there needs to be an eqivalent antenna on the far end.
This is true as stated, however, a directional receiver ignores "noise" from other directions giving better reception of intended signals. An example of this is the parabolic microphones used on the sidelines in football stadiums. The player on the field is not amplified, but the fan noise is in effect ignored by the directional mic.
A similar paradigm is Design-Code-Test. People who Engineer software believe the design is the code. What you've pointed out is why an iterative model is much more useful. If some degree of functionality was available in the earlier stages, the problems would have been seen during the projects infancy. We are not all-knowing, nor infallible. There are no perfect plans. Reaction is critical.
I agree. Software development, like medicine, is an art implemented with science. Engineered software is like a government bureaucracy; it is a belief that a perfect process makes a perfect product. It ignores the fact that we are not all-knowing nor infallible.
Seems like there are a lot of methods to acquire data from sensors. As I am not a web person, what is the simplest method effective method to periodically update a website with the acquired sensor information (and potentially data trend images). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Geccie
Although all of the information you seek is useful and valid, the real question is how long the battery lasts. My solution simply charts the charge and discharge curves and predicts the time frames.
I think my only hope would be starting my own buisness, but every successful idea I have, someone else develops first.....
This is not relevant. What you need to do is make products that are simpler, more streamlined, and effectively digest domain related data for the user. Stay away from commodity software that only brings in $10 per copy unless you can get volume. In line with your statement, there would have been no reason for the Japanese to start building cars in a market throughly dominated by the big 3 automakers. They made them cheaper, better, and more in-line with what domain users wanted. That is the key to success!
I originally earned an EE degree in '87, then returned to school for a CS degree in '92 while working. Even back then, I found that hardware was boring as hell without the intelligence that could be realized through software.
Pure CS folks have a lot of difficulty communicating with HW and EE's tend to write crap code or end up with very tedious jobs.
The combination opens up a whole realm of opportunities such as autonomous vehicles, home automation, simulation. It's F'ing great!
As for a career choice, there is only one answer - Do what you enjoy and be agile. We can only imagine what the next 20 years will bring.
Often, I have to tell my employer that this stuff is hard work, If they knew work was fun, I'de get paid squat!
Geccie
I'd check to see if it still exists in Windows, but there aren't any Winboxen around here:-)
Good news fellow criminals its still there. I checked on WinNT and Win2k and its located in the System32 folder. Its listed as the Dos 5 File Compare Utility I did a fc/? from the command window and it responded.
Here, I've been using Windiff all this time... Dang
Quit was my first response, but that only harms you. The correct answer is to start looking elsewhere. With the decision making quality of this management crew, your company is going to be in trouble soon. Windows sucks for an ISP; poor security and runs like a bloated pig. Not to mention that most windows programmers have no clue as to architectural and programming paradigms that affect performance.
WAKE UP CALL: they want you to be on their standards for 2 reasons. First, they can eliminate your position. Second, you will be OVERPRICED as your capabilities are immediately reduced as well as the amount of in-depth system knowledge you have (see #1).
On the bright side, if you have the ability to master unix or gnu / linux systems then you can run circles around the typical windows IT puke. Looks like life is trying to take you new places - explore.
Why would you want to (essentially) outsource development of your idea? You may not be the greatest coder in the world, but you should be able to put together something by yourself.
Exactly!!! The whole idea is to realize the true value of your work, not to make someone a boatloat of cash. If you take the initiative NOW, five years into the future you may be quite successful. Reward does not come without effort. If your ideas are that good, team up with competent developers you know. Add a few $100 for web hosting, etc and supplies and you can move forward without losing your shirt. Dont look for others to make you rich, wealthy, or even well off. Do it yourself and see where life takes you. BTW I'm here in Pgh too. Nice weather for a change.
I've looked into these places. From a developer standopoint, I dont see an opportunity. The product to pay ratio is less than washing dishes at Shoneys. Top that off with signing away all your copyrights and outlandish product specs all for one or two days pay. If you worked on these projects 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, you would be lucky to clear $20k per year. Did you ever notice the help forums at code guru are very similar to product specs from rent-a-coder? Given this, I dont belive you would have to be very selective if you chose to work with people from one of these sites.
Had a disk crash (growl) on Wife's Toshiba - No boot. Knoppix booted and I was able to tar most recent versions of MyDocs to a USB thumb drive. Couldn't ls many parts of the disk, but I got the good stuff. Initially tried a slaxlive CD, but it choked trying to run X. Been using Slackware since late 1994. It's solid, but I think Knoppix, being the first(?), is more evolved and polished. Geccie.
Do not ghost to a flash USB device. I think that the repetitive rewriting of the directory information will burn the directory portion of the disk. Make a ghost image, then copy it to the flash disk. Supposedly, ghost 8 supports usb devices. Also, a co-worker of mine has had problems copying between usb hdds. He has to copy from usb hdd1 to local drive then to usb hdd2. - Geccie
"... any program which includes, by linking with libmysqld, the MySQL source code must be released as free software (under a license compatible with the GPL)."
