Friday, October 17, 2008
ProgramableKbd
FarsiKBDWho said a keyboard has to be a special purposedevice? Why cannot a programmable keyboard bedeveloped, based on 110 or so keys, with a pick-listof a set of language alphabets and user definedletters? So, a user will map own keyboard (Roman/Greek) to the desired language alphabets (Farsi/Hebrew). A database or lookup table compiles all thealphabets (conventional or user defined) for theuser's choice. This will optimize the user typingskill and hardware resource. All the letters on the key board can be used (an English keyboard for Farsityping: q=gh, s=sh, x=kh, u=oo).
In Iran there are other languages, besides Farsi. Someare extinct but used in the academic circles: Avestan,Aramaic. Some are oral without alphabets, used byfolklorists: Saavojbolaaqi, Bandari, Kolhari, manyprovincial dialects. Some use Arabic-based alphabets:Azari, Baluchi, Kurdi, Khuzi, Gilaki, Lori, Arabic(Qom). Some use more phonetic alphabets: Armenian,Assyrian. They all benefit from a programmablekeyboard.
BTW, a PC was based on a general purpose computingdevice; to enable use of a single hardware piece forvarious applications; using programs, coded in thesoftware, to emulate: abacus, typewriter, shoebox/cabinet filing, paint brush/ color pens, accountingspread sheets, entertainment games (chess, gammon,etc). By the same logic, a keyboard peripheral may beused as a general purpose hardware, programmed forvarious linguistic applications and commandconventions: Left2Right/ Right2Left Carriage Return,Roman/ Greek alphabets, Arabic/ Hindu numerals,Hebrew/ Assyrian characters, transliterations,extinct/ folkloric phonetics; recurring combos: -tionin English, -stan in Farsi which can be programmedwith 1-2 key strokes. Bejan Baran, PhD
Does anyone know how to convert Adobe pdf Farsi textto MS Word 2000 Farsi text? I was reading a pdf Farsinewspaper; decided to copy a paragraph in the articleto the clipboard; paste it to a Word Farsi file. The encoding conversion did not take place; the result was ASCII codes- not Farsi words. The Acrobat Reader 6pdf launched inside MS IE6.o.28 under MS Win XP.
Bejan Baran
I know people who admire Rudi
I liked the exposition on the CNN Rudi [Moody Rudi].
However, it is an opinion of an Iranian intellectual
for other naggers, with a congested memory lane,
looking through a kaleidoscope, sitting behind a
steamed window at a foggy high noon.
Rudi must be appraised in her milieu including the
audience. To expect a grubby, depressed, well-read,
unfocused subject-wise, to chatter with the author is
equivalent to not understanding the media, the
message, the messenger, the temporal spike, the
corporate process, the news delivery tradition, and
the targeted recipients.
The author needs to tune to a marginal medium of a
political color of his liking. His exquisite
elucidation is utterly out of relevancy. I know people
who admire Rudi.
Sam Baran, PhD
http://www.iranian.com/Letters/2003/January/jan6b.htmlhttp://osdir.com/ml/misc.persiancomputing/2004-01/msg00135.html
FarsiKBDWho said a keyboard has to be a special purposedevice? Why cannot a programmable keyboard bedeveloped, based on 110 or so keys, with a pick-listof a set of language alphabets and user definedletters? So, a user will map own keyboard (Roman/Greek) to the desired language alphabets (Farsi/Hebrew). A database or lookup table compiles all thealphabets (conventional or user defined) for theuser's choice. This will optimize the user typingskill and hardware resource. All the letters on the key board can be used (an English keyboard for Farsityping: q=gh, s=sh, x=kh, u=oo).
In Iran there are other languages, besides Farsi. Someare extinct but used in the academic circles: Avestan,Aramaic. Some are oral without alphabets, used byfolklorists: Saavojbolaaqi, Bandari, Kolhari, manyprovincial dialects. Some use Arabic-based alphabets:Azari, Baluchi, Kurdi, Khuzi, Gilaki, Lori, Arabic(Qom). Some use more phonetic alphabets: Armenian,Assyrian. They all benefit from a programmablekeyboard.
