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| bio | website | silanna.com |
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| location | Sydney, Australia | |
| age | 57 | |
| visits | member for | 3 years, 8 months |
| seen | Jul 27 '11 at 21:58 | |
| stats | profile views | 164 |
I began programming as an Electrical Engineer in the microelectronics industry more than 30 years ago.
I have always used very specialised automatic test equipment, which gives me an unusual perspective on how to solve software problems (usually by myself without recourse to libraries and frameworks). This is definitely not mainstream, but I don't create commercial software: my user-base is my fellow employees.
My contributions to SO probably seem other-worldly, but the programming environments I've used have never been Windows-based and only vaguely Unix-like.
HOWEVER — In late February 2010, I was admitted to hospital with a suspected stroke. Tests showed it wasn't a stroke, it is Multiple Sclerosis. Thus begins an inevitable slide into disability.
While I'm now back at work, hopefully for a few more years, I think the effort of engaging in SO (after a lull of over 12 months) might be too much for me. Besides, I can't type as fast as I used to.
Maybe hanging around SO would be some kind of therapy, and expose me to new ideas. I may even ask the occasional question, but after the sabbatical I had, I notice far more low-quality questions left by drive-by posters who typically leave poorly-worded questions and don't stay around to answer comments asking for clarification.
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Jul 16 |
answered | Open unknown filetypes in text editor? |
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Jul 15 |
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Laptop hangs when the battery is present clarified question |
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Jul 13 |
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What Is the best way to connect or disconnect a Laptop from power? improved title |
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Jul 13 |
answered | Which is better: using flags, or pipes? |
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Jul 13 |
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need a bittorrent daemon improved formatting |
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Jul 12 |
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My dlink power supply broke, I found a similar one on old boxes. Is it going to damage my router if used (specs and pic inside)? That's good news. I once had a lightning strike at home, and it killed all the equipment. |
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Jul 12 |
answered | My dlink power supply broke, I found a similar one on old boxes. Is it going to damage my router if used (specs and pic inside)? |
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Jul 9 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Jul 9 |
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Connect to localhost from another computer Jamen, @Nifle means you should ask about how to configure the server as a separate question. This question seems to have been answered because you accepted Drav Sloan's answer. |
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Jul 9 |
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Connect to localhost from another computer Well anyway ... the cavalry seems to have arrived. |
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Jul 9 |
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Connect to localhost from another computer I'm running out of ideas, but I think the situation is clearer now. Maybe this question would be answered better on ServerFault? I wonder if it could be flagged, and migrated to SF by a moderator? |
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Jul 9 |
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Connect to localhost from another computer From another computer localhost1 refers to the other computer. You would need to connect to 192.168.1.1:8000 from the other computer (the phone). You probably know that, but I'm just trying to make it clear. BTW 192.168.1.1 sounds like the ADSL2+ modem I use, and the various computers in my LAN have IP addresses like 192.168.1.x where x>1 |
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Jul 9 |
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Connect to localhost from another computer Does the phone browser support port numbers like :8000? Can you actually see something at 192.168.1.1:8000 with a browser on the Mac? |
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Jul 9 |
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What exactly is a binary file? Is a JPEG file (.jpeg) a binary file? The JPEG format is a specification for encoding images as a series of bytes which don't tend to make sense when viewed with Notepad (or any text editor), as @jglouie said. |
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Jul 9 |
answered | MC on Ubuntu: Save cursor in editor when leaving it |
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Jul 9 |
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How can I dim my computer screen beyond the minimum? Can you still buy filters for screens? They were around in the old CRT days. I suppose sunglasses would make it difficult to see the keys at night. |
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Jul 8 |
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Windows Phone 7 - How to download SMS (text) messages to disk I wouldn't want to second-guess a moderator's reasons -- but your question asked about exporting text messages from the phone. It sounds like a cell phone question. |
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Jul 7 |
revised |
Stop Cron job for a particular time interval more detail |
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Jul 7 |
answered | Stop Cron job for a particular time interval |
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Jul 6 |
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Creating Custom Code Syntax Highlighting Color Themes more detail |
