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winrar and alz

Filed under: smalltalk — fri13th December 15, 2007 @ 2:37 pm

i used zipplus only because it supports alzip’s alz format. alz is an awkward derivation of zip, very popular in korea. korean people use alz because alz supports splitted zip and is free and fancy and its menu is korean.

but alzip isn’t my type. it’s default format is alz, not zip. alz will not be supported by linux or mac. and except korean none in the world can extract it.

finally i decided not to use any alz file. it’s the right way. i started to use winrar from when i installed vista64 in my home pc. winrar is so fast, it supports dual core cpu. of course rar’s icon sucks, but i can endure..

KiTTY, PuTTY’s very nice clone!

Filed under: programming, smalltalk — fri13th October 23, 2007 @ 10:49 am

i always wonder why there’s any terminal that supports transparency mode in windows. my main purpose of using mac is just using iTerm, seriously.  today, i found some good term for windows. it’s cool and cute! it is based on PuTTY 0.6, and so there’s nothing to worry about ssh terminal features ^_^

http://www.9bis.net/kitty/

unforking of webkit and khtml

Filed under: smalltalk, web2.0 — fri13th July 25, 2007 @ 5:23 pm

though i don’t like safari, it’s a great news.  most people think good browser is only in pc. but the pmp, cell phone or many consumer electronics will get their own browser someday, and the total count of browser will be more than pc. so this is a good decision, desktop browser’s market is already taken by ms ie. and because it’s a game of monopoly, the share will not be changed so drastically. but embedded browser market is different. you can’t choose or complain or uninstall, in most case. now the time is coming soon, everybody have to learn ie is not the default browser for internet.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/07/23/the-unforking-of-kdes-khtml-and-webkit

wmrecorder

Filed under: smalltalk, want — fri13th June 25, 2007 @ 3:40 pm

windows media recorder, not from MS.. it records all kind of streaming media except flash, flash is not a streaming media itself.. when capturing, you don’t even need to click the link.. it automatically captures streaming packet. so, cool.. very useful to me who loves music and musician..

FizzBuzz Problem

Filed under: programming, smalltalk — fri13th May 11, 2007 @ 1:01 pm

the famous FizzBuzz Problem.

this is my solution, it takes 5 min (if(!0) doesn’t work, so i have to use ==0, it takes about 3min), and i revise it in another 3 min to remove a temporary variable, and make code neat.

#!/usr/bin/perl
for $i (1..100) {
    print $i if $i%3&&$i%5;
    print "Fizz" if $i%3==0;
    print "Buzz" if $i%5==0;
    print "\n";
}
of course i can solve by using many other language.. but the basic is the same.. someone might save some character, but i don’t want to ruin the readablity nor main concept of algorithm.

http://tickletux.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/using-fizzbuzz-to-find-developers-who-grok-coding/

P.S. i can remove two mod operations by using a temp varibale, but i can’t say it’s right or wrong..

P.P.S. i found more simple solution from internet.. this code is just what i imagine.. cool..
print(($_%3?"":Fizz).($_%5?"":Buzz)or$_) for(1..100)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr died today

Filed under: smalltalk — fri13th April 12, 2007 @ 5:30 pm

i feel very sad  that  he was one of the great writer in 20 century and i learned many things including satiric humor from him.

my favorite phrase is "love may fail, but courtesy may prevail" in jailbird. nobody can’t express life simpler than him.

Rest In Peace, and see you~

article

20 different ways to manage your to dos

Filed under: smalltalk, web2.0 — fri13th March 7, 2007 @ 6:03 pm

it’s a very useful article for managing to-do list. actually if you know what to do, it’s not so difficult to do it. but if you forget, you can’t get what you want forever. i think you may need this article just like me :-)

http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/07/20-different-ways-to-manage-your-to-dos/

and more opinions here!
http://lifehacker.com/software/todo-manager/20-ways-to-manage-todos-227023.php

fail rate problem

Filed under: smalltalk — fri13th December 12, 2006 @ 10:30 am

if you’ve got a good chance, and it’s fail rate is only 1%,
in other words, you can win 99% of cases, i think you should do that.

but this chance looks very small, if you iterate it again and again, the fail rate gets bigger

about 65 iteration, you can get 50%.
about 100 iteration, 63.4%
about 200 iteration, 86.6%
about 400 iteration, 98.3%

think before what you do, the world is not so sweet place.
whatever you do, you may fail someday.
(maybe insurance helps you.. or true everlasting love ^_^ )

about 9.11

Filed under: smalltalk — fri13th September 11, 2006 @ 9:48 pm

i read someone’s article about memorating today. there was a big and successful terror in newyork, america, 5 years ago. that made doller and yen very weak, and that reason i earn more money(i earn by won and spend by yen). that’s the way the world goes.. no absolute evil, no absolute good.. it’s somewhat ironic..

aardvark

Filed under: smalltalk — fri13th September 2, 2006 @ 11:42 am

Aardvark is usually considered the first noun in the English dictionary, although some do precede it such as "aa" and "aabec".

The Aardvark is nocturnal and a solitary creature that feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites; the only fruit eaten by aardvarks is the aardvark cucumber. An Aardvark emerges from its burrow in the late afternoon or shortly after sunset, and forages over a considerable home range, swinging its long nose from side to side to pick up the scent of food. When a concentration of ants or termites is found, the Aardvark digs into it with its powerful front legs, keeping its long ears upright to listen for predators, and takes up an astonishing number of insects with its long, sticky tongue—as many as 50,000 in one night has been recorded. It is an exceptionally fast digger, but otherwise moves rather slowly.

Aside from digging out ants and termites, the Aardvark also excavates burrows to live in: temporary sites scattered around the home range as refuges, and the main burrow which is used for breeding. Main burrows can be deep and extensive, have several entrances, and can be as much as 13 meters long. The Aardvark changes the layout of its home burrow regularly, and from time to time moves on and makes a new one. Only mothers and young share burrows.

After a gestation period of 7 months, a single cub weighing around 2 kg is born, and is able to leave the burrow to accompany its mother after only two weeks. At six months of age it is digging its own burrows, but it will often remain with the mother until the next mating season. The Aardvarks can grow older than 20 years in captivity.

 

from wikipedia

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