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Tuesday, November 03rd, 2009 | Author: admin

Updating from the Tech News & Media forum

Sports Rights: BBC 5 Live Loses Premier League Packages Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:47:02 GMT posted by DMC

The English Premier League has announced that Talk Sport has picked up two packages of live Premier League football at the expense of BBC Radio 5 Live.

The deal, starting for the new season in August and to run for 3 years, also confirms Absolute Radio as a new entrant into the live radio rights to the league.

The packages won are..

BBC Radio 5 Live: Four rights packages (128 matches in total); First-choice Saturday 3pm, Saturday 12.30pm, Sunday 4pm, Monday and Tuesday evenings
Talk Sport: Two rights packages (64 matches); Saturday 5:30pm and Wednesday evenings, Sundays 1:30pm
Absolute Radio: One rights package (32 matches); Second-choice Saturday 3pm.

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Broadcast, TV, Radio & Comms.
Tuesday, November 03rd, 2009 | Author: admin

Updating from Broadcast Category

Firm date (31-10-10) now for Irish DTT PSB Mux launch? Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:19:53 GMT posted by Mayo Exile

According to Eamonn Ryan speaking in the Dail on 2nd March he wants the PSB Mux up and running to 90% of the population by 31st October 2010. Is this finally the ‘official’ launch of DTT in Ireland? Do people think it will happen? What extra relays I wonder will have to be up and and running to supply 90% coverage. Plus he wants a ‘national’ service by 31st December 2011. What % coverage qualifies as national. Same as current analogue reception?

Quote:

Deputy Eamon Ryan: As I stated recently in response to a previous question on the issue, I am not prepared to speculate on the outcome of the commercial DTT process, which is a matter for the BAI. Nor am I prepared to surmise on the ongoing negotiations between the BAI, RTE and the OneVision consortium. I have, however, made clear my opinion that I would like to see this process concluded as soon as possible. The conclusion of the process is essential to provide certainty for broadcasters, suppliers and the general public with regard to the development of commercial DTT services.

Under section 129 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTE is required to ensure that free-to-air DTT is available to approximately 90% of the population on such date as may be specified by the Minister. I signed an order last week specifying this date as being 31 October 2010. The Act also requires RTE to provide a national free-to-air digital service with capacity to carry RTE 1, RTE 2, TG4 and TV3 by the end of 2011 or such later date as I may specify. I have written to RTE informing it that the date for provision of a national service is 31 December 2011.

Link to debate on Oireachtas site: http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate…=1&Ex=267#N267

RTE Terrestrial Decoder Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:14:20 GMT posted by vsat

RTÉ Free-to-Air DTT Receiver

NorDig Unified ver 2.0. equipment requirements

Minimum Receiver Requirements

“Approved Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Receivers

RTÉ has appointed Teracom AB to conduct receiver compliance testing for Irish free-to-air (FTA) DTT receivers. Those receivers which pass the tests thereby meeting the Irish DTT specification will be eligible to be licensed to use RTÉ’s “Saorview” logo, which will confirm to consumers that the receiver is Irish FTA DTT compliant. RTÉNL will publish a full list of compliant DTT receivers on its web site.

Manufacturers/distributors wishing to use the Saorview logo should contact Teracom (irdtest@teracom.se) to arrange testing. When a receiver passes the tests, it will then be eligible to be licensed by RTÉ to carry the Saorview logo.”

http://www.teracom.se/?page=5422

Non-Slim PS3’s suffer problem. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:28:06 GMT posted by byte

For any of you out there who have the original size PlayStation 3…

Quote:
Originally Posted by SCEE

Due to a technical problem, some PS3 owners cannot access PlayStation Network at present.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is aware that some users have been unable to connect to PlayStation Network. This problem affects PlayStation 3 systems other than the new slim PS3.

We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors that you may experience include:

* The date of the PS3 system may be reset to Jan 1, 2000.
* When signing in to PlayStation Network, the following message appears on the screen: "An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)".
* When launching a game, the following error message appears on the screen and the trophy data may disappear: “Failed to install trophies. Please exit your game.”
* When setting the time and date of the system via the Internet, the following message appears on the screen: “The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)”
* You may not be able to play back certain rental video downloaded from PlayStation Store before the expiry date.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

As mentioned above, please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologise for any inconvenience caused.

