October 15, 2011
Human Nature, Testing, Top-down problem solving. How to get started when you first get a problem. The importance of testing. Also: magic numbers, style – the search for meaning, “why are you here?” mastering skills, why kids give up on musical instruments, pleasure and pain, richard getting fit, software piracy/viking numbers, Bjorn. First twinges of RSI. Moving to an 8bit Microprocessor. My lousy memory about facts and figures: Viking 1 and 2 were landers not rovers, and viking 2 failed first, not Viking 1 – it was Viking 1 with the software problem.
Tags: 3.70.651.1, directions, howto & style, lectur, lousy-memory, magic-numbers, richard-getting, software-piracy, viking, were-landers
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October 15, 2011
this is a video showing how to root the new Evos with new hardware versions and software versions beginning in 3.30 and 3.70. This will work with old Evos as well. Please follow the directions. This is basically the same method used for Unrevoked 3.2.1 except a little easier. Uninstall HTC sync from you computer if you installed it and also Double twist. disable your antivirus and make sure no programs are running on your computer for the duration of the root process. downloads are below. Unrevoked 3.3.1: www.unrevoked.com YOU DO NOT NEED THE DRIVERS IF YOU ARE A MAC USER !!!!!!!!!! Unrevoked drivers for windows users: unrevoked.com
Tags: 3.70.651.1, directions, duration, howto & style, htc, jailbreak, twist-disable, your-antivirus
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October 15, 2011
100 Ratings? Read below and comment if it works. Where I found out how to fix the problem! www.minecraftforum.net Website for showing hidden items! guides.macrumors.com Step 1 Close Minecraft if you haven’t. And Open Terminal. Paste “defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true” without the “” Step 2 Relaunch Finder or logout of your systems user. Step 3 Go to ~Macintosh HD/Users/Your User Name Here/Library/Application Support/minecraft/ Step 4: Delete the Bin folder in the minecraft folder Step 5: Open terminal and paste “defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false” without the ” ” Why this works? The Bin corrupts the starting process of launch and this info is stored in a very hidden folder. Well minecraft re-writes the bin files once you start up again so it doesn’t really matter if the bin gets erased. All that is lost is the corrupt bin folder that disables start up!
Tags: apple, builds-on-linux, corrupt, minecraft, problem, reasonably-use, systems, terminal-paste, the-minecraft
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October 15, 2011
Vrui-2.0 has finally been released, as has Kinect-1.1. You can get them from: idav.ucdavis.edu idav.ucdavis.edu (follow the links to “Download”). Vrui-2.0 builds on Linux (Fedora 12 tested) and Mac OS X (10.6.3 tested). Other Linux distributions will work, but might need packages that weren’t installed by default. For example, Ubuntu needs mesa-common-dev at least. Kinect-1.1 contains a crude camera calibration utility, without which you won’t be able to reasonably use the 3D viewer, KinectViewer. To run the calibration, run RawKinectViewer and follow the instructions from this video.
Tags: background, builds-on-linux, camera, fix, reasonably-use, release, science & technology, video
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October 14, 2011
More highlights from my “NightLife Show” which ran on local cable TV in FL from 1980-1986. This is one of my final NightLife TV Shows that made it to air. This program shows the revolutionary Adam Computer in it’s final days. This program is not complete as the original videotape loses it’s tracking before the end. However, since it’s one of the few programs devoted to the departed Adam, I wanted to show it anyway. I had to read off the specs as I didn’t know what any of this was back then. The Coleco Adam was an attempt in the early 1980s by American toy manufacturer Coleco to follow on the success of its ColecoVision game console. The Adam was not very successful, partly because of early production problems. In its favor, the Adam had a large software library from the start. It was derived from and compatible with the ColecoVision’s software and accessories, and, in addition, the popular CP/M operating system was available as an option. Its price gave a complete system: a 64 KB RAM computer, tape drive, letter-quality printer, and software including the Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom video game. The IBM PCjr sold for $669 but included no peripherals, and although the popular Commodore 64 sold for around $200, its price was not much lower after the purchase of a printer, tape or disk drive, and software. Like many home computers of its day, it used a television set for its monitor. The SmartWriter electronic typewriter loads when the system is turned on. In this mode, the …
Tags: classic, coleco, diy, education, engineering, fractal, kerry, permutations, problem, programming, science, software problems, then-discusses
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October 14, 2011
Lecture 9 by Julie Zelenski for the Programming Abstractions Course (CS106B) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. Julie goes over recursion and the proper ways to solve problems recursively. She continues with the example of a program that draws a fractal image and explains a Mandarin code to illustrate the different possibilities of drawing different pictures. She then discusses the problem of moving a stack of disks from one peg to the other peg. Later, she demonstrates the basic principle necessary to solve the problem with a child’s toy and goes through how to solve the problem with a program. Complete Playlist for the Course: www.youtube.com CS 106B Course Website: cs106b.stanford.edu Stanford Center for Professional Development scpd.stanford.edu Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
