Comments for Allen J. Hall

Comment on Painful to work with- Science Direct by Medicine Nobel Prize Winner 2011

Medicine Nobel Prize Winner 2011 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:42:59 +0000

You should watch that video? “Medicine Nobel Prize Winner 2011″.

Comment on MATLAB and reciprocal space mapping – small update. by Allen

Allen — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:37:48 +0000

Hi Abdulaziz,

I’m sorry to say that I’m currently not working with any root-finding code. I had hoped to at some point paint the highest peak of the 3D reflection, however, I haven’t pursued that code at the moment. I’m sorry I can’t be of help! I hope you can find the answers to your difficulties somehow soon!

Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment!
-Allen

Comment on MATLAB and reciprocal space mapping – small update. by abdulaziz shaban

abdulaziz shaban — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:59:33 +0000

I have not any comment, but I have got a difficult on how to manipulate the reciprocal by using Newton-Raphson method in MATLAB. So help me, on how to operate the reciprocal of 7. Thank you.

Comment on The iHand: Lo-Fi -v- Hi-Fi Methods For Productivity by acoustic59

acoustic59 — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:14:33 +0000

Hi Allen- it’s funny I just left a comment on your perfect pencil post and saw this one. I also use a 3×5 pocket briefcase in my pocket for on the run notes.

I think technology has missed the direct input impulse of the act of writing something down on paper, and the more technological we get, we still don’t trust the virtual backups of data and keep lots of paper records still. It is still quicker and more enjoyable to write a note with pencil and paper.

My system of 3×5′s, ipod touch for appts/audio/photo/video recording seems the best of both worlds (I’m a sculptor who is being dragged into the digital world slowly….).

Comment on Software For Scientists: Awk (& OsX) by Allen

Allen — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:14:36 +0000

Hi Foo Bar- I’m glad you could drop in to comment.

I’m also glad you took the time to comment on “proper” code. Those interested will read your thoughts here. In my honest opinion, while I understand the interest in minimal code, and better understanding of the language/software, the above code is not incorrect, and gets the job done, which is what most will want.

Also- being that osx is built upon freebsd and a Mach kernel, the user is allowed to alter the standard install in a myriad of ways- so, there is no one version of awk for osx.

My best, and I am serious when I say thank you for the correction and taking the time to drop by.
-Allen

Comment on Software For Scientists: Awk (& OsX) by foo bar

foo bar — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:05:00 +0000

It’s nice that you want to use awk, but please read parts of the manpage before making a post like this [which people may accidentally stumble upon -- i found this when trying to find out what version of awk that OSX uses]

what rankles me is ‘{if (count++%5==0) print $0;}’

Forget about the fact that you can write it as ‘NR % 5 == 1′, but you should at least recognize that its ‘count++%5==0′ [no need for print $0 as its the implicit rule]

Comment on How to backup/save/resurrect your Stanza iPod/iPhone eBook Library by shasta

shasta — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:31 +0000

yes, i’m a dweeb.. not your app. going to other website! but if you happen to know why it’s happening and a fix that’d be great too.
thanks, shasta

apparently failed reading 101.

Comment on How to backup/save/resurrect your Stanza iPod/iPhone eBook Library by shasta

shasta — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:59:35 +0000

oh, i am on win xp sp3 and i have an ipod touch 1g 32gb. hoping to get a 4g but we’ll see if it really has the camera…otherwise i think i’ll go for the ipad. Anyhow, i need to restore and rejailbreak thanks to apple screwing up the sync with itunes update. i don’t want to lose my game data though i’m somewhat resigned to the fact that it’s more likely i will than won’t. shasta

Comment on How to backup/save/resurrect your Stanza iPod/iPhone eBook Library by shasta

shasta — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:56:32 +0000

i tried to install after installing safari 5 your mobilesync app but i get an error about corefoundation.dll is missing? help please. thanks, shasta

Comment on Apple’s “InEar Headphones” – broken and support difficult. (updated 01/26/09) by Randy

Randy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:13:12 +0000

I had bought a pair just a little over a month ago and the right ear-piece stopped working or worked at under half volume then the left. I put some thought as to what the culprit was (other than poor manufacturing) and looked at the stupid little case I put it in. Every time I put it in the case the right piece’s cord is bent a considerable amount to get around the triangular case. Continued use of the case will obviously weaken the wire to the point of detachment.

I (like many others i’m sure) have located the box but not the receipt. So in my successful attempt to get a new pair, I had taken them to the store and bought another pair. Once outside of the store, I opened up the box and did a little “switcharoo”. Came back to the store and got a refund, thus resulting in a new pair after the stores 30 day refund and without a receipt. HA