MakeApp Operations
Specify Base Directory
Brings up a directory dialog box. The user must specify the base directory for the application and the "Library Project".
Name Project
Invokes a dialog box which asks for three items:
- The Project Name, usually one word
- The Visible Application Name (which will show up on the windows title bar)
- The Window Description (which will also show up on the window title bar)
When OK is selected the new application is created and is writen to the new directory. The directory structure looks a little like this:
- ProjectName
- ProjectName -- The directory in which the the VS solution file is stored
- ProjectName.prj -- The directory in which the project files are stored
- ProjectName.hlp -- The directory in which the help files are stored
- Library -- The top most directory of the Library
Fix SlickEdit
SlickEdit's order of commands places the most important one near the bottom of the Build Menu. The idea of this command is to reorder the Build Menu. The command opens a file dialog box to load, modifyand display the ".vpj" file. It does not save the file. Use the Save file command to save the file.
List Fonts
Open a dialog box to specify the first letter of the fonts that should be displayed. The font name and an example string using the font are displayed for each font with the beginning letters seleected.
Calibrate Font Size
This invokes a dialog box whose purpose is to find a constant that will make the Courier New font extend to a certain physical distance. The options dialog allows one to select "Landscape" or "Portrait" mode for output and the number of characters printed is dependent on the "Orientation":
- Portrait Orientation will cause 80 characters to be printed
- Landscape Orientation will cause 100 characters to be printed
Use the vertical bars to measure the width of the line.
A calibration cycle is composed of the following steps:
- Choose the Orientation in the Options Dialog
- Choose the Calibrate on the Tool Bar or Tools Menu
- Select the Display or Printer to calibrate
- Choose a new calibration value and insert it into the edit window, or
- Check one of the radio buttons (round) below the values shown:
- Left of Left -- New value for calibration value is below left hand value (i.e. lower bound)
- Left Middle -- New value is half way between left hand value and current calibration value
- Right Middle -- New value is half way between right hand value and current calibration value
- Right of Right -- New value is larger than right hand value (i.e. upper bound)
- Select OK
- Using a ruler measure the line produced. This may involve printing the content of the screen.
There is no reason to suppose that the dimension on the screen need be perfectly correct. Changing the point size in the code will proportionally change the displayed characters.
The value decide may be copied down and transferred to other programs using their Options dialog and it is saved in the initialization file for that application.
Options
The options dialog allows specifying the Display and Printer Font Size Scale Factor, the printer orientation and the printer margins.
Save File As
Displays a Save File Dialog and saves the file to the file named. A backup file is created that has a time-stamped extension. Only five backups will be maintained.
About
Displays the About Box. The about box uses text from the resource file (TestApp.rc) for the output information. There is a standard about box dialog in the Library.
Exit
Exit the application with no reservations.
Tools Menu
Options
See above.
Test
Executes a command which outputs "Hello World" to the display. This can be output using the Save as Command.
Calibrate Display/Printer
See above.
Help Menu
Introduction
Invokes the Help Program to display this file
About
See above.


The hidden-character length of the string.
The amount of lines in this string.
Like String.match
, retrieves the result of matching a string against a regular expression, but receieves a "backup" Array
to return if there is no match.
A regular expression object. If a non-RegExp object obj is passed, it is implicitly converted to a RegExp
by using new RegExp(obj)
.
A "backup" Array
of String(s)
that will return in the event of no-match.
An Array
whose contents depend on the presence or absence of the global (g
) flag; or the "backup" Array
, if no matches are found.
De-duplicates repeated phrases as specified by the arguments.
A list of phrases to de-duplicate
Colors phreases within the string.
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???
???
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The phrase to look for.
Duplicates the string by the specified amount.
The amount of times to duplicate the string.
Indents each line within the string.
The amount of indents.
The indent character.
An optional line number to start from.
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The padding character.
The amount of padding.
The direction of the padding.
If true
; prints out debugging logs.
Converts the string to sentence-case.
Converts the string to title-case.
Formats the string using DCT
options.
Aligns the string by left ("-"
), right ("+"
), or centered (""
).
The delimiter used to separate the values.
The direction to align towards.
Converts the lines of this string to a list of lines.
Formats a delimited string into an aligned table.
CLMS
options.
The real-character length of the string.


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Models the cognitive processes involved at the divergent phase of a design process, which the authors characterise as 'sketchy' and linked to exploring multiple possibilities. They adopt the perspective of design as 'moves' in a space or game and have a corresponding analysis of transcript data. There is detailed discussion of methodology choice and self-critique of their think-aloud protocol.
"The present study
focuses on design reasoning at the early, "front edge" phase of
designing in which a solution to a design problem is sought at a
preliminary, sketchy level. In this phase, designers are engaged in
a
search in which many ideas and possibilities are typically raised
and examined, often to be discarded later."
"The present study investigates the
relationship-assuming there is one-between contents and structure
in design reasoning. By contents, we mean the context-bound subject
matters that are being considered, such as rooms and walls in the
case of architectural design, or metal tubes and plastic casings in
the
case of industrial design. By structure, we mean consistent
internal
relationships and patterns that can be detected in the cognitive
operations involved in design thinking."
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of online records of design behavior, parsed into individual design
moves."
"In design as in other fields, most protocol analysis studies
are based on "think aloud" experiments in which individuals
engage in the investigated activity while they continuously verbalize
their thoughts."
