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Monday, September 13, 2010

jQuery

jQuery is an AJAX JavaScript library for client side manipulation of DOM elements.

Check it at the following sites:

http://jquery.org/

http://www.learningjquery.com/

http://jqueryui.com/

http://plugins.jquery.com/

http://jquery.com/

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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P Is not equal to NP

Vinay Deolalikar, a mathematician working at HP Labs, has demonstrated a solution to the P versus NP problem to determine whether problems that can be verified in polynomial time can also be solved in polynomial time.


His paper may be found @ http://www.win.tue.nl/~gwoegi/P-versus-NP/Deolalikar.pdf

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Hello World!

"Hello World!" is the title of a Python programming book for Kids. It is by Warren D. Sande and Carter Sande: see http://www.manning.com/sande/

Friday, August 6, 2010

Detours

Detours, from Microsoft Research, is an API for detouring Win32 and application APIs. Find it @ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/detours/.

Pex

Microsoft Research has released Pex Power Tool for Visual Studio, which is an automated White box Testing system for .NET. You can find it @ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/pex/.

Pex uses Moles (another project) which is a lightweight framework for test stubs and detours in .NET that is based on delegates. Moles may be used to detour any .NET method, including non-virtual/static methods in sealed types and is available for free @ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/moles/

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Engkoo

Engkoo, at www.engkoo.com , is written in Chinese with two characters meaning "English" and "vault."

It has a core of translation data that Microsoft draws from sources such as dictionaries, which it licenses from their publishers. That content is mixed with data that Microsoft gleans by such methods as sweeping the Web for sites with parallel Chinese and English versions.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Abbott, Costello, and Computer

An adaptation of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's famous sketch, "Who's on First?":



COSTELLO calls to buy a computer from Abbot.

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'.

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes.. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on 'START'.....….…

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