Jeeves gets functional, image overhaul

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10.3: A fix for a non-functional X11
installation

10.3: A fix for a non-functional X11
installation 11/06/2003 11:13 AM
After updating OS X from 1.2.8 to Panther, the upgraded X11 stopped working. It would flash and then disappear. Looking at the console, I found the solution: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, re...

Functional Antique

Functional Antique 03/06/2004 01:55 AM

We drove through Arizona, Utah and Southern California for our honeymoon a few years ago and I took most of the photos of the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley on Kodachrome film. The lab made a mistake in the processing and only gave me the slides instead of including a photo CD with them. They refused to correct the error and I didn't have a projector so I've never gotten to get a good look at them. Since then the boxes of slides have sat in a container that I occasionally pass and remind myself that I should do something about the slides. By chance I noticed an old Leica Pradovit projector on eBay and bid on it. I lost that auction but I kept looking now and then and finally nabbed one. It is as simple and as elegant as a slide projector can get and certainly all that I need for the occasional viewing of slides at home. It's a Leitz Prado SM-300 from the late 1950s and 1960s with a solid lens and tough bakelite body. Instead of €250 or more for a projector with more electronics than my laptop, this was only £20 and will likely outlast most of the new ones that require service instead of a hammer or a pair of pliers. :)

The only problem with the projector was that the seller likely picked it up at a local boot sale without checking the parts or knowing the slightest thing about shipping things that contain glass. Fortunately, all of the optics survived the trip, but the bulb was not so lucky. Removing the old bulb was an exercise in patience since the socket is unusual and flanged. I had to use a leatherman to carefully go down into the socket and ease up one of the flange guides that had been bent which made the removal of the bulb impossible. I took the bulb's ID number, started searching on the net and only found one place that had them in stock and they were €150 each. For a cheap old projector, this was likely not an economical solution. I needed to go by EP-Kamera to see if I could get a lens cap for the leica anyway, so I thought I'd take a chance and ask if they had a bulb. The gentleman who owns the shop immediately recognised it and was able to order 2 of them for €20 each for me. It reminded me of why the internet sucks for buying things that require some level of expertise in the seller. I had forgotten how nice it is to have a shop like the electronic parts place my father used to take me to where the owners knew their business and loved what they did. Now we have a working projector and I promise not to torture the family with captive slide shows at dinnertime. :)

Design Firm Fashions Image Consultant’s
New Online Image

Design Firm Fashions Image Consultant’s
New Online Image 06/25/2004 02:08 AM
Creative Flavor, a full-service interaction architecture and design firm, launched a redesigned web site for Image Consultant Rachel Dee, viewable at www.racheldee.com. [PRWEB Jun 25, 2004]

Functional XML Parsing Framework 5.1

Functional XML Parsing Framework 5.1 09/16/2004 09:22 PM
SAX/DOM/SXML parsers with support for XML namespaces and validation.

Subvocalization mic functional prototype

Subvocalization mic functional prototype 04/10/2005 05:51 AM
Cory Doctorow: A conceit in my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is that our cellphones will disappear into our bodies, silently feeding us audio via cochlear implants and micing our throats to pick up sub-vocalizations (something I think I ripped off from Harry Harrison, though others have done it too). Now a DARPA program has produced a functional prototype of a subvocal pickup that can turn words you haven't spoken into signals on the wire.

One system, being developed for DARPA by Rick Brown of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, relies on a sensor worn around the neck called a tuned electromagnetic resonator collar (TERC). Using sensing techniques developed for magnetic resonance imaging, the collar detects changes in capacitance caused by movement of the vocal cords, and is designed to allow speech to be heard above loud background noise.

DARPA is also pursuing an approach first developed at NASA's Ames lab, which involves placing electrodes called electromyographic sensors on the neck, to detect changes in impedance during speech. A neural network processes the data and identifies the pattern of words. The sensor can even detect subvocal or silent speech. The speech pattern is sent to a computerised voice generator that recreates the speaker's words.

Link (Thanks, John!)

The impotence of functional programming

The impotence of functional programming 01/07/2004 04:57 PM
Context - XML's gift to the world (and the impotence of numbers). Hierarchies are a great modelling tool. Why? Because (a) they map well onto the way our heads manage complexity and (b) they allow us to model context. We can put things within other things and nuance the semantics of the contained by means of the container and the container's container and so on. ?

