Personally, I have high expectations for VideoLAN Movie Creator (because my experience with VLC Media Player has been excellent). Unfortunately, it's been in an "under-development" state for almost as long as I can remember. I just hope they get to a complete, stable release sometime soon. http://www.videolan.org/vlmc/
SMART Boards can be used with SMART Notebook (for Education) or SMART Meeting Pro (for business) software from the company that makes the SMART Boards, or they can be used with any software that can run on your computer; if you can control the software with a mouse, you can also control it with a SMART Board.
With both the SMART Notebook (for Education) and the SMART Meeting Pro (for business) software from the company that makes the SMART Boards, handwriting recognition is already included as a default feature. A quick internet search for 'handwriting recognition in SMART Notebook" will reveal many documents and many videos demonstrating this. The SMART Notebook software also supports templates and grids too, a quick internet search reveals many documents and many videos demonstrating this.
Good lord, in this day and age... still running XP?
While there may be valid reasons to jump to a newer OS, individuals often prefer that with which they are familiar. As for "this day and age", the IS department at my place of employment still has most of the office computers on Windows XP, simply because a LOT of the custom business software that the company paid millions of dollars for several years ago simply will not work properly a newer OS. Heck, we are even still stuck with IE6 because someone thought it was a good idea for a major database's front-end UI to be written such that it runs in a web browser, and will not function correctly in anything other than IE6. It's very nasty state that will be extremely expensive and time-consuming for the company to get out of. Its just one example of a real-world reason why an upgrade may be deemed undesirable, but I'm sure most people can think of many other reasons too.
Why not set up a Linux, or Windows 7 Host machine that only you have an admin account on, and then your mom's Windows XP configuration in a Virtual Machine? WMware supports taking OS snapshots, supports remote desktop viewing, supports automatic USB device redirection from Host to Guest OS, and many other features that will make your role much easier, and more time efficient, while simultaneously not requiring any major re-training for your parent. And I am certain that other VM software has a very similar feature set and appeal.
I phoned my ISP last month to ask if my internet connection through them supported IPv6. I know my PC does, and my router does, but when I asked my ISP I got told that "IPv6 is not a fully ratified standard yet, and when it becomes a completed standard then we we look at supporting it". Just goes to show you that one link can break the whole chain.
I wonder how many of you read this article's summary and them immediately wrote a quick PHP script to perform this exact conversion. If you did, did you crash your machine or did you encounter a disappointing non-event?
"the company field was changed".... "crash with an OutOfMemoryError".
Why should changing the name of a company cause an out-of-memory error? That's just bad usability. What's the user going to assume form this; "I need more memory", which is not truly the root cause of the problem.
This is just one example of common problems with software today; the error messages often do not accurately identify the root cause of the problem. These days I'm a user, not a programmer (although I have done some very simple programming in the distant past), and this sort of thing really bugs me as a user. Uninformative or innaccurate error messages serve absolutely no purpose.
... can't understand to amusement, and therefore reason why this video is advertised.
Some of the humor can be found in the familiarity of the situation. Remembering how you experienced a similar situation, whether it was as innocent as this child's, or a bit more adult and experienced, the memories and familiarity help to trigger the laughter.
I agree with the choice of using the 'Wi-Spy' tool. It has been the most useful tool I have ever owned, for troubleshooting 2.4GHz interference problems. While it is not a high-quality directional spectrum analyzer, it is a cheap and useful visualization too. Want to make it directional? Just surround it with something that blocks or reduces RF signals (like a tin can).
Laptop + Wi-Spy + short USB extension cable + tin can = a very useful tool for isolating sources of 2.4GHz RF interference.
This tab thing makes Slashdot front page and the following didnt?
