I used to work for a company that serviced and maintained amongst other things we serviced color laser printers. If those dots are on the same axis of the page either vertical or horizontal you might have a faulty part, maybe a drum or one of the rollers. We used to get this a lot on the QMS/Minolta Magicolor 330 (also rebadged under Xerox). Ususally fixed by replacing the OPC (if my memory serves me rightly)
>This is especially an issue on embedded platforms where RAM is at a premium...
What kinds of embedded platforms are likely to be needing greater than 4gb RAM anyhow? I sure as hell cant imagine a use for a 64bit washing machine with upwards of 4gigs.. Thats a hell of a lot of washing programmes.
Hmm Im thinking that if they managed to build this for 40 dollars, adding more digital cameras in a circular array one could make some very nice 3d rotating views of the aforementioned fleshy fruits exploding.
I learned to program very young when I was seven or eight. My brother had a ZX81 . I got the bug from programming listings from the ZX81 manual and various magazines. I guess the way forward is to learn by example. It doesnt matter what language, its the techniques and the understanding that are most important. At that age just provide a sandbox that gives a basis to learn from. By the time he gets a bit older he will more than likely have the gift... so just go for it!
I have to say that design wise, it looks like a poor cheap imitation of the iPod. The iPod is expensive and there are better specced mp3 players out there. the rio karma is an excellent example (mp3,ogg, flac) and inclusion of ethernet socket along with all the other usual connectors. Some people claim the software management software is a little ropey, but at least it works with Linux as well and Win32 and OSX.
I would personally prefer something like this than something that is such a failing iPod lookalike Wannabe.
It would be nice if the iPod were a bit cheaper and had Ethernet, Ogg and Flac support to boot. But it aint. I like iPods! They look and feel exquisite, but there are other reasons to buy a product like this and apart from design, function is also pretty important.
As it is im stuck with a crappy CD based MP3 player. When I get a job ill be getting one, although i havent decided to go with the one that looks nice (iPod) or the one that supports those extra file formats and has an ethernet jack(karma).
Konqeror has a new "KWallet" Feature which enables you to store and manage all you web based passwords and form data in a encrypted and protected file on the hard-disk.
Actually There are some very nice new additions to the KDE. I have been playing with Kde 3.2 for about a day, on my Gentoo box. I suggest giving it a whirl if you are interested. I just wish they would hurry up and release it into the portage tree properly because it doesnt like to co-exist with KDE 3.1 (there are a few dependancies that need the older KDE!)
I am assuming that someone somewhere already holds a patent for the XML markup language.
The whole point of XML as i see it is to enable information interchange easily on a wide range of software platforms, packages and over the internet. Correctly formed XML not only contains data but it should also contain markup that describes how the data is stored, allowing anyone to read/write to the XML document.
Im guessing that the person who filed the original patent for XML would have made statements towards this effect. Would this not create a conflict between the two patents?
In any case the audacity of Microsoft never ceases to amaze me and this outrageous current application shows that we really need more techies in the right places. They cannot be allowed to continue to abuse the system in this way, taking advantage of people who know no better.
I have severe reservations about an instrument whose core os is Windows XP, you could almost guarantee a crash during a live set... No thanks what a crazy idea! Not something I am prepared to take risks with.
First of all i never said "Rely" on anything, However there are/may be circumstances whereby you might want to do a quick check on form content before subitting it to the server. You almost certainly will perform more robust checks when your form data gets back to the server. I would never advocate "Relying" on client side validation, that , is sheer idiocy. Im slighty pissed at the fact that you are insinuating that my work is a disaster.
As for the CSS example you are suggesting. I have one thing to say... Netscape 4.7! Again I agree that one should adhere to standards but in many situations it is simply better to design a website that doesnt use the technologies that so readlily screw up.
Before you go slagging someone of you should get off your high horse and stop jumping to conclusions.
The main crux of my post was to say not to use Javascript for anything too complex, if you have to use it at all.
My advice to you, is dont use Javascript , DHTML unless it is really neccesary. Its good for image rollovers and validating forms but the moment you try and do anything fancy with it like manipulating layers you will be plagued by crossbrowser incompatibilities.Generally speaking most of the dynamic content driven things can be done with your existing PHP / backend code.
I have been developing websites for a number of years, and when I do have problems i have usually found that by typing "javascript:" into the offending browser (after an error has occurred) and / or stepping through the code and evalutating variables using the javascript command
alert(insert_problem_variable);
has been able to help me debug frustrating problems most every time. I really dont think you need to fork out hundreds of dollars for a debugger when you just need to use your nonce and a copy of the best javascript book ever written
Yes... I've been playing a few games under Linux recently through WineX (Morrowind , Max Payne , Vice City etc),and also some of the classics under emulation (mainly zsnes and Mame). I recently tried cannibalising an old Megadrive pad to use via the parallel port. Needless to say I think i screwed the soldering up !
