tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39426573104050757262024-03-06T03:24:31.801+02:00My Bad TooSerbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-88513256813685176262011-03-05T15:00:00.000+02:002011-03-05T15:00:43.229+02:00Since September 20, 2006 you have read a total of 56,975 items...... and this is a selection of my shared items.<br />
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Also a year ago I've reduced my reading backlog from 120 feeds to 70 feeds, and today I'll reduce it from 88 feeds to whatever I'm really interested in.<br />
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Some explanations...<br />
Since Google added support for almost all apps in the Standard Google Apps service, I've been trying to do a full transition from Google account to the apps account. Today is Google Reader. But since Google doesn't provide a way to migrate all your services (actually it doesn't provide a way of migrating anything), I had to find a way to migrate things. In case of Google Reader, you can export/import your feeds, but you can't export your shared items and starred items, so this is my way of exporting them.<br />
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<i>Have fun with a 4 years overview...</i><br />
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<b>[Interesting]</b><br />
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Real life version of Minority Report's user interface<br />
<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/01/real-life-version-of.html">http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/01/real-life-version-of.html</a><br />
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MIT Uses XBox Kinect to Create Minority Report Interface<br />
<a href="http://singularityhub.com/2010/12/10/mit-uses-xbox-kinect-to-create-cheap-minority-report-interface-video/#respond">http://singularityhub.com/2010/12/10/mit-uses-xbox-kinect-to-create-cheap-minority-report-interface-video/#respond</a><br />
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Hackable, Linux-based flying drone can be controlled by smartphone<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Parrot-ARDrone/?kc=rss">http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Parrot-ARDrone/?kc=rss</a><br />
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How the Future of Big Tobacco Could Be Tiny Lithium Batteries<br />
<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1708167/how-to-make-lithium-batteries-last-ten-times-longer-incorporate-a-plant-virus">http://www.fastcompany.com/1708167/how-to-make-lithium-batteries-last-ten-times-longer-incorporate-a-plant-virus</a><br />
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The Secret Origin of Windows<br />
<a href="http://technologizer.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-origin-of-windows/">http://technologizer.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-origin-of-windows/</a><br />
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Top 50 Funny Computer Quotes<br />
<a href="http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/top-50-funny-computer-quotes.html">http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/top-50-funny-computer-quotes.html</a><br />
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25 Microchips That Shook the World<br />
<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/25-microchips-that-shook-the-world/0">http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/25-microchips-that-shook-the-world/0</a><br />
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Turing Machines are Recurrent Neural Networks<br />
<a href="http://lipas.uwasa.fi/stes/step96/step96/hyotyniemi1/">http://lipas.uwasa.fi/stes/step96/step96/hyotyniemi1/</a><br />
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Points Of View<br />
<a href="http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/07/31/points-of-view/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+GeekHero+(Geek+Hero+Webcomic)&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/07/31/points-of-view/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+GeekHero+(Geek+Hero+Webcomic)&utm_content=Google+Reader</a><br />
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NO BRAINER<br />
<a href="http://www.my25percent.com/2009/11/no-brainer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+My25Percent+(My+25+Percent+%E2%84%A2)&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://www.my25percent.com/2009/11/no-brainer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+My25Percent+(My+25+Percent+%E2%84%A2)&utm_content=Google+Reader</a><br />
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Academia vs. Business<br />
<a href="http://xkcd.com/664/">http://xkcd.com/664/</a><br />
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Secret language<br />
<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/12/30.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/12/30.html</a><br />
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Capstone projects and time management<br />
<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/10/26.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/10/26.html</a><br />
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Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009<br />
<a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/operating-system-interface-design-between-1981-2009/">http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/operating-system-interface-design-between-1981-2009/</a><br />