Windows 7 way hotter than Vista off the line, now more popular than all OS X versions
Of course id did; it's a developer tool so it immediately has street cred at/. Everything else that has nothing to do with coding or Linux is immediately a 3rd rate info byte unworthy of these hallowed pages;->
Here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I have zero network (Rogers wireless) connection problems with my iPhone, however when I took that same phone to Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (with data roaming turned off) it connected to the AT&T network for roaming and my phone calls were routinely disconnected at random. Sometimes I would be only able to say hello and speak a few words before the call would be lost and I needed to redial. This pissed me off something fierce. I'm not surprised people are not happy with the AT&T network in the U.S.A.
O.K., so setting aside the ethical concerns, the absolute morbidity of this idea, and the "is this really appropriate for a general television audience" concerns; I'd rather have plastination instead of mummification.
So why is there a stigma attached to not having a four-year degree? Why does [any] industry keep emphasizing this difference — and generally giving better pay to four-year grads?"
I believe this result is not about blue-collar vs white collar, nor more education vs less education. I believe this is about a person's ability to understand and use circumstances that are not specifically related to the exact task at hand. In the case of a software developer or a hardware engineer, those with the best coding skills or engineering skills may not be fully understanding of the true needs of the product owner, product user, or project manager (which are often poorly presented, and require interpretation). I think that those who have a more encompassing education also generally have more exposure to the rest of the world, which can impact the project at hand. Therefore they are more likely to recognize and react to things that affect the project than those who are more purely focused on the details of the work at hand. This has value in the real world, and I think this may be why those types of people are generally more highly paid.
The most useful and far reaching thing you could teach in such a limited time are skills surrounding how to structure online information searches, how to clearly ask the right questions when speaking or writing, who to ask various types of questions, and how to understand the validity of the answers (marketing, technical, or just FUD).
The students would then be able to make use of these skills to find more appropriate and direct information about whatever interests them now, and into the future.
That's a lot of money alright, and it's the primary reason I don't play any game that requires a monthly fee just to play it. I don't care how good it is, no video game is worth more than a one-time cost for the game, and one-time costs for any expansions, additional content, etc.
Now, try this same math with your Cable TV, or cel phone bills. 4 years and 8 months is the period of the article, that's 56 months. If you're paying $100/month for cable TV, that's $5,600; more than this guy paid to play this game.
I just love the author's statements about the"new" touch gestures:
it adds a unique two-finger gesture for opening a contextual menu (hold one finger on the object and tap a second finger near it)
This one sounds exactly like what I used to do on an old rear-projection SMART Board system, and as such is certainly not unique to Windows 7.
Windows 7's new two-finger swipe gesture for horizontal scrolling
And this two-finger scrolling gesture also functioned on that old system (which worked on Windows 98). It was a vertical scrolling gesture, not horizontal, but that's a very minor difference.
No process will improve on a (welcomed) shout across the room and reply coming back in 5 seconds.
That's great if your coding something small and used on only one system (like a console game), but if your product needs to work on a very wire range of variable systems, and your development team consists of more people than can sit in a single room, or is spread out over more than one physical building, this method simply does not work and some structured process becomes necessary.
Time to buy lots of popcorn and tinfoil. You're in for it now Hathaway; hope you're house is insured. - There. Now you've had your nod to 'Real Genius'.;)
While this certainly has the potential to let TV programmers know that we do actually loose interest when a commercial is aired, and some programs that seem to get canceled are actually watched, there are far too many potential abuses for this technology. I don't want to suddenly become part of a reality tv show that is aired in some other country, and that I have no idea I am a part of.
I want to see more games like "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th hour". Now those were games that stayed in my head (in a good way) long after I played them.
Thank you for your participation in our regularly scheduled program. Join us next time as we discuss a lone college student who is being sued by Nintendo for copyright infringement.;)
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Personally, I have high expectations for VideoLAN Movie Creator (because my experience with VLC Media Player has been excellent). Unfortunately, it's been in an "under-development" state for almost as long as I can remember. I just hope they get to a complete, stable release sometime soon. http://www.videolan.org/vlmc/
SMART Boards can be used with SMART Notebook (for Education) or SMART Meeting Pro (for business) software from the company that makes the SMART Boards, or they can be used with any software that can run on your computer; if you can control the software with a mouse, you can also control it with a SMART Board.