So Since I have numerous Playstation controllers lying around I wondered if anyone here (since we are on topic) has got the PSX->USB adaptor running under linux and tested it with any real world applications ?
Funnily enough , I was having a conversation with a mate of mine who is a games developer.
X-Box games also suffer from dodgy PC ports syndrome. Most X-Box games are simply derived from the Windows version of the source code and simply tweaked a little to run on the X-Box which leads to an obvious performance hit since they are not always developed specifically for the hardware. Obviously it makes a lot of sense for Game studios to build the PC version and then port it to the X-Box, it saves money, development time, and its easy to do since The X-Box really is nothing more than a butchered PC. And lets not forget how old PC Architecture really goes back...
Playstation 2 despite its lower clock rate is a much under-rated machine (mainly by Microsoft zealots). But remember it Is 128bit risc chip with a modern architecture and has some pretty sophisticated parallel Vector processing units to boot. It can shift data around very very quickly. The main let down on the PS2 is its memory limitations.
I dont understand why of recent times there have been an influx of PS2 games with inferior performance. I have seen a number of games which should be no-more processor intensive than other PS2 games. These games tend to be the ones that appear on all three platforms.
It is surely the fault of the programmers for being lazy and letting standards drop in favor of making a quick buck. I am a big believer in pushing boundaries, Real programmers know how to get every last ounce out of the hardware they code for, and then some!! thats where innovation comes from.
Sony have the advantage that they are not using off-the-shelf components. By the time PS3 hits the streets I imagine the hardware will be way more advanced than any off-the-shelf parts Microsoft is planning to stick in the X-Box 2.
I think that it is right for Sony to have performed these analyses and it shows that they are commited to ensuring a high standard on their platform. I hope that the naughty game studios take notice and pay more attention to their products in future.
It also just goes to show that "Cross Platform Development" , although it might look good on your CV is not always the "right" way to do things.
Green Hills Software are a large RTOS manufacturer, so of course he is going to say that. Whether or not his statements are true or not I find it difficult to believe someone whose business relies on their own Proprietary OS.
They also have a not dissimilar marketing bumpf on their website
Oh My *Deity*, im watching this guy give a talk on NasaTV (Nasa Update) He has been talking nonsense for at least half an hour and his audience look bored to tears !
A professor a keele university many years ago ( I think I read this originally) developed a system whereby potentially 14 terrabytes could be stored on a credit card sized device. See this Article it was reckoned that this storage medium could have been manufactured for roughly 30quid (sterling).
Why havent we seen this technology yet ? well, its potentially a disruptive technology having this kind of storage available so cheaply to consumers would cause so many problems in the marketplace. It hasnt happened yet. Make no mistake, although this is a cool development. Just realise that there are things possible that cant be sold for reason of economy.
Damn it! I want to be on the moon now ! and hell mars a couple a years time!...
okay maybe its gonna take a while... but 15yrs seem to be a hell of a long time.
I just wish I lived in a country (I live in the UK) where our leader made such statements that could inspire the whole country. You yanks dont know how lucky you are in this respect!
Lets do something for mankind instead of bitching about or neigbors !
Im not hugely clued up on the whole camera thing. But i know for a fact that a 200 dollar SLR camera is going to give far superior pictures than a similarly priced digital camera. The only inconveinience is getting the film developed.
Until high quality digital cameras come down in price i think it will be a while before film dies....
and then there is the whole hollywood movies thing going on too.!
Sometimes I wonder who makes these illogical decisions. Certainly not people who have a clue about what they are doing , thats for sure. Why are there not more savvy people in higer places?
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I used to work for a company that serviced and maintained amongst other things we serviced color laser printers. If those dots are on the same axis of the page either vertical or horizontal you might have a faulty part, maybe a drum or one of the rollers. We used to get this a lot on the QMS/Minolta Magicolor 330 (also rebadged under Xerox). Ususally fixed by replacing the OPC (if my memory serves me rightly)
>This is especially an issue on embedded platforms where RAM is at a premium... What kinds of embedded platforms are likely to be needing greater than 4gb RAM anyhow? I sure as hell cant imagine a use for a 64bit washing machine with upwards of 4gigs .. Thats a hell of a lot of washing programmes.
