Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Windows XP downloads, Power Toys
Windows XP downloads - Microsoft Windows
- TweakUI: lets you stack icons on the taskbar already, already at the 2nd instance; various other features
- Alt+Tab Replacement
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
download.oracle.com (doc): WebLogic Scripting Tool
Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool:
"The WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) is a command-line scripting interface that system administrators and operators use to monitor and manage WebLogic Server instances and domains. The WLST scripting environment is based on the Java scripting interpreter, Jython. In addition to WebLogic scripting functions, you can use common features of interpreted languages, including local variables, conditional variables, and flow control statements. WebLogic Server developers and administrators can extend the WebLogic scripting language to suit their environmental needs by following the Jython language syntax. See http://www.jython.org."
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
InformIT: Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration
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InformIT: Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration
www.scmpatterns.com/book
Looks like there is no e-book version of it.
InformIT: Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration
www.scmpatterns.com/book
Looks like there is no e-book version of it.
Friday, August 26, 2011
openSUSE 11.4 – my main computer should finally get it
Just downloading the "full installation" DVD, as that might me useful during the next couple of weeks in Munich, one of those lonely evenings … ;-)
fill up your stock of business cards: sth. important to do, before you start a new project away from home
Munich, I'm almost on my way, do you hear me?!
I will miss
- the active Ruby / RoR community,
- the just starting Clojure community,
- the Android (user) community (that I was about to join),
- …
- son#2 (I already miss having him around!!!),
- the S.O. (of course),
- …
- my home office (with my printers and my scanner) and the pleasureful silent days there,
- and my own bed.
Alright, I will gain reading and relaxing time in the train (at least on my way back to Berlin), but I have no idea yet, how bad the trips on the train to Munich will get. Deutsche Bahn just announced, the trip Berlin-Munich will take 1 hour longer (until Monday (2011-08-29)), because they will cut trees 30 meters to the left and to the right because of last winter's damages.
Sigh!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Report: Android malware on the rise - The H Security: News and Features
Report: Android malware on the rise - The H Security: News and Features: According to a report from McAfee, Google's Android operating system has become the most targeted mobile platform in just three months. The company also says that there has been "a significant uptick in rootkits"
New interface for Nagios fork, Icinga 1.5 - The H Open Source: News and Features
New interface for Nagios fork, Icinga 1.5 - The H Open Source: News and Features: Version 1.5 of the open source monitoring solution is now available to download; it includes a new pre-installed reporting module and a new user interface
Microsoft signs joint development deal with China's biggest Linux firm - The H Open Source: News and Features
Microsoft signs joint development deal with China's biggest Linux firm - The H Open Source: News and Features: Microsoft will develop cloud products for the Chinese market together with CS2C, based on CS2C's NeoKylin Linux Operating System running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. A lab will also be established to help development and certify the products
UPnP-enabled routers allow attacks on LANs - The H Security: News and Features
UPnP-enabled routers allow attacks on LANs - The H Security: News and Features: Routers by various manufacturers support UPnP on their WAN interfaces. This makes it relatively easy for attackers to infiltrate internal LANs or misuse the routers as proxies for anonymous surfing. A tool demonstrates the problem
Tool causes Apache web server to freeze - The H Security: News and Features
Tool causes Apache web server to freeze - The H Security: News and Features: A flaw in the code for processing headers with range requests can be exploited to cripple an Apache Web Server from a single PC. An "Apache Killer" tool is already in circulation
Engine Yard acquires Orchestra PHP development - The H Open Source: News and Features
Engine Yard acquires Orchestra PHP development - The H Open Source: News and Features:
US-based Ruby on Rails Platform-as-a-Service specialist Engine Yard has acquired Orchestra, adding PHP applications to its offerings
US-based Ruby on Rails Platform-as-a-Service specialist Engine Yard has acquired Orchestra, adding PHP applications to its offerings
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
an Avishai Cohen video/song: "Avram Avinu" (performed in Ladino)
Avishai Cohen - The Official Website - Video: "Avram Avinu"
Ladino is the name used primarily in Israel for Judaeo-Spanish, a Sephardic language, primarily spoken among Sephardic Jews, or for the written form used in religious texts and translations; compare to Ashkenazic Jews' language, Yiddish.
Ladino is the name used primarily in Israel for Judaeo-Spanish, a Sephardic language, primarily spoken among Sephardic Jews, or for the written form used in religious texts and translations; compare to Ashkenazic Jews' language, Yiddish.
Significant other - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Significant other - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think I am going to promote "someone" to S.O. soon, but I am not going to tell her straight. Did not expect this to happen. Looked to complicated and rather impossible a while ago.
Avishai Cohen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Avishai Cohen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I am just noise-SPAM-ming the neighbourhood with his shuvi elai.
It instantly makes me cry, just out of utter emotion.
He is a kibbutznik. Listen to his music on YouTube! Go and buy his music!
Friends can of course have a "look" at my collection of his music, but he really deserves getting supported.
shuvi elai now runs on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and that may just turn out to be a loop.
Here are the lyrics for shuvi elai.
Maybe amongst many other important reasons I love his music, because I love the bass a lot. I really miss playing my Rickenbacker (4001).
He is a kibbutznik. Listen to his music on YouTube! Go and buy his music!
Friends can of course have a "look" at my collection of his music, but he really deserves getting supported.
shuvi elai now runs on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and that may just turn out to be a loop.
Here are the lyrics for shuvi elai.
Maybe amongst many other important reasons I love his music, because I love the bass a lot. I really miss playing my Rickenbacker (4001).
catching up with my accounting before opening my paper mailbox
Last time I opened it was like 5 weeks ago. I wonder, why the incoming letters still fit in.
Google Mail: from forwarding to active polling
I really liked their feature, that I can forward the incoming e-mail to my Google Mail account (and the Google Mail / Google Apps one as well) to my main e-mail account.
But they poke the "Return-Path:" mail header field then, and that makes it unreasonable for use with procmail.
So for the time being I switched them from forwarding to getting polled by fetchmail with SMTP-ing to my standard account.
The new problem to face then: My mobile phone Internet Access does not allow me to do IMAP and SMTP, and most corporate networks just as well. So maybe I let my own server in my home office do this. The downside of that: sometimes messages do not get successfully sent out, and I will never notice them, if that occurs on my (home office) server. In my experience that only occurs to messages with weird sender addresses and so forth – but you never really know that.
Well, we shall see! More valuable experiences to make.
But they poke the "Return-Path:" mail header field then, and that makes it unreasonable for use with procmail.
So for the time being I switched them from forwarding to getting polled by fetchmail with SMTP-ing to my standard account.
The new problem to face then: My mobile phone Internet Access does not allow me to do IMAP and SMTP, and most corporate networks just as well. So maybe I let my own server in my home office do this. The downside of that: sometimes messages do not get successfully sent out, and I will never notice them, if that occurs on my (home office) server. In my experience that only occurs to messages with weird sender addresses and so forth – but you never really know that.
Well, we shall see! More valuable experiences to make.
