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  • Can I use my old Sony Handycam TRV815 as a web cam?

    - by Optimal Solutions
    Has anyone ever used their old Sony Handycam (or maybe any older hand-held camcorder) as a web cam? As in streaming the live video from the cam to a web server (local or remote/Internet). My TRV815 has a pretty darn good picture quality for its time.. Via USB or Ethernet. It has S-Video but I think that is input. It has RCA out (white/red for audio and yellow for video) and I have used that to display to my TV. I have web cams already but was wondering if I could put this one to use also just for kicks..

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  • Are there any actual case studies on rewrites of software success/failure rates?

    - by James Drinkard
    I've seen multiple posts about rewrites of applications being bad, peoples experiences about it here on Programmers, and an article I've ready by Joel Splosky on the subject, but no hard evidence of case studies. Other than the two examples Joel gave and some other posts here, what do you do with a bad codebase and how do you decide what to do with it based on real studies? For the case in point, there are two clients I know of that both have old legacy code. They keep limping along with it because as one of them found out, a rewrite was a disaster, it was expensive and didn't really work to improve the code much. That customer has some very complicated business logic as the rewriters quickly found out. In both cases, these are mission critical applications that brings in a lot of revenue for the company. The one that attempted the rewrite felt that they would hit a brick wall at some point if the legacy software didn't get upgraded at some point in the future. To me, that kind of risk warrants research and analysis to ensure a successful path. My question is have there been actual case studies that have investigated this? I wouldn't want to attempt a major rewrite without knowing some best practices, pitfalls, and successes based on actual studies. Aftermath: okay, I was wrong, I did find one article: Rewrite or Reuse. They did a study on a Cobol app that was converted to Java.

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  • Would adding award points or game features to workplace software be viewed poorly amongst the programming community?

    - by Eric P
    So one of my responsibilities at work is to build an internal tool that helps the workers enter in all their information. It's an enterprise application that is similar to a Windows forms database tool. So it's not much different than like developing a Word + Excel combo application, but the average person in this workgroup is a 20-40 year old woman or a random chatty male type. Plus I know all of these people are heavily involved with Facebook on a daily basis. How bad would it be if I styled my new interface to be similar to what Facebook does. People could get award points and stuff when they fill out different types of forms and basically compete against each other like it was a game. When people had completed one, it would be posted on their wall and everyone could comment/like stuff just like in Facebook. And it would be like they are doing peer reviewing for fun. The rewards would be outstanding I would imagine. These people are so into Facebook and Facebook games that productivity would rise due to them trying to compete and earn points and achievements. Would this be taking advantage of the people by 'tricking them into working harder by giving them a game' or would it be viewed as something that would improve happiness at work?

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  • Transitioning from a mechanical engineer to software developer. What path to take?

    - by Patrick
    Hi all, I am 24 years old and have a BS in mechanical engineering from Mizzou. I have been working as a mechanical engineer in a big corporation for about 2 years since graduation. In this time, I have decided that I'm just not that interested in mechanical engineering topics, and I'm much more excited about web technology, website design, etc. I do a very small amount of freelance web design just to get experience, but I have no formal training yet. Ultimately I could see myself being very excited about working for a small startup in web technology, or creating and selling my own programs in more of an entrepreneurial role. What path do you recommend for transitioning into this field? Go back to school and get a BS in CS? MS in CS? Tech school for classes? Self study? I'm feeling overwhelmed by the options available, but the one thing I know for sure is that I'm excited to make a change. Thanks!

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  • How do I prevent software packages from being downloaded until I know it's safe?

    - by Dave M G
    Recently, an update that caused a problem with Gnome session caused me to lose a day's work. The solution was to rollback some packages to a previous version. The update manager is now telling me that my old packages should be updated: ... but I don't want to do that until I know that whatever bug or problem the latest version has is resolved. I understand that with any upgrade that there is a risk of instability. However, in the 8 years or more that I've been on Ubuntu, using the latest releases has been stable enough and with the benefit of the latest features and security. So, I'm not looking for general advice on how to handle upgrades. What I'm saying is that in this one particular instance, the bug introduced by these upgrades is severe and time wasting. But, as an end user, when I encounter a problem like this, I have no idea how to address a specific concern about a specific package. I don't, for example, know which of these packages is the problem, and I can't take time from my work schedule to be experimenting with each package. So, my question is: How do I find out who exactly is responsible for these, or any, packages so that I can contact them and let them know about the problem? How do I freeze these packages only, but allow other upgrades to happen? ubuntu-session gnome-session-common gnome-session-bin gnome-session

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  • No updates in my Raring

    - by zatloukal-frantisek
    Since upgrade from Quantal to raring i am not recieving any updates. For example firefox package - I have version 17 installed and apt-get update && apt-get upgrade does not find updates. And output from show-versions: fanys@fanys-netbook:~$ apt-show-versions firefox firefox 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 newer than version in archive fanys@fanys-netbook:~$ apt-show-versions unity unity/raring uptodate 6.12.0-0ubuntu1 I tried to remove contents of /var/lib/apt/lists/ and redo package refresh(apt-get update). But still same issue. /etc/apt/sources.list contents: # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse deb-src http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party ## developers who want to ship their latest software. deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-proposed main universe restricted multiverse deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main universe restricted multiverse I have no updates for 4 days of dist-upgrade. There is one package kept in actual version: libexttextcat-data Thanks in advance

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  • Problem upgrading 11.04

    - by Krazy_Kaos
    I've been trying to upgrade my ubuntu 11.04 desktop computer, but when I click on the ugrade button: I get this error: I've tryied to change my repositories, but it changes nothing in the error((on the "setting new software channel"). Can someone point me in the right direction? This is my sources.list: # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ailurus/ppa/ubuntu karmic main # disabled on upgrade to karmic # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ailurus/ppa/ubuntu karmic main # disabled on upgrade to karmic # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090421.3)]/ jaunty main restricted # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted multiverse universe ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted multiverse universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb-src http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted multiverse universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed restricted main multiverse universe # deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org karmic main # disabled on upgrade to maverick # deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org karmic main # disabled on upgrade to maverick deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main #Third party developers repository

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  • How do you uninstall old custom installs of Xcode?