This does not appear to be a problem. It says that you must release the MySQL source code, not the code that links with it.... Aside from having to maintain and offer a copy of the MySQL code, I dont see a problem.... Rebut? - Geccie
I believe the same problems occured with the two space shuttle crashes. In the first one, the O-Ring sealant was changed to remove asbestos. This sealant became brittle during very cold weather. In the second case, the material sprayed on the main fuel tank was changed to remove CFCs. The result was poor adhesion. These facts were reported and known as well as the decreased reliability. However, it didn't appear PC to report them to the general public - Geccie.
I've done substantive development using Wind River's Zinc application framework. Although not viable for personal commercial endeavors, I did port it to linux and found it to work quite well. It was just fluidly easy. I've become quite adept at windows programming also. Does anyone have any comparitive info on WxWindows VS MFC or Zinc? Will WxWindows work well within the Visual C++ (6.0) IDE? Is the end result of WxWindows worth the effort of learning the implementation?
Thanks - Geccie
I'm surprised that this advancement is reduced to a joke. I've been waiting for a small form factor os capable platform for some time. The closest I've seen are the 5 1/4 SBCs. My goal is to use these devices for autonomous control of radio controlled aircraft. Personal UAV:) Given the lower power requirements and very low weight, this platform can be combined with an OOPIC sensor interface and gimbal sensors + GPS to do the job. Now if I can get it for less than $100. Combine 20 and have your own battle of Britian:)
Fscking big surprise. Have to upgrade to outlook 2003 for such commonplace improvements (by todays standards). Not to mention what other enhancements (read lock-ins), baggage (read: other required product upgrades), and bullshit that come with it. Given their DLL bullshit architecture, you'de think they could just post a feature update. Maybe people wouldn't think so lowly of them if they had a slightly different business model. "It wasn't totally broken, we just added features to make it work right - that'll be 129.99 please" --- NO THANK YOU!
Go MOZILLA:)
I graduated with an EE and later returned for a CS 5 years later. Hardware is boring without software. The combination is great as there are few people who can provide end-to-end solutions. Its also a great lead-in to robotics. After 16 years, I'm thinking of becoming a tree surgeon. Seriously, if you can handle either of these two fields (and are mechanically adept), there are few occupations you couldn't handle. Try automotive electronics and repair, radiology, small business. Look at all the successful small businesses out there. These people aint rocket scientists. Here's the short of it. You will never realize the value of your work by working for someone else, _ESPECIALLY_ in a field where management cannot begin to comprehend what is required to do your job. The upside is an expected shortage of engineering professionals in the near future. Downside... well, i needn't explain Consider other professions. HVAC - nobody bitches about the cost when they're too hot or cold. Teaching... You don't need to learn anything new over a 30 year career. Plus state employee benefits in some cases and a 9 month work year and people think you need a raise because their kids are idiots. Computing... complete framework change every 3 to 5 years... Think HTML standards NOT.
I go now - Geccie
Is the SHARPIE marker safe for writing on CD's?
Sanford has used SHARPIE markers on CDs for years and we have never experienced a problem. We do not believe that the SHARPIE ink can affect these CDs, however we have not performed any long-term laboratory testing to verify this. We have spoken to many major CD manufacturers about this issue. They use the SHARPIE markers on CDs internally as well, and do not believe that the SHARPIE ink will cause any harm to their products
They may contain solvents, but you're probably safe if there is plastic covering the metal burn layer. If the layer is exposed, do not write on it with a solvent based marker. It may react with the solvent and decompose
Here's a previous post on the same thing http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=85127&t hreshold=1&commentsort=0&tid=137&tid=198&mode=thre ad&pid=7423266#7423988
"I think if you are found copying non-trivial sections of another work without crediting it then you ought to learn quickly how to defend yourself."
This is not about copying or _non-trivial_. That's cut and dried. This is about the accusation in false positive cases where machines improperly qualify coincidental similarities as criminal activity. It is FAR easier to prove someone copied than to defend that you did not!
"So are you proposing that I shouldn't check for plagiarism because some people might be falsely accused and might not be able to defend themselves?"
"I don't dismiss anyone's work as plagiarised unless I can prove it. If I can prove, there's really not much you can do about it no matter how skilled a verbal acrobat you are."
-- Here you say that _you_ dont qualify the work as plagarism unless you can _prove_ it. That is quite a high standard. Others I have seen do not follow your high moral standards as I have seen myself. As you know, It is oft difficult to prove a negative assertion. It is far less difficult to prove someone cheated than to prove you did not! When papers contain many matching paragraphs, it is pretty cut and dried. That is not what I am addressing. Those arguing in favor of these methods overlook the possibility that a probability scale exists. If you will note, UCB did not feel this program was appropriate to use at their own university.
