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]]>wait.. it just rebooted, looks like it is done.
So in total, it took me 5 minutes to unpackage the VAIO plug it in and turn it on, and about 28 minutes to run Vista for the first time.
Two things I don't understand:
1) This is a brand new US$2,000 laptop with a fancy hybrid hard drive, why does it need to "check my hardware"?
2) Why OEM's put up with this? I mean Sony should have enough leverage to force Microsoft to provide them with a "quick firstboot" version of Vista.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Windows hater, I'm fine with it for the most part, but this just pushes my patience to a whole new level... has no one at Microsoft used a Mac and seen their elegant "firstboot" system? Or used pretty much any recent Linux distro for that matter?
btw.. windows is still booting...
]]>wait.. it just rebooted, looks like it is done.
So in total, it took me 5 minutes to unpackage the VAIO plug it in and turn it on, and about 28 minutes to run Vista for the first time.
Two things I don't understand:
1) This is a brand new US$2,000 laptop with a fancy hybrid hard drive, why does it need to "check my hardware"?
2) Why OEM's put up with this? I mean Sony should have enough leverage to force Microsoft to provide them with a "quick firstboot" version of Vista.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Windows hater, I'm fine with it for the most part, but this just pushes my patience to a whole new level... has no one at Microsoft used a Mac and seen their elegant "firstboot" system? Or used pretty much any recent Linux distro for that matter?
btw.. windows is still booting...
]]>Here's the scenario, let's say you have to perform a task that might take a long time (let's pretend you need to check the health of an nfs server prior to attempting to mount exports from it) but you do not want to block the main "process" waiting for it, here's how something like that can be implemented:
# CONFIG FLAG - whether NFS has been checked or not
NFS_OK=1
# Runs a command asynchronously
# $1 is the command to run
# $2 is the callback function
async_run() {
{
$1 &>/dev/null
# calling the callback passing the result
$2 $?
}&
}
nfs_callback() {
if [ $1 == "0" ]
then
touch /tmp/$$
fi
}
for i in $(mount -l -t nfs | grep nfs2 | awk -F ":" '{print $1}')
do
if [ $NFS_OK == "1" ]
then
async_run "/usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p $i" nfs_callback
disown
fi
done
sleep 1s
if [ -f /tmp/$$ ]
then
echo "NFS OK"
else
echo "NFS NOT OK"
fi
In a nutshell, async_run() is where all the action happens. It takes a string parameter of a command to be run and a callback function to be dispatched once the command is done. On the example above, I decided to block the main process and wait for the async call to return for at most 1 sec, this allows me to have constant execution O(1), no matter how long the async task takes.
Yeah, I know this is pretty silly, but hey, I like it.
]]>Here's the scenario, let's say you have to perform a task that might take a long time (let's pretend you need to check the health of an nfs server prior to attempting to mount exports from it) but you do not want to block the main "process" waiting for it, here's how something like that can be implemented:
# CONFIG FLAG - whether NFS has been checked or not
NFS_OK=1
# Runs a command asynchronously
# $1 is the command to run
# $2 is the callback function
async_run() {
{
$1 &>/dev/null
# calling the callback passing the result
$2 $?
}&
}
nfs_callback() {
if [ $1 == "0" ]
then
touch /tmp/$$
fi
}
for i in $(mount -l -t nfs | grep nfs2 | awk -F ":" '{print $1}')
do
if [ $NFS_OK == "1" ]
then
async_run "/usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p $i" nfs_callback
disown
fi
done
sleep 1s
if [ -f /tmp/$$ ]
then
echo "NFS OK"
else
echo "NFS NOT OK"
fi
In a nutshell, async_run() is where all the action happens. It takes a string parameter of a command to be run and a callback function to be dispatched once the command is done. On the example above, I decided to block the main process and wait for the async call to return for at most 1 sec, this allows me to have constant execution O(1), no matter how long the async task takes.
Yeah, I know this is pretty silly, but hey, I like it.
]]>http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-February/msg00131.html
My fav quote from that whole thread:
"I've never written a program before so I also need some help. Also I need a place to put it on the web"
We are indeed doomed....
]]>http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-February/msg00131.html
My fav quote from that whole thread:
"I've never written a program before so I also need some help. Also I need a place to put it on the web"
We are indeed doomed....
]]>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/579265.aspx
Now, to be clear, I'm not putting Howard Dean's deranged scream in equal footing with Mr. Huckabee's comments but I do see a parallel that could lead to the same kind of political turmoil.
Fundamentally, I see two things wrong with Huckabee's stance:
a) He manages to display complete lack of respect towards the US Constitution and the principles in which it was based b) He shows a lack of insight into the complexity of Christianity and how one must quantify what "God's standards" mean in light of the different interpretations of the Bible (I must say this one is extra troublesome coming from a "minister")
Well, enough said. Let's all seat back and watch.
]]>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/579265.aspx
Now, to be clear, I'm not putting Howard Dean's deranged scream in equal footing with Mr. Huckabee's comments but I do see a parallel that could lead to the same kind of political turmoil.
Fundamentally, I see two things wrong with Huckabee's stance:
a) He manages to display complete lack of respect towards the US Constitution and the principles in which it was based b) He shows a lack of insight into the complexity of Christianity and how one must quantify what "God's standards" mean in light of the different interpretations of the Bible (I must say this one is extra troublesome coming from a "minister")
Well, enough said. Let's all seat back and watch.
]]>http://www.uvasoftware.com Open Educational Middleware
We have just released version 0.1 of our flagship product: Uva Core an open source SIF agent library.
That's it... now it's official.... carry on...
]]>http://www.uvasoftware.com Open Educational Middleware
We have just released version 0.1 of our flagship product: Uva Core an open source SIF agent library.
That's it... now it's official.... carry on...
]]>