Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) can be used to transfer files between windows servers. It is the technology behind Windows Update. We use it in our company to transfer files across a low bandwidth sattelite connection. Great thing is that it can automatically resume transfer after rebooting both machines. SharpBits offer a nice.NET API. You can find it here: http://www.codeplex.com/sharpbits
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After my geek friend told me of google in autumn of 1998 I quickly abandoned AltaVista for Google. For a few weeks I would do dual searches with both to compare results and to check how Google was stacking up and it quickly became apparent that they were much much better and they had a nicer cleaner search interface. When I did my CS project I remember occasionally using both google and yahoo because they did put different search items near the top 10-20. Occationally Yahoo would throw up something Google hadn't found. But Google always overall had much better hits.
Blogs increase the status and reputation of the author in a particular field, but probably just as important for the writer it getting an outlet for those annoyance that come along in your work situation or when using a particular OS or tool. Its definitely a great way to feel better about something that is annoying.
There is a scottish company that has been doing this sort of video analytics for years. Here is their website if you want to check it out: http://indigovision.com/
They are in fact the only supplier that has delivered fully digital IP-CCTV for Casinos in United States. Casinos tend to be quite picky when it comes to surveillance. IndigoVision also did the Olympics in Athens etc. I do not work for them, but I have lived in Scotland and are aware of their business.
The also technology similar to IBM for detecting potential treats, setting areas of interest, blocking out private areas , object detection and removal etc etc. The best part is that this can also be done in realtime in the decoder box attached to the camera which allows for direct intergration with other security systems and allows for a distributed architecture. This in addition to also having this capability at the server end using the Network Video Recorders.
I have one word for all of you: "prototype.js" ( http://prototype.conio.net/ ). The day I discovered prototype.js I stopped hating javascript. It also made me appretiate the really cool ways javascript lets you do inheritance etc + reading the prototype.js code really gets you learning.
If you also use Firebug (make sure you get the latest beta) for debugging then programming web and javascript becomes fun!
With prototype.js the javascript code becomes probably 30-70% smaller. No self respecting javascript programmer should be without prototype.js. It rocks!
> Bjarne Stroustrup: Google! Can you even remember the world before Google? (It was only five years ago, after all.) Does he mean when Google became more publicly known or since they bought Deja.com? Or is he just talking rubbish... I find that hard to believe since its Stroustrup himself.
I for one used Google back in 1999 and I'm sure most other geeks. I remember it totally blew me away compared to the old crappy Altavista.
Anyone want to attempt a practical application of this so called *invention*?
I still fail to see how this helps people with pacemakers and computer related problems. Firstly any decent computer programmer making high integrity systems must care for situations where the divisor could be zero. Secondly there is no magical solution just by inventing a new concept. If your computer program should - even after your persistent effort - in an unforseen circumstance throw an divide-by-zero exception then just handle the exception and carry on.
I really wish they would include the canvas tag in their next version of Internet Explorer. This would make the door wide open for an endless number of thin applications using cool graphics. But alas, there is not yet a standard for browser rendering of pixel graphics. It wouldn't be surprising if Microsoft tried to sabotage the inclusion of the canvas tag in web pages because using such powerful features in the browser would be against their rich client policy.
Have currently been using the canvas tag myself in IE using google's excanvas and it rocks! Please give us Canvas!
You obviously missed the point of the article. Here is my take:
The data is divided into cells. Each cell is 3 X 3 Pixels. There are therefore 256 combinations of 3 X 3 cells assuming the center pixel is color fixed:
0
1
2...
256
512 colors should be reliably printable and readable:
256 shapes X 512 color depths = 131072 bits per 'cell'
at 1200 dpi, 400 *400 cells could be available per inch 400 X 400 = 160000 cells per square inch
160000 cells * 131072 bits per 'cell' = 20971520000 bits per square inch 20971520000 / 8 = 2,621,440,000 bytes per inch
8.5 * 11 paper = 93.5 square inches 93.5 * 2,621,440,000 = 245104640000 bytes per page or 245 GB per page
Therefore, 256 GB of storage per sheet of paper should be reasonable with current technologies considering that photo paper has a very fine grain and current scanners and printers can easily surpass 1200 (even 2400) dpi.
Yup. For a while I could not start up my computer proberly. It kept crashing inside one of the windows dll's - can't remember right now which one. After running windows update again it updated the wga again and my computer worked fine.
