In my C++ program (on Windows), I'm allocating a block of memory and can make sure it stays locked (unswapped and contiguous) in physical memory (i.e. using VirtualAllocEx(), MapUserPhysicalPages() etc). In the context of my process, I can get the VIRTUAL memory address of that block, but I need to find out the PHYSICAL memory addres...
Even before I learnt programming I've been fascinated with how robots could work. Now I know how the underlying programming instructions would be written, but what I don't understand is how those intructions are followed by the robot. For example, if I wrote this code: object=Robot.ScanSurroundings(300,400); if (Objects.isEatable(objec...
Not really looking for description of bosses, but the actual physical surrounding, e.g. desks, chairs, whiteboards, reference libraries, group coffee, etc. Just interested in how many programmers actually work in idealistic conditions and what serious software developers have in their work environment in order to improve their productiv...
I'd like to implement a dragging feature where users can drag objects around the workspace. That of course is the easy bit. The hard bit is to try and make it a physically correct drag which incorporates rotation due to torque moments (imagine dragging a book around on a table using only one finger, how does it rotate as you drag?). Doe...
Hello wise people, I'm currently working on an app for iPhone, Blackberry and Android, but for now, I'm just inquiring about iPhone. (FYI, I'm an ideas guy; not an actual programmer, so please don't use too many syllables) I desperately need the ability to incorporate the physical button from the iPhone headphones, into my app. So that...
I am playing with an MSDN sample to do memory stress testing (see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163613.aspx) and an extension of that tool that specifically eats physical memory (see http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=14895.0;prev_next=next). I am obviously confused though on the differences between Vir...
Hi, I am writing a VB .NET console app where it spits takes relative path and spits out all file name, or error for invalid input. I am havinf trouble getting PhysicalPath from RelativePath Example: ` 1. I am in folder: C:\Documents and Settings\MehdiAnis.ULTIMATEBANGLA\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\SP_Sol\SP_Proj\bin\Debug ...
Hello, I am trying to access a Linux system's NOR flash memory. I tried use __raw_readl(xxxxx) (through io_p2v) to read NOR memory data, but I failed. Is there any way I can access that memory? Will driver /dev/mem work for this? I guess not. it is only for the RAM maybe. Can anyone help? ...
I have developed an iPhone app with a launch image. When starting the app in the simulator, the image zooms in as expected. However, when the app is deployed to my physical device, the zoom animation is very short and sometimes completes instantaneously. I'm sure it's nothing to do with my app start up as I put a sleep call in applicati...
Hi, I have a problem with physical and virtual directories on my shared windows hosting account, where it's IIS6 and I manage my hosting via Dot Net Panel (2.8.4). I have installed a copy of BlogEngine.net into wwwroot\myblog, and created a virtual directory mydomain.co.uk\blog to point to it. My hoster has enabled my domain to run Appl...
Are the physical buttons that Android phones come with standard? Specifically the back, menu, home, and search button? In my applications I assume everyone has a back button so I don't bother putting in a "soft" button to go back to a previous screen. For some reason I can't find any official documentation on this. Looking at http://ww...
I am reading Operating Systems Concept and I am on the 8th chapter! However I could use some clarification, or reassurance that my understanding is correct. Logical Addresses: Logical addresses are generated by the CPU, according to the book. What exactly does this mean? (In an execute-generated address system..) I assume when code is ...