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[Tech News] Interesting technology

Henrik
3-Jun-2011
[6224]
auto launch sequence did not start. restarting.
Pekr
3-Jun-2011
[6225]
I wonder how difficult it is to get an agreement, to do such a thing. 
What if the rocket fails, and falls to some crowded town area?
Henrik
3-Jun-2011
[6226]
it does not. it only has fuel to go 16 kilometers up and the area 
that it can fall in is rather large.
Pekr
3-Jun-2011
[6227]
It's out :-)
Henrik
3-Jun-2011
[6228x5]
stream is behind here... still launch trouble.
but it did lift off and is now coming down again.
parachute did not work properly
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-40443611%3Alive-raket-sendt-af-sted-med-succes.html

Launch footage here.
A couple of pics from the launch pad:


http://ing.dk/artikel/119783-se-de-foerste-billeder-af-raketaffyring-taget-fra-sputnik#0
Pekr
6-Jun-2011
[6233]
Henrik - the project got publicity on our Technet site, which is 
part of the biggest online Czech News server ( http://www.idnes.cz
) -


http://technet.idnes.cz/do-vesmiru-na-stojaka-odstartovala-raketa-ve-ktere-pilot-stoji-p79-/tec_vesmir.aspx?c=A110606_102935_tec_vesmir_mla
Henrik
6-Jun-2011
[6234]
cool
Gregg
16-Jun-2011
[6235]
Testing Chromium: AddressSanitizer, a fast memory error detector.


http://blog.chromium.org/2011/06/testing-chromium-addresssanitizer-fast.html
Dockimbel
18-Jun-2011
[6236]
Interesting, I could use the same approach for a memory debug mode 
in Red/System.
Gabriele
19-Jun-2011
[6237]
i think REBOL does similar things (eg. the end! datatype), that's 
why you usually get an internal error rather than a crash when there 
is a GC bug.
Henrik
21-Jun-2011
[6238]
Sony has been hacked 20 times in the past 2 months:


http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/06/20/in-sonys-20th-breach-in-two-months-hacker-claims-177000-sony-emails-compromised/
ddharing
21-Jun-2011
[6239]
Commodore USA has released a new video showing their office, production 
area and the progress of both the new Commodore 64 and the VIC-Slim. 

Here's the link: http://commodoreusa.net/CUSA_FacilityVideo.aspx
Kaj
6-Aug-2011
[6240]
http://www.osnews.com/story/25035/Ode_to_the_Command_Line
Endo
7-Aug-2011
[6241]
We can easily build a CLI dialect in REBOL to build a console:

<move, copy, delete, send, show-all> find <what-to-search> in <path-to-folder>

<copy-to-clipboard, print, send> find <what-to-search> in <file-name>
it would be a nice project :)
Kaj
7-Aug-2011
[6242]
Yes, and the broader point is that it can also be integrated as snippets 
in GUI apps
Gregg
7-Aug-2011
[6243]
With support for sending commands via something like arexx ports.
Reichart
7-Aug-2011
[6244]
Sometimes you just want to type out what you want the computer to 
do......

> Tag all photos taken in Maui with "Maui"
Endo
7-Aug-2011
[6245]
Gregg: I was just thinking about the Arexx :)
Kaj
8-Aug-2011
[6246]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtb5EAG2gbc&NR=1
Henrik
25-Aug-2011
[6247]
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO:


http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/24/steve_jobs_resigns_as_apple_ceo.html
ddharing
25-Aug-2011
[6248]
The end of an era.
Kaj
25-Aug-2011
[6249]
Probably the end of Apple as we know it
Pekr
25-Aug-2011
[6250]
I don't think so. He still is going to be the head of the board of 
directors,no?
Kaj
25-Aug-2011
[6251]
It means he's admitting that he's going downhill. And remember the 
organisation chart Doc found a while ago?
ddharing
25-Aug-2011
[6252x2]
Yes, he is still the chairman.
What did the chart show?
Kaj
25-Aug-2011
[6254]
A spider web, where everyone in the organisation is controlled by 
one head
ddharing
25-Aug-2011
[6255x2]
That sounds like Steve Jobs.
Hopefully his health will improve over time.
Kaj
25-Aug-2011
[6257]
I'm sure he was hoping for that in the past few years
Pekr
25-Aug-2011
[6258]
I have heard that pancreas cancer is one of the worst cancer diagnosis, 
not curable. But of course, I wish him a recovery, who knows what's 
possible in terms of nowaday's medicine ...
Henrik
25-Aug-2011
[6259]
I don't think he would have resigned unless doctors were now telling 
him to "get his affairs in order".
AdrianS
25-Aug-2011
[6260]
I agree - cancer can take you down really quickly sometimes. The 
federal leader of the opposition here in Canada went from winning 
second place in the election in May to succumbing to the disease 
earlier this week.
Henrik
30-Aug-2011
[6261]
Raspberry Pi runs Quake 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6262x2]
a little lighter topic:  http://www.sublimetext.com/2

the best generic code editor ever and it's CROSS PLATFORM since the 
beginning of the year and it's beta already!

im using it for a day and no bugs so far. it costs 60 USD to get 
rid of the "buy me" dialog after every 50th save, but that's the 
only pain point, i think.

here is the list why i love it:
- knows save on focus lost

- have the intelligent filename search (with instant file preview!!!)
- can open full folders
(no need to create a project for it explicitely!!!...)
- handles proportional fonts
- handles double width characters (chinese for example)
- beautiful default color scheme with black background
- distraction free "zen" mode
- no stupid dialog box config
- cross platform; which is good because

    - i can remote control less advanced users no matter what is their 
    platform

    - i can use the same interface and shortcuts on every platform; no 
    annoyance on switching
- not extremely bloated yet...
textmate eats less memory and the initial load time is shorter, but 
it's mac only, doesnt handle double with characters and gets confused 
by the proportional font too.
AdrianS
30-Aug-2011
[6264]
+1 for Sublime Edit 2
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6265x2]
AdrianS: do u have an updated version of the rebol syntax definition 
for it? the one i found in some article from last year doesnt seem 
to color it nicely. i can only see the strings, files colored but 
not any default words.


also what is the recommended way to prioretize the rebol syntax as 
the default over the R one?
btw, im using Verdana as the proportional font for source code. does 
anyone else have a better recommendation?
Pekr
30-Aug-2011
[6267]
Can it do vertical/column selection?
TomBon
30-Aug-2011
[6268x2]
no code folding...
but the minimap leftside looks like a nice feature. would like to 
have this with scite.
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6270x4]
Pekr: yes, and it knows the multi-line edit too, just like textmate
TomBon: code folding would require code analysis. i don't expect 
a generic code editor go that far. if u really miss folding, go and 
suck with some bloatware IDE and suffer from all it's pitfalls...


i would rather organize my code in a way where folding wouldnt help 
much with reading...
i was looking for an editor primarily to write code, not to read 
others' crap. i forgot to tell sublime is only a good choice in this 
case
when i write rebol / bash codet, i try to stick with 1-4 lines of 
code for each function.

even in javascript i don't do over 10lines. so there is not much 
to fold on it...