I don't know about the rest of you, but I find the UI for modern cruise controls to be worse then that of the telephone. Set and Accelerate are the same button?? No status indicator to display if the cruise is on, paused, accelerating, etc...
I built my own cruise control for my truck after the crappy aftermarket one the dealer installed died. On mine there is a potentiometer, button, light, and two digit LED readout on the dash. You use the pot to set the desired speed, which reads out on the LED display. Once you accelerate to the set speed it automatically engages, no need to push buttons. The button on the dash is used to turn the unit on (default) and off (like for city traffic).
I did manage to make use of the throttle cable that came with the original, but I used a stepping motor instead of a vacuum actuator. When you reach the set speed it measures the voltage from the throttle position sensor (already on the truck) and then moves the stepper motor to correspond to where you have the gas peddle.
I think that's one of the key differences, a different VM and byte code. A byte code that is designed to support other languages, including those that have a clue about unsigned and signed integers of different sizes beyond what Java supports.
Borland has announced Delphi for.NET, I wonder if they plan on having Kylix for Mono?
on the AMD XP 1800 Microtel system I bought. I played around with it for a while, running into the same low refresh rate problem one of the reviewers did. Since my intention was to run Mandrake 8.2 and Win2K, I didn't much care.
The only major problem I had was trying to install Win2K on the hard drive, seems that the installer couldn't deal with whatever Lindows does to the partitioning. I eventually had to repartition the drive using a Win95 boot disk and then install Win2K. Once that was done, installation of both Win2K and Mandrake went fairly smoothly. I also replaced the Samsung 52X CDROM drive with an ASUS CDRW drive.
I originally ordered the box without any operating system, but Walmart cancelled the order for no apparent reason. When I saw the announcement here I checked back into it and found the new boxes had 2 serial ports (although COM2 is just a header on the MOBO, with a pinout that doesn't work with a standard header -> DB9 setup, so get out the soldering iron) and built in ethernet. Even though I had to add a $80 CDRW drive, the $100 lower price of the new box was still a good tradeoff.
I just cancelled my order for a similar system (the original no OS series) and ordered one of these. I couldn't give a rat's ass about Lindows (I'll install Mandrake) but these new systems have 2 (instead of 1) serial ports and built in ethernet. The older system came with a CDRW drive instead of CDROM (and were $100 more expensive) but that's something I probably want to pick out myself as an addon anyway.
As you can see, he's using the common "8 bits = 1 byte". However, that's not correct for network traffic. It's actually "10 bits = 1 byte" due to the network start and stop bits.
That's true for asynch serial lines, but not for other types, such as ethernet.
I bet I'll get modded down by the flag humpers here but it seems like almost every day I read something that makes me ashamed to be an American. It would seem that if a treaty might cost some of our precious business profits it won't get ratified. On the bright side I'm not a breeder so I don't have to worry about the world my kids will live in.
Is the only kind I would ever want, for just this reason. If you have the source code you can make sure that scummy networks, or scummy politicians can't shut you down by sending commands or "updating" the software.
Opera 6 already has that, I like it. I imagine browsers will evolve into a common set of features over time. Has Microsoft "Innovated" tabbed browsing yet?
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I think it's new, and now I can't use Opera 6.01 on slashdot. Anytime I take one of the links to a story I'm no longer logged in, even manually logging in from that page does no good.
I had a Subaru and got used to the car turning off the headlights for me. When I bought a 1995 F-150 I added a couple of relays in the dashboard to turn off the headlights when the key is turned off.
I think I needed one relay for the headlights and one relay for the parking lights. I also added a short delay (around a second or so) using a capacitor, diode, resistor, and mosfet controlling the relays so they wouldn't glitch when moving from off to start.
I was diagnosed with keratoconus in my early 20's as well. I'm now 45 and still programming. I use 17 inch screens at 1024x768 and I normally do use a larger font to make it more readable.
I first tried hard contacts (to try to flatten the cornea) but just couldn't handle them, so I've stuck to glasses. I'm going to get a new perscription after I move (next month), after 4 years I definately need them. In my case at least having a lot of light helps.
Did they ever implement Digest Access Authentication? It works in IE and Opera, but the last time I checked it wasn't in Netscape, not sure about Mozilla.
