Don't reinvent the wheel. What you describe can be accomplished with Trac.
Trac is a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system. It provides an interface to Subversion and an integrated wiki. It uses Apache and mod_python, but it's really easy to install if you follow the instructions.
You can see examples of it in use at PylonsHQ and the Django site, both of which are styled nicely. You can see a default install at PyDelicious.
And no, it's not only Python sites that use it. Those are just the ones off the top of my head.:)
45% of Americans say it's simply too expensive. 30% say that they just don't want it. 14% say they feel dial-up is adequate for their needs. Less than 10% are not able to get broadband access in their area. Five percent insist broadband is "too complicated". Another 5% aren't even sure why they don't have it..."
So let me get this straight...
Too expensive: 45%
Don't want it: 30%
Dial-up good enough: 14%
Not available: < 10%
Too complicated: 5%
Not sure: 5%
Apparently 100% of Americans do not have broadband!
If you are into Python rather than Perl, you might want to check out PyGame.
It's basically a wrapper for SDL that makes it extremely easy to make games with Python. You could easily make a working 2D game with sound and decent physics in an evening if you are already familiar with the language. I'm a relative newb, and even I was able to make a basic pong/breakout type game in a few nights.:)
What people really want isn't to organize their photos with Picasa... they wantGoogle Earth. That's the app that would be extremely cool to have available on Linux.
Yeah, it already works in Wine, but it would be nice to be able to run it without that.
I've looked, but they seem to miss this important feature annoucement, or does it just lack? Does it run on windows?
I know the post was meant as a joke.:) But I really do think there would be some value in having a Windows mythfrontend available, if not a backend. Unfortunately, all that is available now is WinMyth. And that doesn't work in most cases.
Part of the problem IMHO, is the absolute lack of documentation for the MythTV protocol.
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MythTV is a bitch to configure.
Actually, I found that MythTV itself was rather easy to configure. What was hard was all of the subsystems required by MythTV.
For example, on a fresh Gentoo install, I have to get audio working (ALSA or OSS), and then video (Xorg, nvidia drivers, tv-out, etc.) and then get the capture/tuner card working (bttv, ivtv, etc.). And get them all working nicely together...
Once I had all that done, MythTV was a snap to configure and have up and running.
From experience I've found that when building a new MythTV, it's best to test/debug each subsystem as you go along.... most times the problem you are having has nothing to do with "MythTV" per se.
I've heard many people make the argument that it's not as important to standardize on a single language, as it is to make sure you are using standardized languages.
A standardized language has been vetted by an organization like ISO, ANSI or ECMA. A few examples would be ANSI C, ECMA C#, and ANSI Common List, but there are obviously many more. Using one ensures (for the most part) that your application will survive no matter what happens to the specific implementation of the language.
I'm no programming expert, but I've found that logging everything with accurate timestamps can solve a lot of problems. One of the best things I've done was to acquaint myself with Python's logging module. It's really a lot nicer than throwing print statements all over the place, and log levels make for easy switching in and out of "debug" mode. So that's my advice... implement a good logging system.:)
I'm unfortunately not too familiar with C#, so I can't comment on it's logging facilities (or lack thereof) other than the.NET EventLog class.
There is a project on Sourceforge called C# Logger that is supposedly similar to log4j in Java. But it seems to be stuck in alpha release mode, and not particularly active.
Unfortunately the Komodo IDE won't be open sources (free as in beer) any time soon.
But honestly, that's ok with me. It's only $30 for the personal license, and they license per developer not per seat/cpu... so you are welcome to install it on as many machines as you use (e.g. desktop and laptop).
I do quite a bit of Python coding, and after checking out Eclipse, SPE, and a few others, I'm still a huge fan of Komodo. I've easily gotten $30 of value out of using it.
Plus, if you watch the bargain sites carefully, they occasionally run promotions where you can get Komodo for free.:)
That said, YMMV. I know a lot of people who would disagree with me and would rather use Eclipse with PyDev.
That's definitely not true. I'm currently using an ATI TV Wonder Pro in my MythTV box (Gentoo-based) and it works fine.
A lot of cards, including the ATI TV Wonder Pro, work via V4L and the bttv driver. Check it out. I've found that the card works far better in Linux than it did in Windows!
