I started programming in Python early 2004. At the time, I considered myself primarily a Java developer. When I began using Python I was impressed with how much more effective it made me as a developer. Only a few lines of code could accomplish actual tangible functionality. Python has given me a choice of being able to go object-oriented or ( Read more... )

In my opinion, the telecommuting will soon become prevalent and "the office"v 2.0 will morph to downsize in a ratio of 4:1. The transition will be driven by three major forces: cost-effectiveness, the shift in computational paradigm, plus advances in the art of social engineering ( Read more... )

Windows 7
C:\Users\ioffe>ping 192.168.1.63
Pinging 192.168.1.63 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.12: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.12: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.12: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.12: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.63:
Packets: Sent = 4 ( Read more... )

This article wins my personal award of the year.

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So I assembled my nice and shiny upgrades into my desktop computer. It was not upgraded for at least 5 years and and that update was long time overdue. I bought Asus M4A79T with Phenom II 955 CPU, 6 GB CORSAIR DDR3 1TB WD Caviar hardrive, SATA SonyOptiArc burner. Nice stuff, well spent $500 dollars.

Windows XP refused to boot with these rather ( Read more... )

SELECT CASE
WHEN (select count(*) from groups WHERE id = 1) THEN
(select COALESCE(Min(a.id), 0) + 1 FROM groups a LEFT JOIN groups b
ON a.id + 1 = b.id WHERE b.id is null)
ELSE 1
END;

It was a huge project even by my low standards. So much energy and work put, neglect to the family, problems at work, temporal insanity. In one week it will be over. Hooray, I will never work so much in my life. EVER ( Read more... )

In Quartz 2D, an affine transformation matrix is used to rotate, scale, translate, or skew the objects you draw in a graphics context. The CGAffineTransform type provides functions for creating, concatenating, and applying affine transformations.

In Quartz, affine transforms are represented by a 3 by 3 matrix:


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