Hardware that is perfectly functional

Hardware that is perfectly functional 08/21/2004 08:39 PM
TechTree Aug 21 2004 11:48PM GMT

Java VM Bridge for Functional Languages

Java VM Bridge for Functional Languages 04/19/2004 01:33 AM
Haskell/Java VM Bridge 0.3 Released

Functional replica siege engines

Functional replica siege engines 04/20/2004 07:25 AM
Kaden hand-builds and sells these functional mantelpiece/desktop replicas of medieval siege engines, which he calls "antiques from a parallel universe." I'm partial to the ballista. Link (Thanks, Kaden!)

pandagon.net - functional nirvana for
free

pandagon.net - functional nirvana for
free 07/26/2004 07:47 PM
pandagon.net - drunk on panda mystery .. "Congressional Republicans" .. Jesse Taylor and Ezra Klein .. Pandagon, .. Pandagon .. jesse

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Purely Functional Data Structures

Purely Functional Data Structures 03/06/2004 02:09 AM

XSLT: Taming a functional language

XSLT: Taming a functional language 05/06/2004 11:28 AM
If you're coming from a different programming background, one feature of XSLT (all versions) may seem especially difficult to grasp. I'm not referring to the XML-based syntax; once you get a feel for it, it is surprisingly transparent (even if bulky). For many novices, much more puzzling is XSLT's lack of an assignment operator. (Note for C-literate readers: "=" in XPath always means comparison, never assignment.)

Multi-functional Dice roller

Multi-functional Dice roller 06/11/2004 07:07 PM
First Code Release

During the singing of "God Bless
America" in the seventh inning, an image
of Cheney was shown on the scoreboard.
It was greeted with booing, so the
Yankees quickly removed the image

During the singing of "God Bless
America" in the seventh inning, an image
of Cheney was shown on the scoreboard.
It was greeted with booing, so the
Yankees quickly removed the image 07/01/2004 09:03 AM
Proud To Be A Yankee Fan .. into this story instead

nytimes.com/2004/06/30/sports/baseball/30pins.html
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BBN Announces Functional Quantum
Encrypted Network

BBN Announces Functional Quantum
Encrypted Network 06/03/2004 06:29 PM

Python to drop functional programming
support

Python to drop functional programming
support 06/24/2005 05:11 PM
I was sad to read the news item on slashdot about Python's future, a language that I find satisfying many needs. Very well, Guido rants about dropping reduce() and friends in python. Reading his reasoning, all I can say is that he might be getting behind the times.

Fat Tissue Turned Into Functional Nerve
Cells

Fat Tissue Turned Into Functional Nerve
Cells 06/01/2004 06:34 PM
“Two years after transforming human fat cells into what appeared to be nerve cells, a group led by Duke University Medical Center researchers has gone one step further by demonstrating that these new cells also appear to act like nerve cells. The team said that the results of its latest experiments provide the most compelling scientific evidence to date that researchers will in the future be able to take cells from a practically limitless source…”

Mapping a company's functional structure
with email

Mapping a company's functional structure
with email 03/19/2003 10:46 PM

Wikitravel: Functional Copyleft Content
for Travelers

Wikitravel: Functional Copyleft Content
for Travelers 11/05/2003 04:06 AM
Detractors from the idea of Copyleft Content often point to the fact that non-software expression is not functional in the same way that software is, and therefore doesn't need the same user-maintenance mechanics that software does. Oh, well, except software documentation. But that's it, right? Is any other type of non-software information functional? Perhaps Wikitravel is.

Functional Linux 802.11G Centrino Driver
Released

Functional Linux 802.11G Centrino Driver
Released 08/13/2004 06:15 PM
Slashdot Aug 13 2004 9:45PM GMT

Freescale: fast multi-functional PC
peripheral microcontroller

Freescale: fast multi-functional PC
peripheral microcontroller 06/01/2004 08:53 AM
ECE Jun 1 2004 12:53PM GMT

10.3: Possibly make older video cards
functional again

10.3: Possibly make older video cards
functional again 11/07/2003 11:03 AM
First off, I cannot take credit for this hint. I came across it on the indispensable xlr8yourmac.com -- it was reported by someone named David. Nevertheless, it's a great hint. If you have a video card that worked under Jagu...

Logic board reset may repair
non-functional FireWire

Logic board reset may repair
non-functional FireWire 12/08/2003 11:45 AM
I had an issue where my FireWire stopped working -- it would not recognize an external drive, a CD-R/CD-RW drive, nor an iPod. This remained true even after I purchased a new FireWire card (which I was able to return). So af...

