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speff | 1 Aug 02:03
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Re: [PIC] MASTERs 2009 -- who is attending?

Quoting Herbert Graf <hkgraf <at> gmail.com>:

> On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 21:17 +0200, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> brusque.listas <at> citronics.com.br wrote:
>>
>> >     It seens there are 7 PicList guys attending the conference:
>> >
>> >     Vitality
>> >     Tony Vandiver
>> >     Spehro Pefhany
>> >     Marcel Duchamp
>> >     Clint Sharp
>> >     Edson Brusque
>> >     Olin Lathrop
>> >
>> >     Best regards,
>> >
>> >     Brusque

I've got a D  300 with me, but the only one I've run across was
Olin at the DP lunch.

>>
>> Now, the only thing missing is a group photo... :-)
>> Doesn't everyone walk around with a digital camera these days ?
>
> Heck, considering almost every cell phone has a camera many people
> probably walk around with 2 all day... :) I know at times my car has
> about 5 digital cameras in it at a time...
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Tamas Rudnai | 1 Aug 02:09
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Re: [OT] Help me select a new laptop for work

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:14 PM, William Couture <bcouture <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> > 2. It has a wide screen which is again great for films, terrible for
> > programming (less lines can be shown on the screen)
>
> Am I the only person left on earth who still programs in an 80 x 25 text
> window?

I started with 40x24 I think on Apple ][ and then I got a special card that
was capable of 80x24 which was something very advanced by that time :-) On
PC when the EGA screen appeared I always switched to 80x50 or 60 can't
remember, and with VGA to 132x60. Nowadays mostly I am splitting the screen
so actually I would not see too many lines from one file actually, but if I
do I quite like that I can see the entire function at once. Actually I would
prefer if the screen was higher than wider and with some LCD it is possible
to rotate by 90 degrees -- not with my laptop screen though.

Tamas

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Xiaofan Chen | 1 Aug 03:42
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Re: [OT] Help me select a new laptop for work

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Herbert Graf<hkgraf <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I've long been annoyed with the low resolution of laptop screens. About
> 5 years ago I purchased a Dell laptop with a 1440x1050 screen, I loved
> it! Even today it's hard to find a decent laptop with that many pixels.

The Dell Inspiron 600M I bought in 2003 has this 1440x1050 screen.
The Dell Latitude D610 at work has this 1440x1050 screen as well.

> Part of the problem is cost, another I believe is demand. Many people
> have poor eyesight and simply don't benefit from the higher res (all the
> icons are too small).

I am used to it. My eyesight is not that good but I do not really need
to wear glasses for daily life.

> This has most annoyed me with the netbook market, it took them a long
> time to get to 1024x600 (800x480 was a joke, there are cell phones with
> that many pixels), and a year later they're still basically stuck there.
> There is the odd machine with 1360x768, but it's very rare.
>
> I would LOVE to have a 10" netbook with a ~1440x900 screen, but I don't
> think it exists, if it does surely not for a decent price.

Since I do not need the mobility Netbook offers, I am not into
netbook any time soon.

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Funny NYPD | 1 Aug 04:09
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Re: [OT] Help me select a new laptop for work

There is few laptop has serial port, even most of the desktop only include one serial port these days.

Dell used to carry a Business laptop which got one serial port, not sure they still carry these. Maybe some
special order can be placed for large orders.

We have a few Toshiba laptops which doesn't have a serial port at all, so our lab guy always use USB to serial
converters for product tests, so far we got no issue at all. 

Here are a USB to serial products we found working good and offer on our online store:
http://www.auelectronics.com/products/adp-usb-232.html

This PL2303 based USB/Serial converter comes with a power LED (which is a hard to find feature, it is kind of
dim though, I personally like it since my FTDI based converter is so bright, it hurts eyes sometime.) and
works as fast as a motherboard integrated serial port. 

We have found that FTDI chip based USB to serial port are really slow on all of our MCU communication
application, such as bootloading. FTDI USB converter works, but only got about 1/4 speed of a pl-2303
based USB/Serial converter. 

Anybody knows why? We got both products in the lab, the technician who got FTDI USB/Serial  converters
constantly complain the speed is slow comparing with the pl-2303 USB/Serial converters. Could it just be
a driver issue.

We got a tutorial on install driver for FTDI USB/Serial converter here:
http://www.auelectronics.com/Q9.htm

 Funny N.
Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com
http://www.AuElectronics.com/products
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Funny NYPD | 1 Aug 04:42
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Re: [OT] Help me select a new laptop for work

>The Dell Inspiron 600M I bought in 2003 has this 1440x1050 screen.
>The Dell Latitude D610 at work has this 1440x1050 screen as well.
Where did you find these, I can change the setting, but doesn't know where to find these hardware specs. I got
a Toshiba.

>Since I do not need the mobility Netbook offers, I am not into
>netbook any time soon.
I didn't like a netbook either. My sister just bought a regular laptop for US$299 at local Walmart store. It
really sounds like a good deal. 3G RAM, 160G hard drive, AMD Sempron CPU, wifi, etc.

 Funny N.
Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com
http://www.AuElectronics.com/products
http://augroups.blogspot.com/

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From: Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc <at> gmail.com>
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. <piclist <at> mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:42:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Help me select a new laptop for work

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Herbert Graf<hkgraf <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I've long been annoyed with the low resolution of laptop screens. About
> 5 years ago I purchased a Dell laptop with a 1440x1050 screen, I loved
> it! Even today it's hard to find a decent laptop with that many pixels.