BTW, a PC was based on a general purpose computingdevice; to enable use of a single hardware piece forvarious applications; using programs, coded in thesoftware, to emulate: abacus, typewriter, shoebox/cabinet filing, paint brush/ color pens, accountingspread sheets, entertainment games (chess, gammon,etc). By the same logic, a keyboard peripheral may beused as a general purpose hardware, programmed forvarious linguistic applications and commandconventions: Left2Right/ Right2Left Carriage Return,Roman/ Greek alphabets, Arabic/ Hindu numerals,Hebrew/ Assyrian characters, transliterations,extinct/ folkloric phonetics; recurring combos: -tionin English, -stan in Farsi which can be programmedwith 1-2 key strokes. Bejan Baran, PhD
Does anyone know how to convert Adobe pdf Farsi textto MS Word 2000 Farsi text? I was reading a pdf Farsinewspaper; decided to copy a paragraph in the articleto the clipboard; paste it to a Word Farsi file. The encoding conversion did not take place; the result was ASCII codes- not Farsi words. The Acrobat Reader 6pdf launched inside MS IE6.o.28 under MS Win XP.
Bejan Baran
I know people who admire Rudi
I liked the exposition on the CNN Rudi [Moody Rudi].
However, it is an opinion of an Iranian intellectual
for other naggers, with a congested memory lane,
looking through a kaleidoscope, sitting behind a
steamed window at a foggy high noon.
Rudi must be appraised in her milieu including the
audience. To expect a grubby, depressed, well-read,
unfocused subject-wise, to chatter with the author is
equivalent to not understanding the media, the
message, the messenger, the temporal spike, the
corporate process, the news delivery tradition, and
the targeted recipients.
The author needs to tune to a marginal medium of a
political color of his liking. His exquisite
elucidation is utterly out of relevancy. I know people
who admire Rudi.
Sam Baran, PhD
http://www.iranian.com/Letters/2003/January/jan6b.htmlhttp://osdir.com/ml/misc.persiancomputing/2004-01/msg00135.html
Labels: Lingustics
Eulogy for Sam Dwyer
Sam equates sincerity, smile, smoking-a-pipe, focus,
openness, with a large family; working in the evenings
into the late nights at his office, pushing further
the edge of technology to help humanity, publishing
technical papers to share his knowledge with society,
interacting with colleagues and students to spark
ephemeral creativity.
I had the privilege of knowing him as my professor,
advisor, and member of my PhD panel of five, with C.
Leon Partain, Robert W. McLaren, Allen W. Hahn, S.
Loyalka during 1968-1974 in University of Missouri,
Columbia. We drifted from Midwest to Mid-Atlantic
region; keeping occasional contacts over the decades.
He was also a reference - during my work in
Washington, DC, over the last 30 years. I still have
his perceptive recommendation letters for my
prospective employers.
He was in medical, black-grey-white, static, 2-D,
general-purpose computer processed imaging; I went
into educational, color, dynamic, 3-D,
special-processor real-time, computer generated
imaging. I co-founded Trillium, a competition to
Silicon Graphics Inc, in the 80's; being readied with
the prospectus for going public; instead, perished in
the Black Monday of 19 October 1987 stock crash.
Sam is alive in my memory as an icon of kindness,
focus, and insight. His legacy lives on among seekers
of truth to the end of time. His humanity refreshes
the “image” of a portrait of a smart, smiling, and
smoking-a-pipe head in the skulls of those who were
privileged knowing him on a personal, professional
horizon in the 20th Century.
Sam B Baran, PhD, Senior IT Consultant, Washington, DC.
http://www.siimweb.org/index.cfm?id=4084
Samuel J. Dwyer, III, received his BSEE, his MSEE and
PhD at the University of Texas-Austin specializing in
systems and signal processing. After teaching
electrical engineering at the University of Texas and
the University of Missouri, Dr. Dwyer became the
Director of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiological
Sciences at the University of Kansas College of Health
Sciences and Hospital in 1978. He left in 1991 to
become the Professor and Chief of the Division of
Medical Imaging at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Dwyer
at the time of his retirement was a Professor of
Radiology at the University of Virginia Health
Sciences System.
