Comments for The Imaginary Part http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog Just another Australian geek's perspective Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on iPhoto to GIMP by Christopher Neugebauer http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/07/iphoto-to-gimp/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Christopher Neugebauer Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:48:19 +0000 http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/?p=178#comment-1951 Not quite. Moving the triangles in Gimp is the same as moving triangles in iPhoto (they really do exist!). The highlights/shadows thing is actually a curves adjustment (look it up); moving the left (dark) end of the curve is shadows, the right (bright) end of the curve is highlights. It's more difficult to get right, but gives a lot more control. Not quite. Moving the triangles in Gimp is the same as moving triangles in iPhoto (they really do exist!).

The highlights/shadows thing is actually a curves adjustment (look it up); moving the left (dark) end of the curve is shadows, the right (bright) end of the curve is highlights. It's more difficult to get right, but gives a lot more control.

]]> Comment on Making UConnect suck less with urlyconnect by John http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/making-uconnect-suck-less-with-urlyconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 John Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:46:34 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=151#comment-1929 I would be interested to know if this is still a problem. We (ITR) have made some changes recently which may have an impact on this issue. We cannot test this ourselves as we have not been able to recreate the problem. I should add that there is still a second problem with UConnect which is currently being investigated. I would be interested to know if this is still a problem. We (ITR) have made some changes recently which may have an impact on this issue. We cannot test this ourselves as we have not been able to recreate the problem.

I should add that there is still a second problem with UConnect which is currently being investigated.

]]> Comment on The friends game by Georgia http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/the-friends-game-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1835 Georgia Tue, 11 May 2010 06:48:08 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=140#comment-1835 Just thought I'd say hi. I live in Sydney and was watching Q&A last night when I heard "our next question comes from Thomas Karpiniec of Hobart." I'm from Hobart too and I recognised the name- perhaps from orchestra or primary school or something? Anyway, am enjoying going through the blog, take care! Georgia Just thought I'd say hi. I live in Sydney and was watching Q&A last night when I heard "our next question comes from Thomas Karpiniec of Hobart." I'm from Hobart too and I recognised the name- perhaps from orchestra or primary school or something? Anyway, am enjoying going through the blog, take care!
Georgia

]]> Comment on Making UConnect suck less with urlyconnect by TK http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/making-uconnect-suck-less-with-urlyconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 TK Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:39:36 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=151#comment-1731 Fair enough, I'll stand corrected: I did assume transparent proxies. It seemed likely that some sort of infrastructure (download monitoring, whatever) required a proxy since we had one in the first place. It could well be NAT and nothing more. Mea culpa. Either way it's not really important. Something between the laptops and the Internet is causing the connections grief, so that's what I've tried to work around. Fair enough, I'll stand corrected: I did assume transparent proxies. It seemed likely that some sort of infrastructure (download monitoring, whatever) required a proxy since we had one in the first place. It could well be NAT and nothing more. Mea culpa.

Either way it's not really important. Something between the laptops and the Internet is causing the connections grief, so that's what I've tried to work around.

]]> Comment on Making UConnect suck less with urlyconnect by Uncle Tony http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/making-uconnect-suck-less-with-urlyconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 Uncle Tony Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:23:22 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=151#comment-1730 "this year they brought in transparent proxies". Er... not according to the people who implemented it... "this year they brought in transparent proxies". Er... not according to the people who implemented it...

]]> Comment on Making UConnect suck less with urlyconnect by Paris http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/making-uconnect-suck-less-with-urlyconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Paris Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:33:08 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=151#comment-1727 Good job sir, sounds like it's more painful than ever! Good job sir, sounds like it's more painful than ever!

]]> Comment on Making UConnect suck less with urlyconnect by TK http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/making-uconnect-suck-less-with-urlyconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 TK Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:00:53 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=151#comment-1723 Interesting. I think I heard about that and forgot about it again... ah well. Good to know. I recall that corkscrew also often required more than one attempt, so I think I'm still ahead in required effort. Interesting. I think I heard about that and forgot about it again... ah well. Good to know.

I recall that corkscrew also often required more than one attempt, so I think I'm still ahead in required effort.

]]> Comment on Making UConnect suck less with urlyconnect by McJones http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/making-uconnect-suck-less-with-urlyconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 McJones Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:56:38 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=151#comment-1722 The old proxies are still there and although they have the old proxy issues it doesn't however have the tcp dropout, so go for whichever is less of a pain to you I guess. The old proxies are still there and although they have the old proxy issues it doesn't however have the tcp dropout, so go for whichever is less of a pain to you I guess.

]]> Comment on Units and prefixes by TK http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/units-and-prefixes/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 TK Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:08:17 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=148#comment-1715 There was a comment on Twitter too: desplesda: @atan2 "You can't have parts of a bit" - sure you can, fractions of a bit are used all the time in information theory! #annoyingpedantism Obviously that's correct. In derived units or in probability you can talk about fractional bits. My own pedantic response would be that I said you can't _have_ part of a bit, which I think implies static possession well enough. So there. :P Awesome link to Shannon's paper, Andrew. I've been hearing a lot about that chap lately in my communications unit at uni, mostly in the context of maximum data rates through a channel. I'll definitely read it carefully sometime. There was a comment on Twitter too:
desplesda: @atan2 "You can't have parts of a bit" - sure you can, fractions of a bit are used all the time in information theory! #annoyingpedantism

Obviously that's correct. In derived units or in probability you can talk about fractional bits. My own pedantic response would be that I said you can't _have_ part of a bit, which I think implies static possession well enough. So there. :P

Awesome link to Shannon's paper, Andrew. I've been hearing a lot about that chap lately in my communications unit at uni, mostly in the context of maximum data rates through a channel. I'll definitely read it carefully sometime.

]]> Comment on Units and prefixes by Andrew Johnson http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2010/04/units-and-prefixes/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Andrew Johnson Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:51:08 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=148#comment-1714 Sorry for the spam, but this article is really cool. It has CW in it too :) http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf Sorry for the spam, but this article is really cool. It has CW in it too :)

http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf

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