Hey, that QEMU looks pretty interesting. Do you have any idea what Oses run on it? Is it good enough to be a VMWare replacement?
Hmm Im thinking that if they managed to build this for 40 dollars, adding more digital cameras in a circular array one could make some very nice 3d rotating views of the aforementioned fleshy fruits exploding.
I learned to program very young when I was seven or eight. My brother had a ZX81 . I got the bug from programming listings from the ZX81 manual and various magazines. I guess the way forward is to learn by example. It doesnt matter what language, its the techniques and the understanding that are most important. At that age just provide a sandbox that gives a basis to learn from. By the time he gets a bit older he will more than likely have the gift ... so just go for it!
I have to say that design wise, it looks like a poor cheap imitation of the iPod. The iPod is expensive and there are better specced mp3 players out there. the rio karma is an excellent example (mp3,ogg, flac) and inclusion of ethernet socket along with all the other usual connectors. Some people claim the software management software is a little ropey, but at least it works with Linux as well and Win32 and OSX.
...
I would personally prefer something like this than something that is such a failing iPod lookalike Wannabe.
It would be nice if the iPod were a bit cheaper and had Ethernet, Ogg and Flac support to boot. But it aint. I like iPods! They look and feel exquisite, but there are other reasons to buy a product like this and apart from design, function is also pretty important.
As it is im stuck with a crappy CD based MP3 player. When I get a job ill be getting one, although i havent decided to go with the one that looks nice (iPod) or the one that supports those extra file formats and has an ethernet jack(karma).
nick
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9309100586.html
... shame the beagle 2 never got to use it !
now that is cool
yeah man!!! , and i got a flamebait ! Admittedly my comment wasn't as concise as yours, but same point.
whats with all these Windows powered devices all of a sudden on slashdot?
I mean come on? most slashdotters wouldnt advocate it so why do these pro-embedded proprietary systems keep getting articles here?
Is CowboyNeal getting some handy shandies from the boys at redmond or something?
come on lets have less of the old incey wince stuff please !
Konqeror has a new "KWallet" Feature which enables you to store and manage all you web based passwords and form data in a encrypted and protected file on the hard-disk.
...
Actually There are some very nice new additions to the KDE. I have been playing with Kde 3.2 for about a day, on my Gentoo box. I suggest giving it a whirl if you are interested. I just wish they would hurry up and release it into the portage tree properly because it doesnt like to co-exist with KDE 3.1 (there are a few dependancies that need the older KDE!)
nick
I am assuming that someone somewhere already holds a patent for the XML markup language.
The whole point of XML as i see it is to enable information interchange easily on a wide range of software platforms, packages and over the internet. Correctly formed XML not only contains data but it should also contain markup that describes how the data is stored, allowing anyone to read/write to the XML document.
Im guessing that the person who filed the original patent for XML would have made statements towards this effect. Would this not create a conflict between the two patents?
In any case the audacity of Microsoft never ceases to amaze me and this outrageous current application shows that we really need more techies in the right places. They cannot be allowed to continue to abuse the system in this way, taking advantage of people who know no better.
I have severe reservations about an instrument whose core os is Windows XP, you could almost guarantee a crash during a live set... No thanks what a crazy idea! Not something I am prepared to take risks with.
First of all i never said "Rely" on anything, However there are/may be circumstances whereby you might want to do a quick check on form content before subitting it to the server. You almost certainly will perform more robust checks when your form data gets back to the server. I would never advocate "Relying" on client side validation, that , is sheer idiocy. Im slighty pissed at the fact that you are insinuating that my work is a disaster.
... Netscape 4.7! Again I agree that one should adhere to standards but in many situations it is simply better to design a website that doesnt use the technologies that so readlily screw up.
As for the CSS example you are suggesting. I have one thing to say
Before you go slagging someone of you should get off your high horse and stop jumping to conclusions.
The main crux of my post was to say not to use Javascript for anything too complex, if you have to use it at all.
My advice to you, is dont use Javascript , DHTML unless it is really neccesary. Its good for image rollovers and validating forms but the moment you try and do anything fancy with it like manipulating layers you will be plagued by crossbrowser incompatibilities.Generally speaking most of the dynamic content driven things can be done with your existing PHP / backend code.
I have been developing websites for a number of years, and when I do have problems i have usually found that by typing "javascript:" into the offending browser (after an error has occurred) and / or stepping through the code and evalutating variables using the javascript command
alert(insert_problem_variable);
has been able to help me debug frustrating problems most every time. I really dont think you need to fork out hundreds of dollars for a debugger when you just need to use your nonce and a copy of the best javascript book ever written
Yes... ,and also some of the classics under emulation (mainly zsnes and Mame). I recently tried cannibalising an old Megadrive pad to use via the parallel port. Needless to say I think i screwed the soldering up !