With both the SMART Notebook (for Education) and the SMART Meeting Pro (for business) software from the company that makes the SMART Boards, handwriting recognition is already included as a default feature. A quick internet search for 'handwriting recognition in SMART Notebook" will reveal many documents and many videos demonstrating this. The SMART Notebook software also supports templates and grids too, a quick internet search reveals many documents and many videos demonstrating this.
Good lord, in this day and age ... still running XP?
While there may be valid reasons to jump to a newer OS, individuals often prefer that with which they are familiar. As for "this day and age", the IS department at my place of employment still has most of the office computers on Windows XP, simply because a LOT of the custom business software that the company paid millions of dollars for several years ago simply will not work properly a newer OS. Heck, we are even still stuck with IE6 because someone thought it was a good idea for a major database's front-end UI to be written such that it runs in a web browser, and will not function correctly in anything other than IE6. It's very nasty state that will be extremely expensive and time-consuming for the company to get out of. Its just one example of a real-world reason why an upgrade may be deemed undesirable, but I'm sure most people can think of many other reasons too.
Why not set up a Linux, or Windows 7 Host machine that only you have an admin account on, and then your mom's Windows XP configuration in a Virtual Machine? WMware supports taking OS snapshots, supports remote desktop viewing, supports automatic USB device redirection from Host to Guest OS, and many other features that will make your role much easier, and more time efficient, while simultaneously not requiring any major re-training for your parent. And I am certain that other VM software has a very similar feature set and appeal.
I phoned my ISP last month to ask if my internet connection through them supported IPv6. I know my PC does, and my router does, but when I asked my ISP I got told that "IPv6 is not a fully ratified standard yet, and when it becomes a completed standard then we we look at supporting it". Just goes to show you that one link can break the whole chain.
I wonder how many of you read this article's summary and them immediately wrote a quick PHP script to perform this exact conversion. If you did, did you crash your machine or did you encounter a disappointing non-event?
Soon we'll be using this to play Syndicate in real life.
"the company field was changed" .... "crash with an OutOfMemoryError".
Why should changing the name of a company cause an out-of-memory error? That's just bad usability. What's the user going to assume form this; "I need more memory", which is not truly the root cause of the problem.
This is just one example of common problems with software today; the error messages often do not accurately identify the root cause of the problem. These days I'm a user, not a programmer (although I have done some very simple programming in the distant past), and this sort of thing really bugs me as a user. Uninformative or innaccurate error messages serve absolutely no purpose.
... can't understand to amusement, and therefore reason why this video is advertised.
Some of the humor can be found in the familiarity of the situation. Remembering how you experienced a similar situation, whether it was as innocent as this child's, or a bit more adult and experienced, the memories and familiarity help to trigger the laughter.
I agree with the choice of using the 'Wi-Spy' tool. It has been the most useful tool I have ever owned, for troubleshooting 2.4GHz interference problems. While it is not a high-quality directional spectrum analyzer, it is a cheap and useful visualization too. Want to make it directional? Just surround it with something that blocks or reduces RF signals (like a tin can).
Laptop + Wi-Spy + short USB extension cable + tin can = a very useful tool for isolating sources of 2.4GHz RF interference.
Yup. 2-3 hours is about right.
Data volume for 10MB = 83886080 bits
10 Mega Bytes * (1024 Kilo Bytes / Mega Byte) * (1024 Bytes / Kilo Byte) * (8 bits / Byte)
Time to transfer 83886080 bits at 9600bps = just over 2.4 hours
83886080 bits / (9600 bits/second) / (60 seconds/minute) / (60 minutes/hour)
This tab thing makes Slashdot front page and the following didnt?
