netflixData as current directory

>>> from pyflix.datasets import RatedDataset
>>> tr = RatedDataset('../bin/training_set')
>>> from pyflix.algorithms.average import DoubleAverage
>>> a = DoubleAverage(RatedDataset('bin/training_set/'))
>>> a.writePredictions('qualifying.txt', 'mylag_predictions.txt')
- posted by Anastasios @ 01:15

 
ofingo.com is advertising excellent free hosting, but...

Hi,

Great offer when it works, but I can't seem to upload more than 1MB before some quota complaint, and the control panel informs me the limit is 250MB, not 300MB as advertised. At least it doesnt seem to have counted my multiple failed attempts in th Bandwidth Used statistics. Still, I am surprised an entry is missing for "Disk Used". Finally, is it intentional that there is no remote access to the mysql? I hope this isn't the case with the paid account as well, remote access is what makes backups and much other stuff meaningful.

Thanks!
- posted by Anastasios @ 23:33

 
I've got hold of my Disgo USB2 512MB dirve with security features, partly to see if it would work with the XBOX and partly to have a big and bootable flash disk. Bootability with the HP utilities is fine as USB-HDD, I am assumming it would be bootable anyways. Ergonomically it's as good as it looked, slim enough to fit in most places, the LED quit enlightening, and getting hot. With the Xbox I havn't had much luck so far. The secure tool does some magic, either via firmware or some incompatible use of the MBR: it effectively changes the size of the disk, with the remainder available to the cryptoAPi. The cryptotool is the only way to recover that disk space too. The device reports itself as an M-systems USB device, and the ID's are:

Device Descriptor:
bcdUSB: 0x0200
bDeviceClass: 0x00
bDeviceSubClass: 0x00
bDeviceProtocol: 0x00
bMaxPacketSize0: 0x40 (64)
idVendor: 0x08EC
idProduct: 0x0012
bcdDevice: 0x0200
iManufacturer: 0x01
iProduct: 0x02
iSerialNumber: 0x03
bNumConfigurations: 0x01

ConnectionStatus: DeviceConnected
Current Config Value: 0x01
Device Bus Speed: Full
Device Address: 0x02
Open Pipes: 2

Endpoint Descriptor:
bEndpointAddress: 0x81
Transfer Type: Bulk
wMaxPacketSize: 0x0200 (512)
bInterval: 0x00

The default partition ID is "e" for Win95Fat16, as opposed to "6" for fat, and the device just won't play with PartitionMagic. The two versions of the cryptotool I have produced slightly different partition tables.

Endpoint Descriptor:
bEndpointAddress: 0x00
Transfer Type: Control
wMaxPacketSize: 0x0507 (1287)
wInterval: 0x0202
bSyncAddress: 0x00


- posted by Anastasios @ 21:02

 
KnowledgeBooks: Mark Watson's Site for the Semantic Web and Server Side Java This guy produces loads of publicly useful work, especially in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Java. His Google SOAP widget appears to be useful only through its uselessness right now though: Searching for "Who is the greek president" or president of Greece produces the most unlikely answers. The only greek person appearing in the answers is a former dictator, no doubt thanks to an impartial CIA source or similar.

In other news, I am slowly but surely populating my supersite at http://ai.objectis.net . My sort- and long-term money- and ideals-projects are still pulling me in 4 different directions. What's a girl to do? Don't know about no girls, but I'm hooked to Trump's "The apprentice". Who cares what is the longest word made by rearranging jkuoiujljhhy, and I couldn't care less about how many presidents served in the USA's 20th century. Donald knows it's all about the money! One thing that is obvious is that those candidates don't have any special mental qualities. But they do have great pecs, legs and teeth - oh god that Amy, can I have a bite if Nick declines?
- posted by Anastasios @ 01:12

 
Sorry techies, NHS rant follows:
PPCT

As a result of an eye condition that developed over the weekend (last weekend of March 2004) I would like to bring two issues to your attention, the second one perhaps of more interest to Portsmouth patients:

A: On Sunday 28 March 2004 I decided to make use of the emergency GP services of HDOC, operating from Havant Rd, Drayton. I saw Dr Raw (at least that is what I think he called himself), who impressed me unfavourably by a) trying rather to appease rather than diagnose, adding that his role was to "see patients through the weekend" so that they can consult their regular GPs for proper treatment b) he showed unwillingness to use the NHS prescription form, instead he sought some scrap paper to give me the name of a product (he said he was not sure whether antibiotics or an eyewash was best for me, he went for the eyewash) c) he suggested I use his "home" pharmacy, the Fratton Rd Tremletts (his practice is nearby) and mention his name to them. Even though that pharmacy is a sensible option for a Sunday afternoon, I do find the whole sequence of events bizarre. If nothing else, it meant that I had to pay out-of-pocket for his recommended medication.

