Ya know, I got dragged into trying JBuilder 2005 at my current (and new) job. I'm normally an emacs guy and stick to make instead of ant, well, old dogs and new tricks, you know... Additionally, I've been happy with later NetBeans versions. (My problem with IDE's is just about ONLY due to poor emacs emulations that still require more mousing than I like to edit.)
Anyway, I LOVE it. I run it on my desktop. My desktop is XP, so the only other tools I really need on my desktop are Putty and a Hummingbird X-Server. At least Putty was free (as is the Fine X Server in Cygwin).
Unfortunately, I can't comment on any other Borland things.
Well, actually, I've tried "nice"ing the thing, and it helps a tad. But the fact that I'm not really swapping madly is somewhat of a clue that I'm not in contention for the hard drive. cpu was at 100%.
You're correct that, if enblend were designed so that it could, say, work on two borders simultaneously using two cpus, it would run faster on two cpus and still hurt the responsiveness of the system. AFAIK, it's not (and, alsa AFAIK, the Gimp can be compiled to where only parts of it take advantage of multiple cpus).
I think I'm ready for a little exra bandwidth and a simple upgrade path to a dual core is very welcome lagniappe...
Speaking as a Native Texan who has never set foot in England (i.e.: it wasn't me in Harrod's), I agree with you. Frankly, he lost me when he confessed to the "...bit of good-natured joshing from British colleagues who politely inquired if our flat came with running water."
We just had articles a couple of months ago about towns in northern Louisiana who still had no POTS.
No, I'm not comparing where he lived to a small remote village in northern Louisiana, but you do expect to have less in less developed areas. I'm currently staying with a friend inside the Albuquerque city limits and DSL is unavailable (although Comcast will gladly give us a cable modem).
So, he moves to a less developed area (basing this on the "joshing" he got) and, essentially, complains that it is less developed. No pity from me here...
Certain image process apps (e.g.: enblend, a panorama enhancing app) drive my single athlon into a state where it is sluggish and hard to use (1.8ghz athlon, 768 mb ram, fedora core 3).
So, while the Gimp can be compiled to do some multiply-threaded stuff, the real boost is that my computer should still be useable for other things while it's off fixing my panoramas.
Since some of my panoramas take over 2 hours to fix, I'm looking into a faster system and will definitely be trying to make sure I can get something that lets me plug one of these guys in when they become available.
It just meant that Canadian lawmakers are more in tune with the values of the typical United States citizen than are the members of the U.S. Congress and Senate.
Well, at least in this particular area...;-)
I don't think anyone is surprised anymore that our lawmakers write laws that reflect the values of lobbyists.:-(
'Just an honest question (ok, 2 questions): don't some of 3COM's NIC's do something similar? Is the difference just a matter of the degree of offloading?
When shooting in RAW format, you often (if not almost always) shoot a grey card anyway and calculate your own white balance. I do, anyway. I think I do a better job than the camera. There are tutorials to show you how to do this in the Gimp, if you're really curious.
What is encrypted is the white balance information that a chip in the camera calculated for you based on analysis of the image.
To rephrase: If I understand the article correctly, they are not talking about the image itself being encrypted, just some output (white balance in this case) from anaylis of the image by a chip in the camera. FWIW, that's part of what Canon's "digic" (can't ever get the capitalization correct) does in their cameras.
I regularly stitch photographic panoramas on my 1.8 ghz athlon using panotools. It is not unusual for it to take over 2 hours to stitch and then blend (with enblend). During that time, even if I "nice" the process to 20, the computer is sluggish at other things.
Since some of these tools are still "beta" (e.g.: the hugin gui), they are still being tweaked. A calculation that gets iterated through 10,000,000 times would take, well:
10,000,000 (0.006 - 0.005) = 10,000 seconds
Honestly, I'm Very Grateful for any tweaking any of these guys are willing to do!
If you're really, truly, deeply concerned about how well a particular piece of code is optimized, the only way to be really, truly, deeply sure is to Do It Yourself for the particular processor you are using.