GIMP 2.7.3 arrives with single-window mode - The H Open Source: News and Features
GIMP 2.7.3 arrives with single-window mode - The H Open Source: News and Features: The latest development branch release of GIMP includes a number of updates to the image editor, such as a fully functional single-window mode and working session management
Google TV brings Android apps to the big screen - The H Open Source: News and Features
Google TV brings Android apps to the big screen - The H Open Source: News and Features: The forthcoming update to Honeycomb will make Google TV devices Android-compatible. Developers can already adapt their applications using the Google TV add-on
From Rails 2.3 to 3.0 - The H Open Source: News and Features
From Rails 2.3 to 3.0 - The H Open Source: News and Features: In this, the first of two articles leading up to the release of Rails 3.1, expected on 30 August, web applications engineer J. Austin Hughey discusses the changes made and new features that were added to Rails between versions 2.3 and 3.0. In the second article he will discuss the new features and improvements coming in version 3.1
Mac OS X Lion fails to check passwords when authenticating via LDAP - The H Security: News and Features
Mac OS X Lion fails to check passwords when authenticating via LDAP - The H Security: News and Features: When the new version of Mac OS X uses the LDAP directory service to store user data centrally, a username alone is sufficient to log onto Mac systems. In some circumstances it is also possible for all users to find themselves locked out
JetBrains releases Meta Programming System 2.0 - The H Open Source: News and Features
JetBrains releases Meta Programming System 2.0 - The H Open Source: News and Features: JetBrains has introduced a new version of its MPS, a system that allows developers to use the "Language-Oriented Programming" paradigm to create their applications. New functions are designed to simplify the development of custom IDEs
CyanogenMod development slows, but will continue - The H Open Source: News and Features
CyanogenMod development slows, but will continue - The H Open Source: News and Features: A posting on the CyanogenMod web site has confirmed that the project will continue, with work on the next version in progress. The recent slowdown in development is due to private commitments of the volunteer developers
SmartOS brings KVM to the Solaris kernel - The H Open Source: News and Features
SmartOS brings KVM to the Solaris kernel - The H Open Source: News and Features: A team of developers from cloud provider Joyent has ported the Linux kernel hypervisor to Illumos' open source OpenSolaris kernel to create a new operating system
definition of the KVM, the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine
definition of the KVM, the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Accelerometer used to log smartphone keystrokes - The H Security: News and Features
Accelerometer used to log smartphone keystrokes - The H Security: News and Features: Researchers have succeeded in using the movement of a smartphone to record keystrokes entered on its on-screen keyboard. A less theoretical threat has reared its head in the shape of GingerMaster, which includes a root exploit for Android 2.3.3
SPDX version 1.0 released - compliance made easier - The H Open Source: News and Features
SPDX version 1.0 released - compliance made easier - The H Open Source: News and Features: The SPDX 1.0 specification aims to standardise the way open source software is labelled to make it easier for companies to analyse how they can comply with licence requirements
Puppy Linux update the "fastest and friendliest" yet - The H Open Source: News and Features
Puppy Linux update the "fastest and friendliest" yet - The H Open Source: News and Features: The latest release of the lightweight Linux distribution - also known as Lucid Puppy - brings new and updated firmware and drivers, as well as a number of under-the-hood changes that make it both faster and more friendly to use
LinuxCon: the present and future of Linux - The H Open Source: News and Features
LinuxCon: the present and future of Linux - The H Open Source: News and Features: The LinuxCon North America 2011 conference is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Linux with numerous VIPs in attendance. Even Linus Torvalds himself took to the stage
Sunday, August 21, 2011
changing the User-Agent string for Android's web browser
Of course there are web-sites, that take into account, whether we visit them as Android or as Desktop or as iPhone or as iPad.
BTW: they all (but WTF is "Desktop") use the webkit rendering engine. Isn't that sort of funny? Firefox's rendering engine is different though.
So where do we change that setting?
Enter about:debug into the location bar. That opens ("Go") a few more entries within the browser's menu and its Settings submenu, one of them is Debug, there you find UAString. E.g. Desktop will allow you to start mail.google.com as within a normal browser, i.e. including the Contacts, whereas Android gives you a leaner version of mail.google.com.
BTW: they all (but WTF is "Desktop") use the webkit rendering engine. Isn't that sort of funny? Firefox's rendering engine is different though.
So where do we change that setting?
Enter about:debug into the location bar. That opens ("Go") a few more entries within the browser's menu and its Settings submenu, one of them is Debug, there you find UAString. E.g. Desktop will allow you to start mail.google.com as within a normal browser, i.e. including the Contacts, whereas Android gives you a leaner version of mail.google.com.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Android.com - Goodies
Android.com - Press/Media: Learn about Android Partners, Developers, Android Market, and more.
Nice pics, quite good to create fan shirts from them.
Nice pics, quite good to create fan shirts from them.
printing from my droid (the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1) to my network printer (a Samsung CLP-315) using the Samsung MobilePrint app
wow, I'm amazed! who would have thought, printing from a droid is that easy?
Can I use keyboard shortcuts while posting on a Blogger blog article? - Blogger Help
Can I use keyboard shortcuts while posting? - Blogger Help
I do experience problems (that I reported about) with the "control + shift" combinations.
I do experience problems (that I reported about) with the "control + shift" combinations.
Friday, August 19, 2011
pjscrape: A web-scraping framework written in Javascript, using PhantomJS and jQuery
pjscrape: A web-scraping framework written in Javascript, using PhantomJS and jQuery: pjscrape by Nick Rabinowitz
A web-scraping framework written in Javascript, using PhantomJS and jQuery
Singing In The Rain (Gene Kelly)
Singing In The Rain - Singing In The Rain (Gene Kelly) [HD Widescreen]: Singing In The Rain - Singing In The Rain performed by Gene Kelly HD 720p Widescreen Upscaled and Cropped
Gets quoted in the Robots movie.
CSI:Internet - Controlled from the beyond - The H Security: News and Features
CSI:Internet - Controlled from the beyond - The H Security: News and Features: When the boss's computer opens confidential emails remotely as if haunted, it is time to call the ghost busters or, even better, a professional forensic IT investigator.
Wind River Linux 4 gains new graphics stack - The H Open Source: News and Features
Wind River Linux 4 gains new graphics stack - The H Open Source: News and Features: Embedded specialist and Intel subsidiary Wind River has announced the release of Update Pack 2 for version 4 of its embedded Linux runtime and development platform, adding a fully integrated graphics stack
XML Schema development approaches - O'Reilly Broadcast
XML Schema development approaches - O'Reilly Broadcast: The way that people approach developing schemas has evolved over the years: each new approach grows out of problems with the status quo (see Hegelian dialectic) but enriches rather than supplants. I thought I would take a little walk through...