I come up with some good ideas while drifting in and out of sleep. Sometimes all it takes is a nap, fortunately I work at home and the bed is only a short walk away from the office. I also found that it helps to keep a small dictating recorder on the bedstand, that way you can record your thoughts in case you've forgotten them by morning.
Why can't Mandrake provide a professional online ordering system? After reading an article a few days ago I decided to upgrade to 8.1 and tried to order the "Power Pack".
My company has different billing and shipping addresses and yet, unlike other companies, they only have room for one address. I emailed them, they said enter the shipping address, which doesn't work because then the credit card authorization will fail. I gave up.
I wonder when the last time anybody wrote a compiler in assembler was...?
I wrote a Pascal compiler for the 6809 in assembler in 1980. I modified the compiler to produce 68000 code around 1983, I then used that to produce a 68000 compiler written in Pascal.
Traditionally, embedded systems have a minimal user interface (number pad and 7-segment displays come to mind), minimal ROM and RAM, no mass storage, and hard real-time requirements. For a system like this, Linux (or any desktop, mini, or mainframe OS) seems both inadequate and bloated.
When I see inquiries about using Java in the comp.arch.embedded newsgroup I cringe*. It would seem that there needs to be some distinction made between traditional embedded systems and this new class of device that shares some characteristics with "PC's".
*not affiliated with Bob Cringely or the Columbia Broadcasting System.
OK, I've been doing embedded system programming for 25 years, so I probably have a warped sense of reality. I disdain Microsoft as much as the next guy, but from my research I really do think CLR (or CLI, or whatever people wan't to call it) is better than JVM.
When I looked at Java the first thing I noticed was the lack of unsigned data types and anything less than 32 bits for integers (or maybe I just read the wrong documents). I'm used to reading in a data structure and having various data fields of 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 bits, both signed and unsigned, depending on what the field really requires. The embedded processors I'm used to talking to range from 8 bit PICs to 16 bit DSPs to 32 bit 68030s. These systems don't waste 32 bits of storage/processing when 8 bits will do.
A business partner is working on a Java based data logger and is having to do all sorts of tricks to access these fields, while it is easy for me to declare a "record" in Delphi or "struct" in C to access these fields. As far as I can tell about the CLR these types of fields and structures are easily accessed. It seems to me that being able to support non-crippled languages is a great plus for CLR.
Yes, I realize that I'm one of those preverts that thinks object pascal is far better than C++, but doesn't the world need some preverts:)
he advocates infanticide until 28 days for disabled newborns With the glut of humans on this planet this seems reasonable to me, it's about time we shifted our breeding away from massive quantities and shoot for some quality.
Sex with animals does not always involve cruelty Of course it doesn't, a little farmboy is hardly going to cause harm to a cow.
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I built my own cruise control for my truck after the crappy aftermarket one the dealer installed died. On mine there is a potentiometer, button, light, and two digit LED readout on the dash. You use the pot to set the desired speed, which reads out on the LED display. Once you accelerate to the set speed it automatically engages, no need to push buttons. The button on the dash is used to turn the unit on (default) and off (like for city traffic).
I did manage to make use of the throttle cable that came with the original, but I used a stepping motor instead of a vacuum actuator. When you reach the set speed it measures the voltage from the throttle position sensor (already on the truck) and then moves the stepper motor to correspond to where you have the gas peddle.
I think that's one of the key differences, a different VM and byte code. A byte code that is designed to support other languages, including those that have a clue about unsigned and signed integers of different sizes beyond what Java supports.
Borland has announced Delphi for .NET, I wonder if they plan on having Kylix for Mono?
A few years back. It was mainly designed to control automatic horse feeders, but it also controlled HVAC, generator, etc. Web Page
The only major problem I had was trying to install Win2K on the hard drive, seems that the installer couldn't deal with whatever Lindows does to the partitioning. I eventually had to repartition the drive using a Win95 boot disk and then install Win2K. Once that was done, installation of both Win2K and Mandrake went fairly smoothly. I also replaced the Samsung 52X CDROM drive with an ASUS CDRW drive.
I originally ordered the box without any operating system, but Walmart cancelled the order for no apparent reason. When I saw the announcement here I checked back into it and found the new boxes had 2 serial ports (although COM2 is just a header on the MOBO, with a pinout that doesn't work with a standard header -> DB9 setup, so get out the soldering iron) and built in ethernet. Even though I had to add a $80 CDRW drive, the $100 lower price of the new box was still a good tradeoff.