For the latest status on this situation please visit the PlayStation Blog at blog.eu.playstation.com or check back on eu.playstation.com.

Limerick Rally, Sun 7th March Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:08:36 GMT posted by Watty

Limerick Radio Club Radio, Electronics & Hobbies Fair

The Radio, Electronics & Hobbies Fair takes place on Sunday 7th March 2010 at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick.

Doors Open at 11:00 AM. Admission is 5 Euro. No charge for children when accompanied by an adult. There will be the usual traders attending the Fair. A Bring & Buy Sale will also take place.

For further Rally info and contact details please check out the IRTS Website at
http://www.irts.ie/cgi/rallies.cgi

BBC 6Music to get the chop? Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:07:37 GMT posted by byte

It appears that BBC 6 Music and Asian Network are to get the chop. Their website is to be halved too, whatever that means.

Still, back to 6 Music, surely that’s one of BBC’s better radio stations?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010…ternet-website

FT817 external supply Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:23:23 GMT posted by Watty

The 12V to 13.8V (max 16V) is only needed for charging. Though the power icon flashes, more than 9.5V or so will give full 5W power. 10V definitely. Thus the best external battery solution for weight versus run time is about 10V, not 12V, so 5 x 2V gel cells or 9.6V NiMh more efficient than 12V Gel cell.

If using LiPoly, a single cell is safest for charging, and use a 2V to 6V input range inverter to 10V to power FT817. Charge then from 5V USB to 13.8V car via LiPoly charger. LiPoly are very difficult to use safely, and multicells need each cell monitored. Fully charged they are about 4.3V and you must disconnect around 2V (both voltages vary according to model datasheet). If the LiPoly is discharged to minimum or less it must be trickle charged at first. Once it is fully charged you must not even trickle charge, unlike Lead, NiMH and NiCd where you can maintain a low trickle/float charge.

This only reduces heat generated in the FT817 and adds protection:
http://www.wulfden.org/TheShoppe/ft817/index.shtml

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Computer Related
Tuesday, November 03rd, 2009 | Author: admin

Updating from Computer Related Category

New format Hard drives Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:46:58 GMT posted by John Mac

4k format hard drives.
from bbc

Quote:

By early 2011 all hard drives will use an "advanced format" that changes how they go about saving the data people store on them.

The move to the advanced format will make it easier for hard drive makers to produce bigger drives that use less power and are more reliable.

However, it might mean problems for Windows XP users who swap an old drive for one using the changed format.

So will existing Hard drives be able to run in tandem with the new format?

like fat32 and ntfs ?

GLCD Analogue Clock Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:05:11 GMT posted by Watty

Assume you have a LCD_write_pixel (x, y, ink)
where ink is on/black or off/white

Analogue Clock is centred in a 128×64 GLCD panel. Top left is 0, 0
bottom right is 127,63

to position any place from 32 to 95, subtract 31 off the x co-ordinates and have a constant added of the X-Offset.

The co-ordinates minutes and hours dots and the end points of the clock hands are created in a spreadsheet using
R * cos (minutes * 6 -90) and
R *sin (minutes * 6 -90)
as 1 minute is 6 degrees and 12 o’clock is 0 minutes = -90 degrees.
You’ll need to convert to radians.

Assume you have a regular interrupt to count with:

first draw the clock face

Code:
              if  lastkey == "*" then
                    DrawClockFace()
                    clock_on = true

in some initialisation or menu code

Main "tick" driven code fragment:

counter somehow gets incremented every 2ms in this example

Code:
   
    if (counter == 0) then
                counter = 500
         
            if clock_on then
                DrawSecondHand (seconds, off)
                DrawMinuteHand (minutes,off)
                DrawHourHand (hours, off)
            end if
            seconds = seconds +1
            if seconds > 59 then
                seconds = 0
                minutes = minutes +1
                if minutes > 59 then
                    minutes =0
                    hours = hours +1
                    if hours > 23 then
                      hours = 0
                    end if
                end if
            end if
            if clock_on then
                DrawHourHand (hours, on)
                DrawMinuteHand (minutes,on)
                DrawSecondHand (seconds, on)
            end if
        end if