Rails gets updates for critical issues in all versions - The H Security: News and Features
Rails gets updates for critical issues in all versions - The H Security: News and Features: "Three updated versions of Rails with critical security fixes have been released: Rails 2.3.14, 3.0.10 and 3.1.0RC6. The release had been delayed waiting for CVE numbers"
Parallel programming: Intel Cilk Plus becomes open source project - The H Open Source: News and Features
Parallel programming: Intel Cilk Plus becomes open source project - The H Open Source: News and Features: "Intel has released its Cilk Plus C/C++ extension as open source code. The extension adds special keywords that provide a framework for building parallel applications"
my procmail rules: sourceforge now also comes as sourceforge.com, not just only sourceforge.net
And that makes me change my procmail rules yet another time.
Not that I ever hoped, this would ever end.
Not that I ever hoped, this would ever end.
"Blogger" (Android Market) vs. "Blog This!" (Chrome Web Store)
Blogger - Android Market
Looks like this is the brother of "Blog This!" (for Chrome and Chromium) for Android.
Bad: It doesn't fill out the title of the blog article to be created.
Bad: It doesn't fill out the title of the blog article to be created.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Galaxy Tab 10.1 as a nice e-book reader
I just imported like 80% of my wonderful PDFs from o'Reilly, PragProg, apress, and PacktPub to that thing.
Firefox 6 arrives officially, but it's hard to tell - The H Security: News and Features
Firefox 6 arrives officially, but it's hard to tell - The H Security: News and Features: "Firefox 6 has been officially released but Mozilla is referring to it as a "Firefox update" as it works to hide version numbers from users. There's also an update for Firefox for Android"
Galaxy Tab 10.1 back on sale in most of Europe - The H Open Source: News and Features
Galaxy Tab 10.1 back on sale in most of Europe - The H Open Source: News and Features: "The injunction which saw Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 blocked from sale around Europe has been dramatically scaled back to just Germany"
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
MoonScript shines on Lua - The H Open Source: News and Features
MoonScript shines on Lua - The H Open Source: News and Features: "MoonScript brings object orientation and a more compact syntax to Lua without sacrificing compatibility"
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. Google Mail Contacts
If you go to Google Mail with GalaxyTab's builtin web browser for looking up your Contacts: they are not there. The web app knows the browser and suppresses the display of the Contacts. That way they make you use the builtin Contacts Android app. That one is not bad or ugly, but I don't like to get my usual way simply removed.
Android ecosystem in peril due to GPL? - The H Open Source: News and Features
Android ecosystem in peril due to GPL? - The H Open Source: News and Features: "Is the Android ecosystem endangered because of section 4 of the GPL? One US IP lawyer thinks so, but does the theory stand up?"
Google attacks Lodsys patents - The H Open Source: News and Features
Google attacks Lodsys patents - The H Open Source: News and Features: "Google has applied to the US Patent Office for the re-examination of two patents owned by Lodsys. The company is currently taking action against several developers of mobile applications for patent infringement"
Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual - O'Reilly Media
Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual - O'Reilly Media
The Android-based Galaxy Tab is the first tablet to rival the iPad in popularity, but learning all of its features and finding the best apps can be tricky—unless you have Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual. This easy-to-use guide from gadget blogger and technology writer Preston Gralla provides clear explanations and step-by-step instructions for using this amazing device. You'll quickly get up to speed on Galaxy Tab's 3G and Wi-Fi versions.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Google Maps with Google Latitude on my Droid? no, no, no, no, no!
Well, there isn't really a measurable amount of people on my Latitude list, but can you imagine, how "funny" this might get for Don Jochen?
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
REPL = Read-eval-print loop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Read-eval-print loop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The article shows, which languages actually have that feature. I am tempted to say, that the majority of the interpreted programming languages have it.
Panthenol (also: Bepanthen) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panthenol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Very, very good for my auricles, when they start with the tendency of drying out.
Very, very good for my auricles, when they start with the tendency of drying out.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
book: Agile in a Flash
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Agile in a Flash
- 2011-09-01/02: work through cards 1 through 14.
- 2011-09-02 – during the ride on the train back to Berlin: work through cards 15 through 18.
- 2011-09-07/08 – card 19
- …
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Business Intelligence: news from JasperSoft and Pentaho - The H Open Source: News and Features
Business Intelligence: news from JasperSoft and Pentaho - The H Open Source: News and Features
Jaspersoft: With its Self-Service Express Subscription, business intelligence vendor Jaspersoft is making a low-cost support offering available to users of the community version of its BI suite; from $199 per year users can have access to complete technical documentation, the Customer Knowledge Base of best practices, application examples and solutions, and a comprehensive search facility.
Jaspersoft: With its Self-Service Express Subscription, business intelligence vendor Jaspersoft is making a low-cost support offering available to users of the community version of its BI suite; from $199 per year users can have access to complete technical documentation, the Customer Knowledge Base of best practices, application examples and solutions, and a comprehensive search facility.
iTunes: Column Browser: Use Album Artists (checkbox)
That's a funny but weird feature, and I keep forgetting it, so sometimes I don't find music files, that I just loaded into iTunes. Even if you set Artist to Album Artist, sometimes the music file does not get shown, if you don't have Use Album Artist checked.
ruby mode : use describe-mode within emacs
Here is a rather brief description, at least covering the very special keyboard shortcuts.
What a pity, that I haven't been able to find it online so far.
But here it is:
Ruby mode:
Major mode for editing Ruby scripts.
TAB properly indents subexpressions of multi-line
class, module, def, if, while, for, do, and case statements, taking
nesting into account.
The variable ruby-indent-level controls the amount of indentation.
key binding
--- -------
C-c Prefix Command
TAB ruby-indent-line
C-j reindent-then-newline-and-indent
RET newline
ESC Prefix Command
{ ruby-electric-brace
} ruby-electric-brace
C-c , Prefix Command
C-M-a ruby-beginning-of-defun ;; actually …-of-class
C-M-e ruby-end-of-defun
C-M-f ruby-forward-sexp
C-M-b ruby-backward-sexp
C-M-h backward-kill-word
C-M-p ruby-beginning-of-block
C-M-n ruby-end-of-block
C-M-q ruby-indent-exp
C-c , a rspec-verify-all
C-c , t rspec-toggle-spec-and-target
C-c , v rspec-verify
What a pity, that I haven't been able to find it online so far.
But here it is:
Ruby mode:
Major mode for editing Ruby scripts.
TAB properly indents subexpressions of multi-line
class, module, def, if, while, for, do, and case statements, taking
nesting into account.
The variable ruby-indent-level controls the amount of indentation.
key binding
--- -------
C-c Prefix Command
TAB ruby-indent-line
C-j reindent-then-newline-and-indent
RET newline
ESC Prefix Command
{ ruby-electric-brace
} ruby-electric-brace
C-c , Prefix Command
C-M-a ruby-beginning-of-defun ;; actually …-of-class
C-M-e ruby-end-of-defun
C-M-f ruby-forward-sexp
C-M-b ruby-backward-sexp
C-M-h backward-kill-word
C-M-p ruby-beginning-of-block
C-M-n ruby-end-of-block
C-M-q ruby-indent-exp
C-c , a rspec-verify-all
C-c , t rspec-toggle-spec-and-target
C-c , v rspec-verify
nXML mode : use describe-mode within emacs
That's the nicest and briefest description, that I know.
