No idea on the first part. As for part 2, I'm quite happy on bitbucket. I've had my projects hosted there for a few years now and have been very happy with it. I like the web interface for when I'm away and the rest, well it just works.
Im replacing my galaxy note with the nexus 5 for this reason, I have to have it tilted slightly up or it wont charge. It wont even stay in if I lift the phone up, falls right out.
I agree, not exactly breaking news, I should be common knowledge. Lots of devices run like this, including your PC. Tons of devices inside and outside your computer use firmware.
few reasons, some NDA do not allow you to share any work derived from information in the datasheets. ie no open source. Another problem Ive encountered is the fact that many chips are not designed by the company selling them, companies buy the orig company to gain their IP alone, and dont care about the actual chipset anymore.
The saa7160 was orig designed by Phillips, then NXP took it over, they then sold it to Triden Micro, they are now bankrupt and in receivership. So the datasheets are lost forever, anyone that signed an NDA in the past do not have the right to distribute them, and there is no way to get a person to get a datasheet.
The CX24132/CX24117 were orig designed by Conexant, then sold the NXP which promptly stopped production, NXP only releases datasheets to products they sell to encourage sales (often they only release them along with the purchase order). Those datasheets are lost forever as well.
NDA's have many downfalls, its not as cosy as you imply
You do realize that right? The refresh rate is how often new data is sent to the pixels on the screen. The backlight is the led's that surround the edges of the screen. They are unrelated.
Most PWM controllers use a few 10's of khz upto a a few using low 100's of khz. If you look up the ramp up current of led's you'll see they arent instant on/off either, so your point is really moot on two cases.
I used to develop software for a living now I just do it for fun.
I used to use a laptop as well because I was to and from the office alot, probably 40% office, 40% home, and 20% elsewhere. I only actually used the laptop keyboard/video/mouse when I wasnt at home or office though. The rest of the time It was defn far better to have a full sized quality keyboard/mouse and two monitors.
One screen was for the IDE and the other is where the application ran, I found it alot easier to debug with this setup. But its personal preference.
There are literally wall mounts everywhere now days, all screens are VESA compatible mounts now days. You can goto walmart and buy them even.
I agree, I think its pretty good of Cisco to offer this, especially since it does appear as if they did nothing wrong.
Its kinda like saying you won an ebay auction and later realized you paid 2x more then you could have bought it new, or more to this case, realized after winning the auction that you bought the top of the line model and could have been ok buying the economy model. Not the sellers fault here, its the buyers.
Ive worked under contract for the Canadian gov and its the same way, they send you a list of work to be done and you bid on it the entire project as is or not at all. You cant submit a bid that has changes to the project. Sometimes the specifications of the job are done in house or sometimes they are contracted out. But once the specifications are written and sent to tender, they cant be changed. especially by the bidder.
So basically this isnt a failure at Cisco, this is either a failure of the gov doing their own in house assessment of their needs, or if it was farmed out, then that company failed the gov when writing the specifications of the project.
In my experience the most f*cked up projects seem to come about then the project specifications requirements gathering is farmed out. Man I did some weird projects that took a massive amount of time just todo the simplest task.
They could stop making OS's that require you to use specific programming languages and go back to the desktop model that lets you program in whatever language you want to.
I write apps in Linux in C as well as C++, but Ive also wrote a few apps in Python. Others use Perl, Cobol, pascal, Java, asm and many others.
This is as Linux as Android is. Hell Android is probably more Linux this this.
I just dont understand why these mobile OS's keep wanting to force developers into a specific language. Android push's Java hard (ewe) sure you can use the NDK but from my perspective its not as straight forward as youd think. iOS push's Objective-C. and now Ubuntu mobile OS is pushing QML/Javascript/HTML5.
Sure you can make a webpage that does basic calculations or simple animations. But real raw data crunching within JS? seriously ? thats such a joke its not even funny. If all I wanted was a notepad, calender app, and a webbrowser then Id just continue using Android.
Show me a FFT JS implementation thats anywhere near as fast as C/C++. I write only in C/C++ and have zero interest in JS or Java, zero. Im not going to waste my time learning a new language that just anoy me.
Id love to see how JS interacts with low level stuff like gpio's, serial, usb etc. Oh there's a lib for that? what if there isnt... then what? wait out? thats not the point of open source, your supposed to be able todo whatever you want.
Linux imo is popular with developers because we can write whatever we want in whatever language we choose. Linux isnt supposed to force you into anything, why do all these linux mobile OS's feel the need todo so.
Im not really understanding all this effort going into the phoneOS.
I use Qt alot in my devel and love it, but QML only apps? theyve managed to build an OS that only can run Javascript and QML (another scripted language that still uses JS for the *heavy* processing) and cant run any existing Linux apps? It cant be just to create an open source alternative, we already got that.