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subject matter), which are then parsed into design moves.
Typically,
a unit comprises between twenty and one hundred moves. A move
can be comprehended as follows: "The meaning of "move" in
designing is akin to its meaning in chess: a design move is a step,
an
act, an operation, which transforms the design situation relative
to
the state in which it was prior to that move."
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themselves, because we postulate that they are the key to the
under-
standing of design reasoning."
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ing is nonlinear, in the sense that, at least as far as significant
(criti-
cal) design moves are concerned, every step is double speared: it
moves forward but also makes sure that it is congruous with what
has already been achieved, and it validates what has been done thus
far with an eye on ways to proceed from that point"


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Running tests in background and/or in parallel in multiple browsers
Easy embedding into a Continuous integration system
Advanced traffic and markup analysis
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The set of positive integers or zero.
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Try this experiment yourself with water and at least two other liquids. Take some photos of your juice box in action.
Estimate the viscosity of each liquid following the approach in the JuiceBox.ipynb Jupyter Notebook.
Find tabulated values, or otherwise estimate the viscosity for each liquid from other sources.
How well did your juicebox let you estimate liquid viscosity?
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UIReferenceLibraryViewController
/
DCSDictionaryRef/
/usr/share/dict/words
Written by Mattt Thompson on
This week's article is about dictionaries. Not the
NSDictionary
/
CFDictionaryRef
we encounter everyday,
but those distant lexicographic vestiges of school
days past.
But seriously, why are dictionaries called that, anyway? Why can't we just settle on
Hash
, like those nice Ruby folks? What's that? Semantic overlap with hashing functions and cryptographic digests? Well, dictionary isn't that bad. Anything other than "associative arrays", I reckon.
Though widely usurped of their "go-to reference" status by the Internet, dictionaries and word lists serve an important role behind the scenes of functionality ranging from spell check, grammar check, and auto-correct to auto-summarization and semantic analysis. So, for your reference, here's a look at the ways and means by which computers give meaning to the world through words, in Unix, Mac OS X, and iOS.
Unix
Nearly all Unix distributions include a small
collection newline-delimited list of words. On Mac OS
X, these can be found at
/usr/share/dict
:
$ ls /usr/share/dict
README
connectives
propernames
web2
web2a
words@ -> web2
Symlinked to words
is the
web2
word list, which, though not
exhaustive, is still a sizable corpus:
$ wc /usr/share/dict/words
235886<PHONE_NUMBER>109
Skimming with head
shows what fun lies
herein. Such excitement is rarely so palpable as it
is among words beginning with "a":
$ head /usr/share/dict/words
A
a
aa
aal
aalii
aam
Aani
aardvark
aardwolf
Aaron
These giant, system-provided text files make it easy
to grep
crossword puzzle clues, generate
mnemonic pass phrases, and seed databases, but from a
user perspective, /usr/share/dict
's
monolingualism and lack of associated meaning make it
less than useful for everyday use.
Mac OS X builds upon this with its own system dictionaries. Never one to disappoint, the operating system's penchant for extending Unix functionality through strategically placed bundles and plist files is in full force with how dictionaries are distributed.
OS X
The Mac OS X analog to /usr/share/dict
can be found in /Library/Dictionaries
. A
quick peek into the shared system dictionaries
demonstrates one immediate improvement over Unix, by
acknowledging the existence of languages other than
English:
$ ls /Library/Dictionaries/
Apple Dictionary.dictionary/
Diccionario General de la Lengua Española Vox.dictionary/
Duden Dictionary Data Set I.dictionary/
Dutch.dictionary/
Italian.dictionary/
Korean - English.dictionary/
Korean.dictionary/
Multidictionnaire de la langue française.dictionary/
New Oxford American Dictionary.dictionary/
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.dictionary/
Oxford Dictionary of English.dictionary/
Oxford Thesaurus of English.dictionary/
Sanseido Super Daijirin.dictionary/
Sanseido The WISDOM English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary.dictionary/
Simplified Chinese - English.dictionary/
The Standard Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese.dictionary/
Mac OS X ships with dictionaries in Chinese, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Korean, as well as an English thesaurus and a special dictionary for Apple-specific terminology.
Diving deeper into the rabbit hole, we peruse the
.dictionary
bundles to see them for what
they really are:
$ ls "/Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dictionary/Contents"
Body.data
DefaultStyle.css
EntryID.data
EntryID.index
Images/
Info.plist
KeyText.data
KeyText.index
Resources/
_CodeSignature/
version.plist
A filesystem autopsy reveals some interesting implementation details. In the case of the New Oxford American Dictionary in particular, contents include:
- Binary-encoded
KeyText.data
,KeyText.index
, &Content.data
- CSS for styling entries
- 1207 images, from A-Frame to Zither.
- Preference to switch between US English Diacritical Pronunciation and IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
- Manifest & signature for dictionary contents
Normally, proprietary binary encoding would be the end of the road in terms of what one could reasonably do with data, but luckily, Core Services provides APIs to read this information.
Getting Definition of Word
To get the definition of a word on Mac OS X, one can
use the DCSCopyTextDefinition
function,
found in the Core Services framework:
#import <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
NSString *word = @"apple";
NSString *definition = (__bridge_transfer NSString *)DCSCopyTextDefinition(NULL, (__bridge CFStringRef)word, CFRangeMake(0, [word length]));
NSLog(@"%@", definition);
Wait, where did all of those great dictionaries go?