Actually it was me he called a "fucking moron" cause I pointed out that I thought it expensive especially since the SUSE one was significantly cheaper and with similar testresults. But what do I know - I'm not an expert administrating 1000+ machines or clustering for that matter (although I could have checked the prices for windows/solaris first:-). The moderation is somewhat strange sometimes.
I'm not someone expecting everything to be free (GPL). In fact RMS is wrong when he advocates that. Just think of what would happen if you wanted to Open Source SAM Missile defence systems, guidance system, radars etc (might not be the best example but I couldn't help that one). Something has to be closed source. From what I see there is room for both and there should be a healthy balance.
"Well, one big problem is feature creep. Companies feel pressured to add features, because they want to put a check mark in every check box in the product review magazines"
That seems to be true anywhere these days. Feature creep is at least as bad when it comes to software.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 9 RATING: 4.13 Company: Red Hat Price: $2,499 (includes 24-7 support); cost can be reduced to $1,499 for abbreviated support hours. Pros: High hardware compatibility, strong security integration, feature-rich. Cons: Expensive high-level support; occasionally weaker management.
UnitedLinux/SuSE Enterprise Linux Server 8 RATING: 4 Company: SuSE, Price: $749 includes one-year maintenance contract ($699 each additional year). Premium support costs $2,250/year. Pros: Uniform, strong management. Cons: Minor availability issues; tougher to secure.
Quote from the Article "The premium edition, which costs about $2,500, is distinguished from its siblings by clustering capabilities, additional hardware support and service options"
That is very expensive in my book. Can they really defend charging this much. Surely this much money should also include a proper service contract. At least one should have to buy only one copy.
Now this is an important step for Linux! To have integrated file, print, messaging, directory and management services on Linux is something sorely needed. Way to go Novell!
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Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) can be used to transfer files between windows servers. It is the technology behind Windows Update. We use it in our company to transfer files across a low bandwidth sattelite connection. Great thing is that it can automatically resume transfer after rebooting both machines. SharpBits offer a nice .NET API. You can find it here: http://www.codeplex.com/sharpbits
After my geek friend told me of google in autumn of 1998 I quickly abandoned AltaVista for Google. For a few weeks I would do dual searches with both to compare results and to check how Google was stacking up and it quickly became apparent that they were much much better and they had a nicer cleaner search interface. When I did my CS project I remember occasionally using both google and yahoo because they did put different search items near the top 10-20. Occationally Yahoo would throw up something Google hadn't found. But Google always overall had much better hits.
Is it a closed beta or does anyone have a link to the new Amazon Video On Demand service?
To make the guy see sense. A Linux manual is just what he needs. Maybe he should try Ubuntu.
Blogs increase the status and reputation of the author in a particular field, but probably just as important for the writer it getting an outlet for those annoyance that come along in your work situation or when using a particular OS or tool. Its definitely a great way to feel better about something that is annoying.
Surely this means that more CO2 is absorbed from the atmosphere. This must be a blow to all the carbon crazed environment people!
There is a scottish company that has been doing this sort of video analytics for years. Here is their website if you want to check it out: http://indigovision.com/
They are in fact the only supplier that has delivered fully digital IP-CCTV for Casinos in United States. Casinos tend to be quite picky when it comes to surveillance. IndigoVision also did the Olympics in Athens etc. I do not work for them, but I have lived in Scotland and are aware of their business.
The also technology similar to IBM for detecting potential treats, setting areas of interest, blocking out private areas , object detection and removal etc etc. The best part is that this can also be done in realtime in the decoder box attached to the camera which allows for direct intergration with other security systems and allows for a distributed architecture. This in addition to also having this capability at the server end using the Network Video Recorders.
Anything todo with ActiveX will need to be fiddled with. Shudder...
I have one word for all of you: "prototype.js" ( http://prototype.conio.net/ ). The day I discovered prototype.js I stopped hating javascript. It also made me appretiate the really cool ways javascript lets you do inheritance etc + reading the prototype.js code really gets you learning.
If you also use Firebug (make sure you get the latest beta) for debugging then programming web and javascript becomes fun!
With prototype.js the javascript code becomes probably 30-70% smaller. No self respecting javascript programmer should be without prototype.js. It rocks!
> Bjarne Stroustrup: Google! Can you even remember the world before Google? (It was only five years ago, after all.)
Does he mean when Google became more publicly known or since they bought Deja.com? Or is he just talking rubbish... I find that hard to believe since its Stroustrup himself.