Ubuntu shown that we can run Ubuntu on an ARM platform with the nexus 7 and run many existing applications. Why create a whole new OS with no user application base when there are already viable alternatives.
Dont get me wrong, Android is a great OS for many, phone, web surfing, video playing etc. But I want a standard Linux distro with all the applications were used to. Im stilling my old asus T101MT cause there just isnt another viable alternative.
I love osx I have four MacBooks at home. But when it comes to software dev I end up with vmware running ubuntu or windows. I work for the military ( in a non software/ engineering role ) and I see the huge IT admin issues they have with windows that if I were in a situation like his where some apps need windows some need Linux and you want something as cheap and easy to maintain as possible I would look into vmware and thinclients. That way the student boots the os of choice for his need and it's a he'll of alot easier to maintain.
Your lucky you can even use your personal computer
if we try to plug a personal computer into the network IT disables the Ethernet port and call your local and ream you out. No checking your email from home. Local LAN only for reading email.
unlimited = unlimited @$60/m to unlimited = 100mb @$50/m to unlimited = 50mb @60/m to unlimited = 30mb @$60/m
all within my contract, because you see, telus reserves the right to change the terms of the contract while your in the contract, and also without notification. this right is a one way street, you dont have the same option todo this to telus though.
I got caught one year a few years back. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp, ie Canadian public radio) had anounced that they had been bought by ABC out of the states and were now going to be called ABCBC, I was pissed, I grabed my phone and was about to start dialing the CBC when I saw the date...
I don't see the connection here, because qatar's isp is having issues with some punk editing wiki pages, and because many of al jazeera's reporters live in qatar, means their impartial ? i don't get it.
so...
the unibomber being from the usa makes all citizens of the usa terrorists ? or does it imply only that cnn is impartial ? I don't get it.
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No idea on the first part. As for part 2, I'm quite happy on bitbucket. I've had my projects hosted there for a few years now and have been very happy with it. I like the web interface for when I'm away and the rest, well it just works.
UDL
Like really? Who cares, this is a personal dilemma not tech news
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Maybe it'll be labelled 'douche' or 'my moms car'
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Im replacing my galaxy note with the nexus 5 for this reason, I have to have it tilted slightly up or it wont charge. It wont even stay in if I lift the phone up, falls right out.
UDL
I agree, not exactly breaking news, I should be common knowledge. Lots of devices run like this, including your PC. Tons of devices inside and outside your computer use firmware.
UDL
ok, so lets break down some issues.
30m people, 57% are over 15, so thats 17.1m
17.1m people, 28% over 15 are literate., so thats 4.8m
you have 4.8m people, 1.5m are on the internet, thats 32% of the population over 15 that can read are on the internet.
not bad really is it. Especially for an average income of $426/year, can you really expect better ?
UDL
Exactly. So it's OK the USA does it but not the Chinese?
UDL
few reasons, some NDA do not allow you to share any work derived from information in the datasheets. ie no open source. Another problem Ive encountered is the fact that many chips are not designed by the company selling them, companies buy the orig company to gain their IP alone, and dont care about the actual chipset anymore.
The saa7160 was orig designed by Phillips, then NXP took it over, they then sold it to Triden Micro, they are now bankrupt and in receivership. So the datasheets are lost forever, anyone that signed an NDA in the past do not have the right to distribute them, and there is no way to get a person to get a datasheet.
The CX24132/CX24117 were orig designed by Conexant, then sold the NXP which promptly stopped production, NXP only releases datasheets to products they sell to encourage sales (often they only release them along with the purchase order). Those datasheets are lost forever as well.
NDA's have many downfalls, its not as cosy as you imply
UDL
Same here, I use it for Qt development as well as C apps and kernel devel. Its just a really nice IDE.
UDL
You do realize that right? The refresh rate is how often new data is sent to the pixels on the screen. The backlight is the led's that surround the edges of the screen. They are unrelated.
Most PWM controllers use a few 10's of khz upto a a few using low 100's of khz. If you look up the ramp up current of led's you'll see they arent instant on/off either, so your point is really moot on two cases.
UDL
pilots wear them them hours on end, day in day out.
Im no pilot but have worn them for extended periods before and never had a comfort issue. They are amazingly effective.
UDL
I used to develop software for a living now I just do it for fun.
I used to use a laptop as well because I was to and from the office alot, probably 40% office, 40% home, and 20% elsewhere. I only actually used the laptop keyboard/video/mouse when I wasnt at home or office though. The rest of the time It was defn far better to have a full sized quality keyboard/mouse and two monitors.
One screen was for the IDE and the other is where the application ran, I found it alot easier to debug with this setup. But its personal preference.
There are literally wall mounts everywhere now days, all screens are VESA compatible mounts now days. You can goto walmart and buy them even.
UDL
I agree, I think its pretty good of Cisco to offer this, especially since it does appear as if they did nothing wrong.