Tags: education, engineering, fractal, fractal-image, lecture, permutations, problem, professional, programming, science, software problems, solve-problems, technology, then-discusses
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October 14, 2011
Google Tech Talks April 19, 2007 ABSTRACT Release management can be quite challenging in free software projects since the work of many distributed developers needs to be finished at the same time so it can be integrated and tested for the next release. It is particularly challenging in free software projects which mainly consist of volunteers because there is little control over the work performed by contributors. This talk will discuss what kind of problems free software projects face during release preparations and investigate how large volunteer teams can make releases on time and with high levels of quality. In particular, the focus will be on the time based release strategy. Instead of…
Tags: based-release, google-tech, howto & style, little-control, mainly-consist, over-the-work, projects-which, since-the-work, software problems, source, speaker, time, volunteer-teams, work
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October 14, 2011
Finally Cee eN eN goes full screen for one of the best fireworks displays. Midnight Millennium Celebration New Year Happy New Year 2000 What is Y2K Bug? During 1960s to late 80s there was a widespread practice in all computer softwares to use two digits for repreasenting a year rather than using 4 digits. This was done to save computer disk and memory space because these resources were relatively expensive in those times. As the year 90’s approached experts began to realize this major shortcoming in the computer application softwares. In year 2000, the computer systems could interpret 00 as 1900 messing up all the computing work. For example if a program function is calculating difference between two dates, it would calculate a negative number. For example difference between 1 Jan 2000 and 31 Dec 1999 could be calculated as -100 years rather than 1 day. This was a major bug for the whole finance industry. The bug not only existed in computer software but it also existed in the firmware being used in the computer hardware. In general this bug threatened all the major industries including utilities, banking, manufacturing, telecom, airlines. How was it averted? Y2K bug was a clicking time bomb for all major computer applications. The computer and system application companies came out with year 2000 compliant operating systems and system software. IT companies around the world spent billions of dollars to go through their entire application source code to look for the Y2K …
Tags: acting, ben, bug-threatened, putin, south, spent-billions, the-computer, yeltsin
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October 14, 2011
Happy New Year 2000 What is Y2K Bug? During 1960s to late 80s there was a widespread practice in all computer softwares to use two digits for repreasenting a year rather than using 4 digits. This was done to save computer disk and memory space because these resources were relatively expensive in those times. As the year 90’s approached experts began to realize this major shortcoming in the computer application softwares. In year 2000, the computer systems could interpret 00 as 1900 messing up all the computing work. For example if a program function is calculating difference between two dates, it would calculate a negative number. For example difference between 1 Jan 2000 and 31 Dec 1999 could be calculated as -100 years rather than 1 day. This was a major bug for the whole finance industry. The bug not only existed in computer software but it also existed in the firmware being used in the computer hardware. In general this bug threatened all the major industries including utilities, banking, manufacturing, telecom, airlines. How was it averted? Y2K bug was a clicking time bomb for all major computer applications. The computer and system application companies came out with year 2000 compliant operating systems and system software. IT companies around the world spent billions of dollars to go through their entire application source code to look for the Y2K bug and fix it. Almost everybody raced around to make themselves Y2K compliant before the fast approaching deadline …
Tags: acting, before-the-fast, bug-threatened, major, putin, resigns, south, spent-billions, through-their, yeltsin
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October 14, 2011
The production of Episode 18 was very long, almost twice as long as usual. Due to being an over-perfectionist and some software problems, this one took about 50 days to complete. I had way too much to pack into this Episode. I pushed my time and computer all the way to the max to pack as much content into this Episode as possible. Reconciliation is in its last moments yet there is somehow dozens of seens left. The reason why Reconciliation is being stretched so far, is because of the build up of old and lost ideas. Back when I started Reconciliation, I had an average computer and older software. So I had to limit or trash some ideas. Not that I have no limitations, I am always reaching back in the past and pulling out old ideas for new Episodes. There will be a 19th Episode, and maybe a 20th. I might save 20 for a conclusion Episode. In this Episode, Shang Tsung shows up after things fell apart for Shao Kahn. Shang Tsung has dropped his alliance with Shao Kahn and is now focused on himself. With his strange Emeralds, he is able to pull off some of the most power sorcery yet.
Tags: blade, film, genesis, his-alliance, mk2, mk4, scorpion, stryker, ultimate, universe, video
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