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Comment: There's plenty of better alternatives out there... (Score 1) 241

by m2pc (#36968798) Attached to: .NET Gadgeteer — Microsoft's Arduino Killer?
I'd rather have one of these: http://www.mbed.org/ I've been using these for personal projects and various tasks at work, and they've been a dream to work with, especially coming from the world of closed-source, proprietary PIC microcontrollers and the expensive compilers they require to get a decent high-level language working.
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Apple Releases IOS 4.3 Beta To Developers 101

Posted by samzenpus
from the taking-it-for-a-test-drive dept.
m2pc writes "Apple has just released iOS 4.3 beta to developers. New features include: Developer access to AirPlay API, Four and Five-finger gestures, and the return of the hardware orientation lock for iPad, a feature that upset many when Apple suddenly removed this feature with no software option to re-enable it. Also interesting to note is the lack of mention of the Mobile Hotspot feature rumored to be included in 4.3 for all iOS devices by the Verizon announcement yesterday."

Apple releases iOS 4.3 beta to developers->

Submitted by m2pc
m2pc writes "Apple has just relased iOS 4.3 beta to developers. New features include: Developer access to AirPlay API, Four and Five-finger gestures, and the return of the hardware orientation lock for iPad, a feature that upset many when Apple suddenly removed this feature with no software option to re-enable it. Also interesting to note is the lack of mention of the Mobile Hotspot feature rumored to be included in 4.3 for all iOS devices by the Verizon announcement yesterday."
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Comment: Yeah right (Score 1) 676

by m2pc (#34270634) Attached to: Is Linux At the End of Its Life Cycle?
Having recently installed several more Linux boxes at work and home after being away from Linux for awhile, I am once again reminded how elegant and efficient the Linux OS really is. It was actually a fun project to install, configure, and add packages to these machines. Unlike installing a new Windows box where I need to reboot at least 3 times in order for it to pull down all the required updates, this was refreshing and reaffirmed my appreciation of the Linux OS. Linux isn't going away any time soon, sorry.

Comment: Re:Not as Sharp (Score 5, Insightful) 378

by m2pc (#33757938) Attached to: Google Releases New Image Format Called WebP
I disagree. Look at images #3 and #4. The WebP versions are clearly sharper and more detailed than their JPEG counterparts. Other than that, the rest of the images are so close it's difficult to tell which is better. For a 39% size reduction, I think WebP has a clear advantage over JPEG. Some questions remaining are a) will companies actually adopt WebP and popularize it, or will it die a quiet death, and b) how CPU and memory-intensive is the algorithm to implement compared to JPEG, especially in mobile devices with limited resources and CPU power?

Comment: Use Python (Score 1) 426

by m2pc (#32357922) Attached to: For Automated Testing, Better Alternatives To DOS Batch Files?
I've done a lot of scripting for Windows in Python lately and I must say it's been a pure joy. There'a a TON of APIs and it's very easy to whip up something powerful quickly. You should be able to find an easy way to talk to the LAN printers (via sockets, etc.) and sending email from Python is also a breeze.

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