Carbinol Functional Silicon-Based
Technologies for Coatings

Carbinol Functional Silicon-Based
Technologies for Coatings 04/09/2005 07:41 PM
PCI Paint and Coatings Industry Apr 9 2005 11:21PM GMT

Simple FreeBSD installation yields
functional desktop system

Simple FreeBSD installation yields
functional desktop system 01/07/2004 02:26 PM
Many near-religious-level debates revolve around which GNU/Linux distribution is "best." However, we are blessed with two free platforms for desktop usage, the other being BSD. If you can deal with text-based installation and a few post-install commands at the command line, you can install and use FreeBSD 5.1. I got FreeBSD fully installed on a 450MHz AMD K6-III+ system with 512MB of SDRAM and a 36GB 10Krpm SCSI hard disk in just under an hour.

Palm Pilot Functional Emulator 20050326
(Default branch)

Palm Pilot Functional Emulator 20050326
(Default branch) 03/27/2005 03:27 AM
Palm Pilot Functional Emulator (Palm-FE) is a Web application that offers personal information management compatible with the original Palm Pilot PDA, with (as closely as possible) the same look and feel.

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Changes:
This is major code cleanup/test release so there are no many visible changes.

Palm Pilot Functional Emulator 20050402
(Default branch)

Palm Pilot Functional Emulator 20050402
(Default branch) 04/03/2005 03:46 AM
Palm Pilot Functional Emulator (Palm-FE) is a Web application that offers personal information management compatible with the original Palm Pilot PDA, with (as closely as possible) the same look and feel.

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Changes:
This release features code, interface, and theme (incl. new CSS) cleanups.

Consumers in the Middle East move
towards a wireless age with adoption of
multi-functional mobile phones

Consumers in the Middle East move
towards a wireless age with adoption of
multi-functional mobile phones 05/02/2004 07:18 AM
AME Info May 2 2004 10:34AM GMT

GCC gets an overhaul

GCC gets an overhaul 03/17/2005 03:42 AM
ZDNet Mar 15 2005 12:18PM GMT

NetXposure Ships Version 3.0 of Image
Portal, Image Portal X and Hexafoo

NetXposure Ships Version 3.0 of Image
Portal, Image Portal X and Hexafoo 08/16/2004 02:37 AM
Digital Asset Management software for Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X and Linux platforms provides accelerated workflows and reduced operational costs for any size organization [PRWEB Aug 16, 2004]

After I.B.M.'s Options Overhaul

After I.B.M.'s Options Overhaul 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
I.B.M. is to be congratulated for recognizing that options are a transfer of wealth from shareholders to management with not enough risks attached.

Other News: ACN Overhaul

Other News: ACN Overhaul 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
The Apple Consultants Network is apparently undergoing an overhaul.

Microsoft to overhaul its MSN arm

Microsoft to overhaul its MSN arm 01/08/2004 08:26 PM
Microsoft executives said the company planned to revamp its Internet search service later this year to compete more effectively with Google, the Internet ...

Roomba Gets Overhaul

Roomba Gets Overhaul 07/13/2004 02:02 PM
Extreme Tech Jul 13 2004 5:46PM GMT

Patent overhaul gets a boost

Patent overhaul gets a boost 10/30/2003 10:27 PM
Warning that patents of dubious legitimacy can slow innovation and stifle competition, the head of the Federal Trade Commission recommends new procedures for challenging patents.

NAB: DMOD WorkSpace gets OS X overhaul

NAB: DMOD WorkSpace gets OS X overhaul 04/20/2004 11:19 AM
Mac OS 9 support is no more in DMOD Inc.'s new version of WorkSpace, their digital asset management and distribution system. Also new with this release is support for Safari, e-mail notification, group support, optimized encryption algorithms for improved performance, drag-and-drop folder upload and download support, progress indicators, and streamlined address book support.

NHS IT bodies get organisational
overhaul

NHS IT bodies get organisational
overhaul 07/22/2004 11:28 AM
Silicon.com Jul 22 2004 3:55PM GMT

Intel and HP want to overhaul Internet

Intel and HP want to overhaul Internet 09/10/2004 05:28 AM
San Jose Mercury News Sep 10 2004 10:11AM GMT

NetNewsWire RSS Client Getting an
Overhaul

NetNewsWire RSS Client Getting an
Overhaul 04/21/2004 11:38 AM
Browsing in place, an option that enables you to open links inside NetNewsWire instead of a Web browser; a tool for searching news items; Flagged items, which lets you flag items for later viewing; Per-feed refresh settings; and support for Atom feeds. Other enhancements expected in the updated NetNewsWire: support to synchronize subscription lists and the read/flagged status of news items between two copies of NetNewsWire; Smart feeds that show headlines from other feeds (similar to smart playlists in iTunes); a new feature that lets you write AppleScript scripts or shell/Perl/Python/etc. scripts that return RSS or Atom; Search engine feeds; an option that shows you feeds that haven't updated in a whil
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