Hello again folks, and welcome back to the GOTC tutorial series on hexadecimal/decimal conversions. Last time I introduced the hexadecimal system in a roundabout way by talking about bases in general. I discussed that the difference in bases is simply how many digits you count up to before you “turn-over,” like an odometer in a car. In decimal, for example, it goes 0-9; in hexadecimal, 0-F (where “F” can be thought of as the number 15 in decimal). Therefore, without further ado, let’s jump into a way to convert between these two bases.
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Editor’s Note: Rene is the second winner of the GOTC Gmail Giveway.

Ever since the original Unreal Tournament, I have been hooked on it. Then Unreal Tournament 2003 came. That was a major Step Forward in gaming with UT, new maps, modes and models made this another great milestone for gamers who loved FPS. It was clear, sharp and the next best thing for gaming. Effectively it was an upgrade to UT, sporting the latest Graphics and the latest coding, which made it so special. Many people however, thought this was a simple product test from Epic, since they did not listen to the Community as much as they should and many thought this was an add on and not a new step with the UT series. This angered many but did not stop the people from playing this game. Epic still supported the game by releasing a Bonus Pack which added two new modes of play and mutators (Game Modifications) and the Community did not abandon this game either, as a few mappers got together and created the Community bonus pack which included several new maps, which were of the highest standard anyone could have thought.
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Editor’s Note: Stephen is the first winner of the GOTC Gmail Giveaway. You can find his website here.

Python is self-described as an “interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language”. Now, what on earth does that mean? Python is a relatively young language which joins the group referred to as “scripting languages” such as Perl, which it is often compared to.
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