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The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X.

The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X. 09/03/2004 02:51 AM
Reports on results of a major survey of corporate and other business libraries. Gives extensive data on management policies and practices and details on spending trends for salaries, electronic and print materials, and library services. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004]

Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries

Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries 03/19/2005 02:40 AM
I had several iPhoto libraries burned to CD backups from iPhoto 3 or 4 that I wanted to merge with my nearly complete iPhoto 5 library. However, because I burned the libraries directly to CD from the Finder or Toast, and not ...

Bar Coding The World Away

Bar Coding The World Away 07/12/2004 12:55 PM

Coding and Climbing

Coding and Climbing 04/02/2005 03:48 PM
It had never occurred to me that writing software is like climbing Mt. Fuji, but Step han Grell makes it all clear.

Coding Frenzy

Coding Frenzy 05/14/2004 09:02 AM
Warning: techtalk follows, you may freely skip this if your eyes glaze over at the word "XML".

I've been in a coding frenzy for the past couple of days. JSPWiki has had some considerable additions, here being the relevant part of the ChangeLog:

2004-05-14  Janne Jalkanen 
<Janne.Jalkanen@nospam.ecyrd.com>

        * v2.1.97.

        * Added preliminary support for the Atom blog API.  It still
does
        not yet completely work, however.

I'll be a non-productive member of the society for the next three-four days (another wedding? Don't people get tired of these things already?), so nothing much may happen. But yeah, I nearly got ecto working with JSPWiki.

There is still however a question on how the blog and wiki apis should interact. You see, the page Main on this site is both a weblog and a wiki page. I'm having trouble, you see:

• GET to /atom/ lists all wiki pages (which means that even on this site, there are a lot of them) - not just the weblogs (since every page can be a weblog, even the weblog entry pages)
• GET to /atom/Main... Should it list all of the blog entries, or should it GET the Wiki page content? Both are valid interpretations...

I'm confused... Which is the correct way to handle this? Should a WikiWebl og combination have separate URIs for Wiki and Weblog functionality? Isn't that kinda redundant?

Coding standards 101

Coding standards 101 05/31/2002 08:11 AM

The Coding Monkeys

The Coding Monkeys 05/18/2004 07:35 AM
you can read all about it & download it from here .. the application formerly known as Hydra .. SubEthaEdit: Introducing version 2.0 .. SubEthaEdit; .. SubEthaEdit .. Rock on !! .. More >

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PHP Coding Standard

PHP Coding Standard 11/27/2002 09:47 PM
Learn how to develop your own coding specifications.

PHP coding guidelines

PHP coding guidelines 01/05/2004 12:27 PM
The guidelines that I follow when writing my PHP scripts; can be helpful to have something like this if you're working on a joint project.

Why You Need Coding Standards

Why You Need Coding Standards 09/23/2004 03:07 AM
WebmasterBase Sep 23 2004 7:30AM GMT

PHP Coding Contest

PHP Coding Contest 07/17/2002 11:07 AM
Codewalkers.com has posted their latest PHP Coding Contest.

Tips on Defensive Coding

Tips on Defensive Coding 04/12/2004 04:52 PM
In this second excerpt from Advanced PHP Programming, George Schlossnagle offers advice on how to defend against both attacks and carelessness.

How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding
Error?

How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding
Error? 07/19/2004 11:48 PM

SitePoint: Why You Need Coding Standards

SitePoint: Why You Need Coding Standards 09/23/2004 08:58 AM
In a new article on Sitepoint, David Mytton explains why coding standards are important not only to the individual developer or development team, but to the script users as well. He takes a problem-solution approach to creating maintainable code, peeks at different coding standards, and also has a zip file of his own coding standards that you may want to use.

Wavefront Coding for phonecams

Wavefront Coding for phonecams 09/14/2004 03:48 AM
Xeni Jardin: A new type of lens may make blurry phonecam snapshots a thing of the past:

A specially shaped camera lens and processing method to ensure images are always in focus has been developed. Physicist Dr Andy Harvey said it was a "simple system with a simple lens" which uses an optical encoder so that no information in images is lost. Developed primarily for military night vision cameras, the technology could find its way into camera phones.