What a pity, that I haven't been able to find it online so far.
But here it is:
nXML mode:
Major mode for editing XML.
Syntax highlighting is performed unless the variable `nxml-syntax-highlight-flag' is nil.
C-c C-f finishes the current element by inserting an end-tag.
C-c C-i closes a start-tag with `>' and then inserts a balancing end-tag leaving point between the start-tag and end-tag.
C-c C-b is similar but for block rather than inline elements: the start-tag, point, and end-tag are all left on separate lines.
If `nxml-slash-auto-complete-flag' is non-nil, then inserting a `
<C-return> performs completion on the symbol preceding point.
C-c C-d uses the contents of the current buffer to choose a tag to put around the word preceding point.
Sections of the document can be displayed in outline form. The variable `nxml-section-element-name-regexp' controls when an element is recognized as a section. The same key sequences that change visibility in outline mode are used except that they start with C-c C-o instead of C-c.
Validation is provided by the related minor-mode `rng-validate-mode'. This also makes completion schema- and context- sensitive. Element names, attribute names, attribute values and namespace URIs can all be
completed. By default, `rng-validate-mode' is automatically enabled by `rng-nxml-mode-init' which is normally added to `nxml-mode-hook'. You can toggle it using C-c C-v.
TAB indents the current line appropriately. This can be customized using the variable `nxml-child-indent' and the variable `nxml-attribute-indent'.
C-c C-u inserts a character reference using the character's name (by default, the Unicode name). C-u C-c C-u inserts the character directly.
The Emacs commands that normally operate on balanced expressions will operate on XML markup items. Thus C-M-f will move forward across one markup item; C-M-b will move backward across one markup item; C-M-k will kill the following markup item; C-M-@ will mark the following markup item. By default, each tag each treated as a single markup item; to make the complete element be treated as a single markup item, set the variable `nxml-sexp-element-flag' to t. For more details, see the function `nxml-forward-balanced-item'.
C-M-u and C-M-d move up and down the element structure.
Many aspects this mode can be customized using M-x customize-group nxml RET.
What a pity, that I haven't been able to find it online so far.
But here it is:
nXML mode:
Major mode for editing XML.
Syntax highlighting is performed unless the variable `nxml-syntax-highlight-flag' is nil.
C-c C-f finishes the current element by inserting an end-tag.
C-c C-i closes a start-tag with `>' and then inserts a balancing end-tag leaving point between the start-tag and end-tag.
C-c C-b is similar but for block rather than inline elements: the start-tag, point, and end-tag are all left on separate lines.
If `nxml-slash-auto-complete-flag' is non-nil, then inserting a `
<C-return> performs completion on the symbol preceding point.
C-c C-d uses the contents of the current buffer to choose a tag to put around the word preceding point.
Sections of the document can be displayed in outline form. The variable `nxml-section-element-name-regexp' controls when an element is recognized as a section. The same key sequences that change visibility in outline mode are used except that they start with C-c C-o instead of C-c.
Validation is provided by the related minor-mode `rng-validate-mode'. This also makes completion schema- and context- sensitive. Element names, attribute names, attribute values and namespace URIs can all be
completed. By default, `rng-validate-mode' is automatically enabled by `rng-nxml-mode-init' which is normally added to `nxml-mode-hook'. You can toggle it using C-c C-v.
TAB indents the current line appropriately. This can be customized using the variable `nxml-child-indent' and the variable `nxml-attribute-indent'.
C-c C-u inserts a character reference using the character's name (by default, the Unicode name). C-u C-c C-u inserts the character directly.
The Emacs commands that normally operate on balanced expressions will operate on XML markup items. Thus C-M-f will move forward across one markup item; C-M-b will move backward across one markup item; C-M-k will kill the following markup item; C-M-@ will mark the following markup item. By default, each tag each treated as a single markup item; to make the complete element be treated as a single markup item, set the variable `nxml-sexp-element-flag' to t. For more details, see the function `nxml-forward-balanced-item'.
C-M-u and C-M-d move up and down the element structure.
Many aspects this mode can be customized using M-x customize-group nxml RET.
Skype: I like their new "Contacts Monitor"
That's the leanest way to have that list on the screen. They must have introduced that with some 5.x release.
Yet another aggressive Facebook app: Facebook for Google+™ - Chrome Web Store
Facebook for Google+™ - Chrome Web Store
Yet another aggressive Facebook app – why does it want to post to my Facebook Wall?
SocialAnywhere is requesting permission to do the following:
Yet another aggressive Facebook app – why does it want to post to my Facebook Wall?
SocialAnywhere is requesting permission to do the following:
- Access my basic information
Includes name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends and any other information I've shared with everyone.
- Post to my Wall
SocialAnywhere may post status messages, notes, photos and videos to my Wall
- Access posts in my News Feed
- Access my data any time
SocialAnywhere may access my data when I'm not using the application
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
using the Samsung SCX-4623F as a fax printer
Eigenschaften von SCX-4623F | Drucker & MFP (Laser MFP) von Samsung
After successfully setting up a big brother of this device, I was eager enough to finally get the fax printer feature of this devices (in my home office) successfully set up as well.
Downloaded their latest printing software, installed it, gave the fax printer a try, worked. Great!
Now I can finally transmit documents as fax through this device again. Love it.
After successfully setting up a big brother of this device, I was eager enough to finally get the fax printer feature of this devices (in my home office) successfully set up as well.
Downloaded their latest printing software, installed it, gave the fax printer a try, worked. Great!
Now I can finally transmit documents as fax through this device again. Love it.
Ian Bogost - Gamification is Bullshit
Ian Bogost - Gamification is Bullshit
…, gamification is marketing bullshit, invented by consultants as a means to capture the wild, coveted beast that is videogames and to domesticate it for use in the grey, hopeless wasteland of big business, where bullshit already reigns anyway. …
XML Résumé Library:: Examples
XML Résumé Library:: Examples
I derived my CV from this example 2.
I derived my CV from this example 2.
A German (contractor end) recruiter told me a while ago to move the periods to the beginning of the individual employments. I did that. I still think, German recruiters are not happy with this layout.
Monday, August 8, 2011
I am looking for a book on the Mac to recommend to a friend of mine …
This friend of mine (50+) needs a well-made introduction on "how to use my (almost) 1st computer, a MacBook". I am not sure, I can convince this friend to upgrade to Lion for about EUR 25.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Cars 2 (2011)
Cars 2 (2011)
Saw it this afternoon with João Gabriel at Potsdamer Platz for just EUR 5 each – of course plus the obligatory pop-corn "meal" with the accessories.
Saw it this afternoon with João Gabriel at Potsdamer Platz for just EUR 5 each – of course plus the obligatory pop-corn "meal" with the accessories.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Cardinal is a Ruby compiler for Parrot Virtual Machine
parrot/cardinal - GitHub: "Cardinal is a Ruby compiler for Parrot Virtual Machine"
the Adium forum on cocoaforge
cocoaforge • View forum - Adium
here you can search for discussions on the Skype plugin vs. Mac OS X Lion.
