It is a beautiful late-summer evening. The kind of amber evening that warms the heart with hope and memories of Fall. Several years have passed since I discovered my love of Computer Science on nights like this one. My friend Serguei and I used to sit outside, as the sun set...
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September 02, 2004
Why not Sipser??
For my graduate level course in Formal Language Theory class at Oklahoma State University we are using Hopcroft, Motwani, and Ulmann's Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation. Why?? First of all, we shouldn't be using an introductory...
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September 03, 2004
Way to go pop!
Looks like Dad just wrapped up a "small" project up at Kansas State University. Way to go!!And yes...
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September 09, 2004
ViewScan 8.0.15
Several years ago, I purchased ViewScan 7.x Professional for $40 dollars. This purchase was one of the best I've ever made for two reasons: the product is awesome (and at the time was the only way for a Mac to support a Canon's CanoScan 670U USB scanner)...
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September 10, 2004
Dazed
I haven't been able to engage my mind much at all today. I had to take Maryna to the airport for a 5:30 AM flight to Boston; rather than sleeping and trying to wake Maryna and myself up at 3:45 AM, I elected to stay up all night and crash after I'd dropped her off. I woke up around noon...
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September 11, 2004
Reworked the Makefile
While yesterday it was difficult to get into the coding, yesterday evening went much better - though I didn't code much, I made a design change or two that should be beneficial moving forward. I also started reworking my thesis project's Makefile. When I started programming the project...
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September 12, 2004
Finding a good spot to work
Like anyone without an office of their own, I spend far too much time wondering from place to place looking for a decent spot to work in. Work environment is far more important to me than to most other people. I need a bright clean place, that is relatively free from conversation...
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September 13, 2004
Not ripped off after all
Ever since Microsoft forced me to pay for the upgrade to Virtual PC 6, I have felt ripped off. After the upgrade, my OS Pack for W2K from Version 5 wouldn't load on 6.On a whim, while I couldn't sleep early this morning...
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September 19, 2004
GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
Sometime ago I purchased GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool by Vaughan, Elliston, Tromey, and Taylor. Sadly, this book's quality as an introduction to these tools is not good. The authors know the material extremely well...
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September 20, 2004
I finally have a googlenym
Finally, I have a Googlenym after falling short again and again, I've managed to dominate the phrase "breaking robots"...
September 22, 2004
Why is Cobol scary?
Tim Bray says that high amounts of COBOL code in production is "scary". I disagree. Well written COBOL code running on a mainframe is rock solid. The code can run for decades, partly why we had the Y2K problem to begin with. To compliment the stability of the language...
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September 23, 2004
The Horn Guy
By way of Joi Ito's blog, a must see Windows media file, The Horn Guy.
September 27, 2004
Students, or how my TA office hours were consumed in fruitlessness.
Normally during office hours there are no visitors. I sit at my desk thinking over aspects of one problem or another, or doing my own homework. Today was different. The students in class got their homework back last Thursday...
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September 28, 2004
C++ Software Agent Platform
Update: This entry is a sketch for what I feel an agent platform should be. I recently (2005-07-05) started a small side project called to work toward these goals. Contributions & suggestions are welcome...
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September 30, 2004
One problem with Virtual PC 6
There is a major problem with VPC 6 on the Mac: it no longer allows me to adjust the amount of RAM in the Virtual PC. The RAM in the VPC is now set based on the amount of RAM in your Mac. I only have 512 Meg of RAM in my PowerBook, so the VPC limits me to 32 Meg on the VPC...
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