Try spending 40 hr/week looking at the 16bpp1024x768 the 4.3 frigging *vesa* driver cooks for you on a brand new i865G card!
Gagh! My eyes are bleeding so badly, I might as well have read the Windows source...
Firstly, my s/o always complained about cables, until I got her her own computer.
Only then did she realize that cables aren't just there to annoy her.
I'm not meaning she's dull either; we're often annoyed by stuff we experience the point with it (think road work: "What the hell are they digging up the road for. Can't they see I'm trying to drive here?..." etc).
Second, velcro straps are good for getting the cables off the floor. Our cables are now basically hanging rat's nests, but without the monstrous dust bunnies, and it's easier to vacuum.
I had totally forgotten about it - thanks for that drive down memory lane.
Ah, my old C64...
Reading imported Compute! Gazettes and be amazed by the dazzling game advertisements;
the hours spent in loving labor, typing in machine code for a game (afterwards realizing I didn't know how to save it to tape:-);
I thank Infocom for roughly half my English vocabulary.
When my alarm goes off, it starts clawing the spring mattress, right next to my head.
Think bells of Notre dame. Unbelievably annoying.
It doesn't stop until I get out of bed and feed it.
I'm programming the ARM7 Eagle dev board at work right now.
It's great for quick prototyping - has flash, RS232s, network and all.
They sell it for ~$400.
When the prototype is done, I just hand it over to my hardware collegues;
they trim it down to matchbox size.
I'd recommend buying a USB-RS232 chip.
USB is USB - just a lot of specs to follow and nothing innovative.
It gives you time to concentrate on 'your own' hardware, which after all is what you want.
You get to use the vendors device drivers and VID, and get a couple of PIDs for your own use.
My company has worked quite a bit with FTDI.
They make reliable chips (AFAIKT), and give excellent support.
I'll second that.
I have an old injury in my right shoulder (dislocated it once). After a couple of years of programming (reaching over for the mouse at the far right of the keyboard), it started to give me trouble.
I bought a happy hacking for my home PC two years ago, to try it out, and got one for work soon after that.
I love it so much, I almost feel sorry for people who use a standard 105.
The only time I dust off my old keyboard, is when I'm playing games that require lots of F-keys and numpad, and can't be remapped.
I'm surprised noone has commented on the leaked source code for this robot. It's obviously early in development, but I can't say I like the look of it. I mean, just take a look at the error handling:
if ( BackupSurgeon.Floor() != this.GetFloor() ){// relocate patient
GotoStairs();
if (this.GetType == SHOVER) Patient.Push();// start CPR (rewrite as Patient.Chest.Push when Chest class is done)
elseif (this.GetType == PUSHER) Patient.Shove();// remember to move this to Stretcher class!
}
I had to get
a small keyboard and an optical mouse (to get rid of the mousepad), due to a once-dislocated shoulder.
It's extremely comfortable, and as a bonus result, I can read a book placed to the left of the keyboard (without getting a sore neck), and/or between keyboard and monitor (without having to squint to see what's on the screen).
...is to only accept the projects you know are going down in flames long before 1.0 release!
Of course, this only works well for consultants:-)
Seriously, though... This is not a problem that needs solving. Maintaining code, my own and others, is a large part of my job. Code not having to be maintained is code not being used. If you're happy to write such code, you're just in it for the money, and would probably be happier working with something else.
Maintaining code is part of being a successful hacker. Take pride in doing it well.
Otherwise, you'll do it left-handedly, always being tempted to do a "quick hack" and be done with it so you can do some "real programming" (which you have fooled yourself to believe is the only thing that justifies your position / makes you happy / whatever). Until next time you have to maintain the code, and have to reap the hacks (hm...) you've sown, etc. Then you begin feeling like you're in that hole. And you dug it all by yourself.
Don't you think you should mention he wasn't William Gibson ?
The article could be about a japanese brain surgeon. Half of us would go "What? The father of cyberpunk got a new job in Japan? Cool ... Doh!" anyway...:-)
The truth lies deeper. They've added suprise to the auto correction list by mistake, and are too embarrassed to ask how to get rid of it:-) Don't we all fear the 'RTFM!' ?
What do you mean I took the flamebait? I just like it spicy...:-)
If ridiculous to expect a service to be free, just because you get it from a webpage. Do you also think books you order from Amazon should be free?
On the other hand, we are all part of a grassroot movement: Open source software, helpful usenet articles, detailed personal webpages on everything from pruning trees to recompiling kernels...
If you disagree, just say so and I'll send you a bill for this comment;-)
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Try spending 40 hr/week looking at the 16bpp1024x768 the 4.3 frigging *vesa* driver cooks for you on a brand new i865G card!
:-)
Gagh! My eyes are bleeding so badly, I might as well have read the Windows source...
I've been waiting for i830 driver goodness all winter.
But sure, you go ahead and clear up the licence issues first.
I think I'll develop a jesus complex
Firstly, my s/o always complained about cables, until I got her her own computer.
Only then did she realize that cables aren't just there to annoy her.
I'm not meaning she's dull either; we're often annoyed by stuff we experience the point with it
(think road work: "What the hell are they digging up the road for. Can't they see I'm trying to drive here?..." etc).
Second, velcro straps are good for getting the cables off the floor.
Our cables are now basically hanging rat's nests, but without the monstrous dust bunnies, and it's easier to vacuum.
I guess this might be it.
Then again, I'm no Mac person.
I had totally forgotten about it - thanks for that drive down memory lane.
