Cool reverse engineering indeed! For those who want it easier, the Helsinki Region Transport Authority HSL offers the arrival time predictions through a service called "Omat lähdöt", which has an open API too. However, the textual messages are not available so that's new. As the post mentions, the predictions are based on the GPS locations sent by the busses, which are not available to third parties (unlike the locations of the metro, trams and trains). For more information about the HSL Developer Community and open data at HSL, see dev.hsl.fi.
I find it silly to complain about grammar in what is clearly a typo, but I'll comment since you seem to be interested in grammar.
I know there are grammars with various conceptualizations, but 'may' is typically considered a verb. Perhaps you were thinking of the month May, although usually people who speak English natively would expect it to be capitalized. Interestingly, many adjectives in Japanese can predicate a sentence without a verb.
Cool that you've planned for platform-independence, although Basic dialects aren't where Linux shines. I can understand if you don't want to learn a new language (although each one is an experience!) so perhaps Mono is your best bet. I'd suggest you start testing with Mono as early as possible in case there are still some incompatibilities.
Unfortunately all my apps are written in Visual Studio 6, so the current answer to both questions is NO. I am rewriting my stuff in VS2005 though, which might offer a bit more cross-platform support down the track with the Mono project. Care to tell us which languages you're talking about? It's not like Linux and Mac OS X don't support plenty of those. You could also test that your software at least works under Wine.
No-one stops you from changing the function of the keys to your liking with xmodmap and window manager/desktop env bindings configuration.
For example, I use the right control key as a Compose key to enter characters like ñ in two parts. Menu key brings up Services menu in Sawfish, letting me to run commands (Open URL, search in dictionary) on X clipboard selections.
I have mapped the "multimedia keys" using hotkeys, as it let's me use the keys without screensaver interfering anyhow: one button switches to next screensaver (yes, I watch those instead of TV %-) and another uses gdm-flexiserver to launch a new X server login for my guests when the my screen is locked. My laptop has play/pause/etc and vol up/down visible even when the lid is closed, and they are the fasted way to control music anyway.
As it seems that the result is reproducible and thus scientifically valid, it's time to apply some trivial logic and conclude with the result: "60% of people will start programming as soon as hell freezes over."
You give someone info, they have that info. Who cares for "remote cryptography keys" if you can keep the key. Or simply take a screenshot of the message.
I see a point in digital shredding, and it's to not leak information by human mistake. But then if they're willingly keeping the info safe and not trying to copy it, wouldn't sending a URL suffice? When the document isn't needed anymore, you change the URL content to "Not here anymore, sorry."
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Cool reverse engineering indeed! For those who want it easier, the Helsinki Region Transport Authority HSL offers the arrival time predictions through a service called "Omat lähdöt", which has an open API too. However, the textual messages are not available so that's new. As the post mentions, the predictions are based on the GPS locations sent by the busses, which are not available to third parties (unlike the locations of the metro, trams and trains). For more information about the HSL Developer Community and open data at HSL, see dev.hsl.fi.
I find it silly to complain about grammar in what is clearly a typo, but I'll comment since you seem to be interested in grammar.
I know there are grammars with various conceptualizations, but 'may' is typically considered a verb. Perhaps you were thinking of the month May, although usually people who speak English natively would expect it to be capitalized. Interestingly, many adjectives in Japanese can predicate a sentence without a verb.
Do I read correctly that they invested $218M and expect to have $130M after the IPO? That smells like some other motive than stock investing...
Cool that you've planned for platform-independence, although Basic dialects aren't where Linux shines. I can understand if you don't want to learn a new language (although each one is an experience!) so perhaps Mono is your best bet. I'd suggest you start testing with Mono as early as possible in case there are still some incompatibilities.
I saw the error with version 3.2.1b-5 from Debian, but with 3.3-2 the download went fine.
No-one stops you from changing the function of the keys to your liking with xmodmap and window manager/desktop env bindings configuration.
For example, I use the right control key as a Compose key to enter characters like ñ in two parts. Menu key brings up Services menu in Sawfish, letting me to run commands (Open URL, search in dictionary) on X clipboard selections.
I have mapped the "multimedia keys" using hotkeys, as it let's me use the keys without screensaver interfering anyhow: one button switches to next screensaver (yes, I watch those instead of TV %-) and another uses gdm-flexiserver to launch a new X server login for my guests when the my screen is locked. My laptop has play/pause/etc and vol up/down visible even when the lid is closed, and they are the fasted way to control music anyway.
As it seems that the result is reproducible and thus scientifically valid, it's time to apply some trivial logic and conclude with the result:
"60% of people will start programming as soon as hell freezes over."
You give someone info, they have that info. Who cares for "remote cryptography keys" if you can keep the key. Or simply take a screenshot of the message.
I see a point in digital shredding, and it's to not leak information by human mistake. But then if they're willingly keeping the info safe and not trying to copy it, wouldn't sending a URL suffice? When the document isn't needed anymore, you change the URL content to "Not here anymore, sorry."