Or does it?
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/ES_Tool.html
I have been trying to get the ESTOOL hard drive diagnostic program to work for over a day now, and just figured out the problem. The bootable floppy disk seems to work. It lets me auto detect and select my Samsung hard drive. It lets me see information about the drive and its settings. When I choose "Drive Diagnostic," it asks how many loops to run, and when I hit enter (defaulting to 1), I end up back at the main menu.
Ends up that the ESTOOLS boot floppy disk MUST NOT BE WRITE PROTECTED ! It wants to write a status log to the disk, but fails silently if the disk can't be written to. I'd guess that if the floppy disk were full, the same silent error would occur. So, to save yourself the grief I went through, don't lock the disk, and make sure there is at least 10K for log files (they are actually less than 5K each).
Would have been nice if the program told me what the problem was !!!
(I thought it was that my chipset was Nvidia, which was the problem with another vendor's hard drive diagnostic toolset)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Samsung ESTOOL Drive Diagnostic Does Nothing (here's why)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Web Routines - In the Wild
This is a log of Web Routine concept "sightings" in the real world:
1) 1999-2004 : DailyRoutine.com (Web Archive)
Free proof-of-concept site, addicted many before shutdown due to cost of maintenance.
2) 2000 : Backflip (Backflip.com)
Backflip adds "My Daily Routine" feature.
"Backflip is a free service currently being run by volunteers."
3) 2001 : SunGard (Web Archive)
SunGard Launches High Net Worth Portal Solution
Birmingham, AL, March 7, 2001- SunGard Asset Management Systems, an operating group of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), has launched the SunGard AMS High Net Worth Portal, a customized, private-labeled Internet portal for financial institutions providing asset management services to high net worth clientele.
[..] Traditional portal features such as news, weather, sports, stock quotes, charts, and market updates are also provided. In addition, using patent pending WebRoutine( technology from DailyRoutine.com.Inc., clients can organize Web sites into channels that can be cycled through in a manner similar to using a TV's remote control. This unique personalization tool allows clients to surf their favorite Web sites without ever leaving the portal.
4) 2006 : US Patent issued (6,993,531)
A system and method for navigating through routinely visited web pages with a browser that allows a user to navigate through the web pages using a “Next/Previous” paradigm.[..]
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Web Routines
Web Routines organize a user's web browsing habits to provide convenience and efficiency for frequent browsing. RSS readers are a way to browse special web site feeds in a list format (like email), while Web Routines guide the user through a live browsing session to ANY web site, providing each one in its full and intended glory.
A web browser with bookmarks works well when searching for answers, entertainment and shopping. But when you visit a list of specific pages frequently (a routine), you are stuck digging around a potentially huge list of bookmarks, in an attempt to find the next one, then the next one, ... Web Routines solve the problem, and provide additional enhancements, like preloading web pages before you get to them, and allowing tangential browsing without losing track of the next page in your intended sequence.
This is the growing index of the postings I've made on Web Routines.
Index
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Web Routines - Fair Use License
Patent number: 6993531
Filing date: Feb, 1999 (Provisional)
Filing date: May, 1999 (Utility)
Issue date: Jan 31, 2006
I, AAron nAAs, am the sole named inventor of U.S. Patent Number 6,993,531 (the “’531 Patent”), which is directed to the Web Routines technology I developed and describe on this site. Licensing inquiries and/or questions regarding the ‘531 Patent should be directed to Empire IP LLC at the following email address: info@empireipllc.com
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Friday, March 7, 2008
Web Routines - InfoPorn 2000
Back in 2000 and before, there was evidence that users sit down and “routinely” browse their favorite web sites. See the table.
Consider that these numbers suggest that average users browse about once per day to 5 web sites. They view about 7 sub-pages at each site (36 pageviews) - their whole session (routine) lasting 30 minutes.
Consider yourself falling into this pattern just by browsing for news (two sites), then weather, then stocks, then email. With the extreme advances in web technologies, businesses flooding the web with services, and the ever increasing numbers of households with broadband, you probably do a lot more!
These “Routine” habits already exist. I've been touting that “Web Routines” are an opportunity to capture user loyalty and understand user interests.
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Mood/Rage not eco friendly? More costly?
It would be interesting for someone to do a study on the effects of road rage on the environment and driving expenses. I'm not even considering the increased risk of accidents, which is an obvious issue.
Consider that someone in a bad mood (or generally rage-inclined) drives from here to there, they probably race their engine, break hard at stoplights, and quickly accelerate off of a stop and to drive around other cars. Anytime you consider how much energy is used for something, consider that the energy consumed is dependant on the path chosen. If your car was at the top of a hill, and you coasted down in neutral (or off), you would use much less energy than if you raced down the hill with your foot on the accelerator, then braked hard at the bottom. The more energy you use, the more gasoline consumed and the more pollution expelled.
If someone in a bad mood gets into their car and drives to/from work, they are more likely to use more gasoline and create more pollution than someone in a good mood. I wonder how much difference there is across a years time.
Maybe road-raged drivers should be required to buy carbon offsets for the extra pollution they are adding to the environment?
Web Routines - Elegant and Powerful
Originating in 1998, Web Routines are one of the first implementations of “tabbed” type browsing, but further addressed user browsing habits rather than just session window organization.
This idea lays the foundation for compelling feature sets and user reliance, while the host gains insight into user interests, allowing automated site suggestions, useful product and service endorsements and other value added services.
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