Friday, August 5, 2011
a WinXP guest of a VirtualBox installation on Mac OS X Lion: problems with time synchronization
How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions - Tutorial
I guess (just like any user of a Processing Virtualization solution) I experienced problems with time synchronization within my guest OS. I searched the web for that, and I came across the above article. In the VirtualBox context "Guest Additions" is the term. I wasn't able to find the right hints on VirtualBox.org, but the above article pointed me to "Devices > Install Guest Additions" within the menu of the guest VM app. That brought a superb quality improvement, including the resizability of the guest VM app window. I really love that.
I guess (just like any user of a Processing Virtualization solution) I experienced problems with time synchronization within my guest OS. I searched the web for that, and I came across the above article. In the VirtualBox context "Guest Additions" is the term. I wasn't able to find the right hints on VirtualBox.org, but the above article pointed me to "Devices > Install Guest Additions" within the menu of the guest VM app. That brought a superb quality improvement, including the resizability of the guest VM app window. I really love that.
Itamar Assumpção e Isca de Polícia - 1983 - parte 1
abc
Itamar had a guitarist, who had a daughter. And her name was Tulipa (Ruiz).
Itamar had a guitarist, who had a daughter. And her name was Tulipa (Ruiz).
Cartola – O Sol nascerá
Some important step in Brazil’s rich musical history:
… In the beginning there was samba, percussive, melancholy and of African origin, which, speeded up, is what those naked girls dance to at Carnaval. Representative artist: Cartola. …
Thursday, August 4, 2011
browserling - interactive cross-browser testing in your browser
browserling - interactive cross-browser testing in your browser: "Cross-browser testing from thecomfortof your browser!"
"Why public email needs police"
Don't waste too much time with the article, read the comments instead!
Dodging responsibilities: Why public email needs police | ITworld
Dodging responsibilities: Why public email needs police | ITworld
Business Intelligence - Microsoft Press
Business Intelligence - Microsoft Press: "Business Intelligence"
bought the paper book through Amazon as a used book, purchased the PDF at the o'Reilly's web-site.
Update 2011-08-08 : dead tree book arrived at my favourite DHL Packstation 122 nearby.
Update 2011-08-08 : dead tree book arrived at my favourite DHL Packstation 122 nearby.
Glossary
80/20 rule A theory invented by Vilfredo Pareto in the late 1800s, also known as the Pareto principle, that describes the percentage imbalance between input and output. The Pareto principle is not a law of science; rather, it is a rule of thumb that can apply to many aspects of life. One of the most common business examples is when 80 percent of a company’s revenue comes from 20 percent of its customers.
actionability A criterion used to grade the importance of a BI opportunity area based on its prospects of empowering people to take action in an organization. Actionability ratings are high, medium, and low.
ad hoc analysis The impromptu and flexible examination of data without predefined or fixed formats. Ad hoc analysis gives users the ability to ask and get answers to an infinite variety of questions quickly.
affinity grouping A descriptive data mining task that describes which items go together based on a set of characteristics.
alternate hierarchy A different grouping of levels in a dimension. A dimension can have several alternate hierarchies to meet various analysis needs.
analysis gap A gap between the information that decision makers require and the mountains of data that businesses collect every day.
ancestor Any member of a dimension at any higher level in relation to another member of the same dimension.
base measure A measure that is captured at the transaction level in an operational system.
benchmark A measure used for making comparisons, for example, industry-specific ratios such as a price/earnings ratio.
BI See business intelligence.
BI cycle A performance management framework; an ongoing cycle by which companies set their goals,
BI solution A mechanism that brings together people, technology, and data to deliver valuable information to business users.
80/20 rule A theory invented by Vilfredo Pareto in the late 1800s, also known as the Pareto principle, that describes the percentage imbalance between input and output. The Pareto principle is not a law of science; rather, it is a rule of thumb that can apply to many aspects of life. One of the most common business examples is when 80 percent of a company’s revenue comes from 20 percent of its customers.
actionability A criterion used to grade the importance of a BI opportunity area based on its prospects of empowering people to take action in an organization. Actionability ratings are high, medium, and low.
ad hoc analysis The impromptu and flexible examination of data without predefined or fixed formats. Ad hoc analysis gives users the ability to ask and get answers to an infinite variety of questions quickly.
affinity grouping A descriptive data mining task that describes which items go together based on a set of characteristics.
alternate hierarchy A different grouping of levels in a dimension. A dimension can have several alternate hierarchies to meet various analysis needs.
analysis gap A gap between the information that decision makers require and the mountains of data that businesses collect every day.
ancestor Any member of a dimension at any higher level in relation to another member of the same dimension.
base measure A measure that is captured at the transaction level in an operational system.
benchmark A measure used for making comparisons, for example, industry-specific ratios such as a price/earnings ratio.
BI See business intelligence.
BI cycle A performance management framework; an ongoing cycle by which companies set their goals,
- analyze their progress,
- gain insight,
- take action,
- measure their success,
- and start all over again.
BI solution A mechanism that brings together people, technology, and data to deliver valuable information to business users.
blueprint A table that documents the measures and dimensions for answering business questions and reflects the most fundamental requirements for
building BI solutions.
business intelligence (BI) An approach to management that allows an organization to define what information is useful and relevant to its corporate decision making. Business intelligence is a multifaceted concept that empowers organizations to make better decisions faster, convert data into information, and use a rational approach to management.
business reporting and analysis process A subset of processes responsible for taking data from a BI system, such as a data warehouse, assembling it into a business-friendly format, and delivering data to business users.
business-to-business (B2B) The exchange of products, services, or information between businesses.
business-to-consumer (B2C) The exchange of products, services, or information between businesses and consumers.
business unit An organizational structure in which a coherent set of functional activities rolls up into one line of business.
calculated measure A measure that is calculated or derived from a combination of base measures.
child A member that is directly subordinate to another member in a hierarchy.
classification A predictive data mining task that assigns records to specific categories according to the rules of a data mining model.
click-stream analysis The analysis of a user’s interaction with a Web site by investigating the data that is generated with each user’s click in a Web browser. The goal of click-stream analysis is to understand the behavior of Web site visitors, identify their likes and dislikes, and use this information to improve the quality of the Web site.
closed-loop analysis A process that allows end users to act on the outcomes of their analyses to automatically drive business processes.
clustering A descriptive data mining task that divides data into small groups based on similarity without predefinition of the data groups.
cube A multidimensional data structure that represents the intersections of each unique combination of dimensions. At each intersection there is a cell that contains a data value.
business intelligence (BI) An approach to management that allows an organization to define what information is useful and relevant to its corporate decision making. Business intelligence is a multifaceted concept that empowers organizations to make better decisions faster, convert data into information, and use a rational approach to management.
business reporting and analysis process A subset of processes responsible for taking data from a BI system, such as a data warehouse, assembling it into a business-friendly format, and delivering data to business users.
business-to-business (B2B) The exchange of products, services, or information between businesses.
business-to-consumer (B2C) The exchange of products, services, or information between businesses and consumers.
business unit An organizational structure in which a coherent set of functional activities rolls up into one line of business.
calculated measure A measure that is calculated or derived from a combination of base measures.
child A member that is directly subordinate to another member in a hierarchy.
classification A predictive data mining task that assigns records to specific categories according to the rules of a data mining model.
click-stream analysis The analysis of a user’s interaction with a Web site by investigating the data that is generated with each user’s click in a Web browser. The goal of click-stream analysis is to understand the behavior of Web site visitors, identify their likes and dislikes, and use this information to improve the quality of the Web site.
closed-loop analysis A process that allows end users to act on the outcomes of their analyses to automatically drive business processes.
clustering A descriptive data mining task that divides data into small groups based on similarity without predefinition of the data groups.
cube A multidimensional data structure that represents the intersections of each unique combination of dimensions. At each intersection there is a cell that contains a data value.