I for one used Google back in 1999 and I'm sure most other geeks. I remember it totally blew me away compared to the old crappy Altavista.
Anyone want to attempt a practical application of this so called *invention*?
I still fail to see how this helps people with pacemakers and computer related problems. Firstly any decent computer programmer making high integrity systems must care for situations where the divisor could be zero. Secondly there is no magical solution just by inventing a new concept. If your computer program should - even after your persistent effort - in an unforseen circumstance throw an divide-by-zero exception then just handle the exception and carry on.
I really wish they would include the canvas tag in their next version of Internet Explorer. This would make the door wide open for an endless number of thin applications using cool graphics. But alas, there is not yet a standard for browser rendering of pixel graphics. It wouldn't be surprising if Microsoft tried to sabotage the inclusion of the canvas tag in web pages because using such powerful features in the browser would be against their rich client policy.
Have currently been using the canvas tag myself in IE using google's excanvas and it rocks! Please give us Canvas!
I concede. Shows what happens when you cut and paste stuff without reading....
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http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Scam_of_Indian_stud
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The 3x3 figures in post above should be:
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--- 0
x--
-x-
--- 1
-x-
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xxx 256
There you go. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
You obviously missed the point of the article. Here is my take:
...
The data is divided into cells. Each cell is 3 X 3 Pixels.
There are therefore 256 combinations of 3 X 3 cells assuming the center pixel is color fixed:
0
1
2
256
512 colors should be reliably printable and readable:
256 shapes X 512 color depths = 131072 bits per 'cell'
at 1200 dpi, 400 *400 cells could be available per inch
400 X 400 = 160000 cells per square inch
160000 cells * 131072 bits per 'cell' = 20971520000 bits per square inch
20971520000 / 8 = 2,621,440,000 bytes per inch
8.5 * 11 paper = 93.5 square inches
93.5 * 2,621,440,000 = 245104640000 bytes per page or 245 GB per page
Therefore, 256 GB of storage per sheet of paper should be reasonable with current technologies considering that photo paper has a very fine grain and current scanners and printers can easily surpass 1200 (even 2400) dpi.
Yup. For a while I could not start up my computer proberly. It kept crashing inside one of the windows dll's - can't remember right now which one. After running windows update again it updated the wga again and my computer worked fine.
What you are saying is not entirely correct. As far as I know HP is still very heavily in the medical IT industry.
www.indigovision.com
You can buy a complete security system that records your MPEG4 video on networked video recorders (NVR). These machines are based on embedded linux.
They delivered the surveillance to the Winter Olympics.
That shoulds like a much better name.
Now that is expensive trash!
Actually it was me he called a "fucking moron" cause I pointed out that I thought it expensive especially since the SUSE one was significantly cheaper and with similar testresults. But what do I know - I'm not an expert administrating 1000+ machines or clustering for that matter (although I could have checked the prices for windows/solaris first :-). The moderation is somewhat strange sometimes.
I'm not someone expecting everything to be free (GPL). In fact RMS is wrong when he advocates that. Just think of what would happen if you wanted to Open Source SAM Missile defence systems, guidance system, radars etc (might not be the best example but I couldn't help that one). Something has to be closed source. From what I see there is room for both and there should be a healthy balance.
"Well, one big problem is feature creep. Companies feel pressured to add features, because they want to put a check mark in every check box in the product review magazines"
That seems to be true anywhere these days. Feature creep is at least as bad when it comes to software.
The comparison result from the article:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 9
RATING: 4.13
Company: Red Hat
Price: $2,499 (includes 24-7 support);
cost can be reduced to $1,499 for abbreviated support hours.
Pros: High hardware compatibility, strong security integration, feature-rich.
Cons: Expensive high-level support; occasionally weaker management.
UnitedLinux/SuSE Enterprise Linux Server 8
RATING: 4
Company: SuSE,
Price: $749 includes one-year maintenance contract ($699 each additional year). Premium support costs $2,250/year.
Pros: Uniform, strong management.
Cons: Minor availability issues; tougher to secure.
Quote from the Article "The premium edition, which costs about $2,500, is distinguished from its siblings by clustering capabilities, additional hardware support and service options"
That is very expensive in my book. Can they really defend charging this much. Surely this much money should also include a proper service contract. At least one should have to buy only one copy.
Now this is an important step for Linux! To have integrated file, print, messaging, directory and management services on Linux is something sorely needed. Way to go Novell!