The Dell Inspiron 600M I bought in 2003 has this 1440x1050 screen.
The Dell Latitude D610 at work has this 1440x1050 screen as well.
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Sean Breheny | 1 Aug 05:18
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Re: [OT] I have several simple sentences, that are needed to translate from English to Polish

Is there a particular reason why you translated it into Greek instead
of Polish? ;)

2009/7/31 Carey Fisher <careyfisher <at> ncsradio.com>:
> Εάν έχετε ένα πρόβλημα που δεν έχει λυθεί από
οποιοδήποτε άλλοδήποτε ψυχικό
> ή spiritualist, καλέστε έπειτα Κα Μαρία αμέσως. Και όλα τα
προβλήματά σας θα
> λυθεί για πάντα. Όλες οι επιθυμίες σας εκπληρώνεται
και εγγυάται. Μπορεί να
> λύσει την επιχείρηση, οικονομικός, τη σταδιοδρομία
και προβλήματα με την
> κατάθλιψη. Είστε που χωρίζεστε από το πρόσωπο
αγαπάτε; Έχετε εσωτερικό
> προβλήματα με το σύζυγο, τη σύζυγο ή τα παιδιά σας;
Χρειάζεστε τη βοήθεια με
> τα ζητήματα υγείας, διαγωνισμοί, μελέτες, νομικά
θέματα, μετανάστευση,
> άδειες εργασίες, ή οποιαδήποτε άλλαδήποτε
προβλήματα; Είστε εσείς ή μια άλλη
> οικογένεια member' ζωή του s που επηρεάζεται με κάθε
τρόπο από τη ζηλοτυπία,
> αρνητικότητα, μαύρα μαγικά, κακά πνεύματα και
αισθάνεστε ανίσχυροι επειδή τα
> προβλήματά σας αυξάνονται καθημερινά; Κατόπιν δεν
πρέπει περιμένετε να
> καλέσετε την κα Μαρία. Θα βάλει το μυαλό σας άνετα. Θα
σας καθοδηγήσει από
> το σκοτάδι και το φως.
>
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solarwind | 1 Aug 05:16
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Re: [OT] Reliable Windows to Windows File Transfer over LAN

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Richard Benfield<piclist <at> 450se.co.uk> wrote:
> Microsoft's free synctoy will do exactly what you want
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&DisplayLang=en

Thanks, all. I'll check all these options out.
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Vitaliy | 1 Aug 06:41

Re: [PIC] MASTERs 2009 -- who is attending?

brusque.listas <at> citronics.com.br wrote:
>    Maybe we should arrange a meeting?

Definitivitively! Tomorrow's our last chance to have a decent conversation, 
and take a group picture. Here's my cell, now in OPEN TEXT: 602 284-1527. 
Please remember that I don't check my email at the conference, so text or 
call.

Sorry I had to run off so quickly, the guy who is carpooling with me had 
been waiting for me for over two hours while I was having "dinner with a 
Microchip Executive". Here's a picture of you and Tony:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40948189 <at> N05/3777143482/

By the way, the guy who was sitting next to me is a president of the company 
who made Stephen Hawking's talking machine. It's amazing how many 
interesting people I got to meet at this year's conference. Richard Simoncic 
(Microchip's VP or Analog & Interface division) is a great, down-to-earth 
guy too.

Vitaliy 

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Lucas | 1 Aug 07:41
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RE: [OT] Reliable Windows to Windows File Transfer over LAN


Original link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncToy

There are a couple of problems reported about SyncToy in the above page:

Certain file types (including JPEG images and WMA audio files) become
corrupted when synchronised to some Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.
The corruption happens to the files stored on the NAS itself. This is
something that affects SyncToy 2.0 and according to an employee, Microsoft
has identified the problem and is working to provide a fix as of 12 March
2009.

The current version of SyncToy, release 2.0, does not operate reliably under
Windows XP. The system will hang up or slow down dramatically even under
simple synchronizing operations. This has been reported to Microsoft but has
not been resolved as late as June 2009. Forum discussions often recommend
that users install an older version of SyncToy for use in XP systems.
Unfortunately, there are no older versions available for download from the
Microsoft Website.

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solarwind
Sent: July 31, 2009 11:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [OT] Reliable Windows to Windows File Transfer over LAN

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Richard Benfield<piclist <at> 450se.co.uk>
wrote:
> Microsoft's free synctoy will do exactly what you want
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Clint Sharp | 1 Aug 10:24
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Re: [PIC] MASTERs 2009 -- who is attending?

In message <29efcab482f349a161388a09dea83049 <at> mail.citronics.com.br>, 
brusque.listas <at> citronics.com.br writes
>
>Hello Tony,
>
>>I'm in DSP1 and 2 classes all day today.
>
>    I've been in that two classes yesterday also. I was the guy on the
>first row, with a yellow polo t-shirt.
>
>    Maybe we should arrange a meeting?
>
>    What about at 12:30 on the lunch room? I'm with a dark green t-shirt
>with long sleeves.
>
>    I'll also be at the lunch room at about 19:00. I'll try to sit close to
>the main room entrance so it would be easy to someone to see me.
>
>    It seens there are 7 PicList guys attending the conference:
>
>    Vitality
>    Tony Vandiver
>    Spehro Pefhany
>    Marcel Duchamp
>    Clint Sharp
Ahh, I'd rather be there than here but sadly it's not to be.
>    Olin Lathrop
>
>    Best regards,
>
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