The supporting cast:

Code:
procedure LCD_Line(byte in x0, byte in y0, byte in x1, byte in y1, bit in ink) is
var bit steep, yinc
var sword deltax, deltay, err
var byte px, py
    deltax = sword(x1)-sword(x0)
    deltay = sword(y1)-sword(y0)
    if (deltax < 0) then
      deltax = -deltax
    end if
    if (deltay < 0) then
      deltay = -deltay
    end if
    steep = (deltay > deltax)
    if steep then  -- swap(x0,y0) swap(x1,y1)
      px = x0
      x0 = y0
      y0 = px
     
      px = x1
      x1 = y1
      y1 = px
    end if
    if (x0 > x1) then  -- swap(x0,x1) swap(y0,y1)
      px = x0
      x0 = x1
      x1 = px
     
      py = y0
      y0 = y1
      y1 = py
    end if
    deltax = sword(x1)-sword(x0)              -- we might have swapped
    err = deltax / 2              -- assume the compiler does a shift
    yinc =  (y1 > y0)
    py = y0
    deltay = sword(y1)-sword(y0)    -- we might have swapped
    if (deltay < 0) then
      deltay = -deltay
    end if
    for deltax using px loop
      if steep then
          lcd_write_pixel (py, x0+px, ink)
      else
          lcd_write_pixel (x0+px, py, ink)
      end if
      err = err - deltay
      if (err < 0) then
          if yinc then
              py = py + 1
          else
              py = py -1
          end if
          err = err + deltax
      end if
    end loop
end procedure

procedure Lcd_DrawRectangle (byte in x0 , byte in y0 , byte in x1 , byte in y1, bit in ink ) is
  x1 = x0 + x1 - 1
  y1 = y0 + y1 - 1
  lcd_orth_line ( x0,y0, x1,y0 )
  lcd_orth_line ( x1,y0, x1,y1 )
  lcd_orth_line ( x1,y1, x0,y1 )
  lcd_orth_line ( x0,y1, x0,y0 )
end procedure

procedure lcd_orth_line(byte in x0, byte in y0, byte in x1, byte in y1) is
 var byte xi,yi , xfark,yfark, fark , xx

  xi = x0
  yi = y0
  if x1 >= x0  then  xfark = x1 - x0 else  xfark = x0 - x1 end if
  if y1 >= y0  then  yfark = y1 - y0 else  yfark = y0 - y1 end if

  if xfark >= yfark then fark = xfark else fark = yfark end if
  xx = 0
  for fark loop
      lcd_write_pixel ( xi, yi ,1)
      if xx < xfark then
          if x1 >= x0 then xi = xi + 1 else xi = xi - 1 end if
      end if
      if xx < yfark then
          if y1 >= y0 then yi = yi + 1 else yi = yi - 1 end if
      end if
      xx = xx + 1
  end loop
end procedure

