Rule changes for 2010 F1 season
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Formula 1 on February 2, 2010
Looks like a couple of rule changes have been made to the 2010 F1 season. The points system has changed to:
1st – 25 points
2nd – 18 points
3rd – 15 points
4th – 12 points
5th – 10 points
6th – 8 points
7th – 6 points
8th – 4 points
9th – 2 points
10th – 1 point
The second is that the top ten qualifiers would have to start the race with the same tires as Q3 qualifying!?! Why on earth would they create a rule like that? How does it help racing?
The final change is that the teams get only 11 sets of tires compared to 14 last year.
Gordon: An open source Flash™ runtime written in pure JavaScript
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Software, iPhone on February 2, 2010
Tobias Schneider has created a open source Flash runtime in purely JavaScript and HTML5. It is called Gordon. Flash Gordon. Get it. Check out some demos hosted by Paul Irish. This runs in Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari. Yes, It runs on iPhone version of Safari too. Pretty cool!
Now if there is a proxy that could convert all flash based sites into Gordon based sites it would be cool. We would not need Flash on iPhone or iPad. [ajaxian]
McLaren Launch MP4-25
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Formula 1 on January 29, 2010
Another F1 car launch, McLaren launch their 2010 contender: MP4-25. Check out the pictures here.
Ferrari Unveil The 2010 Contender: F10
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Formula 1 on January 28, 2010
Ferrari have unveiled their 2010 contender. Check out the side by side comparison with the last years model over at F1 Fanatics. Can not wait for the new season to start…
Thoughts on iPad
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Gadgets, Tablet PC, iPhone on January 28, 2010
There was too much hype. Lot of Apple patents was associated with it. It was to be the greatest thing to come from Steve Jobs’ mind. Finally when it is unveiled, it is just a big iPod Touch. Here are the disappointing things:
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No camera. Would have been cool if the iPad supported video chat with a front facing camera. I would not use it to take photos so a rear camera is not a deal breaker.
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Third party apps can not run in background. Well no Pandora running in the background while browsing.
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No tethering to iPhone. I would have the iPhone where ever I take the iPad. It should just use the iPhone for data not another data plan.
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No USB. To connect a camera I need a $30 accessory!
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No Flash. This is the deal breaker! No flash means no Hulu. Or hundreds other flash based video sites that are useless on the device which is supposed to be primarily for browsing and media consumption.
Hmmm… When does that HP Slate come out?
Mercedes Benz 2010 Launch?
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Formula 1 on January 25, 2010
Well just the colors! The actual car will be launched later. Here is what the car will look like and who will drive them:
JD: Amazing Java Decompiler
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Java, Software on December 29, 2009
I just found this cool Java Decompiler, JD from Alon Aizenberg’s Tech Blog. It is just a single small exe (682kb) that can open jar files and decompile classes in an instant. The look and feel of the application is close to Eclipse. But it is blazingly fast. There is an Eclipse plugin too. Check it out.
Long time ago I posted about needing a tool like Reflector for Java. I needed a tool that I can use to quickly open a jar and browse the classes in it. JD comes pretty close. It would be perfect if it showed the outline of classes too.
Merry Christmas
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Personal on December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Gadgets, India, Tablet PC, Touch on November 27, 2009
One of the best demos I have seen. This guys in amazing!
How to find the version a Java class was compiled with?
Posted by Vasanth Dharmaraj in Java on November 16, 2009
I wanted to lookup the Java version a class was compiled with. I was getting an error:
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: (MyClass) bad major version at offset=6
Thanks to StackOverflow I found out the following command I did not know before:
javap -verbose MyClass
The major version tells the Java version used. Here are some example values:
* Java 1.2 uses major version 46
* Java 1.3 uses major version 47
* Java 1.4 uses major version 48
* Java 5 uses major version 49
* Java 6 uses major version 50
I am blogging this for future reference.