Posted at 21:22:00
on Wed, May 02nd 2007 by graham
in:
computing
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news
python
#!/usr/bin/python
from base64 import b64decode
print b64decode('MDkgRjkgMTEgMDIgOUQgNzQgRTMgNUIgRDggNDEgNTYgQzUgNjMgNTYgODggQzA=')
That'll be all.
I pay for (upto) 8Mbps broadband. I usually get circa 4.5 - 5Mbps download, 512Kbps - 1Mbps upload.
Since we've been reconnected (yay!) I've had upload speeds of 400-odd Kbps, which is okay, and download speeds of 120Kbps, which is most definitely not.
If we assume that in this context 1Kb = 1 kibibyte (i.e. 210 bytes), then that's just over 38 times slower than usual. Thirty eight.
And yet somehow I'm managing. Perhaps it's because torrent download speeds are capped at 15Kbps on F2S. Just a thought.
I've just done upgrading my system to Ubuntu 6.10 (The Edgy Eft). So far, so good.
None of which has any bearing on anything, but I thought I'd tell you all the same.
The best laid plans get a spanner in the works.
I had meant to do some editing this afternoon, along with a bunch of other bits and pieces. We got back from town at about three, and I figured that I had time to sort out the something that's been nagging me for a while before getting down to work.
Here I am, with it fixed, no less than four hours after starting work on it. Brilliant.
You've got to love computers, haven't you? Better still, you've got to love them even more when the fix for the problem that no-one seemed to be able to fix consisted of a single - just one - command.
I hate computers.
Posted at 14:05:00
on Sat, September 23rd 2006 by graham
in:
computing
editing
programming
writing
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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and
software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too
much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent
hat. He has been making things up for as long as he
can remember and has been making code work for long enough
to make a living from it.
He has written one novel, which is in the process of
composting, and is working remembering how to write before
embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs
things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up
in his head all of the time.
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