Glossary
custom aggregation A method of summarizing data from its lowest level of
detail to its highest level of detail in which measures are aggregated differently across different levels of a dimension.
database A collection of related data that is organized in a useful manner for easy retrieval. There are different applications of databases depending on the type of data to be stored and how the data is to be used.
data modelers Specialists who work with businesspeople and the technical experts during the implementation of a BI solution. Data modelers are responsible for gathering business requirements and translating these requirements into a realistic design of dimensions and measures.
data mining An automated process that uses a variety of analysis tools and statistical techniques to reveal actionable patterns and relationships in large, complex data sets.
data mart A collection of data that is structured in a way to facilitate analysis. Data marts support the study of a single subject area, with all relevant data from all operational applications brought together into that data mart. Data marts may be of the relational (RDBMS) variety or the OLAP variety depending on the type of analysis to be performed.
data warehouse A repository for data. Many experts define the data warehouse as a centralized data store that feeds data into a series of subject-specific data stores—called data marts. Others accept a broader definition of the data warehouse as a collection of integrated data marts.
descendant Any member at any lower level in relation to another specific member.
decision tree A model for breaking data into groups. A decision tree uses a statistical algorithm to split the set of data being mined into branches of a tree.
descriptive data mining A form of data mining that produces a model to describe patterns in historical data and requires human interaction to determine the significance and meaning of these patterns.
desktop online analytical processing (DOLAP) An OLAP storage mode that keeps data on a client’s machine and provides local multidimensional analysis.
dimension A categorically consistent view of data. All members of a dimension belong together as a group.
database A collection of related data that is organized in a useful manner for easy retrieval. There are different applications of databases depending on the type of data to be stored and how the data is to be used.
data modelers Specialists who work with businesspeople and the technical experts during the implementation of a BI solution. Data modelers are responsible for gathering business requirements and translating these requirements into a realistic design of dimensions and measures.
data mining An automated process that uses a variety of analysis tools and statistical techniques to reveal actionable patterns and relationships in large, complex data sets.
data mart A collection of data that is structured in a way to facilitate analysis. Data marts support the study of a single subject area, with all relevant data from all operational applications brought together into that data mart. Data marts may be of the relational (RDBMS) variety or the OLAP variety depending on the type of analysis to be performed.
data warehouse A repository for data. Many experts define the data warehouse as a centralized data store that feeds data into a series of subject-specific data stores—called data marts. Others accept a broader definition of the data warehouse as a collection of integrated data marts.
descendant Any member at any lower level in relation to another specific member.
decision tree A model for breaking data into groups. A decision tree uses a statistical algorithm to split the set of data being mined into branches of a tree.
descriptive data mining A form of data mining that produces a model to describe patterns in historical data and requires human interaction to determine the significance and meaning of these patterns.
desktop online analytical processing (DOLAP) An OLAP storage mode that keeps data on a client’s machine and provides local multidimensional analysis.
dimension A categorically consistent view of data. All members of a dimension belong together as a group.
dirty data Data that is uncleansed or invalid because it is missing, incorrect, or duplicated.
DOLAP See desktop online analytical processing (DOLAP).
EDI See electronic data interchange (EDI).
electronic data interchange (EDI) A standard for the electronic exchange of business data.
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system A business management system that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. ERP systems are most often implemented using packaged software applications that support each facet of the business.
ERP system See enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
estimation A predictive data mining task used to assign a new record with a predicted value according to the rules of a data mining model.
ETL See extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes.
Extensible Markup Language for Analysis (XML/A) A standard protocol that OLAP clients can use to talk to OLAP servers. XML/A is based on the widely adopted XML (Extensible Markup Language) standard and uses the programming language Multidimensional Expressions (MDX).
extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes Processes that are responsible for transporting and integrating data from one or more source systems into one or more destination systems.
front-end tool A category of software that harvests the data stored in a data warehouse and presents the data to users in the form of reports and interactive reviews.
functional area A department of a business unit that is focused on a specific function.
hierarchy The organization of levels within a dimension that (1) reflects how data is aggregated from detailed levels to summarized levels and
(2) serves as the drill-down path for top-down business analysis.
HOLAP See hybrid online analytical processing (HOLAP).
hybrid online analytical processing (HOLAP) An OLAP tool that can store data in both multidimensional databases and relational databases.
DOLAP See desktop online analytical processing (DOLAP).
EDI See electronic data interchange (EDI).
electronic data interchange (EDI) A standard for the electronic exchange of business data.
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system A business management system that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. ERP systems are most often implemented using packaged software applications that support each facet of the business.
ERP system See enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
estimation A predictive data mining task used to assign a new record with a predicted value according to the rules of a data mining model.
ETL See extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes.
Extensible Markup Language for Analysis (XML/A) A standard protocol that OLAP clients can use to talk to OLAP servers. XML/A is based on the widely adopted XML (Extensible Markup Language) standard and uses the programming language Multidimensional Expressions (MDX).
extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes Processes that are responsible for transporting and integrating data from one or more source systems into one or more destination systems.
front-end tool A category of software that harvests the data stored in a data warehouse and presents the data to users in the form of reports and interactive reviews.
functional area A department of a business unit that is focused on a specific function.
hierarchy The organization of levels within a dimension that (1) reflects how data is aggregated from detailed levels to summarized levels and
(2) serves as the drill-down path for top-down business analysis.
HOLAP See hybrid online analytical processing (HOLAP).
hybrid online analytical processing (HOLAP) An OLAP tool that can store data in both multidimensional databases and relational databases.
information consumer A community of business users that requires the
ability to dynamically query the database via a “guided” user experience that
allows drill down and pivoting when desired, while eliminating options that
may create undesirable results.
information user A community of business users that generally requires
standard reports without needing to analyze the data on an ad hoc basis.
interoperability A product’s ability to work together and interact with other products.
key performance indicator (KPI) A measure that ranks as one of the most important metrics in an organization. KPIs guide businesses in making decisions that affect particular business units as well as the company at large. Key performance indicator is used interchangeably with metric.