Link (thanks, Siege)

Useful Applescripts for coding PHP in
BBEdit

Useful Applescripts for coding PHP in
BBEdit 12/12/2003 07:48 PM
At work I spend a lot of time coding, which means I also spend a lot of time using BBEdit . Thankfully it's a fantastic program with excellent Applescript integration. As a PHP coder, I thought I'd share some of the great Applescripts that are out there to enhance your coding experience, and hopefully save you some time. VoidFil lPHP This is a PHP code completion script. Type the beginning of function name, hit F1 (or whatever key you've assigned it to), and it provides a list a potential matches (e.g. type html and you can choose from html_entity_decode, htmlentities or htmlspecialchars). Search php.net for selection It does what it says on the tin. Highlight a PHP function or keyword, hit the assigned key combination, and it fires up a browser window and searches through the manual on php.net for the function or keyword. Very useful if you've not got a PHP reference book handy. PHP Syntax Check Written by John Gruber (a former Bare Bones developer, so he obviously knows a thing or two), this flexible script can scan your document for PHP parsing errors (highlighting the problematic lines). The script can also replace the built-in HTML Document Syntax command, so it can check the syntax of your HTML also. Pretty nifty huh? What other Applescripts make your BBEdit life easier?

Nice, secure coding

Nice, secure coding 09/09/2004 04:47 PM
Meanwhile, on a irc channel in a galaxy far, far away: 23:18 <gav> also $x=$cgi->param(‘x’); &{$x}(); It’s always good to...

Evolt.org: PHP Coding Guidelines

Evolt.org: PHP Coding Guidelines 01/06/2004 09:13 AM
In an effort to bring some kind of standard to the PHP coding world, the folks over at Evolt.org have posted a new article detailing one man's effort to standardize the code he writes.

Parenting and a Career in Coding?

Parenting and a Career in Coding? 06/04/2004 07:05 PM

New PHP coding contest at Codewalkers

New PHP coding contest at Codewalkers 12/09/2002 05:10 AM
Win a whole lotta stuff—including a one-year subscription to php|a—with a bit of your PHP magic

Klondike Coding Competition

Klondike Coding Competition 06/05/2002 07:50 AM
Code Walkers are having another PHP coding competition. Prizes for this contest are a copy of Zend Studio, a Zend T-shirt, and PHP Developer's Cookbook from Sams. Have fun!

"zeldman.aaf"

PHP-Editors.com: New PHP Coding Contest

PHP-Editors.com: New PHP Coding Contest 04/13/2004 07:25 AM
New from php-editors.com this morning is their latest PHP Programming Contest.

Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest

Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest 06/06/2004 06:37 AM
Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest is underway and accepting submissions. This is every developer's chance to flaunt their PHP 5 skills and let their application shine! Applications will be rated both by your peers and by a panel of judges assembled from among the most known and well-respected names in the PHP community. Lots of prizes are available!

Codewalkers: PHP Coding Contest -
Blackjack

Codewalkers: PHP Coding Contest -
Blackjack 01/27/2004 09:13 AM
In an announcement from Codewalkers.com this morning, they have posted their latest PHP Coding Contest (yes, a real contest).

Codewalkers.com latest PHP Coding
Contest

Codewalkers.com latest PHP Coding
Contest 01/27/2004 02:26 AM
A reader submits: "Codewalkers.com has released their latest PHP Coding Contest. This time around you are challenged to write a...

CodeWalkers.com: New PHP Coding Contest
Posted

CodeWalkers.com: New PHP Coding Contest
Posted 12/02/2002 09:13 AM

C Coding Tip - Self-Manage Memory
Alllocation

C Coding Tip - Self-Manage Memory
Alllocation 01/10/2004 01:35 AM

Proactive Coding: Prepare you XML for
PHP5

Proactive Coding: Prepare you XML for
PHP5 07/05/2004 04:29 AM

PHP Complete Coding Standards: Comments

PHP Complete Coding Standards: Comments 06/18/2002 11:19 AM
In this article, the first in a series entitled the PHP Complete Coding Standards, we discuss some of the finer points in writing comments, and how less is in fact more.

Codewalkers.com: Latest PHP Coding
Contest!

Codewalkers.com: Latest PHP Coding
Contest! 09/21/2004 08:14 AM
Cdodewalkers.com has announced their latest PHP Coding Contest...