Windows 7 way hotter than Vista off the line, now more popular than all OS X
versions
Of course id did; it's a developer tool so it immediately has street cred at /. ;->
Everything else that has nothing to do with coding or Linux is immediately a 3rd rate info byte unworthy of these hallowed pages
Second Life? Is that where you go after you die? Not everyone believes in reincarnation.
Here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I have zero network (Rogers wireless) connection problems with my iPhone, however when I took that same phone to Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (with data roaming turned off) it connected to the AT&T network for roaming and my phone calls were routinely disconnected at random. Sometimes I would be only able to say hello and speak a few words before the call would be lost and I needed to redial. This pissed me off something fierce. I'm not surprised people are not happy with the AT&T network in the U.S.A.
O.K., so setting aside the ethical concerns, the absolute morbidity of this idea, and the "is this really appropriate for a general television audience" concerns; I'd rather have plastination instead of mummification.
So why is there a stigma attached to not having a four-year degree? Why does [any] industry keep emphasizing this difference — and generally giving better pay to four-year grads?"
I believe this result is not about blue-collar vs white collar, nor more education vs less education. I believe this is about a person's ability to understand and use circumstances that are not specifically related to the exact task at hand. In the case of a software developer or a hardware engineer, those with the best coding skills or engineering skills may not be fully understanding of the true needs of the product owner, product user, or project manager (which are often poorly presented, and require interpretation). I think that those who have a more encompassing education also generally have more exposure to the rest of the world, which can impact the project at hand. Therefore they are more likely to recognize and react to things that affect the project than those who are more purely focused on the details of the work at hand. This has value in the real world, and I think this may be why those types of people are generally more highly paid.
The most useful and far reaching thing you could teach in such a limited time are skills surrounding how to structure online information searches, how to clearly ask the right questions when speaking or writing, who to ask various types of questions, and how to understand the validity of the answers (marketing, technical, or just FUD).
The students would then be able to make use of these skills to find more appropriate and direct information about whatever interests them now, and into the future.
That's a lot of money alright, and it's the primary reason I don't play any game that requires a monthly fee just to play it. I don't care how good it is, no video game is worth more than a one-time cost for the game, and one-time costs for any expansions, additional content, etc.
Now, try this same math with your Cable TV, or cel phone bills. 4 years and 8 months is the period of the article, that's 56 months. If you're paying $100/month for cable TV, that's $5,600; more than this guy paid to play this game.
I just love the author's statements about the"new" touch gestures:
it adds a unique two-finger gesture for opening a contextual menu (hold one finger on the object and tap a second finger near it)
This one sounds exactly like what I used to do on an old rear-projection SMART Board system, and as such is certainly not unique to Windows 7.
Windows 7's new two-finger swipe gesture for horizontal scrolling
And this two-finger scrolling gesture also functioned on that old system (which worked on Windows 98). It was a vertical scrolling gesture, not horizontal, but that's a very minor difference.
Everyone knows that no new technology can succeed without the endorsement of the pr0n industry.
And this requires a whole different approach to 'touch' technology ;)
No process will improve on a (welcomed) shout across the room and reply coming back in 5 seconds.
That's great if your coding something small and used on only one system (like a console game), but if your product needs to work on a very wire range of variable systems, and your development team consists of more people than can sit in a single room, or is spread out over more than one physical building, this method simply does not work and some structured process becomes necessary.
Time to buy lots of popcorn and tinfoil. You're in for it now Hathaway; hope you're house is insured. ;)
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There. Now you've had your nod to 'Real Genius'.
While this certainly has the potential to let TV programmers know that we do actually loose interest when a commercial is aired, and some programs that seem to get canceled are actually watched, there are far too many potential abuses for this technology. I don't want to suddenly become part of a reality tv show that is aired in some other country, and that I have no idea I am a part of.
I want to see more games like "The 7th Guest" and "The 11th hour". Now those were games that stayed in my head (in a good way) long after I played them.
Thank you for your participation in our regularly scheduled program. Join us next time as we discuss a lone college student who is being sued by Nintendo for copyright infringement. ;)