I just cancelled my order for a similar system (the original no OS series) and ordered one of these. I couldn't give a rat's ass about Lindows (I'll install Mandrake) but these new systems have 2 (instead of 1) serial ports and built in ethernet. The older system came with a CDRW drive instead of CDROM (and were $100 more expensive) but that's something I probably want to pick out myself as an addon anyway.
That's true for asynch serial lines, but not for other types, such as ethernet.
I bet I'll get modded down by the flag humpers here but it seems like almost every day I read something that makes me ashamed to be an American. It would seem that if a treaty might cost some of our precious business profits it won't get ratified. On the bright side I'm not a breeder so I don't have to worry about the world my kids will live in.
Is the only kind I would ever want, for just this reason. If you have the source code you can make sure that scummy networks, or scummy politicians can't shut you down by sending commands or "updating" the software.
Opera 6 already has that, I like it. I imagine browsers will evolve into a common set of features over time. Has Microsoft "Innovated" tabbed browsing yet?
I think it's new, and now I can't use Opera 6.01 on slashdot. Anytime I take one of the links to a story I'm no longer logged in, even manually logging in from that page does no good.
I think I needed one relay for the headlights and one relay for the parking lights. I also added a short delay (around a second or so) using a capacitor, diode, resistor, and mosfet controlling the relays so they wouldn't glitch when moving from off to start.
I first tried hard contacts (to try to flatten the cornea) but just couldn't handle them, so I've stuck to glasses. I'm going to get a new perscription after I move (next month), after 4 years I definately need them. In my case at least having a lot of light helps.
Did they ever implement Digest Access Authentication? It works in IE and Opera, but the last time I checked it wasn't in Netscape, not sure about Mozilla.
Hope the folks in San Francisco don't get confused and think it's a bisexual robot.
I come up with some good ideas while drifting in and out of sleep. Sometimes all it takes is a nap, fortunately I work at home and the bed is only a short walk away from the office. I also found that it helps to keep a small dictating recorder on the bedstand, that way you can record your thoughts in case you've forgotten them by morning.
My company has different billing and shipping addresses and yet, unlike other companies, they only have room for one address. I emailed them, they said enter the shipping address, which doesn't work because then the credit card authorization will fail. I gave up.
I wrote a Pascal compiler for the 6809 in assembler in 1980. I modified the compiler to produce 68000 code around 1983, I then used that to produce a 68000 compiler written in Pascal.
So, for me, it was around 1983.
When I see inquiries about using Java in the comp.arch.embedded newsgroup I cringe*. It would seem that there needs to be some distinction made between traditional embedded systems and this new class of device that shares some characteristics with "PC's".
*not affiliated with Bob Cringely or the Columbia Broadcasting System.
That would be copyright violation, you don't need software patents to stop that.
Aren't the Olympics pretty much just a marathon session of David Letterman's "Stupid Human Tricks"?
Sure, that's what we need, pandering politicians legislating software development, no thanks.
When I looked at Java the first thing I noticed was the lack of unsigned data types and anything less than 32 bits for integers (or maybe I just read the wrong documents). I'm used to reading in a data structure and having various data fields of 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 bits, both signed and unsigned, depending on what the field really requires. The embedded processors I'm used to talking to range from 8 bit PICs to 16 bit DSPs to 32 bit 68030s. These systems don't waste 32 bits of storage/processing when 8 bits will do.
A business partner is working on a Java based data logger and is having to do all sorts of tricks to access these fields, while it is easy for me to declare a "record" in Delphi or "struct" in C to access these fields. As far as I can tell about the CLR these types of fields and structures are easily accessed. It seems to me that being able to support non-crippled languages is a great plus for CLR.
Yes, I realize that I'm one of those preverts that thinks object pascal is far better than C++, but doesn't the world need some preverts :)
Isn't lying and cheating the way most people would obtain enough money to afford the flight?
Any computer that tries to wake me up that early better be prepared to be visited by a very large axe.
With the glut of humans on this planet this seems reasonable to me, it's about time we shifted our breeding away from massive quantities and shoot for some quality.
Sex with animals does not always involve cruelty
Of course it doesn't, a little farmboy is hardly going to cause harm to a cow.
Now, where is my asbestos suit....