KPI See key performance indicator (KPI).
leaf member A bottom-level member in a dimension.
materiality A criterion used to grade the importance of an BI opportunity area based on how financially significant the opportunity is to the organization. Materiality ratings are high, medium, and low.
measure A numeric value that is of interest to business analysis.
member An item in a dimension that represents one or more occurrences of data.
mental model A collection of everything that we think we know about how something works (in this case our business). This labeling of our understanding applies to not only people but also organizations. Some people refer to the company’s mental model as “tribal wisdom.”
metadata Information about the properties of data, such as business logic that describes the structure and content of dimensions and measures.
metric A measure that guides businesses in making decisions that affect particular business units as well as the company at large. Metric is used interchangeably with key performance indicator.
MOLAP See multidimensional online analytical processing (MOLAP).
multidimensional analysis A way of analyzing data in a top-down fashion by examining measures simultaneously broken out by multiple dimensions.
interoperability A product’s ability to work together and interact with other products.
key performance indicator (KPI) A measure that ranks as one of the most important metrics in an organization. KPIs guide businesses in making decisions that affect particular business units as well as the company at large. Key performance indicator is used interchangeably with metric.
KPI See key performance indicator (KPI).
leaf member A bottom-level member in a dimension.
materiality A criterion used to grade the importance of an BI opportunity area based on how financially significant the opportunity is to the organization. Materiality ratings are high, medium, and low.
measure A numeric value that is of interest to business analysis.
member An item in a dimension that represents one or more occurrences of data.
mental model A collection of everything that we think we know about how something works (in this case our business). This labeling of our understanding applies to not only people but also organizations. Some people refer to the company’s mental model as “tribal wisdom.”
metadata Information about the properties of data, such as business logic that describes the structure and content of dimensions and measures.
metric A measure that guides businesses in making decisions that affect particular business units as well as the company at large. Metric is used interchangeably with key performance indicator.
MOLAP See multidimensional online analytical processing (MOLAP).
multidimensional analysis A way of analyzing data in a top-down fashion by examining measures simultaneously broken out by multiple dimensions.
multidimensional online analytical processing (MOLAP) An OLAP storage
mode in which data is placed into special structures that are stored on a central server(s).
OLAP See online analytical processing (OLAP).
OLE DB An application programming interface (API) for accessing data. OLE DB supports accessing data stored in any format (databases, spreadsheets, text files, and so on) for which an OLE DB provider is available.
OLE DB for OLAP Formerly the separate specification that addressed OLAP extensions to OLE DB. Beginning with OLE DB 2.0, OLAP extensions are incorporated into the OLE DB specification.
OLTP See online transaction processing (OLTP).
online analytical processing (OLAP) Multidimensional analysis that is supported by interface tools and database structures that allow instantaneous access and easy user manipulation. Online analytical processing got its name because this name contrasts well with OLTP, a term that was already in widespread use when the term OLAP was created. There are fundamental differences between transaction processing and analytical processing. OLAP systems support multidimensional analysis at the speed of thought. OLAP typically follows the client/server paradigm, where an OLAP database server is accessed by many users who use multidimensional client tools to analyze data.
online transaction processing (OLTP) A data processing system designed to record all the business transactions of an organization as they occur. OLTP systems are structured for the purposes of running the day-to-day raw data of business, which requires efficiency and minute processing of transactions at the lowest level of detail. An OLTP system processes a transaction, performs all the elements of the transaction in real time, and processes many transactions on a continuous basis. OLTP systems usually offer little or no analytical capabilities.
open database connectivity (ODBC) A data access application programming interface (API) that supports access to any data source for
which an ODBC driver is available. ODBC is aligned with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for a database call level interface (CLI).
operational database A database that supports the day-to-day operations of an organization. Operational databases host the systems that organizations use to run their business day to day. Most operational databases are OLTP systems and store the data in a relational database management system.
OLAP See online analytical processing (OLAP).
OLE DB An application programming interface (API) for accessing data. OLE DB supports accessing data stored in any format (databases, spreadsheets, text files, and so on) for which an OLE DB provider is available.
OLE DB for OLAP Formerly the separate specification that addressed OLAP extensions to OLE DB. Beginning with OLE DB 2.0, OLAP extensions are incorporated into the OLE DB specification.
OLTP See online transaction processing (OLTP).
online analytical processing (OLAP) Multidimensional analysis that is supported by interface tools and database structures that allow instantaneous access and easy user manipulation. Online analytical processing got its name because this name contrasts well with OLTP, a term that was already in widespread use when the term OLAP was created. There are fundamental differences between transaction processing and analytical processing. OLAP systems support multidimensional analysis at the speed of thought. OLAP typically follows the client/server paradigm, where an OLAP database server is accessed by many users who use multidimensional client tools to analyze data.
online transaction processing (OLTP) A data processing system designed to record all the business transactions of an organization as they occur. OLTP systems are structured for the purposes of running the day-to-day raw data of business, which requires efficiency and minute processing of transactions at the lowest level of detail. An OLTP system processes a transaction, performs all the elements of the transaction in real time, and processes many transactions on a continuous basis. OLTP systems usually offer little or no analytical capabilities.
open database connectivity (ODBC) A data access application programming interface (API) that supports access to any data source for
which an ODBC driver is available. ODBC is aligned with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for a database call level interface (CLI).
operational database A database that supports the day-to-day operations of an organization. Operational databases host the systems that organizations use to run their business day to day. Most operational databases are OLTP systems and store the data in a relational database management system.
opportunity area In BI technical terms, the logical grouping of measure
requirements, where data can be obtained consistently across all the dimensions at the same lowest level of detail. In business terms, similar to a project where a consistent set of requirements for a group of users can be
accommodated more or less from the same end-to-end system structures or
solution.
parent A member that is directly above another member in a hierarchy.
pilot project A short-term BI project that tests the feasibility of pursuing a specific opportunity area.
pivot and nest Point-and-click manipulations that facilitate multidimensional analysis. Pivoting means rotating rows to columns, and columns to rows, in a cross-tabular data browser. Nesting is layering multiple dimensions on the rows or columns of a browser.
power analyst A community of business users that requires the full analytical power of the data mart. These users are willing to learn the details of database design and the query tool in order to obtain the necessary results.
predictive data mining Data mining that produces a model for use with new data to forecast a value or predict a probable outcome based on patterns discovered in historical data.
proof-of-concept project A BI project that evaluates and selects technologies that can be used to host a data mart.
ragged hierarchy A hierarchy that has an inconsistent number of drill-down levels.
ratio A measure where the result is calculated specifically from dividing one measure by another.