Its kinda like saying you won an ebay auction and later realized you paid 2x more then you could have bought it new, or more to this case, realized after winning the auction that you bought the top of the line model and could have been ok buying the economy model. Not the sellers fault here, its the buyers.
Ive worked under contract for the Canadian gov and its the same way, they send you a list of work to be done and you bid on it the entire project as is or not at all. You cant submit a bid that has changes to the project. Sometimes the specifications of the job are done in house or sometimes they are contracted out. But once the specifications are written and sent to tender, they cant be changed. especially by the bidder.
So basically this isnt a failure at Cisco, this is either a failure of the gov doing their own in house assessment of their needs, or if it was farmed out, then that company failed the gov when writing the specifications of the project.
In my experience the most f*cked up projects seem to come about then the project specifications requirements gathering is farmed out. Man I did some weird projects that took a massive amount of time just todo the simplest task.
All Im saying is that one time I tried to fax a gun... My fax machine was never the same again.
UDL
They could stop making OS's that require you to use specific programming languages and go back to the desktop model that lets you program in whatever language you want to.
I write apps in Linux in C as well as C++, but Ive also wrote a few apps in Python. Others use Perl, Cobol, pascal, Java, asm and many others.
UDL
Hopefully their CUDA performance isnt crippled like it was on the 6xx series. The 580 has significantly better CUDA performance then the 680
UDL
This is as Linux as Android is. Hell Android is probably more Linux this this.
I just dont understand why these mobile OS's keep wanting to force developers into a specific language. Android push's Java hard (ewe) sure you can use the NDK but from my perspective its not as straight forward as youd think. iOS push's Objective-C. and now Ubuntu mobile OS is pushing QML/Javascript/HTML5.
Sure you can make a webpage that does basic calculations or simple animations. But real raw data crunching within JS? seriously ? thats such a joke its not even funny. If all I wanted was a notepad, calender app, and a webbrowser then Id just continue using Android.
Show me a FFT JS implementation thats anywhere near as fast as C/C++. I write only in C/C++ and have zero interest in JS or Java, zero. Im not going to waste my time learning a new language that just anoy me.
Id love to see how JS interacts with low level stuff like gpio's, serial, usb etc. Oh there's a lib for that? what if there isnt... then what? wait out? thats not the point of open source, your supposed to be able todo whatever you want.
Linux imo is popular with developers because we can write whatever we want in whatever language we choose. Linux isnt supposed to force you into anything, why do all these linux mobile OS's feel the need todo so.
UDL
Im not really understanding all this effort going into the phoneOS.
I use Qt alot in my devel and love it, but QML only apps? theyve managed to build an OS that only can run Javascript and QML (another scripted language that still uses JS for the *heavy* processing) and cant run any existing Linux apps? It cant be just to create an open source alternative, we already got that.
Ubuntu shown that we can run Ubuntu on an ARM platform with the nexus 7 and run many existing applications. Why create a whole new OS with no user application base when there are already viable alternatives.
Dont get me wrong, Android is a great OS for many, phone, web surfing, video playing etc. But I want a standard Linux distro with all the applications were used to. Im stilling my old asus T101MT cause there just isnt another viable alternative.
UDL
I love osx I have four MacBooks at home. But when it comes to software dev I end up with vmware running ubuntu or windows. I work for the military ( in a non software/ engineering role ) and I see the huge IT admin issues they have with windows that if I were in a situation like his where some apps need windows some need Linux and you want something as cheap and easy to maintain as possible I would look into vmware and thinclients. That way the student boots the os of choice for his need and it's a he'll of alot easier to maintain.
Your lucky you can even use your personal computer
if we try to plug a personal computer into the network IT disables the Ethernet port and call your local and ream you out. No checking your email from home. Local LAN only for reading email.
I canceled my data package, it went from
unlimited = unlimited @$60/m
to
unlimited = 100mb @$50/m
to
unlimited = 50mb @60/m
to
unlimited = 30mb @$60/m
all within my contract, because you see, telus reserves the right to change the terms of the contract while your in the contract, and also without notification. this right is a one way street, you dont have the same option todo this to telus though.
I got caught one year a few years back. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp, ie Canadian public radio) had anounced that they had been bought by ABC out of the states and were now going to be called ABCBC, I was pissed, I grabed my phone and was about to start dialing the CBC when I saw the date ...
I don't see the connection here, because qatar's isp is having issues with some punk editing wiki pages, and because many of al jazeera's reporters live in qatar, means their impartial ? i don't get it.
...
so
the unibomber being from the usa makes all citizens of the usa terrorists ? or does it imply only that cnn is impartial ? I don't get it.
slashdot doesnt write news, they just link to other people writing the news.
every day I read topics on slashdot that I heard earlier that day on cbc, or npr, or the bbc.
slashdot used to be a great site for the latest and greatest breaking news, not its just reruns for everyone else.
they also change the terms and conditions without notice and they say thats perfectly legal.