People at numworks tries to renew calculators market, using OSS and open hardware. It contains an upgradable firmware with different computing softwares (on a small color LCD matrix display).
For french market, it has an "exam" mode to be authorized (where phones will be prohibited).
When you just learn what is a variable, a loop, a function, an expression, an assignment, an object, a module⦠(ie. when you are a beginner), the (real) problems you list are not your problems. As long as you just use programming for simple tasks automation, basic usage, they are still not your problems.
When you want to become a professional developer, they generally appear, but I hope you are in position to learn other languages adapted to your requirements.
For other arguments if he achieve to make his students understand concepts like variables, types, expressions, assignment, functions whatever be the language used to teach, its reusable knownledge for other languages.
These systems, built by Telemecanique in 70's, are used in nuclear power-plants, and many are still active (more than 16000 were sold worldwide, in europe they sold similar quantity as PDP11 units).
As nuclear plant control software have been validated for these computers, devices control are interfaces with their bus, they are not easy (and very expensive) to replace (I've seen devices with memory + battery + DAT unit having same IO interface as old cartridge disks they replaced). They have nice features considering the time they were built: failure detection and correction, high availability, realtime OS. See http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_(ordinateur) (sorry, found no page in english)
Some medical devices used Magneto-Optical media for recording huge data examination. But... builder for media and reader said it will stop this technology (too old).
So, how long will we have de devices to read all these media ? How long will they produce the media to fill in still running devices ?
A study for archiving nuclear location informations conclued that the better solution was... paper (not common paper, but paper with just printed and eye readable informations).
In France, we have one (small) ballot per candidate name (or eventually list). You should not write on it (your ballot is then considered null).
Counting is done manually, by citizens, with a set of rules to avoid fraud, and in presence of people representing candidates. Everibody can come and check the process. Results are centralized by admnistrative levels, and published for each level (so at any level citizens can control there is no fraud).
Generally we vote during sundays where citizens are more available.
There are tests for electronic voting too. I hope this will never occure - for the same reason you talk, I cant trust on a computer for that.
All in title. Dont miss to consider day to day work too in your estimation.
If they think things are too slow, they need to get another IT to help you.
We have developed a data acquisition and device control system in my laboratory (LURE - Orsay, France). I work from 1997 on this project, it is an extensible system with focus on physical elements of the experiement (not on devices to realize the work) with a 'linear' view of the experiment, and with a (maybe complex) system to ensure parallel processing of tasks when it can be.
It is written with Python (so has no platform dependancy in its kernel).
It is on the way to be LGPLed (I does the legal stuff for that request and wait for the reply). More news in Python announce when (and if) I get a positive reply.
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What throughput in this process ?
How many energy do they consume to transform back these plastics ?
Woudn't be better to directly use this energy for the final usage ?
We need to use resources and funds to go forward on earth preservation, not to go destroying moon (neither mars...).
As a Japanese people, he could by example fund thermal insulation of houses and buildings, this is the kind of action we need actually.
People at numworks tries to renew calculators market, using OSS and open hardware. It contains an upgradable firmware with different computing softwares (on a small color LCD matrix display).
For french market, it has an "exam" mode to be authorized (where phones will be prohibited).
You are so 1789.
Its 1917 for upper middle class expropriation. 1789 is more kick out aristocracy.
They recently bought new crystal balls, their prediction is also confirmed by astral conjunction and they read it in their CEO palm reading. No doubt.
When you just learn what is a variable, a loop, a function, an expression, an assignment, an object, a module⦠(ie. when you are a beginner), the (real) problems you list are not your problems.
As long as you just use programming for simple tasks automation, basic usage, they are still not your problems.
When you want to become a professional developer, they generally appear, but I hope you are in position to learn other languages adapted to your requirements.
If you consider Bild to be good press, then support their work and pay it. Else zip it.
In France we have an Internet pure player, Mediapart. No ad. Paid access to articles built from real journalist work.
Ad is evil for press, its a pressure tool to control published content.
As SMS are far than secure, they just transmit the key access to your emails as readable by [nsa]body.
Because they will be closed long before their stuff become harmless.
