SortTables Error Log Inspired by Knuth’s example of “The Errors of TeX” in Software – Practice and Experience. This is an attempt to capture the errors I made in SortTables software; my most common problem is carelessness, especially in reorganizing data structures. Date: dateSymptom: the-symptomCause: the-causeFix: the-fixLesson: the-lesson Date: 8-2-95 Symptom: System printed endless series […]
Quick Guide to Forms Bill Wake, 6-30-95 Tags for Forms You put a form on a normal HTML page: <form method=”POST” action=”script-name”>Put the form components here.</form> Text: <INPUT TYPE=”text” NAME=”field-name” VALUE=”initial-string” SIZE=”nn” MAXLENGTH=”nn”> VALUE, SIZE, and MAXLENGTH are optional; default to “”, 20, andinfinity, respectively. Password text: <INPUT TYPE=”password” NAME=”field-name” VALUE=”initial-string” SIZE=”nn” MAXLENGTH=”nn”> VALUE, SIZE, […]
Competitive Intelligence Competitive intelligence is the process oflegally helping companies acquire other companies’ secrets. Itapplies methods developed in government intelligence. There is a “Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals”[AR 95]. Web Sites Competitive Intelligence Guide— FULD & COMPANY, INC. Edgar Online Dataquest Disclosure Dun & Bradstreet Forrester Hoover CompanyProfiles Lexis/Nexis The Motley Fool War of Wits […]
Bill Wake5-30-95 This is intended to be a catalog of intellectual tools: various graphs, maps, charts, and other external memory aids. The categorization is rough; when I get enough tools to be interesting I’ll taxonomize them. Textual Tools Outline Table Table of elements Grammar [ASU] Ordered list Table of Contents Index Code (e.g., C++) Long […]
OPTIMIZATION—–7-Feb-95 message:They put “update events” in the queue. In a long-running process,you’ll periodically query the queue to see if other more importantstuff has come in. There’s a bit about regions. I think you get aregion to update, and you can start updating it, and then mark partof the region as updated. It’s probably not 100% […]