On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
I wish the hell some you smart folks were reading this book with me:
Bedau and Humphreys, EMERGENCE. MIT 2008.
Does anybody know a good philosopher or two with time on their hands?
Just
On Apr 25, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
What leads you to suspect that the CPU I/O noise is random? The
noise generated by such comes from a chipset that operates at a
given frequency, which is powered by an AC source running at another
frequency, filtered through a power suppl
On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
And I still think it is important to pull together the people in
Santa Fe who feel they benefit from having institutuions of higher
learning in the city.
I just cant think how.
There is another meeting of the task force from ten to no
On Apr 20, 2009, at 1:37 AM, Robert Howard wrote:
“I think we will outlive every other species on the planet, even if
we have to escape it, leaving a burnt-out cinder behind. “
The meek shall inherit the Earth. The strong will leave.
The strong will leave?
While I realize that the Star Tre
peggy miller wrote:
Below is link showing Obama's support for nuclear energy. I was sorry
to see it stated so clearly, because I remain believing that we can
proceed without nuclear energy (unless it is developing cold fusion,
which he does not state in his speech), using wind, solar, geotherma
On Mar 17, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
OK, lots of us have noticed that computing is not all that fun
anymore. Its a grind. Sure the outcome of the grind might be
rewarding. But is it fun?
So my challenge to us here is: What's the most fun computer project
you can think of.
On Feb 16, 2009, at 12:12 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
Thus spake Prof David West circa 14/02/09 01:24 PM:
Language selection reasons like, "it is too hard to learn," "memory
leaks," "it runs faster," "Java developers are cheaper because
there are
more of them," etc., are really dumb reason
On Feb 15, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
That's a hard google: GLASS = Gemstone Linux Apache Seaside
Smalltalk = http://seaside.gemstone.com which didn't appear on the
first page of any search until I knew to include gemstone in the
search terms.
Why for desktop applications?
On Feb 14, 2009, at 9:26 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Dear Nicholas Frost,
thanks. These are wonderful suggestions.
When (if) I get ... say ... a dozen people, I will get in touch.
Can you think of any people not on the FRIAM list I should contact?
Hi Nick;
Think we met again at lunch last
On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
I see a simple website, a distribution list, and perhaps a wiki.
The goal is to Be There when They Need Us!
Though I imagine there are folks at the sfComplex and Redfish more
skilled than I at providing the above, I'd be happy to
From Kathy Myers (m...@ncgr.org);
"A friend of mine is looking for a good Java programmer to work
on a State project until June 30th and possibly (probably) into
the next fiscal year. The project is to bring over, install,
and bring operational a software package from Wisconsin that
tracks Surfa
On Jan 21, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
Does anyone have recommendations for long-term leasing of supported
desktop computers (e.g. 2 years)? The main goal would be to buy a
service for a dozen or perhaps two dozen computers usable for a
certain set of applications, i.e. the p
Nick Frost wrote:
rob...@cirrillian.com wrote:
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image
(backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk
Snapshot look possibilities.
At $previous_job the Comptroller used Acronis with success on a Dell
running XP Pro SP2
rob...@cirrillian.com wrote:
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image
(backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk
Snapshot look possibilities.
At $previous_job the Comptroller used Acronis with success on a Dell
running XP Pro SP2, I don't recall any c
Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
For example, with Wifi, in principle it goes up to 54 Mbits/sec, but
you probably won't see that in your average airport or coffee shop..
Marcus
Good point. Agreed: not to mention the latency and packet loss with
medium-range 802.11 that some wireless Internet subscr
Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Douglas Roberts wrote:
>
>> As in this is the best thing since...
>>
>> I've been testing it extensively, and find it to be hands-down a
>> superior product to VMWare Workstation:
>>
> VMWare has the advantage of running 64 bit clients. Also VMware can
> replay
On Sep 2, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
> As in this is the best thing since...
>
> I've been testing it extensively, and find it to be hands-down a
> superior product to VMWare Workstation:
>
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Community
Doug;
Thanks for that link...rather fascinating
On Feb 19, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Nick Frost wrote:
> I know of a job opportunity (full-time for 3 months, possibly
> longer) for a person skilled with Microsoft SQL Server.
>
> If interested, please email Kathy directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"we also need a person good at Oracle St
I know of a job opportunity (full-time for 3 months, possibly longer)
for a person skilled with Microsoft SQL Server.
If interested please email Kathy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with contact
information and relevant experience.
Thank you,
-Nick
Systems Administrator for the Bioneers (x4)
freelance c
Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Owen Densmore wrote:
>> Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?
>>
> Yes, another Give1Get1.. (for a young person)
I received an OLPC a few days ago (Give1Get1).
some hardware information. I find the OLPC not so easy to use, but to
their credit, they put a
Michael Agar wrote:
> My partner's Windows machine crashed. Is there a repair shop in Santa
> Fe that local Friamer's recommend?
As others have said, I 2nd or 3rd the recommendation on Dot Foil
954 9955. Ask for Jonathan or Jason.
-Nick
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Owen Densmore wrote:
> I'm going to do this. My first step is to understand the XO (One
> Laptop Per Child) architecture.
> http://laptop.org/
> They are having a get one/give one program in November .. I'll let
> folks know when it starts.
Please do, and thanks Owen, I'd almost forgo
Giles Bowkett wrote:
> howdy from the distant land of los angeles -- saw something kind of
> nifty. it's a competition to develop a ratings algorithm for Netflix.
> the winning teams are all using machine learning.
>
> http://netflixprize.com/
>
For reference (in thinking about an algorithm for
Giles Bowkett wrote:
> my monitor went dead during a thunderstorm, due to a power surge, and
> the Computer Guru told me I needed Norton AntiVirus and a new monitor.
> I got a cheap video card instead, plugged it in, problem solved.
>
> long story short, sorry, I personally can't recommend the Co
Owen Densmore wrote:
> Steve's Dad just sent along a pointer to ZFS, the new Solaris File
> System:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zfs
> I love the information about boiling the ocean in the article!
>
> Well, what's even more cool, is that many Unix systems are porting
> this FS. In parti
Owen Densmore wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
>
>> This may be a bit odd a question, but..
>>Which version of Windows should I use for my new Intel MacBook Pro?
Hi Owen;
I'm thinking you mean to run Windows via the Parallels virtual machine
within OS X.
I would
Giles Bowkett wrote:
> The ideal solution would be something incredibly simple, where a skull
> would only become alerted to the wand's existence if the wand was in a
> particular range of X feet, with X ideally being a small number like
> 5, and further, where the wand's signal could only be pick
Santa Fe company seeks VB.NET programmer. Job description is posted here;
http://www.nickorama.com/miscellaneous/JobDesc.pdf
If you or anyone you know is interested, please send email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] directly.
Thanks,
-Nick
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