Code:
-- Title: graphic_utils
procedure DrawClockFace() is
    lcd_fill(0)
    LCD_DrawRectangle (62, 31, 2, 2, True)
--draw minutes dots
    lcd_write_pixel (65, 0, True)  -- 1
    lcd_write_pixel (68, 1, True)  -- 2
    lcd_write_pixel (72, 2, True)  -- 3
    lcd_write_pixel (75, 3, True)  -- 4
    lcd_write_pixel (78, 4, True)  -- 5
    lcd_write_pixel (80, 6, True)  -- 6
    lcd_write_pixel (83, 8, True)  -- 7
    lcd_write_pixel (85, 10, True)  -- 8
    lcd_write_pixel (87, 13, True)  -- 9
    lcd_write_pixel (89, 15, True)  -- 10
    lcd_write_pixel (90, 18, True)  -- 11
    lcd_write_pixel (91, 21, True)  -- 12
    lcd_write_pixel (92, 25, True)  -- 13
    lcd_write_pixel (93, 28, True)  -- 14
    lcd_write_pixel (93, 31, True)  -- 15
    lcd_write_pixel (93, 34, True)  -- 16
    lcd_write_pixel (92, 37, True)  -- 17
    lcd_write_pixel (91, 41, True)  -- 18
    lcd_write_pixel (90, 44, True)  -- 19
    lcd_write_pixel (89, 47, True)  -- 20
    lcd_write_pixel (87, 49, True)  -- 21
    lcd_write_pixel (85, 52, True)  -- 22
    lcd_write_pixel (83, 54, True)  -- 23
    lcd_write_pixel (80, 56, True)  -- 24
    lcd_write_pixel (78, 58, True)  -- 25
    lcd_write_pixel (75, 59, True)  -- 26
    lcd_write_pixel (72, 60, True)  -- 27
    lcd_write_pixel (68, 61, True)  -- 28
    lcd_write_pixel (65, 62, True)  -- 29
    lcd_write_pixel (62, 62, True)  -- 30
    lcd_write_pixel (59, 62, True)  -- 31
    lcd_write_pixel (56, 61, True)  -- 32
    lcd_write_pixel (52, 60, True)  -- 33
    lcd_write_pixel (49, 59, True)  -- 34
    lcd_write_pixel (46, 58, True)  -- 35
    lcd_write_pixel (44, 56, True)  -- 36
    lcd_write_pixel (41, 54, True)  -- 37
    lcd_write_pixel (39, 52, True)  -- 38
    lcd_write_pixel (37, 49, True)  -- 39
    lcd_write_pixel (35, 47, True)  -- 40
    lcd_write_pixel (34, 44, True)  -- 41
    lcd_write_pixel (33, 41, True)  -- 42
    lcd_write_pixel (32, 37, True)  -- 43
    lcd_write_pixel (31, 34, True)  -- 44
    lcd_write_pixel (31, 31, True)  -- 45
    lcd_write_pixel (31, 28, True)  -- 46
    lcd_write_pixel (32, 25, True)  -- 47
    lcd_write_pixel (33, 21, True)  -- 48
    lcd_write_pixel (34, 18, True)  -- 49
    lcd_write_pixel (35, 15, True)  -- 50
    lcd_write_pixel (37, 13, True)  -- 51
    lcd_write_pixel (39, 10, True)  -- 52
    lcd_write_pixel (41, 8, True)  -- 53
    lcd_write_pixel (44, 6, True)  -- 54
    lcd_write_pixel (46, 4, True)  -- 55
    lcd_write_pixel (49, 3, True)  -- 56
    lcd_write_pixel (52, 2, True)  -- 57
    lcd_write_pixel (56, 1, True)  -- 58
    lcd_write_pixel (59, 0, True)  -- 59
    lcd_write_pixel (62, 0, True)  -- 60

 --draw hours dots

    LCD_DrawRectangle (78, 4, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (89, 15, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (93, 31, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (89, 47, 2, 2, True)
    LCD_DrawRectangle (78, 58, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (62, 62, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (46, 58, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (35, 47, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (31, 31, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (35, 15, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (46, 4, 2, 2, True )
    LCD_DrawRectangle (62, 0, 2, 2, True )
End procedure