CodeWalkers/Zend Coding Contest

CodeWalkers/Zend Coding Contest 08/05/2002 10:44 PM

SDTimes.com: Zend Extends PHP to OO
Coding

SDTimes.com: Zend Extends PHP to OO
Coding 08/03/2004 09:19 AM
According to this posting from PHP Magazine, Andi Gutmans has been quoted as saying "With PHP 5.0, it’s easier for the Web scripting language to sit in the enterprise alongside the rest of the infrastructure. Unlike the previous version 4.0, delivered in 2000, 5.0 supports object-oriented programming, with features such as multiple inheritance and exception handling".

Friendster, PHP, Java, and Coding
Platforms

Friendster, PHP, Java, and Coding
Platforms 07/05/2004 07:33 PM

Friendster goes PHP: This is good news. I hate to dis Java, but, well, I hate it. Always have.

...on Friday we launched a platform rearchitecture based on loose-coupling, web standards, and a move from JSP (via Tomcat) to PHP. The website doesn't look much different, but hopefully we can now stop being a byword for unacceptably poky site performance.

Related to this, here's something that just threw me for a loop the other day —

A long time ago, I developed an open source app for churches. The app is very simple to set up and get running. I wrote it back when I didn't know the first thing about object-oriented programming, and the code certainly won't win any awards, but it did a job and did it very well. A lot of churches got it up and running and benefitted from it.

I gave up the project to someone else two years ago, and the guy who owns it now is doing great things with it. However, he just anounced that the app is being re-written in J2EE. Here's what he said:

As for J2EE, there is plenty reason why this needs to be the direction for future development of [App Name] and, in fact, all other Open Source enterprise software. PHP simply does not scale and does not offer the richness of development tools that J2EE does through the many open source projects implementing and surrounding it. There are a lot of misconceptions about J2EE that abound because many people/companies misuse/misunderstand it. It is not difficult/expensive to set up, it is not harder to develop for (past the learning curve), and it is certainly not slow (in fact, performance is one reason we are moving away from PHP's limiting CGI-like architecture).

PHP is only good for simple, lightweight web apps. J2EE is good for professional enterprise-class applications, which is what [App Name] is going to become. In the end, [App Name] development is going to become faster and far more professional and the software itself is going to become far more reliable, extensible and sophisticated.

I am wickedly biting my tonque over this, but, I tell you, I could not disagree more completely with everything this guy has written. BUT — it's not my project anymore, and this guy has really done good things with it in terms of developing a community and adding functionality. Perhaps the benefits he brought there will offset this error.

(I'm not going to mention the name of the project, because I don't want to start a war of words or anything. If you know the name of the project, please keep it to yourself. I hate to censor anything, but I'll get rid of any comments that identify the app or the developer. Thanks.)

After that little rant, it may seem strange for me to say that I'm trying not to get hung up on platforms lately. My buddy Matt has been pelting my with .Net propaganda, and Joe told me that it's fantastic as well ("I tried really hard to hate it..."). This being the case, I'm trying to stay platform neutral these days and concentrate on app design and usability, without regard for what platform the app is written in.

I've recently use PHP to write perhaps the best app I've ever designed, but I'm trying not to identify it with PHP so much. I'm trying to think that the value of the app is in the design, the flow, and the usability, and that we could re-write it in any platform that makes sense. (See this post for much more on this note.)

So why am I so hot about the aofrementioned Java re-write? Because that app is designed for organizations with very, very limited computer budgets and resources. For them to set-up a PHP-capable Web server is probably asking too much, but it was the lowest barrier to entry I could find. Above, I said "re-write it in any platform that makes sense" — I don't see that Java makes any sense here.

Okay, rant over. I've probably said too much already. I know this post will offend someone, and I apologize in advance while bracing for the deluge.

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Coding Experience Not Necessarily
Required

Coding Experience Not Necessarily
Required 07/07/2004 01:17 PM
Can new GUI development tools make this generation of coders obsolete?

Key computer coding creator dies

Key computer coding creator dies 06/25/2004 08:39 AM
BBC Jun 25 2004 12:05PM GMT

Zend: PHP 5 Coding Contest Results

Zend: PHP 5 Coding Contest Results 09/20/2004 08:42 AM
The much anticipated results for one of the larger coding contests have been posted - the Zend PHP5 Coding Contest results.

Game Coding Complete, Second Edition

Game Coding Complete, Second Edition 03/14/2005 05:28 PM
Written by master game programmer and game industry expert Mike McShaffry, "Game Coding Complete, 2nd Edition" (Paraglyph) has been substantially expanded and provides new material on game interface...