If you check Vonage's Terms of Service (TOS), you'll find some interesting things. First, they never say they offer 911 service. They instead offer "911-type dialing capabilities." That's something quite different indeed.
You must tell everyone in your house that you don't have Traditional 911:
"If you activate Vonage 911-type dialing service, you agree to inform any household residents, guests and other third persons who may be present at the physical location where you utilize the Service as to the important differences and limitations of Vonage 911 dialing service as compared with traditional 911 or E911 dialing that are set forth in this Agreement."
And it may not work during non-business hours since they aren't contacting the PSAP in the same way your telco did:
"When you dial 911, your call is routed from the Vonage network to the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) or local emergency service personnel designated for the address that you listed at the time of activation. You acknowledge and understand that when you dial 911 from your Vonage equipment it is intended that you will be routed to the general telephone number for the PSAP or local emergency service provider (which may not be answered outside business hours), and may not be routed to the 911 dispatcher(s) who are specifically designated to receive incoming 911 calls using traditional 911 dialing."
There are ways around these issues to some extent (e.g. maintain a PSTN connection, get a cellphone with E911, etc.) but it's certainly something you should be aware of and understand before signing up with a VoIP provider.
Yes, there is always the "the energy costs are to high" argument. An it certainly is a valid argument, so let's see how much it would actually use.
Here's a fairly typical system. It's overkill for mail, but I'd say it's what most people are running for "home email and UT" type servers. If anything this example will overestimate the costs.
Small server
Celeron or Pentium III / 1-1.8GHz / 256MB
Power: 60W on, 15W standby, 2W off
Monitor: None
Always on (24/7)
That works out to be about 435.1 KWh/year. So the parent poster was correct in saying "hundreds of KWh" if he meant on a yearly basis.
According to the DoL BLS, the average price of electricity for 2004 is somewhere around $49 per 500 KWh. So that's about $0.098/KWh.
0.098 USD/KWh x $435.1 KWh/year = $42/year
... $3.55/month
So basically to get equivalent services, you'd need to find a host willing to provide a P3 box with unlimited bandwidth, root access, email MTA of your choice, UT and other game servers, ssh access, MySQL and anything else you can think of... all for about $3.55 per month.
If you find such a host, please let me know. I think I might be interested in signing up.:)
(1) Cartridges: Thankfully (or not, depending on how you feel about it) they dropped the cartridge requirement from the spec. Quoth the Blu-Ray FAQ #1.9:
"No, with the added support for "no-cartridge" usage to the Blu-ray Disc specification it currently looks like the cartridge will be optional, but we still haven't heard of any definitive decision about this issue. There is research going on to hard-coat the surface to protect the discs from dust and fingerprints without requiring a cartridge, which looks very promising. By making the cartridge optional manufacturers will be able to downsize drives for PC usage and lower their media production costs."
(2) Transfer Rates: I had no idea transfer rates were so much higher with Blu-Ray. It's 36 Mbps for Blu-Ray versus 11.08 for DVD. And if you were wondering, yes HD-DVD transfers at 36 Mbps as well.
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Ingres was an early relational database system, created as a research project at the University of California, Berkeley starting in the early 1970s and ending in the early 1980s. The code, like that from other projects at Berkeley, was available at minimal cost under a version of the BSD license. Since the mid-1980s, Ingres had spawned a number of commercial database applications, including Sybase, SQL Server, NonStop SQL, Informix and a number of others. A follow-on project started in the mid-1980s as Postgres, leading to the development of PostgreSQL, Illustra, and later versions of Informix. By any measure, Ingres is one of the most influential modern computer research projects."
So Ingres is more than just backdoors running on 1524/tcp.;)
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HIGHLIGHTS: Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are manmade chemicals found in plastics used in a variety of consumer products to make them difficult to burn. Some people who ate food contaminated with PBBs in the 1970s had skin problems. Almost nothing is known about health effects of PBDEs in people. PBBs have been found in at least 9 of the 1,613 National Priorities List sites identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). PBDEs have not been identified in any of the 1,613 sites."