Leon.Partain@vanderbilt.eduhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/radiology/faculty/faculty
_desc.php?val=407337C. Leon Partain, M.D., Ph.D. Position: Professor Department: Radiology and Radiological Sciences Email: Leon.Partain@vanderbilt.eduOffice Address: RR-1225 MCN1161 21st. Avenue South Nashville , TN 37232-2675Phone :615-343-3588Fax: 615-322-3764
Lab Address: VUMC, Dept. of Radiology/Radiological
Sciences, RR-1223 MCN, 1161 21st. Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37232-2675
McLaren, Robert W MclarenR@missouri.edu professor emeritus, PhD, Purdue University. http://gradschool.missouri.edu/programs/catalog/electrical-computer-engineering/faculty.php
Loyalka, Sudarshan K., Ph.D., Stanford University,
1967Curators' Professor, Nuclear Engineering LoyalkaS@missouri.edu
(573) 882-3568
Research Interests: Advanced Nuclear Reactors; Gas
Dynamics; Interfacial Phenomena; Nuclear Reactor
Safety; Nuclear Reactor Theory; Transport Theory;
Aerosol Mechanics. http://nsei.missouri.edu/nefaculty.html
Allen W. Hahn* HahnA@missouri.edu professor emeritus, DVM, Univ. of Missouri, PhD,
Drexel University, Diplomate ACVIM (Cardiology).
William H. Barr , Ph.D. Professor Department of Pharmacy Location:Smith Building Virginia Commonwealth University Mailing Address:School of Pharmacy - Dept of Pharmacy 410 N 12th Street P.O. Box 980533 Richmond, VA 23298-0533 Phone: (804) 828-8334Fax: (804) 828-6902Email: whbarr@vcu.eduArea of Focus: Clinical Pharmacokinetics EducationPharm.D., Pharmacy (University of California at San Francisco, 1961)Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of California at San Francisco, 1966)B.S., Pharmacy (University of California at San Francisco, 1960)
http://www.pharmacy.vcu.edu/pharmacy/facdetail.aspx?id=47
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGhttp://www.engr.siu.edu/elec/faculty/index.htmlhttp://www.reunion.com/mylife/1234506399 kevin/r/jwd ft worth tx
http://gradschool.missouri.edu/programs/catalog/biomedical-vet-clinical/faculty.php
http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=82916581
Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Target Dominant Source
Knowledge Base Development: Volume 2-Appendix
J-Programmer's GuideAuthors: Donald F. Gober; Sam Baran; Wayne Britz; Ken
Lesley; Craig Reichow; UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS AND
TECHNOLOGY INC FAIRFAX VA Abstract: This report is the second of two volumes
describing a relational database system of world wide
nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) sources for
DNA's Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
(HPAC). This volume provides a guide for programmers
to use in continuing development of the database. It
is not intended as a user's manual. http://www.stormingmedia.us/25/2529/A252913.htmlhttp://de.scientificcommons.org/sam_baran
Sam equates sincerity, smile, smoking-a-pipe, focus,
openness, with a large family; working in the evenings
into the late nights at his office, pushing further
the edge of technology to help humanity, publishing
technical papers to share his knowledge with society,
interacting with colleagues and students to spark
ephemeral creativity.
I had the privilege of knowing him as my professor,
advisor, and member of my PhD panel of five, with C.
Leon Partain, Robert W. McLaren, Allen W. Hahn, S.
Loyalka during 1968-1974 in University of Missouri,
Columbia. We drifted from Midwest to Mid-Atlantic
region; keeping occasional contacts over the decades.
He was also a reference - during my work in
Washington, DC, over the last 30 years. I still have
his perceptive recommendation letters for my
prospective employers.
He was in medical, black-grey-white, static, 2-D,
general-purpose computer processed imaging; I went
into educational, color, dynamic, 3-D,
special-processor real-time, computer generated
imaging. I co-founded Trillium, a competition to
Silicon Graphics Inc, in the 80's; being readied with
the prospectus for going public; instead, perished in
the Black Monday of 19 October 1987 stock crash.
