Comments for Blog::new http://telegraph-road.org/blog Guillaume Laurent's tech blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:20:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on using your iphone as a plane boarding pass by Gerald Buckley http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2008/04/26/using-your-iphone-as-a-plane-boarding-pass/#comment-2023 Gerald Buckley Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:48:28 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/?p=46#comment-2023 Why, of course it worked! And, while it's not "new"... had you read about it before ;) LOTS of people have now and I'm thinking it won't be long before it's a somewhat common thing to see at the terminal. Now, if we can get the TSA to play ball... we'll be in good shape. Why, of course it worked! And, while it’s not “new”… had you read about it before ;)

LOTS of people have now and I’m thinking it won’t be long before it’s a somewhat common thing to see at the terminal. Now, if we can get the TSA to play ball… we’ll be in good shape.

]]> Comment on Two days with the iphone by glaurent http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/12/16/two-days-with-the-iphone/#comment-1948 glaurent Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:54:59 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/12/16/two-days-with-the-iphone/#comment-1948 The voice (and, more generally, audio) quality is excellent IMHO, much better than my Treo 600 anyway. As it's also an ipod, power isn't really an issue, plugging it for a few minutes every day is enough to keep the battery charged, and it remains constantly powered on. There's no 'off' switch, only a 'sleep' one. The voice (and, more generally, audio) quality is excellent IMHO, much better than my Treo 600 anyway. As it’s also an ipod, power isn’t really an issue, plugging it for a few minutes every day is enough to keep the battery charged, and it remains constantly powered on. There’s no ‘off’ switch, only a ’sleep’ one.

]]> Comment on Two days with the iphone by John Boncek http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/12/16/two-days-with-the-iphone/#comment-1947 John Boncek Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:23:13 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/12/16/two-days-with-the-iphone/#comment-1947 Many cell phones leave much to be desired in even the most basic phone functions. For instance, the voice quality of many cell phones is dreadful. My wife's phone can't be on all the time (so it rings if called) because it uses too much power even when not in use for a call. How does the iphone do on these kinds of things? Many cell phones leave much to be desired in even the most basic phone functions. For instance, the voice quality of many cell phones is dreadful. My wife’s phone can’t be on all the time (so it rings if called) because it uses too much power even when not in use for a call. How does the iphone do on these kinds of things?

]]> Comment on iphone/ipod touch becoming the next universal remote ? by Blog::new » Blog Archive » Two days with the iphone http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/10/11/iphoneipod-touch-becoming-the-next-universal-remote/#comment-1945 Blog::new » Blog Archive » Two days with the iphone Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:22:22 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/10/11/iphoneipod-touch-becoming-the-next-universal-remote/#comment-1945 [...] last thing (pardon the pun) : following up on my previous post on the iphone’s potential as a universal remote, I confirm that driving my squeezebox with it works like a charm (just use the Nokia 770 skin until [...] [...] last thing (pardon the pun) : following up on my previous post on the iphone’s potential as a universal remote, I confirm that driving my squeezebox with it works like a charm (just use the Nokia 770 skin until [...]

]]> Comment on got an iphone… by koalie http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/12/10/got-an-iphone/#comment-1944 koalie Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:30:49 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/12/10/got-an-iphone/#comment-1944 I didn't think you'd get one either. I thought you might get an iTouch instead. I didn’t think you’d get one either.
I thought you might get an iTouch instead.

]]> Comment on svn merge sucks by Blog::new » Blog Archives » More info on git from Linus http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/08/11/svn-merge-sucks/#comment-1918 Blog::new » Blog Archives » More info on git from Linus Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:09:37 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/08/11/svn-merge-sucks/#comment-1918 [...] svn merge sucks [...] [...] svn merge sucks [...]

]]> Comment on svn merge sucks by Chris Cannam http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/08/11/svn-merge-sucks/#comment-1917 Chris Cannam Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:24:56 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/08/11/svn-merge-sucks/#comment-1917 Reading over my reply, I notice I said "VCS system" every time. Ugh. Reading over my reply, I notice I said “VCS system” every time. Ugh.

