NT has a pretty powerful DOS batch scripting program. I'm not entirely familiar with Vista, but I suspect it still retains that capability.
Here's how the Vista (and XP and Windows 2000 and NT) batch scripting will suit your needs:
1) simple
2) works in Vista
3) portable
4) not an online app
5) does not use Java
It does fail miserablely in the F/OSS requirement, however - it will be proprietary to your needs.
But on the upside, there are no libraries to install -- it's all built in.
---------------
DOS scripting can do variable expansions, for loops of numbers, for loops of directory entries, and such. It can be configred to read in entries from flat files, and parse each line and split arrays, and such - perfect for your needs.
---------------
Failing that, you can write simple Visual Basic files (.vbs files) that you can execute from the command line.
These things are great, because you can use the Windows Scheduler to schedule execution of these batch files, the batch files can spawn other batch processes, kick off other jobs, etc.
http://www.computerhope.com/sethlp.htmhttp://www.robvanderwoude.com/variableexpansion.htmlhttp://www.maem.umr.edu/batch/dadd.htm
This concept is certainly not new. Known as a BAT Keyboard or a similar Chorded Keyboard, in the 1970's there was a commercial product out, that looked like a half sphere with 7 buttons on it. You laid your hand over it and there were one button for each of the fingers, and three for the thumb. It was made to interface to a variety of computers. Today, there's a PC version of it here: http://www.maxiaids.com/store/prodView.asp?utm_sou rce=Froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Froogl e&idAff=15225&idproduct=2031
Here's a wiki for one from the 1980's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_keyset
I'm just wondering if this is such a cool concept for PDA's today, why don't we go one teensy weensy step further and have an electrode you clip to your ear (or temple or wherever) and the PDA just understands what you want?
~lum
Why is it that I go out to purchase an iTunes card for $15 or $25 (plus tax) that's paid for at the store with a debit card, then have to use my Credit Card when I try to use the freakin' card in iTunes?
The stupid program won't let me use the $25 credit I paid for without a credit card number, which it stores in the computer.
It's not about not having money to purchase music - it's about many teenages not having a CREDIT CARD to freakin' use their cards even if they DO purchse iTunes credits with cash.
For the fortunate ones that have a bank account when they were very young that might have worked.
The fact is there are a lot of teens who don't have bank accounts until they go to college. They simply don't need it -- their life is cash.
And as far as I know, anyone can buy an iTunes card at Walgreens or CVS. But teens without credit cards cannot use them in iTunes program until it is validated -- the validation process requires a credit card before the stupid system will give them access to the credits that they paid for.
The message is clear:
Don't pirate software, but you can't buy our mp3's because you don't have a credit card. So you'd better go somewhere else or steal a credit card number from your parents.
Stupid iTunes...
At least for me it does - I do not not want to have to keep going back to Office Depot for another roll of Fax Paper just so I can have a fax machine at home for legitamate faxes that may come through once in a blue moon.
Is the government going to allow me to claim expenses incurred by what is more than a nuisance?
I've long had a beef with the term, "College Students." Every one uses it, and it seems to be an acceptable form. However, the proper terminology is, "Collegiate Students."
The English language is vague and subject to mass abuse. There are many forms of words we use improperly, such as: "common," "more common" and "most common." That's just wrong. The proper usage is "common," "commoner" and "commonest." These adjective forms are in every English dictionary, yet we chose not to even recognize them.
No wonder "College Students" lack English skills - it's because it's a moving target and they were never taught correctly.
Slashdot Mirror
NT has a pretty powerful DOS batch scripting program. I'm not entirely familiar with Vista, but I suspect it still retains that capability. Here's how the Vista (and XP and Windows 2000 and NT) batch scripting will suit your needs: 1) simple 2) works in Vista 3) portable 4) not an online app 5) does not use Java It does fail miserablely in the F/OSS requirement, however - it will be proprietary to your needs. But on the upside, there are no libraries to install -- it's all built in. --------------- DOS scripting can do variable expansions, for loops of numbers, for loops of directory entries, and such. It can be configred to read in entries from flat files, and parse each line and split arrays, and such - perfect for your needs. --------------- Failing that, you can write simple Visual Basic files (.vbs files) that you can execute from the command line. These things are great, because you can use the Windows Scheduler to schedule execution of these batch files, the batch files can spawn other batch processes, kick off other jobs, etc. http://www.computerhope.com/sethlp.htm http://www.robvanderwoude.com/variableexpansion.html http://www.maem.umr.edu/batch/dadd.htm
This concept is certainly not new. Known as a BAT Keyboard or a similar Chorded Keyboard, in the 1970's there was a commercial product out, that looked like a half sphere with 7 buttons on it. You laid your hand over it and there were one button for each of the fingers, and three for the thumb. It was made to interface to a variety of computers. Today, there's a PC version of it here: http://www.maxiaids.com/store/prodView.asp?utm_sou rce=Froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Froogl e&idAff=15225&idproduct=2031
Here's a wiki for one from the 1980's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_keyset
I'm just wondering if this is such a cool concept for PDA's today, why don't we go one teensy weensy step further and have an electrode you clip to your ear (or temple or wherever) and the PDA just understands what you want?
~lum
Why is it that I go out to purchase an iTunes card for $15 or $25 (plus tax) that's paid for at the store with a debit card, then have to use my Credit Card when I try to use the freakin' card in iTunes?
The stupid program won't let me use the $25 credit I paid for without a credit card number, which it stores in the computer.
It's not about not having money to purchase music - it's about many teenages not having a CREDIT CARD to freakin' use their cards even if they DO purchse iTunes credits with cash.
For the fortunate ones that have a bank account when they were very young that might have worked. The fact is there are a lot of teens who don't have bank accounts until they go to college. They simply don't need it -- their life is cash. And as far as I know, anyone can buy an iTunes card at Walgreens or CVS. But teens without credit cards cannot use them in iTunes program until it is validated -- the validation process requires a credit card before the stupid system will give them access to the credits that they paid for. The message is clear: Don't pirate software, but you can't buy our mp3's because you don't have a credit card. So you'd better go somewhere else or steal a credit card number from your parents. Stupid iTunes...
At least for me it does - I do not not want to have to keep going back to Office Depot for another roll of Fax Paper just so I can have a fax machine at home for legitamate faxes that may come through once in a blue moon. Is the government going to allow me to claim expenses incurred by what is more than a nuisance?
I've long had a beef with the term, "College Students." Every one uses it, and it seems to be an acceptable form. However, the proper terminology is, "Collegiate Students." The English language is vague and subject to mass abuse. There are many forms of words we use improperly, such as: "common," "more common" and "most common." That's just wrong. The proper usage is "common," "commoner" and "commonest." These adjective forms are in every English dictionary, yet we chose not to even recognize them. No wonder "College Students" lack English skills - it's because it's a moving target and they were never taught correctly.