Abstract: Technologies are described for methods and systems to generate a splice between a first and a second piece of conductor material. The methods may comprise identifying a first overlap area for the first piece on a first conductive surface. The first piece may include the first conductive surface and a first non-conductive surface. The methods may comprise identifying a second overlap area for the second piece on a second conductive surface. The second piece may include the second conductive surface and a second non-conductive surface. The methods may comprise pre-tinning the first and second overlap areas with solder to produce first and second pre-tinned areas. The methods may comprise stacking the first and second pieces so that the first and second pre-tinned areas are in contact and applying heat to the first non-conductive surface sufficient to melt the solder and generate the splice between the first and second pieces.

Abstract: A handheld electronic device determines its position in a moving vehicle based on changes in air pressure that occur when the vehicle undergoes acceleration. Based on a direction of acceleration that correlates to a subsequent reduction in air pressure, a determination is made as to whether the device is in the front left, front right, back left, or back right quadrant of the vehicle. The device then alters its configuration based on the quadrant in which it is located.

Abstract: The software tool of this invention estimates the costs of an application program accessing a database. These costs may be execution costs of the application or of a transaction, SQL statement, and/or a utility. Execution costs include CPU time, I/O time and minimum elapsed time. For estimating the execution costs, the tool receives simplified and partial definitions of tables, utilities, SQL statements, transactions, and applications. The estimator tool requires only a minimal amount of information to calculate the various execution costs.

Abstract: The software tool of this invention estimates the costs of an application program accessing a database. These costs may be execution costs of the application or of a transaction, SQL statement, and/or a utility. Execution costs include CPU time, I/O time and minimum elapsed time. For estimating the execution costs, the tool receives simplified and partial definitions of tables, utilities, SQL statements, transactions, and applications. The estimator tool requires only a minimal amount of information to calculate the various execution costs.

Abstract: The software tool of this invention estimates the costs of an application program accessing a database. These costs may be execution costs of the application or of a transaction, SQL statement, and/or a utility. Execution costs include CPU time, I/O time and minimum elapsed time. For estimating the execution costs, the tool receives simplified and partial definitions of tables, utilities, SQL statements, transactions, and applications. The estimator tool requires only a minimal amount of information to calculate the various execution costs.