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The Fear of Knowledge<br />
<a href="http://trombonechamp.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/the-fear-of-knowledge/">http://trombonechamp.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/the-fear-of-knowledge/</a><br />
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How Far Does Semantic Software Really Go?<br />
<a href="http://java.dzone.com/articles/how-far-does-semantic-software?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+javalobby/frontpage+(Javalobby+/+Java+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://java.dzone.com/articles/how-far-does-semantic-software?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+javalobby/frontpage+(Javalobby+/+Java+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader</a><br />
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Geek hierarchy of needs<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8324019@N02/5349533931/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8324019@N02/5349533931/</a><br />
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An Explanation of Computation Theory for Lawyers<br />
<a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111151305785">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111151305785</a><br />
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<b>[OSS]</b><br />
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Libre.fm Is Gathering Speed<br />
<a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/05/libre-followup/">http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/05/libre-followup/</a><br />
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Mozilla ponders policy change after Firefox extension battle<br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/mozilla-ponders-policy-change-after-firefox-extension-battle.ars">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/mozilla-ponders-policy-change-after-firefox-extension-battle.ars</a><br />
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New binary analysis tool finds FOSS in device firmware<br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/tool-sniffs-oss-binaries-for-sweet-smell-of-license-compliance.ars">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/tool-sniffs-oss-binaries-for-sweet-smell-of-license-compliance.ars</a><br />
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Fully Utilizing Your X-Core CPU<br />
<a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/fully-utilizing-your-x-core-cpu">http://www.howtoforge.com/fully-utilizing-your-x-core-cpu</a><br />
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Open-source hardware takes baby steps toward the gadget mainstream<br />
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162898/Open_source_hardware_takes_baby_steps_toward_the_gadget_mainstream">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162898/Open_source_hardware_takes_baby_steps_toward_the_gadget_mainstream</a><br />
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First look: inside Mozilla's Raindrop messaging platform<br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/first-look-inside-mozillas-raindrop-messaging-platform.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/first-look-inside-mozillas-raindrop-messaging-platform.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss</a><br />
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Linux Users Willingly Paid More for World of Goo<br />
<a href="http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Users-Willingly-Paid-More-for-World-of-Goo">http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Users-Willingly-Paid-More-for-World-of-Goo</a><br />
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EU waffles on open standards in interoperability guideline<br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/eu-waffles-on-open-standards-in-interoperability-guideline.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/eu-waffles-on-open-standards-in-interoperability-guideline.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss</a><br />
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Microsoft calls Zoho the “Fake Office”. Zoho responds with fakeoffice.org<br />
<a href="http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/527-microsoft-calls-zoho-the-fake-office-zoho-responds-with-fakeofficeorg">http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/527-microsoft-calls-zoho-the-fake-office-zoho-responds-with-fakeofficeorg</a><br />
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Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!<br />
<a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390</a><br />
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<b>[Java]</b><br />
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How to Write an Equality Method in Java<br />
<a href="http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/equality.html">http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/equality.html</a><br />
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Taming the Java Garbage Collector<br />
<a href="http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/taming-java-garbage-collector.html">http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com/2010/11/taming-java-garbage-collector.html</a><br />
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Speaking the Java language without an accent<br />
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-noaccent.html?ca=drs-">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-noaccent.html?ca=drs-</a><br />