Well, they all disappeared into that first
NULL
argument. One might expect to
provide a DCSCopyTextDefinition
type
here, as prescribed by the function definition.
However, there are no public functions to construct
or copy such a type, making NULL
the
only available option. The documentation is as clear
as it is stern:
This parameter is reserved for future use, so pass
NULL
. Dictionary Services searches in all active dictionaries.
"Dictionary Services searches in all active dictionaries", you say? Sounds like a loophole!
Setting Active Dictionaries
Now, there's nothing programmers love to hate to love more than the practice of exploiting loopholes to side-step Apple platform restrictions. Behold: an entirely error-prone approach to getting, say, thesaurus results instead of the first definition available in the standard dictionary:
NSUserDefaults *userDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSMutableDictionary *dictionaryPreferences = [[userDefaults<EMAIL_ADDRESS>mutableCopy];
NSArray *activeDictionaries = [dictionaryPreferences objectForKey:@"DCSActiveDictionaries"];
dictionaryPreferences[@"DCSActiveDictionaries"] = @[@"/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.dictionary"];
[userDefaults setPersistentDomain:dictionaryPreferences<EMAIL_ADDRESS>{
NSString *word = @"apple";
NSString *definition = (__bridge_transfer NSString *)DCSCopyTextDefinition(NULL, (__bridge CFStringRef)word, CFRangeMake(0, [word length]));
NSLog(@"%@", definition);
}
dictionaryPreferences[@"DCSActiveDictionaries"] = activeDictionaries;
[userDefaults setPersistentDomain:dictionaryPreferences<EMAIL_ADDRESS>"But this is Mac OS X, a platform whose manifest destiny cannot be contained by meager sandboxing attempts from Cupertino!", you cry. "Isn't there a more civilized approach? Like, say, private APIs?"
Why yes, yes there are.
Private APIs
Not publicly exposed, but still available through Core Services are a number of functions that cut closer to the dictionary services functionality that we crave:
extern CFArrayRef DCSCopyAvailableDictionaries();
extern CFStringRef DCSDictionaryGetName(DCSDictionaryRef dictionary);
extern CFStringRef DCSDictionaryGetShortName(DCSDictionaryRef dictionary);
extern DCSDictionaryRef DCSDictionaryCreate(CFURLRef url);
extern CFStringRef DCSDictionaryGetName(DCSDictionaryRef dictionary);
extern CFArrayRef DCSCopyRecordsForSearchString(DCSDictionaryRef dictionary, CFStringRef string, void *, void *);
extern CFDictionaryRef DCSCopyDefinitionMarkup(DCSDictionaryRef dictionary, CFStringRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordCopyData(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordCopyDataURL(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordGetAnchor(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordGetAssociatedObj(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordGetHeadword(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordGetRawHeadword(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordGetString(CFTypeRef record);
extern CFStringRef DCSRecordGetTitle(CFTypeRef record);
extern DCSDictionaryRef DCSRecordGetSubDictionary(CFTypeRef record);
Private as they are, these functions aren't about to start documenting themselves, so let's take a look at how they're used:
Getting Available Dictionaries
NSMapTable *availableDictionariesKeyedByName =
[NSMapTable mapTableWithKeyOptions:NSPointerFunctionsCopyIn
valueOptions:NSPointerFunctionsObjectPointerPersonality];
for (id dictionary in (__bridge_transfer NSArray *)DCSCopyAvailableDictionaries()) {
NSString *name = (__bridge NSString *)DCSDictionaryGetName((__bridge DCSDictionaryRef)dictionary);
[availableDictionariesKeyedByName setObject:dictionary forKey:name];
}
Getting Definition for Word
With instances of the elusive
DCSDictionaryRef
type available at our
disposal, we can now see what all of the fuss is
about with that first argument in
DCSCopyTextDefinition
:
NSString *word = @"apple";
for (NSString *name in availableDictionariesKeyedByName) {
id dictionary = [availableDictionariesKeyedByName objectForKey:name];
CFRange termRange = DCSGetTermRangeInString((__bridge DCSDictionaryRef)dictionary, (__bridge CFStringRef)word, 0);
if (termRange.location == kCFNotFound) {
continue;
}
NSString *term = [word substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(termRange.location, termRange.length)];
NSArray *records = (__bridge_transfer NSArray *)DCSCopyRecordsForSearchString((__bridge DCSDictionaryRef)dictionary, (__bridge CFStringRef)term, NULL, NULL);
if (records) {
for (id record in records) {
NSString *headword = (__bridge NSString *)DCSRecordGetHeadword((__bridge CFTypeRef)record);
if (headword) {
NSString *definition = (__bridge_transfer NSString*)DCSCopyTextDefinition((__bridge DCSDictionaryRef)dictionary, (__bridge CFStringRef)headword, CFRangeMake(0, [headword length]));
NSLog(@"%@: %@", name, definition);
NSString *HTML = (__bridge_transfer NSString*)DCSRecordCopyData((__bridge DCSDictionaryRef)dictionary, (__bridge CFStringRef)headword, CFRangeMake(0, [headword length]));
NSLog(@"%@: %@", name, definition);
}
}
}
}
Most surprising from this experimentation is the ability to access the raw HTML for entries, which combined with a dictionary's bundled CSS, produces the result seen in Dictionary.app.
For any fellow linguistics nerds or markup curious folks out there, here's the HTML of the entry for the word "apple".