Unless it really needs to be optimized, and I speak as a person who reads others' code a LOT, PLEASE go for readability over obfuscility.;-)
I agree - the truth is, a good, easily "pullable" conduit network (perhaps from each room as straight as possible to a central spot or the attic) is All You May Really Need.
For now, I'm busy ripping and flac'ing my cd's and have just about justified my slimdevices.com squeezebox wireless - no conduit required.;-)
Just a thought: he's a deranged psycho made that way by the cylons and she's some sort of implant into his psyche. Everthing she says could be viewed as a manipulative ploy, using him as a pawn for the cylons.
I have to confess: I thought the Old Series was cheesy but I *really* like the new one!
Google, Mapquest, Expedia, MapSource (Garmin), and so on are all off my apartment by 100 feet, but have the layout pretty much dead on.
Map24 has me on a non existent street (Avalon Lane), and the entire apartment complex is mapped out with nonexistent streets. Probably very old data from a previous owner of the apartment complex since the current names have been in place for several years.
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Nah - you understand perfectly.
;-)
Just picture a bunch of little BSD Daemon guys killing Stallman and...
Mark
"...an effigy of a crown-wearing penguin."
Sheesh. The prez in "Mars Attacks" said it best:
"Why can't we work out our differences? Why can't we work things out? Little people, why can't we all just get along?"
Mark
'Already made it to David Letterman. He's surprised NYC hasn't already imported about 12,000 (IIRC) of them...
Mark
Ya know, I got dragged into trying JBuilder 2005 at my current (and new) job. I'm normally an emacs guy and stick to make instead of ant, well, old dogs and new tricks, you know... Additionally, I've been happy with later NetBeans versions. (My problem with IDE's is just about ONLY due to poor emacs emulations that still require more mousing than I like to edit.)
Anyway, I LOVE it. I run it on my desktop. My desktop is XP, so the only other tools I really need on my desktop are Putty and a Hummingbird X-Server. At least Putty was free (as is the Fine X Server in Cygwin).
Unfortunately, I can't comment on any other Borland things.
Mark "Would That Be UK.JBuilder.Com?"
Well, actually, I've tried "nice"ing the thing, and it helps a tad. But the fact that I'm not really swapping madly is somewhat of a clue that I'm not in contention for the hard drive. cpu was at 100%.
You're correct that, if enblend were designed so that it could, say, work on two borders simultaneously using two cpus, it would run faster on two cpus and still hurt the responsiveness of the system. AFAIK, it's not (and, alsa AFAIK, the Gimp can be compiled to where only parts of it take advantage of multiple cpus).
I think I'm ready for a little exra bandwidth and a simple upgrade path to a dual core is very welcome lagniappe...
Mark
Speaking as a Native Texan who has never set foot in England (i.e.: it wasn't me in Harrod's), I agree with you. Frankly, he lost me when he confessed to the "...bit of good-natured joshing from British colleagues who politely inquired if our flat came with running water."
We just had articles a couple of months ago about towns in northern Louisiana who still had no POTS.
No, I'm not comparing where he lived to a small remote village in northern Louisiana, but you do expect to have less in less developed areas. I'm currently staying with a friend inside the Albuquerque city limits and DSL is unavailable (although Comcast will gladly give us a cable modem).
So, he moves to a less developed area (basing this on the "joshing" he got) and, essentially, complains that it is less developed. No pity from me here...
Mark
Hit the nail on the head.
Certain image process apps (e.g.: enblend, a panorama enhancing app) drive my single athlon into a state where it is sluggish and hard to use (1.8ghz athlon, 768 mb ram, fedora core 3).
So, while the Gimp can be compiled to do some multiply-threaded stuff, the real boost is that my computer should still be useable for other things while it's off fixing my panoramas.
Since some of my panoramas take over 2 hours to fix, I'm looking into a faster system and will definitely be trying to make sure I can get something that lets me plug one of these guys in when they become available.
Mark
"...wouldn't be any more impressive than having good credit"
;-)
I know some folks for whom this would be quite an accomplishment...
