static NSString *cachedModel = nil;

static NSArray *cachedColors = nil;

    if (cachedModel == nil) {

        size_t size;

        // set 'oldp' parameter to NULL to get the size of the data returned so we can allocate appropriate amount of space

        sysctlbyname("hw.machine", NULL, &size, NULL, 0);

        char *name = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * size);

        // get the platform name

        sysctlbyname("hw.machine", name, &size, NULL, 0);

        cachedModel = [[NSString stringWithUTF8String:name] retain];

        free(name);

        DLog(@"Cache now contains: %@",cachedModel);

    }

    return cachedModel;

    if (cachedColors == nil) {

        // by default colors are ARGB but we do computation over RGB, hence we have to "& 0x00FFFFFF" before processing

        unsigned int colors[] = HW_TEAMCOLOR_ARRAY;

        NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

        int i = 0;

        while(colors[i] != 0)

            [array addObject:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:(colors[i++] & 0x00FFFFFF)]];

        cachedColors = [[NSArray arrayWithArray:array] retain];

        [array release];

    }

    return cachedColors;

+(void) releaseCache {

    releaseAndNil(cachedModel);

    releaseAndNil(cachedColors);