RDBMS See relational database management system (RDBMS).
refresh rate The frequency by which data is updated. Typically the refresh rate corresponds to the lowest level of detail of a time dimension required for a group of measures.
relational database management system (RDBMS) A set of programs that allows users to create, update, and administer data that is stored in a database of related tables.
relational online analytical processing (ROLAP) An OLAP storage mode where data is stored in relational databases.
pilot project A short-term BI project that tests the feasibility of pursuing a specific opportunity area.
pivot and nest Point-and-click manipulations that facilitate multidimensional analysis. Pivoting means rotating rows to columns, and columns to rows, in a cross-tabular data browser. Nesting is layering multiple dimensions on the rows or columns of a browser.
power analyst A community of business users that requires the full analytical power of the data mart. These users are willing to learn the details of database design and the query tool in order to obtain the necessary results.
predictive data mining Data mining that produces a model for use with new data to forecast a value or predict a probable outcome based on patterns discovered in historical data.
proof-of-concept project A BI project that evaluates and selects technologies that can be used to host a data mart.
ragged hierarchy A hierarchy that has an inconsistent number of drill-down levels.
ratio A measure where the result is calculated specifically from dividing one measure by another.
RDBMS See relational database management system (RDBMS).
refresh rate The frequency by which data is updated. Typically the refresh rate corresponds to the lowest level of detail of a time dimension required for a group of measures.
relational database management system (RDBMS) A set of programs that allows users to create, update, and administer data that is stored in a database of related tables.
relational online analytical processing (ROLAP) An OLAP storage mode where data is stored in relational databases.
ROLAP See relational online analytical processing (ROLAP).
roll-up The hierarchical aggregations of data typical in multidimensional structures.
segmentation A data mining technique that analyzes data to discover mutually exclusive collections of records that share similar attribute sets. A segmentation algorithm can use unsupervised learning techniques such as clustering or supervised learning for a specific prediction field.
semiadditive aggregation A method of summarizing data from its lowest level of detail to its highest level of detail in which measures are not aggregated uniformly across all dimensions.
sibling A member that is at the same level as one or more other members sharing the same parent.
slice and dice Two complementary methods for interacting with data. Slicing means isolating a specific member of a dimension for analysis. Dicing means breaking a data set into smaller pieces by examining how measures intersect with multiple dimensions.
slowly changing dimension A term that describes how dimensions reflect data changes over time.
SQL See structured query language (SQL).
structured query language (SQL; pronounced sequel) An industry standard language for accessing data (also called querying) in a relational database management system (RDBMS).
uniform aggregation A method of summarizing data from its lowest level of detail to its highest level of detail, where data can be aggregated the same way across all dimensions.
visualization A graphical representation of data that sometimes reveals patterns that are more apparent to the human eye.
write back The ability for users to update data in an underlying data mart.
zero client footprint A tool that does not require software to be installed on a business user’s desktop, thus making the client application easier to deploy to more users.
roll-up The hierarchical aggregations of data typical in multidimensional structures.
segmentation A data mining technique that analyzes data to discover mutually exclusive collections of records that share similar attribute sets. A segmentation algorithm can use unsupervised learning techniques such as clustering or supervised learning for a specific prediction field.
semiadditive aggregation A method of summarizing data from its lowest level of detail to its highest level of detail in which measures are not aggregated uniformly across all dimensions.
sibling A member that is at the same level as one or more other members sharing the same parent.
slice and dice Two complementary methods for interacting with data. Slicing means isolating a specific member of a dimension for analysis. Dicing means breaking a data set into smaller pieces by examining how measures intersect with multiple dimensions.
slowly changing dimension A term that describes how dimensions reflect data changes over time.
SQL See structured query language (SQL).
structured query language (SQL; pronounced sequel) An industry standard language for accessing data (also called querying) in a relational database management system (RDBMS).
uniform aggregation A method of summarizing data from its lowest level of detail to its highest level of detail, where data can be aggregated the same way across all dimensions.
visualization A graphical representation of data that sometimes reveals patterns that are more apparent to the human eye.
write back The ability for users to update data in an underlying data mart.
zero client footprint A tool that does not require software to be installed on a business user’s desktop, thus making the client application easier to deploy to more users.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
MacBook Pro: successfully upgrading memory [update]
MacBook Pro: How to remove or install memory
Mine is a "MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)"
The compatibility list said, I should add "PC3 -8500 DDR3 1066 MHz type RAM", but that wasn't available at my dealer (Saturn Berlin Europa-Center), so instead I installed "2*4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3" (), and that boots nice and still works very nice.
My "About This Mac > Memory" now says:
The 2 new memory bars cost me EUR 100 at Saturn Berlin Europa-Center, not like EUR 140 as at Gravis. Not all screws went in as nice, as they were before this procedure. Otherwise this was really, really easy.
Now I run VirtualBox with WinXP inside (Quicken running inside there), and it feels like walking on air, not like on stones.
The compatibility list said, I should add "PC3 -8500 DDR3 1066 MHz type RAM", but that wasn't available at my dealer (Saturn Berlin Europa-Center), so instead I installed "2*4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3" (), and that boots nice and still works very nice.
My "About This Mac > Memory" now says:
Your Mac contains 2 memory slots, each of which accepts a 1333 MHz DDR3 memory module.Funny, isn't it?!!
The 2 new memory bars cost me EUR 100 at Saturn Berlin Europa-Center, not like EUR 140 as at Gravis. Not all screws went in as nice, as they were before this procedure. Otherwise this was really, really easy.
Now I run VirtualBox with WinXP inside (Quicken running inside there), and it feels like walking on air, not like on stones.
Mac OS X Lion: from now on the printer they suggest to you is "Last Printer Used"
"Last Printer Used" – that's quite a convenient suggestion and choice IMO.
If you don't like that, you can of course choose your favourite standard printer.
Actually they could have offered that ages ago. It feels like that was a standard long time ago, and it just got re-invented. Somehow a PITA.
If you don't like that, you can of course choose your favourite standard printer.
Actually they could have offered that ages ago. It feels like that was a standard long time ago, and it just got re-invented. Somehow a PITA.
Virtualization: A Manager's Guide - O'Reilly Media
Virtualization: A Manager's Guide - O'Reilly Media
dmoz.org lists VirtualBox et al. just as Computers: Emulators: Intel x86 Architecture.
They show this in "see also": Computers: Software: Operating Systems: x86.
The author: Dan Kusnetzky.
From the TOC:
Will be a good source for clarifying, what kind of virtualization is actually meant under certain circumstances. Very good reference material!
dmoz.org lists VirtualBox et al. just as Computers: Emulators: Intel x86 Architecture.
They show this in "see also": Computers: Software: Operating Systems: x86.
The author: Dan Kusnetzky.
From the TOC:
- A Model of Virtualization (the Kusnetzky Group model of virtualization)
- Access Virtualization: Providing Universal Access
- Application Virtualization: Application Isolation, Delivery and Performance
- Processing Virtualization: Doing System Tricks // Oracle's VirtualBox goes here
- Network Virtualization: Controlling the View of the Network
- Storage Virtualization: Where Are Your Files and Applications?
- Security for Virtual Environments: Guarding the Treasure
- Management for Virtual Environments
- Using Virtualization: The Right Tool for the Job
Will be a good source for clarifying, what kind of virtualization is actually meant under certain circumstances. Very good reference material!
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