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The Instrument Remote Control (IRC) architecture is a flexible, platform-independent application ... more The Instrument Remote Control (IRC) architecture is a flexible, platform-independent application framework that is well suited for the control and monitoring of remote devices and sensors. IRC enables significant savings in development costs by utilizing eXtensible Markup Language (XML) descriptions to configure the framework for a specific application. The Instrument Markup Language (IML) is used to describe the commands used by an instrument, the data streams produced, the rules for formatting commands and parsing the data, and the method of communication. Often no custom code is needed to communicate with a new instrument or device. An IRC instance can advertise and publish a description about a device or subscribe to another device's description on a network. This simple capability of dynamically publishing and subscribing to interfaces enables a very flexible, self-adapting architecture for monitoring and control of complex instruments in diverse environments.
Tolkien Studies, 2007
T olkienian linguistics, defined broadly as the study of the languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkien... more T olkienian linguistics, defined broadly as the study of the languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkien, began no doubt almost immediately upon publication of The Fellowship of the Ring in July, 1954, at the moment that the first reader to notice the rows of tengwar (Quenya 'letters') and cirth (Sindarin 'runes') that border the title page wondered, "what does that say?" Which is indeed the way that most did and (at least until recently) still do enter into Tolkienian linguistics. 1 And thus it is, or at any rate used to be, Tolkien himself who first introduces the reader to the linguistics of Middle-earth, for the diligent or curious reader will sooner or later discover Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings, with its two prominent charts of the tengwar and cirth, together with Tolkien's own explanations of the nature and values of these writing systems, with the aid of which a linguistically-minded reader can soon decipher those enigmatic characters.
The Instrument Remote Control (IRC) architecture is a flexible, platform-independent application ... more The Instrument Remote Control (IRC) architecture is a flexible, platform-independent application framework that is well suited for the control and monitoring of remote devices and sensors. IRC enables significant savings in development costs by utilizing eXtensible Markup Language (XML) descriptions to configure the framework for a specific application. The Instrument Markup Language (IML) is used to describe the commands used by an instrument, the data streams produced, the rules for formatting commands and parsing the data, and the method of communication. Often no custom code is needed to communicate with a new instrument or device. An IRC instance can advertise and publish a description about a device or subscribe to another device's description on a network. This simple capability of dynamically publishing and subscribing to interfaces enables a very flexible, self-adapting architecture for monitoring and control of complex instruments in diverse environments.
Tolkien Studies, 2007
T olkienian linguistics, defined broadly as the study of the languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkien... more T olkienian linguistics, defined broadly as the study of the languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkien, began no doubt almost immediately upon publication of The Fellowship of the Ring in July, 1954, at the moment that the first reader to notice the rows of tengwar (Quenya 'letters') and cirth (Sindarin 'runes') that border the title page wondered, "what does that say?" Which is indeed the way that most did and (at least until recently) still do enter into Tolkienian linguistics. 1 And thus it is, or at any rate used to be, Tolkien himself who first introduces the reader to the linguistics of Middle-earth, for the diligent or curious reader will sooner or later discover Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings, with its two prominent charts of the tengwar and cirth, together with Tolkien's own explanations of the nature and values of these writing systems, with the aid of which a linguistically-minded reader can soon decipher those enigmatic characters.