So their stuff will become a public funded problem.
For a Visual Basic like language on Linux, you can look at Gambas a bit like Visual Basic (but it is NOT a clone!).
http://gambas.sourceforge.net/...
For other arguments if he achieve to make his students understand concepts like variables, types, expressions, assignment, functions whatever be the language used to teach, its reusable knownledge for other languages.
These systems, built by Telemecanique in 70's, are used in nuclear power-plants, and many are still active (more than 16000 were sold worldwide, in europe they sold similar quantity as PDP11 units).
As nuclear plant control software have been validated for these computers, devices control are interfaces with their bus, they are not easy (and very expensive) to replace (I've seen devices with memory + battery + DAT unit having same IO interface as old cartridge disks they replaced).
They have nice features considering the time they were built: failure detection and correction, high availability, realtime OS. See http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_(ordinateur) (sorry, found no page in english)
He choosed a very complicated way to just build a solar oven ("four solaire" in french).
http://www.google.com/images?q=four+solaire
http://www.google.com/images?q=solar+oven
Reading the new, I thought I will see a fool building a new solar plant in his garden... Like (in smaller size) the one in Spain (PS10), or the one in france (Odeillo).
http://www.ecosources.info/images/energie_industrie/Tour-solaire-concentration-PS10.jpg
http://www.heliome-solaire.fr/l_energie-solaire/utiliser-l_energie-solaire/four-solaire-odeillo.jpg
Note: if its just to burn some stuff, my chidren use a magnifying glass and its enough.
We have a producer in France (MDI), which build "CAT" engines and cars.
See http://www.mdi.lu/
Some medical devices used Magneto-Optical media for recording huge data examination.
But... builder for media and reader said it will stop this technology (too old).
So, how long will we have de devices to read all these media ?
How long will they produce the media to fill in still running devices ?
A study for archiving nuclear location informations conclued that the better solution was... paper (not common paper, but paper with just printed and eye readable informations).
For people reading french, there is a test of the Divistar PX-3140 here:
http://www.planetenumerique.com/Divistar-PX-3140-onthego-un.html?artsuite=0
Have you seen the Divistar one sold at Pearl ?
Maybe too big for pockets... but it looks nice, and is less expensive than the Pico.
http://www.pearl.fr/article-PX3140.html
* LED, 20.000h
* 63,5cm (25") image at 1m
* 100:1 contrast
* builtin speaker 1W
* silent fan
* VGA and Cinch-AV
* Screw thread for tripod
* Size: 90x44x80mm
* Weight: 200g
And its 170 euros with 19.6% taxes (aroud 240 US$).
I wait to see such device working, I'm in doubt about light power and image quality with such contrast.
Note: the euro symbol (â) is not recognized in plain old text mode.
The PhD student who was in my room one year ago (Cyril Rousseau) already worked on context adaptation of devices communication modalities.
See:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1148558
http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/rousseau/most/index
He wrote a phone-like prototype and used his software in an industrial project.
Where is Microsoft innovation ?
In France, we have one (small) ballot per candidate name (or eventually list). You should not write on it (your ballot is then considered null). Counting is done manually, by citizens, with a set of rules to avoid fraud, and in presence of people representing candidates. Everibody can come and check the process. Results are centralized by admnistrative levels, and published for each level (so at any level citizens can control there is no fraud). Generally we vote during sundays where citizens are more available. There are tests for electronic voting too. I hope this will never occure - for the same reason you talk, I cant trust on a computer for that.
All in title. Dont miss to consider day to day work too in your estimation. If they think things are too slow, they need to get another IT to help you.
We have developed a data acquisition and device control system in my laboratory (LURE - Orsay, France).
I work from 1997 on this project, it is an extensible system with focus on physical elements of the experiement (not on devices to realize the work) with a 'linear' view of the experiment, and with a (maybe complex) system to ensure parallel processing of tasks when it can be.
It is written with Python (so has no platform dependancy in its kernel).
It is on the way to be LGPLed (I does the legal stuff for that request and wait for the reply). More news in Python announce when (and if) I get a positive reply.