Software
Android Tablet
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November 20, 2012
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November 20, 2012
I’m shifting to an Android tablet, the Insignia Flex (NS-13T001) from Best Buy for $249 and tax.
Cheating Computer!
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October 23, 2012
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October 23, 2012
The computer cheated.
The company I work for makes a 100% deterministic operating system.
Listen a Lot, Talk a Little (Part 3 of 3)
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October 9, 2012
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October 9, 2012
In the previous sections, we eavesdropped on a live conversation between two ham stations, one in Windsor Ontario and the other in Venezuela on the northern coast of South America.
Listen a Lot, Talk a Little (Part 2 of 3)
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October 7, 2012
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October 7, 2012
In the first part of this post, we had a quick look at a conversation taking place between ham radio stations in Ontario Canada and Venezuela where I just happened to be in the right place, Phoenix Arizona, to “hear” both of them.
Listen a Lot, Talk a Little
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October 6, 2012
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October 6, 2012
I’m running my ham radio that uses the computer to do a lot of the work.
iPad Taking the Long Ride … Again
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September 25, 2012
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September 25, 2012
But after frolicking around the file system at a shell prompt for these past several weeks, freedom – with the baying of the hounds of Cupertino ever present – is not what I dreamt.
Flight Software Engineer
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August 23, 2012
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August 23, 2012
For the nerds:
struct FltSoftwareEngineer { double salary; long lunches; float jobs; char unstable; void work; } ; Source: Introductory (humorous) introduction to “Streamlined Flight Software Design” by Steven A.
Curiosity Begins
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August 6, 2012
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August 6, 2012
Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.