Robotphobia » how to http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia something about future.. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fixed uTorrent problem on Windows 7 http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia/2010/07/utorrent-problem-on-windows-7-a-good-solution/ http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia/2010/07/utorrent-problem-on-windows-7-a-good-solution/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:32:17 +0000 admin http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia/?p=480
My old PC  run windows XP andruns uTorrent very well, on another PC (12GB RAM, i7 processor,Win 7,64Bit) uTorrent seems to run very bad

Here my problem using uTorrent 2.0.x version on windows 7 – 64bit, and off course, below, my solution.

The following image shows the download bandwidth graph, it seems that every 5 seconds something break the connection then it reach a medium peak  and so on..

I tried all possible solutions found on the Internet without success, no router problems, good port forwarding, all settings suggested like disabling ipv6, disabling autotuninglevel..

Two weeks without solve the problem.

Well, the last chance was trying to install an older version (1.8.5), and Woooah IT WORKS!!

Below the download badwidth graph :

I’ve found the older version on this site http://www.oldapps.com/utorrent.php

Hope your uTorrent runs well as mine now! byebye!

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GPS Sensor lets you simulate GPS data in real time.
Is designed for Android emulator, and requires Google Api’s Virtual Device enabled.

It’s made in Adobe Flash®, so you can use it with any OS, it can be run with standalone player or opened with your favourite browser.

It currently supports:

  • set position feature, that move the location to desired latitude and longitude
  • random animation that will move the location randomly every 0.5 seconds in step that you can define.

GPS Sensor with emulator

INSTRUCTIONS

GPS Sensor is easy to use, just start the emulator with Google Api’s AVD,   start Google Maps application or any you want to test, and start a connection, leave the default host (local) and port (look at your first four number in emulator window) because are commonly the right settings.

Look at the first four number in the emulator window this is the number of the port to make the connection, if differs from the default setting please change it accordingly.

When a connection is established  the features are enabled, and you can start playing with them.

DOWNLOAD

For any question or suggestion please post a comment.

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There are two commonly accepted definitions of Augmented Reality today. One was given by Ronald Azuma in 1997. Azuma’s definition says that Augmented Reality

  • combines real and virtual
  • is interactive in real time
  • is registered in 3D

Additionally Paul Milgram and Fumio Kishino defined Milgram’s Reality-Virtuality Continuum in 1994. They describe a continuum that spans from the real environment to a pure virtual environment. In between there are Augmented Reality (closer to the real environment) and Augmented Virtuality (is closer to the virtual environment).

More recently, the term augmented reality has been blurred a bit due to the increased interest of the general public in AR.

definition from Wikipedia

The first Augmented reality application for Iphone.

open source projects:

The Augmented Reality Tool Kit – ARToolKit captures images from video sources, optically tracks markers in the images, and composites them with computer-generated content using OpenGL. Dual-licensed, under the GPL, plus commercially by ARToolworks, Inc.

more from the Web:

  • http://layar.com – Layar is a free application available for the T-Mobile G1, HTC Magic and other Android phones which shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality through the camera of your mobile phone.
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definition from Wikipedia

Fibonacci Sequence when nature meets numbers

Fractals in nature:

Snow crystal roman broccoli

Web resources and tutorials:

For those who want to experience with fractals :

A real time freeware fractal generator for MS Windows – ChaosPro

Flash tutorial – Fractals in ActionScript 3

Paul Nylander’s site – Fractals Math and Physics simulations

Fibonacci Sequence: Numbers of Life, Matrix of Universe

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