...
I've been playing a few games under Linux recently through WineX (Morrowind , Max Payne , Vice City etc)
So Since I have numerous Playstation controllers lying around I wondered if anyone here (since we are on topic) has got the PSX->USB adaptor running under linux and tested it with any real world applications ?
nick
Funnily enough , I was having a conversation with a mate of mine who is a games developer.
...
X-Box games also suffer from dodgy PC ports syndrome. Most X-Box games are simply derived from the Windows version of the source code and simply tweaked a little to run on the X-Box which leads to an obvious performance hit since they are not always developed specifically for the hardware. Obviously it makes a lot of sense for Game studios to build the PC version and then port it to the X-Box, it saves money, development time, and its easy to do since The X-Box really is nothing more than a butchered PC. And lets not forget how old PC Architecture really goes back...
Playstation 2 despite its lower clock rate is a much under-rated machine (mainly by Microsoft zealots). But remember it Is 128bit risc chip with a modern architecture and has some pretty sophisticated parallel Vector processing units to boot. It can shift data around very very quickly. The main let down on the PS2 is its memory limitations.
I dont understand why of recent times there have been an influx of PS2 games with inferior performance. I have seen a number of games which should be no-more processor intensive than other PS2 games. These games tend to be the ones that appear on all three platforms.
It is surely the fault of the programmers for being lazy and letting standards drop in favor of making a quick buck. I am a big believer in pushing boundaries, Real programmers know how to get every last ounce out of the hardware they code for, and then some!! thats where innovation comes from.
Sony have the advantage that they are not using off-the-shelf components. By the time PS3 hits the streets I imagine the hardware will be way more advanced than any off-the-shelf parts Microsoft is planning to stick in the X-Box 2.
I think that it is right for Sony to have performed these analyses and it shows that they are commited to ensuring a high standard on their platform. I hope that the naughty game studios take notice and pay more attention to their products in future.
It also just goes to show that "Cross Platform Development" , although it might look good on your CV is not always the "right" way to do things.
nick
The guy that wrote the article...
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Dan O'Dowd is President and chief executive officer of Green Hills Software,Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Green Hills Software
Green Hills Software are a large RTOS manufacturer, so of course he is going to say that. Whether or not his statements are true or not I find it difficult to believe someone whose business relies on their own Proprietary OS.
They also have a not dissimilar marketing bumpf on their website
our product is so much better than everyone elses!
nick
Oh My *Deity*, im watching this guy give a talk on NasaTV (Nasa Update) He has been talking nonsense for at least half an hour and his audience look bored to tears !
..
nick
A professor a keele university many years ago ( I think I read this originally) developed a system whereby potentially 14 terrabytes could be stored on a credit card sized device. See this
Article it was reckoned that this storage medium could have been manufactured for roughly 30quid (sterling).
Why havent we seen this technology yet ? well, its potentially a disruptive technology having this kind of storage available so cheaply to consumers would cause so many problems in the marketplace. It hasnt happened yet. Make no mistake, although this is a cool development. Just realise that there are things possible that cant be sold for reason of economy.
I have tunes , or did have .. on MP3.com , how am I going to know if i am deserved royalties?
Damn it! I want to be on the moon now ! and hell mars a couple a years time! ...
.
okay maybe its gonna take a while... but 15yrs seem to be a hell of a long time
I just wish I lived in a country (I live in the UK) where our leader made such statements that could inspire the whole country. You yanks dont know how lucky you are in this respect!
Lets do something for mankind instead of bitching about or neigbors !
nick !
It Sounds like a licence to print money!
%> vi sco
:wq!
./sco
wget http://www.sco.com/?sco=litigious+bastards
wget http://www.sco.com/?sco=will+die+in+hell
wget http://www.sco.com/?sco=are+fucked
wget http://www.sco.com/?sco=are+criminal
rm index.html*
sh sco
sh
interesting sco weblog
Im not hugely clued up on the whole camera thing. But i know for a fact that a 200 dollar SLR camera is going to give far superior pictures than a similarly priced digital camera. The only inconveinience is getting the film developed.
.!
Until high quality digital cameras come down in price i think it will be a while before film dies....
and then there is the whole hollywood movies thing going on too
Sometimes I wonder who makes these illogical decisions. Certainly not people who have a clue about what they are doing , thats for sure. Why are there not more savvy people in higer places?