procedure DrawMinuteHand(byte in minutes, bit in ink) is
    case minutes of
    1  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 65, 7, ink)  --  1
    2  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 67, 8, ink)  --  2
    3  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 69, 8, ink)  --  3
    4  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 72, 9, ink)  --  4
    5  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 74, 10, ink)  --  5
    6  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 76, 12, ink)  --  6
    7  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 78, 13, ink)  --  7
    8  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 80, 15, ink)  --  8
    9  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 81, 17, ink)  --  9
    10 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 83, 19, ink)  --  10
    11 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 84, 21, ink)  --  11
    12 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 85, 24, ink)  --  12
    13 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 85, 26, ink)  --  13
    14 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 86, 28, ink)  --  14
    15 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 86, 31, ink)  --  15
    16 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 86, 34, ink)  --  16
    17 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 85, 36, ink)  --  17
    18 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 85, 38, ink)  --  18
    19 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 84, 41, ink)  --  19
    20 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 83, 43, ink)  --  20
    21 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 81, 45, ink)  --  21
    22 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 80, 47, ink)  --  22
    23 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 78, 49, ink)  --  23
    24  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 76, 50, ink)  --  24
    25 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 74, 52, ink)  --  25
    26 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 72, 53, ink)  --  26
    27 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 69, 54, ink)  --  27
    28 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 67, 54, ink)  --  28
    29 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 65, 55, ink)  --  29
    30 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 62, 55, ink)  --  30
    31 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 59, 55, ink)  --  31
    32 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 57, 54, ink)  --  32
    33 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 55, 54, ink)  --  33
    34 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 52, 53, ink)  --  34
    35 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 50, 52, ink)  --  35
    36 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 48, 50, ink)  --  36
    37 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 46, 49, ink)  --  37
    38 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 44, 47, ink)  --  38
    39 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 43, 45, ink)  --  39
    40 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 41, 43, ink)  --  40
    41 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 40, 41, ink)  --  41
    42 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 39, 38, ink)  --  42
    43 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 39, 36, ink)  --  43
    44 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 38, 34, ink)  --  44
    45 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 38, 31, ink)  --  45
    46 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 38, 28, ink)  --  46
    47 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 39, 26, ink)  --  47
    48 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 39, 24, ink)  --  48
    49 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 40, 21, ink)  --  49
    50 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 41, 19, ink)  --  50
    51 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 43, 17, ink)  --  51
    52  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 44, 15, ink)  --  52
    53 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 46, 13, ink)  --  53
    54  :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 48, 12, ink)  --  54
    55 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 50, 10, ink)  --  55
    56 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 52, 9, ink)  --  56
    57 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 55, 8, ink)  --  57
    58 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 57, 8, ink)  --  58
    59 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 59, 7, ink)  --  59
    0 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 62, 7, ink)  --  0
    End case
End procedure

procedure DrawSecondHand(byte in seconds, bit in ink ) is
    case seconds of
    0 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 62, 3, ink)    --  0
    1 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 65, 3, ink)    --  1
    2 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 68, 4, ink)    --  2
    3 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 71, 4, ink)    --  3
    4 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 73, 5, ink)    --  4
    5 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 76, 7, ink)    --  5
    6 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 78, 8, ink)    --  6
    7 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 81, 10, ink)    --  7
    8 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 83, 12, ink)    --  8
    9 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 85, 15, ink)    --  9
    10 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 86, 17, ink)    --  10
    11 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 88, 20, ink)    --  11
    12 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 89, 22, ink)    --  12
    13 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 89, 25, ink)    --  13
    14 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 90, 28, ink)    --  14
    15 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 90, 31, ink)    --  15
    16 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 90, 34, ink)    --  16
    17 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 89, 37, ink)    --  17
    18 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 89, 40, ink)    --  18
    19 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 88, 42, ink)    --  19
    20 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 86, 45, ink)    --  20
    21 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 85, 47, ink)    --  21
    22 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 83, 50, ink)    --  22
    23 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 81, 52, ink)    --  23
    24 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 78, 54, ink)    --  24
    25 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 76, 55, ink)    --  25
    26 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 73, 57, ink)    --  26
    27 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 71, 58, ink)    --  27
    28 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 68, 58, ink)    --  28
    29 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 65, 59, ink)    --  29
    30 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 62, 59, ink)    --  30
    31 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 59, 59, ink)    --  31
    32 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 56, 58, ink)    --  32
    33 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 53, 58, ink)    --  33
    34 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 51, 57, ink)    --  34
    35 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 48, 55, ink)    --  35
    36 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 46, 54, ink)    --  36
    37 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 43, 52, ink)    --  37
    38 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 41, 50, ink)    --  38
    39 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 39, 47, ink)    --  39
    40 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 38, 45, ink)    --  40
    41 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 36, 42, ink)    --  41
    42 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 35, 40, ink)    --  42
    43 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 35, 37, ink)    --  43
    44 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 34, 34, ink)    --  44
    45 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 34, 31, ink)    --  45
    46 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 34, 28, ink)    --  46
    47 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 35, 25, ink)    --  47
    48 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 35, 22, ink)    --  48
    49 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 36, 20, ink)    --  49
    50 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 38, 17, ink)    --  50
    51 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 39, 15, ink)    --  51
    52 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 41, 12, ink)    --  52
    53 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 43, 10, ink)    --  53
    54 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 46, 8, ink)    --  54
    55 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 48, 7, ink)    --  55
    56 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 51, 5, ink)    --  56
    57 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 53, 4, ink)    --  57
    58 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 56, 4, ink)    --  58
    59 :
        LCD_line (62, 31, 59, 3, ink)    --  59
    end case
    LCD_DrawRectangle (62, 31, 2, 2, on) --centre
end procedure