    - by Jonathan
    Hi, When I install a beta, I do a custom install into a separate folder to the latest release version. I have several old beta installs. How do I uninstall the old custom versions of xcode? Can I just trash the folder? Our do I need to use Terminal? The release notes suggest to use this: $ sudo /Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all But will this just uninstall my original official release version 3.2? Thanks.

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  • I need to create Trigger for delete action which backsup all fields old value in audit table

    - by Parth
    I need to create Trigger for delete action which backsup all fields old value in audit table. I have a table structure for audit table as id, menuid, field, oldvalue, changedone now whenever any of the row is deleted from its mother table(menu) having 21 fields in count, every fields old value should get insert in the audit table with new audit id.. like If I delete a row having fields as: menuid, name, age, address, sex, town now in audit table 6 rows should get inserted seperately for every field given above as: AUdit Table: id=2(audittable id) menuid = menuid field = name oldvalue = joy changedone = (whatever the deleted time was) id=3(audittable id) menuid = menuid field = age oldvalue = 23 changedone = (whatever the deleted time was) an so on..

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  • How could it happen that version control software emerged so lately?

    - by sharptooth
    According to Wikipedia (the table at the page bottom), the earliest known version control systems were CVS and TeamWare both known from year 1990. How can it be? Software development has been here from at most 1960's and I honestly can't imagine working with codebase without version control. How could it happen that version control software emerged so lately compared to software development?

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  • Port forwarding in C#/software possible? Isn't it only managed by the router?

    - by Rudi
    Isn't port forwarding managed by the router? Like, I've googled up some software applications that seem to port forward with great success, but it technically seems to be impossible. The packet must first go to the router. The router must forward it to the correct computer based on port forwarding rules. So how can a software application manage port forwarding if the packet must GO to the computer running this software application in the first place, meaning that port forwarding already is successful in the first place?

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  • Are there any widely used non-commercial software licenses?

    - by Lillemanden
    I'm am looking into releasing the sourcecode for a project for non-commercial use. GPL and similar licenses are not non-commercial, but I don't want end up competing against software I wrote, so I can't use them. Are there non-commercial software licenses? Preferably some that are at least somewhat known. For know I thinking to use Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0. But Creative Commons don't recommend using their licenses for software, but using software specific licenses instead.

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  • How do I exit a series of If / else conditions in a mysql trigger?

    - by ScArcher2
    I have a trigger that checks to see if certain fields changed during the update. If any of these fields changed I update another table. I'd like to "break" out of the if conditions as soon as I know that something changed. Is there a way to do this within a MySQL Trigger? What I have works, but It seems inefficient. CREATE TRIGGER profile_trigger BEFORE UPDATE ON profile FOR EACH ROW BEGIN DECLARE changed INTEGER; SET changed = 0; IF STRCMP(NEW.first_name, OLD.first_name) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.last_name, OLD.last_name) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.maiden_name, OLD.maiden_name) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.suffix, OLD.suffix) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.title, OLD.title) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.gender, OLD.gender) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.street, OLD.street) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.street2, OLD.street2) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.city, OLD.city) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.state, OLD.state) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.zip, OLD.zip) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF STRCMP(NEW.home_phone, OLD.home_phone) <> 0 THEN SET changed = 1; ELSEIF NEW.date_of_birth <> OLD.date_of_birth THEN SET changed = 1; END IF; IF changed > 0 THEN update other_table set updated = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP where id = NEW.id; END IF; END; |

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  • Do you have to pay for GNU GPL software that is "for sale"?

    - by DisgruntledGoat
    I've seen some software (a Joomla component, to be exact) for sale on a web site. The web site says it is licensed under the GNU GPL2. However it also says you need to pay for every site you use the software on (with bulk discounts). I know it's perfectly acceptable to sell software under the GPL, however the license implies that the source code must be distributed at no cost. So is this a legitimate use of the GPL, or is it violating the license? Is it legal to download the software for free (say, from Bittorrent) and use it as I wish?

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  • Should I create a new window or modify the old one?

    - by Roman
    I am programming a GUI application in Java. I do it for the first time. I would like to have a form (with radio buttons and so on). After the form is filled in and the "Submit" button is pressed I would like to have a new window. I see two potential ways to do it: Close the "old" window and open a "new" one. Remove "old" elements from the existing window and put there "new" elements. What is the standard way to go? If it is the first way, what is the command to close the window? If it is the second one, how can I remove elements from the existing window?

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  • Software to run a mozy/carbonite "online backup" server?

    - by chris
    I am interested in creating a server that is similar to the mozy/carbonite, but I want to run it myself. So I will need server software of some sort (we run ubuntu), and client software that runs in the background and uploads data from specified folders as it is changed. Basically i want to run the equivalent of mozy or carbonite for an internal corporate network. Clients are all WinXP

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