Basically, we don't really know much about the effects on humans of this class of chemicals. That said, they do seem to be very persistant chemicals... which could exacerbate any problems that do eventually show up.
Either way, I guess we should all stop licking our monitors and keyboards just in case.
This is interesting, because just three months ago McNealy said there was no way they would open the Java source:
"Despite urging from competitors and open source advocates, Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., will not open the source to its Java programming language anytime soon, said Sun CEO Scott McNealy during a news conference at the 2004 FOSE conference.
"We're trying to understand what problem does it solve that is not already solved," McNealy said."
One day he wears a silly penguin suit and the next day he says that Linux is "great environment for the hobbyist" but not for corporate IT shops. One day he says there's no way they are going to open source Java, and then they announce that they will.
If I didn't know better, it would seem that Sun is flailing pretty badly at this point.
Um... you do know that Coraline is meant for ages 8 and up, right? It's a kids book... and a damn good one at that. Creepy as hell, but told in classic children's story-book style.
Taken in that context, it's highly enjoyable, quick read for adults too. I thought it was a fun little book.
If you want Gaiman fantasy made more for adults, check out Neverwhere (1997). It was one of the best books I read last year.
Yeah, like the others, I had MythTV up and running in a weekend. I ended up buying some new hardware from NewEgg but mostly used stuff I had sitting around. I'm using one machine to do all the recording and playback... works fine for me.
My wife and I use it every day, but I haven't had to do ANY sort of admin work or changes since I got it up and running. It's really easy to use.
Also, ditto on the parent post. We watch many more programs now, but in A LOT less time. It's great.
Speaking of Infinium Labs' SEC filings, check out the 8-K from January 20, 2004:
20-Jan-04 8-K
Changes in Control of Registrant, Acquisition or Disposition of Ass
Heh. "Disposition of Ass" indeed.;)
By the way, here's some other interesting tidbits from the "disposition of ass" filing:
"Our first Phantom system prototype was completed in March 2003. We have received thousands of requests from people seeking to be beta testers of our system.
We plan to roll-out our system to over 100 beta testers during the first quarter of 2004. The ultimate launch date for our system will depend on the results of our beta testing and other factors."
[...snip...]
"If we are not be able to Obtain Desirable Game Content our System will not be Attractive to Consumers"
"We must obtain access to desirable games for our system to make our game console and network attractive to consumers. We may not be able to obtain adequate desirable games for our system due to a number of factors such as existing relationships or contracts between game developers and the dominant video game manufacturers, our limited operating history and installed base, and our limited financial resources. There are some desirable games which are available only on proprietary platforms and to which we will never have access. Even if we are able to obtain desirable game titles, we may not be able to gain access to them when they are first released. If our competitors have access to the most desirable games before we obtain such access, it will be more difficult for us to sell our system to consumers."
The SEC requires that you list anything that could go wrong and affect stock price so that your shareholders are well-informed. Usually that leads to scary doom-and-gloom blurbs that have near-zero change of happening, but it certainly makes for some interesting reading.
"Thats right, when you move out, why dont you try living WIHTOUT television at all. You'll find you have more time for other interests and more time for new interests... Happily Television free for 4 years."
Let's say you scrounge up some parts and build a whole MythTV system for $400. We'll use the 40hr Tivo at $200 after rebate. So, twice as much for the MythTV rig.
You'll break even in price after 15 months. Starting in the 16th month, you'll be saving money as compared to the Tivo. And that savings will continue to grow over time, for as long as you use the PVR.
So if you plan on using your PVR for at least a year, it's CHEAPER to build the MythTV box.
I'm telling you, it's a geat idea. I'm currently looking into getting some sort of bag to carry around with me most of the time. Call it a "man purse", "man bag", messenger bag, briefcase, satchel, whatever... I just want to keep my stuff in it.
Some things I've come across:
Timbuk2: Supposedly top quality custom made bike messenger bags that come in four sizes (S,M,L,XL). They have a newer Shortcut bag that looks particularly interesting. Certainly not cheap.
Manhattan Portage: These seem a little too hip and trendy for me, but they are certainly popular with the NYC crowd... especially the Model 1414 and various DJ bags. Not horribly priced, but not cheap.