In the process of writing this article, I accidentally created an Objective-C wrapper around this forbidden fruit (so forbidden by our favorite fruit company, so don't try submitting this to the App Store).
iOS
iOS development is a decidedly more by-the-books
affair, so attempting to reverse-engineer the
platform would be little more than an academic
exercise. Fortunately, a good chunk of functionality
is available (as of iOS 5) through the obscure UIKit
class UIReferenceLibraryViewController
.
UIReferenceLibraryViewController
is
similar to an
MFMessageComposeViewController
, in that
provides a minimally-configurable view controller
around system functionality, intended to be presented
modally.
Simply initialize with the desired term:
UIReferenceLibraryViewController *referenceLibraryViewController =
[[UIReferenceLibraryViewController alloc] initWithTerm:@"apple"];
[viewController presentViewController:referenceLibraryViewController
animated:YES
completion:nil];
This is the same behavior that one might encounter by
tapping the "Define" UIMenuItem
on a
highlighted word in a UITextView
.
Tapping on "Manage" brings up a view to download additional dictionaries.
UIReferenceLibraryViewController
also
provides the class method
dictionaryHasDefinitionForTerm:
. A
developer would do well to call this before
presenting a dictionary view controller that will
inevitably have nothing to display.
[UIReferenceLibraryViewController dictionaryHasDefinitionForTerm:@"apple"];
In both cases, it appears that
UIReferenceLibraryViewController
will do its best to normalize the search term, so stripping whitespace or changing to lowercase should not be necessary.
From Unix word lists to their evolved
.dictionary
bundles on OS X (and
presumably iOS), words are as essential to
application programming as mathematical constants and
the "Sosumi" alert noise. Consider how the
aforementioned APIs can be integrated into your own
app, or used to create a kind of app you hadn't
previously considered. There are a wealth
of
linguistic
technologies
baked into Apple's platforms, so take advantage of
them.


Saving and loading the compiler
Saving the compiler after compiling the kernel and reusing it is an efficient way of working. This save a lot of compilation time and the saved bin file can be reused in other project.
Below is how you can save a compiler after compiling with kernel class. Simply invoke Save function passing the file name:
private void SaveCompiler()
{
//Create instance of OpenCL compiler
var compiler = new OpenCLCompiler();
//Select a default device
compiler.UseDevice(0);
//Compile the sample kernel
compiler.CompileKernel(typeof(SimpleKernels));
compiler.Save("amp_cl.bin");
}
Create another project file, and you can copy the amp_cl.bin file to the new project directory. Below is the code to load and execute, note that you don't have to compile anything here.
//Once saved you can reuse the same bin instead of compiling from scratch. Save compilation time. Also the bin file is portable
var compiler = new OpenCLCompiler();
compiler.Load("amp_cl.bin");
foreach (var item in compiler.Kernels)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
//Create variable a, b and r
Array x = new float[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };
Array y = new float[9];
//Get the execution engine
var exec = compiler.GetExec<float>();
//Execute fill kernel method
exec.Fill(y, 0.5f);
//Execuete SAXPY kernel method
exec.SAXPY(x, y, 2f);
//Print the result
Console.WriteLine("\nResult----");
for (int i = 0; i < y.Length; i++)
{
Console.Write(y.GetValue(i) + " ");
}


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Recipes: American Kanelbulle Cake (Cinnamon Bun Cake)
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12 hours ago . And another pan of cinnamon rolls, please Mommy. . So now that I think I finally have it down, I'm sharing my cinnamon roll recipe with you. . I always had had this impression that kneading was a *huff, huff* strenuous job. . I spray the bowl with cooking oil, form the dough into a ball, place it in the bowl, .
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Dec 20, 2012 . I put a recipe below for you. I was so excited . Uff-da! After that hit, I made myself a hot cup of tea. Delicious! That is when . Shredded coconut; Dried cranberries; Chocolate chips; Cinnamon Date Frosting; Use your creative side! . The dough will create a large ball in the food processor bowl. Remove .
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A qubit is an object which can attain a state of quantum superposition between two states, for example:
The state of a single qubit can be described by a two-dimensional column vector of complex numbers. The two states in which a qubit are measured are known as basis states, where any pair of vectors that are linearly independent could serve as a basis. These two quantum states correspond to the two states of a classical bit, namely 0 and 1.
Any quantum state vector can be written as a sum of these basis vectors, where only two out of infinitely many vectors correspond to states of classical bits.
Measuring a qubit collapses the quantum state to either one of the two classical states 0 or 1, i.e. the state of the qubit becomes one of the two basis vectors. Hence, a qubit can be thought to represent both states simultaneously.
One important aspect of the measurement process is that it alters the state of the quantum system: the effect of the measurement is that the new state is exactly the outcome of the measurement.
Only a qubit which is already in a basis state (like a classical bit) will be left unchanged after the measurement.
After the measurement, the system is in the measured state. That is, further measurements will always yield the same value. [1.3]
As we can only extract one bit of information from the state of a qubit, it has been proved to be physically impossible to fully replicate the original qubit.[1.4]
Qubits can be used to transfer a key along a quantum communication channel. This key can then be used to encrypt data using a cipher, allowing data to be sent securely along classical channels of communication.
[1.1] E. Knill, R. Laflamme & G. J. Milburn. (2001). A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics. Nature. 409, 46–52.