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there needs to be an eqivalent antenna on the far end.
This is true as stated, however, a directional receiver ignores "noise" from other directions giving better reception of intended signals. An example of this is the parabolic microphones used on the sidelines in football stadiums. The player on the field is not amplified, but the fan noise is in effect ignored by the directional mic.
A similar paradigm is Design-Code-Test. People who Engineer software believe the design is the code. What you've pointed out is why an iterative model is much more useful. If some degree of functionality was available in the earlier stages, the problems would have been seen during the projects infancy.
We are not all-knowing, nor infallible. There are no perfect plans. Reaction is critical.
I agree. Software development, like medicine, is an art implemented with science. Engineered software is like a government bureaucracy; it is a belief that a perfect process makes a perfect product. It ignores the fact that we are not all-knowing nor infallible.
Seems like there are a lot of methods to acquire data from sensors. As I am not a web person, what is the simplest method effective method to periodically update a website with the acquired sensor information (and potentially data trend images). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Geccie
Although all of the information you seek is useful and valid, the real question is how long the battery lasts. My solution simply charts the charge and discharge curves and predicts the time frames.
http://www.gecces.com/ look for the battery profiler.
geccie
I think my only hope would be starting my own buisness, but every successful idea I have, someone else develops first..... This is not relevant. What you need to do is make products that are simpler, more streamlined, and effectively digest domain related data for the user. Stay away from commodity software that only brings in $10 per copy unless you can get volume. In line with your statement, there would have been no reason for the Japanese to start building cars in a market throughly dominated by the big 3 automakers. They made them cheaper, better, and more in-line with what domain users wanted. That is the key to success!
I originally earned an EE degree in '87, then returned to school for a CS degree in '92 while working. Even back then, I found that hardware was boring as hell without the intelligence that could be realized through software.
Pure CS folks have a lot of difficulty communicating with HW and EE's tend to write crap code or end up with very tedious jobs.
The combination opens up a whole realm of opportunities such as autonomous vehicles, home automation, simulation. It's F'ing great!
As for a career choice, there is only one answer - Do what you enjoy and be agile. We can only imagine what the next 20 years will bring.
Often, I have to tell my employer that this stuff is hard work, If they knew work was fun, I'de get paid squat! Geccie
I'd check to see if it still exists in Windows, but there aren't any Winboxen around here :-)
/? from the command window and it responded.
Good news fellow criminals its still there. I checked on WinNT and Win2k and its located in the System32 folder. Its listed as the Dos 5 File Compare Utility I did a fc
Here, I've been using Windiff all this time... Dang
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Quit was my first response, but that only harms you.
The correct answer is to start looking elsewhere. With the decision making quality of this management crew, your company is going to be in trouble soon. Windows sucks for an ISP; poor security and runs like a bloated pig. Not to mention that most windows programmers have no clue as to architectural and programming paradigms that affect performance.
WAKE UP CALL: they want you to be on their standards for 2 reasons.
First, they can eliminate your position.
Second, you will be OVERPRICED as your capabilities are immediately reduced as well as the amount of in-depth system knowledge you have (see #1).
On the bright side, if you have the ability to master unix or gnu / linux systems then you can run circles around the typical windows IT puke.
Looks like life is trying to take you new places - explore.
Why would you want to (essentially) outsource development of your idea? You may not be the greatest coder in the world, but you should be able to put together something by yourself.
Exactly!!! The whole idea is to realize the true value of your work, not to make someone a boatloat of cash. If you take the initiative NOW, five years into the future you may be quite successful. Reward does not come without effort. If your ideas are that good, team up with competent developers you know. Add a few $100 for web hosting, etc and supplies and you can move forward without losing your shirt. Dont look for others to make you rich, wealthy, or even well off. Do it yourself and see where life takes you.
BTW I'm here in Pgh too. Nice weather for a change.
I've looked into these places. From a developer standopoint, I dont see an opportunity. The product to pay ratio is less than washing dishes at Shoneys. Top that off with signing away all your copyrights and outlandish product specs all for one or two days pay. If you worked on these projects 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, you would be lucky to clear $20k per year. Did you ever notice the help forums at code guru are very similar to product specs from rent-a-coder? Given this, I dont belive you would have to be very selective if you chose to work with people from one of these sites.
Had a disk crash (growl) on Wife's Toshiba - No boot. Knoppix booted and I was able to tar most recent versions of MyDocs to a USB thumb drive. Couldn't ls many parts of the disk, but I got the good stuff. Initially tried a slaxlive CD, but it choked trying to run X. Been using Slackware since late 1994. It's solid, but I think Knoppix, being the first(?), is more evolved and polished.
Geccie.
