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Processor Basics
I ran across a post today that begged for a couple of answers. The Question What I don’t understand is why there’s such reluctance towards making the die bigger. I understand the benefits of making the process smaller, but there … Continue reading
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iGoWin
iGoWin 1.0 needed some TLC for install and help. Continue reading
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Light Bulb Emoticon
(||:-) = “Light-bulb emoticon” Continue reading
LUITMW: New Internet Meme
My co-worker (Jeff) and I were discussing the disparity between people who say “LOL” in IM but are, in fact, not laughing out loud. He suggested that it was really laughing internally loudly, so I suggested LiL. I then told … Continue reading
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Google is the new H1N1 plan
Being health-conscious in 2009 apparently boils down to saving yourself from H1N1. Since many health efforts are rooted in fear of H1N1, I’m saying that Google is the new H1N1 plan. Substitute H1N1 for health in this Dilbert comic: http://dilbert.com/2007-02-18.
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Near Zero K Quantum Voodoo
Sometimes modern physics is best described in terms of magic. Continue reading
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Serving the Past Future
I added a link to the Time Traveler Convention on my notes a while back. Figured I’d propagate it here too. Original Link: Time Traveler Convention The Time Traveler Convention May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC) … Continue reading
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Analogs and Parallels
I’ve been reading a book titled Dreaming in Code recently, which is a rather extensive case study of the development of an open-source project named Chandler. Many of the lessons and references to programming in general have hit home with … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Chandler, chat bot, code, CWEB, everything-including-the-kitchen-sink, Knuth, math, reality, turing test
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Code Mountain
I came up with an idea this afternoon for a source code visualizer for Enterprise solutions. Basically it would provide a source code cloud built from files and their dependencies. Each cloud would be a logical block (function, if-statement, loop, … Continue reading
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Tagged Expose, OS X, source code, tag cloud, VIM, visualization, zoom
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Dust Bunnies
I exorcised the demons from my laptop over the Thanksgiving break. Turns out that running an Athlon 64 at 2.0GHz with 3+ years of dust collection is a bad idea. I had been forced to run everything with the power … Continue reading