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<b>[Eclipse]</b><br />
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Installing Multiple Eclipse Plugins with Ease<br />
<a href="http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/installing-multiple-eclipse">http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/installing-multiple-eclipse</a><br />
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Using Equinox Security in RCP and RAP<br />
<a href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2010/05/13/using-equinox-security-in-rcp-and-rap/">http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2010/05/13/using-equinox-security-in-rcp-and-rap/</a><br />
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Equinox/RAP WAR deployment: an end to the pain<br />
<a href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2010/08/17/equinoxrap-war-deployment-an-end-to-the-pain/">http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2010/08/17/equinoxrap-war-deployment-an-end-to-the-pain/</a><br />
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CSS Theming for Eclipse RCP 3.x<br />
<a href="http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/css-theming-eclipse-rcp-3x?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+eclipsezone/frontpage+(Eclipse+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/css-theming-eclipse-rcp-3x?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+eclipsezone/frontpage+(Eclipse+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader</a><br />
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<b>[Programming]</b><br />
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Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial<br />
<a href="http://hginit.com/">http://hginit.com/</a><br />
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Writing Better Shell Scripts – Part 1<br />
<a href="http://www.innovationsts.com/blog/?p=1395">http://www.innovationsts.com/blog/?p=1395</a><br />
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Five Reasons Developers Don’t Use UML and Six Reasons to Use It<br />
<a href="http://saturnnetwork.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/five-reasons-developers-dont-use-uml-and-six-reasons-to-use-it/">http://saturnnetwork.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/five-reasons-developers-dont-use-uml-and-six-reasons-to-use-it/</a><br />
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How to be a program manager<br />
<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/09.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/09.html</a><br />
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Why Do I Break The Rules? And Who Can Stop Me?<br />
<a href="http://java.dzone.com/articles/why-do-i-break-rules-and-who?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+javalobby/frontpage+(Javalobby+/+Java+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://java.dzone.com/articles/why-do-i-break-rules-and-who?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+javalobby/frontpage+(Javalobby+/+Java+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader</a><br />
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Dependency Injection 101<br />
<a href="http://devlicio.us/blogs/billy_mccafferty/archive/2009/11/09/dependency-injection-101.aspx">http://devlicio.us/blogs/billy_mccafferty/archive/2009/11/09/dependency-injection-101.aspx</a><br />
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Modularity Patterns<br />
<a href="http://java.dzone.com/articles/modularity-patterns">http://java.dzone.com/articles/modularity-patterns</a><br />
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9 Excellent Regular Expression Resources<br />
<a href="http://blog.pqlite.com/9-excellent-regular-expression-resources/">http://blog.pqlite.com/9-excellent-regular-expression-resources/</a><br />
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Essential Guide To Regular Expressions: Tools and Tutorials<br />
<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/01/essential-guide-to-regular-expressions-tools-tutorials-and-resources/">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/01/essential-guide-to-regular-expressions-tools-tutorials-and-resources/</a><br />
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Creating a Domain Specific Language with Groovy<br />
<a href="http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=291467">http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=291467</a><br />
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Is Now The Right Time For Web-Based IDEs?<br />
<a href="http://java.dzone.com/polls/now-right-time-web-based-ides?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+eclipsezone/frontpage+(Eclipse+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader">http://java.dzone.com/polls/now-right-time-web-based-ides?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+eclipsezone/frontpage+(Eclipse+Zone)&utm_content=Google+Reader</a><br />
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TCP Portals: The Handshake's a Lie!<br />
<a href="http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/tcp-portals-the-handshakes-a-lie/">http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/tcp-portals-the-handshakes-a-lie/</a><br />
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12 Cheat Sheets a Developer Must Have<br />
<a href="http://www.ekoob.com/12-cheat-sheets-a-developer-must-have-languages-7564/">http://www.ekoob.com/12-cheat-sheets-a-developer-must-have-languages-7564/</a><br />
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<b>[Google]</b><br />
