There is an updated patch available that seems might fix the issue but I’m unaware how to get the patch installer to recognize my Steam installed copy.

So as an alternative it’s possible to make the game aware that your computer does actually have more RAM available by modifying the programs executable file:

1. First I’d recommend making a back up of the RailRoads.exe just in case.
2. Now download editbin.exe (if you’re afraid I stuck a virus in my copy of the file then you can find this same file at Microsoft’s website. I believe it’s included with Visual Studio)
3. Go to the start menu and click Run..
4. Type <path to editbin>\editbin.exe /LARGEADDRESSAWARE <path to RailRoads>/RailRoads.exe
   ex. C:\editbin.exe /LARGEADDRESSAWARE “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier’s railroads\RailRoads.exe”
5. That’s it!

Anyway, the new drivers from 3M Touch Systems works fine with the Dell E153FPT still so just download the driver here.

Obviously it isn’t something to go on by itself, but I’m sure someone will find it useful in combination with their other stock tools.

Add Gadget

After adding it just click the down arrow, go into settings, and add a comma separated list of your stocks.

For Internet Access/Texting

Name

Rogers

APN

internet.com

Username

wapuser1

Password

wap

MCC

302 (should already be filled in)

MNC

either 720 or 72 depending on your SIM card (should already be filled in)

Leave all other settings blank.

For Media Messaging (Picture/Video)

Name

Rogers MMS

APN

media.com

Username

media

Password

mda01

Server

172.25.0.107

MMSC

http://mms.gprs.rogers.com

MMS Proxy

10.128.1.69

MMS Port

80

MCC

302 (should already be filled in)

MNC

either 720 or 72 depending on your SIM card (should already be filled in)

APN Type

mms

Leave all other settings blank.

Simple as that Hope you like your new phone!

For now though the fact that my project involves Greasemonkey, tracking the mouse cursor, and dynamically displaying visual feedback has led to a nice unintended combination of being able to draw all over webpages with the cursor

1. Load jQuery and SVG

The first thing you’ll need is to make Greasemonkey load jQuery. Now the usual way to do this on your own webpage would be to include <script style="text/javascript" src="<url to jquery.js file>" />. This is the same way you’ll be loading the script with Greasemonkey, essentially you make Greasemonkey add a script line to the pages header.

var GM_JQ = document.createElement('script');
GM_JQ.src = 'http://jquery.com/src/jquery-latest.js';
GM_JQ.type = 'text/javascript';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(GM_JQ);

2. Wait for it to load

Your going to be loading jQuery and SVG from a different server and it may be quick anyway but it won’t be instantaneous so you don’t want to try and run the rest of the jQuery dependent part of the script until jQuery has fully loaded.

function loading() {
   if(typeof unsafeWindow.jQuery == 'undefined'
        || unsafeWindow.jQuery.svg == 'undefined') {
		window.setTimeout(loading,100);
	} else {
		$ = unsafeWindow.jQuery; startPlugin();
	}
}
loading();

This will loop and wait until the jQuery variable isn’t undefined anymore (ie. it’s loaded), and then afterwords assign it to ‘$’ just like you’re used to, and start the drawing goodness.

3. Activate SVG and listen for mouse events

Ok, everythings almost ready to run. Next your going to need a transparent div covering the entire webpage that the SVG canvas can then attach to and draw on.

$("body").prepend("<div id='svg' style='z-index: 999;
        position: absolute; width:100%; height:" +
        document.height + "px'></div>");
$("div#svg").svg();
window.svg = $("div#svg").svg('get');

Also your going to need assign functions to listen for when the mouse is pressed and released and disable the ability to click on anything on the page so your not accidentally clicking a link and leaving the page as you try to draw.

$("body").bind("click", function(e) { return false; });
$("body").bind("mousedown", startingDrawing);
$("body").bind("mouseup", endingDrawing);

4. Drawing

Simple enough now. When the mouse is pressed start the mousemove listener and draw a line from the previous mouse position to the next one, and then turn back off the mousemove listener when the mouse button is released.

window.oldX;
window.oldY;
window.startingDrawing = function(event) {
	window.oldX = event.pageX;
	window.oldY = event.pageY;
	$(document).bind("mousemove", mouseMoving);
    return false;
}

window.mouseMoving = function(event) {
	window.svg.line(null, window.oldX, window.oldY,
               event.pageX, event.pageY,
               {'stroke': window.STROKE_COLOR,
               'stroke-width': window.STROKE_WIDTH});
	window.oldX = event.pageX;
	window.oldY = event.pageY;
}

window.endingDrawing = function(event) {
	$(document).unbind('mousemove', mouseMoving);
}

The full script with all the other little details like support for enabling and disabling the script with a keyboard shortcut is available here. The download page also works as a live demo and runs an alternate way not involving Greasemonkey so you can test how the script would work without needing to download it and Greasemonkey.

I have one of the school laptops but it’s been configured wrong for printing since I got it in September. Not wanting to go to IT (and have them try to reformat it). I’ve been using the Library computers anytime I need to print something and needless to say it’s a pain. So a big thanks to Chris for finding out how to fix the printer setup.

1. Start Menu -> Run
2. Type in: \\osfp01.oncampus.local
3. A prompt will ask for your:
   Username: oncampus\<Your Student ID>
   Password: <your password for logging onto the school computers>
4. After this a list of all the printers will popup. Simply double-click whatever printer(s) you want to install.

Note that the first three steps will need to be repeated each time you restart your computer.

Accessing MyCampus Email through IMAP

I know none of you ever check MyCampus because your forgetful, it’s to much work etc. So here’s the settings to have your MyCampus mail be readable in Thunderbird or whichever email client you happen to use.

Protocol: IMAP
Server: itsosims02.mycampus.ca
Port: 143, no SSL
Username: Your Student ID
Password: your original MyCampus password (most likely your birthday in the format MMDDYY)

Accessing the BIOS on T61p’s

Password: br82gt

Fast – tableswitch

switch(num) {
case 1: func2();
case 2: funct2();
case 3: funct3();
}

If it sees that your case values are all close to each other then it optimizes it such that either:

• The value does not lie within the range: jump to default
• The value is within the range: calculate correct offset and directly jump to it

This always takes O(1) time since the value does not need to be compared to every possible case; or any of the cases for that mater.

Slow – lookupswitch

switch(num) {
case 1: funct1();
case 42: funct2();
case 9001: funct3();
}

If your values aren’t close to each other then the compiler compiles the switch into a similar manner as an if statement and each value is compared to the cases one after another until the result is found.

This takes O(n) time since a switch that goes to default will have had to compare itself with every single case.

Forcing a compile to tableswitch

So tableswitch is obviously better when you’ve got many cases in your switch but that doesn’t mean the Java compiler will always use it.

If you want to check which was the compiler compiled it run:

javap <class file> > out.txt

and search out.txt for tableswitch or lookupswitch.

If it used lookupswitch where you think tableswitch would be better then you have two options:

• Add extra empty cases into the switch to make the compiler think the cases are all in a close range, note that you don’t have to add every case. The Java compiler automatically adds missing empty cases and uses tableswitch if just most values within the range are being used
• Split the switch statement into multiple switch statements so each group of statements fall within a range