Comments for darkness http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Charge rate for NiMH batteries by Bob Roberts http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2008/12/27/330#comment-78582 Bob Roberts Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:29:36 +0000 http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/?p=330#comment-78582 I have a question about the charging rate for the new 2300 mAh NiMH batteries I just purchased to replace the 1300 mAh battery pack that originally came in my portable radio. The new batteries are flat tops and came with solder tabs that I need for a battery pack I'm going to put together and install in the radio. The radio came with a wall charger that plugs into the radio and delivers a charge of 100 mA at 6 volts. In other words, I'm stuck with this charger and need to know if I'll be damaging, or shortening the life of the batteries, charging them at such a slow rate. I ask this question because I read somewhere that NiMH batteries don't like long charges. By the way, I recently purchased the Maha MH-C9000 -- which I have not used yet -- in order to condition my new batteries. B. Roberts I have a question about the charging rate for the new 2300 mAh NiMH batteries I just purchased to replace the 1300 mAh battery pack that originally came in my portable radio. The new batteries are flat tops and came with solder tabs that I need for a battery pack I’m going to put together and install in the radio. The radio came with a wall charger that plugs into the radio and delivers a charge of 100 mA at 6 volts.

In other words, I’m stuck with this charger and need to know if I’ll be damaging, or shortening the life of the batteries, charging them at such a slow rate. I ask this question because I read somewhere that NiMH batteries don’t like long charges. By the way, I recently purchased the Maha MH-C9000 — which I have not used yet — in order to condition my new batteries.

B. Roberts

]]> Comment on Putting Visio diagrams into LyX/LaTeX by inaki http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2004/07/02/150#comment-78509 inaki Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:43:44 +0000 /?p=150#comment-78509 Congratulations Jonathan! As said the classic and always useful Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V worked just perfect between the two applications. It's nice to see this kind of extremely simple solutions amongst others such as converting to pdf, then to eps, then ... Just one little thing, Lyx asks you where to find the resulting EMF file, not EPS Congratulations Jonathan!

As said the classic and always useful Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V worked just perfect between the two applications. It’s nice to see this kind of extremely simple solutions amongst others such as converting to pdf, then to eps, then …

Just one little thing, Lyx asks you where to find the resulting EMF file, not EPS

]]> Comment on Putting Visio diagrams into LyX/LaTeX by Manuel http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2004/07/02/150#comment-78276 Manuel Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:12:42 +0000 /?p=150#comment-78276 The easiest solution for me is to use Visio 2007. This program has the possibility of exporting directly to PDF. The only problem is the bounding box, but it's quite easy to solve in Visio, because you can configure the page of your drawing to have the size of only the content of your design. If you use PdfLatex then this is, in my opinion, the best and easiest solution. The easiest solution for me is to use Visio 2007. This program has the possibility of exporting directly to PDF. The only problem is the bounding box, but it’s quite easy to solve in Visio, because you can configure the page of your drawing to have the size of only the content of your design. If you use PdfLatex then this is, in my opinion, the best and easiest solution.

]]> Comment on Linux and directed broadcasts by darkness http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/226#comment-77589 darkness Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:21:04 +0000 http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/226#comment-77589 I actually did write a little daemon in Python to receive and forward directed broadcasts. Unfortunately I no longer work at that job, and the source code is the property of my former employer. You can write something quick and dirty to do this in an afternoon. I think the hardest part was figuring out how to specify which interface to listen/send on (some Linux specific ioctls, perhaps). I actually did write a little daemon in Python to receive and forward directed broadcasts. Unfortunately I no longer work at that job, and the source code is the property of my former employer.

You can write something quick and dirty to do this in an afternoon. I think the hardest part was figuring out how to specify which interface to listen/send on (some Linux specific ioctls, perhaps).

]]> Comment on Putting Visio diagrams into LyX/LaTeX by Lasse http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2004/07/02/150#comment-77463 Lasse Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:26:53 +0000 /?p=150#comment-77463 Hi! I can recommend Mathias' solution - I have just tried it on my Vista installation - and it works perfect with Visio 2007 and LaTeX (miktex distri)! Please note that "hvemerhan.dk" links to an old WMF2EPS printer driver - so, if you are using vista, then download the new driver from <a href="http://blog.schappy.de/archive/2007/04/29/wmf2eps-for-vista/" rel="nofollow">this site </a>.. Hi!