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Sacked by a Google algorithm<br />
<a href="http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/columns/guest/winter/index.htm">http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/columns/guest/winter/index.htm</a><br />
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Of Android and the Fear of Fragmentation<br />
<a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Of-Android-and-the-Fear-of-Fragmentation-945390.html">http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Of-Android-and-the-Fear-of-Fragmentation-945390.html</a><br />
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A new approach to China<br />
<a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html</a><br />
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</div><div><i>EOF</i></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-83769632618684636142010-01-17T17:06:00.001+02:002010-06-30T19:44:42.790+03:00[Link] The Truth About C++<a href="http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml?">http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml?</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-88019939956552528862009-08-28T14:54:00.003+03:002009-08-28T15:10:15.409+03:00Pragmatic Geek Father<div style="text-align: justify;">I hope that's a baby doll.<br /></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bYcF_xX2DE8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bYcF_xX2DE8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, if you have an old linux box you can improvise a baby rocker in just a minute. Remote control and web-cam supervision can be added. This could be the future linux nanny.<br /><br />P.S.: How geek can you be to do this?<br /></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-62492195757776646072009-08-27T13:55:00.000+03:002009-08-27T13:56:37.101+03:00[Link] Bucureștiul Vechi<a href="http://www.muzeuldefotografie.ro/2009/08/bucuresti-in-epoca-de-aur/">http://www.muzeuldefotografie.ro/2009/08/bucuresti-in-epoca-de-aur/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-24471653132964089932009-08-22T17:51:00.001+03:002009-08-22T17:53:33.872+03:00[Link] A Game Developer Drama: Dirty Coding Tricks<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4111/dirty_coding_tricks.php">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4111/dirty_coding_tricks.php</a></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-72205194190243153652009-08-17T14:01:00.003+03:002009-08-17T14:07:24.768+03:002 Geek Comics<div style="text-align: justify;">I've found another web comic for geeks, I'll put two of them here to open your appetite:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZTCRvLqit3oXqlhBqEb__rdvM238FnLMBGajBHd7rC3BFioOkpoa8E-mUIg75_zb3Cb_b4MQyhQcLBOZgUFadiGh0zvrGMDGInuJEuDuS5zE-NQMHkNU5CIXO7TjaLHibsBmF0pD8kw/s1600-h/30hvvk6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZTCRvLqit3oXqlhBqEb__rdvM238FnLMBGajBHd7rC3BFioOkpoa8E-mUIg75_zb3Cb_b4MQyhQcLBOZgUFadiGh0zvrGMDGInuJEuDuS5zE-NQMHkNU5CIXO7TjaLHibsBmF0pD8kw/s320/30hvvk6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370887149473020866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgLCMtWQTM4I3dyynKP2hf8fU3IRLy1t4ARVn380OHB4wJ64JeC1Ej0-0MLzMAWtFiQMMvdAWMbHoGVZ7CMfOSfU1pzPJ7N4RvkqHBkBQbvFDd-KJQzaCPQzjP2oUg9ph19R84853UlQ/s1600-h/6rsp47.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgLCMtWQTM4I3dyynKP2hf8fU3IRLy1t4ARVn380OHB4wJ64JeC1Ej0-0MLzMAWtFiQMMvdAWMbHoGVZ7CMfOSfU1pzPJ7N4RvkqHBkBQbvFDd-KJQzaCPQzjP2oUg9ph19R84853UlQ/s320/6rsp47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370887141619775746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">[Link] <a href="http://www.my25percent.com/">www.my25percent.com/</a><br /></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-44528185789449622192009-08-04T11:30:00.001+03:002009-08-04T11:32:08.976+03:00[Link] Nice and Simple VPN Tutorial<a href="http://www.linuxconfig.org/VPN_-_Virtual_Private_Network_and_OpenVPN">http://www.linuxconfig.org/VPN_-_Virtual_Private_Network_and_OpenVPN</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-89040256244378114462009-07-28T14:24:00.001+03:002009-07-28T14:26:39.946+03:00[Link] Sixth Sense from MIT Labs<a href="http://cavemansblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/sixth-sense-from-mit-labs/">http://cavemansblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/sixth-sense-from-mit-labs/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-69019783199564195532009-07-28T14:15:00.000+03:002009-07-28T14:16:28.085+03:00[Link] Ksplice: Update Computers Without Rebooting<a href="http://www.ksplice.com/doc/ksplice.pdf">http://www.ksplice.com/doc/ksplice.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/ksplice-is-like-viagra-for-linux-server-uptime.ars">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/ksplice-is-like-viagra-for-linux-server-uptime.ars</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-6718347052660220912009-07-28T14:14:00.001+03:002009-07-28T14:14:30.401+03:00[Link] Google Squared<a href="http://www.google.com/squared/">http://www.google.com/squared/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-4919824386332487282009-07-28T10:15:00.008+03:002009-08-04T11:28:28.777+03:00Bacterial Computer is Not a Computer<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>The scientists in the field of micro cellular biology and mathematics managed to build a "computer" using bacteria. To be more precise E. coli bacteria.</blockquote>There was a lot of fuss on the web about this subject but I found no real academic comment about this break through (as they call it).