I have recently written a small simple application that takes snapshots of your monitor(s) every X seconds / minutes. The idea is to keep a record of your activity. More details here: http://www.artenscience.co.uk/artenscience/ScreenAudit.html I've since had several emails from people asking for me to introduce a 'Stealth Mode', basi...
We have been asked to provide a data reporting solution. The followng are the requirements: i. The client has a lot of data which is generated everyday as an outcome of the tests they run. These tests are run at several sites and they get automatically backed up into a central server. ii. They already have perl scripts which post proce...
In general use, should I bet on memory efficiency or processor efficiency? In the end, I know that must be according to software/hardware specs. but I think there's a general rule when there's no boundaries. Example 01 (memory efficiency): int n=0; if(n < getRndNumber()) n = getRndNumber(); Example 02 (processor efficiency):...
I am a masters student pursuing my final semester in an industry, training. Until recently I was working as an android developer, but alas I did not find the assignment challenging enough. Seemed like I was not fulfilling the purpose of learning the "art of programming" because the IDE made my life far too simple. I made a request to my...