]]> Comment on svn merge sucks by Chris Cannam http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/08/11/svn-merge-sucks/#comment-1916 Chris Cannam Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:21:38 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/08/11/svn-merge-sucks/#comment-1916 I remember being surprised when I first discovered that Subversion didn't support merge tracking. It did make me wonder what the point of it was. The stated aim for Subversion had been to "fix" CVS, but leaving aside the big obvious stuff like being unable to rename things, the lack of merge tracking is the single biggest problem with CVS, and it wasn't fixed. (My earliest exposure to commercial VCS systems was to ClearCase, and that handles merging with a nice graphical visualiser, although it's not a particularly nice system to use otherwise. I always thought merging was just part of what a VCS system should do for you.) But I can't really complain -- the Subversion project still did a good job at something that's not easy to get right. After all, there still isn't any better competition, in the sense of a free-software VCS system that handles merging properly using a central repository (I don't care what anyone says, there are plenty of times when a central repository is exactly what a project needs). Subversion is better enough to be a useful tool in spite of its flaws; I started out thinking it was a waste of time, and in day-to-day use it just about won me over. Chris I remember being surprised when I first discovered that Subversion didn’t support merge tracking. It did make me wonder what the point of it was. The stated aim for Subversion had been to “fix” CVS, but leaving aside the big obvious stuff like being unable to rename things, the lack of merge tracking is the single biggest problem with CVS, and it wasn’t fixed. (My earliest exposure to commercial VCS systems was to ClearCase, and that handles merging with a nice graphical visualiser, although it’s not a particularly nice system to use otherwise. I always thought merging was just part of what a VCS system should do for you.)

But I can’t really complain — the Subversion project still did a good job at something that’s not easy to get right. After all, there still isn’t any better competition, in the sense of a free-software VCS system that handles merging properly using a central repository (I don’t care what anyone says, there are plenty of times when a central repository is exactly what a project needs). Subversion is better enough to be a useful tool in spite of its flaws; I started out thinking it was a waste of time, and in day-to-day use it just about won me over.

Chris

]]> Comment on Miguel has finally seen the light :-) by glaurent http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/03/28/miguel-has-finally-seen-the-light/#comment-1650 glaurent Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:43:23 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/03/28/miguel-has-finally-seen-the-light/#comment-1650 I emailed you at the address you gave here (@novell.com). I agree, mem management is a huge benefit. Now please explain how C/GTK wasn't even worse than C++ in that regard ? At least C++ has strong data structures, and Qt provides a nice tree model which lets you forget about mem management for 90% of the objects you use (and some containers too). If you're trying to convince me that C# is a better language for GUIs than C++, you're preaching a convert. What remains however is providing a good graphic toolkit with it, because no amount of language frills will help you if you don't have good layouts and a sensible widget hierarchy. Java and Swing painfully demonstrated that. I emailed you at the address you gave here (@novell.com).

I agree, mem management is a huge benefit. Now please explain how C/GTK wasn’t even worse than C++ in that regard ? At least C++ has strong data structures, and Qt provides a nice tree model which lets you forget about mem management for 90% of the objects you use (and some containers too).

If you’re trying to convince me that C# is a better language for GUIs than C++, you’re preaching a convert. What remains however is providing a good graphic toolkit with it, because no amount of language frills will help you if you don’t have good layouts and a sensible widget hierarchy. Java and Swing painfully demonstrated that.

]]> Comment on Miguel has finally seen the light :-) by Miguel de Icaza http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/03/28/miguel-has-finally-seen-the-light/#comment-1645 Miguel de Icaza Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:20:00 +0000 http://telegraph-road.org/blog/2007/03/28/miguel-has-finally-seen-the-light/#comment-1645 Hello Guillaume, Am not sure where you emailed me, but it did not reach me. Maybe your stuff got flagged as spam. Object orientation does play a role, but the worst really is the lack of automatic memory management, the memory leaks, the overflows, the reused objects that were freed already, the countless hours of purify/insure and these days valgrind. Love Guillaume, love! Miguel Hello Guillaume,

Am not sure where you emailed me, but it did not reach me. Maybe your stuff got flagged as spam.

Object orientation does play a role, but the worst really is the lack of automatic memory management, the memory leaks, the overflows, the reused objects that were freed already, the countless hours of purify/insure and these days valgrind.

Love Guillaume, love!
Miguel

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