<br /><br />As I see it, there is no real break through at all, it's genetic algorithms implemented in real genetic material. Clearly you must be a genius to think that genetic algorithms could work if implemented in real genetic material instead of a silicon based computer :)<br /><br />The computer works like this: you encode the problem in the genetic material of bacteria, you encode the solution detector and then leave the bacteria to multiply. When the solution is found the solution detector will highlight the colony that found the solution. Then sequence the bacteria DNA and get the solution.<br /><br />All these could take a while, so I don't think that this "computer" could provide you a valid solution faster than a real computer for a NP complete problem.<br /><br />It's still unclear to me how they managed to realize the solution detector but undoubtedly this is a good start point for organic computers.<br /><br />Imagine how a computer virus and anti-virus looks like for a future bacterial computer :)<br /><br />You can read the abstract for more information about "<a href="http://www.jbioleng.org/content/3/1/11/abstract">Solving a Hamiltonian Path Problem with a bacterial computer</a>".<br /></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-86367336048762031342009-07-28T08:51:00.006+03:002009-07-28T13:38:27.950+03:00How to Lose 4 Kg in 4 Days Moving Only Your Fingers<div style="text-align: justify;">I know I'm not skinny :) and surely I'll lose 20Kg this summer but I've found the secret of losing weight rapidly and effortless. I'll call it:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Code Therapy - 6000 LOC in 4 days" © Seneka.</span></blockquote>The secret is too get yourself involved in a time consuming project (like a bachelor dedegree) and don't do anything for it. One week before the deadline start coding like you never did before. For me it worked like this (4 days program):<br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 1</span>: wake up, realize you're in deep shit, start coding, write and test about 2000 LOC (lines of code), go to bed;</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 2</span>: wake up, realize that you're still in a deep shit, start coding, write about 2750 LOC, go to bed;</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 3</span>: wake up, realize that you're half way through, start coding, test the lines you wrote tha day before, delete about 50% of the code you wrote, refactor the rest, write another 1000 LOC, go to bed;</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 4</span>: wake up, realize that you wrote a fucking big application in 3 days, try to remember all its functionality, test it, do some minor bug fixes, drink 4 beers and go to bed;</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">After these 4 days the adrenaline rush disappears and you'll realize that is time to eat something because your stomach forgot how food looks like.<br /><br />The result in my case was obvious 102 Kg --> 98 Kg.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DISCLAIMER</span>: Do not try this at home (or at work place), starvation can cause severe health problems (permanent problems). I'm not responsible for any damage you suffered in case you follow this therapy (because you're a bigger idiot than I am). In case you are convinced that this is a solution to your problems see a doctor before (to be read as "see a shrink").<br /><br />Happy coding!</div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-6742744688831478412009-07-28T08:33:00.003+03:002009-07-28T08:49:56.619+03:00The Liar, The Truth Teller and The Random Answerer<div style="text-align: justify;">While working for bachelor degree project a month ago, Bulă decided to to cheer me up with a brain twister puzzle, which in my opinion is the best puzzle I ever solved:<br /><br /><blockquote>There is a truth teller (always tells the truth), a liar (always lies), and one that sometimes answers truthfully and sometimes lies. Each man knows who is who. You may ask three yes or no question to determine who is who. Each time you ask a question, it must only be directed to one of the men (of your choice). You may ask the same question more than once, but of course it will count towards your total. What are your questions and to whom will you ask them?</blockquote><br /><br />Let me give you an advice: if you have something important to do just read the <a href="http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/373-the-liar-the-truth-tellerand-the-random-answerer/page__p__2986&#entry2986">solution</a> on <a href="http://brainden.com/">brainden.com</a>.<br /><br />If you want more puzzles the brainden.com has a "best puzzles" category that is worth seeing.<br />Happy mind twisting and if you find different solutions from those at brainden.com please share them with us.<br /></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-34547078263397634632009-07-28T08:16:00.004+03:002009-07-28T13:17:30.246+03:00XL97: Data Not Returned from Query Using ORACLE Data Source<div style="text-align: justify;">I know that some bugs may be mind braking for developers but no developer with self-esteem would accept such a workaround unless it works for...<br /><br /><blockquote>SYMPTOMS: When you try to return data from Microsoft Query 97 to a Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet, the spinning globe icon (which signifies that a query is processing) may appear for a long time, and then the query returns no data to your worksheet.