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sleepyti.me bedtime calculator The Old New Thing : Why does my program run faster if I click an Sometimes, people discover that a long-running task runs faster if you hold down the mouse. How can that be? This strange state of affairs typically results when a program is spending too much time updating its progress status and not enough time actually doing work. (In other words, the programmer messed up badly.) When you click and hold the mouse over the caption bar, the window manager waits for the next mouse message so it can determine whether you are clicking on the caption or attempting to drag. During this waiting, window painting is momentarily suppressed. That's why the program runs faster: No window painting means less CPU spent updating something faster than you can read it anyway. This program fires up a background thread that counts up to 100,000 and invalidates the foreground window each time the value changes. Now run it again, but this time, click and hold the mouse on the title bar. Let's fix our sample program to update at most ten times per second.
CES: AT&T outlines accelerated plans for 4G LTE deployment By Daniel Eran Dilger AT&T has revealed plans to launch new LTE deployment later this year, earlier than expected, with the expectation that the network would be "largely complete" by the end of 2013. The company previously expected to focus on HSPA+, an update for its existing 3G network that currently gives it bragging rights as the fastest national US mobile network. To combat the extensive and inaccurate marketing surrounding 4G, AT&T is now describing HSPA+ and LTE as both being "layers of network technology to deliver 4G speeds." HSPA+ is usually considered a "3.5G technology," and is part of the 3GPP Release 7 specification, while LTE is often marketed as "4G" because it uses a new air interface (described in Release 8). However, the actual 3GPP definition of 4G service establishes 100Mbps downloads, something no LTE provider currently comes even close to providing. Today's LTE is actually a "transitional" step toward real 4G speeds. HSPA+ and 4G AT&T takes on Verizon in LTE
Six Comedians We Wish Would Return to Standup I've always rejected the idea that standup comedy is useful as merely a stepping stone to other things (movies, a sitcom, writing gigs). In my opinion, it’s as noble a final destination as any other. That’s what made Seinfeld documentary Comedian so refreshing to watch — a legendary, insanely-wealthy comic heading enthusiastically back into the standup fray, while a virtual no-name claws and screams as he tries to escape it. That’s not to say that a successful standup shouldn’t venture out into other areas. Here are a few comedians that are overdue for a return to the stage: Jim Carrey His recent return to SNL was a tease — offering an all-too-brief glimpse back inside the mind of a comic genius that has for the most part been wasted for a decade. Maybe he’s lost his spastic comic edge. Adam Sandler A lot of people probably don’t remember him from his days in standup. Eddie Murphy Michael Richards We all know what happened the last time he took the stage in a comedy club. Drew Carey
How Products Are Made Cisco compacts Catalyst switches - Computerworld Network World - Cisco this week is rolling out two lines of Catalyst Ethernet switches in compact form factors intended for deployment in workgroups closer to users vs. wiring closets. The Catalyst 3560-C and 2960-C Compact Series (C-Series) switches are designed to extend connectivity to IT deployments outside of the wiring closet -- customer check-outs, kiosks, warehouses, conference rooms, classrooms, hotel rooms, cruise ship cabins, gaming floors and other space- and wiring-constrained networking environments. IN DEPTH: Gigabit choke points Cisco says this market is about $1 billion and is being underserved by low-end, commodity switches. The C-series are “enterprise-class,” and carry all the features of the higher-end Catalyst 3560 and 2960 switches, but in a compact form factor, says Rob Soderbery, senior vice president and general manager, Ethernet Switching Technology Group at Cisco. The switches are comprised of five models. COMPANY PROFILE: Cisco eschews cloud services -- for now
The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series set in the Avatar universe as a sequel series to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The premiere episode aired on Nickelodeon on April 14, 2012. However, the first two episodes were released online on March 24–25, 2012[9] and were available in high-definition for free on iTunes. The series is currently under production and is expected to run for two seasons, spanning four books and a total of fifty-two episodes.[1] The new series takes place seventy years after the end of the Avatar: The Last Airbender story arc with brand new characters and settings.[5] The protagonist of the new series, Korra, the Avatar after Aang, is a hot-headed and rebellious young woman from the Southern Water Tribe who is "ready to take on the world".[10] The series follows Korra as she faces the difficult challenges, duties, and responsibilities that come with being the Avatar. Plot overview Main article: List of The Legend of Korra episodes Book One: Air
Amazing Pictures of Our World (52 pics) Pics | 26 Aug, 2011 | Views: 44450 | Do you like it? It is just one of the thousands of posts that we have on the Acidcow.com. Space Debris Orbital debris, or “space junk,” is any man-made object in orbit around the Earth that no longer serves a useful purpose. Space junk can be bad news for an orbiting satellite. On February 11, 2009, a U.S. communications satellite owned by a private company called Iridium collided with a non-functioning Russian satellite. To minimize the risk of collision between spacecraft and space junk, the U.S. A distinctive ring marks the geostationary orbit, a unique place where satellites orbit at the same rate that the Earth turns, allowing them to essentially remain over a single spot on Earth at all times. Though the black dots that represent objects in space swarm around the Earth, obscuring the surface in the lower image, the space junk situation is not as dire as it may appear. To read more about what it takes to maintain a satellite’s orbit, common Earth orbits, and the science behind calculating an orbit, please see the Earth Observatory series About Orbits. Instrument(s): Model
Top 10 Secret Agent Security Tips and Tricks When dealing with computer security, an often overlooked security risk is so-called "deleted files". When files are deleted, nothing is actually done to them aside from marking them as "free-space". The OS may get around to overwriting them sometime when it needs the space, but a deleted file could sit on a drive completely intact for weeks of usage (the bigger it is the bigger the chance it will be at least partially overwrited). Encryption applications that do not involve real-time decoding (a special driver decrypting files on-the-go vs an application decrypting and re-encrypting files), often do not have secure methods of wiping files (or the user is unaware of them), and hence the files are left in an unencrypted state on the drive when deleted. The only way to assure deleted files remain that way (or at least make their recovery very difficult and time-consuming) is to have an application overwrite the drives free-space with random 0s/1s, ideally multiple times.
Braves rookie Kimbrel replaces Cain on NL All-Star roster | Through The Fence Baseball Craig Kimbrel has came a long way since his days at Wallace State Community College. The Atlanta Braves rookie phenom Craig Kimbrel finally got the call Sunday night that he was headed to Arizona for the 2011 All-Star game. It was anticipated throughout the weekend that he would be joining baseball’s best, but the announcement couldn’t be made until the Giants game was played and Matt Cain started pitching. Kimbrel got the nod over fellow (disgruntled) teammate Tommy Hanson. Last week, Kimbrel (28 saves) passed Jonathan Papelbon‘s rookie record of 26 saves before the All-Star break. Since then, Venters has been a tad shaky, and manager Fredi Gonzalez acknowledged a little overload in Venters’ work, giving him a little more rest between games. NL All-Star manager Bruce Bochy more than likely picked Kimbrel over Hanson (Cain was a manager’s pick, so the manager gets to pick another player to replace him) because Kimbrel is use to coming out of the pen and could warm up faster. comments