[1.2]http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs191/sp12/notes/chap1&2.pdf
[1.3]https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/0910/QuantComp/notes.pdf
[1.4]https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~herbert/teaching/QCA5P.pdf
Entanglement based protocols : The quantum states of multiple separate objects can become linked together in such a way that they must be described by a combined quantum state, not as individual objects (known as entanglement) and performing a measurement on one object affects the other. [2.1] This property is used to guarantee a secure connection as intercepting either of the entangled pair of objects alters the overall system.
Prepare and measure protocols: The security of the protocol comes from encoding the information in non-orthogonal states. Quantum indeterminacy means that both of these states cannot be measured without disturbing the original state; this property can be exploited to detect eavesdropping and to determine the amount of information that has been intercepted.
This protocol was designed to use photon polarization states to transmit data, but works with any two pairs of conjugate states, e.g. many optical fibre based implementations use phase encoded states.
The sender (Alice) and the receiver (Bob) are connected by a quantum communication channel (such as an optical fibre or free space) and a public classical channel (broadcast radio or the internet).
Alice creates a random bit (0 or 1) and then randomly selects one of two bases (say vertical/ horizontal or diagonal) to transmit it in. She then prepares a photon polarization state depending both on the bit value and basis, as shown below:
The sender (Alice) and the receiver (Bob) are connected by a quantum communication channel (such as an optical fibre or free space) and a public classical channel (broadcast radio or the internet).
Alice then transmits a single photon in this state to Bob using the quantum channel. This process is repeated with new random bits, with Alice recording the state, basis and time of each photon sent.
As Bob does not know the basis the photons were encoded in, he selects a basis at random to measure in, for example using a horizontal/vertical polarizing filter.
If the photon was created as horizontal or vertical then this measures the correct state, but if it was created as diagonal then there is a 50-50 chance of returning either horizontal or vertical. Bob also records the time, measurement basis used and measurement result of each photon received.[2.2]
Bob and Alice then compare the basis in which Alice sent each photon with the basis Bob measured it in, discarding any which do not match to leave on average half the bits as a shared key.
Alice and Bob then compare a predetermined subset of their remaining bit strings, aborting the key and trying again if over a certain number of bits differ, possibly with a different quantum channel.
An eavesdropper (Eve) must gain a copy of each photon for themself and pass an accurate copy on to Bob to avoid detection when Alice and Bob compare later.
However, this is impossible as the no cloning theorem guarantees that if a cloning device can copy the vertical/horizontal polarizations, it will fail to copy either of the diagonal polarizations.[2.3] Hence, to eavesdrop, Eve must introduce errors in Bob’s measurements, and the key will be aborted.
[2.1] Braunstein S.L., Pati A.K. (2003) Introduction to Entanglement-Based Protocols. In: Braunstein S.L., Pati A.K. (eds) Quantum Information with Continuous Variables. Springer, Dordrecht
[2.2] https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~herbert/teaching/QCA5P.pdf
[2.3] W. K. Wootters and W. H. Zurek, Phys. Today 62, 76 (2009).
Coin flipping was introduced by Manuel Blum in 1981 as part of classical cryptography. Coin flipping is used when two parties do not trust each other (and there is not a reliable third party present to prevent cheating). E.g. Bob and Alice are divorced and live in different cities. They flip a coin over the phone to decide who will get the car. However, Bob is worried that if he tells Alice ‘heads’ say, Alice will lie and tell him he lost regardless of what the outcome of the coin flip actually is. Classical coin flipping is based on the assumption that completely secure one-way functions (‘an efficiently computable function … whose inverse cannot be computed efficiently’ and ‘from a knowledge of f(x) one cannot have more than a 50-50 change to guess efficiently if x has some non trivial property e.g. is even’ - Blum) exist. However, we do not know if they do, so currently we base it off normally secure one way functions/bit commitment schemes such as large prime factorisation which is used in current cryptographic systems (public/private key distribution) or cryptographic hashing.  The value cannot be changed after it has been committed, but it can be shown when you desire. (with bit commitment schemes the committed value is a bit).
In this way neither can cheat as Bob is just guessing as he cannot determine anything from f(x) and Alice cannot send Bob the wrong number as then when he computes f(the number) it would not produce the number she initially sent Bob in step 2). So replace the integer x and the properties even or odd with heads or tails. Alice flips the coin and sends Bob f(coin value). Bob guesses coin value and Alice reveals answer. Bob can check.
One method (from wikipedia):Protocol according to wikipedia:
[1] Manuel Blum: "Coin Flipping by Telephone", 1981.
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Error-correcting code: A code whereby the receiver can check for errors in transmission without the sender having to retransmit the code.
Exponential-time: a class of algorithms in which the time complexity of operation is an exponential function of the size of the inputs.
Linear code: an error-correcting codeword in which any linear combination of codewords is also a codeword.
Polynomial-time: a class of algorithms in which the time complexity of operation is a polynomial function of the size of the inputs.


Yuan Chai
I am a doctoral candidate in Science and Technology of Aerospace Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Northwestern Polytechnical University, where I am advised by Prof. Jianjun Luo. My research is about game theory-based control for multi-agent system and its application in on-orbit servicing.
Email  /
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Recent Projects
On-orbit servicing refers to inspection, repair, refuel, upgrade and assembly in space. Considering the low cost and the short development of agents (e.g. microsatellite, robots), they are widely used in these on-orbit servicing missions. Recently, I have done some related projects in NWPU.
