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NumPy is the fundamental package needed for scientific computing with Python, see link for more information. To get the version of the installed numpy package, in a Python shell (e.g., IPython), do: import numpy numpy.version.version ~ts

I have a custom Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat install using alternate install. Part of the minimal install was a lean GNOME configuration with only the bare minimum applications installed. I have added synaptic and update-manager to keep the system up to date using GUI application. The issue was that when I open up Synaptic, I keep getting: Enter your password to perform administrative task To fix this, add desktop-base, thus say: sudo aptitude install desktop-base Enjoy! ~ts

I got Notepad++ 5.7 installed in Windows 7 Professional, used to work nicely but lately I am getting the following error: Load langs.xml failed! One reason could be that lang.xml got corrupted. This is not unexpected as Windows 7 I am using tends to hang-up and I need to force a hard reboot. One way to fix this is to: 1) Navigate to C:\Program Files\Notepad++. 2) Rename lang.xml to lang.xml.1. 3) Copy lang.model.xml to lang.xml Enjoy! References: http://superuser.com/questions/67128/notepad-load-langs-xml-failed ~ts

Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) can be used in GUI test automation or for accessibility. For test automation purposes, IAccessible::get_accName can be used to retrieve name of an edit box. To make this to work for MFC based applications, the tab order sequence should be modified such that the static label at the left of the edit box is one number lower. For example, if the edit box's tab order number is 5, the static label on the left should have tab order of 4. For MFC based application created using VS2010, menu Format | Tab Order (Ctrl + D) should show the order sequence graphically. Note that this is applicable to the following test automation tools/frameworks: - Test Partner - Rational Robot - UI Automation Just to stress this out again, you need to have a static label to the left of the edit box for this work. Enjoy! References: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd373597(v=VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd318483(VS.85).aspx ~ts

Ubuntu 10.10 was released 10/10/10 (October 10, 2010) what an amazing date. The new version was praised with the latest packages (kernel 2.6.35, gcc 4.4.5, Firefox 3.6.12, GNOME 2.32.0 and many more). The fanfare was heavily geared towards the new Ununtu font that was purported to be crisp and clear. Since everyone is busy and I have time to mock around with the new distro, I made a series of screen captures that shows the installation sequence and a peek at how the desktop looks like. I have done this using Virtualbox 3.2.10, see below for my configuration: General Name: ubu1010 OS Type: Ubuntu System Base Memory: 1024 MB Processor(s): 1 Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Enabled Display Video Memory: 12 MB 3D Acceleration: Disabled 2D Video Acceleration: Disabled Remote Display Server: Disabled Storage IDE Controller IDE Secondary Master (CD/DVD): Empty SATA Controller SATA Port 0: ubu1010.vdi (Normal, 120.00 GB) Audio Host Driver:

I have QNX Momentics 4.6.0 running in Cent OS 5.4 and I was trying to load QNX board support package using TFTP server but I couldn't make it to work. Looking at the Momentics TFTP server view shows: Cannot start server: error: Unable to bind to server port. This go me thinking about xinetd super service deamon but it was not running. Then I came to realize that of course the IDE was not running as root. So, to upload data to the tftp client, Momentics should be run as root user. ~ts

Relevant information :   Development System: Windows XP Sp3 with QNX SDP 6.5.0 (this is only to demonstrate loading via tftp. BSP for P1020 in QNX foundry was documented as targeted for QNX 6.4.1)   Target: P1020RDB Host machine preparation : Step 1. Download Freescale P1020 board support package, see this link . As of this writing, we only have support for QNX 6.4.1. I have it saved in D:\tmp\bsp-nto641-freescale-p1020-rdb-trunk-201009282107.zip. Take note that they continually update this package so the name may change. Step 2. Extract the zip file, it should look like this: D:\tmp\bsp-nto641-freescale-p1020-rdb-trunk-201009282107. Step 3. Open QNX Momentics (assuming you have this installed already). Step 4. Open Resource Perspective ( Window -> Open Perspective -> Other... , then select Resource ). Step 5. In Resource Perspective, create new project, i.e.:   a) File -> New -> Project...   b) Select General -> Project   c) For project name type data ,