SCOTTeVEST: Some people actually say these are cool. But it doesn't meet my design criteria of not wanting to wear a vest/jacket/etc all the time. What about summer?!
Kelty supposedly has some smaller bags that people have used as well.
I haven't bought one yet for myself but I do plan to purchase a bag soon. Having a small bag to grab and go... with cell phone, PDA, small digital camera, GPS, pocket knife, etc. would be perfect.
BTW, if anyone else has a bag that they are currently using, please share some info!
An ISO standard for brewing a cup of tea!? I was a little skeptical when I read the above post, so I checked it out. There is indeed an ISO 3103, and the abstract is a classic!
Check it out:
ISO 3103:1980 Tea -- Preparation of liquor for use in sensory tests
"The method consists in extracting of soluble substances in dried tea leaf, containing in a porcelain or earthenware pot, by means of freshly boiling water, pouring of the liquor into a white porcelain or earthenware bowl, examination of the organoleptic properties of the infused leaf, and of the liquor with or without milk or both."
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Free, it works great under both Windows and Linux, and you don't need to be a computer whiz to setup your laptop to connect to it. Good stuff.
Trac is a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system. It provides an interface to Subversion and an integrated wiki. It uses Apache and mod_python, but it's really easy to install if you follow the instructions.
You can see examples of it in use at PylonsHQ and the Django site, both of which are styled nicely. You can see a default install at PyDelicious.
And no, it's not only Python sites that use it. Those are just the ones off the top of my head. :)
So let me get this straight...
Apparently 100% of Americans do not have broadband!It's basically a wrapper for SDL that makes it extremely easy to make games with Python. You could easily make a working 2D game with sound and decent physics in an evening if you are already familiar with the language. I'm a relative newb, and even I was able to make a basic pong/breakout type game in a few nights. :)
Or use PyOpenGL and you can make some 3D games.
Yeah, it already works in Wine, but it would be nice to be able to run it without that.
I know the post was meant as a joke. :) But I really do think there would be some value in having a Windows mythfrontend available, if not a backend. Unfortunately, all that is available now is WinMyth. And that doesn't work in most cases.
Part of the problem IMHO, is the absolute lack of documentation for the MythTV protocol.
Actually, I found that MythTV itself was rather easy to configure. What was hard was all of the subsystems required by MythTV.
For example, on a fresh Gentoo install, I have to get audio working (ALSA or OSS), and then video (Xorg, nvidia drivers, tv-out, etc.) and then get the capture/tuner card working (bttv, ivtv, etc.). And get them all working nicely together...
Once I had all that done, MythTV was a snap to configure and have up and running.
From experience I've found that when building a new MythTV, it's best to test/debug each subsystem as you go along.... most times the problem you are having has nothing to do with "MythTV" per se.
A standardized language has been vetted by an organization like ISO, ANSI or ECMA. A few examples would be ANSI C, ECMA C#, and ANSI Common List, but there are obviously many more. Using one ensures (for the most part) that your application will survive no matter what happens to the specific implementation of the language.
I'm unfortunately not too familiar with C#, so I can't comment on it's logging facilities (or lack thereof) other than the .NET EventLog class.
There is a project on Sourceforge called C# Logger that is supposedly similar to log4j in Java. But it seems to be stuck in alpha release mode, and not particularly active.
Just my two cents. Hopefully it helps. :)
But honestly, that's ok with me. It's only $30 for the personal license, and they license per developer not per seat/cpu... so you are welcome to install it on as many machines as you use (e.g. desktop and laptop).
I do quite a bit of Python coding, and after checking out Eclipse, SPE, and a few others, I'm still a huge fan of Komodo. I've easily gotten $30 of value out of using it.
Plus, if you watch the bargain sites carefully, they occasionally run promotions where you can get Komodo for free. :)
That said, YMMV. I know a lot of people who would disagree with me and would rather use Eclipse with PyDev.
That's definitely not true. I'm currently using an ATI TV Wonder Pro in my MythTV box (Gentoo-based) and it works fine.
A lot of cards, including the ATI TV Wonder Pro, work via V4L and the bttv driver. Check it out. I've found that the card works far better in Linux than it did in Windows!
