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East Tennessee State University has, for several years, refurbished, checked, and donated used computers to local area schools (and non-profits). Some information about that is here: http://www-cs.etsu.edu/pasta/index.php?p=process The CS department offers both the refurbished systems as well as student-led training and support. Pairing technology with people to train and support helps make sure that the technology gets used and gets used well. It's been an extremely successful regional program.

I think schools are probably the worst offenders here. They have important records and still act like security isn't a big deal. For almost a year the cert for https://security.etsu.edu/ was invalid(past it's expiration) and https://www.etsu.edu/ has had the same problem. https://security.etsu.edu/ used to host the script to reset passwords(by entering SSN/birthdate).

What's worse is the library page http://libraries.etsu.edu/patroninfo where you login with the same login/pass that accesses all your other accounts. The library-system doesn't even have an HTTPS server...

At least I can almost forgive the library since they aren't super-technical, but we are still REQUIRED to use straight FTP to upload websites to http://students.etsu.edu/ for several CSCI classes. There is no SFTP access to students.etsu.edu. Yes, this uses the same login/pass we use for everything else...

I've sent several of emails to IT, but generally they don't get answered and I'm just not motivated enough to deal with their byzantine power structure.

I guess I'm done ranting...

I think schools are probably the worst offenders here. They have important records and still act like security isn't a big deal. For almost a year the cert for https://security.etsu.edu/ was invalid(past it's expiration) and https://www.etsu.edu/ has had the same problem. https://security.etsu.edu/ used to host the script to reset passwords(by entering SSN/birthdate).

What's worse is the library page http://libraries.etsu.edu/patroninfo where you login with the same login/pass that accesses all your other accounts. The library-system doesn't even have an HTTPS server...

At least I can almost forgive the library since they aren't super-technical, but we are still REQUIRED to use straight FTP to upload websites to http://students.etsu.edu/ for several CSCI classes. There is no SFTP access to students.etsu.edu. Yes, this uses the same login/pass we use for everything else...

I've sent several of emails to IT, but generally they don't get answered and I'm just not motivated enough to deal with their byzantine power structure.

I guess I'm done ranting...

I think schools are probably the worst offenders here. They have important records and still act like security isn't a big deal. For almost a year the cert for https://security.etsu.edu/ was invalid(past it's expiration) and https://www.etsu.edu/ has had the same problem. https://security.etsu.edu/ used to host the script to reset passwords(by entering SSN/birthdate).

What's worse is the library page http://libraries.etsu.edu/patroninfo where you login with the same login/pass that accesses all your other accounts. The library-system doesn't even have an HTTPS server...

At least I can almost forgive the library since they aren't super-technical, but we are still REQUIRED to use straight FTP to upload websites to http://students.etsu.edu/ for several CSCI classes. There is no SFTP access to students.etsu.edu. Yes, this uses the same login/pass we use for everything else...

I've sent several of emails to IT, but generally they don't get answered and I'm just not motivated enough to deal with their byzantine power structure.

I guess I'm done ranting...

I think schools are probably the worst offenders here. They have important records and still act like security isn't a big deal. For almost a year the cert for https://security.etsu.edu/ was invalid(past it's expiration) and https://www.etsu.edu/ has had the same problem. https://security.etsu.edu/ used to host the script to reset passwords(by entering SSN/birthdate).

What's worse is the library page http://libraries.etsu.edu/patroninfo where you login with the same login/pass that accesses all your other accounts. The library-system doesn't even have an HTTPS server...

At least I can almost forgive the library since they aren't super-technical, but we are still REQUIRED to use straight FTP to upload websites to http://students.etsu.edu/ for several CSCI classes. There is no SFTP access to students.etsu.edu. Yes, this uses the same login/pass we use for everything else...

I've sent several of emails to IT, but generally they don't get answered and I'm just not motivated enough to deal with their byzantine power structure.

I guess I'm done ranting...

I think schools are probably the worst offenders here. They have important records and still act like security isn't a big deal. For almost a year the cert for https://security.etsu.edu/ was invalid(past it's expiration) and https://www.etsu.edu/ has had the same problem. https://security.etsu.edu/ used to host the script to reset passwords(by entering SSN/birthdate).

What's worse is the library page http://libraries.etsu.edu/patroninfo where you login with the same login/pass that accesses all your other accounts. The library-system doesn't even have an HTTPS server...

At least I can almost forgive the library since they aren't super-technical, but we are still REQUIRED to use straight FTP to upload websites to http://students.etsu.edu/ for several CSCI classes. There is no SFTP access to students.etsu.edu. Yes, this uses the same login/pass we use for everything else...

I've sent several of emails to IT, but generally they don't get answered and I'm just not motivated enough to deal with their byzantine power structure.

I guess I'm done ranting...

I'm surprised that connector corrosion would be a problem. Aviation has a long history of wire problems, but gold-plating connectors seems to be a stable solution to that problem. The ISS uses Kapton wire, which was popular in the 1980s and is lightweight and tough. But that material is hygroscopic and now banned by the USAF, US Navy, Boeing, etc. "Susceptible to aging in that it dries out forming hairline cracks which can lead to micro current leakage (i.e. electrical 'ticking' faults)"

There are ways to do corrosion-resistant contacts without precious metals; the automotive industry has solved this problem. The alloys aren't simple; here's one used for under-hood automotive connectors. Copper, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus, with upper limits on tin, zinc, nickel, lead, and manganese. But avionics connectors are usually gold plated; it doesn't add that much cost. And Russia is a major exporter of gold.