On-orbit assembly of truss structures
On-orbit assembly is an exciting path to achieve the broad configuration possibilities offered by a modular assembly system and sidestep some of the volume and mass constraints imposed by launching a monolithic satellite on a single launch vehicle. In this project, there are a team of transporting agents to transport substructures and a team of assembly robots to assembly these substructures. I worked on task allocation of transporting tasks, and planning and control for transporting tasks.
Takeover control of spacecraft
Spacecraft suffering from actuator failures can no longer provide normal service due to the loss of precise attitude adjustment ability, and would occupy valuable space debris or even become potential threats to spacecrafts that are under normal operation. In this project, several microsatellites are used to approach, fix on and takeover the failed spacecraft. I worked on the approach control stage and takeover control stage.
Research
I'm interested in devleoping efficient methods for spacecraft attitude and orbit control.
Journal Paper:
- Finite-time fuzzy game-based attitude control for on-orbit cooperative transporting
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo
Journal of the Franklin Institute 2021 | paper
- Data-driven game-based control of microsatellites for attitude takeover of target spacecraft with disturbance
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Weihua Ma
ISA Transactions 2021| paper
- Robust event-triggered game-based attitude control for on-orbit assembly
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Nan Han, Jun Sun
Aerospace Science And Technology 2020 | paper
- Linear quadratic differential game approach for attitude takeover control of failed spacecraft
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Nan Han, Jianfeng Xie
Acta Astronautica 2020 | paper
- Attitude takeover control of failed spacecraft using SDRE based differential game approach(In Chinese)
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Nan Han, Jianfeng Xie
Journal of Astronautics 2021 | paper
- A Novel Prescribed Performance Controller With Unknown Dead-Zone and Impactive Disturbance
Mingming Wang, Yuan Chai*, JianjunLuo
IEEE Access 2020 | paper
- Pursuit-evasion game control for approaching space non-cooperative target
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Mingming Wang, Nan Han
Astronautical systems engineering technology 2020 | paper
- Differential game learning approach for multiple microsatellites takeover of the attitude movement of failed spacecraft
Nan Han,Jianjun Luo, Yuan Chai
Scientia Sinica Informationis 2020 | paper
Conference Papers:
- Predictive pursuit-evasion game control method for approaching space non-cooperative target
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Mingming Wang, Min Yu
IFAC 2020 | Oral | paper
- Spacecraft Attitude Analytical Predictive Control Based On Sequential Action Control
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Nan Han
IEEE CSCC GNCC 2018 | Poster |paper
- Uncertainty estimation based game control for attitude regulation during on-orbit assembly
Yuan Chai, Jianjun Luo, Mingming Wang
IAC 2020 | Oral | paper
- Sequence planning method for multiple assembly robot during on-orbit assembly of truss structure(In Chinese)
Yuan Chai, Mingming Wang, Jianjun Luo, Jiawen Wang
Conference on deployable spatial structure 2020 | Oral | Best Paper
Competitions:
- Variable configuration robot for on-orbit assembly
Yuan Chai, Chen Xu, Jiawen Wang, Yiqun Zhou, Duo Gong
China graduate future aircraft design competition 2018 | First Prize | paper
Funding
2020-2022, the Innovation Foundation for Doctor Dissertation of Northwestern Polytechnical University under grant No.CX202020
2020-2021, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under grant No.3102020HTXS001
Education
2017-2022, Ph.D.
Aerospace Flight Dynamics | School of Astronautics | Northwestern Polytechnical University.
2013-2017, B.Eng.
Aerospace engineering | School of Astronautics | Northwestern Polytechnical University.
Awards
2021, Outstanding Graduate Students
2020, First class scholarship in aviation industry
2020, Outstanding Graduate Students
2019, Outstanding Graduate Students
2018, Outstanding Graduate Students
2017, Outstanding Graduate Students
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again, mostly NLP
chomsky’s competence (receiver, able to identify a correct sentence), and performance (emitter, able to formulate a correct sentence)
Grammars can be viewed as models of our language competence. (rulesets)
a beautiful grammar? the beauty of applied grammars? what is the relationship between beauty and grammar?
Semantics investigates meanings of basic expressions and how meaning is as signed to complex expressions based on the meaning of simpler expressions and syntactic structure.
and then pragmatics, which is the actual use-case, the context, the extralinguistic structure.
In a slogan: syntax studies Form, semantics studies Form + Content, and pragmatics studies Form + Content + Use.
The difference between natural and formal languages lies in the manner in which the sets of strings are given. In the case of formal languages, the language is given by stipulative definition: a string belongs to the language if it is produced by a grammar for that language, or recognized by a parsing algorithm for that language. A parsing algorithm for C, say, can be wrong in the sense that it does not comply with the International Standard for the C programming language, but ultimately there is no right or wrong here: the way in which formal languages are given is a matter of definition.
Explanations of meaning fall in two broad classes: meaning as knowing how and meaning as knowing that. If we say that Johnny doesn’t know the meaning of a good spanking, we refer to operational meaning. If Helen Keller writes that water means the wonderful cool something that was flowing over her hand, then she refers to meaning as reference, or denotational meaning. Often operational meaning is more fine-grained than denotational meaning. For instance, the expressions seven plus five and two times six both refer to the natural number twelve, so their denotational meaning is the same. But they have different operational meaning, for the recipe for adding seven and five is different from the recipe for multiplying two and six.