You must tell everyone in your house that you don't have Traditional 911:
And it may not work during non-business hours since they aren't contacting the PSAP in the same way your telco did:
There are ways around these issues to some extent (e.g. maintain a PSTN connection, get a cellphone with E911, etc.) but it's certainly something you should be aware of and understand before signing up with a VoIP provider.There's some more information on their carefully named Vonage Lets You Dial 911 page.
Check out the Quantz daily dinosaur comic from December 8, 2004. That's the one where they discuss immortality and T-Rex learns that science means that not all dreams can come true .
Follow-up on 12/15/04.
Heh!
Here's a fairly typical system. It's overkill for mail, but I'd say it's what most people are running for "home email and UT" type servers. If anything this example will overestimate the costs.
That works out to be about 435.1 KWh/year. So the parent poster was correct in saying "hundreds of KWh" if he meant on a yearly basis.According to the DoL BLS, the average price of electricity for 2004 is somewhere around $49 per 500 KWh. So that's about $0.098/KWh.
So basically to get equivalent services, you'd need to find a host willing to provide a P3 box with unlimited bandwidth, root access, email MTA of your choice, UT and other game servers, ssh access, MySQL and anything else you can think of... all for about $3.55 per month.If you find such a host, please let me know. I think I might be interested in signing up. :)
(1) Cartridges: Thankfully (or not, depending on how you feel about it) they dropped the cartridge requirement from the spec. Quoth the Blu-Ray FAQ #1.9:
(2) Transfer Rates: I had no idea transfer rates were so much higher with Blu-Ray. It's 36 Mbps for Blu-Ray versus 11.08 for DVD. And if you were wondering, yes HD-DVD transfers at 36 Mbps as well.Sony has a great history of wide acceptance for their formats, so I'll be watching this one closely. ;)
Quoth the ever-helpful Wikipedia:
So Ingres is more than just backdoors running on 1524/tcp.Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
Either way, I guess we should all stop licking our monitors and keyboards just in case.
If I didn't know better, it would seem that Sun is flailing pretty badly at this point.
Taken in that context, it's highly enjoyable, quick read for adults too. I thought it was a fun little book.
If you want Gaiman fantasy made more for adults, check out Neverwhere (1997). It was one of the best books I read last year.
My wife and I use it every day, but I haven't had to do ANY sort of admin work or changes since I got it up and running. It's really easy to use.
Also, ditto on the parent post. We watch many more programs now, but in A LOT less time. It's great.
By the way, here's some other interesting tidbits from the "disposition of ass" filing:
The SEC requires that you list anything that could go wrong and affect stock price so that your shareholders are well-informed. Usually that leads to scary doom-and-gloom blurbs that have near-zero change of happening, but it certainly makes for some interesting reading.Let's say you scrounge up some parts and build a whole MythTV system for $400. We'll use the 40hr Tivo at $200 after rebate. So, twice as much for the MythTV rig.
You'll break even in price after 15 months. Starting in the 16th month, you'll be saving money as compared to the Tivo. And that savings will continue to grow over time, for as long as you use the PVR.
So if you plan on using your PVR for at least a year, it's CHEAPER to build the MythTV box.
Some things I've come across:
- Timbuk2: Supposedly top quality custom made bike messenger bags that come in four sizes (S,M,L,XL). They have a newer Shortcut bag that looks particularly interesting. Certainly not cheap.
- Manhattan Portage: These seem a little too hip and trendy for me, but they are certainly popular with the NYC crowd... especially the Model 1414 and various DJ bags. Not horribly priced, but not cheap.
- Maxpedition: I don't know much about this place. There are some people that recommend their Thermite Versipacks.
- e-Holster: Heh. No.
- SCOTTeVEST: Some people actually say these are cool. But it doesn't meet my design criteria of not wanting to wear a vest/jacket/etc all the time. What about summer?!
- Kelty supposedly has some smaller bags that people have used as well.
I haven't bought one yet for myself but I do plan to purchase a bag soon. Having a small bag to grab and go... with cell phone, PDA, small digital camera, GPS, pocket knife, etc. would be perfect.BTW, if anyone else has a bag that they are currently using, please share some info!
Check it out:
Heh, that sounds almost like the Engineer's Cookie Recipe!