B) Today, 30 March 2004, my patient-doctor relationship with my GP Dr Foord, Waverley Rd, Southsea practice suffered a breakdown and although I have no intention to complain about that, I do have to find another practice to take me on, as well as the medical attention I still need. I've only had time to try the Victoria Rd South practice and, although one member of staff started my registration process, another member of staff put a halt to it by claiming that: a) NHS doesn't allow "internal transfers" (same catchment area) b) their own policy is to admit only people who have recently moved to the area c) they ignored my right to emergency "unregistered" treatment saying my usual GP should give it. I feel that their third claim is a triumph of bureaucracy over patient care - they seemed rather unperturbed that my potentially serious condition would go undiagnosed/untreated for another 24 hours at least. If they are correct about the former two points as well, it would seem that a patient's right to choose a doctor has been severely compromised. Indeed, their alleged problem with the internal transfer implies that I can never find another local GP, there are a few but I would be an "internal transfer" to all of them.

It is obviously a disappointment for me to have my application rejected by administrative staff instead of the actual doctors. But to make my GP situation similar to the NHS dentist one where people have to travel 100 miles to find one would be a tragedy. Previously, I have had unfortunate experiences with Portsmouth NHS Hospitals as well, but I didn't make any complaints as I've discovered they have minimum ratings anyway, meaning they know very well their own problems.

However, it is important to keep the area of responsibility of the PCT more compassionate, caring, flexible and responsive. I hope that if Hdoc and/or the Victoria Rd practice have somehow failed to deliver you will be firm and quick to point it out, perhaps even using a leaflet to address the complexities of changing one's GP, if indeed it has become so complex. In more immediate terms, I still need to find out how to change my GP or at get some emergency treatment. I hope I can find out by dialing a few numbers tomorrow, but if you happen to read my complaint soon enough a reply would be appreciated.

Best regards,

A
- posted by Anastasios @ 20:50

 
Jobs Talk about reptilians in key positions! I don't think there are any, but I wouldn't be surprised if my bad luck with the "establishment" recently was down to phylogenetic differences. Fraser Mackay, director of Afghanaid (UK's main Afghanistan charity postafg@aol.com) has been the latest in a string of "establishment" figures that wouldn't want to work with me AND wouldn't like to tell me why. I'll keep you posted on that, suffice it to say that this is all the more reason to give all of them the two fingers, yeah.

On the raid front, I decided to for a SuSE 9 installation with its software RAID 1 support, which went pretty much as expected (as intuitive as possible), except that the boot loader (LILO) is installed only on the first disk, which would be very bad news should that disk fail. Of course I went for RAIDing swap space as well (too bad the autopartition feature hasn't got a RAID mode, I ended up defining only two times two partitions, swap and all-inclusive-root). It looks like performance may have been somewhat affected, while noise and disk temperature on the Shuttle don't seem very far from critical - I hope I can think of something. Apt-get on SuSE is satisfactory as usual, if you don't want to go stretch of course. I've stretched it some and now eagerly wait to see what happens - it hasn't broken, although there is no obvious way to upgrade KDE anymore - I went my own way of course, the usual volunteers had that all worked out.
- posted by Anastasios @ 00:00

 
Solaris on VMware With the help of these instructions, Solaris 9 x86 promises to be fun, though not too much! My attempt to install the complete Java System (recommend 2.4GB of RAM!) met with Identity Server difficulties, and I could only get rid of the id server by choosing only the SunONE app server, with its modest suggestion of 256MB. The id server required FQDN and perhaps LDAP in operation to install.

Speaking of memory, the Encounter2003 sound editor just wouldn't behave with my 400MB wav files, very nearly crashed my machine. Audacity does so much better and is GPL. Meanwhile, I've made one more "friend", a certain mlyle@lyle.org at http://freeshell.org/ . Ironic, as I've really been there to make friends and support the non-profit proliferation of Unix. Oh well.
- posted by Anastasios @ 06:26