A very important use of language, and one that we will be concerned with a lot in the following pages, is as a tool for describing states of affairs and as a reasoning tool. This is a use which formal languages and natural language have in common. Formal languages are often designed as query tools or reasoning tools, or at least as tools for formal reconstructions of reasoning processes.
one common part of natural and formal languages is propositional logic (aka Boolean logic). when we become more entangled in relationships between actors and objects, we enter predicate logic. higher up the ladder of expressivity comes typed higher-order logic and finally epistemic logic.
natural languages are supposedly understandable via formal semantics (logical approaches to natural semantics).
some crucial design features of human languages:
Besides natural languages, there are other symbol-manipulating systems that also show some of the properties listed above, for example the language of pred- icate logic and high-level programming languages like C, LISP, and Haskell. But these apparently lack other properties of human languages. For example, they lack the whole pragmatic dimension that human languages employ: deception, irony, conveying information without explicitly stating it, and capabilities like cre- ating and understanding metaphors. Formal languages also lack the flexibility of human languages induced by vagueness together with heavy use of context and background knowledge. These differences, in fact, are the reason why natural lan- guages are well-suited for efficient inter-human communication, whereas formal languages excel for doing mathematics and for interacting with computers.
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A full-physics VR simulation that lets you explore worlds and create expereiences with your friends. Has many advanced never-before-seen methods of syncing fully articulated characters, with very little limits to fidelity. Runs on Quest 2 and PCVR. I made this header!
A physics based multiplayer co-op assasination game. Part of my work at Quantum Lion Labs. Created various content.
A unreleased physics based multiplayer game where I created a new type of multiplayer VR interactions. Various body physics and IK work was also done to create an accurate representation of a human body in VR. Specialized Netcode was written in order to solve the shared object interaction problem that comes with multiplayer VR.
A game made in 72 hours for Amber Waves of Games. Players must navigate horrid creatures using their voice as power for a flashlight. Created powerups and shout mechanic.
My first dive into the Unity Game Engine, where I learned how to work with its physics engine. Created everything.
Created for IM110, the main focus was experimenting with 2D lighting. Was playtested through peer feedback and iterated to improve such. Contains a procedurally animated player, physics-based movement, proper difficulty scaling, camera feedback, dynamic environments, multiple levels with new mechanics, proper sound and music implementation, and various usability mechanics that make the game enjoyable.
Created for IM160, this project was to learn about level-design and creating a responsive two player co-op game. This game was also playtested throughout development as well as saw through several pitch and approval phases. The game features local split screen, multiple scene loading, physics-based interaction and movement via forces and raycasts, alongside other puzzle-based mechanics implemented via complex triggers and C# events. GitHub was used for collaborative version control.
The first half of the IM 160 class included various C# learning practices, such as arrays, instantiation, string manipulation, loops, coroutines, Object-Oriented programming, constructors/destructors, inheritance, tilemapping, and scriptable objects. Also some shader experiments.
Backroads is an experimental first person driving psychological thriller, where players must navigate desert back roads while transporting a deadly virus. This game was ambitious for the course for it being the sole 3D game of its type as well as being more narritive focused compared to strictly gameplay progression. Various artwork was done to try and mimic what driving on empty roads was like. Tools were authored for other members to easily add events, with inheritance being used to make creating code-driven events easier. Path finding was used for certain events to ensure that everything was framed properly, further supporting the narrative. All UIs and 3D models were built to scale on a variety of displays, while still having good feedback to the player regarding what was currently happening.
Hi! I'm Alec and I like to build intricate VR technology. I'm always looking to push boundaries of what can be experienced in VR and think that physics have a very important place in the future of games. I enjoy building games and have worked on several indie titles. Currently I'm a student at Bradley University and I plan on graduating in 2025 with a Bachelors in Computer Science and a concentration in game technology. In the future I would like to explore an entity component system approach to games and learn game engine development either in C++ or Rust.
When I'm not making games or working as a full time student I enjoy keeping and maintaining aquariums. I have bred anglefish, bred African cichlids, kept eels, sold plants that I've grown and created many large aquascapes. I also enjoy all things indie. I'm also teaching myself to work on cars and how to cook various meals. Some games that I've enjoyed are Mirror's Edge, Portal and BONEWORKS.
Superior skills in game physics and VR development. Various experiences in networking stack apis such as Photon, Normcore, and Netcode for GameObjects. Also experiences with low-level networking and transport writing. General Unity Developer.
Primarily focused within the scope of Unity3D, but also some experiences with custom game engine writing.
Various skills involving texture editing, layering, photo editing, and more.
Picked up after VEGAS got bought by Magix. Edited several videos for classes and various company projects.
Started as an intro to thinking in 3D. Lots of experience with shading and tech art.
First time editing software used, became very familiar with it and did a lot video game montages.
Worked on large scale projects using these version control softwares. This website is hosted on GitHub!
Made this website :)
Experience in CS101 and CS102 class.
Self-Taught over the summer on various concepts including memory management, pointers, templates and various optimizations.
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The GETTIMEOFDAY() function returns a DATA() object of type TIMEVAL with members TV_SEC (seconds since 1/1/1970 GMT) and TV_USEC (microseconds since start of day).
