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Many expensive computers are geared toward gamers. CPUs, and even more expensive video cards are primarily for playing demanding games. For non-gamers, the following will make a computer with good performance: There is no need to invest hundreds of dollars on fancy video cards that…

ONVIF uses WS-UsernameToken authentication. it is different from digest access authentication. The RTSP stream used by ONVIF devices may choose to use standard digest access authentication. WSHttpBinding is not supported by UWP, so one has to customize binding to use WS-UsernameToken authentication for UWP apps.

As of November 2018: Xcode 10.1 requires Mac OS 10.13.6.1 (macOS High Sierra) that requires iMac 2009, Mac Mini 2010 or newer. To prevent being obsolete in the near future, one should get a machine that can run 10.14.1 (macOS Mojave) that requires iMC, Mac…

The full schedule. A commuter rail inbound trains stops at 5 past of every odd hour, and an outbound train stops at 20 past every even hour. 

Millions have enjoyed using Photosynth, and produced lots of spectacular 3-D photos. 

ONVIF Profile G involves multiple protocols thought there is only one specification document for Profile G For recording: recording search specification and its corresponding WSDL, recording control and its corresponding WSDL. For replay: replay control specification and its corresponding WSDL. The section "6 Playback" of streaming specification is…

2015-10-18 Photos. I got up at 4:00, but did not start out until 5:30 due to an overnight computer backup process lasting longer than expected. There are many ways leading to the Baldface trailhead on Route 113. My route is the following: Topsfield Road >…

The free 50GB cloud storage offered by Mega makes everyone run out excuses for not backing up personal files in the cloud. Cloud backup cannot completely replace the traditional hard drive backup currently. If the primary hard drives goes, it may a few days to get…

Many people love the start screen of Windows Phone. It is simple, elegant and responsive. It allows rearrangement by drag & drop. It is surprising that reordering items by drag & drop in a Windows Phone app is not straightforward. Fortunately, Jason Ginchereau from Microsoft…

SunCalc offers sunrise and sunset times, and most usefully, graphical display of sunrise and sunset angles for any given location.

Obtain adclient-sdk-for-android-3.9.(aar).zip from Epom. It has a PDF file with detailed instructions. Their technical support does not exist. If one sends a technical question, they don't bother to reply though they respond to non-technical question. You can spend many hours to set up Epom ad display in…

First Presidential Traverse This is a report of Presidential Traverse Hike in New Hampshire, USA. Date: 2008-06-21 Total distance: 19.7 miles (31.7 km) Total Time: 16 hours 16 minutes Start elevation: 1300 ft (397 m) Total Ascent: 8350 ft (2545 m) Total Descent: 7760 (2365…

Route 1 starts to jam around 6:00. One should reach the junction of Rt.1 and Rt. 128 before 6:00. The parking lot at Oak Grove T-station is full by 7:00, so one should be there by 6:30 to secure a parking spot. It takes 20…

Android has good support for Json with the package org.json containing JSONArray, JSONObject, JSONStringer, JSONTokener. Gson, an open source library, has made Json related work in Android incredibly easy. Serializing a complex object is down to two lines of code with Gson. Gson is a good example of…

Cycle2 is the best - simple to use with a lot of options. Since the code is available only through HTTP (http://malsup.github.com/jquery.cycle2.js), not HTTPS, it is better to download the code instead of using the HTTP URL to avoid browser warnings for HTTPS websites. Cycle2 is mobile friendly.

Having a large piece of watermelon after exercise is a great. 2018 June Large: 8 kg Date Type Weight (kg) June Large 8 June Small 2x2 July Small 2x2 July Large 8 July 27 Large 9.8

Many major Western media outlets have dedicated section for China: Washington Post: China Watch is outrageously deceiving. It looks just like a section of Washington Post, but is actually a paid supplement (i.e. advertisement) by the major English mouthpiece of the Chinese regime. It is puzzling that…

These muscles include piriformis, quadratus femoris, obturator internus, superior gemellus and inferior gemellus. For their anatomy and functions, please see Lower Extremity Muscle Atlas. These muscles can be injured by the notorious phase of each running stride - pounding the ground. When one stands on one…

Many runners have the experience of hip muscle injury. The hip has a few groups of muscles. The biggest is gluteus maximus that is also the largest muscle of the body. In running, gluteus maximus functions in three phases of a stride: The injured part…

H.265 could be the future of video encoding. One needs to think about it carefully befroe embracing it. Here is a succinct survey article (2016-01-18). An excellent introduction to H.265. A good in depth explanatio of H,265 in plain English. A more scholarly explanation. Any computer…