<br /><br />WORKAROUND: If you move your mouse pointer continuously while the data is being returned to Microsoft Excel, the query may not fail. Do not stop moving the mouse until all the data has been returned to Microsoft Excel. </blockquote>The other workarounds can be found <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168702">here</a> but this is the <a href="http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/06/03/clever-workaround/">clever one</a>.<br /><br />I must presume that the developers don't have access to M$ Help and Support server to avoid any frustrations it may cause to the 15000 developers worldwide.<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.geekherocomic.com/">Geek Hero Comic</a> for <a href="http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/06/03/clever-workaround/">all the fun</a>.</div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-4707782354273537052009-07-05T02:26:00.000+03:002009-07-05T02:27:01.171+03:00[Link] Self-Tuning Compiler<a href="http://robots.net/article/2873.html">http://robots.net/article/2873.html</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-54434264519311254602009-06-13T18:06:00.001+03:002009-06-13T18:06:35.739+03:00[Link] Big Mess o’ Wires<a href="http://www.stevechamberlin.com/cpu/category/bmow1/">http://www.stevechamberlin.com/cpu/category/bmow1/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-58987313273677889572009-06-13T18:04:00.001+03:002009-06-13T18:04:54.885+03:00[Link] BUGlabs Modular Gadget Factory<a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/bdbd/">http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/bdbd/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-91977612633294506452009-06-13T17:38:00.008+03:002009-06-13T18:02:06.824+03:008 Geek Comics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuj3lNOK8V59Qfy7VRAkmEhc8wl6AboYRzN7uWP9bIZ-RcUms-sfstaGMarlnWzc0lUnDX3tFZw4ilOX4P5aYByYq9b1Y3BnJs25xpepO16Z3AefXrkQ3wybwD8koHvJ6JOKdfXSdUzg/s1600-h/flow_charts.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwO1T6ckATDJgqiySH_mX-lBxz8cncoUKj25H1-1n9gaADbOQR1dkQioXSokhI2ILwLRrWYZQxYTFoZVFIMTzF2rW8_tCzgxXPdtWtSSXN7dxEdOHEaFsU-urJkJUv4nvceDyYEJmhbEk/s320/dilbertsoftwarerequirements.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346824218699801810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnYYK7nwR151sNZvLJK7LFoVMoPGPYgHi0-IXYgNLj-MdO5Po-5aE1w4gmrwMmrJg7MjRxwVpnqr6nTVsRAgB-UZZy_Kef28k-BpsVQgGjgwcJBZsNIGp6amHzzwEjh6bcMsEdlhDbfM/s1600-h/sandwich.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnYYK7nwR151sNZvLJK7LFoVMoPGPYgHi0-IXYgNLj-MdO5Po-5aE1w4gmrwMmrJg7MjRxwVpnqr6nTVsRAgB-UZZy_Kef28k-BpsVQgGjgwcJBZsNIGp6amHzzwEjh6bcMsEdlhDbfM/s320/sandwich.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346825121002415122" border="0" /></a>Links:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.xkcd.com/">XKCD</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dilbert.com">Dilbert</a></li><li><a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php">PHD Comics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.codecomics.com/">Codecomics</a></li></ul>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-61176858006602916492009-05-11T22:41:00.004+03:002009-05-13T20:53:42.609+03:00Liniuţa de la Lujerului<div style="text-align: justify;">Joi seara am fost într-un bar-restaurant pe care nu-l recomand nimănui din cauza unor incidente din ultimii doi ani, la un concert Sue Paparude.<br /><br />Mă intorceam eu acasă pe la ora 1:00 şi ce mi-e dat să vad fix in intersecţia mareaţa de la Lujerului. Doi agarici îşi dădeau semnale la stop pentru o liniuţă sau mai bine zis pentru o curbiuţă. Veneau dispre Plaza Romania şi vroiau să se tragă de la stop făcând stănga spre Gorjului. Vummm-vummm-vumm, se face verde şi bagă. Cum fac baieţii stânga, cu avantajul celui din interiorul curbei, cât pe aci să dea fix in Loganul de la Poliţia Comunitară, care venea dinspre Sir si mergea spre Plaza deci avea prioritate.<br /><br />Ce s-a întamplat mai departe e de domeniul SF. Opreşte Poliţia in intersecţie, agaricii evită o ciocnire monumentală. Iese un nenea poliţist (P) dintr-o maşină iese un nenea şofer (Ş) de curse şi la urechile mele ajunge următorul dialog:<br /><blockquote>P: Ba boule ce crezi că faci?<br />Ş: (Iese din maşină), ne scuzaţi domn'... salut bă Gicule, aoleu ce bine ca eşti tu!<br />P: Bai Marius, ce pula mea faci mă vrei să mă bagi în belea...<br />Ş: Iartă-mă bă, am vrut şi noi să vedem care duce mai repede la piaţă, înţelegi tu?<br />P: Da băi Marius da dacă mă loveai trebuia să te duc la secţie, şi te lua beleaua... vezi şi tu că pe Maniu mai e Poliţie, pula mea că ai avut noroc...<br />Ş: Hai că dau o bere dacă îl fac pe ăsta...<br />P: Păi aşa să faci, pe cât vă trageţi?<br />Ş: Eh, doar aşa... da tot dau o bere ca esti băiat de băiat.<br />P: Ăsta cine e?<br />Ş: Unu... unu cu un Golf tunat, o ambala pe Timişoara.<br />P: Bine bă ai grijă ca la Apaca mai e unii de la rutiere!<br />Ş: Nuuuu, că noi mergem spre piaţă.<br />P: Bine bă, vă dau startu'?<br />Ş: Nu mă, las' că pornim de aici din mijloc (erau in mijlocul intersecţiei cât au dialogat)</blockquote>Guess what? S-au urcat in maşină şi la verde de pietoni au contnuat...</div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-67420633345708923702009-05-11T21:17:00.003+03:002009-05-11T22:40:14.306+03:00Adobe First Time Quality Engineer 2.0 - Interview<div style="text-align: justify;">Am cam rămas în urmă cu postatul aşa că acum o să vă povestesc despre <a href="http://serban.seneka.ro/2009/05/adobe-learning-center-first-time.html">inteviul</a> de miercuri (06.05.2009).