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U.S. slips lower in coding contest

U.S. slips lower in coding contest 04/07/2005 05:53 PM
ZDNet Apr 7 2005 9:38PM GMT

Secure coding attracts interest,
investment

Secure coding attracts interest,
investment 05/24/2004 09:14 AM
A new product from computer security firm @stake Inc. will help developers search computer code for errors, security holes and other flaws that malicious hackers can use to break applications -- and break into computers.
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Update: FireWire Depot eRAID system

Update: FireWire Depot eRAID system 06/16/2004 10:22 AM
The RAID The system now offers clustering, which enables two computers to connect to the eRAID at the same time using different ports.

FireWire Depot adds clustering to eRAID
system

FireWire Depot adds clustering to eRAID
system 06/16/2004 11:27 AM
FireWire Depot has added a clustering feature to its eR AID RAID system, which offers RAID level 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5 and JBOD configurations as well as FireWire 400 and 800, USB 2.0 and Serial ATA connectivity for controlling five hot-swappable ATA-133 hard drives. The new clustering capability allows two computers to connect to the eRAID simultaneously. ERAID's other features include online RAID expansion, online RAID level and stripe size migration, automatic failed driver detection and rebuilding and more. Standard pricing is US$1,499.99, but FireWire Depot is currently offering the eRAID for $1,429.99.

FireWire Depot intros FireWire optical
repeater

FireWire Depot intros FireWire optical
repeater 09/22/2004 02:19 AM
FireWire Depot has introduced the Newnex FireNEX-MX, an optical repeater for transmitting FireWire 400 and 800 data signals over multi mode optical fiber cable up to 3,280 feet long. It's slightly larger than a deck of cards and contains two 6-pin FireWire 400 ports and one FireWire 800 port. According to the FireWire Depot Web site, the Newnex FireNEX-MX will be in stock on Oct. 11 for US$850, with optical cables available in lengths from 32 to 3,280 feet, starting at $65.

New: FireWire Depot FireWire 800
releases

New: FireWire Depot FireWire 800
releases 06/10/2004 09:58 AM
FireWire Depot released four new FireWire 800 products: a CardBus adapter, a repeater/hub, a PCI host adapter, and a FireWire 800/USB 2.0 bridge board.

FireWire Depot introduces new products

FireWire Depot introduces new products 04/14/2004 02:38 PM
FireWire Depot has announced five new products, including the FW2ATA-WP (US$459) FireWire to ATA storage enclosure with read-only (write protect) function; the FW2ATA ($399) FireWire to ATA storage enclosure (not write protected); the U2ATA-WP ($459) USB 2.0 to ATA storage enclosure with read-only (write protect) function; the U2ATA ($399) USB 2.0 to ATA storage enclosure (not write protected); and the SATAMT01 ($49) removable drive tray for Serial ATA 3.5" hard drives...

FireWire Depot ships four new products

FireWire Depot ships four new products 06/09/2004 02:12 PM
FireWire Depot announced on Wednesday the arrival of four new products: the Fi reWire 800 CardBus PCMCIA adapter (US$89.99), the 3- port FireWire 800 repeater/hub ($89.99), the 3- port FireWire 800 PCI card adapter ($67.99) and the Fi reWire 800/USB 2.0 combo to IDE bridge board ($84.95). The CardBus PCMCIA adapter features two 9-pin FireWire 800 ports, one 6-pin FireWire 400 port and a DC input power connector. It comes with one FireWire 400 cable and one FireWire 800 cable, requiring Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS 10.x for the former and Mac OS X v10.2.4 or higher for the latter. The adapter also works only with an open 32-bit CardBus slot.

FireWire Depot intros two FW/USB 2 combo
enclosures

FireWire Depot intros two FW/USB 2 combo
enclosures 07/15/2004 01:48 PM
FireWire Depot announced on Wednesday two new FireWire 400/USB 2.0 combo enclosures, one a 2. 5-inch model and the other its 3. 5-inch bigger sibling. Both feature all-aluminum bodies, two FireWire 400 ports and one USB 2.0 port, the ability to draw power from the bus with the option for an external power supply and a US$89.99 price.

