http://danielisaacs.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:47:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hadoop Distributed File System contains 114 java files. After analyzing these files, I concluded the HDFS concrete architecture can be represented in three main subsystems: Server, Protocol and Tools. Additionally, it contains other components such as: HDFS Policy Provider, Checksum Distributed File System, Distributed File System Client, Distributed File System ... http://danielisaacs.com/2010/01/13/hadoop-distributed-file-system-concrete-architecture/ Is debugging becoming a slow process? Lately, the first time I try to debug an ASP.NET project, it doesn't start debugging smoothly. After 3 or 4 minutes I receive the following message: "Unable to start debugging on the web server. The web server did not respond in a timely manner. This ... http://danielisaacs.com/2010/01/13/unable-to-start-debugging-on-the-web-server/ I wrote this paper with Yongning Zhang for a course I am taking called: “Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction: Experimental Methods in HCI”. I would like to thank Dr. Edward Lank for his help. Do language-checking tools improve the document quality of non-native speakers? ABSTRACT Text editors help users to create ... http://danielisaacs.com/2009/08/22/do-language-checking-tools-improve-the-document-quality-of-non-native-speakers/ I wrote this essay for a course I am taking called: “The Social Implications of Computing” The topic: “The Changing Nature of Work with Computerization: Mobile Devices” Mobile Devices: Our companion at the workplace Mobile devices have become an essential part of our lives. Currently, millions of people around the world take advantage ... http://danielisaacs.com/2009/03/07/mobile-devices-our-companion-at-the-workplace/ I was trying to return a String with the XML necessary to construct an Excel File. I was using a StringBuilder, and as soon as I declared a table inside the worksheet For example sb.Append(“<ss:table>"); I got the following error: XML PARSE ERROR: Missing end-tag Error occurs at or below this element stack: <ss:workbook> How ... http://danielisaacs.com/2009/02/23/xml-parse-error-missing-end-tag-error-occurs-at-or-below-this-element-stack/ I wrote this essay for a course I am taking called: "The Social Implications of Computing" The topic: "Reflect on what YOU think about the Internet" The Internet: My home away from home In the early sixties, Paul Baran set the foundation for one of the greatest technological inventions in our society. He ... http://danielisaacs.com/2009/02/16/the-internet-my-home-away-from-home/ I wrote this essay for a course I am taking called: "The Social Implications of Computing" The topic: "What do you think is the biggest social problem arising from the use of computers?" Are Computers stealing away our family time? The family is considered as the nucleus of society. Back in the early ... http://danielisaacs.com/2009/01/31/are-computers-stealing-away-our-family-time/ Have you ever come across something like this? I had, and I thought it was something interesting to write about. The scenario: I was using the AJAX AutoCompleteExtender when I realized that inside the ServiceMethod of my AutoCompleteExtender, I needed to call a method that needed between it's parameters an ... http://danielisaacs.com/2008/04/24/convert-a-string-into-an-enum/ In this post I am going to answer some questions concerning my previous WPF post on:ListViewItem in a ListView In my previous post, I had a WPF ListView that displayed two items, and each item occupied one row and one column. But what if I would like to add an item to ... http://danielisaacs.com/2008/03/03/wpf-add-items-with-multiple-columns-to-a-wpf-listview/ When you go to Yahoo, if you start typing in their web search, after you type several words, you end up with a window that has several options according to the search string you just entered. I was trying to simulate that effect in an asp.net webpage. To do this ... http://danielisaacs.com/2008/02/13/aspnet-ajax-autocomplete-extender/