Sam is alive in my memory as an icon of kindness,
focus, and insight. His legacy lives on among seekers
of truth to the end of time. His humanity refreshes
the “image” of a portrait of a smart, smiling, and
smoking-a-pipe head in the skulls of those who were
privileged knowing him on a personal, professional
horizon in the 20th Century.
Sam B Baran, PhD, Senior IT Consultant, Washington, DC.
http://www.siimweb.org/index.cfm?id=4084
Samuel J. Dwyer, III, received his BSEE, his MSEE and
PhD at the University of Texas-Austin specializing in
systems and signal processing. After teaching
electrical engineering at the University of Texas and
the University of Missouri, Dr. Dwyer became the
Director of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiological
Sciences at the University of Kansas College of Health
Sciences and Hospital in 1978. He left in 1991 to
become the Professor and Chief of the Division of
Medical Imaging at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Dwyer
at the time of his retirement was a Professor of
Radiology at the University of Virginia Health
Sciences System.
Leon.Partain@vanderbilt.eduhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/radiology/faculty/faculty
_desc.php?val=407337C. Leon Partain, M.D., Ph.D. Position: Professor Department: Radiology and Radiological Sciences Email: Leon.Partain@vanderbilt.eduOffice Address: RR-1225 MCN1161 21st. Avenue South Nashville , TN 37232-2675Phone :615-343-3588Fax: 615-322-3764
Lab Address: VUMC, Dept. of Radiology/Radiological
Sciences, RR-1223 MCN, 1161 21st. Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37232-2675
McLaren, Robert W MclarenR@missouri.edu professor emeritus, PhD, Purdue University. http://gradschool.missouri.edu/programs/catalog/electrical-computer-engineering/faculty.php
Loyalka, Sudarshan K., Ph.D., Stanford University,
1967Curators' Professor, Nuclear Engineering LoyalkaS@missouri.edu
(573) 882-3568
Research Interests: Advanced Nuclear Reactors; Gas
Dynamics; Interfacial Phenomena; Nuclear Reactor
Safety; Nuclear Reactor Theory; Transport Theory;
Aerosol Mechanics. http://nsei.missouri.edu/nefaculty.html
Allen W. Hahn* HahnA@missouri.edu professor emeritus, DVM, Univ. of Missouri, PhD,
Drexel University, Diplomate ACVIM (Cardiology).
William H. Barr , Ph.D. Professor Department of Pharmacy Location:Smith Building Virginia Commonwealth University Mailing Address:School of Pharmacy - Dept of Pharmacy 410 N 12th Street P.O. Box 980533 Richmond, VA 23298-0533 Phone: (804) 828-8334Fax: (804) 828-6902Email: whbarr@vcu.eduArea of Focus: Clinical Pharmacokinetics EducationPharm.D., Pharmacy (University of California at San Francisco, 1961)Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of California at San Francisco, 1966)B.S., Pharmacy (University of California at San Francisco, 1960)
http://www.pharmacy.vcu.edu/pharmacy/facdetail.aspx?id=47
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGhttp://www.engr.siu.edu/elec/faculty/index.htmlhttp://www.reunion.com/mylife/1234506399 kevin/r/jwd ft worth tx
http://gradschool.missouri.edu/programs/catalog/biomedical-vet-clinical/faculty.php
http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=82916581
Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Target Dominant Source
Knowledge Base Development: Volume 2-Appendix
J-Programmer's GuideAuthors: Donald F. Gober; Sam Baran; Wayne Britz; Ken
Lesley; Craig Reichow; UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS AND
TECHNOLOGY INC FAIRFAX VA Abstract: This report is the second of two volumes
describing a relational database system of world wide
nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) sources for
DNA's Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
(HPAC). This volume provides a guide for programmers
to use in continuing development of the database. It
is not intended as a user's manual. http://www.stormingmedia.us/25/2529/A252913.htmlhttp://de.scientificcommons.org/sam_baran
Labels: Faculty
