The black hole…
This weekend was the Beta Open Weekend, or the Stress Test Weekend. This fact is already interesting. I do not know any other company with any similar initiative. This is not only great for them as a mechanism to check how good their servers can cope with the game and some hundreds or thousand players, […]
I can’t see how people say Java is an end-user language, whose applications are for general user usage… SEVERE: Exception javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: “fo:inline” is not a valid child of “fo:block”! (See position 1870:716) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:302) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:130) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:174) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:205) Caused by: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: “fo:inline” is not a valid child of “fo:block”! (See position […]
First, a relevant disclaimer: I use Windows mostly for two purposes, test my Perl modules under a Windows environment, and printing some stuff as my Mac sometimes can’t find some Windows printers in the network. This said, my Windows runs in a virtual machine, and I install these tools right after installing Windows. Browser The […]
I confess I use Firefox, and I really prefer firefox user interface. But this is just stupid! I never had problems with Firefox before, and now that I have a fast machine and 8 GB of RAM Flash acts like this? OK, I know it is Flash.. but.. :-/ Safari vs Firefox running flash plugin […]
I am having some trouble with Firefox 9 (well, I had it already with Firefox 8, and after the update the behavior continues) and Mac OS X Lion, when trying to download a trailer from Apple trailers page. I have no clue about what is going on, so if you have any idea that can […]
This year I am teaching Artificial Intelligence for Games. I grabbed some book PDFs from the Internet (yes, sorry, it would be impossible to buy all the books to choose one, and libraries around doesn’t have books in this thematic) and I chose a pair of books to buy. One of them is this Artificial […]
There are a few details that can change completely you decision when to use one version of a command or another. Mac OS X ‘ls’ command is one of those you do not want, and you are desperate to install GNU version of ‘ls’. Check the differences (below ‘gls’ is the GNU version of ‘ls’). […]
And here I am, back on my comments on Lion. First, I will let you know that the things that I am liking more in this new machine are not related with the operating system itself, but different approaches I am taking, like the usage of homebrew for installing UNIX software. Also, the hardware makes […]
I am using Max OS X Lion for two days, in fact, for two partial days, and I have a lot of complains already. It is typical of me. And, please, do not comment that it is my fault as I bought a Mac. That I know already. Ok, first complain, now the Mac OS […]
I own an EPSON scanner. It is not that old. It is a Perfection 1260 scanner. It works pretty well, and given that I do not need to buy a new one. But it works pretty well in Mac OS X, because Mac does not need EPSON drivers, or it might not work properly. In […]