LOCALTIME(sec) takes seconds since 1/1/1970, and returns a DATA() object of type TM with members:
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minutes since start of local hour (0 to 59) | ||
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hours since start of local day (0 to 23) | ||
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day of month (1 to 31) | ||
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month of year (0 to 11) | ||
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year minus 1900 | ||
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day of week (sunday = 0) | ||
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day of year (0 to 365) | ||
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offset from UTC in seconds (or -1 if not available) |
GMTIME(sec) converts seconds to a TM object, but without any local time zone adjustments.
MKTIME(tm) converts a TM object to seconds since 1/1/1970.
SLEEP(fp_sec) suspends program execution for a number of (floating point) seconds. Not all platforms may support sleep, or sleep for fractional seconds. Sleep resolution may vary between platforms. Returns failure if the system indicated the sleep time was less than the requested time.
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STRPTIME(str,format) parses a string using using the supplied format and returns a TM object with the parsed elements filled in. Consult your local strptime(3) manual page (or C runtime manual) for more details.
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I can describe it as 'The Holy Grail' of hallucinogens. Its effects were almost completely visual in nature. I felt almost sober the entire time I was on it. Anyone could have perceived me as sober, with the exception of very dilated eyes.
I took it at about 8:00 PM on Saturday, just as the kegger I was at started to rage. I began drinking at about 5:00 PM, and by 8:00, I had consumed quite a bunch, and was very tipsy. I drank to work up the courage to do it, and I'm glad I did. The night before, I had almost completely talked myself out of it over concerns about warping my thoughts too much toward the negative, as most hallucinogens do to me now.
I drank a little more over the next two hours, but very little, really. Over those two hours, I noticed no effects, however I did feel myself sober up (from the liquor) very quickly. At about 9:30 PM, I felt completely sober, and began to feel the drug coming on.  I felt electricity in my mouth. My palms were buzzing, and my torso felt almost imperceptibly twitchy or tense. Shortly after that, I began to see the slightest color patterns if I closed my eyes. I noticed that the decorative Christmas lights in the house were getting very bright.
About an hour after I first noticed effects, I began to wonder if I had taken enough. I had been sitting outside talking to people, and really didn't notice any new effects. I could walk around fine, I didn't get dizzy, I was able to speak coherently, I didn't stare at anything or anyone.* (I warn everyone NOT to re-dose at all.)
Shortly after I thought I may have under-dosed, I went into the bathroom to check on my eyes. The walls in the bathroom were wallpapered with ripped up paper bags. I looked at them for a bit, and realized that I had taken plenty. The patterns came out, and the walls gained depth.
Over the next couple of hours, the visual effects became extremely intense. I've never actually had visual hallucinations like this. I've had effects that made a door seem to flex a bit, but the walls were actually 'breathing' this time. At times the walls looked like a drop-rippled pond. Carpet patterns were extremely complex and deep (they seemed to penetrate inches into the carpet). There was an semi-round bathroom carpet that seemed to spin like meshing gears. Textured walls and ceilings revealed obvious fractal patterns. I had all this while feeling almost sober enough to drive. Nobody could tell I was on anything. I retained all of my ego and intellect. I could hold meaningful conversations without struggling for vocabulary. On other hallucinogens, achieving this degree of visual warpage, I would have been completely hosed.
Biting sarcasm and clever witticisms flowed like a river from my mouth. It seemed my comedy switch was stuck in the 'on' position.
I went to the bathroom to see if my face was warping, but it didn't significantly, and nobody else's did either.
*The only other significant sensory warping was my sense of beauty. (That's not quite right, but I don't know how else to describe it.) There were several pretty girls at this party, and I really had to stay conscious of how long I looked at any of them, to avoid staring. Several girls who I would normally find pretty, ended up looking extremely attractive. Others, of whom I wouldn't normally think much, looked the same.
The effects lasted approximately 11 hours, from dosage to sleep. I lay tired and awake on a couch for two hours watching the colored etch-a-sketch on the inside of my eyelids before I could sleep. If I concentrated, I could control the images to a limited degree.
Still, today, two days later, I feel energetic and happy. It was everything that I'd hoped for, and nothing I'd feared.
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Sena-NCP-Cong alliance won't last beyond 6-8 months: Gadkari
by Namita TewariTerming the alliance among Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress as opportunistic, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said even if they formed the government in Maharashtra, it will not last beyond six to eight months.
During electioneering in Jharkhand, he said the alliance forged by these "ideologically different" parties was just to keep the BJP out of power, which was unfortunate.
"Opportunism is the base of their alliance. The three parties have become united with the only motto to keep the BJP out of power. I have doubts whether this government will be formed... Even if it is formed, it will not last beyond six to eight months,” Gadkari said.
The Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP are discussing the modalities for forming the government in Maharashtra.
A long-time ally, the Shiv Sena parted ways with the BJP after the state poll results amid differences over chief ministership.
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“Anything can happen in cricket and politics”, he quipped adding that it was beyond his comprehension why the three parties will forge an alliance to form the government despite huge ideological differences.
The base of Shiv Sena and the BJP alliance was "Hindutva", he said.
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The chief minister should be from the party which got a higher mandate, he said adding that the decision as to who will be the chief minister lies with Maharashtra party president, state chief minister and the BJP president.
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On what transpired in the meeting between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gadkari said he was not aware of the details.


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Mr. Murthy was involved in popularising the preachings of Kanakadasa, a poet and saint. The State government celebrates the poet’s birth anniversary on November 15 every year. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa conferred the award on him at a function organised by the Kannada and Culture Department.


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