (I had found the link on DiamonDie's homepage). One of them was the biggest personality test I've ever taken. Here are the "Summary Results": "Based on the Five Factor Model credited to Goldberg, Costa and McRae, the Advanced Multidimensional Personality Matrix (AMPM) is a comprehensive personality assessment designed to provide you with valuable insight into your character, aptitudes, and disposition.  The AMPM is based on the theory that all human personality traits belong to one of five broad dimensions of personality. Below the summary report, you will find a detailed personality report, including an advice section and your scores on the thirty-seven distinct personality traits.  Your Personality Type:  Manager  Your confidence, flexibility, and organizational skills make you the Manager. Your ability to juggle tasks is admirable, and your firm but friendly attitude gains you respect. You love trying out new

Ich stimme diesem Satz von Karl Marx zu. Das Sein bestimmt das Bewusstsein, nicht umgekehrt, wie Hegel noch behauptet hatte. Es gibt nicht einmal eine unmittelbare Wechselwirkung zwischen Sein und Bewusstsein. Vielmehr bestimmt das Sein das Bewusstsein, das Bewusstsein das Handeln, und erst das Handeln wirkt wieder auf das Sein ein.

While I'm almost finished with Hugi #32, I'll be loaded with even more editorial work: The board of directors of Mensa Austria wants to make me the new editor of Mensa Austria's official magazine "Diskussion". I've told them I'm interested since I like this type of work and I also like the magazine. I'm confident it won't take too much of my time; the magazine is released once in two months, but its contents are far thinner than Hugi's.

Diese Frage stellt sich zumindest aufgrund des Ergebnisses des Eignungstests für Medizinische Studiengänge (EMS), der dieses Jahr zum ersten Mal als Voraussetzung für ein Medizinstudium in Wien oder Innsbruck durchgeführt wurde.  Siehe: http://science.orf.at/science/news/145219

I would have been going to visit NuKe/Fairlight tomorrow, but as I learned today, he unfortunately suffers from a (minor) injury and will have to take a rest for 6 weeks. Hereby I wish him a good recovery!

I've just bought the official textbook for my next exam, social medicine. It's merely 140 pages and easy to read - what a great contrast to my previous exam, for which I had to study more than 1000 pages full of strange proper names, complicated chemical formulae, long lists of indications and contraindications, and difficult physiological mechanisms! I'm rather optimistic about my chances that I'll pass the 12 last exams of my medical studies in the 2 remaining years which the government has allowed me to spend studying until I'll have to do my alternative service. The only difficulty is that I'll have to do a practical course in each subject before taking the related exam, and getting places for these courses isn't always easy.

During my pharmacology exam I told my professor where I had been spending my clerkships, to which he reacted: "All of these are para-medical subjects!" True. Radiology, radiotherapy, laboratory diagnostics, ... - that's not really what you'd consider core subjects of medicine. Now I've drawn an analogy. In the demoscene, I've been spending my time making a diskmag and reporting about people who made demos, instead of trying to make a demo myself. With time, I've grown to feel bad about this. I must not repeat this error in my medical career. I must start out as a real physician!