FireWire Depot introduces the Disk
Jockey

FireWire Depot introduces the Disk
Jockey 01/07/2004 06:44 PM
FireWire Depot has introduced the Diskology Disk Jockey FireWire/USB2 device, an inexpensive new hard disk copy and diagnostic tool that allows users to copy data between IDE hard disk drives at high-speed while maintaining all of the attributes of the original hard disk, including hidden folders, multiple partitions and operating system files...

FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard
drive enclosure

FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard
drive enclosure 12/03/2003 07:19 PM
FireWire Depot today introduced the Speedzter2-800, a new 2.5-inch hard drive enclosure that sports both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connectivity...

FireWire Depot intros the G-PLAY
Personal Media Player

FireWire Depot intros the G-PLAY
Personal Media Player 03/14/2005 06:08 PM
FireWire Depot announced today the G-PLAY personal multimedia player. The device lets users take movies, music and photo libraries with them. Simply hook up the G-PLAY using the include AV cable and sit back and enjoy the fun. The unit is operated via an infrared remote and a simple graphical user interface to access up to 20 full quality DVD movies, over 100 DivX videos, up to 25,000 songs and over 1,000,000 VGA quality digital photos. G-PLAY also doubles as an external hard drive for your data files and is available in 80GB or 100GB drive capacity with a USB2 connection. (Note: USB not Firewire)



Check FireWire Depot's website for pricing and availability. (pen not included)

Benchmarks? We don't need no stinking
benchmarks...

Benchmarks? We don't need no stinking
benchmarks... 04/01/2005 09:09 AM
Insi de the Pentagon.  Hilarious. News is finally leaking out how the US warplan for Iraq lacked (until recently) specific benchmarks.  Rapid changes in course can be characterized as flexibility if those changes are slaved to defined objectives.  If those objectives don't exist, it's chaos.

Of course, these new benchmarks are classified.  This means that they are effectively useless in this conflict.  In order to fight a decentralized insurgency, decision making must be pushed down to the lowest levels.  Every soldier in Iraq should know what these objectives are so they can adapt their effort to accomplish them.

The top U.S. officer in Iraq, Army Gen. George Casey, lately has been garnering plaudits behind the scenes from his military and civilian colleagues for adding measurable benchmarks to his campaign plan, a classified document in which a commander typically delineates security objectives and how subordinate units will attain them. But some officials say the nearly two-year delay in laying out clear and realistic security goals in a single military plan has taken a toll on the Iraqi stability and reconstruction effort.

Center for American Progress - The
Progress Report - Page

Center for American Progress - The
Progress Report - Page 02/17/2004 06:09 AM
The President's Pal and Business Partner Will Make Millions From Drug Card Program He Helped Design .. The Progress Report: 'Imminent' Semantics; Playing the Blame Game 1/30 .. IRAQ - Intel Warnings Ignored

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a percentage of ad buys

a percentage of ad buys 12/31/2004 10:15 AM
Reading the reports .. MyDD

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High-Percentage Bets on the Future

High-Percentage Bets on the Future 06/24/2005 09:40 PM
Investors need a framework for predicting the future. Will watching Terminator 2 help?

Calculate the percentage of records in a
group in Access

Calculate the percentage of records in a
group in Access 08/09/2004 02:23 AM
Tech-Recipes Aug 9 2004 6:24AM GMT

Sweden Has Highest Percentage of 3G
Network Coverage in Europe

Sweden Has Highest Percentage of 3G
Network Coverage in Europe 03/17/2005 02:57 AM
3G Mar 17 2005 1:51AM GMT

OneStat.com: Safari worldwide percentage
inches upward

OneStat.com: Safari worldwide percentage
inches upward 05/28/2004 01:51 PM
Microsoft's Internet Explorer remains the dominant Web browser with 93.9 percent market share, but Apple's Safari browser is showing progress as well, according to a new report published by Web analytics company OneStat.com . The service reports that Safari's share of global Web browser usage has increased from 0.48 to 0.71 percent since January 2004.

High percentage of children living in
poverty is good or bad?

High percentage of children living in
poverty is good or bad? 06/15/2004 06:19 PM

While driving up here to Naples, Maine for some seaplane training I listened to a lecture on political theory by Dennis Dalton, a professor at Barnard.  One interesting point was that Aristotle did not approve of voting except by middle-class or richer people.  His theory was that a poor person is likely to be illiterate and that, without having much property, won't have any stake in stability.Thus if Aristotle were remaking Iraq only perhaps 10 percent of the population would be entitled to vote.  In the U.S. maybe 80 percent of us would get to vote (though of course only 40-some percent bother).