procedure DrawHourHand(byte in hours, bit in ink) is
  case hours of
  1, 13:
    LCD_line (62, 31, 70, 17, ink)
  2, 14:
    LCD_line (62, 31, 76, 23, ink)
  3, 15 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 78, 31, ink)
  4, 16 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 76, 39, ink)
  5, 17 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 70, 45, ink)
  6, 18 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 62, 47, ink)
  7, 19 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 54, 45, ink)
  8, 20 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 48, 39, ink)
  9, 21 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 46, 31, ink)
  10, 22 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 48, 23, ink)
  11, 23 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 54, 17, ink)
  12, 0, 24 :
    LCD_line (62, 31, 62, 15, ink)
    end case

end Procedure

procedure  LCD_DrawButton(byte in px , byte in py , byte in wx , byte in wy, bit in ink ) is
var byte ind
    For wx using ind loop
        lcd_write_pixel ( ind+wx, py, ink)
        lcd_write_pixel ( ind+wx, py + wy - 1, ink)
        lcd_write_pixel ( ind+wx + 1, py + wy, ink)
    end loop
    For wy using ind loop
        lcd_write_pixel ( px, ind+py, ink)
        lcd_write_pixel ( px + wx - 1, ind+py, ink)
        lcd_write_pixel ( px + wx, ind +py + 1, ink)
    end loop
end procedure

video not playing Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:45:20 GMT posted by John Mac

Hi all
I have an old dell laptop (latitude d600) running ubuntu 9.1

1.2mb ram (upped from 512)
cpu is pentium m 1.4

Should this system be capable of showing youtube videos?

or showing video streamed from the pc, playback (using vlc)

what happens is it starts fine but about 4 or 5 seconds into it the video stops.
Would it be the cpu thats causing the prob or something else?
thanks
J

Top 25 programming risks? Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:36:43 GMT posted by Watty

http://cwe.mitre.org/top25/

Many are related to Internet Applications.

Can we make a list of?
1) Desktop GUI programming issues
2) Embedded system programming issues

Code:
Rank        Score        ID        Name
[1]        346        CWE-79        Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting')
[2]        330        CWE-89        Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
[3]        273        CWE-120        Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
[4]        261        CWE-352        Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
[5]        219        CWE-285        Improper Access Control (Authorization)
[6]        202        CWE-807        Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
[7]        197        CWE-22        Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
[8]        194        CWE-434        Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
[9]        188        CWE-78        Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
[10]        188        CWE-311        Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
[11]        176        CWE-798        Use of Hard-coded Credentials
[12]        158        CWE-805        Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value
[13]        157        CWE-98        Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP File Inclusion')
[14]        156        CWE-129        Improper Validation of Array Index
[15]        155        CWE-754        Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
[16]        154        CWE-209        Information Exposure Through an Error Message
[17]        154        CWE-190        Integer Overflow or Wraparound
[18]        153        CWE-131        Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
[19]        147        CWE-306        Missing Authentication for Critical Function
[20]        146        CWE-494        Download of Code Without Integrity Check
[21]        145        CWE-732        Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
[22]        145        CWE-770        Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
[23]        142        CWE-601        URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
[24]        141        CWE-327        Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
[25]        138        CWE-362        Race Condition

My non-web selection from this list for embedded systems :
Rank Score ID Name

[3] 273 CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (‘Classic Buffer Overflow’)

[10] 188 CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

[12] 158 CWE-805 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

[14] 156 CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
[15] 155 CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

[17] 154 CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
[18] 153 CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
[19] 147 CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

[24] 141 CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
[25] 138 CWE-362 Race Condition

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