I can recommend Mathias’ solution - I have just tried it on my Vista installation - and it works perfect with Visio 2007 and LaTeX (miktex distri)!

Please note that “hvemerhan.dk” links to an old WMF2EPS printer driver - so, if you are using vista, then download the new driver from this site ..

]]> Comment on Linux and directed broadcasts by Robert Woodcock http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/226#comment-77346 Robert Woodcock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:59:02 +0000 http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2006/02/22/226#comment-77346 I find myself in an uncannily similar situation. If you wound up writing such a helper app, could you please post a link to it or email it to rcw@blarg.net? I find myself in an uncannily similar situation. If you wound up writing such a helper app, could you please post a link to it or email it to rcw@blarg.net?

]]> Comment on Putting Visio diagrams into LyX/LaTeX by Jonathan Thomas http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2004/07/02/150#comment-76883 Jonathan Thomas Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:27:29 +0000 /?p=150#comment-76883 OK guys this is 2009 - to simply get your diagram in: Open up your Lyx 1.6. Open your Visio diagram. In Visio, select the part of your diagram you want and copy (Ctrl+C). Go to Lyx, and position the caret where you want to insert. Paste. (Ctrl+V) Yes, it's really that simple. Cut and paste between apps. Lyx will automatically create the eps for you - after you hit paster, it will pop a dialog box asking you where you want to save the resultant eps file. So simple and beautiful! OK guys this is 2009 - to simply get your diagram in:
Open up your Lyx 1.6.
Open your Visio diagram.
In Visio, select the part of your diagram you want and copy (Ctrl+C).
Go to Lyx, and position the caret where you want to insert.
Paste. (Ctrl+V)

Yes, it’s really that simple. Cut and paste between apps. Lyx will automatically create the eps for you - after you hit paster, it will pop a dialog box asking you where you want to save the resultant eps file. So simple and beautiful!

]]> Comment on Putting Visio diagrams into LyX/LaTeX by Stoyan http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2004/07/02/150#comment-76648 Stoyan Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:19:58 +0000 /?p=150#comment-76648 I found an extremely easy way to do it. I use cutepdf printer to print visio drawings. The size of the sheet is the size of the paper so that there are no white spaces around. Then I simply include picturename.pdf. It comes out really nice. I found an extremely easy way to do it. I use cutepdf printer to print visio drawings. The size of the sheet is the size of the paper so that there are no white spaces around. Then I simply include picturename.pdf. It comes out really nice.

]]> Comment on PCI vs. PCI-X vs. PCI Express by Jon http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2005/08/19/201#comment-76643 Jon Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:35:20 +0000 http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2005/08/19/201#comment-76643 There were some experimental 233mhz PCI-X cards made, but they found that any higher frequency was simply not going to work because the distance for the wave got too short. This is all kind of moot now, of course, since PCI-E has completely taken over and is currently working towards the 2.0 standard (3.0 apparently has been delayed until 2011 now) There were some experimental 233mhz PCI-X cards made, but they found that any higher frequency was simply not going to work because the distance for the wave got too short.

This is all kind of moot now, of course, since PCI-E has completely taken over and is currently working towards the 2.0 standard (3.0 apparently has been delayed until 2011 now)

]]> Comment on Linux audio strikes back by diggers http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2007/12/25/293#comment-76490 diggers Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:15:49 +0000 http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2007/12/25/293#comment-76490 I found that I had a rogue firefox running which had devoured 86% of available ram. Seems my player, audacious, was trying to get a chunk larger than what was left and failing with these IPC problems. mplayer, which I think just buffers a tiny amounnt, worked just fine. Kill -9 process, problem resolved. I found that I had a rogue firefox running which had devoured 86% of available ram. Seems my player, audacious, was trying to get a chunk larger than what was left and failing with these IPC problems. mplayer, which I think just buffers a tiny amounnt, worked just fine. Kill -9 process, problem resolved.

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