"I can't imagine General Grievous slicing bagels with his lightsaber"
Perhaps a deft Jedi could slice one into a toasted bagel with it like the bread knife in Hitchhiker's Guide...
Mark
It just meant that Canadian lawmakers are more in tune with the values of the typical United States citizen than are the members of the U.S. Congress and Senate.
;-)
:-(
Well, at least in this particular area...
I don't think anyone is surprised anymore that our lawmakers write laws that reflect the values of lobbyists.
Mark
'Just an honest question (ok, 2 questions): don't some of 3COM's NIC's do something similar? Is the difference just a matter of the degree of offloading?
Mark
"...IP lawyers get all busted out of shape by something like an iPod when audio recording has been around in classrooms for ages.
Maybe it's because now they will be able to make..." a ton of money on various consulting and legal fees.
Mark
When shooting in RAW format, you often (if not almost always) shoot a grey card anyway and calculate your own white balance. I do, anyway. I think I do a better job than the camera. There are tutorials to show you how to do this in the Gimp, if you're really curious.
What is encrypted is the white balance information that a chip in the camera calculated for you based on analysis of the image.
To rephrase: If I understand the article correctly, they are not talking about the image itself being encrypted, just some output (white balance in this case) from anaylis of the image by a chip in the camera. FWIW, that's part of what Canon's "digic" (can't ever get the capitalization correct) does in their cameras.
Mark
Why don't they make disposable use-once covers or require disposable gloves when using the keyboard?
Mark
I regularly stitch photographic panoramas on my 1.8 ghz athlon using panotools. It is not unusual for it to take over 2 hours to stitch and then blend (with enblend). During that time, even if I "nice" the process to 20, the computer is sluggish at other things.
Since some of these tools are still "beta" (e.g.: the hugin gui), they are still being tweaked. A calculation that gets iterated through 10,000,000 times would take, well:
10,000,000 (0.006 - 0.005) = 10,000 seconds
Honestly, I'm Very Grateful for any tweaking any of these guys are willing to do!
Mark
If you're really, truly, deeply concerned about how well a particular piece of code is optimized, the only way to be really, truly, deeply sure is to Do It Yourself for the particular processor you are using.
;-)
Unless it really needs to be optimized, and I speak as a person who reads others' code a LOT, PLEASE go for readability over obfuscility.
Mark
I agree - the truth is, a good, easily "pullable" conduit network (perhaps from each room as straight as possible to a central spot or the attic) is All You May Really Need.
;-)
For now, I'm busy ripping and flac'ing my cd's and have just about justified my slimdevices.com squeezebox wireless - no conduit required.
Mark
Which requires an obligatory Blazing Saddles quote:
;-)
"How about some more beans Mr. Taggart?"
"I'd say you'd had enough!"
Hey, YOU brought it up!
Mark
Just a thought: he's a deranged psycho made that way by the cylons and she's some sort of implant into his psyche. Everthing she says could be viewed as a manipulative ploy, using him as a pawn for the cylons.
I have to confess: I thought the Old Series was cheesy but I *really* like the new one!
Mark
Map24 for my address is completely wrong, FWIW.
151 avalon gardens drive, nanuet, ny, 10954
Google, Mapquest, Expedia, MapSource (Garmin), and so on are all off my apartment by 100 feet, but have the layout pretty much dead on.
Map24 has me on a non existent street (Avalon Lane), and the entire apartment complex is mapped out with nonexistent streets. Probably very old data from a previous owner of the apartment complex since the current names have been in place for several years.
Mark
Somebody mod this guy up.
"The store also reports 0% of such transactions being fraudulent" so far...
"Hey man! The MirrorDot page you are looking for is not here."
Who's gonna rescue MirrorDot?
"Problem in Database Connection"
I guess that isn't Flop # 1...
Just a "me, too" agreement here on redhat or suse...
$ wine: cannot determine executable type for L"Z:\\home\\mark\\Downloads\\ParentFileScan_setup. msi"
I installed it using Plain Olde Truly Free Wine (i.e.: not xover office) and most of it works. It is better than, say, gthumb.
Two gthumbs up for that!
Mark