The article doesn't go far enough. OK, the connectors corroded. Why? Wrong alloy? Plating failure? Wear from too many connector insertions? Was the spec wrong, or were the cables not made to spec?

My school switched from giving degrees in "Computer Science" to "Computing" just before I graduated... pisses me off my transcript says "Computing". Anyhoo, for undergrad I dual concentrated in IT and Information Systems(INSS) with a minor in Accountancy. I'm currently getting my Master's of Computer Science, so I'll end up with degrees in CS, IT, and IS with a little business.

At my School the average IT student is... well... not well equipped to... talk.

Wikipedia has lots of links to actual research papers showing the advantages to HIIT when it comes to fat loss. Since you seem to have a hard time using a quick search I'll even post them.

One study concludes:

In conclusion, this study showed that moderate-intensity aerobic training that improves the maximal aerobic power does not change anaerobic capacity and that adequate high-intensity intermittent training may improve both anaerobic and aerobic energy supplying systems significantly, probably through imposing intensive stimuli on both systems.


Another study also concludes:

These findings show that high intensity interval exercise produces improvements in body composition, fitness, and acute RMR compared to low intensity steady state training.


Sadly, I can't find the original study I read which talked about glycogen stores and HIIT. If you like to run marathons, then go for it. If you want to burn fat and achieve an athletic look HIIT is the more effective method.

Another study here. Page with a summary of a lot of studies here.

I think it's pretty clear that people who are still doing steady state for fat loss are missing out.

It's been known for decades what the most likely closest relative of pterosaurs are.

Since when is nuclear energy clean? Accidents aside, nuclear powerplants produce radioactive waste, which is anything but clean. And in fact, there is no way to dispose of it at this time.

The real difference between software engineers and other types of engineers is that software engineering is not a profession. There is no general certification to enter software engineering, and there is no required professional organization with a fixed code of ethics.

Of course, does anybody here really think government regulation would make software engineering better?

I'm in the same boat but I don't think I'm going to bother with graduate school. I'll be graduating this spring from ETSU.

Anyone with job advise for a new CS/IS graduate please reply to this.

HEY!!!, I paid for 2 of those games. Of course one of those was Mechwarrior for the express purpose of installing linux and then later installing EvolutionX.

I'm guessing I'll pick up a Revolution in about a year. I'm REALLY hoping this NES/SNES emulation stuff carries over to the DS.

actually you don't even need a modchip, a game with a glitch in it(007/Mechassault) works well to.

I put Evox and a larger HD in mine without a soldering or a mod-chip. Here is my write up on it.

I did something very similar, but I used mechassault instead of 007. I have been running Linux on it for almost a year now, but a month ago I decided to go further.

I used 2 peices of wire(no solder) to flash my BIOS, It's great! I also swapped out the little 8gig HD for a 120gig. I wrote a little thing about it here

Running Webb at L2 will save money. It's difficult and expensive to run a large space telescope in low Earth orbit (LEO). Observations have to be planned carefully since the Earth gets in the way for most of the sky every 90 or minutes. The satellite also has to have batteries to power the systems when the satellite/telescope is eclipsed by the Earth. Batteries are heavy, have to be recharged and they fail. Hubble's are failing. Large satellites in LEO slowly see a degeneration of their orbits because of drag from the very highest parts of the Early atmosphere. This requires them to be reboosted very so often. Any future service mission to HST needs to also reboost it.

Finally, satellites in LEO - least ones in orbits like the one HST is in - have to travel through a radition belt every orbit that can cause electronics to fail and bits to flip. This sometimes causes the telescope to go into safe mode and ruins observations. While in safe mode, operations crews are standing around and more observations have to be either cancelled or rescheduled.

Many of these problems are avoided at L2 or similar locations. Webb's life will be limited by the amount of sensor coolant on board, but space telescopes like the International Ultraviolet Explorer have operated for 20 plus years. IUE used a small crew, was easy to operate and produced more then 3,000 papers at a very low cost - a great return in value for tax payer.

There's actually a fairly good alternative to this problem. Start your own student book trade! Lot's of schools have them, and they actually move a bunch of books through them. Mine moves a little over $1k worth of books a semester. That's not much, considering the amount that the bookstores make, but it helps. I've sold almost all my books through it.

It's a pretty simple thing to write, and well, this is Slashdot.

Is that a Phobos month (8 earth hours) or a Deimos month (30 earth hours)? Either way, that sounds like false advertising..=)

... is the bug in the Patriot anti-missile system!
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an error in the way it rounded 1/10000th of seconds made it less and less accurate proportionnally to the time since it had been booted up!
so remember to always reboot your anti-missiles counter-mesures before using them!

Face it, its one of the most used compilers in the world (if not THE most used compiler in the world). VC++ that is, and MS has their own style of notation, you've probably heard of it, called Hungarian notation.

Very popular, a little hard to use, but will save you a ton of time.

Did a quick search on Google and got some really good results on how to use Hungarian notation:

http://www.umr.edu/~cpp/common/hungarian.html
http://csciwww.etsu.edu/bailes/1250/HungarianNotat ion.htm

Just to name a few. I use it in all of my major projects (see sig for shameless plug) and I hope that many other people will adopt it into their coding styles.

-Vic