<br /><br />Pentru a răspunde la întrebarea mea din postul anterior, m-am hotărât să urmez seminarul din mai multe motive: pentru că îmi place să invaţ (cred că v-aţi dat seama de asta :P ), pentru că mă intrigă titulatura de Quality Engineer (QE) pe care o folosesc cei de la Adobe (chiar se ascunde ceva în spatele ei), pentru că am făcut testare funcţională HW şi totuşi sunt pasionat de SW şi pentru că vreau să ştiu cât mai multe. Mai sunt şi alte motive pentru care nu am refuzat să mă duc la intreviu dar sunt pe al doilea plan.<br /><br />Şi uite aşa am ajuns miercuri seara in faţă la <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bucharest&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.052328,60.820313&ie=UTF8&ll=44.429984,26.035538&spn=0.002042,0.003712&t=h&z=18">Anchor Plaza</a>, o clădire de birouri modernă, din sticlă, unde îmi doream de multă vreme să intru. Am fost întâmpinat de echipa de security care trebuia să mă înregistreze ca vizitator şi să mă invite în clădire. De invitat m-au invitat şi mi-au arătat cum să ajung la Adobe. Tot ce trebuie să fac e să apăs pe panoul de comandă de langă lifturi pe etajul 9 şi să citesc litera liftului pe care îl aştept. Apas 9, văd C, fac dreapta văd 6 lifturi, mă uit dupa C, îl găsesc, mă aştepta cu uşile deschise, dau să intru şi mă refuză, se închid uşile. Se pare că am fost prea lent. Mă întorc apăs iar 9, văd F, mă orientez ceva mai repede dar nu destul de repede pentru liftul F, nici el nu m-a plăcut. Nervos scanez toate literele pentru a putea alerga hotărât în lift, apăs 9, alerg după colţ, sar în lift şi se pare că mai era cineva care nu înţelegea entuziasmul meu ieşit din comun la călătoria cu liftul. Liftul e cât un lift din Leu A de mare, suportă 13 persoane, în total 1300Kg (spre satisfacţia mea, 13 persoane ca mine) şi are TV.<br /><br />Am ajuns la 9, mă întâmpină un tip şi mă invită in sala "Valahia" (vă explic în alt post cum e cu Valahia asta), o sală de 150mp cu o masă de ping-pong, biliard, foosball, bucătărie si altele. Panoramă prin peretele de sticlă direct spre blocul meu. Sunt invitat într-o altă sală mai mică (are şi ea un nume) şi îl aşteptăm pe cel de-al doillea angajat Adobe pentru interviu.<br /><br />La interviu (care se vrea să fie o discuţie liberă) am discutat despre ce am făcut, despre ce îmi place să fac şi mai ales despre ce am făcut şi nu a mers bine. După asta incepe o discuţie despre cum cred eu că se face QA (Quality Assurance) pentru o sticla de plastic. Aici sa vezi imaginaţie brută din partea mea. Noroc că dispun de ea, cred că au fost încântaţi de modul în care privesc eu sticlele de plastic. De aici am intrat intr-o sumedenie de situaţii imaginate despre cum aş conduce echipa de QA la acea fabrică de sticle, şi mai ales ce aş face în diferite situaţii impuse de superiori.<br /><br />După 40 de minute am plecat la fel de relaxat cum am venit dar având nişte curiozitaţi despre modul în care au abordat interviul. Totul are legătura cu această titulatura de QE care nu reprezintă doar un tester.<br /><br />Joi dimineaţa la 11:00, evident dormeam, m-a sunat unul dintre cei care organizeaza acest seminar să mă felicite pentru calificarea între cei 12 care chiar vor urma seminarul. Nu ştiu ce am zis, eram cam adormit după o noapte de muncă la un amărât de lexer pentru diploma. Abia când m-am trezit mi-am dat seama.<br /><br />Şi uite aşa de astăzi am început cursurile. Voi mai scrie despre cursuri în următoarele zile.<br /></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-72107937234493897142009-05-09T14:06:00.000+03:002009-05-09T14:07:04.821+03:00[Link] A Comparison of Eclipse Extensions and OSGi Services<a href="http://www.eclipsezone.com/articles/extensions-vs-services/">http://www.eclipsezone.com/articles/extensions-vs-services/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-8505941766265696212009-05-05T02:25:00.006+03:002009-05-11T22:40:14.307+03:00Adobe Learning Center - First Time Quality Engineer 2.0<div style="text-align: justify;">Săptămâna trecută am completat un inteviu online de la <a href="http://edu.myadobe.ro/">Adobe</a> pentru a urma un training legat de testarea produselor software. Pentru asta tot ce trebuie să faci este citez:<blockquote>... un candidat nu trebuie sa se prezinte cu nimic altceva decat cu dorinta de a invata lucruri noi si de a-si demonstra aptitudinile intr-un mediu educativ si confortabil.</blockquote>Eu am urmat interviul online doar pentru că mi-a trimis Cristina link-ul şi nu-mi venea să cred că in subsolul paginii scria:<blockquote>Adobe isi rezerva dreptul de a folosi informatiile completate de dvs. la <span style="font-weight: bold;">misto</span> in formularul de mai sus. Conform termenilor si conditiilor care reglementeaza acest site, Adobe nu va divulga unei terte persoane numele, adresa de e-mail sau numarul dumneavoastra de telefon fara consimtamantul dumneavoastra, cu exceptia cazurilor prevazute de lege cand comunicarea acestor informatii este necesara.<br /></blockquote>Testul consta într-o aplicaţie online în care trebuia să indentifici in 5 minute câteva bug-uri şi trebuia să acoperi câteva test-case-uri. Când găseai un bug trebuia sa apeşi butonul "Bug found". Pentru fiecare bug primeai 40 puncte (am identificat 4 buguri in final), pentru fiecare test-case priemai 60 puncte (am indentificat 10 test-case-uri) şi pentru fiecare bug fals se scădeau 20 de puncte.<br /><br />Prima data când l-am facut pe bune am descoperit 3 bug-uri şi am acoperit 9 test-case-uri, dar nu prea m-am gândit serios, mai mult la mişto. A doua oara am şters cache-ul browser-ului şi l-am completat cu date dummy reuşind sa iau (cred eu) punctajul maxim.