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Member since: 2000-12-18 11:34:17
Last Login: 2008-05-09 00:43:36
Homepage: http://www.omnifarious.org/~hopper/
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I've been a C/C++ programmer for a long time. I've also been working on The StreamModule System for a long time. I've written one commercial application using it and numerous small test programs, including a port forwarder.
I also write small papers and essays on technical topics when the whim strikes me.
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6 May 2008 (updated 9 May 2008 at 03:13 UTC) »
zanfur knows how to configure a network
I was poking about on Trabant's internal network and noticing a few interesting things. It is a much better configured wireless network than most I've been on. It's somewhat impressive even.
So, I go ask the staff who does it. One doesn't know and the other tells me a name that sounds familiar. Says he always wears a Utilikilt. I hunt down ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
zanfur
Well... I have a few things I think could be done better about how this wireless network is set up, but not many. And the level of attention to detail is way, way higher than I've seen on any other coffee shop's wireless network, even at places like Tully's.
It's amusing to encounter people you already know, even indirectly, in random contexts.
Syndicated 2008-05-06 21:36:35 (Updated 2008-05-08 22:46:58) from Lover of Ideas
I'm off to LinuxFest Northwest
I'm off to LinuxFest Northwest 2008. I won't be speaking today, but I will be tomorrow.
18 Apr 2008 (updated 21 Apr 2008 at 18:27 UTC) »
My main workstation has died
It died before, when I moved, and that was the power supply. It's died again now, and I suspect this time that it's something more serious like the video card or possibly one or both of the CPUs frying from overheating. The fans all turn on but the BIOS screen never comes up.
I want to replace it. The newer dual core AMD CPUs generate even less heat and are a lot faster. But replacing it with technology that mirrors the level of current I sprung for when I bought what I have now would run me about $3000, and I don't have that and won't have it anytime really soon. :-(
My monitor also needs replacing. It's a pretty nice LCD monitor from 2003, but it has problems. The main problem is that it gets muddy when things are moving or changing quickly because the pixel change lag is fairly high. The pixel change time is 25ms or so which means a maximum effective frame rate of 40 frames a second and anything faster is muddy. It's not even that great for watching DVDs. The secondary problem is that it is very slow (often a minute or more) to recognize that the video card is trying to bring it out of sleep mode. I usually get frustrated and push the signal select button to force it, but it's irritating.
Actually, scratch that, a pixel change rate of 25ms means an effective frame rate of 20 frames per second. This is because a pixel should be at the color it's supposed to be for at least half the time in order for it not to be muddy. 20 frames per second means a possible change in pixel color every 50ms leaving a pixel that takes 25ms to change to be at the new value for 25ms before changing again.
Syndicated 2008-04-18 18:06:35 (Updated 2008-04-21 17:28:51) from Lover of Ideas
I'm going to be a speaker at LinuxFest Northwest
I'm going to be one of the people giving talks at LinuxFest Northwest on April 27th. It's completely official now. I'm on the schedule and everything.
Now I just have to get my material together and organized. My talk is going to be about IPv6 and how ridiculously easy it is to set up a 6to4 tunnel under Linux.
Syndicated 2008-04-16 20:36:04 (Updated 2008-04-16 20:50:11) from Lover of Ideas
I'm going to be giving a talk on IPv6!
I'm going to be giving a talk on IPv6 and how easy it is to set up at LinuxFest Northwest 2008!
I've never done anything like that before, but I feel pretty confident I'll be able to pull it off well. I've been in situations a few times in front of a whole ton of people and haven't done poorly, and this will be an exercise in high geekery and so I should be fine.
I signed up for the bus sponsored by pogo linux, but if anybody is going and feels up for giving me a ride, that would be really good.
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