Do not ghost to a flash USB device. I think that the repetitive rewriting of the directory information will burn the directory portion of the disk. Make a ghost image, then copy it to the flash disk. Supposedly, ghost 8 supports usb devices. Also, a co-worker of mine has had problems copying between usb hdds. He has to copy from usb hdd1 to local drive then to usb hdd2. - Geccie
Ha. But seriously, if I'm going to deploy this setup in a small bidness, what do I need to consider...?
:)
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"... any program which includes, by linking with libmysqld, the MySQL source code must be released as free software (under a license compatible with the GPL)."
This does not appear to be a problem. It says that you must release the MySQL source code, not the code that links with it.... Aside from having to maintain and offer a copy of the MySQL code, I dont see a problem.... Rebut? - Geccie
I believe the same problems occured with the two space shuttle crashes. In the first one, the O-Ring sealant was changed to remove asbestos. This sealant became brittle during very cold weather. In the second case, the material sprayed on the main fuel tank was changed to remove CFCs. The result was poor adhesion. These facts were reported and known as well as the decreased reliability. However, it didn't appear PC to report them to the general public - Geccie.
I've done substantive development using Wind River's Zinc application framework. Although not viable for personal commercial endeavors, I did port it to linux and found it to work quite well. It was just fluidly easy. I've become quite adept at windows programming also.
Does anyone have any comparitive info on WxWindows VS MFC or Zinc?
Will WxWindows work well within the Visual C++ (6.0) IDE?
Is the end result of WxWindows worth the effort of learning the implementation?
Thanks - Geccie
I'm surprised that this advancement is reduced to a joke. I've been waiting for a small form factor os capable platform for some time. The closest I've seen are the 5 1/4 SBCs. My goal is to use these devices for autonomous control of radio controlled aircraft. Personal UAV :) Given the lower power requirements and very low weight, this platform can be combined with an OOPIC sensor interface and gimbal sensors + GPS to do the job. Now if I can get it for less than $100. Combine 20 and have your own battle of Britian :)
Fscking big surprise. Have to upgrade to outlook 2003 for such commonplace improvements (by todays standards). Not to mention what other enhancements (read lock-ins), baggage (read: other required product upgrades), and bullshit that come with it. Given their DLL bullshit architecture, you'de think they could just post a feature update. Maybe people wouldn't think so lowly of them if they had a slightly different business model. "It wasn't totally broken, we just added features to make it work right - that'll be 129.99 please" --- NO THANK YOU! :)
Go MOZILLA
I graduated with an EE and later returned for a CS 5 years later. Hardware is boring without software. The combination is great as there are few people who can provide end-to-end solutions. Its also a great lead-in to robotics. After 16 years, I'm thinking of becoming a tree surgeon. Seriously, if you can handle either of these two fields (and are mechanically adept), there are few occupations you couldn't handle. Try automotive electronics and repair, radiology, small business. Look at all the successful small businesses out there. These people aint rocket scientists.
Here's the short of it. You will never realize the value of your work by working for someone else, _ESPECIALLY_ in a field where management cannot begin to comprehend what is required to do your job.
The upside is an expected shortage of engineering professionals in the near future. Downside... well, i needn't explain
Consider other professions. HVAC - nobody bitches about the cost when they're too hot or cold. Teaching... You don't need to learn anything new over a 30 year career. Plus state employee benefits in some cases and a 9 month work year and people think you need a raise because their kids are idiots. Computing... complete framework change every 3 to 5 years... Think HTML standards NOT.
I go now - Geccie
They may contain solvents, but you're probably safe if there is plastic covering the metal burn layer. If the layer is exposed, do not write on it with a solvent based marker. It may react with the solvent and decompose
Here's a previous post on the same thing
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=85127&
Service Pack 1 or 2?
"I think if you are found copying non-trivial sections of another work without crediting it then you ought to learn quickly how to defend yourself." This is not about copying or _non-trivial_. That's cut and dried. This is about the accusation in false positive cases where machines improperly qualify coincidental similarities as criminal activity. It is FAR easier to prove someone copied than to defend that you did not!
"So are you proposing that I shouldn't check for plagiarism because some people might be falsely accused and might not be able to defend themselves?" "I don't dismiss anyone's work as plagiarised unless I can prove it. If I can prove, there's really not much you can do about it no matter how skilled a verbal acrobat you are." -- Here you say that _you_ dont qualify the work as plagarism unless you can _prove_ it. That is quite a high standard. Others I have seen do not follow your high moral standards as I have seen myself. As you know, It is oft difficult to prove a negative assertion. It is far less difficult to prove someone cheated than to prove you did not! When papers contain many matching paragraphs, it is pretty cut and dried. That is not what I am addressing. Those arguing in favor of these methods overlook the possibility that a probability scale exists. If you will note, UCB did not feel this program was appropriate to use at their own university.