Dalton talked about how the U.S. illustrates all of the ills of Capitalism predicted by Karl Marx.  In particular Dalton cited the percentage of children living in poverty here in the U.S. ("living in poverty" means in a family whose income is less than the Federal Poverty Level, a number determined by trying to figure out what the minimum necessary income is for a normal American life).

If the quantity of children in the U.S. were fixed it seems obvious that the higher the percentage of kids living in poverty the worse the situation.  But the quantity of children is not fixed.  People decide to have an extra child based on their perception of how easy it will be to take care of an extra child.Perhaps a high percentage of children living in poverty means that poor people feel comfortable with (a) the  level of government support to be expected for that child (e.g., Medicaid, AFDC), and (b) the ultimate career prospects for that child once grown up.

What would stop a Reagan-style optimist from saying "look at all the children that our poor people are having, confident that their future will be bright" and citing that as an example of what a fantastic country this is for a poor family?

HD Audio: Progress, But Still a Work in
Progress

HD Audio: Progress, But Still a Work in
Progress 09/10/2004 06:51 PM
Intel's High Definition Audio is beginning to ship on some 915 and 925-based motherboards, but is HD Audio a solution without a problem? And what about DVD-Audio support?

Percentage of black students graduating
in engineering is rising (USATODAY.com)

Percentage of black students graduating
in engineering is rising (USATODAY.com) 04/20/2004 05:57 AM
USATODAY.com - The percentage of black college graduates majoring in engineering fields has increased from less than 2% to more than 12% in the past 30 years, a U.S. Department of Education report says.

Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into
Firewire 100".

Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into
Firewire 100". 08/12/2004 12:38 AM
The Inquirer: Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into Firewire 100".

Apple Bytes: The Mac At 20

Apple Bytes: The Mac At 20 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
Memorable beginning, lasting influence. By MNico Macdonald (Silicon.com via MyAppleMenu)

Bytes From a Banner

Bytes From a Banner 12/02/2003 02:01 AM
Radically scaling bandwidth and interface refactoring make strange bedfellows. For example, one interesting design problem that's presented when dealing with critically accessed pages (i.e. Google's search results page) is tradeoff. Meaning: An interface feature that could add weight to the...

Tech Bytes

Tech Bytes 07/28/2004 01:05 AM
Computerworld Singapore Jul 28 2004 5:49AM GMT

Steve's Apple Bytes

Steve's Apple Bytes 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
My older, wiser brother Steve has a smart take on Apple's Macworld Expo announcements, even though I'm still right (ahem) about the "trade secrets" question...

Bits and Bytes for May 28, 2004

Bits and Bytes for May 28, 2004 05/28/2004 06:27 PM
InternetNews.com-1 hour ago ... These include anti-spam company Brightmail, comparison-shopping engine Shopping.com and Google, giving rise to speculation about a possible bubble such as that ...

Building a Progress Bar that Doesn't
Progress

Building a Progress Bar that Doesn't
Progress 09/23/2004 12:55 AM
In many situations, accurately estimating the length of a certain process (copying a large file, loading data from a server, retrieving files from the Internet) would be both difficult and inefficient. What you end up with is a process that is going to take long enough to make the user wait, yet you have no easy way to indicate the percentage of the task that has completed. A regular progress bar would be rather meaningless, so you need some form of "Working…" indicator.

How many bytes to store all human
speech, ever?

How many bytes to store all human
speech, ever? 01/02/2004 06:10 PM
Interesting discussion of the number of bytes necessary to store all the syllables ever uttered by every person who ever lived, and when acquiring that number of bytes will be in the realm of affordability.

First, the proposed configuration would amount to 1.2 petabytes, which is a thousand times smaller than 1.2 exabytes. Second, a 5 exabyte store would roughly be eight thousand times too small to store "all words ever spoken by human beings", at least in audio form. Therefore the 2007 cluster's storage would be too small by a factor of about 32 million rather than a factor of 4. I freely confess that maybe the authors were thinking about text -- but in the first place I'm a phonetician, and in the second place most human languages have not had a written form. So bear with me here for a while.

Link (via Ben Hammersley)

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