:-);
Ah, my old C64...
Reading imported Compute! Gazettes and be amazed by the dazzling game advertisements;
the hours spent in loving labor, typing in machine code for a game (afterwards realizing I didn't know how to save it to tape
I thank Infocom for roughly half my English vocabulary.
I'm going to find me an emulator...
Coincidentally, I also use cat.
When my alarm goes off, it starts clawing the spring mattress, right next to my head.
Think bells of Notre dame. Unbelievably annoying.
It doesn't stop until I get out of bed and feed it.
I'm programming the ARM7 Eagle dev board at work right now.
It's great for quick prototyping - has flash, RS232s, network and all.
They sell it for ~$400.
When the prototype is done, I just hand it over to my hardware collegues;
they trim it down to matchbox size.
You can play with it here
I'd recommend buying a USB-RS232 chip.
USB is USB - just a lot of specs to follow and nothing innovative.
It gives you time to concentrate on 'your own' hardware, which after all is what you want.
You get to use the vendors device drivers and VID, and get a couple of PIDs for your own use.
My company has worked quite a bit with FTDI.
They make reliable chips (AFAIKT), and give excellent support.
I'll second that.
I have an old injury in my right shoulder (dislocated it once). After a couple of years of programming (reaching over for the mouse at the far right of the keyboard), it started to give me trouble.
I bought a happy hacking for my home PC two years ago, to try it out, and got one for work soon after that.
I love it so much, I almost feel sorry for people who use a standard 105.
The only time I dust off my old keyboard, is when I'm playing games that require lots of F-keys and numpad, and can't be remapped.
Freeeeeeeeudeeeeeeeee, schoooooooooeneeeeeeeeeer Goooooooooooeeeeeeeeetteeeeeeeeeerfuuuuuuuuuuuuunk eeeeeeeeen, ...
Toooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeechteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer aaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuus Eeeeeeeeeelyyyyyyyyyyyyseeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuum
(in a really low key)
I'm surprised noone has commented on the leaked source code for this robot.
// relocate patient // start CPR (rewrite as Patient.Chest.Push when Chest class is done) // remember to move this to Stretcher class!
It's obviously early in development, but I can't say I like the look of it.
I mean, just take a look at the error handling:
if ( BackupSurgeon.Floor() != this.GetFloor() ){
GotoStairs();
if (this.GetType == SHOVER) Patient.Push();
elseif (this.GetType == PUSHER) Patient.Shove();
}
BillGatesMustDie OS
Never heard of it...
You must be thinking of GNU/BillGatesMustDie OS?
Stan should be happy that they didn't lose money on the movie, or he'd have ended up owing them money...
And this is the resource for all us C= type-in freaks out there: The Compute Type-In Index.
Ahh, I can still feel my fingers tingle with exquisite pain when I read these hex listing...
it is feared that the loss of the ice cap will also cause a drop off in tourism
They'll come running back to high ground when the polar ice caps start melting.
Did they even stop to think before giving it a female name? *sigh*
If vaccuming had been fun, it would have been l33t suXor or something...
I had to get a small keyboard and an optical mouse (to get rid of the mousepad), due to a once-dislocated shoulder.
It's extremely comfortable, and as a bonus result, I can read a book placed to the left of the keyboard (without getting a sore neck),
and/or between keyboard and monitor (without having to squint to see what's on the screen).
...is to only accept the projects you know are going down in flames long before 1.0 release! :-)
.
Of course, this only works well for consultants
Seriously, though... This is not a problem that needs solving.
Maintaining code, my own and others, is a large part of my job. Code not having to be maintained is code not being used. If you're happy to write such code, you're just in it for the money, and would probably be happier working with something else.
Maintaining code is part of being a successful hacker. Take pride in doing it well
Otherwise, you'll do it left-handedly, always being tempted to do a "quick hack" and be done with it so you can do some "real programming" (which you have fooled yourself to believe is the only thing that justifies your position / makes you happy / whatever). Until next time you have to maintain the code, and have to reap the hacks (hm...) you've sown, etc.
Then you begin feeling like you're in that hole. And you dug it all by yourself.
Don't you think you should mention he wasn't William Gibson ?
... :-)
The article could be about a japanese brain surgeon.
Half of us would go "What? The father of cyberpunk got a new job in Japan? Cool
Doh!" anyway...
Does it also repel pets? :-)
"wsdegb nhkio.l/;", to quote my cat walking over my keyboard to her nap on the, now hairy, printer paper...
The actual Helix press release
and, for developers, the Helix Commmunity site, where the source code release dates are posted.
The truth lies deeper. :-)
:-)
They've added suprise to the auto correction list by mistake, and are too embarrassed to ask how to get rid of it
Don't we all fear the 'RTFM!' ?
What do you mean I took the flamebait? I just like it spicy...
Did you just give that poor site the slashdot-click-o-death only to see:
:-)
|_| 100,000
|_| 90,000
|_| 80,000
|_| 70,000
|_| 60,000
|_| 50,000
|_| 40,000
|_| 30,000
|x| 20,000
|x| 10,000
I though real geeks were immune to graphics
If ridiculous to expect a service to be free, just because you get it from a webpage.
;-)
Do you also think books you order from Amazon should be free?
On the other hand, we are all part of a grassroot movement:
Open source software, helpful usenet articles, detailed personal webpages on everything from pruning trees to recompiling kernels...
If you disagree, just say so and I'll send you a bill for this comment
Polymer or otherwise, light-emission sure is a nice feature for a display :-)