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Member since: 2005-04-04 14:17:52
Last Login: 2011-12-21 19:29:20
Homepage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/
Notes:
You'd rather read
everyone else's diary entries.
Reason 1 The license manager. Having Matlab licensed for use at your university is fine until you move your laptop with its licensed copy somewhere else outside the firewall, and it stops working.
Reason 2 The license manager. Using a function in a particular toolbox is fine until all the licenses for that toolbox are checked out, at which point your code will fail when the function is called. That's an interpreted language that calls the license server before every command.
Reason 3 It's written in Java, and that's not very well hidden. Observe:
[ConditionalEventPump] Exception occurred during event dispatching: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster (Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRas ter(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.getBackupImage (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.getBackupSurface (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.initialize (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.getVolatileOffscreenBuffer (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest. run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [ConditionalEventPump] Exception occurred during event dispatching: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster (Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRas ter(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.getBackupImage (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.getBackupSurface (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.initialize (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.getVolatileOffscreenBuffer (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest. run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [ConditionalEventPump] Exception occurred during event dispatching: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster (Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRas ter(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.getBackupImage (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.getBackupSurface (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.initialize (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.getVolatileOffscreenBuffer (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest. run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [ConditionalEventPump] Exception occurred during event dispatching: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster (Unknown Source) at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRas ter(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.getBackupImage (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.getBackupSurface (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.initialize (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleVolatileImag e(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.getVolatileOffscreenBuffer (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source) at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent (Unknown Source) at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions (Unknown Source) at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWorkRequest. run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [ConditionalEventPump] Exception occurred during event dispatching: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space [ConditionalEventPump] Exception occurred during event dispatching: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
So, Matlab is an interpreted language, now written in Java, that calls its license manager before every command and won't run on a work laptop that is being used as a laptop. What's not to like?
Memento mori
Just noticed that mirwin has a note on his wikipedia user page indicating that he has passed away. In 2008, as far as I can tell, but the Wikipedia page was only updated at the end of 2009; this may be news to other Advogato users.
I knew him only as the only certified master to rate me as master...
Timor mortis conturbat me.
SaVi 1.4.4 now has a
Debian/Ubuntu
package
that is a
one-click install. As is the Geomview package that SaVi uses for 3D
animation,
which is listed in the Synaptic package manager and under
apt-get.
A couple of clicks, a geomview -run /usr/share/savi/savi,
and
the satellite constellation systems are yours to control, for far less than it
would cost to build Galileo.
I still haven't produced that TIE fighter and Death Star texturemap, though.
SaVi
Today I released SaVi 1.4.4.
SaVi is software for simulation and visualization of satellite orbits, especially satellite constellations such as Iridium, Globalstar and O3b.
This point release builds on Tcl/Tk 8.6b1, updates script simulating O3b based on latest information, adds simulations of Japanese NeLS rosette and COMMstellation constellations, allows selection between existing J2 and classical J0 orbital models with -orbit-model flag, provides keyboard menu shortcuts (except on buggy Mac Tk), warns against deletion of help textfiles, supports building with just 'make' on x86_64 linux systems, adds notes on packaging and release processes.
All minor stuff, really. Although I'll continue to add to SaVi as and when it's needed, I can't yet see any reason for another release before 2012...
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New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!
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