Re: my attempt for a new endeavour: debugging2day - Linux/C/C++-centric debugging methodologies online E-zine
Hi Guy, On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:41:13 +0200 guy keren guy.choo.ke...@gmail.com wrote: for want of a shorter name ;) i started this last year, then got a little lazy - and now that the world didn't come to an end, decided to give it a second go - and this time, even tell people about this :0 http://debugging2day.wordpress.com/ if anyone has comments, or has ideas or requests for article topics (assuming they are within my grasp) - feel free to share. I find debugging to be an interesting topic because I spend a lot of time debugging (even when I have a comprehensive test suite which mitigates part of this problem) and have also contributed to some of the various perl's debuggers, recently as part of a (mostly) successfully finished Perl Foundation grant. However... I found your debugging2day blog a little lacking, and I'll try to explain while giving what I hope is constructive criticism: 1. The first thing is that it is too full of long prose. In order to spice up web hypertext, one can use various visual aids: uls and ols , headers, hyperlinks, text in bold, images (but not animations or Adobe Flash applets please though) such as diagrams, screenshots or photos, etc. etc. You have it a little but you should include more of that. 2. I agree with what Joel Spolsky says here - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BestSoftwareWriting.html - that the best way to make a point in an essay is to tell a story that exemplifies it instead of giving advice in a pie-in-the-sky or preachy way. Maybe I have missed some things there but I don't see a lot of actual stories there to pique my interest. 3. For some reason, I find it hard to concentrate on reading the text in http://debugging2day.wordpress.com/ - maybe the font is too small, or the grey text (at least I think it is grey) has too little contrast with the white background or something, but I think it can be made to be more usable and inviting and so more people will be inclined to read it. Arguably, I have violated some of these principles in some of my posts (a lot of which I'm not sure if anyone bothered to read, but I still like to write them), but see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque . Regards, Shlomi Fish -- - Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ UNIX Fortune Cookies - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/ I’d do Windows-- , but this may result in an integer underflow. — an Israeli Linuxer. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Fwd: [Israel.pm] Two Books for Giveaway: O'Reilly's DNS Bind 4th Edition and O'Reilly's Postfix: The Definitive Guide
Hi all, Forwarding from my GMail account because the Linux-IL mail server threw a fit due to sending my message. Please email me at my @shlomifish.org account (CCed to this message). I should note that I have one taker for the DNS Bind book, but he asked me to send it to him overseas, which I'm only willing if they pay for the shipment cost, which I'm not sure if will happen yet. Regards, -- Shlomi Fish -- Forwarded message -- From: Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org Date: Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:11 PM Subject: [Israel.pm] Two Books for Giveaway: O'Reilly's DNS Bind 4th Edition and O'Reilly's Postfix: The Definitive Guide To: Perl in Israel p...@perl.org.il Hi all, I am giving away these two books: * Postfix: The Definitive Guide (the pages are usable but the cover has strips of air or something like that and accumulated some dirt) * DNS Bind - 4th edition Both from O'Reilly, here are the books' homepages: * http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002121.do (Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Postfix-Definitive-Kyle-Dent-D/dp/0596002122 ) * http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596001582.do (Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/BIND-Fourth-Edition-Paul-Albitz/dp/0596001584/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1357650400sr=8-1keywords=dns+bind+4th+edition - apparently there are some later versions ) You can pick one or both up from my apartment in Ramat Aviv Gimel (or we can meet in the nearby shopping centre), or alternatively in a meeting of any of the local software enthusiasts' club in Tel Aviv or vicinity. Note: by giving away these books I don't mean to imply that they are bad ones, or much less that I dislike the software applications and protocols that they cover, just that I don't have much use for them. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- - Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ UNIX Fortune Cookies - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/ Chuck Norris is the reason why the Knights who until Recently Said “Ni”, are no longer saying “Ni”. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . ___ Perl mailing list p...@perl.org.il http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl -- -- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware
On 2013-01-05 21:53, Shlomo Solomon wrote: Ther are cheaper ones on e-bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2800mAh-External-Backup-Battery-Charger-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-GT-N7000-i9220-/110787029613?pt=PDA_Accessorieshash=item19cb6bea6d I have a similar one marked as 1500 mAh that gives my Galaxy S a 50-60% charge. So since this is marked 2800 mAh, I'd guess it would give a full charge. And it's only $11, including shipping to Israel. What does the mAh have to do with a full charge? I though that was a volt thing. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware
mAh is a measure of the capacity to deliver that voltage. You know a battery doesn't last forever. If you suck a lot of current out of it, it will empty sooner. If you suck only a little current, it will last longer. mAh is milli Amp Hours, so a 1500 mAh cell can deliver 1500 mA for one hour, or 150 mA for 10 hours, etc. In reality it is not a perfectly linear relationship, but it is a useful number for reference and comparison. HTH, Michael On 01/08/2013 07:27 AM, vordoo wrote: On 2013-01-05 21:53, Shlomo Solomon wrote: Ther are cheaper ones on e-bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2800mAh-External-Backup-Battery-Charger-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-GT-N7000-i9220-/110787029613?pt=PDA_Accessorieshash=item19cb6bea6d I have a similar one marked as 1500 mAh that gives my Galaxy S a 50-60% charge. So since this is marked 2800 mAh, I'd guess it would give a full charge. And it's only $11, including shipping to Israel. What does the mAh have to do with a full charge? I though that was a volt thing. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