<br /><br />După testul online mai urma un set de trei întrebări legate de ceea ce cred eu că sunt calităţile unui tester şi motivaţia pentru a urma acest seminar. La acestea am completat serios prima dată (bazându-mă pe experienţa de Verification Engineer de la <a href="http://www.amiq.ro/">Amiq</a>).<br /><br />Astăzi am fost luat prin surprindere de către un angajat Adobe care mi-a spus ca m-am calificat în primii 30 (din 300 care au completat serios formularul sau 680 care doar au făcut testul) şi sunt invitat la o discuţie liberă în zilele ce urmează pentru a-mi caştiga un loc în echipa de 12 oameni ce vor urma acest seminar. Spre final m-a întrebat de ce vreau să urmez acest seminar, moment în care a trebuit să mă gândesc bine dacă vreau să-l urmez şi să inventez ceva repede pentru a răspunde.<br /><br />Am stat un pic să mă intreb dacă vreau să urmez seminarul. Acesta pare destul de interesant dar oare am timp? Ce conţine acest seminar:<br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Day 1: Where does testing fit in the Software Product Lifecycle<br /><ul><li>Introduction</li></ul><ul><li>General principles about testing</li><li>Testing in the product lifecycle</li><li>A tester’s role</li><li>Documents: use-cases, specs, test plans</li></ul> </li><li>Day 2: Test design, testing methodology <ul><li>Types of testing</li><li>Test design techniques - theory + hands-on</li><li>Test cases - theory + hands-on</li></ul> </li><li>Day 3: Practical tests and bug reporting <ul><li>Bug reporting - theory</li><li>Create test cases - hands-on</li><li>Run test plan and report bugs - hands-on</li><li>Exploratory testing</li></ul> </li><li>Day 4: Automation <ul><li>Automation - General overview</li><li>Tools: QTP, Selenium, JMeter</li></ul> </li><li>Day 5: Shadowing an Adobe QE on his day-to-day job</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">M-am hotarât sa merg la interviu şi sa fiu serios, cine stie poate mai învaţ ceva.<br /></div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-84252873739432054432009-05-05T01:46:00.004+03:002009-05-05T02:24:47.916+03:00Which Driver is Better for Radeon Xpress 200M in Linux: DRI or FGLRX<div style="text-align: justify;">După cum spuneam într-un post anterior am început să folosesc destul de des configuraţia dual-screen: display laptop + display IBM. Am avut mari probleme folosind ATI Config Center pentru ca pur şi simplu merge când vrea el. Aşa că m-am gândit să revin la driver-ele <a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/">DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure)</a>.<br /><br />Înainte de asta am făcut nişte benchmark-uri pentru a vedea performanţele DRI vs FGLRX (driver-ele closed source de la ATI). Rezultatele au fost oarecum neaşteptate. Am făcut 2 teste. Unul in care am testat performanţa GTK-ului folosind <a href="http://gtkperf.sourceforge.net/">GtkPer</a><a href="http://gtkperf.sourceforge.net/">f</a> şi tema Mist şi unul in care am testat performanţa 3D în OpenGL folosind glxgears (dar din câte <a href="http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmark#Debunking_the_Myth_.28radeon_vs_fglrx.29">văd</a> lumea spune că nu este nici pe aproape pentru a-l folosi ca benchmark).<br /><br />Pe scurt rezultatele au fost următoarele:<br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>GTK - mai rapid cu ~15% folosind DRI</li><li>3D - mai rapid cu ~40-90% folosind FGLRX</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Ţinând cont că cei care dispun de Radeon Xpress 200M nu folosesc lapop-ul pentru aplicaţii 3D se poate face un compromis pentru utilizarea driver-elor DRI.<br /><br />Avantajele sunt următoarele:<br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Pe HP NX6325 merge setarea liminozităţii display-ului în X, nu doar în TTY.</li><li>Utilitarul de setare a disply-urilor din Gnome Ubutntu merge perfect.<br /></li><li>2D e mai rapid, deci pentru majoritatea utilizatorilor este un plus</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Momentan eu ramân cu DRI probabil că pentru totdeauna pentru că cei de la ATI vor să scoată un driver secundar (leagacy) pentru acest chipset deci nu vor mai apărea cine ştie ce îmbunătăţiri.</div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-52827224875268377872009-05-05T01:45:00.001+03:002009-05-05T01:55:23.048+03:00Firefox Stupid Bug in Dual Screen Configuration<div style="text-align: justify;">De când programez acasă am început să folosesc destul de des configuraţia de dual-screen. Pe un ecran ţin Eclipse-ul pe celălalt ţin <a href="http://serban.seneka.ro/2009/05/link-ajax-based-javadoc-collection.html">documentaţia</a>. Până de curând îmi era greu sa folosesc dual-screen pentru că ecranul lapop-ului avea rezoluţia de 1400x1050 iar ecranul secundar 1024x768. De când am s-a stricat ecranul laptop-ului şi l-am înlocuit cu unu de 1024x768 totul arata bine.<br /><br />Am intrat ieri într-o sesiune de programare şi am rămas uimit să constat că aveam Firefox-lul pe un display şi meniul de auto-completition pentru address bar în celălalt display. Păi zicei şi voi dacă se poate folsi aşa :).<br /><br />Fix-ul este simplu: înainte de a seta configuraţia dual-screen închideţi toate sesiunile de Firefox şi deschideţi alt Firefox dupa ce intraţi in dual-screen.</div>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942657310405075726.post-84298787341254028362009-05-05T01:36:00.001+03:002009-05-05T01:38:57.034+03:00[Link] Ajax Based JavaDoc Collection<a href="http://www.jdocs.com/">http://www.jdocs.com/</a>Serbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499081594393468302noreply@blogger.com0